The Italian Job 2- Gen.Hoepner(J)-vs.-Mc3744

[Gen.Hoepner]

The landings proceed smoothly. Brunei and the entire north eastern coast of Borneo fell today. Not a single oil plant damaged. That's a lucky hit!
Wake fell after some strong naval bombardments...another goodnews for Yamamoto.
no signs of his CVs...just a small TF ( 1 CA and some DDs ) heading southwards towards Palmyra. I decided to let it go, cause i need my KB in Palau area ASAP.
Strangly i lost completely contact both with Z force ( who left Singapore) and the Philippinian fleet. The fall of Jolo and the trasfert of 70bombers and 20 zero should deal at least with the latter.
The Oz invasion force is getting ready 2 hexes north of Palau. It will sail southwards as soon as Ambonia falls ( tomorrow maybe).
At Songhya and Kuantan tomorrow i'm gonna attack in order to begin asap the conquest of the Malayan peninsula.

Airfields estabilished and ready at Jolo,Legaspi,Aparri,Songhya,Bankok,Tavoy. All already filled up with zeros,Mavis and Nells

The blitz has begun!



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/08/41

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Coastal Guns at Wake Island, 85,72, firing at TF 16
TF 16 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 85,72


279 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 1
DD Hayate, Shell hits 6, on fire
AK Kongo Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
AP Kinryu Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oite, Shell hits 5

Japanese ground losses:
242 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

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Naval bombardment of Brunei, at 33,56

Japanese Ships
DD Hayabusa
DD Otori
DD Sagiri
CA Chokai


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1

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Naval bombardment of Kota Bharu, at 24,45

Japanese Ships
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Asashio
CL Jintsu
CA Atago
CA Takao
BB Haruna
BB Kongo


Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 36
Port hits 13
Port fuel hits 6
Port supply hits 13

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Naval bombardment of Jolo, at 39,59

Japanese Ships
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Naval bombardment of Vigan, at 44,49

Japanese Ships
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Asagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Natsugumo
CL Naka


Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 30
Port hits 12
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 8

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Naval bombardment of Amboina, at 40,74 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

17 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
DD Suzukaze, Shell hits 2
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Yukikaze
CL Nagara


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1

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Naval bombardment of Aparri, at 45,49

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Nagatsuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki
DD Satsuki
CL Natori


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 7

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Naval bombardment of Wake Island, at 85,72 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Mochizuki
DD Yayoi, Shell hits 6
DD Kisaragi


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 3

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Naval bombardment of Jolo, at 39,59

Japanese Ships
DD Kamo
DD Kiji
CL Isuzu


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
Port hits 2

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,48

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
A6M2 Zero x 7
G3M Nell x 64
Ki-27 Nate x 3
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Thanet
DD Scout, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Thracian, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported

evacuating a base force from HK...

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Some more little allied air raids in SRA...but not a single hit scored.
He's clearly using Sir robin Tactic....think this will help me at the beginning...
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Ground combat at Legaspi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2530 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 158 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Legaspi base !!!



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Ground combat at Aparri

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2522 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 652 troops, 6 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Aparri base !!!



Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Butuan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3296 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 42 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Butuan base !!!



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Ground combat at Wake Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2543 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1647 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island base !!![8D]



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 6 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
256 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1708 casualties reported
Guns lost 34


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Ground combat at Brunei

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3876 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 672 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Brunei base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
1000 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Jolo

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5708 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 532 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 105 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Jolo base !!!



Allied ground losses:
1219 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Bula

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 703 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bula base !!!



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Ground combat at Guam

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 718 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Guam base !!!



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Ground combat at Weda

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 675 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Weda base !!!



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Ground combat at Jesselton

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 735 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Jesselton base !!!



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Ground combat at Miri

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1125 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Miri base !!!



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Ground combat at Sandakan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1022 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sandakan base !!!



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Ground combat at Lingayen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16270 troops, 164 guns, 13 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingayen base !!!



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Ground combat at Buin

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1012 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Buin base !!!



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Ground combat at Vigan

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11322 troops, 160 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 420 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 31 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Vigan base !!!



