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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

Post by Alpha77 »

South:

Apart from us losing carriers we also lost an APD and a PB to Allied PT-boats. I then send in 4 DDs to provide cover for another 2 PB fast transport. One of the PBs unloaded and was disbanded. The other was sunk after the 4 DDs had to deal with the PTs and this fleet: So an APD and 2 PBs sunk for no Allied loss. However in this battle with the 4 DDs 2 small Allied ships collided. Also 2 more collided whilesinking the single left over PB [:D]
This fleet than bombarded Tassa while another smaller one bombarded Lunga. Both were both hit before, the 1st Tssa bombardement by mostly DDs caused quite a bit of damage. Combined with the 2nd one by cruisers my fighter units suffered not only destroyed planes (limited) and more damaged, but their morale dropped badly. Esp. the best fighters (Tojo 1a) was hit morale drop. These are good pilots, but they broke off combat now sometimes.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Natsushio
DD Ikazuchi
DD Inazuma
DD Kikuzuki

Allied Ships
PT-115, Shell hits 2, and is sunk (only 1 sunk [:(])
PT-119
PT-121, Shell hits 1
PT-122
PT-124
PT-126

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 2 (I had set them to "low" threat, all escaped but again not a single torp hit)
DD Ikazuchi
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 1
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 1
CA Australia, Shell hits 2
CL De Ruyter
DD Laffey
DD Buchanan, Shell hits 1
DD Patterson, Shell hits 1
DD Lang
DD Porter
DD MacDonough
DD Bulmer
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Stronghold
DD Isis
DD Jupiter
DD Crosby
DM Lawrence
DM Gamble
DM Montgomery
DM Ramsay
DM Breese
DM Tracy
DM Preble
DM Pruitt
DM Sicard
DD Le Triomphant, Shell hits 1

Then the bomber hammer dropped ( 4 raids, here the 1st one), only some fighters were able to get in the air. And the Tojos dropped out of combat guess to the morale issue:

Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 55
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-26B Marauder x 16
P-38E Lightning x 6
P-38F Lightning x 25
P-39D Airacobra x 52
P-40E Warhawk x 18
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 13 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-38F Lightning: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 37

3 more raids one with almost 100 escort fighters, all air units at Tassa are out of action and ca. 40 losses in the air and ground (more ground, relativly few pilot losses), the Tojo unit has 20 morale or so now. The fields and service are damaged 80% [X(]


North = Aleutians, Hokaido, Kuriles... areas:

Not much, old story our 2-3 subs there find nothing. But Allied subs also had no success (better air asw now)

Other sub & small ship action:

Not much, we found an US sub near Miri with a 2 ship asw force but only 1 lousy hit. Allied SS was hit near Soerabaya by air asw (damage unknown). Several SS were also hit in the south near Rabaul, Shortlands by all types of planes, while our ships asw did nothing [:@] But we saved most if not all our damaged subs to Rabaul, some already leaving for Truk. 2 more damaged subs at other places (not revealed for op sec), but I know US 4E bombers can sink them all if they want in port. One sub had 80 float damaged but limped back, lets hope this port is not hit in the near future...

Economy, production, research, politics:

Looks still good, but it seems we need to increase fighter production....remember we conquered a lot of industry and raw materials in China and India, which historically was not there. Both Judy and Jill have some facs repaired and are researching, but without engine bonus. Tojo c (with armor) is now at 3/43, but we forgot to research the "b" so no direct upgrade path from the "a" to "c" [8|]
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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

Post by Alpha77 »

BTW, is it possible an admiral died in the battle above with the 4 DDs? I assigned an admiral to those 4 and named the fleet "ADM!" as a warning for me not to disband it and lose the admiral. But after the 2 battles I checked and the admiral is gone (TF CEO now one from the DDs)[&:]
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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

Post by Alpha77 »

This game ended the Allied player had no time (and perhaps did not like losses) - this pretty much sucks, cause a lot of time spent in managing research, production etc

- One of our CLs sunk by PTs at Tassa
- We take Ranchi and Kungming, Chunkging I would give another week
- We hold at Darwin still
- We shoot down lots of fighters over Guadalcanal (but only 2-3 4E were shown as ops losses, in 42 IJ planes too weak)
- We sunk CV Wasp and an CVE as well damage another (brit?) CV, we suffer one bomb hit at a BB which knocked an AA gun out [:(] This time allies were caught by surprise and even if I made a terrible mistake (Kates used bombs at big alt, so hit not much) it seems sunk most of Allied CV power. I believe only 1 Brit and 1 US may be left.

Perhaps I will continue with Silver scen vs. the new AI now provided (thanks to the devs)

This game contines as PBM with moore62
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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

Post by Alpha77 »

This game contines as PBM with moore62 he took over ca. early Sept. 42

Here some combat reports since this "aar" went quiet:

From 22.Aug - 01.Sep 42:

Night Naval bombardment of Tassafaronga at 113,137

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 31 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 23 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 32 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
DD MacDonough
DM Sicard
DM Pruitt
DM Preble
DM Tracy
DM Breese
DM Ramsay
DM Montgomery
DM Gamble
DM Lawrence

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

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 62


TF 230 encounters mine field at 115,138

Allied Ships
DD Porter
DM Pruitt
DM Preble
DM Breese
DM Montgomery
DM Gamble
DM Lawrence
DD Jupiter, Mine hits 1

11 mines cleared


Ground combat at Jamshedpur (51,34)

Allied Deliberate attack


Attacking force 42942 troops, 827 guns, 904 vehicles, Assault Value = 1304

Defending force 24734 troops, 389 guns, 548 vehicles, Assault Value = 809

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 549

Japanese adjusted defense: 1421

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
164 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 71 (11 destroyed, 60 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1737 casualties reported
Squads: 88 destroyed, 157 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 41 disabled
Guns lost 62 (4 destroyed, 58 disabled)
Vehicles lost 50 (8 destroyed, 42 disabled)

Assaulting units:
26th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
267th Armoured Brigade
4th British Brigade
88th Indian Brigade
6th British Brigade
23rd British Brigade
22nd (East African) Brigade
5th British Brigade
14th British Brigade
2nd Recce Regiment
3/6 Ghurka Rifles Battalion
75th IAC Regiment
16th British Brigade
23rd Indian Brigade
45th Recce Regiment
1/1 Det. South Ind
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
23rd Tank Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
6th Guards Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd RF Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion


Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Natsushio
DD Ikazuchi
DD Inazuma
DD Kikuzuki

Allied Ships
PT-115, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-119
PT-121, Shell hits 1
PT-122
PT-124
PT-126


Ground combat at Jamshedpur (51,34)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40805 troops, 824 guns, 897 vehicles, Assault Value = 1048

Defending force 24493 troops, 387 guns, 540 vehicles, Assault Value = 763

Allied adjusted assault: 271

Japanese adjusted defense: 1139

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 1)

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

Japanese ground losses:
712 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 17 (3 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1099 casualties reported
Squads: 69 destroyed, 155 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 37 disabled
Guns lost 42 (4 destroyed, 38 disabled)
Vehicles lost 45 (7 destroyed, 38 disabled)

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Brigade
4th British Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
88th Indian Brigade
26th Indian Brigade
6th British Brigade
5th British Brigade
14th British Brigade
75th IAC Regiment
16th British Brigade
3/6 Ghurka Rifles Battalion
22nd (East African) Brigade
2nd Recce Regiment
23rd British Brigade
20th Indian Division
45th Recce Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1/1 Det. South Ind
8th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
23rd Tank Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
6th Guards Division
1st Tank Regiment
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd RF Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 2
DD Ikazuchi
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 1
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 1
CA Australia, Shell hits 2
CL De Ruyter
DD Laffey
DD Buchanan, Shell hits 1
DD Patterson, Shell hits 1
DD Lang
DD Porter
DD MacDonough
DD Bulmer
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Stronghold
DD Isis
DD Jupiter
DD Crosby
DM Lawrence
DM Gamble
DM Montgomery
DM Ramsay
DM Breese
DM Tracy
DM Preble
DM Pruitt
DM Sicard
DD Le Triomphant, Shell hits 1

