Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J)

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: obvert

We've had a bit of a hiatus in the past few days. The family here was getting over jet lag and I had to get antibiotics for a chest infection. Not so fun.

In addition, now, once I got back into it all and was running the latest turn, my laptop crashed. I lost that and to top it off it looks like it’s toast. No sign of life.

So … I need to figure out what to do next. I’ll try to get bootcamp and Windows going on my Mac finally and play on there if possible. If that doesn’t work I’ll need to get another game laptop. It might a day or two before I can get this going again.

That machine is the only one I’ve played WITP and WITP:AE on, so it was due a retirement!! It served me well! [&o]

I just wish I’d put it out to pasture in a planned way instead of unexpectedly seeing it topple over and die.

I do have a few updates still to make here, and some interesting action going on. I'll catch up and try to get this back on track soon.

So the Japanese Special Weapons program finally got a virus that could stop the Allies!

[Capt. Harlock]

That machine is the only one I’ve played WITP and WITP:AE on, so it was due a retirement!! It served me well!

I just wish I’d put it out to pasture in a planned way instead of unexpectedly seeing it topple over and die.

That's actually an impressive lifespan for a laptop. RIP.

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock

That machine is the only one I’ve played WITP and WITP:AE on, so it was due a retirement!! It served me well!

I just wish I’d put it out to pasture in a planned way instead of unexpectedly seeing it topple over and die.

That's actually an impressive lifespan for a laptop. RIP.

It is, and I was suspecting some issues recently, and should have started contingency plans earlier! Oh, well. Maybe my hard rive needed a break as well! [:D]

[palioboy2]

Your computer troubles are really cutting into my airport reading, Obvert.

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: palioboy2

Your computer troubles are really cutting into my airport reading, Obvert.

haha! sorry.

I hope to get moving again in the next few days. Always so difficult to get all of this stuff reworked and installed.

[obvert]

Ok. Got a basic install working.

Can anyone give me a quick run down on installing the DBB files again? I've misplaced my saved notes, and I can't remember exactly the stuff I need to copy and paste to make it work correctly.

Thanks!

[obvert]

Ok. Got it all sorted. I’d set it all up and the turn didn’t run earlier, but realized I hadn’t installed the newer patch on that game version. Once loaded all seems to be working.

So disregard the above

[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]April 23, 1942[/font]

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Ok. So back to the reporting. I've sent Jeff the turn and he's run the latest with no problems.

The last days saw the Allies trying to put an end to the Mutsu, but it's still afloat as SS KIX spots her near Singkawang today. Five hits so far, but not under.

Other action is shown below.

The Allies though are planning to land on Malaya at Port Dickson, and the troops there, a tank regiment, are being decimated by air and sea bombardments. An Aussie brigade will arrive in a few days and should be able to take the base. Another brigade will follow at Patu Palat, where there appears t one only a Port Unit.

The goals here are to cut the rail and move on middle Malayan bases around Georgetown.
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ASW attack near Singkawang at 53,87

Japanese Ships
DD Oyashio
BB Mutsu, heavy damage
DD Shiranui
DD Asanagi
DD Oite
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
SS KIX

SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at DD Oyashio
KIX bottoming out ....

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ASW attack near Kuching at 58,87

Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze
BB Kongo
CA Mikuma
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
SS Dolphin

SS Dolphin launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hokaze
Dolphin bottoming out ....

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Night Naval bombardment of Port Dickson at 49,80

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Canberra
CL Glasgow
CL Mauritius

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 40 (13 destroyed, 27 disabled)

Port hits 33
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 5

Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Exeter
CA Exeter firing at 6th Tank Regiment

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Ground combat at 88,57 (near Wenchow)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22859 troops, 215 guns, 124 vehicles, Assault Value = 479

Defending force 12813 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 186

Japanese adjusted assault: 143

Allied adjusted defense: 199

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

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

Allied ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
17th Division
8th Armored Car Co
32nd Division

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3656 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Defending force 2112 troops, 17 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Japanese adjusted assault: 71

Allied adjusted defense: 53

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

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

Allied ground losses:
345 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
48th Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 3rd SNLF

Defending units:
Manado RK Cdo
Manado Mil'ie Cdo

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Ground combat at 105,31 (near Hailar)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1770 troops, 18 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 114

Defending force 2064 troops, 36 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Allied adjusted assault: 98

Japanese adjusted defense: 6

Allied assault odds: 16 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
902 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 6

