Do You Feel Lucky, Punk? Empire(J)vsDirtyHarry (A)(No Dirty Harry please)

[Empire101]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

What the heck does Coruscant get in the way of news from Earth anyway?

Running a fulltime Evil Galactic Empire is so time consuming, and news just takes forever to get here.[:D]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert
This is just the first post I looked at, and here's a sample from it. This was posted by ADB123.

Since I always play the Game with Advanced Weather set to “On”, and always complain about the resulting unbelievably bad weather, I decided that I ought to try a game with Advanced Weather set to “Off” just to see what the difference really is.


One obvious difference is in the large-sized “Weather Map”. The full screen Weather Map looked like this:

Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy___ Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy

While, of course, the full screen Weather Map with Advanced Weather “On” usually looks like this:

Iceberg Earth________Iceberg Earth_______Iceberg Earth
Noah's Flood_________Noah's Flood________Noah's Flood
End of the World_____End of the World_____End of the World

Me again. At the end he decided not to ever use Advanced Weather "On" again. I will look for more opinions but it'll be awhile before I can post about it. At least the Weather Map didn't say

Permian extinction______End of the Dinosaurs__________2012, the end of the Mayan Calendar

[:D]

[:D][:D][:D]

[LoBaron]

Good luck Empire101! When you say "new campaign", which scenario are we talking about?

@geoff: If you heard only bad things about advanced weather you were probably not listening enough. Never had an issue with that. [:'(]

Quite the contrary, I would never play without it. The only things turning advanced weather off result in is: unrealistic weather, and no ability to forecast it anymore. [;)]

[Empire101]

Intel for 13th December 1941

A2A results are at last going in the right direction, although things are going to get nasty now troops are landing in Mersing[X(]

[Empire101]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

Good luck Empire101! When you say "new campaign", which scenario are we talking about?

Thanks LoBaron!! DH and myself are playing Stock Scenario 2.

( I just wanted some extra toys to play with really.)

I just wish Scen 2 had more PP allocation[:(]
I can but dream!!

[LoBaron]

Understandable, I imagine one or the other AFB might be thankful for that shortage. [;)]

Crossing fingers for Mersing.

[Empire101]

Ships sunk 12 Dec 1941

Curse those US destroyers!![:@]

[Empire101]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

Understandable, I imagine one or the other AFB might be thankful for that shortage. [;)]

[:D]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron
Crossing fingers for Mersing.

Thanks again...will keep you posted on this critical operation.

[geofflambert]

LoBaron is way, way, way more experienced than me. You should listen to him. And as far as I know, no giant asteroids strike the Earth when using "Advanced Weather". [:D]

[Empire101]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

LoBaron is way, way, way more experienced than me. You should listen to him. And as far as I know, no giant asteroids strike the Earth when using "Advanced Weather". [:D]

[:D]

[Empire101]

Combat Report 13 Dec 1941

Summary of important events:-

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Alor Star at 49,73

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 9



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Wing Sang, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Nam Yong, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Good start!!

Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 42
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 30



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

Allied Ships
HDML Panji, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
HDML Pennigat, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
HDML Panglima, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
HDML Pahalwan, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk



Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

The AKs and AP's must have left the previous evening[&:]


Morning Air attack on TF, near Talaud-eilanden at 80,95

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 8
B5N1 Kate x 12



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AVD Childs, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Governor Wright
xAKL Paz, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Sarangami, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

I'm trying to stop as much stuff as possible leaving the Phillipines


Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24642 troops, 376 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 717

Defending force 6268 troops, 125 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 195

Japanese adjusted assault: 916

Allied adjusted defense: 377

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1386 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 97 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
459 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Ouch!! But forts now down to one[:)]



Ground combat at 89,40 (near Taiyuan)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22798 troops, 243 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 764

Defending force 4873 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 128

Japanese adjusted assault: 330

Allied adjusted defense: 154

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
268 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1688 casualties reported
Squads: 76 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Ground combat at Mersing (51,82)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11317 troops, 139 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 294

Defending force 2470 troops, 28 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Japanese adjusted assault: 240

Allied adjusted defense: 73

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mersing !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
445 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
863 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (15 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
114th Infantry Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
34th Field AA Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Shipping Engineer Regiment

Defending units:
22nd Australian Brigade
30 Battery/3 HAA


Yes!!
Now thats a good start to disrupting the entire defence of Malaya[8D]
I'm hoping that will give him a major headache at least!!


Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2808 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Defending force 1107 troops, 27 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Japanese adjusted assault: 41

Allied adjusted defense: 8

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 5 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
493 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1649 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 76 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 31 (31 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2


Assaulting units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
61st Nav Gd /1

Defending units:
Wake USN CPNAB
1st Marine Defense Battalion

This turn just gets better....Banzai


Ground combat at Ocean Island (130,130)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1355 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 56

Defending force 82 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 41

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 41 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ocean Island !!!

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

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


Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
53rd Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Heron Det.

[:D]

So far so good!![8D]

[Empire101]

Combat report 14th December 1941

Summary of important events:-

Night Time Surface Combat, near Zamboanga at 75,89, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAK Atago Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire
xAK Santos Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Zyuyo Maru, Shell hits 2
xAKL Hidaka Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD John D. Ford
DD Peary

Well I've certainly got caught with my pants down. This is what happens when you get greedy[:(]


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

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 83 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
B5N1 Kate x 9



Allied aircraft
P-26A x 1
P-40B Warhawk x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AM Finch
AM Bittern

Again my fault, I should have modified their maximum strike range


Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 7


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed

An example of one of the many daily air battles over Manila/Clark Field etc. Starting to go my way. Huzzah!


Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21253 troops, 360 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 618

Defending force 5927 troops, 123 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 146

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 536

Allied adjusted defense: 225

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 5 destroyed
Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
702 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 40 disabled


Allied ground losses:
5889 casualties reported
Squads: 238 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 495 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 158 (158 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 107 (107 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 6


Assaulting units:
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Division
1st Ind.Inf.Group
66th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
23rd Army
5th RF Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
1st Middlesex Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress

Great!. Now I can start pressing on to Wuchow[:D]


Ground combat at Dadjangas (78,93)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4113 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 163

Defending force 366 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Japanese adjusted assault: 169

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 169 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dadjangas !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
256 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Good, a beachhead in the southern Phillipines[:)]


Ground combat at Kavieng (106,122)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 804 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Defending force 95 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Japanese adjusted assault: 11

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kavieng !!!

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

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


Allied ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
I/66th Naval Guard Unit
II/66th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
2/1st Ind Coy


Elsewhere, air battles rage over Malaya, Phillipines and to a lesser extent China.
Still running on time to my timetable.
I am reinforcing Mersing with the Kuching invasion force and Patani followup, but it will take several days.
But so far, so good![:)]

[Empire101]

Combat Report 15th December 1941

Summary of important events:-

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Namatanai at 107,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Kashima, Bomb hits 2, on fire

That was an unpleasant surprise[:(]


Submarine attack near Billiton at 52,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
TK Francol, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Hopefully a sub will mop up this limping ship


Ground combat at Nauru Island (127,128)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1421 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

Defending force 77 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 12

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Nauru Island !!!

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


Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
51st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Wren Det.


A quieter turn, Victoria Point was taken, lots of air battles over the Phillipines and Malaya.

[Empire101]

The 16th of December has been pretty quiet, Japanese troops have landed in Sidate ready to move on Manado.

Bombing campaign going well in Malaya and Phillipines, and reinforcements for Mersing should arrive in next few days.
Troops marching on Alor Star.

These are my first priority targets in China:-

[Empire101]

20th December 1941


I-23 claims another victim!!