(a PB and an SSX from us sunk after that battle by same Allied fleet)


Night Naval bombardment of Tassafaronga at 113,137

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 37 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 21 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 14 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Australia
CL De Ruyter

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45

Night Naval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138

Allied Ships
APD Hatfield
APD King
APD Gilmer
APD Chew
APD Pillsbury
APD John D. Ford


Morning Air attack on Kunming , at 69,48

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 23

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
DC-2: 4 damaged
DC-2: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 31


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 55
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-26B Marauder x 16
P-38E Lightning x 6
P-38F Lightning x 25
P-39D Airacobra x 52
P-40E Warhawk x 18
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 13 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-38F Lightning: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 37


orning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 18
P-40E Warhawk x 14
F4F-3A Wildcat x 26
F4F-4 Wildcat x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 34
P-40E Warhawk x 54
F4F-3A Wildcat x 26
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 64
P-40E Warhawk x 34
F4F-3A Wildcat x 26
F4F-4 Wildcat x 38

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Runway hits 4


Ground combat at Jamshedpur (51,34)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 39490 troops, 822 guns, 893 vehicles, Assault Value = 875

Defending force 41148 troops, 513 guns, 697 vehicles, Assault Value = 1161

Allied adjusted assault: 443

Japanese adjusted defense: 1543

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
822 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4123 casualties reported
Squads: 159 destroyed, 147 disabled
Non Combat: 129 destroyed, 102 disabled
Engineers: 42 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 86 (37 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 40 (10 destroyed, 30 disabled)

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Brigade
26th Indian Brigade
22nd (East African) Brigade
23rd British Brigade
5th British Brigade
88th Indian Brigade
3/6 Ghurka Rifles Battalion
6th British Brigade
20th Indian Division
4th British Brigade
16th British Brigade
2nd Recce Regiment
267th Armoured Brigade
14th British Brigade
75th IAC Regiment
45th Recce Regiment
1/1 Det. South Ind
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
23rd Tank Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
6th Guards Division
1st Tank Regiment
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
4th Guards Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd RF Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
Southern Army
3rd Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion


Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 37
Ki-51 Sonia x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 3 damaged

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 33
F4F-4 Wildcat x 38
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Runway hits 1

Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 12
A-24 Banshee x 18
P-39D Airacobra x 18
P-40E Warhawk x 30
F4F-3A Wildcat x 33
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16
SBC-4 Helldiver x 16
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
SBC-4 Helldiver: 1 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4


Ground combat at Jamshedpur (51,34)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36281 troops, 513 guns, 576 vehicles, Assault Value = 1094

Defending force 35017 troops, 767 guns, 743 vehicles, Assault Value = 661

Japanese adjusted assault: 641

Allied adjusted defense: 175

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1758 casualties reported
Squads: 64 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 63 (17 destroyed, 46 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
9342 casualties reported
Squads: 402 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 523 destroyed, 177 disabled
Engineers: 32 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 144 (100 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 197 (109 destroyed, 88 disabled)
Units retreated 17

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
23rd Tank Regiment
6th Guards Division
1st Tank Regiment
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
4th Guards Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Southern Army
2nd RF Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
23rd British Brigade
5th British Brigade
14th British Brigade
4th British Brigade
26th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
267th Armoured Brigade
6th British Brigade
3/6 Ghurka Rifles Battalion
16th British Brigade
22nd (East African) Brigade
2nd Recce Regiment
88th Indian Brigade
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1/1 Det. South Ind
8th Medium Regiment
23rd Indian Brigade

Ground combat at Chungking (76,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 157971 troops, 1701 guns, 1095 vehicles, Assault Value = 5875

Defending force 89270 troops, 197 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2130

Japanese adjusted assault: 2497

Allied adjusted defense: 2135

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
16148 casualties reported
Squads: 42 destroyed, 1416 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 194 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 133 disabled
Guns lost 106 (3 destroyed, 103 disabled)
Vehicles lost 177 (18 destroyed, 159 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
8449 casualties reported
Squads: 181 destroyed, 296 disabled
Non Combat: 108 destroyed, 556 disabled
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 36 disabled
Guns lost 21 (5 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Units destroyed 5


round combat at Kunming (69,48)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15976 troops, 205 guns, 151 vehicles, Assault Value = 582

Defending force 17884 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 473

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 790

Allied adjusted defense: 1360

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
849 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 75 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Vehicles lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
905 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 43 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
7th Tank Regiment
33rd Division
Yokosuka Assault SNLF
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
15th Army
2nd Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
13th Burma Rifles Battalion
BFF Brigade
54th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Division
2nd Reserve Division
China Air TaskForce
200th Chinese Division
11th Group Army
16th Chinese Base Force
NCAC
22nd New Chinese Division

ASW attack near Portland at 77,170

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33

Allied Ships
PG Yarra, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Soerabaja
AM Gladstone
AO TAN 2
AO TAN 1
xAP Rochambeau
xAK Alphard
xAK Nurani
xAK Clan Macnair
xAK Risaldar
xAK El Madina
xAK Clan Mactavish
PG Swan
AM Bengal
AM Punjab

ub attack near Portland at 77,170

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33

Allied Ships
PG Yarra, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

(whow 1 small PB sunk [>:])


Night Naval bombardment of Tassafaronga at 113,137

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Le Triomphant
DD Isis
DD Stronghold
DD Patterson
DD Buchanan
DD Laffey

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2


Ground combat at Ranchi (51,32)

Japanese Deliberate attack


Attacking force 19173 troops, 287 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 594

Defending force 19786 troops, 151 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 83

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 506

Allied adjusted defense: 441

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4

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

Japanese ground losses:
694 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
396 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 12 (8 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Ground combat at 54,34 (near Asansol)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12867 troops, 106 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 464

Defending force 2293 troops, 112 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Japanese adjusted assault: 212

Allied adjusted defense: 61

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), disruption(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
452 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 17 (14 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 17475 troops, 260 guns, 560 vehicles, Assault Value = 742

Defending force 8796 troops, 62 guns, 208 vehicles, Assault Value = 247

Allied adjusted assault: 295

Japanese adjusted defense: 302

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 58 (6 destroyed, 52 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2147 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 228 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 44 (2 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (5 destroyed, 23 disabled)


Morning Air attack on 3rd Army Tank Brigade, at 76,124 (Darwin)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22

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

Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

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

Also attacking 3rd Motor Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Army Tank Brigade ...


Ground combat at Ranchi (51,32)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18600 troops, 287 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 986

Defending force 19524 troops, 146 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 69

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 392

Allied adjusted defense: 433

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

Allied ground losses:
520 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)


Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
CL Yura
CL Kuma
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Shikinami, Shell hits 1
DD Asagiri
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 2
DD Minazuki
DMS W-4
DD Kosugiri

Allied Ships
DD Laffey, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Buchanan, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Patterson
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Stronghold
DD Isis
DD Crosby, Shell hits 1

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 1
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara, Shell hits 1
CL Yura
CL Kuma
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Shikinami, Shell hits 2
DD Asagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Minazuki
DMS W-4, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
DD Kosugiri, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 5
CA Australia, Shell hits 2
CL De Ruyter
DD Porter, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD MacDonough
AVD Chincoteague, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Le Triomphant, Shell hits 1, on fire
DE Jumna, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
DE Sutlej

Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 47
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Runway hits 4

Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 18
P-39D Airacobra x 35
P-40E Warhawk x 17
F4F-3A Wildcat x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 19
SBC-4 Helldiver x 16
SBD-3 Dauntless x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed by flak
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBC-4 Helldiver: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6


Ground combat at Ranchi (51,32)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 30264 troops, 399 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 960

Defending force 19113 troops, 146 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 70

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 714

Allied adjusted defense: 403

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
515 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
841 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 149 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 7 (6 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (1 destroyed, 41 disabled)

Sub attack near Cape Gloucester at 101,124

Japanese Ships
PB Teibo Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage (SUNK)
SC CHa-5
PB Yahonui Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-37, hits 1

Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 51
P-40E Warhawk x 36
F4F-3A Wildcat x 29
F4F-4 Wildcat x 45
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