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

In China i'm just putting my divisions in th right flanking position. Let's see if my strategy worths a dime....

[Gen.Hoepner]

Just a little comment after a good sleep[:D]...

It seems that his general strategy did not change since last time we played. He's pulling out everything he can from DEI and PI. If i'm not wrong he will divert all his planes to Burma and India, 'cause he loves to start a early bombing campaign of Burma and Indochina. If he doesn't change his mind, he's going to use his subs to evacuate most of his troops, especially base forces and american fragment units from PI and Singa. these conditions should give me a bit advantage at the forst stages of this war: gotta use a fast pace for Malaya, Sumatra and Java, in order to finish the DEI-SRA campaign asap and then go for Northern Burma-India.
Last time he's been quite aggressive at the beginning with his surface naval assets, engaging my ships especially in Ambonia and Rabaul. Gotta pay attention to this point

The S.S.D. is close to truk. As soon as it reaches the meeting point with the other units, it will sail southwards: direction RAbaul!
Tarawa ,Baker,Apanama and Makin will be occupied in the next week, but at the moment this is a secondary front.

PH has not been succesfull, as always. Every time i start a new game i tell to myself that it's a waste of time, pilot and resources.....

this evening i'll post some screenshots

[Gen.Hoepner]

Kotha Baru fell today. the AF is heavily damaged and it will take some days to make it operative again.
The air battle for Rangoon has started. 2 zero daitai and 2 sally daitais to begin with.
In the PI he created thousands of TF with one single ship ,in order to puzzle my air forces and disperse my air power. From Jolo and Legaspi many air missions today. Few transport sunk and some others hit. Have to be patient here...i just know that i cannot have them all.
the 15th Army has begun his drive towards Rangoon. Some base forces are moving towards Reaghen in order to create some advanced support air bases.
Some fruitless allied attacks at my convoys in Northern Borneo without any succes
KB is heading towards Truk.
The Oz invasion force is still assembling in the waters of Palau




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/09/41

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Naval bombardment of Kota Bharu, at 24,45

Japanese Ships
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Asashio
CL Jintsu
CA Atago
CA Takao
BB Haruna
BB Kongo


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Runway hits 30
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 14
Port supply hits 2

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Naval bombardment of Kota Bharu, at 24,45

Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Nowaki
DD Maikaze
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 8

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Sub attack at 110,88

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
DMS Southard
DMS Elliot
DMS Long
DMS Dorsey
DMS Hopkins


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Day Air attack on Rahaeng , at 31,36


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 37
Blenheim IF x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
5 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Blenheim IF bombing at 2000 feet
5 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Blenheim IF bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet

Allied training program [:'(]
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Day Air attack on TF at 41,57

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Si Kiang, Bomb hits 14, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 41,54

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD John D. Ford, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 37,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AV Langley, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 37,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
G3M Nell x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AO Trinity, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 37,60

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AO Pecos, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 36,60

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
PT PT-34

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-21 Sally x 15

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 39,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2
Martin 139 x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 41,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Dos Hermanos, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 40,57

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Sarangami

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 35,61

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AS Holland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 37,59

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AS Otus, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 37,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
G4M1 Betty x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 37,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
G3M Nell x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
PT PT-41
AK Don Jose, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

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Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22605 troops, 254 guns, 17 vehicles

Defending force 12453 troops, 118 guns, 4 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

have to wait for some more Arty
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Ground combat at Kota Bharu

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 44288 troops, 483 guns, 111 vehicles

Defending force 1883 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese assault odds: 251 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kota Bharu base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported

he had alreay moved back all his combat units

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Ground combat at Amboina

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9332 troops, 85 guns, 18 vehicles

Defending force 1717 troops, 10 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Amboina base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
2486 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

very good. Now it's time to repair this AF which will be used as main air base for the Oz invasion
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Ground combat at Puerto Princesa

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 744 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Puerto Princesa base !!!




PI evacuation

[Gen.Hoepner]

Few more details...

