Rise of an Empire - Mr. Kane (A) vs castor troy (J)

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 18, 41
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TF 113 encounters mine field at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-14
DMS W-13

6 mines cleared


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ASW attack near Vigan at 80,73

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon is sighted by escort
Sturgeon bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection


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ASW attack near Mersing at 51,82

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
TB Hayabusa
TB Otori
LSD Shinshu Maru
AK Tosan Maru
AK Sado Maru
xAP Naminoue Maru
xAP Mizuho Maru
xAK Yuzan Maru
xAK Kuroshio Maru
xAK Enju Maru
xAK Kyokko Maru
xAK Nanko Maru
xAK Taiko Maru
xAK Kikukawa Maru
xAK Mogamigawa Maru
xAK Yamabiko Maru
xAK Kogyo Maru
xAK Aobasan Maru
xAK Arima Maru
xAKL Kasui Maru
DD Urukaze
DD Yomogi
DD Tsuta
DD Kuri

Allied Ships
SS KXV

MrKane already knew an invasion is going in every moment but now he has to be sure about it [:D]


SS KXV is sighted by escort
DD Urukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yomogi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tsuta fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Mersing at 51,82

Japanese Ships
DD Maikaze
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio

Allied Ships
SS KXV, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

nice one but the sub might just be disbanded and repaired in no time in Singapore...


SS KXV launches 4 torpedoes at DD Maikaze
DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Michishio attacking submerged sub ....
DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Michishio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Oshio attacking submerged sub ....
DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 33,070 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 31070 feet



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

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 4
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 4

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Harukaze, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x OS2U-3 Kingfisher bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

better hit rate than 80 skill dive bombers...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 77,77

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 4
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 4

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x OS2U-3 Kingfisher bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

no comment...


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ASW attack near Mersing at 51,82

Japanese Ships
DD Shikinami
DD Amagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
SS O16

SS O16 is sighted by escort
DD Amagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Mersing at 51,82

Japanese Ships
DMS W-19
DMS W-12

Allied Ships
SS O16

SS O16 is sighted by escort
DMS W-19 fails to find sub and abandons search
DMS W-12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Kane flooded the area with subs, all got working torps...


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ASW attack near Mersing at 51,82

Japanese Ships
DD Shikinami
DD Amagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
SS O16

SS O16 is sighted by escort
O16 bottoming out ....
DD Amagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Sambas (57,88)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1785 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 717 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese adjusted assault: 24

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sambas !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Do-24K-1: 3 destroyed

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

Allied ground losses:
223 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Assaulting units:
91st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
West Borneo KNIL Battalion
Singkawang Base Force

quite surprising that he loses those Dutch patrols there... too precious to be lost that way...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 19, 41
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ASW attack near Channel Islands at 221,77

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
PC Daphne
xAK Coast Trader
xAK Chickasaw City
xAK Panaman
PC Diligence
PC Cahoone

SS I-3 is sighted by escort
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Cahoone fails to find sub and abandons search
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Kalidjati at 51,99

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
TM-6

SS I-155 is sighted by escort
I-155 bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Tawi Tawi at 71,91, Range 20,000 Yards



Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
CL Nagara
DD Yamakaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Umikaze
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
AM Jan van Amstel, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
AM Pieter de Bitter, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AM Abraham Crijnssen, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
AM Eland Dubois, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
xAK Ping Wo, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Bantam, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Tjikandi, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Tjikarang, Shell hits 29, and is sunk

that's today's highlight as our cruisers that were ordered South to engage this fleeing convoy catch it the second day during bright daylight... the result was predictable... not knowing about Force Z and no other target in the area the cruisers are now heading back to Babeldaob... like at Singapore I'd guess that was an attempt to resupply the troops cut off in the Philipines...


