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

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
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Pre-Invasion action off Rabaul (106,125)

22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Ikunta Maru
PB Hakkaisan Maru
PB Fukui Maru
PB Chiyo Maru #4
xAK Unyo Maru #2

PB Ikunta Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Hakkaisan Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Fukui Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Chiyo Maru #4 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 Rabaul (106,125)

TF 15 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 106,125

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

37mm Type 01 AT Gun lost overboard during unload of 61st Nav Gd
15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 61st Nav Gd /2
7.7mm T99 AAMG damaged beyond repair during unload of 16th JNAF AF Unit
17 troops of a SNLF Inf Squad 41 accidentally lost during unload of 20th JNAF AF Unit

we land at Rabaul and had the same fearful feeling we had during the assault on Wake as without KB in the area you might just run into an enemy carrier or some strong surface assets... now I didn't expect anything bigger than a CA around Rabaul and my CA SAG that is covering the invasion could deal with such a threat but we are 17 days into the war so with no carrier waiting for the Wake invasion we could easily see one now covering Rabaul...

during the air search phase our float planes pick up a CA six hexes South West of Rabaul with our ships being spotted several times by enemy aircraft too... at that point I was already expecting an enemy CV based air strikes at my precious heavy cruisers but nothing happened... as it turned out the sighting for sure wasn't a CV TF... the convoy unloads for one day and heads North as do our heavy cruisers...


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Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Ikunta Maru
PB Hakkaisan Maru
PB Fukui Maru
PB Chiyo Maru #4
xAK Unyo Maru #2

PB Ikunta Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Hakkaisan Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Fukui Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fired at enemy troops


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ASW attack near Portland Roads at 93,131

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
DD Bulmer
DD Barker
DD Alden
DD Whipple
DD Stewart
DD John D. Edwards

that was the escort of Boise if I'm not mistaken... probably heading towards Brisbane or Sydney...


SS RO-66 is sighted by escort
RO-66 diving deep ....
DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Stewart fails to find sub and abandons search
DD John D. Edwards fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Whipple attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-66 eludes DD Whipple by diving deep
SS RO-66 eludes ASW attack from DD Whipple
DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Portland Roads at 93,131

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66, hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Houston
DD Bulmer
DD Barker
DD Alden
DD Whipple
DD Stewart
DD John D. Edwards

wasn't Boise's escort but the escort of Houston and Marblehead (that took damage from one of our BB)...


SS RO-66 is sighted by escort
DD Whipple fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Stewart fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD John D. Edwards fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Stewart fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Stewart fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Stewart attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-66 eludes DD Stewart by diving deep
SS RO-66 eludes ASW attack from DD Stewart
SS RO-66 eludes DD Stewart by diving deep
DD Stewart fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Stewart fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Cairns at 93,139

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
AM Cairns
xAP Koolama
xAKL Wollongbar
AM Ipswitch
AM Deloraine

not really a succesful day for our subs despite having the chance to score nicely more than once this turn...

SS RO-60 is sighted by escort
RO-60 diving deep ....
AM Ipswitch fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Deloraine fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Ipswitch fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Deloraine fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Deloraine fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Deloraine fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Deloraine fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Deloraine fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on 208th RAF Adv Base Force, at 51,66 (Victoria Point)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 80
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Victoria Point is the only usable airfield left South of Rangoon (level 4) that can be used for shifting aircraft from Burma to Malaya to Java or in the opposite direction and the base is still home of that small Allied base force that starts there... as we are dropping paras onto the field later the day we are preparing this with our bombers engaging this unit instead of missing Rangoon's airfield...


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



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Morning Air attack on 208th RAF Adv Base Force, at 51,66 (Victoria Point)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 41

No Japanese losses

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

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



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Morning Air attack on 208th RAF Adv Base Force, at 51,66 (Victoria Point)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26

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

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

not that we would do real damage but it probably won't be needed anyway as our paras should be able to deal with such a defender...


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Sub attack near Cairns at 93,139

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
AMc Beryl
AM Cairns
xAKL Wollongbar
AM Ipswitch
AM Deloraine

slow AMc missed off Cairns...


SS RO-60 launches 2 torpedoes at AMc Beryl
RO-60 diving deep ....
AM Ipswitch fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Deloraine fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Ipswitch fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Deloraine fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Ipswitch fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Ipswitch fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Ipswitch fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,98



Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
CL Tromp
CL Java
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With

and obsolete light cruiser missed in the DEI...

SS I-156 launches 4 torpedoes at CL Tromp
DD Banckert fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Witte de With fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub ....
DD Witte de With cannot reach attack position over SS I-156
DD Witte de With cannot reach attack position over SS I-156
SS I-156 eludes DD Witte de With by diving deep
Escort abandons search for sub


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Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Ikunta Maru
PB Hakkaisan Maru
PB Fukui Maru
PB Chiyo Maru #4
xAK Unyo Maru #2

PB Ikunta Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Hakkaisan Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Fukui Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fired at enemy troops


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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1236 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50

Defending force 7380 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 142

Assaulting units:
A Coy/NG Rifles
Lark Battalion
Rabaul Base Force

Defending units:
52nd Naval Guard Unit
61st Naval Guard Unit
16th JNAF AF Unit
12th Air Flotilla
20th JNAF AF Unit

142 av should be enough to take out Rabaul's defenders...