Now that the 35th bde has taken Ambonia( where a Base force is already unloading), this experienced unit will be redirected towards Menado, in order to close that tedious allied Eye on my flank. After menado it will unload at Davao from where to launch the final assault for the conquest of Mindanao. as soon as Davao falls the operation for Tarakan will begin.

The Z force and the other allied naval assets in DEI have been moved towards Java. Now we have to discover if he wants to stand and fight for Java with his ships or he prefers to leave the area. If he will evacuate towards Oz and Darwin...he's gonna have some bad surprises soon[:D]..., while if he choses to go for India passing trough the straight between sumatra and Java there's nothing i can do to stop him. I really do not care much. My goal now is to get strategic positions asap rather than sinking ships. With Northern Oz in my hands it will be a pain for him to recapture Java from the southern way....i'm quite sure his attention will be polarized in Burma for the next 6 months.
The other question is PM and New Guinea. With the tuning of air bombing in v.1,5 i'm still not sure if PM af, once captured, can be mantained operative ...with 1.4 not at all!

[Tom Hunter]

while if he choses to go for India passing trough the straight between sumatra and Java there's nothing i can do to stop him. I

I would try to stop him if I were you, or at least cause some casualties. The more Allied equipment lost in the early war the longer it takes for the counter attack to get organized.

It is true that India is a comparatively difficult place to attack out of, so that may be the best place for his troops to go, but Davy Jones Locker* is impossible to attack out of.

Of course you may not be able to interfere with the escape route past Batavia, but if you can it creates some benefits.

* sailors expression meaning the bottom of the ocean

[Gen.Hoepner]

Thanks for comments Tom

Well, Kunching ( sp?) on the north-west of Borneo is going to be conquered in the next 2 days i hope. From there i will be able to attack with my betties the Batavia area, from where he can go for India and Bengal Bay with his ships. I'm quite sure Force Z has already passed by and now is saling in the middle of the Indian ocean where i cannot get her.
In our last match i sunk in 8 months of war something like 400 allied vessels, but he clearly admmitted that his ability to reinforce Oz and the other forward bases with fuel and supplies hasn't decrease ....so i doubt that the transport should be a real target for the japs. If i have the chance of sinking some allied warships, be sure i'll go for it, but i won't scrumble that much my plans for some AKs and Msws....not at this stage however

Thanks for reading[;)]

[Gen.Hoepner]

The Japanese advance is slow, too slow.
The signs of what seems to be a massive allied air-campaign in China has started. He moved many many planes there....gotta place some zeros there.

I hope we can open the Oz front asap....that one should unbalance his defences

Tomorrow we'll start to advance southwards in Malaya.

HK fell today and Tarawa too.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/10/41

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Day Air attack on Kiukiang , at 48,37


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 9


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim IF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 19
Ki-30 Ann x 11
Ki-21 Sally x 20
Ki-15 Babs x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luangprabang , at 34,36


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 19


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 31,37


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 15


No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
6 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 13th Division, at 48,34 next to Ichang...


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6
Hudson I x 7
P-40B Tomahawk x 14
IL-4c x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 15000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
4 x IL-4c bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 36,61

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Elcano, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 37,60

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Governor Wright, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 37,60

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Sarangami, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 35,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M Nell x 7
G4M1 Betty x 14
Ki-30 Ann x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Paz, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

His evacuation can be seen as a success
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Day Air attack on Hong Kong , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 11
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Hong Kong , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 13
Ki-21 Sally x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-21 Sally x 10

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed

Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
G3M Nell x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-48 Lily x 27
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 11000 feet
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
13 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 11000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 11000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet

Now it's time to get to Rangoon asap!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Day Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 39,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2
Martin 139 x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 38,60

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Dos Hermanos, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 37,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Escalante R, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 40,58

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Si Kiang, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 36,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
Ki-30 Ann x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AO Trinity, Bomb hits 12, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 36,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
PT PT-41
AK Don Jose

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 35,61

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Sagoland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

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Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 32122 troops, 285 guns, 17 vehicles

Defending force 12433 troops, 116 guns, 4 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 36 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
13376 casualties reported
Guns lost 107
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Abemama

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 676 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Abemama base !!!