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
CL Nagara engages xAK Ping Wo at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards
CL Nagara engages AM Eland Dubois at 19,000 yards
CA Myoko engages AM Abraham Crijnssen at 19,000 yards
CA Myoko engages AM Jan van Amstel at 19,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAK Tjikandi at 19,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAK Tjikandi at 19,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages xAK Ping Wo at 19,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages xAK Tjikandi at 19,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
CA Nachi engages xAK Tjikarang at 15,000 yards
CL Nagara engages AM Abraham Crijnssen at 15,000 yards
CA Myoko engages xAK Tjikandi at 15,000 yards
AM Jan van Amstel sunk by CA Nachi at 15,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages xAK Tjikandi at 15,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages xAK Ping Wo at 15,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages xAK Tjikarang at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
xAK Ping Wo sunk by CA Nachi at 13,000 yards
CL Nagara engages AM Abraham Crijnssen at 13,000 yards
CA Myoko engages xAK Tjikarang at 13,000 yards
CA Nachi engages xAK Tjikarang at 13,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAK Tjikandi at 13,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages xAK Bantam at 13,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages xAK Tjikarang at 13,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages xAK Bantam at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
CL Nagara engages AM Eland Dubois at 11,000 yards
CA Haguro engages xAK Tjikarang at 11,000 yards
CA Myoko engages xAK Tjikarang at 11,000 yards
CL Nagara engages xAK Tjikandi at 11,000 yards
CA Haguro engages xAK Tjikandi at 11,000 yards
DD Umikaze engages xAK Bantam at 11,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages xAK Tjikarang at 11,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages xAK Tjikandi at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CL Nagara engages AM Eland Dubois at 8,000 yards
CA Nachi engages AM Abraham Crijnssen at 8,000 yards
CA Myoko engages xAK Tjikarang at 8,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages xAK Tjikarang at 8,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAK Tjikandi at 8,000 yards
DD Umikaze engages xAK Tjikandi at 8,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages xAK Tjikarang at 8,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages xAK Tjikandi at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CA Nachi engages xAK Bantam at 7,000 yards
CA Haguro engages xAK Bantam at 7,000 yards
AM Abraham Crijnssen sunk by CA Myoko at 7,000 yards
DD Umikaze engages xAK Tjikarang at 7,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages xAK Bantam at 7,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages xAK Bantam at 7,000 yards
AM Eland Dubois sunk by CA Nachi at 7,000 yards
AM Pieter de Bitter sunk by CA Myoko at 7,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages xAK Tjikandi at 7,000 yards
xAK Bantam sunk by DD Suzukaze at 7,000 yards
DD Umikaze engages xAK Tjikarang at 7,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages xAK Tjikarang at 7,000 yards
xAK Tjikandi sunk by DD Umikaze at 7,000 yards
xAK Tjikarang sunk by CA Myoko at 7,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...


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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 79
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 27

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

with an average skill of 65 my Sallies can't hit anything... with the numbers of bombs dropped just on Rangoon's airfield one could burn down a medium sized town while we fail to close the airfield...

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
2 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 15

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 35

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 2
Runway hits 6

at least we can bomb at will where ever we want with all Allied fighters being stacked into Singapore...

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Calapan at 78,79

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 7
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 4

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x OS2U-3 Kingfisher bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

no matter if DD or CL those 100ft float plane attacks can hit whatever they try to hit...


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Calapan at 78,79

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-10B x 1

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Naka

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-10B bombing from 100 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

not surprising that sooner or later also an obsolete bomber shows up at 100ft...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Calapan at 78,79

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 4

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Naka

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x OS2U-3 Kingfisher bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb



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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 51,83

Japanese Ships
DMS W-9
DMS W-19
DMS W-12

Allied Ships
SS KXV, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

nail that bugger... the sub was unable to dive, encountered on the surface and was sunk by gunfire...

SS KXV is sighted by escort
DMS W-19 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-12 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-19 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-12 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-19 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-12 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-19 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-12 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-19 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-12 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-19 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-12 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-19 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-12 firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS W-19 firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves


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Ground combat at Mergui (53,62)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 40 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

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 Mergui !!!

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

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /5

gonna take all those empty bases along the coast up to Rangoon by para assaults... I could also drop goats to take all those bases...


