PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel

[WhoCares]

If you do not plan to attack in China any further, you might launch some strategic bombing against his HI/Resources/Oil/Manpower. Would further complicate his supply situation and give you some additional strategic points [;)]
The question would be whether it is worth to have the bombers there, whether he would assign fighters for defense, what to attack, ...

[tsimmonds]

Allied aircraft losses - why leave a CAP?
I-16c: 3 destroyed
I-153c: 5 destroyed

Probably sitting there damaged with aviation support long since departed.

[PzB74]

ORIGINAL: irrelevant

Allied aircraft losses - why leave a CAP?
I-16c: 3 destroyed
I-153c: 5 destroyed

Probably sitting there damaged with aviation support long since departed.

No, he did have a flying CAP over the base.
Didn't include this in the AAR:

Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 47,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18
Ki-48 Lily x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 10

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 2
I-16c x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet

So I assume Al forgot to move the remaining fighters out....

[PzB74]

ORIGINAL: WhoCares

If you do not plan to attack in China any further, you might launch some strategic bombing against his HI/Resources/Oil/Manpower. Would further complicate his supply situation and give you some additional strategic points [;)]
The question would be whether it is worth to have the bombers there, whether he would assign fighters for defense, what to attack, ...

I don't think Al can afford to base fighters in China right now, but all of my bombers are busy in India. The remaining ones are held in reserve in the South Pacific.
But it's definetly an idea for the future if the Allies doesn't understand that their only option is a negotiated peace....[;)]

[PzB74]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/17/42

Surface Combat

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Naval bombardment of Bombay, at 20,10 - this is the last time I hit Bombay. Why wreck it when it's soon going to be mine [:D]

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
BB Fuso
BB Nagato
BB Kirishima
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 29
Port hits 4
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 - another sortie by the 'Koepang Express'...

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 34 - tomorrow the Zeros at Rabaul will LRCAP Shortland! The B-25's will pay...

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chandpur Naval Base Force, at 28,23

Japanese aircraft - the last air raid against Diamond Harbour, the army will do the rest. Lots of flak guns left here.
A6M2 Zero x 16
Ki-21 Sally x 53
Ki-48 Lily x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 15 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 9 damaged

Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 10,68

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 6 - my seaplane tender is still shadowing the Allied transports now almost past Java

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Ranger

Aircraft Attacking:
All F1M2 Pete attacking at 100 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 32,32

Japanese Deliberate attack - more Chinese here today..

Attacking force 17936 troops, 64 guns, 93 vehicles

Defending force 30143 troops, 146 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
698 casualties reported - losses are heavy, will consider a last shock attack after resting tomorrow.
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
514 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
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Ground combat at 28,17

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48524 troops, 297 guns, 285 vehicles

Defending force 24320 troops, 322 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 - I didn't get a 2-1 odds against the Allied troops south of Lucknow, but I think it was a close call.

Japanese ground losses:
1022 casualties reported
Guns lost 19
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1419 casualties reported
Guns lost 70
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Ground combat at Diamond Harbor

Japanese Bombardment attack - tomorrow we attack in force!

Attacking force 14853 troops, 90 guns, 149 vehicles

Defending force 3217 troops, 48 guns, 4 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Situation Report

India

Today the Kaga and a light carrier arrived at Singapore. The Akagi and another cvl arrives tomorrow.
I've upgraded their air groups with veteran units and they're almost up to full strength.

Al told me that there are 800000 !!!!! supplies in Bombay [X(] If I can get my hand on these....That's why we stop bombarding
the place asap! The race towards Dehli is on, I'm sending 2 divisions and engineers into Bombay - the rest will pursue the fleeing Allied
troops.

Within a few days I'll occupy bases worth another 1000 points, which will leave only a mere 1500 point worth of Allied bases in all of India!
I think the Allied troops at Lucknow will start force marching towards Dehli any day now, if not they'll get cut off. If I'm lucky most of them
will try to protect Dehli. This will play straight into my divide and conquer strategy!