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Ground combat at Tarawa

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1222 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarawa base !!!

[Gen.Hoepner]

A bad day for the Army of Mikado.
The KB replenish TF was sailing towards Truk, few hexes south of Midway, quite far from the KB which was 13 hexes south. The allied bombers took of from their carrier and smashed through my undifended Tankers.....a massacre![:@]. Now the KB will try to intercept those carriers, but i'm quite sure he won't be silly enough to stay more days in those waters.....

the 35th bde is being loading on transports. Now that Ambonia is in our hands ( but the AF is not operative yet) the unit can go for its primary objective: Mindanao island

The 15th Army is moving fast towards Mouleim in Burma , chasing down an allied base force. We already have the air superiority over Rangoon , which has been hit hard in the last days.
in China the AVG and many allied bombing squadrons, evacuated from PI and Malaya are making my life difficult. A Zero Daitai has been moved there from Takao. It will try to intercept some allied raids

The SS.D. is sailing towards Rabaul...is going to be hard 'cause i do not have any Naval support for this operation...let's hope he won't bring his cruisers here....

The Invasion of Kuching ( sp?), north west of Borneo has started.

the great Armada is still assembling next to Palau.

A lot of operational losses in these days. Many Nells lost....not a good start indeed





AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/11/41

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Naval bombardment of Kuching, at 27,56 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Hayabusa, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Otori, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Sagiri
CA Chokai


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

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Naval bombardment of Manado, at 39,67

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
262 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 18
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2

Probably 2 of these BBs will be dispacthed for the Rabaul invasion, while the rest of them will be used for Darwin


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Day Air attack on Kiukiang , at 48,37


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 11


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim IF bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Blenheim IF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 11
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-15 Babs x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet

The AVG is operating from Chungking
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Day Air attack on 13th Division, at 48,34


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 15
Blenheim IV x 3
Hudson I x 9
IL-4c x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:

Here we'll have some zeros tomorrow....
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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 48,34


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3
Blenheim IV x 3
Hudson I x 3
IL-4c x 3


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x IL-4c bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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-.....and here's the worst part of the report....[:o]


Day Air attack on TF at 93,65


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 5
SBD Dauntless x 34


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
TK Ken'yo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Ushio
TK Kokuyo Maru
DD Akebono, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
TK Shinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
TK Kyokuto Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-21 Sally x 14

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
G3M Nell x 49
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19
Ki-21 Sally x 20
Ki-48 Lily x 26
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 62

Aircraft Attacking:

I think he won't try to defend Rangoon....
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Day Air attack on TF at 93,65


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 17


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
TK Toho Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Akebono Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Nihon Maru
TK Kyokuto Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 93,65


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 5
SBD Dauntless x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Akebono, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
TK Shinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Coastal Guns at Kuching, 27,56, firing at TF 72
TF 72 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 27,56


18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Hakusika Maru, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
202 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 29,37

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 23212 troops, 243 guns, 121 vehicles

Defending force 416 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 633 to 1



Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Advancing towards Mouleim

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 640 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Babo base !!!



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Ground combat at Kuching

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1102 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 4704 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles

[Gen.Hoepner]

Well.....the war seems begun under a bad star for Japan.

The Allied CVs were spotted...under a cloudy umbrella....while on the KB the sun was shining....result? Not a single strike!
In the afternoon....the clouds were above us...so no strike neither[:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]
Now we have to see if we can catch them...where will they go? Hope Nagumo will react this time[&:]

In Burma....the AVG prooved its efficiency...3 zeros shot down and 2 destroyed on the ground....what a bad day[:(]

The Malaya and Burma campaigns proceed quite smooth

Getting impatient for the Oz adventure



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/12/41

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Coastal Guns at Kuching, 27,56, firing at TF 72
TF 72 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 27,56


34 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Hakusika Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
AP Hakka Maru

Japanese ground losses:
301 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Kuching, 27,56, firing at TF 82
TF 82 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 27,56


12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
190 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Kuching, 27,56, firing at TF 72
TF 72 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 27,56


19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Hakka Maru

Japanese ground losses:
245 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Coastal Guns at Kuching, 27,56, firing at TF 82
TF 82 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 27,56


Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 4
Ki-27 Nate x 5
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 11
Ki-21 Sally x 18

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet

In China everything seems quite....
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Day Air attack on Luangprabang , at 34,36


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 15


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
8 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rahaeng , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 13
P-40B Tomahawk x 48[X(][X(]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed[:@]

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Kuching

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12997 troops, 166 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1888 troops, 11 guns, 2 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuching base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
1937 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!