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Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 105 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

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 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kota Bharu !!!

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

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /6

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 20, 41
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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84

Japanese Ships
DD Kuretake
DD Sanae

Allied Ships
SS KX

SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at DD Kuretake
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
CA Takao
CA Atago
DD Asashio
DD Oshio
DD Michishio
DD Arashio
DD Shikinami
DD Ayanami
DD Asagiri
DD Sagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri

Allied Ships
ML No. 310, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
ML No. 311, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 3% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
Hirata, Noboru crosses the 'T'
BB Kirishima engages ML No. 311 at 9,000 yards
DD Sagiri engages ML No. 310 at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
ML No. 311 sunk by BB Kirishima at 7,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages ML No. 310 at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages ML No. 310 at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
ML No. 310 sunk by BB Kirishima at 4,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...


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TF 5 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Ships
DD Amagiri
DD Asagiri
DD Oshio
BB Kirishima, Mine hits 1 [8|]
BB Haruna, Mine hits 1 [8|]
BB Kongo, Mine hits 1 [8|]
CA Atago, Mine hits 1 [8|]
CA Takao, Mine hits 1 [8|]

6 mines cleared

come on... dumb die roll...

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TF 9 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Ships
DD Akikaze, Mine hits 1

2 mines cleared


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Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!



Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 16 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
Buffalo I: 18 damaged
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed on ground
H81-A3: 19 damaged
H81-A3: 2 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 27 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground

136 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
CA Atago, Shell hits 13, on fire
CA Takao, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
617 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (4 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 18

guess one doesn't see that very often in a PBEM [:D] the natural answer to the MrKane's fighter stack at Singapore is a BB/CA bombardment... Allied players often feel too safe sitting behind Singapore's coast defense when the only real threat are the mines there that usually hit a DD or two but of course we had the maximum outcome seeing 3 hits on BB plus 2 on my cruisers... the mine field was spotted already so the chance to actually see that many hits was quite low... oh well, no ship is near danger of sinking, the cruisers will be repaired in no time while the BB will sit in a repair yard for a month at best... those damn mine hits did achieve something though as only 2 BB and 2 CA were lobbing shells into Singapore... not nearly as many airfield hits from the 2 BB as I expected but we torch a good dozen fighters on the ground and damage many more, recon shows the airfield 50% damaged but that's an exaggeration... guess MrKane didn't expect me doing this... [:D]

if that bombardment isn't enough to scare the Allied fighters I can repeat that any time shuffling in heavy units... for those that haven't engaged such CD before, don't be too scared as heavy bombardment TF don't have to really be afraid of the CD... the couple of 15" guns there only fired a handful of shots all missing, only Atago was hit by 6" shells of which many penetrated her tower armor which wasn't nice to see as I expected the heavy cruisers to be immune to anything up to the 9.2" guns... don't try to do an amphib landing here though, an invasion would be shot to pieces...


BB Kirishima firing at Singapore
BB Hiei firing at Singapore
CA Atago firing at Singapore Fortress
Singapore Fortress firing at CA Atago
Singapore Fortress firing at CA Takao
CA Takao firing at Singapore Fortress


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ASW attack near Djemadja at 52,83

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
DD Shikinami
DD Amagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
SS KVII, hits 2

running through the gauntlet of subs after those mine hits might prove dangerous though... there isn't a single unspotted sub as KB is picking them up every turn...


SS KVII is sighted by escort
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Sagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 101
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 42

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 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

starting to become ridicoulos...


Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
2 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 46

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

we achieve a 3% hit rate on the airfield today...


Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Tandjoengpinang , at 50,85

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 35,940 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 33

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 30940 feet

lol, I wanted to sweep Singapore after the naval bombardment but must have clicked into the hex South of it...