All of the Zeros in India will be rested before moving to Bombay and perhpas Lucknow - sweeps will then clear the skies of enemyfighters
before heavy bombing raids commence against the remaining largeAllied af base in Inida - Dehli. It should be possible to first weaken
and then defeat the RAF in the Battle for India. I'm willing to committ strategic reserves to achieve this goal.

China

Most of the bases that could be attacked by the chinese now fields heavy fortifications! I will consider another offensive in a month or two.
Have to think about it...

Central/South Pacific

Moving a heavy AA battery to Shortland together with another construction and base unit. If Al doesn't attack, I will turn it into a fort that will protect
Rabaul from the south. Now A LOT of mines in the area...Rabaul itself got 3500. The bases in the Admirality and Marshall Islands are also expanding and it
will take a major Allied effort to capture them.

[Lonewolfpj]

I am still rather new at this game so I dont know what people normally do in the game. But if I were playing aginst you I might think about making an attack on you from the North. I would use the Alaskin island to make an attack on Japan. I do not know if this is possible but it look like you have streched a little thin. Wobbly has to see that You are diggin in around the Centeral and South Pacific and that you have large armys in China and India. If I were him I would try to attack Japan istelf becuse it has to be weak. He could do this with his carriers or mybee even an landing party.[:(]

[PzB74]

I'm sure Wobbly is planning something....an invasion from the Artic North is not a very likely option though. He doesn't have anything like the number of divisions needed to invade Japan in mid 42. The Aleutians takes a long time to build, and bad weather makes sure that most of the air sorties in the region are cancelled or strongly reduced.

He has to do something that got the potential to hurt me - and that fast - preferrably before India falls.

I thought he was going for the Marshallas or the Solomones. Now I think he might try to reinforce India - or even invade Koepang and other locations in the area.
This is one of my weaker areas indeed!

ORIGINAL: Lonewolfpj

I am still rather new at this game so I dont know what people normally do in the game. But if I were playing aginst you I might think about making an attack on you from the North. I would use the Alaskin island to make an attack on Japan. I do not know if this is possible but it look like you have streched a little thin. Wobbly has to see that You are diggin in around the Centeral and South Pacific and that you have large armys in China and India. If I were him I would try to attack Japan istelf becuse it has to be weak. He could do this with his carriers or mybee even an landing party.[:(]

[bbbf]

Why are your pete's attacking at 100 ft? I doubt they would be skip bombing so if you give them a bit of altitude you may actually get a hit. Puny but it will be on a transport.

Where are your weakest areas? This is where he will most probably try to divert your Indian focus.

[Grotius]

Are the Aleutians subject to any bad-weather rules at all in June? The "cold" rules apply only from December to March, no? Or are you saying that the North Pacific just generally gets worse weather (Thunderstorms etc)?

[PzB74]

BBBF - the Pete's are pretty experienced, should be able to skip bomb. Just nuisance raids anyway.
If I spot any major Allied tf's in the area, the alarm will sound. I still don't know were Wobbly got his cv's.

I got most of my forces in India, Burma, China, the Central and South Pacific. The left flank based on DEI doesn't hold a lot of troops, but I have large aviation regiments in key bases.
Kendari is my major stronghold together with Singapore. I actually turned back a convoy heading from Kendari to towards Truk when I spotted Allied ships north of Oz.

Wobbly can cause me trouble in this area, but he would need to ferry a lot of supplies and fuel to northern Oz to strike from here. No major ports to perform repairs in either.
So if he goes for a 'flank attack' - I will counter with carriers from Singapore and Truk together with numberous naval bombers and Zeros based from Palembang and down to Kendari.
A counter invasion fleet will immediately sail from Truk carrying up to 2 div's + support. This should be sufficient to slow his advance to a crawl... I'm NOT going to divert anything from
the Indian campaign before I've either captured Karachi or been decisively halted.

Let the Kiwi come to me, then we'll fight on my home turf...! [;)]

Grotius: you would have to check other threads for accurate info on the Aleutians. I think Raver did a number on this in the game against Bananarama...Didn't gain much from it though.
Al would surely surprise me if he came in this way, but I just don't think there's much to achive in this area. I got a lot of troops in Japan, so an invasion is out of the question.

