Grotius: I had to move some Claudes to my CV-TF to get that 1% of more CAP protection. I had enough space on my CV's to do that so I thought what the hell, why not. My Claudes propably saved the day and I sunk Ross'es CV with no hits on my shipping - so a logical answer to your question would be that they did their job well and deserve a upgrade.
Mogami: Thanks for your advice. I'm usually very careful and I double-check everything before submitting my turn, especially when conducting CV-operations. I had a few drinks yesterday so I'll put this on a slight hangover.
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
Attacking Level Bombers:
15 x G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet
--[CLiP]--
Moved my CV-TF to a position 10 hexes east of Cairns as
my search last turn saw lot's of juicy targets there.
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Air attack on TF at 12,57
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 4 destroyed
B5N Kate x 16 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Maury, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Honolulu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
DD Helm
DD Jarvis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
--[CLiP]--
Suddenly my CV-TF decides to react to enemy carriers. Again,
my pulse is 160 and I start sweating like a yankee pig as I thought Ross might have gotten new some carriers as reinforcements. This was not the case and I'm quite baffled why a single CV is floating around here. I guess I managed to score much more damage on Yorktown than I expected and Ross was moving it to a Noumea to be shipped for Pearl.
--[CLiP]--
Air attack on TF at 19,56
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
D3A Val x 14
B5N Kate x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 5 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
--[CLiP]--
No more Yorktown and my intel says 25 planes went down with it.
More *hit is raining on PM.
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Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A Val x 23
B5N Kate x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 116
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 31
Attacking Level Bombers:
9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
--[CLiP]--
PM is now at 100% and I can keep it so with a small effort.
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
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Night Time Surface Combat at 0,0
Japanese Ships
ML Takashima, Shell hits 47, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CA San Francisco
CA Vincennes
CA Canberra
CL Leander
CL St. Louis
DD Grayson
DD Monssen
DD Hughes
DD O'Brien
DD Bagley
DD Mugford
DD Henley
DD Benham
DD Fanning
DD Hull
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Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 53,53
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1
--[CLiP]--
But keeping PM checked.
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Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 66
G3M Nell x 8
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed
CPT C. Weaver of 35th FS bails out WOUNDED and is RESCUED
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 5
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
Attacking Level Bombers:
4 x G3M Nell at 3000 feet
4 x G3M Nell at 3000 feet
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Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
D3A Val x 34
B5N Kate x 29
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 163
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 21
Attacking Level Bombers:
9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
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Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese Ships
SS I-21
Allied Ships
DD Helm, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Gridley
--[CLiP]--
Ross marched tw of (in my opinion) much needed battalions to capture Buna. A secondary target for the Allied player at this time, again IMO.
--[CLiP]--
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Ground combat at Buna
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 8422 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 2149 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Buna base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 2643
Guns lost 12
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 34
--[CLiP]--
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
Hi, I'll bet sinking that lone ML raised the night experiance of those USN ships by around 20 points.
I always look for easy battles as USN to gain experiance in.
(Comes in handy later when USN has radar)
Dr Who, if you have room, I might be able to begin another PBEM game in a week or two. (several of my PBEM games should end soon)
You can have Japanese scenario 19 Historical Sub doctrine. USN damage control, FOW on Auto Sub off. Variable, Japanese 200 Allies 100
I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction!
Nomad: Uhmm.. No, the location is actually Luganville harbour.
Mogami: I'll compleately wipe you out with those settings so let's look at something more realistic, ok? Would you be interested in a scenario dealing with the latter part of the South Pacific-campaign, with some tweaking of the IJN reinforcements to give you a good clean fight?
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
Hi, The idea is to see just how far a good Japanese player can go in scenario 19 with 200 percent. I don't really care if you "wipe"
me out.
While I don't believe historical scenarios should be balanced
(It's smoke em if you got em, if not, "No wonder they lost the war")
Personally I don't think scenario 17 (The historic May 1st condition) Gives the Japanese enough ponies. (I'll try scenario 17
with 200 percent Japanese ship commitment next)
But scenario 19 has a lot of air and ground units the Japanese never see in scenario 17.
Oh, I'm not afraid of no ghost.
I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction!
I had to skip a few days of AAR posting just in case some of my words would betray me to Ross who surely also reads this.
2 turns ago I spotted two USN CV's supported by atleast one CA and 5 DD's 19 hex SE of GG.