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Afternoon Air attack on Tandjoengpinang , at 50,85

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 32,070 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 31070 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 79,94

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 14

Allied aircraft losses
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Haguro
CL Nagara, Bomb hits 1
DD Kawakaze

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Massive explosion on CL Nagara not really...


now that was really surprising... after taking out that Dutch convoy yesterday my SAG cruises along Mindanao's coast and suddenly US dive bombers are reported... dive bombers??? must be misidentified with a bunch of float planes coming in low... no, dive bombers!!!

a 1000lb bomb penetrates through Nagara's thin deck armor and I expect the ship to take heavy damage but all we see is 17 sys dam... so how on Earth are those Vindicators getting to Mindanao? Very nice move! Makes operating cruisers in the area more dangerous than expected but there shouldn't be a real need at this stage anyway...


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Ground combat at Taiping (49,75)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 70 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 6

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Taiping !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /2

[obvert]

At Rangoon just bring the bombers in lower. At 10k they're not hitting. Try 8k. Then 6k. See what works.

Nice bombardment on Singers. Way to nervous about mines, guns, MTBs, etc to do that myself. I think your mine hits are abut right for that location, considering it's sheltered area and massive defenses. Still, you gave the order and got what you wanted. nicely done. [&o]

[crsutton]

Yeah, bombardment forces should really never worry about CD guns. I had six batteries of six 6 inch guns guarding Calcutta and he just started hitting them with CAs. Wiped them all out eventually. However, passing those guns is a different matter. My opponent accidentally ran past the hex with the CD guns up to Calcutta and the guns shot him to bits passing up and down the river. However, a direct bombardment of the hex containing CD units is a cake walk. Infuriating because it should be very deadly.

[crsutton]

Actually, MR. Kane's gambit with his small CA, DD forces vs your old BBs could have resulted in disaster for you. The moonlight was zero and some of the ships were British. Slow BBs in low viability in my experience will eat torpedoes. You could have easily lost the whole force with Mr. Tanaka in command. I think it was a pretty good and aggressive move on his behalf.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: obvert

At Rangoon just bring the bombers in lower. At 10k they're not hitting. Try 8k. Then 6k. See what works.

Nice bombardment on Singers. Way to nervous about mines, guns, MTBs, etc to do that myself. I think your mine hits are abut right for that location, considering it's sheltered area and massive defenses. Still, you gave the order and got what you wanted. nicely done. [&o]

already too much flak there if not really heavy compared to later stages of the game

Singapore got something like 500 mines at start, considering we have "spotted" the minefield earlier (by hitting mines) the 5 hits on my BB/CA are more than one can usually expect in the game IMO. Mines, like CD really comes into play when it comes down to invasions.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

Actually, MR. Kane's gambit with his small CA, DD forces vs your old BBs could have resulted in disaster for you. The moonlight was zero and some of the ships were British. Slow BBs in low viability in my experience will eat torpedoes. You could have easily lost the whole force with Mr. Tanaka in command. I think it was a pretty good and aggressive move on his behalf.

absolutely agree, very nice move to have all those cruisers in that area (only the obsolete Dutch ones didn't show up). I was using my BB due to Force Z. I preferre using heavy cruisers but I don't want them to run into Force Z, especially at daylight. Same with the enemy cruisers, if we would have reacted in daylight they would have probably been shot to bits. Losing all of my SAG to those enemy cruisers would have been the worst outcome and probably unlikely but a BB taking a torp could have happened, like seeing my heavies and especially the disappointing DD hitting more.

[ny59giants]

Vindicators - Fly off American CV to Wake to Rabaul to DEI. With transfer range over 40, not hard to do.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Vindicators - Fly off American CV to Wake to Rabaul to DEI. With transfer range over 40, not hard to do.

thanks for the info. Range 40?!? [X(] I've been playing this game quite some time now but I've never noticed the extreme range of those dive bombers.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 21, 41
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,74

Japanese Ships
DMS W-14

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf

SS Seawolf is sighted by escort
DMS W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Mersing at 51,82

Japanese Ships
CV Zuikaku
CA Chikuma
CL Abukuma
DD Hamakaze
DD Kagero
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Arashi

Allied Ships
SS O19

that scared the hell out of me for a moment... so many DD around, all that air ASW and the sub still gets a shot at one of my premium carriers... seeing those six torps miss the ship is my consolation prize for missing Enterprise twice and not really damaging her during the third sub attack... I was so shocked I couldn't even take a screen shot fast enough [:D]