[castor troy]

and that's the combat report that was still missing of this day...


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Ground combat at Victoria Point (51,66)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 260 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Defending force 232 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 16

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Victoria Point !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 12 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 21 destroyed

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

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

Allied ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /2

Defending units:
208th RAF Adv Base Force

holy sh*t! [X(] as expected our paras didn't have any problem taking Victoria point and then I nearly pissed my pants about the insane timing as we find the field fully filled with USAAF fighters that must have withdrawn from Singapore to this airfield today, surely in transit to Rangoon... now that was quite a careless move of MrKane especially as he might have been well aware of our paras clearing one base after another to make life harder for the Allied airforce on this front... but still I wouldn't have expected to catch an enemy squadron there let alone three or even four when looking at the number of destroyed fighters... as the Allied I usually use the way via the Dutch airbases going North to Port Blair further on to Rangoon or other bases in Burma but MrKane must have sent the majority of Singapore's defenders right into my para drop... that was quite a present for christmas eve... [:D]

and IMO turned bringing all these fighters to Singapore into a total flop as there is literally nothing left of the USAAF fighter force now while nothing achieving over Singapore either as we just happily landed at Mersing without any interference... our paras report no less than five dozen burning US frontline fighters on the field... our next para assault is going to take Port Blair, more or less isolating Burma from Singapore and/or Java as Rangoon's airfield is pretty much closed and it takes long ranged aircraft to transit the distance from Burma to Sumatra...

for those not happy with "small" para drops, we used all available Tinas to drop this unit and managed to have a whopping 260 paras jumping having 2 guns with them... even that we missed CL Tromp today I was still very happy with the turn as you can imagine...[;)]

[castor troy]

nothing happened on the 25th or I've just lost the cr...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 26, 41
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Submarine attack near Cooktown at 93,137

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
TK Havfru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

medium sized tanker sent to Davy Jones... quite some traffic off Australia's East Coast now... seems like lots of fleeing ships from the DEI are arriving here now... every tanker counts...

TK Havfru is sighted by SS RO-60
SS RO-60 launches 2 torpedoes


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Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 33,070 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
38 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 29070 feet *

after jumping into Victoria Point two days ago we spotted fighters at Port Blair too yesterday but couldn't assemble the paras so they had to jump today... Port Blair's airfield being bombed earlier receiving some damage we still expected some fighters today so the Zeroes made an appearance first clearing the empty sky for the bombers...


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Morning Air attack on Port Blair Adv Base Force, at 46,58 (Port Blair)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 65
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 39
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 40

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Blair Adv Base Force, at 46,58 (Port Blair)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 3

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

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



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Morning Air attack on Port Blair Adv Base Force, at 46,58 (Port Blair)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11

No Japanese losses

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

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



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ASW attack near Portland Roads at 93,131

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
xAK Cape Fairweather
AM Bittern

SS RO-66 is sighted by escort
RO-66 diving deep ....
AM Bittern fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Bittern fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Bittern fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Bittern fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Bittern fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Georgetown (49,74)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 768 troops, 0 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 80

Defending force 1132 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Japanese adjusted assault: 70

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Georgetown !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Allied ground losses:
1019 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 78 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
3rd SSVF Battalion
Penang Fortress

tanks taking Georgetown without a loss to clear the way for the Infantry Divisions plus support that is following waiting for the rail lines being cleared...


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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3556 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Defending force 1661 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35

Japanese adjusted assault: 29 [:(]

Allied adjusted defense: 25

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
336 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
52nd Naval Guard Unit
61st Naval Guard Unit
12th Air Flotilla
16th JNAF AF Unit
20th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
A Coy/NG Rifles
Lark Battalion
Rabaul Base Force

only 1:1 due to a horrible adjusted av but minimal losses and the base will fall no doubt...


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Ground combat at Brunei (65,87)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1814 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Defending force 817 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 13

Allied adjusted defense: 7

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
15th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
107th RN Base Force
100th RN Base Force

same as at Rabaul...

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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1076 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Defending force 7288 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 125

Assaulting units:
Lark Battalion
A Coy/NG Rifles
Rabaul Base Force

Defending units:
52nd Naval Guard Unit
61st Naval Guard Unit
16th JNAF AF Unit
12th Air Flotilla
20th JNAF AF Unit


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Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 222 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Defending force 393 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Japanese adjusted assault: 14

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Blair !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed [:D]
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed [:D]
Mohawk IV: 2 destroyed [:D]

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

Allied ground losses:
550 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /4

Defending units:
Port Blair Adv Base Force

most of the fighters that have been there yesterday managed to get out but we still catch roughly dozen, mostly obsolete ones but still usable... also another H81-A3 is lost, the enemy is already really running low on that aircraft... going with the aircraft losses, there are more or less only P-40B left for the Allied at the moment and that number is quite limited too...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 27, 41
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Submarine attack near Cooktown at 93,137

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
xAK Ravnaas, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

xAK Ravnaas is sighted by SS RO-60
SS RO-60 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Ravnaas

another succesful attack on shipping off Cooktown...