Another important step for the conquest of Borneo
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Ground combat at Cotabato

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1137 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cotabato base !!!



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Ground combat at 30,36

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1562 troops, 0 guns, 103 vehicles

Defending force 190 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 56 to 1



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Now Mouleim is closer

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Ground combat at Alor Star

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8458 troops, 48 guns, 141 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese assault odds: 116 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Alor Star base !!!



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Ground combat at Sorong

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 585 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sorong base !!!



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Ground combat at Morotai

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 722 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Morotai base !!!



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Ground combat at Zamboanga

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 735 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Zamboanga base !!!




Now it's time to redeploy and divide my air forces. I'm saving some claudes daitais to be placed, once upgraded, in Darwin

[Gen.Hoepner]

Waiting for the turn to come in....

I'm still really doubtfull weather to send my KB to support Oz invasion or not. Sure i'll need some carriers ther, but i'm quite worried that if i leave the pacific empty the allies will smash through it with their carriers.....
Probably i'll send 2 CVE to join the KB, while i'll move 2 CV from the KB to the baby KB who will support the future operations in northern Oz and Timor.Gotta be carefull with timing BTW....first of all my KB has to cover the Rabaul Invasion........ok, gotta admit that i'm a bit puzzeld! It's always difficult to plan as Japan at the first stages of war..

[Gen.Hoepner]

Ok...i'm missing something here....obviously i did not find the CV Tf i spotted yesterday next to Midway....but....the other CV TF attacked and sunk my little TF transporting a NLF to Baker.....now i cannot move in the southern perimeter untill this threat is gone....
I'm defenetly making some mistakes, but do not know what...it's depressing!

Another experienced zero shot down by some buffalos....strange...too strange to be true[:@]




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/13/41

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed[:(]

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 92,96


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
SBD Dauntless x 34
TBD Devastator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
TBD Devastator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Katsura Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
PG Ikunta Maru

Japanese ground losses:
263 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

A valuable unit is lost....
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Ground combat at Cagayan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2642 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 802 troops, 8 guns, 2 vehicles

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1


Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

[Gen.Hoepner]

Sure this time i won't get those shining victories i had in our last match. MC has well understood my way of playing and now he's facing me with my own weapons! He's not risking at all his naval or air assets in DEI or SRA, while raiding with his CVs in the pacific.
It's clear that under these conditions the push for Oz will be paid in terms of expansions in the pacific. I really think i'll go no further than Tarawa, leaving Canton and Baker to him...i know this means that i'll have soon to face some heavy bombers over Tarawa, but really have to decide where to concentrate.
If thngs will go fine in Oz and Malaya i'll have then to decide what to do with PM and NG. I'm quite sure, after the debacle he suffered last time, he won't overcommit at PM this time....so probably 4 divisions will be enough for PM....but then again...there's Java and Sumatra to take...and Burma...and India....oh man! there are so many strategic objs that is so hard to take a decision! For the moment i remain still with my original plans. We'll see in the one month how the overall situation will look like and we'll make some more plans. I want to be as much flexible as possible

[Gen.Hoepner]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/14/41


Nothing much to report today. The usual "training" activity of the allied fighters over China and Burma, while 50 P-40 of the AVG
, taking off from Mandalay tried to sweep Reaghen looking for my zeros....luckly my guys had already been evacuated towards Saigon. It will be tough the air fight in Burma....
Cagayan at Mindanao has been conquered. Now only Davao is missing. Few air units are already on their way in order to estabilish some air bases there.
What else? bah....some bombing missions of my bombers in Malaya,China and Southern Borneo. The 35th Bde is ready to be unloaded at Menado...gotta get that base 'cause from there his catalinas are watching my movements towads darwin.
Tomorrow we'll attack Georgetown and we'll bypass Kuantan and his garrison moving on the railway towards Singapore. He already started to evacuate by subs his units there....