[PzB74]

A great day on the battlefields - beers are on me today!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/18/42

Surface Combat

ASW Attacks

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ASW attack at 62,79

Japanese Ships - I've created 2 asw groups north and south of Truk. 2 enemy subs have parked here!
DD Numakaze
DD Yukaze
APD APD-39
APD APD-37
APD APD-36
APD APD-2

Allied Ships
SS Haddock
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
A6M3 Zero x 8

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 28 destroyed, 9 damaged - 11 B25's were shot down and the remaining bombers turned back [8D]
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 32,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16978 troops, 48 guns, 94 vehicles

Defending force 29475 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 - Great news! We dislodged a large Chinese Army and 2 resource rich bases just below Mandalay can now be captured.

Japanese ground losses:
434 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
479 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at Diamond Harbor

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24629 troops, 95 guns, 293 vehicles

Defending force 3176 troops, 46 guns, 4 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Diamond Harbor base !!! - We captured almost 200000 units of fuel [&o]

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 6 destroyed - ???? Another bug [:'(]

Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
3670 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at 28,17

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 47295 troops, 274 guns, 284 vehicles

Defending force 21719 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
231 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
786 casualties reported - the enemy below Lucknow will soon be forced to retreat!
Guns lost 22
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Situation Report

Here's what I said to Al today:

Got almost 200k fuel at Diamond - now that was a gift from the heavens [:)]
Double sake rations!

Defeated your Chinese just below Mandalay, this opened the doors into
Mandalay and moved the front further away from Rangoon. Rice cookies for
this one!

Savaged your Mitchells over Shortland - small victory, but still good for
morale. Without long range fighter escorts, you'll run into trouble now and
then. More sake....

The Empire just can't be stopped! The war minister thinks the war could be brought
to a successful conclusion if we manage to take India away from England!

I've devised the final part of Operation Hangover (see situation map)

A large and powerful army supported by a powerful air force and navy will
deliver a knock out blow against the capitalists that they never will recover from!!!

It will be impossible to defend Karachi and the base just below it together with Dehli and Armadabad.
All we have to do is to make sure that we deny the enemy room to manouver. We've learned the
hard way that it's not possible to move troops from one besieged base to another - and that's the solution!!

We'll tie down the bulk of the enemy at Armadabad and Dehli, then land paras behind Karchi while an amphibious
landing force captures the capital!

I would like to send the KB to support the attack, but I'll hold the carriers on alert at Truk and Singapore.
This way I can react against :
1. Allied reinforcements going to India
2. A US attack against in the South Pacific
3. An Allied attack against Koepang or any other base in the DEI

Situation Map: Operation Hangover - Phase III

[Bradley7735]

IF you take Karachi, make sure you leave a unit there to hold in case he lands troops with subs or something. You could lose a lot of supply and time if you take the base and then march 100% of the troops to Delhi. You'd probably only need a base force, since he wouldn't be able to land any troops with ships in India.

Have you reconned the base by Karachi? Your para's won't succeed if there's anyone there to hold the base. (most likely)

[PzB74]

If I capture Karachi, I'll never leave it [;)] I'm rather paranoid, and keep solid garrisons in every major base by the sea.

If I recon the base close to Karachi it'll be a give away. So I have to gamble here. If I fail, it could still be able to cause a lot of trouble.
Don't know zilch about how many troops there are in any of the remaining bases in India, so I have to make a very qualified guess in regards to how I'm going to approach this.

An all out attack against Armadabad will most likely see the troops in Dehli move back to support the defenders. This might halt me altogether! If I do succeed to force the enemy out, I will have to repeat the whole
procedure, not only once...but twice. (Karachi and the base close by) I really want to avoid this..got really bogged down in Calcutta.

Will even consider landing 3-4 divisions at Karachi and then use 6 to pin down the other two. Got 6-8 engineer regiments enroute as well, this time the forts will come down!!
A blocking force on the railroad towards Dehli could also be sufficient..many options, and I have to pick the right one.

Got a sub with a recon unit aboard that can 'check out' Karachi immediately before the landing takes place.