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ASW attack near Munda at 110,135

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64

Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria
CL Achilles
DD Farragut
DD Voyager
DD Hull
DD Dewey
DD MacDonough

got a couple of RO subs patrolling South of Rabaul and the Solomons and RO-64 picks up a big USN combat group today... being in this location this smells like a CV TF but no carrier is sighted... if this is to intervene with my invasion of Rabaul, my convoys have left the invasion site two days ago already and are safe as I was not leaving them there to give the enemy a higher chance to pick them off than it was necessary...


SS RO-64 is sighted by escort
DD Voyager fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dewey fails to find sub and abandons search
DD MacDonough fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hull attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-64 eludes DD Hull by diving deep
DD Hull loses contact with SS RO-64
DD Hull loses contact with SS RO-64
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Munda at 110,135



Japanese Ships
SS RO-64

Allied Ships
CV Lexington
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria
CL Achilles
DD Farragut
DD Voyager
DD Hull
DD Dewey
DD MacDonough

SS RO-64 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Lexington

[:@][:@][:@] AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

no less than two completely failed sub attacks on CV Enterprise with the third one not doing any notable damage after two hits either and today CV Lexington manages to dodge six torps from RO-64... come on, this is beyond usual die rolls... makes it 22 torpedoes fired at those two carries resulting in 2 torps hitting... castor was quite pissed off the rest of this turn... a bit later typing the comments I calmed down focussing on the fact that the Rabaul invasion was a succes as the Allied are too late with their appearance...

still, what a joke to miss yet again as Lexington is a beast to be repaired due to her insane tonnage... lucky MrKane... [;)]

RO-64 diving deep ....
DD Voyager fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dewey fails to find sub and abandons search
DD MacDonough fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull fails to find sub and abandons search
DD MacDonough attacking submerged sub ....
DD MacDonough cannot establish contact with SS RO-64
DD MacDonough fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD MacDonough fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD MacDonough fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD MacDonough fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD MacDonough fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD MacDonough 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: Light rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 60
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 31
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 41

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 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: Light rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12

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

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

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 9

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 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 Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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 Babeldaob at 90,97

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21

Allied aircraft
Do-24K-1 x 2

No Japanese losses

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

really? after we had Cap engaging the Dutch Catalinas we now see a pair of Dorniers showing up? one downed one damaged... these patrols are also very limited in numbers and the losses are raging up...


CAP engaged:
13th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes



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ASW attack near Babeldaob at 90,97

Japanese Ships
TK San Diego Maru
PB Kinsyo Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS S-39

that sub was spotted from a dozen hexes away of Babeldaob already every turn moving in... doesn't matter that there are two ASW groups at the base, the damn bugger still attacks a tanker convoy but is driven off...

SS S-39 is sighted by escort
S-39 bottoming out ....
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15465 troops, 203 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 505

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

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 466

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 466 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
1st Tank Regiment
18th Division
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment

18th Division is going to hold the line North of Singapore but I don't expect the enemy to try a breakout anyway [:D] three Inf Divs are marching to Kuala Lumpur to clear the railline...


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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6238 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126

Defending force 1414 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Japanese adjusted assault: 30

Allied adjusted defense: 17

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

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

Allied ground losses:
223 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
52nd Naval Guard Unit
61st Naval Guard Unit
16th JNAF AF Unit
12th Air Flotilla
20th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
Lark Battalion
A Coy/NG Rifles
Rabaul Base Force

another failed attack with an unpleasant adjusted av... still being optimistic here...


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Ground combat at Brunei (65,87)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1822 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Defending force 761 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 12

Allied adjusted defense: 7

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

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

Assaulting units:
15th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
107th RN Base Force
100th RN Base Force

the enemy Base Forces resist one more day... the defenders will eventually all be shot...


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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 992 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Defending force 7221 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Assaulting units:
Lark Battalion
Rabaul Base Force

Defending units:
52nd Naval Guard Unit
61st Naval Guard Unit
12th Air Flotilla
16th JNAF AF Unit
20th JNAF AF Unit

[crsutton]

That "was" a mini disaster for him at Victoria Point-not to mention the aircraft he lost at Singapore. It is not something the Japanese player should do all of 42 but in the early month I think it is wise to just relentlessly go after the British and American fighters. You may lose more than him but eventually the Allies will just have nothing to fight with which can speed up the Japanese time table. That represented a two month supply of P40s and a month supply of P39s. Not to mention the valuable squadrons that are gone for 120 days.

A set back for him but not something the Allies can't recover from. If he compensates by risking his carriers then you might have something...

[Lowpe]

Great job at Victoria Point![&o]

Mr. Kane seems very aggressive with his carriers, hopefully you can put a few of them away too. You are due for a sub to connect with one of them!

[Andav]

Hi Castor,

Just dropping by to say I am enjoying your rantings. You do seem to be mellowing at bit from previous AARs. Of course, these are happy times for the Empire with the exception of missing CVs with subs!

Keep up the good work!

Wa