IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:43 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 26, 44
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Submarine attack near Trincomalee at 32,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-39

Allied Ships
DMS Perry

DMS Perry is sighted by SS I-39
SS I-39 launches 2 torpedoes at DMS Perry

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Sub attack near Addu at 14,49

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
xAK Fairfield City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Cape May
xAK Cape Constantine
xAK Golden Gate
xAK Cape John
xAK City of Elwood
xAK Ewa
xAK Steel Navigator
xAK Steel Age
xAK Trieste
DD Saufley

seems like another convoy going to Ceylon...

SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Fairfield City
DD Saufley fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Saufley fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Saufley fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Saufley fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Saufley fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 52,38

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 51
P1Y2 Frances x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 20 damaged
P1Y2 Frances: 4 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB California
CL Hobart
CA Cornwall

now that one was surprising... the California task force that has shot up one of my cruiser groups was returning to Diamond Harbour and I guess Mundy thought the task force would disband before any airattacks happen... weather was overcast when the first 29 torpedo bombers showed up with halve attacking from ahead or astern again (really disappointing)... the rest missed...

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
13 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 52,38

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 27
N1K2-J George x 67

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 11 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 5 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB California, Torpedo hits 4, on fire
CL Hobart
DD Harrison

another wave of 1E torpedo bombers shows up and puts four torps into California, the ship not even showing up as heavily damaged... guess an old USN BB shouldn't survive four torps but I'd really liked to see more attacks... the naval bombardment of last turn made sure there was no CAP up today...

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:52 am

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 39

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
39 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 31000 feet

nevertheless ordered some 150 fighters to sweep Diamond Harbour to get some bombers through but the bombers came in first anyways, the slower aircraft first...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Onotoa at 137,135

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 83
N1K2-J George x 89
P1Y2 Frances x 18
Ki-84a Frank x 65

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 4 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
P1Y2 Frances: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Gen. O.H.Ernst, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
DD Ralph Talbot, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Isherwood, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Ingersoll
LST-176, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Samtrent, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
LST-86, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
DD Mugford, Bomb hits 1

Allied ground losses:
1719 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 105 destroyed, 72 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

we only get ambarrassing strikes in the Calcutta area where we have a level 9 airfield plus level 6 and 7 fields to support but we do get pretty much all bombers airborne in the Gilberts, where we only have level 5 airfields and not even 1/3 of the needed av support... hopefully someone suggest me to read the air coordination guide of my formerly best friend... Tarawa's and Makin's airstrikes combined again, just like yesterday, attacking the remaining and now fleeing ships... in the end there's not much left other than a couple of destroyers... the enemy took the dot base, but at what cost?

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
8 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
6 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
26 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
9 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 10000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
10 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LST-86
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Samtrent
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Ralph Talbot
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LST-176
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AP Gen. O.H.Ernst

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 199 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 34

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 41

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
41 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 52,38

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 36
P1Y2 Frances x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall
CL Hobart

really pisses me off... 300 bombers on nav attack, huge airfields, ample av support, air HQ, good leaders, best morale, hundreds of fighters on escort and sweep, good weather and we still don't get them to attack high value naval targets at ONE hex range... once more applause to the air routines... wonderfully...

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 52,38

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 17
N1K2-J George x 60
P1Y2 Frances x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 8 damaged
P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Hobart

while there seem to be most escorts and the sweepers in the air, there is no reason to only see 20% of the available bombers when a BB/CA/CL task force parks just one hex away in perfect weather...

oh, nearly forgot to say, KB didn't launch either, despite still having 60% sorties and more than 400 bombers... and so the enemy gets away with it...

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
16 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Sub attack near Trincomalee at 32,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-39

Allied Ships
xAP Andrew Furuseth, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-39 launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Andrew Furuseth

I-39 finished that damaged transport...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 12:38 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 27, 44
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Submarine attack near Koggala at 30,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
DMS Perry

SS I-165 launches 2 torpedoes at DMS Perry

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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-25G Mitchell: 10 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 4 destroyed on ground
P-38H Lightning: 148 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 17 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 53 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 8 destroyed on ground
B-24J Liberator: 42 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground
P-51A Mustang: 50 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 9 destroyed on ground
P-38J Lightning: 59 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 6 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 57 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 15 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 21 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed on ground

11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Chokai
CA Chikuma
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
CL Oyodo
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Oboro
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Shirakumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 1
AKA Electra, Shell hits 1
xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
1663 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 186 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 35 disabled
Guns lost 55 (4 destroyed, 51 disabled)
Vehicles lost 45 (5 destroyed, 40 disabled)

Airbase hits 41
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 97
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

sent in the cruisers again and they plaster the base... the enemy is going to lose a s**tload of aircraft here, doubt he will have a chance to get the damaged ones out... the numbers in the combat report are way overrated of course though...