SS O19 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku
O19 bottoming out ....
DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arare attacking submerged sub ....
SS O19 eludes DD Arare by hugging bottom
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Billiton at 52,92, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Wakatake
DD Kuretake
DD Sanae

Allied Ships
HDML P 9, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
HDML P 11, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
HDML P 12, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
HDML P 13, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
HDML P 14, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
HDML P 15, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
HDML P 16, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

those were all out of fuel, seem to try to get to Singapore... [8|]

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 12,000 yards
DD Sanae fires at HDML P 16 at 12,000 yards
DD Sanae fires at HDML P 15 at 12,000 yards
HDML P 13 sunk by DD Sanae at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
HDML P 9 sunk by DD Kuretake at 7,000 yards
HDML P 12 sunk by DD Sanae at 7,000 yards
DD Sanae engages HDML P 11 at 7,000 yards
DD Sanae engages HDML P 16 at 7,000 yards
HDML P 11 sunk by DD Kuretake at 7,000 yards
DD Sanae engages HDML P 16 at 7,000 yards
HDML P 15 sunk by DD Sanae at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
HDML P 16 sunk by DD Sanae at 8,000 yards
HDML P 14 sunk by DD Sanae at 8,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...


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Sub attack near Mersing at 51,82

Japanese Ships
DMS W-12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DMS W-10
DMS W-19
DMS W-11

Allied Ships
SS KXII, hits 2

[:(] DMS went down like a stone...


SS KXII launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-12
KXII bottoming out ....
DMS W-19 fails to find sub and abandons search
DMS W-11 attacking submerged sub ....
DMS W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58

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 52
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 15

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 13

want to knock out Port Blair's airfield as a transfer base from the DEI to Burma/India... Sally hit rate as bad as usual on a fully reconned base... sever storms though...


Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
2 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 78
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 7

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 20

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Wake Island at 134,100

Japanese Ships
PB Keijo Maru
xAK Yae Maru
PB Fumi Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Triton

SS Triton launches 2 torpedoes at PB Keijo Maru
Triton diving deep ....
PB Fumi Maru #3 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Keijo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Mersing at 51,82

Japanese Ships
DMS W-9
DMS W-19
DMS W-11

Allied Ships
SS KXII

SS KXII is sighted by escort
KXII bottoming out ....
DMS W-19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-11 fails to find sub and abandons search
DMS W-19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Alor Star (49,73)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 92 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 7

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Alor Star !!!

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

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1


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Ground combat at Kuantan (51,79)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 53 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

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 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuantan !!!

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

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /2

dropping more goats ehm... paras on empty Allied bases on Malaya...

[Lowpe]

SNLF /1 & SNLF /2; I always try to use my paratroops in big chunks for air drops & never drop with a splinter. I realize you are up against the A team here however, but you were complaining about 100' runs, to me this is fairly gamey, but obviously you are not violating a HR or you wouldn't be doing it.

Lucky break for the Zuikaku.[:)]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

SNLF /1 & SNLF /2; I always try to use my paratroops in big chunks for air drops & never drop with a splinter. I realize you are up against the A team here however, but you were complaining about 100' runs, to me this is fairly gamey, but obviously you are not violating a HR or you wouldn't be doing it.

Lucky break for the Zuikaku.[:)]

all goes that isn't violating a hr, I've kept stuff behind my back until I got a picture of how the game will evolve.

As to the para drops, what do you want me to do to take all those abandoned Allied bases? If one realizes how a retreat or fall back in good order looks like, there wouldn't be hundreds of miles void of Allied troops on Malaya. All the Allied are trying is to move stuff back on turn one even without me exploiting the game with a landing there on turn two or let alone on turn one. One side acting unrealistic, the other side only in need of goats to take the empty bases that could be defended by that myriad of small Allied units on Malaya but the Allied commander preferred having everything running to Singapore instead. I'm not taking halve of Australia with my paras, all I do is taking bases that are deliberately abandoned by the Allied. And if you ask me to drop hundreds of paras in one go, well, there is only one Tina squadron that can reach Malaya. HR or not, I could argue about the para drops if I drop 20 paras on occupied bases to stop strat movement for one turn but all those paras are doing is taking abandoned bases that had no reason to be immidiately being abandoned.