No Allied losses

Runway hits 2



Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 14
A-24 Banshee x 15
P-39D Airacobra x 28
P-40E Warhawk x 18
F4F-4 Wildcat x 39
SBC-4 Helldiver x 15
SBD-3 Dauntless x 3

Allied aircraft losses
SBC-4 Helldiver: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 46
P-40E Warhawk x 54
F4F-3A Wildcat x 23
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 13

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Runway hits 3


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 39
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-26 Marauder x 8
B-26B Marauder x 6
P-38E Lightning x 3
P-38F Lightning x 25
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 18
F4F-3A Wildcat x 23

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 28


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 46
P-40E Warhawk x 36
F4F-3A Wildcat x 23
F4F-4 Wildcat x 31

No Allied losses

Runway hits 9


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 44
P-40E Warhawk x 54
F4F-3A Wildcat x 23
F4F-4 Wildcat x 31

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 8


Ground combat at Chungking (76,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack


Attacking force 181870 troops, 1955 guns, 828 vehicles, Assault Value = 5661

Defending force 91031 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2082

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 2881

Allied adjusted defense: 2191

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
16103 casualties reported
Squads: 166 destroyed, 1337 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 135 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 162 disabled
Guns lost 152 (8 destroyed, 144 disabled)
Vehicles lost 79 (14 destroyed, 65 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
8246 casualties reported
Squads: 93 destroyed, 477 disabled
Non Combat: 71 destroyed, 553 disabled
Engineers: 49 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Ground combat at Ranchi (51,32)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29834 troops, 399 guns, 236 vehicles, Assault Value = 918

Defending force 18321 troops, 140 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

Japanese adjusted assault: 1072

Allied adjusted defense: 361

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
489 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
490 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Pre-Invasion action off Lunga (114,138)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force


446 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter
DD Stronghold
DD Bulmer
DD MacDonough
DD Laffey
AMC Prince Robert
AMC Prince Henry
PC Jackson
PC Morris
BB North Carolina
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Isis

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
515 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)

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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

Post by Alpha77 »

01. - 05. Sep 42:

Sub attack near Kavieng at 105,123

Japanese Ships
xAK Konan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (SUNK)
xAK Yosida Maru #1
xAK Genzan Maru
DD Sanae

Allied Ships
SS S-18


Ground combat at Ranchi (51,32)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29578 troops, 426 guns, 261 vehicles, Assault Value = 876

Defending force 18120 troops, 140 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

Japanese adjusted assault: 1020

Allied adjusted defense: 379

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
494 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
472 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 72 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Morning Air attack on Ranchi , at 51,32

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 51
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 17 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 13


Morning Air attack on 16th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 11
P-39D Airacobra x 49
P-40E Warhawk x 48
F4F-3A Wildcat x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged


Morning Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 10
A-24 Banshee x 18
P-39D Airacobra x 38
P-40E Warhawk x 52
F4F-4 Wildcat x 22
SBC-4 Helldiver x 15
SBD-3 Dauntless x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBC-4 Helldiver: 4 damaged

Morning Air attack on 15th Air Defense AA Regiment, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 32
F2A-3 Buffalo x 5
F4F-3A Wildcat x 28
SBD-3 Dauntless x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged


Afternoon Air attack on Kunming , at 69,48

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 19

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
DC-2: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 41 (lotsa hits)


Ground combat at Ranchi (51,32)

Japanese Deliberate attack


Attacking force 29229 troops, 426 guns, 261 vehicles, Assault Value = 891

Defending force 17744 troops, 137 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 64

Japanese adjusted assault: 799

Allied adjusted defense: 313

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ranchi !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
5110 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 368 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 95 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 91 (90 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 141 (141 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 11
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!


Night Naval bombardment of Tulagi at 114,137

Allied Ships
APD Hatfield
APD King
APD Gilmer
APD Chew
APD Pillsbury
APD John D. Ford

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
Port hits 1


nvasion Support action off Lunga (114,138)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

417 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AMC Prince Robert
BB North Carolina
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Isis

Allied ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 41 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 20 (17 destroyed, 3 disabled)


SW attack near Tassafaronga at 113,137

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CL Yura
CL Jintsu
DD Uranami
DD Uruyuke
DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
SS Pollack, hits 5 (not sunk :/ )

Ground combat at Chungking (76,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 178871 troops, 1971 guns, 1092 vehicles, Assault Value = 5167

Defending force 90121 troops, 175 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1834

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 4287

Allied adjusted defense: 1549

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
14353 casualties reported
Squads: 163 destroyed, 904 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 175 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 179 disabled
Guns lost 107 (7 destroyed, 100 disabled)
Vehicles lost 63 (2 destroyed, 61 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
7773 casualties reported
Squads: 102 destroyed, 360 disabled
Non Combat: 160 destroyed, 437 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 55 (47 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units destroyed 2


Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14422 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 454

Defending force 21512 troops, 243 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 698

Allied adjusted assault: 282

Japanese adjusted defense: 2122

Allied assault odds: 1 to 7

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

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3020 casualties reported
Squads: 116 destroyed, 204 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)



Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,139, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CL Jintsu
CL Yura
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Hayashio
DD Uranami
DD Asagiri
DD Minazuki
DD Uruyuke

Allied Ships
xAKL Kanlaon II, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
xAKL Lepus, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
KV Aster, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PC Travis, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk


ASW attack near Late Island at 139,163

Japanese Ships
SS I-2, hits 8, on fire, heavy damage (later sunk)

Allied Ships
APD Litchfield
CM Keokuk
AM Robin
AO Guadalupe
AO Neosho
AO Patoka
APD Brooks
APD Kennison
AK Castor
TK Athelduke
TK British Dutchess
TK L. P. St. Clair
TK Mobilfuel
YMS-119
YMS-117
YMS-99
xAP Zannis Cambanis
xAP Montoro
xAP Murada
xAP Zvir
xAP Nils Moller
xAK Shinkuang
xAK Coast Farmer
xAK City of Dalhart
xAK Vermont
xAK Mormacland
xAK Makawao
DD Farragut
DD Lang
DMS Trevor
AM Courtenay


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Munda at 111,134

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 destroyed


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Munda at 111,134

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 destroyed



Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)

Japanese Deliberate attack


Attacking force 19307 troops, 243 guns, 150 vehicles, Assault Value = 695

Defending force 15093 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 219

Japanese adjusted assault: 624

Allied adjusted defense: 538

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
419 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1090 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled


Ground combat at 52,32 (near Ranchi)

Japanese Deliberate attack


Attacking force 25871 troops, 230 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1434

Defending force 2040 troops, 85 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Japanese adjusted assault: 693

Allied adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 63 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1435 casualties reported
Squads: 76 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 58 (58 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 29 (15 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!


TF 241 encounters mine field at Lunga (114,138)

Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Mine hits 1 (need to check, but believe Yura survived, will post ship losses tomorrow) - KUMA SURVIVED is still in repair


Morning Air attack on Townsville , at 92,144

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. (set high, as perhaps to overfly their CAP but the CAP was also pretty high)
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 25

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
SS Seal, Bomb hits 1


Morning Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 48
A6M5 Zero x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-20A Havoc: 3 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed


Morning Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 43
A6M5 Zero x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 7
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 2 destroyed


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 113,137

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46
A6M5 Zero x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 5
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 16
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-20A Havoc: 3 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed


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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

Post by Alpha77 »

06. Sept. - 10. Sept 42

ASW attack near Lunga at 114,139

Japanese Ships
SS I-176, hits 4

Allied Ships
AM Latrobe
AM Kalgoorlie
AM Lithgow
AM Launceton


Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk (Kuma was sunk by PTs, they hit pretty good. I noted that this ship is already included in the 2 cruisers sunk written above. The other one was also hit by a PT btw....[X(], see Oct. AAR later)
DD Asagumo
DD Murakumo
DD Mutsuki

Allied Ships
PT-79
PT-80
PT-82
PT-119
PT-125

Night Naval bombardment of Darwin at 76,124

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu (we boombard the Aussie troops that to this day besiege Darwin)
CL Isuzu
DD Hatakaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Yudachi
DD Makinami

Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Day Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,139, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai (this TF was more succesful then the other CL/DDs fleet which CL was sunk by PTs, they were send out to try to get rid of all the small asw/pt fleets the Allies have swarming around GDcanal)
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
AM Kalgoorlie, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
AM Latrobe, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Launceton, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
AM Lithgow, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage


Day Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 115,138, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
AM Whyalla, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Wollongong, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
AM Skylark, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Romney, Shell hits 5, and is sunk


Morning Air attack on TF, near Brisbane at 98,159 (wanted only try to hunt cargo and troop convois but stumbled upon the Allied main fleet withdrawing probably from Ndeni area to repair/upgrade in Australia, the orig player quit after this incident, I FORGOT TO SET THE KATES TO TORPS , DUH)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46
B5N2 Kate x 58
D3A1 Val x 65

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 9
Beaufighter Ic x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
CV Illustrious, Bomb hits 4
BB Valiant
CVE Long Island, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CLAA San Juan, Bomb hits 1
CA Canberra, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
CLAA Van Heemskerck, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Quincy, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Sims, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CLAA San Diego
CA Indianapolis


Morning Air attack on TF, near Brisbane at 101,159

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
A6M5 Zero x 52

Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 12
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7
SBD-3 Dauntless x 33
TBF-1 Avenger x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 9 destroyed, 11 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 1
CV Soryu
CV Akagi
CV Hiryu


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
A6M5 Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 26
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 4 destroyed


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 59
A6M5 Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 3
B-17E Fortress x 40
B-24D Liberator x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 17
P-40E Warhawk x 21
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
A6M5 Zero x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 8
P-39D Airacobra x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2


Morning Air attack on TF, near Brisbane at 98,159 (fragmented raid shot down)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 24

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 18 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City


Morning Air attack on TF, near Brisbane at 101,159 (ditto on other side)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
A6M5 Zero x 41

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CV Zuikaku

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Brisbane at 98,159

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
B5N2 Kate x 83
D3A1 Val x 64

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 9
Beaufighter Ic x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
Beaufighter Ic: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Illustrious, Bomb hits 10, on fire
CVE Long Island, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CLAA San Juan, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CA Canberra, on fire
CA Quincy
BB Valiant, Bomb hits 1
CLAA Atlanta
CA Salt Lake City
DD O'Brien
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Jarvis

Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)

Japanese Deliberate attack


Attacking force 19755 troops, 243 guns, 150 vehicles, Assault Value = 667

Defending force 16586 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 168

Japanese adjusted assault: 1105

Allied adjusted defense: 442

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kunming !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
DC-2: 7 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
543 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Allied ground losses:
5731 casualties reported
Squads: 254 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 263 destroyed, 85 disabled
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 45 (45 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 11

Ground combat at Rangpur (58,34)

Allied Deliberate attack


Attacking force 5219 troops, 75 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 169

Defending force 1293 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9

Allied adjusted assault: 80

Japanese adjusted defense: 11

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Rangpur !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 22 (17 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
AM Skylark, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAK Kuraido Maru
PB Kosin Maru #3, Shell hits 19, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
CA Australia
CL De Ruyter
DD Laffey
DD Patterson
DD Porter, heavy damage
DD MacDonough
DD Bulmer
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Stronghold
DD Isis
DD Crosby
DD Le Triomphant

Morning Air attack on 17th Indpt Guards Regiment, at 49,35 , near Cuttack

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7 (not many from LR cap showed up)

Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 4
Hurricane IIc Trop x 6
Lysander II x 12
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 7
DB-7B x 3
Kittyhawk IA x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on 7th Ind.Tank Brigade, at 50,35 , near Jamshedpur

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 17

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
Mohawk IV x 4
Wellington Ic x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 4 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 2 destroyed
Wellington Ic: 4 damaged

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Brisbane at 98,159

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
B5N2 Kate x 83
D3A1 Val x 60

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 9
Beaufighter Ic x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 5 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Valiant, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
CA Canberra, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chicago
CA Quincy, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA San Diego
DD Helm, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA Atlanta

Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 42
B-24D Liberator x 11
P-38F Lightning x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 20 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
P-38F Lightning: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13


Amphibious Assault at Funafuti (138,147) (small force to capture an outpost to Allied waters)

TF 199 troops unloading over beach at Funafuti, 138,147

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)

17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost in surf during unload of 85th Nav Gd /1


ASW attack near Kirakira at 115,139

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 2

Allied Ships
APD Hatfield
APD King


Sub attack near Lunga at 114,139 (minelayer hits with torps)

Japanese Ships
SS I-122

Allied Ships
APD John D. Ford, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
APD Hatfield


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 35
B-24D Liberator x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 24 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 25

Submarine attack near Lunga at 114,138

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-23

Allied Ships
xAKL Ngakuta, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage (rare hit by an SSX but only small ship)

Morning Air attack on 1st Motor Brigade, at 76,124 (Darwin)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
G3M2 Nell x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Morning Air attack on 3rd Army Tank Brigade, at 76,124 (Darwin)

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 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Ground combat at Chungking (76,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 185289 troops, 1969 guns, 1142 vehicles, Assault Value = 5325

Defending force 95995 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1479

Japanese adjusted assault: 3252

Allied adjusted defense: 933

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Chungking !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-66 Vanguard: 10 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
9961 casualties reported
Squads: 122 destroyed, 666 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 56 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 91 disabled
Guns lost 74 (2 destroyed, 72 disabled)
Vehicles lost 33 (2 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
35356 casualties reported
Squads: 963 destroyed, 160 disabled
Non Combat: 1705 destroyed, 468 disabled
Engineers: 70 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 70 (60 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 57
Units destroyed 4

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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

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11. Sept. - 15. Sept 42 ( new player MMOORE is now fully in COMMAND of the ALLIES)


Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 99,64

Japanese Ships
TK Itukusima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 4
DD Kuretake

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel


Sub attack near Pescadores at 83,63

Japanese Ships
TK Nihon Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAKL Yagi Maru
xAKL Nittatsu Maru
PB Nichiryo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Swordfish

Sub attack near Pescadores at 83,63

Japanese Ships
TK Nihon Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Swordfish

Morning Air attack on TF, near Vaitupu at 137,145 (smaller 2nd KB finds some more)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 9
D3A1 Val x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Isaac Sweers, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Le Triomphant, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bulmer
DD Laffey, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD MacDonough


Morning Air attack on TF, near Nanumea at 134,143

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 18

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed
Seagull V: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
CA Cornwall, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Porter, heavy damage
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Morning Air attack on TF, near Nanumea at 134,143

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Isis, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Henley, heavy damage

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vaitupu at 137,145

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 18
D3A1 Val x 49
E13A1 Jake x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Le Triomphant, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Isaac Sweers, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
CL De Ruyter, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Patterson, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bulmer
DD MacDonough, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vaitupu at 137,145

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Patterson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Bulmer
DD Le Triomphant, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Laffey, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD MacDonough, heavy fires


Night Time Surface Combat, near Kirakira at 115,139, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Asagumo
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
AM Jan van Amstel, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
AM Pieter de Bitter, Shell hits 19, and is sunk


Night Time Surface Combat, near Vaitupu at 138,145, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
DD Arare
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 3, and is sunk


Day Time Surface Combat, near Nanumea at 135,143, Range 26,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
DD Arare, Shell hits 1
DD Shigure, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Henley, Shell hits 10, and is sunk


Submarine attack near Yasawa Islands at 129,158

Japanese Ships
SS I-28

Allied Ships
xAKL Lady Isobel, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

xAKL Lady Isobel is sighted by SS I-28
SS I-28 launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Lady Isobel


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 133,149, Range 24,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
DD Arare
DD Shigure, heavy fires

Allied Ships
xAP Hirondelle
xAP Tilawa
xAP Chungking
xAP Darvel, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
xAP Kwangtung
xAP Lyemun, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Marudu, Shell hits 2, heavy fires

Morning Air attack on TF, near Funafuti at 134,150

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Hirondelle
xAP Chungking, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Kwangtung, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Morning Air attack on TF, near Funafuti at 133,149

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 19
D3A1 Val x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Lyemun, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Marudu, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Tilawa, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage


Ground combat at 53,32 (near Ranchi)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26708 troops, 286 guns, 204 vehicles, Assault Value = 929

Defending force 2015 troops, 74 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

Japanese adjusted assault: 542

Allied adjusted defense: 27

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
330 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 23 (13 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (14 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Submarine attack near Nanumea at 134,143

Japanese Ships
DD Shigure, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage (SUNK [:(], ELITE DD was damaged and withdrawing to Tarawa)

Allied Ships
SS S-40

DD Shigure is sighted by SS S-40
SS S-40 launches 4 torpedoes


Submarine attack near Nadi at 130,161

Japanese Ships
SS I-28

Allied Ships
xAK Samuel Adams, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage


->I dont post the "clean up" actions in China.. was a mistake to not fully suround Chungking, now 100000s of Chinese running around, even without supply they are quite unnerving



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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

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Have you been awarded the amount of VPs that would add up to all those loses at and near PH.
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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

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16. Sept. - 20. Sept 42

(not posted with CRs: we bombard Ambon, which was isolated and we landed later, we lost 2 cargo ships, the base was NOT out of supply like expected, also the Allies bombard our outpost Funafuti with fast DD TFs and establish own base on island just north to my outpost, north is totally quiet not even sub action, we have only 2 subs there, also 2 of our support units are destroyed in clear terrain in India by air as well we lost 2 more which were destroyed by 2 tank units in my backyard, later it shows that the Allies had WISELY withdrawn from the area, as I was preparing to cut them off from supply)


Morning Air attack on 3rd Motor Brigade, at 76,124 (Darwin) (2 bomber sorties caught without escort over Darwin by his LR cap, ca. 12-15 bombers lost all together, paper planes can be shot down by only 3-4 Kittihawks)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
G3M2 Nell x 31

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

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



Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) (we try a DA to hurt the sieging troops but fail)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5818 troops, 61 guns, 124 vehicles, Assault Value = 257

Defending force 14897 troops, 257 guns, 462 vehicles, Assault Value = 550

Japanese adjusted assault: 144

Allied adjusted defense: 238

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
946 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 113 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 48 (1 destroyed, 47 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Aoba
CL Oi
DD Hayashio
DD Urakaze
DD Asagumo
DD Murakumo
DD Uranami
DD Asagiri
DD Minazuki
DD Mochizuki
DD Uruyuke
DD Kosugiri

Allied Ships
PT-79
PT-80
PT-82, Shell hits 1, and is sunk (not easy to sink these PTs and they can hit hard as shown)
PT-117
PT-119
PT-125


- Allies land more troops and supply at Lunga, now with only small ships (AKLs mostly)


Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) (Allies try DA now and fail too [:D])

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4606 troops, 135 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 522

Defending force 8283 troops, 62 guns, 200 vehicles, Assault Value = 123

Allied adjusted assault: 57

Japanese adjusted defense: 425

Allied assault odds: 1 to 7 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Sub attack near Kandavu Island at 127,169

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
xAK Clan Macinness, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

SS I-9 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Clan Macinness


Submarine attack near Kandavu Island at 128,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
xAK Clan Macilwraith, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Ground combat at Tezpur (60,36) (Allied marauders in my hinterland capture another base)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 324 troops, 0 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Defending force 48 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 19

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Tezpur !!!

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

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

Assaulting units:
2nd Royal Tank Regiment

Defending units:
30th JNAF AF Unit


Submarine attack near Nadi at 130,161

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
xAKL Corrimal, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage


Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 54,32 , near Asansol

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged (finally we catch his bombers harrasing our guys in India)

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 113,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
A6M5 Zero x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 25
F4F-4 Wildcat x 36
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 13 destroyed

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 113,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
A6M5 Zero x 18
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 22
SBD-3 Dauntless x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 8 destroyed, 5 damaged (good results vs. planes wanting to sink our fast transports to Guadalcanal [:-])


Submarine attack near Kirakira at 117,141

Japanese Ships
SS I-171, hits 15, and is sunk (his fast trasnports sink a good sub of ours [:@])

Allied Ships
APD Gilmer
APD Crane
APD Hatfield
APD King


Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 52,29 , near Benares

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 10
P-39D Airacobra x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 destroyed (week LR CAP again meets someone)
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed

- we capture some rear area bases eg. Jesseltown and Jolo.






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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

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A bit confusing I was trying to use this thread as test thread for silver scen vs. the AI that was a bollox idea. So deleted it.

But...:
This game contines as PBM with moore62

for now [:)]

However I got a version conflict when I loaded his 1st turn, even if he said he has the latest beta like myself.-.- What could cause this in PBM [&:] HELP [:(]

Even more disturbing, everyone has a cool name for his aar thread and mine all suck [>:]
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BUMP, see post 63 and the reserved ones, I will post some more important or remarkable combat reports there until catch up with current game date (which is I believe 10.Oct 42)

No big changes except China fell. We still sit in India and at Darwin and some smaller coast outposts in north OZ. We still defend at Guadalcanal, we lost 2 cruisers and many (previously damaged) DDs mostly to PTs and subs (damn old S class seem to hit hard all the time and our ASW still sucks [>:])
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When China fell did it press the first alert necklace?
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@ BIF1961 - what do you mean [&:]

16. Sept. - 20. Sept 42 :


Morning Air attack on 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion, at 49,33 , near Ranchi

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed (Hurries sweep our LEcap and we lose)
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
A6M5 Zero x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 36

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed (P38s sweep GD cap and we are a bit better off)

Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
A6M5 Zero x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 34

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 37
B-24D Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 2 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 14 damaged (Nicks fail to shoot 4e down)
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
A6M5 Zero x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 27

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 9 damaged (but their aim suffers at least)
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 1


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M5 Zero x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed (P38s sweep again and win [:(])
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed


Sub attack near Sansapor at 84,106

Japanese Ships
TK Tennan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC CHa-22
TK Kozui Maru
PC Ashi

Allied Ships
SS Drum

Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 115,138, Range 8,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Shell hits 4
CA Aoba
DD Hayashio
DD Urakaze
DD Asagumo
DD Murakumo
DD Uranami
DD Asagiri
DD Minazuki
DD Mochizuki

Allied Ships
CL Java, Shell hits 1
CL Birmingham, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Craven
DD McCall
DD Maury, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Wilson, Shell hits 1


TF 350 encounters mine field at Lunga (114,138)

Allied Ships
AMc Karachi
AMc Ahmedabad
AMc Rampur

80 mines cleared (most of our mines cleared by only 3 small AMcs)


Day Time Surface Combat, near Kirakira at 115,139, Range 26,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Shell hits 2
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Urakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 1
DD Murakumo, Shell hits 1
DD Uranami, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 1
DD Mochizuki

Allied Ships
CL Java, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Craven, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD McCall, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD Maury, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Wilson, Shell hits 5, heavy fires

Sub attack near Umboi Island at 100,125

Japanese Ships
xAK Nissen Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage (sunk)
PB Fuji Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS O19


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
A6M5 Zero x 22
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 34
B-24D Liberator x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 4 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 13 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 14 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 11 destroyed

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
A6M5 Zero x 17
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged (whow some 4e taken down)

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 115,138 (very luckily his bombers did not hit)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 19
SBD-3 Dauntless x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
DD Minazuki
DD Asagiri, heavy fires
DD Mochizuki


Ground combat at Mengtze (68,50)

Japanese Shock attack


Attacking force 6779 troops, 117 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 243

Defending force 3864 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Japanese adjusted assault: 208

Allied adjusted defense: 37

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mengtze !!!