CA Suzuya firing at 10th Indian Division
CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai
CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Naka firing at 8th Indian Division
CL Oyodo firing at 10th Indian Division
259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at DD Ushio
DD Ushio firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion
DD Sazanami firing at 8th Indian Division
DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Oboro firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion
259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at DD Oboro
DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sagiri firing at 8th Indian Division
DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 34

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Gen. T.H.Bliss, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 37

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 197 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 199 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

no enemy fighters able to get airborne as the airfield is totally cratered and most if not all remaining fighters at Diamond Harbour have to be damaged... no ships are at Sea at the moment as Mundy has disbanded them all in the size 2 port at DH... recon shows no less than 200+ ships disbanded there...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Asakasan Maru
xAK Hokkai Maru

whoooops! That was an amazing strike as it came from Ceylon! No idea what has spotted my convoy in the Akyab hex (it's just passing that hex) and those Liberators come in at extreme range...

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

RangerJoe · Post by **RangerJoe** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:17 pm

A good job putting the hurt on his aircraft pools. [&o] With the air units that were sunk, that is a big dent in that capability. Not to mention any pilot losses.

A lot of transports lost as well. Do you think that a port strike should be done with the KB hovering to catch any retreating ships? If you do, time it so that the surface ships with be patrolling the next turn after the port strike while others go in to bombard the airfield. Also, see if you have any ships with surface radar and put at least one into every SCTF if you can.

With the ground losses, he may not be able to take Calcutta. It will take a lot of supply and devices to get his units whole again.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:12 pm

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

A good job putting the hurt on his aircraft pools. [&o] With the air units that were sunk, that is a big dent in that capability. Not to mention any pilot losses.

A lot of transports lost as well. Do you think that a port strike should be done with the KB hovering to catch any retreating ships? If you do, time it so that the surface ships with be patrolling the next turn after the port strike while others go in to bombard the airfield. Also, see if you have any ships with surface radar and put at least one into every SCTF if you can.

With the ground losses, he may not be able to take Calcutta. It will take a lot of supply and devices to get his units whole again.

KB is there to block any retreat from DH to Ceylon even though it just depends how many ships run at once and if the game decides to launch aircraft or not. Using KB on a port strike would be suizide, there are 150,000 troops, 77 units. No place is going to have more flak than DH.

Don't forget that we had very long phases in the campaign with nearly no action at all, the enemy must have so many aircraft he probably doesn't know what to do with them.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:14 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 44
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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 13 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 27 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 8 destroyed on ground
P-38J Lightning: 45 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 7 destroyed on ground
B-25G Mitchell: 22 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38H Lightning: 131 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 16 destroyed on ground
P-51A Mustang: 16 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 10 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
B-24J Liberator: 15 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Chokai
CA Chikuma
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
CL Oyodo
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Oboro
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Shirakumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
CL Hobart, Shell hits 1
APD Gilmer, Shell hits 1, on fire
APA Warren, Shell hits 1
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 4
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 2
BB California, Shell hits 7
CA Shropshire, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 1
xAP John Muir, Shell hits 1
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 2
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1
DD Cushing, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
1022 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 79 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 19 (5 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (4 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 64
Port hits 19
Port supply hits 2

this is going to become the new reality for Diamond Harbour in the coming weeks, daily naval bombardments, both by a cruiser and a battleship group... the enemy BB/CA at the base should all have suffered damage and hopefully are all more or less out of ammo...

CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour
Massive explosion on APD Gilmer
CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai
CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Jintsu firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion
259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at CL Jintsu
CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Oyodo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shirakumo firing at 1st Fleet Advn Base Force
DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Hatsukaze firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion
259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at DD Hatsukaze

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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 31 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 7 destroyed on ground
B-24J Liberator: 10 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38J Lightning: 18 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 7 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25G Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 3 destroyed on ground
P-51A Mustang: 11 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 10 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Musashi
BB Yamato
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
xAK Havildar, Shell hits 1
xAP Slemmestad, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB California, Shell hits 11, on fire
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 3
DD Jarvis, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Noa, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1
APD Parrott, Shell hits 1
APD Gilmer, Shell hits 1, on fire
APD McKean, Shell hits 1
CA Shropshire, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Cap St Jacques, Shell hits 1
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 1
xAK City of Exeter, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
698 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 41
Port hits 11
Port supply hits 2

Yamato hits Tennessee but only penetrates the tower armor so that won't do all that much damage... BB Tennesse is most likely the most dangerous ship sitting at DH as California took four torps already...