[KenchiSulla]

You are in luck Castor. Abandoning bases instead of leaving at least a scratch force to defend them is very bad policy. It will enable you to rail in reinforcements very fast from the North, expediting the capture of Singapore...

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: castor troy

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

SNLF /1 & SNLF /2; I always try to use my paratroops in big chunks for air drops & never drop with a splinter. I realize you are up against the A team here however, but you were complaining about 100' runs, to me this is fairly gamey, but obviously you are not violating a HR or you wouldn't be doing it.

Lucky break for the Zuikaku.[:)]

all goes that isn't violating a hr, I've kept stuff behind my back until I got a picture of how the game will evolve.

As to the para drops, what do you want me to do to take all those abandoned Allied bases? If one realizes how a retreat or fall back in good order looks like, there wouldn't be hundreds of miles void of Allied troops on Malaya. All the Allied are trying is to move stuff back on turn one even without me exploiting the game with a landing there on turn two or let alone on turn one. One side acting unrealistic, the other side only in need of goats to take the empty bases that could be defended by that myriad of small Allied units on Malaya but the Allied commander preferred having everything running to Singapore instead. I'm not taking halve of Australia with my paras, all I do is taking bases that are deliberately abandoned by the Allied. And if you ask me to drop hundreds of paras in one go, well, there is only one Tina squadron that can reach Malaya. HR or not, I could argue about the para drops if I drop 20 paras on occupied bases to stop strat movement for one turn but all those paras are doing is taking abandoned bases that had no reason to be immidiately being abandoned.

You make excellent points.[:)]

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: castor troy

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

SNLF /1 & SNLF /2; I always try to use my paratroops in big chunks for air drops & never drop with a splinter. I realize you are up against the A team here however, but you were complaining about 100' runs, to me this is fairly gamey, but obviously you are not violating a HR or you wouldn't be doing it.

Lucky break for the Zuikaku.[:)]

all goes that isn't violating a hr, I've kept stuff behind my back until I got a picture of how the game will evolve.

As to the para drops, what do you want me to do to take all those abandoned Allied bases? If one realizes how a retreat or fall back in good order looks like, there wouldn't be hundreds of miles void of Allied troops on Malaya. All the Allied are trying is to move stuff back on turn one even without me exploiting the game with a landing there on turn two or let alone on turn one. One side acting unrealistic, the other side only in need of goats to take the empty bases that could be defended by that myriad of small Allied units on Malaya but the Allied commander preferred having everything running to Singapore instead. I'm not taking halve of Australia with my paras, all I do is taking bases that are deliberately abandoned by the Allied. And if you ask me to drop hundreds of paras in one go, well, there is only one Tina squadron that can reach Malaya. HR or not, I could argue about the para drops if I drop 20 paras on occupied bases to stop strat movement for one turn but all those paras are doing is taking abandoned bases that had no reason to be immidiately being abandoned.

You make excellent points.[:)]

Yeah my attitude is that it is perfectly OK to take an abandoned base near or behind the front lines with a fragment. Just housekeeping. Only restriction we follow is that if you are parachuting behind enemy lines it has to be a whole unit. And, if you can't send the whole unit due to transport limitations. The remaining fragment cannot be dropped elsewhere until the unit is intact again. American engineer units with para units won't drop so we do not count them.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Cannonfodder

You are in luck Castor. Abandoning bases instead of leaving at least a scratch force to defend them is very bad policy. It will enable you to rail in reinforcements very fast from the North, expediting the capture of Singapore...

true and that's what I'm going to do, even though I could also land those reinforcements at Mersing easily. At the moment the rail line is blocked as there are those cut off Indian bgds sitting at Kuala Lumpur but troops are on the way coming from the South to clear the base to have the rest of the Army railing in from the North.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 22, 41
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Sub attack near Vigan at 80,73