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

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

Allied ground losses:
5061 casualties reported
Squads: 249 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 283 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,138, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Sazanami (these 2 DDs encountered before some PT hordes but no one hit anything, but then they found one his low value landing TFs for Lunga)
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
DD Stronghold
DD Crosby, Shell hits 4
xAKL Legazpi, Shell hits 6, on fire
xAKL Regulus, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Nicarata, Shell hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Beatrice, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

. AMc clear 60-70 more of our mines [:(]

ASW attack near Russell Islands at 112,136

Japanese Ships
DD Hayashio, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (was involved in collision and slowed down, would make it to Munda, but burned at anchor and sank [:(])
DD Mochizuki

Allied Ships
SS S-45


Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged (meanwhile B17 losses add up, ca. 100 says the screen, most to ops)


Morning Air attack on TF, near Vaitupu at 138,145 (small KB found something again)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 14
B5N2 Kate x 17
D3A1 Val x 22
E13A1 Jake x 23
F1M2 Pete x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Mulubinda
xAP Adelong, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Sigli, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Parigi
xAP Aeon, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAKL Schouten, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Duijmar van Twist, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Sipirok, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Siberoet
xAKL Siaoe, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
xAKL Noora, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4


Submarine attack near Vaitupu at 138,145

Japanese Ships
SS I-7

Allied Ships
xAKL Mulubinda, Shell hits 16, on fire


Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 48,33 , near Sambalpur

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10

Allied aircraft
Lysander II x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander II: 6 destroyed (trainer planes found by LRcap)

Ground combat at Patna (54,30) (Undefended Patna taken as part of cut-off operation of hinterland marauders, which escaped anyway)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13757 troops, 180 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 935

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 451

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 451 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Patna !!!


Afternoon Air attack on Vaitupu , at 138,145 (damaged ships bombed in port)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 17
D3A1 Val x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
xAKL Siberoet, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Soerabaja, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Parigi, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage


Ground combat at Sambalpur (48,34) (undefended base taken part of operation, isolate Cuttack, but this wing of army was later stopped in good terrain north of Cuttack, see later reports)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1290 troops, 10 guns, 183 vehicles, Assault Value = 150

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 52

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 52 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sambalpur !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
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26. Sept. - 01. Oct 42 :

ALLIED PLAYER WANTED SWEEP rule deleted, so now every height is allowed..and it shows already, we lost some good pilots to sweep. the worst loss were 2 ACES still flying M2 Zeros, now I pulled the best ones out of these old planes also some Oscar pilots send to reserve, Tracom to save them for better planes)

Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
xAKL Hoki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage (sunk)
xAKL Nitiyu Maru
SC CHa-26

Allied Ships
SS Searaven


Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment, at 49,36 , near Cuttack

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed (Hurris seem better than Tojos if they sweep and are higher)

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 29000 feet


Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Karukaya, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
DD Myojinami, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Bagley
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Jarvis

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Nako Maru #2, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
PB Spey Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Bagley
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Jarvis

ight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Myojinami, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Bagley
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Jarvis

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Myojinami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Bagley
DD Mugford, Shell hits 1
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Jarvis

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E Shirataka, Shell hits 16, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Bagley
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Jarvis

Submarine attack near Ndeni at 119,142

Japanese Ships
SS I-20

Allied Ships
xAKL Island Mail, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Sub attack near Torres Islands at 119,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
AMc Bonthorpe, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
AMc Durraween

Night Naval bombardment of Tulagi at 114,137

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-I Dinah: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Jarvis
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Mugford
DD Bagley

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port hits 5

ASW attack near Lunga at 114,138

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-6, hits 6, heavy damage (sunk)

Allied Ships
DD Jarvis
DD Ralph Talbot

ASW attack near Lunga at 114,138

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-8, hits 3, heavy damage (also sunk[8|])

Allied Ships
DD Jarvis

ASW attack near Ndeni at 119,142

Japanese Ships
SS I-20, hits 3 (moderate damage)

Allied Ships
DD Jarvis
DD Ralph Talbot

Morning Air attack on 10th RF Gun Battalion, at 49,37 , near Cuttack

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 5
Blenheim IV x 3
Wellington Ic x 4
DB-7B x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 26 (3 destroyed, 23 disabled) (RF gun unit destroyed later by 2 more strikes)


Sub attack near Lunga at 114,138

Japanese Ships
SS RO-61

Allied Ships
xAKL De Klerk, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
A6M5 Zero x 20
B4Y1 Jean x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
PG Sacramento, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
xAKL Vichy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Hamakua, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Atlantic, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Mexican, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Honomu, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

(how many 1 + 2 points ALKs do the Allies have???)


Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CL Sendai
CL Naka
CL Abukuma
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Uruyuke
DD Tachekaze
DD Kosugiri
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
PT-79
PT-80, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-117
PT-119
PT-125, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Night Naval bombardment of Tassafaronga at 113,137

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 23 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 9 damaged
B4Y1 Jean: 8 damaged
B4Y1 Jean: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Jarvis
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Mugford
DD Bagley

Japanese ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 25

TF 295 encounters mine field at Lunga (114,138) (whow something hit our mines, rare)

Allied Ships
xAKL Buijskes, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
xAKL Wawa, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

Day Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Chitose Maru, Shell hits 2
PB Kyo Maru #10, Shell hits 3, on fire (sunk later)
SC Ch 20

Allied Ships
PT-116
PT-120
PT-123
PT-124
PT-126, Shell hits 1
PT-128, Shell hits 1, on fire

Day Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 26,000 Yards (both TFs avoid combat.Allies have luck this time)

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CL Sendai
CL Naka
CL Abukuma
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Uruyuke
DD Tachekaze
DD Kosugiri
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Bagley
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Jarvis

Morning Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
A6M5 Zero x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
TBF-1 Avenger x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 3 destroyed


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
A6M5 Zero x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 4 destroyed

..lots of smaller air action over India, losses mostly to OPs, some small a2a fights more or less 1:1, but one of our tk batalions is hit hard in clear terrain, it barely makes it to the jungle, before destroyed
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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

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Sorry in the US we have TV commercials for elderly people who fall and can't get up. For their safety they have a 1st alert necklace with a button on it they can press and get help. it was a joke.
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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

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@ Bif, I do not watch TV.. [;)]

01. Oct - 05. Oct 42 :


Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CL Sendai
CL Naka
CL Abukuma
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Uruyuke
DD Tachekaze
DD Kosugiri
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
PT-116
PT-119
PT-120
PT-123
PT-124
PT-126, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Day Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CL Sendai
CL Naka
CL Abukuma
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Uruyuke
DD Tachekaze
DD Kosugiri
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
PT-66
PT-67
PT-68
PT-73
PT-74, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT-75, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Morning Air attack on 7th Ind.Tank Brigade, at 47,34 , near Sambalpur

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 5
DB-7B x 9
Kittyhawk IA x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 4 damaged
DB-7B: 2 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 4 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 54,30 (Patna)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 13
P-400 Airacobra x 22

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 16 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed by flak (our aa at least can shoot down planes at 100ft)

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

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-400 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x P-39D Airacobra bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Submarine attack near Ndeni at 118,142

Japanese Ships
SS RO-67

Allied Ships
xAK Iron King, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Submarine attack near Kabara at 138,163

Japanese Ships
SS I-16

Allied Ships
xAK Toendjoek, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage


TF 213 encounters mine field at Lunga (114,138)

Allied Ships
AMc Durraween
AMc Korowa
AMc Samuel Benbow

25 mines cleared ([8|])

Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
E Omae, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (sunk, an escort that gets really good upgrades [:(])

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

- Ca, 70-80 F4s sweep Lunga but we do not contest and have no planes bases there, too exposed.