[Honda]

It won't be a giveaway if recon ALL his remaining bases. Not too many of them letf. So once once he's down to 5-6 bases get your Dinahs in the air. Information is power. Of course, loads of high qualitiy divisions come in handy but you know what I mean.

[PzB74]

Lots of truth in that Honda! But first Bombay and Lucknow have to be captured and equipped with base forces so the Dinah's can be placed within recon range...
Also planning to drop paras on the 2 remaining bases behind the enemy lines - if Al is low on troops and base forces, there won't be many men here.

Another thing I've been wondering about: If I lay siege to Armadabad, will then supplies trickle through my blocade and into Dehli?
Perhaps it's possible to starve the buggers into submission as well....

[PzB74]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/19/42

Surface Combat

Sub/ASW Attacks
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ASW attack at 62,77

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Yunagi
DD Oite
DD Kikuzuki
DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
SS S-31, hits 3 - 3 hits and no damage!?
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ASW attack at 62,77

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Yunagi
DD Oite

Allied Ships
SS S-31, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage - fortunately a follow up attack sends the sub to the bottom just north of Truk. My ASW efforts are paying off!
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 - no CAP over Colombo. My port attack from Trimcomalee never materialized though.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26

No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on 23rd AA Regiment, at 21,11

Allied aircraft - a heavy attack from Dehli. Attacking my AA regiment can't be healthy, but the attackers get away with it. Should have received a spanking at only 6000 feet!

Wellington III x 47
B-17E Fortress x 48

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
206 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Aircraft Attacking:
All B-17 and Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 32,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16353 troops, 50 guns, 95 vehicles

Defending force 14191 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 - the remaining Chinese troops below Mandalay are driven away.

Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
904 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at 28,17

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 47276 troops, 268 guns, 284 vehicles

Defending force 20090 troops, 191 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 - the Allies are also driven back into Lucknow - including a large UK Div! Should have weakened it substantially for a while

Japanese ground losses:
317 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
876 casualties reported
Guns lost 36

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Situation Report

India/Burma

An engineer regiment has entered Bombay, it will await the arrival of a full division tomorrow before starting the attack.
The rest of the army has reached the road junction between Dehli and Armadabad - well parts of it anyway. Have to wait for the stragglers before
either attacking the Allies here or marching on. Curious about which way the Allies will take...go to Dehli I whisper [;)]

The advance into Lucknow has also been ordered, my men are tired - but the Imp Division is still in good shape. Want to cut of the units retreating from
Benares. I'm in sharp pursuit with the units advancing from Jamshedpur as well. Soon the 6 divisions of the southern pincer will be merged into a powerful Army.

Moved Sallys back from Hyderabad - if the Allied heavies hit me here, they would smash them up badly. I can't challenge the Allies in the air before I got Lucknow and Bombay!! Karachi was expanded into a size 4 af today, but Al can't base bombers here. The BB menace is too great.

Already moving base forces and reinforcements up from Madras towards Bombay.

Got a questions for you: I got 82 ac onboard the Akagi now, and she can only carry 72. This means (72+10% = 79.2) that I'm 3 ac 'overweight. 9 of these are placed in reserve..but I just don't know how to get rid of them. Does this mean that the Akagi won't launch any strikes? Really sad that it's not possible to remove excessive ac back into the pool.

In Burma a limited offensive against 2 small bases below Mandalay has been ordered. Then we'll go onto the defensive. I've reached all my immediate objectives with limited resources for now.

Central/South Pacific

Al talked about me cutting of his 'Pedestal' express in the Indian Ocean!? I had forgotten all about the Hermes and the remaining UK cv (Indomitable?)
Ugh, they can smash up my seaplane tender..fortunately Al still thinks the KB is around. I'm moving my ships home to refuel before moving back into the slot between Java and the edge of the map.

Today we got the following recon info from Taraw (see situation map)
Powerful Allied tf's are forming up - they're either evacuating troops or preparing for offensive action!!
I'm afraid that the increased activity in northern Oz is a ploy to get me to move ships and troops away from the South.