[Gen.Hoepner]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/15/41



The first big offensive in China has begun. As you can see in the map the two main efforts will be made in the centre and in the north, supported by 2 limited operations against Changsha and Wuchow, just to pinn there the more chinese units i can
The first two main objs are Sian and Ichang. If these two operations will be effective we'll march towards Chungking.

The Landings at Menado started today. Quite bloody indeed without a decent naval support, but we still can handle it
Tarakan is next. Tomorrow will be bombed by a TF composed by 2 BBs and some more cruisers.4 SNLF units will be ready soon to invade this base, supported by the bombers based at Jolo and maybe by the 35th bde if needed.
The KB is taking too long to come back from nowhere.....i need it now!:-) The Rabaul invasion will be supported by 4 CAs,7DDs and 2 BBs...no CV available
In Malaya a Mix Bde is loading up at Saigon:destination Mersing




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Day Air attack on Moulmein , at 30,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G3M Nell x 46
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19
Ki-21 Sally x 40
Ki-48 Lily x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:

The drive towards Rangoon starts here...

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Day Air attack on Naga , at 44,53

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 25
Ki-27 Nate x 21
Ki-48 Lily x 22

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
Have to keep on pounding Luzon to keep him Honest here...just to give him the impression that
i'm not moving my forces away from here...

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Naval bombardment of Singkawang, at 25,56

Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Nowaki
DD Maikaze
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 11
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 12

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Coastal Guns at Manado, 39,67, firing at TF 188
TF 188 troops unloading over beach at Manado, 39,67


24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
582 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Georgetown

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 31455 troops, 334 guns, 151 vehicles

Defending force 2463 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4


Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

tomorrow these bastard will be destroyed!
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Ground combat at Aru Island

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 558 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Aru Island base !!!



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Ground combat at Manado

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1336 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 5105 troops, 65 guns, 5 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[Gen.Hoepner]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/16/41

Today Georgetown fell in japanese hands, while the main army is one hex from Kota Barhu.
in China tomorrow there will be the first real combat...it's important to crash the chinese lines
at the first attempt so that the way for Sian can be opened quite fast.
the 15th army reached Mouleim, even if the 33rd Div hasn't arrived yet. We'll fight ther tomorrow with 1 eng rgt, th 55th division and a mix regiment...
if it won't rain 60 bombers will give close air support from Bankok.
I spotted a quite big american convoy, directed towards Canton Island...i know he'll reinforce that position, but i do not want to let my KB wander any loger so far from the main battlesite
He clearly spotted my TFs moving towards Ambonia...i think he can imagine i want darwin...so i must be ready for a severe fight there.
Tomorrow we'll assault Menado and in one week Tarakan.

Banzai!


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Coastal Guns at Manado, 39,67, firing at TF 188
TF 188 troops unloading over beach at Manado, 39,67


10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
ML Yaeyama, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported

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Naval bombardment of Singkawang, at 25,56


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed
Martin 139: 1 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Nowaki
DD Maikaze
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami


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

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 34
Port supply hits 1

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TF 8 troops unloading over beach at Shortlands, 64,96


Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Manado, 39,67, firing at TF 188
TF 188 troops unloading over beach at Manado, 39,67


4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Day Air attack on Sinyang , at 49,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Georgetown , at 23,44

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14
Ki-51 Sonia x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Tarakan, at 34,60


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Asashio
CL Jintsu
CA Atago
CA Takao
BB Haruna
BB Kongo


Allied ground losses:
225 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 82
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 7


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Ground combat at Linfen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 95310 troops, 1200 guns, 13 vehicles

Defending force 20019 troops, 130 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported

an assault scheldued for tomorrow here...