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Ussurii Tank Brigade

Defending units:
4th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
6th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
55th Field AA Battalion
40th Const Co
49th Const Co
51st JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Heiho (113,33)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76524 troops, 1282 guns, 2920 vehicles, Assault Value = 2978

Defending force 23735 troops, 258 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 592

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 2782

Japanese adjusted defense: 2145

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4

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

Japanese ground losses:
1238 casualties reported
Squads: 75 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 55 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 42 (29 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1622 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 214 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 61 (3 destroyed, 58 disabled)
Vehicles lost 158 (19 destroyed, 139 disabled)

Assaulting units:
61st Tank Division
126th Rifle Division
73rd Tank Brigade
12th Rifle Division
77th Tank Brigade
3rd Rifle Division
3rd Amurskaya Tank Brigade
111th Tank Division
36th Motor Rifle Division
94th Rifle Division
114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
42nd Cannon Regiment
192nd OM Gun Battalion
1120th Cannon Regiment
147th Howitzer Regiment
36th Army
1140th Cannon Regiment
216th Howitzer Regiment
624th Cannon Regiment
1129th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
411th Howitzer Regiment
550th BM Howitzer Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment

Defending units:
8th Garrison Unit
6th Border Defense Fortress
1st Division
9th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
3rd Garrison Unit
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
52nd Field AA Battalion
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Air Division
18th Fld AA Machinecannon Company

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[BBfanboy]

Heiho looks promising too given that the Japanese suffered far more destroyed squads, so the assault value ratio will swing in your favour once some of your disablements recover. [:)]

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Heiho looks promising too given that the Japanese suffered far more destroyed squads, so the assault value ratio will swing in your favour once some of your disablements recover. [:)]

Yeah, and the forts are going down! That is key since the x3 terrain here is tough.

I can rotate tank brigades in and out quickly, and the IJA is cut off so should be nearly out of supply.

The 1st is one tough IJA division, but it's not going to be soon. This will be a good haul of destroyed troops unless he sends massive reinforcements right now, and even those would have to break through the 1,500AV guarding the approaches and resting up.

[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]April 24, 1942[/font]

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Sabang is crushed by another bombardment from Ashigara and company. I thought I'd damaged these ships a bit but apparently not enough to stop them from operating. Once the Port Dickson and Batu Paalat landings are finished I'll be able to turn the 4Es loose and hit Georgetown and Alor Star, where these ships can base.

Troop ships move to Singers and prepare for the invasion at Port Dickson. The Batu Palat troops are loading at Palembang.

Air strikes make a dent in the troops at Malacca and Port Dickson, but can't do anything with Batu Palat.
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Night Naval bombardment of Sabang at 44,70

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 16 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CL Abukuma
DD Susuki
DD Karukaya
DD Minazuki
DD Shinonome
DD Kawakaze

Allied ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 34
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 7
Port supply hits 3

F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for CA Ashigara
CA Ashigara firing at Sabang

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Night Naval bombardment of Port Swettenham at 48,79

Allied Ships
CL Caledon
CL Colombo
CL Ceres

Runway hits 9
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 5

CL Caledon firing at Port Swettenham
CL Colombo firing at Port Swettenham
CL Ceres firing at Port Swettenham

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Night Naval bombardment of Malacca at 49,81

Allied Ships
CA Portland
CL Hobart
CL Achilles

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

Runway hits 8
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Portland

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Night Naval bombardment of Port Dickson at 49,80

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CL Glasgow
CL Mauritius

Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Exeter
CA Exeter firing at Port Dickson

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Morning Air attack on 6th Tank Regiment, at 49,80 (Port Dickson)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 20

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 6th Tank Regiment, at 49,80 (Port Dickson)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5
P-400 Airacobra x 12

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 55th/B Division, at 49,81 (Malacca)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 6
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
274 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 55th/B Division, at 49,81 (Malacca)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 88,57 (near Wenchow)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22820 troops, 215 guns, 124 vehicles, Assault Value = 471

Defending force 12701 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 159

Japanese adjusted assault: 233

Allied adjusted defense: 244

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
17th Division
8th Armored Car Co
32nd Division

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

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A few new airframes start production in May and we get our first Il-2 groups arriving. Should be interesting. I'm not sure how the armor 2 will act in game, but I'll certainly give them a try at low level ground bombing to see if it makes a difference! [:)]

[BBfanboy]

The IL-2s are decent close support aircraft, but I can never scrape up enough Soviet pilots for the number of IL-2s available.

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The IL-2s are decent close support aircraft, but I can never scrape up enough Soviet pilots for the number of IL-2s available.