Ground combat at 47,35 (near Sambalpur)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1790 troops, 12 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 145

Defending force 6516 troops, 88 guns, 394 vehicles, Assault Value = 315

Japanese adjusted assault: 61

Allied adjusted defense: 355

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
312 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 23 (5 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Tank Regiment (Allies occupy blocking position to protect Cuttack from the northern route)
7th Ind.Tank Brigade

Defending units:
73rd Motorised Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
45th Recce Regiment

but fail to dislodge us:

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6260 troops, 88 guns, 388 vehicles, Assault Value = 260

Defending force 1774 troops, 12 guns, 285 vehicles, Assault Value = 134

Allied adjusted assault: 187

Japanese adjusted defense: 143

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 19 (7 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
73rd Motorised Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
45th Recce Regiment

Defending units:
1st Tank Regiment
7th Ind.Tank Brigade

- Allies sweep Lunga and Sambalpur with F4s and Hurris (ca. 100 all together), no one of ours in the air

- Allies hit our tk regiments from the air near Sambalpur, many disabled

- Allies attack Rennel island, no defense there, only few hits


Ground combat at 47,35 (near Sambalpur)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2332 troops, 24 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 674

Defending force 1774 troops, 12 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

Allied adjusted assault: 94

Japanese adjusted defense: 191

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 37 (8 destroyed, 29 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd British Division (a new div and brig has arrived but they also fail due to good def terrain)
14th British Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
73rd Motorised Brigade
45th Recce Regiment
823rd Engineer Aviation Battalion

Defending units:
1st Tank Regiment
7th Ind.Tank Brigade


Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
CL Sendai
CL Naka
CL Abukuma
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Uruyuke
DD Tachekaze
DD Kosugiri, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 2
DD Bagley
DD Mugford, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Jarvis

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, on fire
CL Sendai
CL Naka
CL Abukuma
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Uruyuke
DD Tachekaze
DD Kosugiri, on fire
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
PT-116
PT-117
PT-119
PT-120
PT-123, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-124, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,138, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire (PTs hit a 2nd time our cruisers)
CL Sendai
CL Naka
CL Abukuma
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Uruyuke
DD Tachekaze
DD Kosugiri, heavy fires
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
PT-66
PT-67, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-68
PT-73
PT-128, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,138, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
CL Naka
CL Abukuma
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Uruyuke

Allied Ships
AMc Samuel Benbow, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
AMc Korowa, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
AMc Durraween, Shell hits 5, and is sunk


Day Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
CL Naka
CL Abukuma
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Shikinami
DD Kisaragi
DD Uruyuke

Allied Ships
PT-76
PT-78
PT-79, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-81, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-83
PT-84, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

ASW attack near Tassafaronga at 113,137

Japanese Ships
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
SS S-33, hits 11, on fire, heavy damage (sunk ? I doubt it, Allied subs are almost invincible)


Afternoon Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 29000 feet


Ground combat at 47,35 (near Sambalpur)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19963 troops, 399 guns, 648 vehicles, Assault Value = 642

Defending force 31480 troops, 352 guns, 425 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022

Allied adjusted assault: 361

Japanese adjusted defense: 3301

Allied assault odds: 1 to 9

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 40 (1 destroyed, 39 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1358 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 107 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 80 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 23 disabled
Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 133 (83 destroyed, 50 disabled)

Assaulting units:
267th Armoured Brigade
73rd Motorised Brigade
14th British Brigade
2nd British Division
45th Recce Regiment
823rd Engineer Aviation Battalion

Defending units:
1st Tank Regiment
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
6th Guards Division (rest of our army arrives in hex and allies get a bloody nose)
4th Guards Division
2nd RF Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Army
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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

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We are at about the same place in our battle me 11 Oct, 42. I am moving up the New Hebrides as the Allies. I see you surface TF had to face 30 PT boat that would require a port of 5 or higher according to our house rules, port size x 6 = total PT boats allowed. I will have to go back to the begining and see how you got to this point and see how it mirrors my own game.
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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

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ORIGINAL: Bif1961

We are at about the same place in our battle me 11 Oct, 42. I am moving up the New Hebrides as the Allies. I see you surface TF had to face 30 PT boat that would require a port of 5 or higher according to our house rules, port size x 6 = total PT boats allowed. I will have to go back to the begining and see how you got to this point and see how it mirrors my own game.

PT boats are a PITA right ? Possibly they get some bonus in shallow and small straits etc. like Guadalcanal. The Allies have Kirakira where all the small craft can range freely in these waters. I tried to intercept their cargo traffic near Kira and Ndeni, but too many subs were detected and hit by asw forces. In fact the Allies can deny an area to the IJN while the IJ can not (Allied subs now pretty near to our ports but rarely are hit anymore, I suspect the overpowered SD radar update may have something to do with this - as well the Allied player told me he exchanged a lot of commanders)

Perhaps you can post later a victory screen(shot) from your game for comparison, which scen are you playing?

Btw, I just noted this here: (posted also in main forum), there were no Allies near my ports that could have caused this resource and light industry damage....[&:]

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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

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From 06. Oct - 10. Oct 1942:

- Allies land more at Lunga

Aoba was moderatly damaged by the PT torp hit, but then this:

sub attack near Russell Islands at 112,136

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
SS S-40


Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 29000 feet

Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 29000 feet

- Hurris sweep in India, losses low and 1-1

Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 14

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Meroendoeng, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Silindoeng, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Pelton Bank, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Lematang, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed


- Allies bomb troops in India, we have only weak LR cap and only a few ops losses
- Allies bomb Tulagi, we have only weak cap and only a few ops losses (hopefully as these are all 4Es, but B17 losses now add up!)
- Allies sweep Tulagi with P38s, we have only weak cap and lose 2 Zeros


afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 9

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Oorama, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
xAKL Elout, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk



ASW attack near Lunga at 114,139

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-10, hits 4, heavy damage (SUNK)

Allied Ships
SC-517
SC-521
SC-520

Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1703 troops, 6 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 70

Defending force 2165 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 41

Allied adjusted defense: 16

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ambon !!! (finally took the bypassed base)


Submarine attack near Mare' at 119,163

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
xAK Caithness, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (SUNK)


- USN DDs bombard Funafuti, which we had taken some days ago as an outpost


Sub attack near Vaitupu at 141,145

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34, hits 2, on fire (back to base)

Allied Ships
DD Meredith
DD McCalla
DD Monssen


- Allies sweep and bomb Tulagi, no cap anymore there

- Allies sweep over Darwin and over my troops in India, no cap

ex of 4E attack on Tulagi, which by now is pretty trashed:

Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 37
B-24D Liberator x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 39


Sub attack near Russell Islands at 112,136

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage (SUNK, even 3 DDs can not hinder old US subs [:@])
DD Mochizuki
DD Sazanami
DD Tachekaze

Allied Ships
SS S-40

- Allies sweep and bomb troops in India, weak LR cap takes 3 Hurris down and damages some 2E bombers


Ground combat at 47,35 (near Sambalpur)

Japanese Bombardment attack


Attacking force 1122 troops, 89 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1012

Defending force 17688 troops, 375 guns, 462 vehicles, Assault Value = 452

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 23 (5 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (12 destroyed, 2 disabled) (Brits have lots of counter battery guns)

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
1st Tank Regiment
6th Guards Division
4th Guards Division
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Army

Defending units:
2nd British Division
73rd Motorised Brigade
14th British Brigade
823rd Engineer Aviation Battalion


Morning Air attack on 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment, at 47,34 , near Sambalpur

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 5
Blenheim IV x 14
Hurricane IIb Trop x 11
Lysander II x 6
DB-7B x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 21

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 67 (2 destroyed, 65 disabled) (clear terrain ouch)


Submarine attack near Vaitupu at 141,145

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34

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


Submarine attack near Ambrym at 126,152

Japanese Ships
SS I-168

Allied Ships
xAKL Koonda, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


TF 53 encounters mine field at Tulagi (114,137)

Allied Ships
SS O24, Mine hits 1, heavy damage



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TF 53 encounters mine field at Tulagi (114,137)

Allied Ships
SS O24, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (hopefully sunk??)



Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
A6M5 Zero x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 7
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
PB Fukui Maru
CM Sarushima, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
CM Tsubame, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk


- Allies sweep Darwin with Kittihawks, no CAP

- we have lost some good pilots this period to P38 sweeps (altitude rule was deleted when new player took over), incl. 2 top aces [:(]


This was Aoba after a PT and S class hit: (sunk by 2 more torps) NOTE the "last hit" was not updated for some reason, it now shows sunk by 16" gun..