[Empire101]

Morning Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 67,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 12



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Ethel Edwards, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Ethel Edwards







Elsewhere, the beach-head at Mersing is heavily reinforced, troops take Finchshafen, and troops land at the following:-

Amphibious Assault at Lunga (114,138)

TF 15 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 114,138

10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 51st Nav Gd


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Amphibious Assault at Dumanquilas (77,89)

TF 72 troops unloading over beach at Dumanquilas, 77,89

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Amphibious Assault at Manokwari (85,109)

TF 112 troops unloading over beach at Manokwari, 85,109

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Amphibious Assault at Madang (97,123)

TF 113 troops unloading over beach at Madang, 97,123

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Amphibious Assault at Tulagi (114,137)

TF 116 troops unloading over beach at Tulagi, 114,137

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


13.2mm T93 AAMG accidentally lost during unload of 53rd Nav Gd /3



China:- Troops prepare to assault Hweiyang

[Empire101]

Combat Report 21 December 1941

Summary of important events:-

Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Fuso
BB Nagato
CL Yura
DD Sanae
DD Kuretake
DD Mikazuki
DD Yugumo


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


Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 21
Port hits 7

Softening up of Rabaul begins



Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

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



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 12


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

No Allied losses

Ouch!! That will teach me for not paying attention!!


Ground combat at 85,48 (near Sinyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12570 troops, 104 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 456

Defending force 9513 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 237

Japanese adjusted assault: 433

Allied adjusted defense: 117

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
316 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled


Allied ground losses:
3023 casualties reported
Squads: 69 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 187 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Operation CleanUp continues!!


Ground combat at 79,92 (near Davao)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4175 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 165

Defending force 133 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 77

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 77 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Good. One less unit to worry about in the Southern Phillipines, albeit a very minor one!


Ground combat at Dumanquilas (77,89)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 17

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dumanquilas !!!


Elsewhere:-
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lunga !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tulagi !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Manokwari !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Madang !!!


Well I dropped a clanger by not co-ordinating the Dumanquilas/Orequieta landings, and landed at Zamboanga too soon.
Nothing to get worried about, just proves that I'm getting older and more forgetful[:(]

I can start moving engineers into Lunga/Tulagi now, and develop the bases asp, so that I can commence offensive actions further south, and help with the isolation of Moresby.[:)]

More troops land in Mersing, and the Imperial Guards et al, will be in Alor Star in two days.
Once I've got on the main road to Singers, it will make the advance much quicker.[:)]


I really want to be in Singers by the middle of January at the latest.[8|]

[Empire101]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 22, 41
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Summary of important events!!

Submarine attack near Noumea at 114,160

Japanese Ships
SS I-24

Allied Ships
xAK Royal T. Frank, Torpedo hits 1



xAK Royal T. Frank is sighted by SS I-24
SS I-24 launches 2 torpedoes

I-24 hits another...keep it up boys!![:)]

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 81,67

Japanese Ships
xAK Nichiyu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kosin Maru
E Kunashiri

Allied Ships
SS Perch



SS Perch launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nichiyu Maru
E Kunashiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kunashiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kunashiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kunashiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kunashiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Oh dear[:(]
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ASW attack near Calayan at 82,71

Japanese Ships
CM Tsugaru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Shoei Maru
TK Moji Maru
xAK Kuraido Maru
xAK Daifuku Maru
xAK Venice Maru
PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Sonan Maru #6
PB Sonan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS S-39

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



SS S-39 launches 2 torpedoes at CM Tsugaru
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sonan Maru #6 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Double oh dear[:(][:(]

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Sub attack near Calayan at 82,71

Japanese Ships
xAK Matsue Maru
PB Kyo Maru #10
AV Kiyokawa Maru
TK Moji Maru
AMc Seki Maru #3
xAK Kuraido Maru
xAK China Maru
xAK Yokohama Maru
PB Sonan Maru #6
PB Sonan Maru #5
PB Shotoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-39



SS S-39 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Matsue Maru
S-39 diving deep ....
PB Sonan Maru #6 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 95,130

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
AD Black Hawk, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage



SS I-21 attacking AD Black Hawk on the surface

Think thats a gonner!![:)]