As long as I don't know the whereabouts of the US cv's - I'm in the dark. Paranoia is mounting.
I can't see any other options than to stay put: The First Carrier Divisions stays at Singapore while the bulk of my fleet remains at Truk.
This way I'll be able to counter any threats in the South ASAP as well as counter any attempts to reinforce India or invade Timor, Java or Sumatra.

Considered sending a full brigade from Kendari to Timor. This was it's initial 'home' - but the overwhelming threat of Allied bombers in northern Oz forced
me to move back to Kendari. The lack of fuel and supplies in the region made me decide against it for now. Might move in some garrison units just to show the flag.

Operation 'Revelation' includes a night bombing mission against the port of Darwin. There are supposed to be Allied cruisers and destroyers here.
Betties and Nells will fly out of Kendari together with Emily's that have been ordered to recon the port.

Situation Map: Tarawa recon report

[pauk]

ORIGINAL: PzB

Got a questions for you: I got 82 ac onboard the Akagi now, and she can only carry 72. This means (72+10% = 79.2) that I'm 3 ac 'overweight. 9 of these are placed in reserve..but I just don't know how to get rid of them. Does this mean that the Akagi won't launch any strikes? Really sad that it's not possible to remove excessive ac back into the pool.

Not experimented with overload yet, but i can remember that Mogami said you can have 82 ac on big japanese CV's (72 capacity), and you can have 72 ac on CV with 63 ac capacity (Soryu..).... and they will be operational...

You can have 115% ac on CV and they should be operational (also told on the forum). But, as i mentioned before, not experimented for myself yet (if i'm gonna do something like this I will make it first in the H2H test, not in the PBEM[;)])

[PzB74]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/20/42

Air Combat

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G4M1 Betty x 18
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged - 1 Betty lost to flak
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed - the Oscars actually behaved pretty well!

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 12 destroyed, 4 damaged - 5 were shot down

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Port hits 1 - didn't hit anything in the port

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 34th Division, at 21,11

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 15
B-17E Fortress x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 21,11

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 23
B-17E Fortress x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses: - this is starting to hurt, ordered a LRCAP mission over my troops tomorrow!
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 22,11

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36959 troops, 381 guns, 251 vehicles

Defending force 122448 troops, 1265 guns, 33 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Sining

Japanese Deliberate attack - a poor Chinese unit that retreated to the 'wrong side' towards the Ruskies came back. Now he's back towards the reds again [;)]

Attacking force 7994 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 723 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Situation Report

Al is getting more frustration from trying to manouver his troops towards Lucknow!
I've had more than my share, told him that he should focus on the defense of northern India.
That's were the war might be decided now...

I can't understand why he's so slow moving out of Lucknow, it might be too late for them to
reach Dehli - much less Armadabad and Karachi.

Looks like the Allies troops are trying to make a stand at the crossing between Dehli and Armadabad.
I got 4 powerful divisions + support there now - they're attacking!

A full division + engineers will assault Bombay today. The 33 Division has obtained 100 preparation points
for Bombay. Should be a simple matter to reduce the garrison.

The attack against Darwin didn't happen - the Mavis spotted a CAP of only 5 ac. A few cruisers were spotted in the
port. Not a massive force, we'll keep up the recon missions though.

[PzB74]

Thx Pauk - I'll show Mogami this link and ask for his comments. Really don't want to face the US carriers with an overload, that's for sure!!

ORIGINAL: pauk

ORIGINAL: PzB

Got a questions for you: I got 82 ac onboard the Akagi now, and she can only carry 72. This means (72+10% = 79.2) that I'm 3 ac 'overweight. 9 of these are placed in reserve..but I just don't know how to get rid of them. Does this mean that the Akagi won't launch any strikes? Really sad that it's not possible to remove excessive ac back into the pool.

Not experimented with overload yet, but i can remember that Mogami said you can have 82 ac on big japanese CV's (72 capacity), and you can have 72 ac on CV with 63 ac capacity (Soryu..).... and they will be operational...