As I was just in the middle of moving my transport TF's to PM this was most worrying. I was sure that I had taken out the USN ability to use carriers for a reasonable timeframe so I could take PM with just one small supporting CV-TF consisting of 2*CV and one CVE. The rest of my air assets ware spread around doing various other tasks, mostly bombarding Port Moresby from Lae.
It wouldn't be possible to ship another CV-TF to protect my Port Moresby invasion force. So, I quicky moved all available air assets to Gili Gili which is now a size 3 airfield. I stationed 149 Zeros, Vals and Kates there with escort and Naval attack as missions.
I moved my CV-TF 2 hex West of Gili Gili, right on the shoreline.
This was my trap. I hoped Ross would move his CV-TF close enough to GG so that GG air-assets could atleast give him a pounding before my CV's would close down for the kill. And my plan worked even better than I had hoped:
We kick off with actiong around Luganville that's still in my hands. Ross is hitting a lot of mines in Luganville harbour as he's moving troops there with a transport-TF. I'm going to lose it but Ross is going to pay a heavy price for it.
--[CLiP]--
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/27/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Sub attack near Luganville at 53,53
Japanese Ships
SS I-27, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
CA San Francisco
CA Vincennes
DD Henley
DD Benham
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Sub attack at 7,55
Japanese Ships
SS I-21
Allied Ships
DD Maury
--[CLiP]--
My assault against Port Moresby starts with a devastating bombardment that causes widespread panic amongst the civilian population of PM.
--[CLiP]--
Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 10,40
Allied aircraft
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed
Ross is doing his best. One thing I actually would like to have in UV/WiTP is the possibility that I could "sack" a given place if I wanted to. Right now Luganville is badly damaged, but it has about 5k Sup and 10k fuel. I'd like to burn them before I lose the hex.
--[CLiP]--
Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 53,53
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3
Port hits 2
--[CLiP]--
And Ross moves for my trap.
--[CLiP]--
Air attack on TF at 15,43
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
A6M3 Zero x 10
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 15
TBD Devastator x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 2 damaged
A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged
TBD Devastator x 15 destroyed
TBD Devastator x 3 damaged
PO1 S. Kitahata of DII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4
Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho
CV Kaga
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Air attack on TF at 17,47
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29
A6M3 Zero x 4
D3A Val x 16
B5N Kate x 34
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 7 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 2 damaged
A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 7 destroyed
D3A Val x 6 damaged
B5N Kate x 17 destroyed
B5N Kate x 27 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 damaged
LTJG W. Holt of VF-6 is credited with kill number 2
Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CA Pensacola
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Air attack on TF at 17,47
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
A6M3 Zero x 2
D3A Val x 40
B5N Kate x 44
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 11 destroyed
A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 6 damaged
B5N Kate x 6 destroyed
B5N Kate x 13 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 damaged
LTJG L. Godson of VF-6 is credited with kill number 4
Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA Salt Lake City
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
--[CLiP]--
My airforce at Lae pounds PM.
--[CLiP]--
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Air attack on 113th Base Force, at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 11
D3A Val x 35
B5N Kate x 30
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 39
Attacking Level Bombers:
10 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
--[CLiP]--
My pilots flying from GG try to finish the badly hit USN fleet but can't find any targets.
--[CLiP]--
Air attack on TF at 17,47
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
A6M3 Zero x 6
D3A Val x 13
B5N Kate x 14
no losses
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Air attack on TF at 17,47
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M2 Zero x 25
D3A Val x 22
B5N Kate x 25
no losses
--[CLiP]--
My SNLF was thrown out of Marilinian.
--[CLiP]--
Ground combat at Marilinan
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 2224 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 1007 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 49
--[CLiP]--
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
Port Moresby will be mine in a few turns. When PM falls I can concentrate in mopping up New Guinea from US troops.
--[CLiP]--
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/28/42
Weather: Overcast
Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 10,40
Allied aircraft
Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder x 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 54
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 110
Port hits 1
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Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 53,53
Runway hits 8
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 10,40
Japanese Ships
AP Hakozaki Maru, Torpedo hits 1
Allied Ships
SS S-38
--[CLiP]--
Ross tried to nab my CV-TF at night but I wasn't there anymore so I annihilated his defensless ships.