A very weak aircraft in game terms. Pitiful range and very weak bomb load. This does not reflect how effective they really were in real life. I find strafing to be quite impotent in the game (bombs are much more effective) and later versions of this aircraft don't get the improved ordinance that they actually had. (rockets for example). They probably were devastating when they got into action against Japan. Difficult for Japanese fighters or AA to bring down.

[GetAssista]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
The IL-2s are decent close support aircraft, but I can never scrape up enough Soviet pilots for the number of IL-2s available.

A very weak aircraft in game terms. Pitiful range and very weak bomb load. This does not reflect how effective they really were in real life. I find strafing to be quite impotent in the game (bombs are much more effective) and later versions of this aircraft don't get the improved ordinance that they actually had. (rockets for example). They probably were devastating when they got into action against Japan. Difficult for Japanese fighters or AA to bring down.

What crsutton said. Game does not do justice to IL-2
Had a lot of experience against Ironman AI. I'm using ILs as AA sponge on cut off AI stacks to deplete their supply, nothing more. It is not resilient enough to do strafing despite armor 2. Bombing from some height is fine though, lots of damaged planes but very few taken down. Damage to LCUs is pitiful even in clearer terrain - 100kg bombs suck.
First model does not have defensive armament and is helpless against fighters. Armor does not save them from Oscars. Was also the problem in RL, hence second model was rushed

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The IL-2s are decent close support aircraft, but I can never scrape up enough Soviet pilots for the number of IL-2s available.

A very weak aircraft in game terms. Pitiful range and very weak bomb load. This does not reflect how effective they really were in real life. I find strafing to be quite impotent in the game (bombs are much more effective) and later versions of this aircraft don't get the improved ordinance that they actually had. (rockets for example). They probably were devastating when they got into action against Japan. Difficult for Japanese fighters or AA to bring down.

The range is a big drawback for sure. I'm hoping they can conserve the 2E and hit bases I'd like to work on without too many losses of pilots or the longer range, more valuable planes. A lot of the areas we're fighting in are tight enough that 2-3 hexes can still be useful.

[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]April 25, 1942[/font]

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Some very odd, but pleasing, night battles this turn against IJN DDs. Lowpe sends in the small TFs, one of 5 DD to Singkep, but this decides not to engage an AM sent to minesweeper here. Interesting.

Then, 3 DD are sent to Palembang to raid the am-hubs in port. One DD stands in their way; Isis.

The first battle is over without a shot fired again. Then things get interesting. Outnumbered and outgunned, commander C.S.B Swinley using his maneuverability and lands one decisive shot on the bridge of DD Minegumo. Not sure what effect this has on the capabilities of the ship in later battles, but it seems that she didn't really play a part in subsequent battles and had a raging fire going throughout.

The next encounter sees Isis land two shots on DD Ayanami, again without taking a hit.

Next, Isis devastates the older, smaller DD Mikazuki with 29 hits, sinking her outright. Another single 4.7" shell lands on Minegumo, pushing her fires to 'heavy.' Again, the IJN cannot land a return shot.

Finally in the last battle of the night, Isis puts 29 hits onto DD Ayanami, sinking her, and three more on inegumo, putting her into danger with 'heavy fires, heavy damage.' This time Isis takes five hits from the beleaguered Japanese, leaving her with moderate damage, but no active fires after the turn. She'll head to a victory celebration and repair at Singers next turn.

In other news our troops begin to land at Port Dickson after bombardments further weakened IJA units there. I'll suspend unloading and let the ones on the ground attack tomorrow in case there is a reaction by LBA or the KB.

Allied troops finally take Djambi as part of the 4th division is there and I didn't want them to be flown back to combine again with the element at Malacca. They retreat back to the North out of harm's way. I'll let them sit there and wither slowly. [:)]

At Heiho another DA gets forts to 3 but only a 1:2 adjustment. I bet the next will be even or positive though, and then it'll be a steady road to annihilation of these IJA forces.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Singkep at 49,87, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Oyashio
DD Shiranui
DD Arashi
DD Shigure
DD Oite
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
AM Pieter de Bitter

Improved night sighting under 75% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 75% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo
DD Ayanami
DD Mikazuki

Allied Ships
DD Isis

Improved night sighting under 75% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 75% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Swinley, C.S.B. crosses the 'T'
Range closes to 6,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Ayanami
DD Mikazuki

Allied Ships
DD Isis

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo, on fire
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 2
DD Mikazuki

Allied Ships
DD Isis

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
DD Mikazuki engages DD Isis at 8,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD Ayanami, on fire
DD Mikazuki, Shell hits 29, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Isis