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Ground combat at Georgetown

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 31496 troops, 331 guns, 153 vehicles

Defending force 2234 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 52 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Georgetown base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
3147 casualties reported
Guns lost 10


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Ground combat at Manado

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1314 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 8212 troops, 70 guns, 17 vehicles

[Gen.Hoepner]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/17/41

A strange combat result in China...my divisions were repulsed by a couple of chinese units....a bad beginning:-(
The AVG showed up again...my Tojos managed to shoot down 3 of them, in exchange of a couple of bombers.
The recon says that the allies are leaving Rangoon...the final fight for Burma will so be fought at Mandalay. Good!
Today Menado fell and so Mouleim did. The final countdown for Singapore has started.Hope to end this campaign by the end of Jannuary. Next week we'll attack Darwin....let's hope and cross our fingers!


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Naval bombardment of Tarakan, at 34,60

Japanese Ships
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Asashio
CL Jintsu
CA Atago
CA Takao
BB Haruna
BB Kongo


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 38
Port hits 12
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 10

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TF 84 troops unloading over beach at Manokwari, 46,75


Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
1 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 5
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 22

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luangprabang , at 34,36


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 16
P-40B Tomahawk x 15


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
13 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
2 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
G4M1 Betty x 18
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Amboina at 40,74

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 3 damaged *all of them did not return to base!*

Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet

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Ground combat at 43,40

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 78286 troops, 872 guns, 24 vehicles

Defending force 40508 troops, 275 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
965 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Guns lost 16


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

South of Wuchow.....

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Ground combat at Linfen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 97262 troops, 1204 guns, 134 vehicles

Defending force 19302 troops, 129 guns, 0 vehicles

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


Japanese ground losses:
1065 casualties reported
Guns lost 26

Allied ground losses:
753 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

this is incredible!!!

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Ground combat at Moulmein

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 42059 troops, 438 guns, 17 vehicles

Defending force 5713 troops, 73 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Moulmein base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
248 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Manado

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8289 troops, 70 guns, 17 vehicles

Defending force 1735 troops, 16 guns, 2 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese assault odds: 71 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Shortlands

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 702 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Shortlands base !!!

[Gen.Hoepner]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/18/41

11 days in the war and the imperial armies keep on advancing!
Very stragely 2 units came back to mouleim from Rangoon...tomorrow i'll repulse them.Dunno what he thinks he can do
Jore Baru was heavily bombed today. British armies will make their last stand there before Singa...

Tomorrow there will be more fights in China...the 37th(?) division that took HK and which is attached to the Southern Area HQ
will be moved to Canton from where she will sail towards S.Marcelino, in order to reinforce our positions in Luzon.

Nothing more to report

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Ground combat at Taiping

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 56451 troops, 618 guns, 202 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese assault odds: 956 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Taiping base !!!



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Ground combat at Manokwari

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 622 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manokwari base !!!

[invernomuto]

Great AAR Gen.Hoepner, really interesting.
Keep up the good work.

[Gen.Hoepner]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/19/41



The second battle in China has been won. Linfen fell after a stiff resistance.The population has been massacred to be a warning for those fool who still believe in an allied victory.
Now that Linfen has fallen, Homan won't last for long. Under the umbrella of our air forces, two armies are marching towards Ichang. The arrive is set for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.


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Day Air attack on TF, near Amboina at 40,74

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
DD Yukikaze

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet

These B-17 are based at Timor....

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TF 8 troops unloading over beach at Tulagi, 67,100


Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

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TF 125 troops unloading over beach at Mersing, 23,50


Japanese ground losses:
353 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Linfen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 96439 troops, 1182 guns, 138 vehicles

Defending force 17975 troops, 105 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Linfen base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
339 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
957 casualties reported
Guns lost 11


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Tawi Tawi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 544 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tawi Tawi base !!!

[Gen.Hoepner]

ORIGINAL: invernomuto

Great AAR Gen.Hoepner, really interesting.
Keep up the good work.

Thanks Invernomuto! I'd like to post more screenshots, but unitill next Sunday i'm stuck with a 56k dial up connection and cannot efford to post heavy files...