Japanese Ships
MTB G-5

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon cannot acquire firing solution on enemy MTB
Sturgeon bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection


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ASW attack near Mersing at 51,82

Japanese Ships
DD Maikaze
CA Chikuma
CA Tone
CL Abukuma
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Arashi

Allied Ships
SS KXVII, hits 1

SS KXVII launches 4 torpedoes at DD Maikaze
KXVII bottoming out ....
DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
DD Yuzuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Yukikaze

Allied ground losses:
451 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 3

heavy cruiser bombardment before the invasion TF is going in...


Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion firing at CA Kako
CA Kako firing at Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion
CA Furutaka firing at Wake Island
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Kinugasa
CA Kinugasa firing at Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion
Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion firing at CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba firing at Wake Island
DD Yuzuki firing at Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion
Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion firing at DD Yuzuki
DD Kikuzuki firing at Wake Island
DD Uzuki firing at Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion
Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion firing at DD Uzuki
DD Tokitsukaze firing at Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion
Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion firing at DD Tokitsukaze
DD Yukikaze firing at Wake Island


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Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73

Japanese Ships
xAK Santos Maru, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin

wth? Had a freighter running around without an escort... interestingly enough the freighter made Cam Ranh Bay and will even survive, while taking halve a year to repair there [:)]

xAK Santos Maru is sighted by SS Sculpin
SS Sculpin attacking xAK Santos Maru on the surface
SS Sculpin low on gun ammo, Chappell, L.H. breaks off surface engagement and submerges


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ASW attack near Mersing at 51,82

Japanese Ships
DD Shirakumo
DD Tatsuyuke

Allied Ships
SS KIX

SS KIX is sighted by escort
KIX bottoming out ....
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Pre-Invasion action off Wake Island (136,98) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Katori
xAK Ryunan Maru, Shell hits 1
PB Keijo Maru
PB Fumi Maru #3
PB Choko Maru #2
PB Tama Maru #5
xAK Daijukyo Maru

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

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

Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion firing at CL Katori
CL Katori firing at Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion
5in Mk 15 CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Ryunan Maru at 7,000 yards
PB Fumi Maru #3 firing to suppress enemy battery at 7,000 yards
PB Fumi Maru #3 fired at enemy guns
PB Keijo Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Choko Maru #2 fired at enemy troops
PB Tama Maru #5 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Wake Island (136,98)

TF 95 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 136,98

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

17 troops of a SNLF Inf Squad 41 lost in surf during unload of 51st Nav Gd
15 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of Maizuru 2nd SNLF /2

here we go... landing looking good, the heavy cruisers achieved their task... two Nav Guard units storming the atoll...


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Invasion Support action off Wake Island (136,98)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAK Kazan Maru, Shell hits 1
PB Choko Maru #2
PB Tama Maru #5
PB Fumi Maru #3
PB Keijo Maru
xAK Daijukyo Maru

5in Mk 15 CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Kazan Maru at 8,000 yards
PB Tama Maru #5 firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards
PB Fumi Maru #3 fired at enemy guns
PB Keijo Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Choko Maru #2 fired at enemy guns
PB Tama Maru #5 fired at enemy guns


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ASW attack near Mersing at 51,82

Japanese Ships
PC Ashi
TB Hayabusa
TB Hiyodori
PB Shosei Maru
AMC Bankok Maru
LSD Shinshu Maru
AK Tosan Maru
AK Sagami Maru
xAP Naminoue Maru
xAP Koan Maru
xAK Oyashima Maru
xAK Yahiko Maru
xAK Ryujo Maru
xAK Hokko Maru
xAK Awajisan Maru
xAK Yoneyama Maru
xAK Kinkai Maru
xAK Kokai Maru
xAK Koryu Maru
xAK Nako Maru
xAK Tatutaki Maru
xAK Asosan Maru
xAK Ayatosan Maru
xAKL Tatibana Maru
DD Urukaze
DD Yomogi
DD Tsuta
DD Kuri

Allied Ships
SS KIX, hits 3

SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at PC Ashi
KIX bottoming out ....
DD Urukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yomogi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tsuta fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tsuta fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 90,97

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
TK Manju Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Dutch Catalinas suddenly showing up over Babeldaob trying to bomb a precious tanker... guess some Cap is needed here... would have been a nice attack as MrKane catches me off guard here...