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Amphibious Assault at Oroquieta (78,88)

TF 57 troops unloading over beach at Oroquieta, 78,88

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



17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of Sasebo 8th SNLF
17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost overboard during unload of Sasebo 8th SNLF
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of Sasebo 8th SNLF


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Amphibious Assault at Munda (111,134)

TF 111 troops unloading over beach at Munda, 111,134





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Sub attack near Calayan at 82,71

Japanese Ships
PB Seikai Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-39



Captain of SS S-39 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
S-39 diving deep ....
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 28



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 13


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

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 6th Indian Brigade, at 49,73 (Alor Star)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50
Ki-27b Nate x 18
Ki-30 Ann x 24
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged


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


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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 11
Ki-51 Sonia x 10



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 4


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Morning Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 72,56 , near Nanning

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
SB-III x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Finally got some of those pests at last!!


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 5


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu
xAK India Maru

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Morning Air attack on II/81st Naval Guard Unit, at 100,126 (Finschhafen)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 12


No Allied losses


The sooner I take Rabaul the better

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 1
Buffalo I x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAP Rohna


Arrrghhhh!! I forgot to change their orders while the fighters were dealing with Tavoy[:(][:(][X(]

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Afternoon Air attack on 11th PA Infantry Division, at 80,74 (San Fernando)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 40



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 60 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 12000 feet *
7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 12000 feet *



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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9




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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 1
Buffalo I x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed

No Allied losses



They had to attack twice

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Amphibious Assault at Buna (99,129)

TF 130 troops unloading over beach at Buna, 99,129





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Ground combat at 88,49 (near Hwainan)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11290 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 376

Defending force 12515 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 447

Japanese adjusted assault: 596

Allied adjusted defense: 99

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
440 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
5694 casualties reported
Squads: 154 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 124 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 23 (7 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
116th Division

Defending units:
48th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps

Operation Clean-Up continues apace

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Ground combat at 91,39 (near Chengting)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12057 troops, 112 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 426

Defending force 1301 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49

Japanese adjusted assault: 386

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 77 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
448 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
36th Division

Defending units:
83rd Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at 90,48 (near Suchow)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11628 troops, 102 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 413

Defending force 0 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 197

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 197 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
32nd Division

Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at Atimonan (80,79)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 99

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 Atimonan !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: op mode(-)



Assaulting units:
16th Recon Regiment
Kure 1st SNLF


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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1918 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 70

Defending force 1652 troops, 6 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Japanese adjusted assault: 57

Allied adjusted defense: 35

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
243 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
15th Naval Guard Unit
8th JNAF Coy

Defending units:
Manado Garrison Battalion
Manado Base Force

I'll take them down to a Deliberate Attack next turn and hopefully bag Manado now the Fort is at zero.


Trundling along nicely, dropped another clanger with those Betty's[:@], but should be into Alor Star next turn.

The Mersing Beach-head has cut all his troops off in the North of Malaya from Singapore so I have high hopes for an early end to the campaign in Malaya.

[Empire101]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 23, 41

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Submarine attack near Brisbane at 98,160

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
xAP Marella



xAP Marella is sighted by SS I-8
SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Marella

Boo!![:(]

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 81,68

Japanese Ships
CM Tsugaru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Shuko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS S-36



SS S-36 launches 4 torpedoes at CM Tsugaru

CM Tsugaru takes another torp and is doomed[:(][:(]

[Empire101]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 23, 41

Submarine attack near Brisbane at 98,160

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
xAP Koolinda, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage



xAP Koolinda is sighted by SS I-8
SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Koolinda


Thats more like it!![:)]

[Empire101]

I-8 is not finished yet!!
Break open the Sake!!


Submarine attack near Brisbane at 98,160

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
xAP Zealandia, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

xAP Zealandia is sighted by SS I-8
SS I-8 attacking xAP Zealandia on the surface

Hopefully xAPZealandia is on its way to the bottom!!