--[CLiP]--
Air attack on TF at 15,43
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
D3A Val x 22
B5N Kate x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 13 damaged
B5N Kate x 3 destroyed
B5N Kate x 19 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Swanson
DD Gwin
CA Pensacola, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Meredith
DD Ellet
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Wilkes, Bomb hits 3, on fire
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Air attack on TF at 15,43
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
A6M3 Zero x 6
D3A Val x 20
B5N Kate x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 3 damaged
B5N Kate x 2 destroyed
B5N Kate x 6 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Wilkes, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Balch
CA Pensacola, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Selfridge, Bomb hits 3, on fire
--[CLiP]--
I just couldn't resist the urge to use my floatplanes in a destructive manner:
--[CLiP]--
Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53
Japanese aircraft
E8N Dave x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
E8N Dave x 2 destroyed
E8N Dave x 12 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Lang
DD Drayton, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Northampton, Bomb hits 2
--[CLiP]--
Iron rains on PM:
--[CLiP]--
Air attack on 113th Base Force, at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 11
D3A Val x 35
B5N Kate x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 12
Attacking Level Bombers:
11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
--[CLiP]--
Death at sea:
--[CLiP]--
Air attack on TF at 15,43
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
D3A Val x 15
B5N Kate x 12
no losses
Allied Ships
DD Gwin
DD Balch, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ellet
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Air attack on TF at 15,43
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
A6M3 Zero x 6
D3A Val x 18
B5N Kate x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 2 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Swanson
DD Balch, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Gwin, Bomb hits 3
DD Meredith, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
--[CLiP]--
Floatplanes, floatplanes... A considerable number of Rosses shipping in Luganville harbour has hit Type 93 mines.
--[CLiP]--
Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53
Japanese aircraft
E8N Dave x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
E8N Dave x 3 damaged
Allied Ships
AP John Penn, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 12
--[CLiP]--
Le grandé finalé.
--[CLiP]--
Ground combat at Port Moresby
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 14479 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 13897 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 243
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 187
--[CLiP]--
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 10,40
Japanese Ships
AP Kirishima Maru
DD Yayoi
Allied Ships
SS S-44, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
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Sub attack near Gili Gili at 17,42
Allied Ships
SS Cabrilla
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Sub attack near Gili Gili at 17,42
Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish
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Air attack on TF at 16,45
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Wilkes, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on 113th Base Force, at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 11
D3A Val x 35
B5N Kate x 30
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 70
Attacking Level Bombers:
11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
10 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
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Day Time Surface Combat at 0,0
Japanese Ships
AG 101, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 102, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 104, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
AG 105, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 106, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 107, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 110, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AG 111, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 112, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 113, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 114, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 115, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 118, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 119, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 121, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 123, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG 2050, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
AG 2051, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
AG 2052, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Swanson
DD Gwin
DD Ellet
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Ground combat at Port Moresby
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 24083 troops, 261 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 13839 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 254
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 665
Guns lost 8
--[CLiP]--
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
D3A Val x 18
B5N Kate x 14
no losses
Allied Ships
DD Meredith, heavy damage
CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at Port Moresby
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 27220 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 2690 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 205 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 22
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 576
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 5331 troops, 56 guns, 81 vehicles
Defending force 759 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Luganville base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 850
Guns lost 6
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 16
--[CLiP]--
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
I'm not wasting any time in my cleanup operation. I also landed troops at Buna this turn to throw the US back into the jungle.
--[CLiP]--
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/01/42
Weather: Rain
Air attack on 30th Aus Brigade, at 12,38
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 11
D3A Val x 36
B5N Kate x 21
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 37
Attacking Level Bombers:
11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
10 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet
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Ground combat at Wau
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 6843 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 2570 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 62 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Wau base !!!
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 11
--[CLiP]--
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
Still unloading troops at Buna. Nothing much else to report.
--[CLiP]--
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/02/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Air attack on Buna , at 12,38
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Allied aircraft
no losses
Allied aircraft losses
C-47 Dakota x 4 destroyed
C-47 Dakota x 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 22
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Air attack on Buna , at 12,38
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 29
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Air attack on 30th Aus Brigade, at 12,38
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 11
D3A Val x 36
B5N Kate x 30
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 108
Attacking Level Bombers:
11 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet
10 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet
9 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet
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Sub attack near Noumea at 52,67
Japanese Ships
SS I-159, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD McCall, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Blue
DD Patterson
--[CLiP]--
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
Ross is pulling some sort of minelaying operation one hex east of GG. I'm still unloading troops at Buna.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/03/42
Weather: Clear
Sub attack near Buna at 12,38
Japanese Ships
AP Tatsuta Maru
Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish
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Air attack on Buna , at 12,38
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 29
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Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
no losses
Port hits 2
Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-17E Fortress at 20000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 20000 feet
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Air attack on Buna , at 12,38
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
no losses
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Air attack on 30th Aus Brigade, at 12,38
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 11
D3A Val x 23
B5N Kate x 30
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 69
Attacking Level Bombers:
11 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet
9 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet
10 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet
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Air attack on TF, near Basilaki Island at 18,42
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
no losses
Allied Ships
DD Gwin, Shell hits 8
--[CLiP]--
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 17,42
Japanese Ships
PC Takunan Maru #10
PC Ch 23
AP Atlantic Maru, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
AP Canberra Maru
AP Chowa Maru
AP Florida Maru
AP Kano Maru
AP Keisho Maru, Shell hits 29, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kiyozumi Maru
AP Koyo Maru
AP Manju Maru
AP Meiyo Maru
One might say that sending 15k fresh IJN buddies to throw Ross out of Buna is overkill because you could do it with time and Captain Starvation but I'm not taking any chances.