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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 103
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

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

Runway hits 16

we keep bombing... ehm... missing...


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Invasion Support action off Wake Island (136,98)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Fumi Maru #3
PB Keijo Maru
PB Choko Maru #2
PB Tama Maru #5
xAK Daijukyo Maru

PB Fumi Maru #3 fired at enemy troops
PB Keijo Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Choko Maru #2 fired at enemy guns
PB Tama Maru #5 fired at enemy troops


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Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)

Japanese Shock attack



Attacking force 3724 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 122

Defending force 1245 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Japanese adjusted assault: 104

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 104 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island !!!

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

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

Allied ground losses:
1817 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 21 (21 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
51st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
141st USN Stn Base Force
Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion


we take Wake without any losses which was really nice... I hate thes atoll invasions as they can go terrible wrong even against nearly no opposition and even during the IJ amphib bonus... and we didn't have KB near so both our heavy cruisers as well as the amphib convoy and it's light cruiser escort were in danger to run into something like a pair of carriers or some BB from Pearl Harbour... we only had subs covering the approach but we didn't pick up any enemy activity so all was fine... as the Allied player one thing I immidiately do if the IJN isn't attacking PH is sending some reinforcements to Wake but the Allied commander thankfully didn't...

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ORIGINAL: crsutton

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: castor troy




all goes that isn't violating a hr, I've kept stuff behind my back until I got a picture of how the game will evolve.

As to the para drops, what do you want me to do to take all those abandoned Allied bases? If one realizes how a retreat or fall back in good order looks like, there wouldn't be hundreds of miles void of Allied troops on Malaya. All the Allied are trying is to move stuff back on turn one even without me exploiting the game with a landing there on turn two or let alone on turn one. One side acting unrealistic, the other side only in need of goats to take the empty bases that could be defended by that myriad of small Allied units on Malaya but the Allied commander preferred having everything running to Singapore instead. I'm not taking halve of Australia with my paras, all I do is taking bases that are deliberately abandoned by the Allied. And if you ask me to drop hundreds of paras in one go, well, there is only one Tina squadron that can reach Malaya. HR or not, I could argue about the para drops if I drop 20 paras on occupied bases to stop strat movement for one turn but all those paras are doing is taking abandoned bases that had no reason to be immidiately being abandoned.

You make excellent points.[:)]

Yeah my attitude is that it is perfectly OK to take an abandoned base near or behind the front lines with a fragment. Just housekeeping. Only restriction we follow is that if you are parachuting behind enemy lines it has to be a whole unit. And, if you can't send the whole unit due to transport limitations. The remaining fragment cannot be dropped elsewhere until the unit is intact again. American engineer units with para units won't drop so we do not count them.

This can be easy exploited. You could abandon a bunch of bases and wait for your opponent to paradrop. Then nail the airfield once they take the base so you can no longer pick the troops back up then nail the troops until they're a wreck or wiped out (assuming a land-locked base, but if it's on the coast you can just nail the paras from the air right away also).

Why should there be any limitations on paras taking empty bases? If he wants to defend them he could also leave a fragment to prevent fragmentary paradrops. [:)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 23, 41
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 90,97

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed

not having Cap today would have been quite FUBAR when the Dutch patrols came in to bomb yesterday so I'm amazed they even show up again... one shot down, the other one damaged but got home safely...


CAP engaged:
13th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 61
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 40

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

well done guys...


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 69
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 2

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Tavoy (54,60)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 79 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 7

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tavoy !!!

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

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /5


we keep clearing the enemy's abandoned bases as what has happened on Malaya also seems to happen South of Rangoon with those small enemy units heading North leaving their starting bases...