You can have 115% ac on CV and they should be operational (also told on the forum). But, as i mentioned before, not experimented for myself yet (if i'm gonna do something like this I will make it first in the H2H test, not in the PBEM[;)])

[PzB74]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/21/42

Air Combat

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Night Air attack on Derby , at 24,85 - nope, didn't find any ships in the port of Derby. Is it all a scam, are they hiding somewhere else, or have they already sailed [&:]

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 20
G4M1 Betty x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
19 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Army, at 28,17

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IF: 9 damaged - I recently moved in a strong AA regiment. ALL of the Blenheims are damaged in todays attack!

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim IF strafing at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on 34th Division, at 22,11

Japanese aircraft - my LRCAP intercepts 2 Allied raids today
A6M2 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 26
P-40E Warhawk x 19
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses - the first one is mauled badly
Wellington III: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 17 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All B17 and Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 22,11

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft - the second one is also hit hard
Kittyhawk I x 26
Blenheim IV x 12
Beaufort I x 9
Beaufort V-IX x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged - but I loose 5 Zeros this time

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 12 destroyed, 4 damaged
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 9 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 56,87

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 9
Beaufort V-IX x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships - augh, my minelaying TF from Truk is almost caught..but gets away with the scare
ML Wakatake
ML Katsuriki
ML Kyosai

Aircraft Attacking:
All Beaufort V-IX bombing at 7000 feet - the torpedo bombers are out of torpedo range...
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 22,11

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 118099 troops, 1244 guns, 31 vehicles

Defending force 36925 troops, 382 guns, 251 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 - we drive the Allied army south of Armadabad back! [:D]

Japanese ground losses:
1084 casualties reported
Guns lost 43
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
1207 casualties reported
Guns lost 47
Vehicles lost 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at Bombay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28801 troops, 124 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 2290 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 5) - should fall tomorrow. Another regiment will then join the assault!

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
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Ground combat at 22,11

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11923 troops, 113 guns, 0 vehicles - a lone Oz Div remains after the Allied rout south of Armadabad, have to 'move it' tomorrow!

Defending force 120331 troops, 1184 guns, 21 vehicles
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Situation Report

India

The drive towards Armadabad continues! The Army routs the defending force and will shortly march on Armadabad and attempt to cut Karachi off from the rest
of the continent. If there ain't too many troops at Armadabad, I might cancel the amph. landings at Karachi and march directly towards the capital.

The Imp. Div has entered Lucknow and I hope it will prevent the Allied units in the area around Benares from escaping. A strong force is in the process of
crossing a river and entering Benares.

Some details:

I'left the following units in Dacca, Asansol, Calcutta, Diamond Harbour etc. for protection and as a reserve.

The experienced and rested 2nd Division at Dacca
Another full division at Asansol

Other units includes:

1 Mixed Reg
1 Brigade
2 SNLF units
1 large Naval Garrison Unit
1 Tank Regiment

In all I got ca 450 operational Zero's (not including those on my carriers)
These are distributed in the following manner:

150 - India
90 - Singapore and Kendari (want to send these into India as well, but I have to keep them were they are until I know what Al is up to)
35 - Truk
27 Kwajalein
107 Rabaul
36 Japan

Around 60 of these can be found in 3 units still in training in Japan and on Truk.
As soon as I know what Al is up to, I will move units between Singapore/Kendari and the South Pacific - or send aditional units to India.

I also got 60 Oscar I's in India. Otherwise there are a bazillion of Nate's that I'm trying to hide from the enemy [:(]
Their highly skilled units have to wither on the wine until they can be killed in Oscar II's when they arrive in 5-6 months.

On the 2 cv's and 2 cvl's in Singapore I got 221 ac
The 3 cv's, 3 cve's and 1 cvl at Truk holds another 318 ac.

My carrier borne strength therefore amounts to ca 550 ac. (Mogami confirmed that a carrier can carry ac amounting to 115% of it's maximum compliment)

The dilemma is that my carriers are divided into 2 fleets. Should I join them - but then again, at Truk or Singapore? [&:]

South/Central Pacific

Mostly quiet, no more raids from PM or Lunga. The Allied tf's at Tarawa are moving in a south westerly direction and will soon slip out of sight.
Were will the hammer fall?