BB Musashi firing at Diamond Harbour
BB Yamato firing at Diamond Harbour
CLAA Tatsuta firing at Diamond Harbour
CLAA Tenryu firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion
259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at CLAA Tenryu
DD Suzukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Umikaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Kawakaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yamakaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Samidare firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yudachi firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Harusame firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Murasame firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shigure firing at Diamond Harbour

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ASW attack near Diamond Harbour at 52,39

Japanese Ships
CLAA Tatsuta
DD Shigure
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Cero

SS Cero is sighted by escort
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Umikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 85629 troops, 1066 guns, 389 vehicles, Assault Value = 4426

Defending force 233756 troops, 4457 guns, 4016 vehicles, Assault Value = 4596

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
53rd Division
7th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
19th Division
4th Tank Regiment
48th Division
18th Tank Regiment
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
33rd Division
2nd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
8th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
2nd Division
22nd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
18th Division
56th Division
11th Tank Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
22nd JNAF AF Unit
82nd JAAF AF Bn
35th JAAF AF Bn
1st RF Gun Battalion
94th JAAF AF Bn
30th JNAF AF Unit
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th AA Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Army
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
31st JNAF AF Unit
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
11th JNAF AF Unit
3rd Mortar Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
101st JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
3rd Marine Division
762nd Tank Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
4th Marine Division
4th USMC Tank Battalion
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
6th Indian Division
10th Indian Division
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
Guides Cavalry Regiment
763rd Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
6th Infantry Division
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
43rd Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
33rd Infantry Division
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
25th Infantry Division
29th British Brigade
41st Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
40th Infantry Division
766th Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Provisionl Tank Brigade
2nd British Division
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
7th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
30th Field Artillery Regiment
249th Field Artillery Battalion
V Amphib Corps
XIV US Corps
226th Field Artillery Battalion
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
82nd Mortar Battalion
XI US Corps
2nd Pioneer Battalion
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
I Marine Amphib Corps
3rd Pioneer Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
I US Corps
198th Field Artillery Battalion
839th Aviation Engineer Battalion
112th Cavalry Regiment
352nd Construction Regiment
168th Field Artillery Battalion
98th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Pioneer Battalion
841st Aviation Engineer Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
339th Construction Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
330th Construction Regiment
19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:15 am

severe airlosses for the enemy again... these P-38 losses do add up...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:43 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 29, 44
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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 35 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 7 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 21 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38J Lightning: 28 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 19 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 4 destroyed on ground
B-25G Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 23 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 4 destroyed on ground
P-51A Mustang: 7 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Chokai
CA Chikuma
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Oboro
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Shirakumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
BB California, Shell hits 18, heavy damage
xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 2
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 3
xAP Lewis Cass, Shell hits 1
xAP Clan Macpherson, Shell hits 1
APD Sands, Shell hits 1
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 7
xAP Varela, Shell hits 1
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 1
xAK Tarantia, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 3
DD Izard, Shell hits 1
APD Humphreys, Shell hits 1
xAP Gamaria, Shell hits 1
xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 1
xAP Leland Stanford, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Hermion, Shell hits 1
xAK Masula, Shell hits 1
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 1
xAK Clan Macdonald, Shell hits 1, on fire
APA Feland, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Baltimore, Shell hits 2
CA Quincy, Shell hits 2
DD Hutchins, Shell hits 1
DD Henley, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Hobart, Shell hits 1
APA McCawley, Shell hits 1
xAP John Hart, Shell hits 1
APD Rathburne, Shell hits 1
APD Parrott, Shell hits 1
xAK Empire Niger, Shell hits 1
xAP Matthew P. Deady, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Cap St Jacques, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
672 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 20 disabled
Vehicles lost 22 (4 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 4

California was hit very often but none of these hits did any damage, not even starting fires... it's amazing that California is still afloat after taking four torps and sitting in a level 2 port that is heavily damaged...

CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Mikuma firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion
259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at CA Mikuma
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai
CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour
18th Marine Defense Battalion firing at DD Shirakumo
DD Shirakumo firing at 18th Marine Defense Battalion
DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Maloelap at 138,116

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DM Sicard, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
CM Terror, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
DM Pruitt, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

that's a case of doing a working thing one time too often... so far the Allied minelayers were sprinting into the Marshalls to lay their dangerous goods and came away unscatched but today we had Judies attacking them... nice to sink Terror as she carries a big load of MK16 mines... guess we've sunk them before they were able to accomplish their mission but to make sure two AMc will visit the surrounding bases...