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
DD Isis engages DD Ayanami at 7,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 25, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Isis, Shell hits 5, on fire

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yard

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Morning Air attack on 55th/B Division, at 49,81 (Malacca)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9
B-17E Fortress x 22

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
460 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Djambi (48,88)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10669 troops, 126 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 337

Defending force 5784 troops, 50 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 89

Allied adjusted assault: 211

Japanese adjusted defense: 61

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Djambi !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
2179 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 77 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 42 (31 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Allied ground losses:
853 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
13th Australian Brigade
25th Australian Brigade
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
45th Indian Brigade

Defending units:
4th/A Division
4th/B Division
36th Field AA Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion
35th JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Heiho (113,33)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 71985 troops, 1245 guns, 2450 vehicles, Assault Value = 2570

Defending force 22759 troops, 232 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 547

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 1983

Japanese adjusted defense: 2987

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1600 casualties reported
Squads: 62 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 78 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 32 (15 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1345 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 185 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Vehicles lost 70 (6 destroyed, 64 disabled)

Assaulting units:
126th Rifle Division
36th Motor Rifle Division
61st Tank Division
77th Tank Brigade
111th Tank Division
12th Rifle Division
3rd Rifle Division
94th Rifle Division
1120th Cannon Regiment
1129th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
192nd OM Gun Battalion
411th Howitzer Regiment
147th Howitzer Regiment
216th Howitzer Regiment
550th BM Howitzer Regiment
624th Cannon Regiment
1140th Cannon Regiment
36th Army
42nd Cannon Regiment
114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment

Defending units:
6th Border Defense Fortress
8th Garrison Unit
1st Division
1st Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Garrison Unit
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
52nd Field AA Battalion
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Air Div /1

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[BBfanboy]

Huzzah for Isis - a great showing! IIR her crew has great experience and she is very effective in an ASW TF as well.

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Huzzah for Isis - a great showing! IIR her crew has great experience and she is very effective in an ASW TF as well.

Exactly! Not sure what she was before but her crew is probably the best in the Allied fleet now! After this one they're 81/75!![&o]

[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]April 26, 1942[/font]

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Things didn't go to plan today. One, I wanted to stop unloading and retire the Port Dickson invasion TF, but didn't click it to stop. Second, my LR CAP was over the xAKLs I had moved into the area to set up a CAP trap. So, the KB moved in and instead of hitting a large LR CAP over low value ships, hit some CLs, a few decent xAP and a lot of small transports. Overall, it's not a disaster, but not what I needed when I had the opportunity to hit those planes hard.

The Aussies did take Port Dickson and the tank regiment was destroyed outright. So that's positive.

We also take Padang. That armoured brigade will now move on to the NW part of Sumatra.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 26, 1942
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Dickson at 49,80

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 52 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Caledon
xAP Maori, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Ceres

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Dickson at 49,80

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
B5N1 Kate x 27
B5N2 Kate x 53
D3A1 Val x 41

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
D3A1 Val: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Hobart, Torpedo hits 1
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1
xAP Perak, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Ceres, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Colombo, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
xAP Kinta, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Stuart
PG Herald, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Van Swoll, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Caledon, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Tenedos, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Klang, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Rochussen, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
CL Achilles
xAK Nora Moller, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Suva, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Barwon
xAP Le Maire, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Maori, on fire, heavy damage

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

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Dickson at 49,80

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Stuart
CL Ceres, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK City of Agra, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Colombo, and is sunk

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

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

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Ground combat at Port Dickson (49,80)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2359 troops, 57 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Defending force 120 troops, 0 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 38

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Port Dickson !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 71 (71 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
16th Australian Brigade

Defending units:
6th Tank Regiment

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Ground combat at Padang (44,85)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2258 troops, 26 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 147

Defending force 1683 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50

Allied adjusted assault: 116

Japanese adjusted defense: 49

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Padang !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
492 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
7th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
16th Naval Guard Unit

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Ground combat at 105,30 (near Hailar)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1758 troops, 17 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Defending force 1710 troops, 35 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Allied adjusted assault: 45

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
699 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 5

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Ussurii Tank Brigade

Defending units:
4th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
6th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
55th Field AA Battalion
49th Const Co
40th Const Co
51st JAAF AF Bn

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Hard to lose two of these for nothing here, even though they're old. I like them for the missions I don't want to send amore valuable ship on. [;)]

[Lokasenna]

Port Dickson? Must be a mod base, never heard of it!