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RE: WITP: FE (fools edition) PBM Scen2 stock Japan AAR starts in May42

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From 11. Oct - 15. Oct 1942:

- Lots of sub action but most unconclusive, except:

Sub attack near Ndeni at 118,141

Japanese Ships
SS I-153, hits 3

Allied Ships
SC-519
SC-521
SC-520


Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
xAKL Atuta Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage (SUNK)
xAKL Nitian Maru
SC CHa-26

Allied Ships
SS Searaven


- we sweep Cuttack with Tojos (AF=7) and meet no cap
- Allies sweep Tulagi&Darwin and meet no cap

morning Air attack on Southern Army, at 47,34 , near Sambalpur (plus some ground bombing of our troops, mostly only disabled but disruption goes up)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 5
Blenheim IV x 3
Lysander II x 3
Wellington Ic x 3
DB-7B x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 15

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

-Allies hit Tulagi again, 1 Beaufighter reported hit by Flak, Tulagi out of action, but only 3 planes left there (repairing)

Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 54,30 (Patna)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11 (weak LR cap gets a 2:1 in their favour)

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x P-400 Airacobra bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb


Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,139, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Daiya Maru, Shell hits 25, and is sunk (I believe was a fast transport mission)
PB Kensin Maru, Shell hits 18, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Caradoc
DD Bancroft
DD Frazier
DD Mustin
DD Russell


Pre-Invasion action off Lunga (114,138)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

353 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
(Allies lands even more troops at Lunga, half of the American (unrestricted) pacific army must be there now...)

Allied Ships
xAKL Canopus
xAKL Hetton Bank
DD Bulmer

Allied ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled

- US sweeps Lunga but no CAP

Morning Air attack on Southern Army, at 47,34 , near Sambalpur

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10 (LR cap takes down some fighters and damages bombers for no losses, ca. 30 support squads and 10 vehicles disabled)

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 5
Blenheim IV x 15
Hurricane IIb Trop x 15
Lysander II x 10
Wellington Ic x 3
DB-7B x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138 (6 waves hit Lunga, airfields hit hard, fort stops building, but we have no planes there too exposed)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-29 Hudson x 16
B-17E Fortress x 25
B-26B Marauder x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 17

- Our flak brings down 3 Airacobras in India trying to hit our troops

- More sweeps by both sides that see no enemy:

Morning Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 39

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
39 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 32

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 25000 feet


- Landings at Lunga again, here an overview of reported units now there from both sides:

Ground combat at Lunga (114,138)

Japanese Bombardment attack


Attacking force 17835 troops, 242 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 701

Defending force 30862 troops, 478 guns, 662 vehicles, Assault Value = 1206

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled

Assaulting units:
16th Division
65th Bde /1
Maizuru 3rd SNLF
2nd Tank Rgt /4
124th Infantry Rgt /1
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
13th Ind.AA Gun Co
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Shipping Engineer Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th RF Gun Battalion
14th Naval Const Bn /2

Defending units:
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
2nd Marine Rgt /6
754th Tank Battalion
1st USMC Parachute Battalion
3rd/102nd Infantry Battalion
8th Marine Regiment
6th Marine Rgt /16
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st Marine Raider Bn /3
30th NZ Battalion
11th NZ Bde /3
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
9th Marine Regiment
29th NZ Battalion
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st/102nd Infantry Battalion
3rd Marine Raider Battalion
627th TD Bn /2
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
112th Cavalry Regiment
2nd USMC Engr Rgt /6
7th USN SeaBees /1
147th Field Artillery Regiment
32nd Infantry Div /4
8th USN SeaBees /1
821st Engineer Aviation Battalion
4th USN Naval Construction Battalion
1st Marine Defense Battalion
F Det USN Port Svc
177th USAAF Base Force /4
205th Field Artillery Battalion
34th Aviation Base Force /2
369th Coast AA Regiment
6th USN SeaBees /1
198th Field Artillery Battalion
10th USN SeaBees /1
2nd USMC EAB /1
5th USN SeaBees /3

- More landings at Lunga and sub action, but only hits were our I boat hit near Brisbane by AMs (3x)

- Allies sweep Darwin and the hex where we flew LR cap over our troops in India, but both meet no one, they also sweep more mines at Lunga this sweep works (guess most mines now gone there, the only reported hit of our mines was a Dutch sub)

Morning Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. (we use big alt - careful about Allied AA)
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 54
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 40
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander II: 4 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

- Southern army + an arty unit marching in the clear lose more support and vehicles to air attack in India

Ground combat at 49,36 (near Cuttack) (Allies send a Div to try get rid of our troops in the hex NE of Cuttack, but it is good defensive terrain)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8685 troops, 122 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 269

Defending force 4830 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Allied adjusted assault: 210

Japanese adjusted defense: 351

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
480 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division

Defending units:
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion


- We decided to do something again about the Allied landings at Lunga, as well try to cut off - and/or fight the Allied troops in and near Cuttack. This is ofc why we try to take out some planes and damage airfield there. Problem is weather and strong AA. We send a handpicked SF fleet with good admiral and use night search to get to Allied Amphibs at Lunga. But he has several fleets there protecting them, one of these is seriously hard hit and 2 cruisers confirmed as sunk (even if the Allies "crossed the T"!):

Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,138, Range 3,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
CL Natori
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 1
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Sazanami, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Uruyuke, Shell hits 1
DD Tachekaze, Shell hits 1
DD Tagonami

Allied Ships
CA Astoria, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Bagley, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Jarvis, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Gridley, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Sterett, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Parrott, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk


Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,138, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai, Shell hits 2
CL Natori
CL Abukuma
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Sazanami, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Uruyuke
DD Tachekaze, Shell hits 1
DD Tagonami

Allied Ships
CL Caradoc, Shell hits 1
DD Bancroft
DD Frazier
DD Mustin
DD Russell, Shell hits 1


Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,138, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
CL Natori
CL Abukuma
DD Maikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Uruyuke, Shell hits 2
DD Tachekaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
PT-66
PT-76
PT-78
PT-83
PT-116
PT-122, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,138, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
CL Natori
CL Abukuma
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Shinonome
DD Uruyuke, Shell hits 2
DD Tachekaze

Allied Ships
PT-68, Shell hits 2
PT-73
PT-77
PT-117
PT-120
PT-121, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Morning Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37 (our sweepers finally meet the enemy, results soso)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 38

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet


- we also put a CAP over Lunga which also gets into the fight now:

Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
A6M5 Zero x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed


Morning Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 31
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 24

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 3

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

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Morning Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander II: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 3

Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
A6M5 Zero x 9
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
A-29 Hudson x 16
B-17E Fortress x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
A-29 Hudson: 2 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 17

Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
A6M5 Zero x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 11
B-26 Marauder x 12
B-26B Marauder x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed by flak
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9


Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
A6M5 Zero x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 10
P-40K Warhawk x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

- 2 more raids and our CAP is now weakened and does no damage anymore


Afternoon Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 31

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

- lots of sub action incl. ASW attacks from our escorts even with DDs but only ONE single hit on Allied subs, we lose a filled medium tanker therefore:

Sub attack near Miyako-jima at 92,66

Japanese Ships
TK Nanrei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (SUNK)
TK San Diego Maru
TK Amatsu Maru
PB Minowa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Herring

- we sweep Cuttack but enemy CAP gone
- US sweeps Lunga, but our CAP is also gone :) They use 3xP38 and 1x big F4 units.
- we are fearful of the many fighters in area so have not send many anti ship sorties there, but now we have some good old Jeans which we use on low naval, only low value ships hit:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 30
B4Y1 Jean x 20

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AMc Humphrey, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Sinabang, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AMc Futurist, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AMc South Sea, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk

- 8-9 waves hit Lunga and Rennel, both pretty destroyed but we have no planes flying there to contest

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 28
B4Y1 Jean x 18

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAKL De Haan, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
AMc Gale, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Sinabang, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

We sneaked a TK regiment behing the lines in India, which was hit by air in the clear but managed to hide and recover a bit in the jungles then to prodeed and cut rail lines even trying to take this base, but failed:

Ground combat at Vizagapatnam (42,37)

Japanese Shock attack


Attacking force 432 troops, 0 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 3892 troops, 40 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 125

Japanese adjusted assault: 3

Allied adjusted defense: 22

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 28 (5 destroyed, 23 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
25th Indian/A Division
23rd Indian Engineer Battalion

Ground combat at Vizagapatnam (42,37)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3184 troops, 40 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 112

Defending force 384 troops, 0 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied adjusted assault: 101

Japanese adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 50 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 19 (19 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
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