AP Arizona Maru was already badly damaged from Ross'es previous sub-attack against it so she was left behind as bait in Buna harbour. No loss as the IJN has stacks of AP's & AK's and I've lost something like 6 so far in the game.
Has anyone else noticed that Vals and Kates gain EXP quite fast when they attack ground targets? Or am I just getting the feeling out of nowhare?
--[CLiP]--
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/05/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Sub attack near Buna at 12,38
Japanese Ships
AP Arizona Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish
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Sub attack near Cairns at 7,56
Japanese Ships
SS I-121
Allied Ships
DD Smith
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Sub attack near Buna at 12,38
Japanese Ships
AP Arizona Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-38
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Sub attack near Cairns at 7,56
Japanese Ships
SS I-1
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Air attack on Buna , at 12,38
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 42
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Air attack on Lea Lea , at 9,39
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 7
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Air attack on Buna , at 12,38
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 41
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Air attack on Lea Lea , at 9,39
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 10
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Air attack on 30th Aus Brigade, at 12,38
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 11
D3A Val x 22
B5N Kate x 30
no losses
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 49
Attacking Level Bombers:
9 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet
10 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet
11 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet
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Ground combat at Buna
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 15011 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 8553 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Buna base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 70
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 292
--[CLiP]--
Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
Nutin' special happening, I'm cleaning up New Guinea and plotting more operations against Ross. I spot USN DD's 10-12 Hexes away of GG or Lunga doing some sort of weird stuff and this turn Ross had the nerve to send a single DD to Lunga harbour.
The situation so far:
IJN has basically steamrolled the USN so far suffering no losses to speak about. IJN controls everything North of the line PM-GG-Lunga and can throw hell against any attempt to penetrate this line with LBA's and the full might of the Combined Fleet.
USN shipping sunk for 1977 points:
4 x CV (Lexington, Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet)
5 x CA (Pensacola, Salt Lake City, New Orleans, Astoria and Australia)
1 x CL (Hobart)
15 x DD
4 x PG
1 x DMS
4 x MSW
6 x SS
20 x SC
15 x AK
IJN shipping sunk for 267 points:
1 x CS (Chyoda)
1 x CL (Tatsuta)
2 x ML
3 x TK
1 x AO
3 x SS
10 x AK
Situation on points now USN 3479 vs 8547 IJN.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/06/42
Weather: Overcast
Air attack on Lae , at 9,33
Japanese aircraft
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 1 damaged
Runway hits 2
Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-17E Fortress at 8000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Lunga, at 38,40
MAJ U.Carlson of 26th BS is KILLED
Runway hits 3
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Sub attack near Noumea at 52,67
Japanese Ships
SS I-3
Allied Ships
DD Dewey, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Naval bombardment of Lunga, at 38,40
Runway hits 5
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Ground combat at Buna
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 14912 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 3894 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 147
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The combat report below seems to be lying as I annihilated all troops at Lae Lae.
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Ground combat at Lea Lea
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 6835 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 8480 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lea Lea base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 40
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 4331
Guns lost 6
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Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
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Sub attack near Noumea at 52,67
Japanese Ships
SS I-3
Allied Ships
DD Hull
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Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
no losses
Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-17E Fortress at 8000 feet
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Air attack on TF at 40,41
Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete x 6 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Hutchins, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Sub attack near Cairns at 7,56
Japanese Ships
SS I-1
Allied Ships
DD Smith, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Ground combat at Buna
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 14913 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 3749 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 191
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 205
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Imperial Field Service Code (senjinkun):
"Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people of your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as to not leave behind a soiled name."
My Claudes propably saved the day and I sunk Ross'es CV with no hits on my shipping - so a logical answer to your question would be that they did their job well and deserve a upgrade. 