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb
17 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb
7 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DM Pruitt
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CM Terror
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DM Sicard

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:55 am

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Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 36

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 31000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 30

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 37

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 157 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 108
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 11 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed by flak

moved 200 Helens into the area to start bombing Diamond Harbour... starting at 15000ft was a horrible mistake as we lose one and a halve dozen bombers to flak... should have known better, what a silly start of our attacks... the enemy has landed around 500,000 troops and currently bashes his head at the defenses of Stalingrad, äähhhm Calcutta, without much chance to achieve something as long as our forts hold... we have already stalemated the enemy but to dislodge them we'd need 20,000 av as long as the enemy has supplies... so the goal is to destroy all available supply at Diamond Harbour... no idea how much supply he was able to unload, for sure not as much as he planned to with the carnage of the last weeks but I guess with the naval bombardments, ground attacks, daily consumption and the air attacks we can count on an average of 3-4000 tons of supply per day... let's say 100,000 tons per month, so if he was able to land 250,000 tons he would run out within 2.5 months of constant fighting...

if we manage to hold the line long enough it's not only possible to defend Calcutta but we even would have a chance to destroy the beachhead at Diamond Harbour... that would be totally insane as it could mean not only to have won the war on points but actually win it as the loss of so many divisions would top any previous Allied disasters by a big margin...

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 156 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 18
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 50 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 12 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
xAP Slemmestad, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 148 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 31000 feet

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Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 85674 troops, 1066 guns, 389 vehicles, Assault Value = 4441

Defending force 234857 troops, 4457 guns, 4016 vehicles, Assault Value = 4713

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
53rd Division
8th Tank Regiment
7th Division
18th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
48th Division
12th Tank Regiment
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
2nd Division
2nd Tank Regiment
19th Division
33rd Division
56th Division
15th Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
18th Division
14th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd JNAF AF Unit
3rd Mortar Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
35th JAAF AF Bn
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Army
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
20th AA Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
94th JAAF AF Bn
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
11th JNAF AF Unit
82nd JAAF AF Bn
23rd AA Regiment
31st JNAF AF Unit
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
101st JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
41st Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd British Division
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
6th Indian Division
33rd Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
40th Infantry Division
Guides Cavalry Regiment
10th Indian Division
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Marine Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
4th Marine Division
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
24th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
6th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
29th British Brigade
35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
8th Indian Division
352nd Construction Regiment
30th Field Artillery Regiment
205th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
I US Corps
98th Field Artillery Battalion
339th Construction Regiment
226th Field Artillery Battalion
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
4th Pioneer Battalion
V Amphib Corps
XIV US Corps
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
198th Field Artillery Battalion
839th Aviation Engineer Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
330th Construction Regiment
XI US Corps
168th Field Artillery Battalion
112th Cavalry Regiment
841st Aviation Engineer Battalion
2nd Pioneer Battalion
3rd Pioneer Battalion
I Marine Amphib Corps
82nd Mortar Battalion
19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7

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Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2691 troops, 246 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 4707

Defending force 147157 troops, 1586 guns, 1687 vehicles, Assault Value = 4431

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

Assaulting units:
2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
43rd Infantry Division
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
767th Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Division
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
7th Infantry Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
4th Marine Division
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
29th British Brigade
33rd Infantry Division
766th Tank Battalion
6th Indian Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
6th Infantry Division
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
25th Infantry Division
193rd Tank Battalion
41st Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
Guides Cavalry Regiment
40th Infantry Division
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Marine Division
4th USMC Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
2nd British Division
762nd Tank Battalion
22nd Marine Regiment
Americal Infantry Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
10th Indian Division
27th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
I Marine Amphib Corps
839th Aviation Engineer Battalion
3rd Pioneer Battalion
352nd Construction Regiment
I US Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
112th Cavalry Regiment
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
841st Aviation Engineer Battalion
82nd Mortar Battalion
330th Construction Regiment
181st Field Artillery Battalion
4th Pioneer Battalion
XI US Corps
2nd Pioneer Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
V Amphib Corps
XIV US Corps
205th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
339th Construction Regiment
98th Field Artillery Battalion
30th Field Artillery Regiment
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
168th Field Artillery Battalion
19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7

Defending units:
48th Division
18th Tank Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
7th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
2nd Division
4th Tank Regiment
56th Division
53rd Division
18th Division
8th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
33rd Division
9th Tank Regiment
19th Division
19th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
35th JAAF AF Bn
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
31st JNAF AF Unit
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
82nd JAAF AF Bn
1st RF Gun Battalion
94th JAAF AF Bn
30th JNAF AF Unit
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Army
22nd JNAF AF Unit
31st Field AA Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
20th AA Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
11th JNAF AF Unit
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
101st JAAF AF Bn

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:07 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 30, 44
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ASW attack near Diamond Harbour at 51,39

Japanese Ships
CLAA Tatsuta
DD Shigure
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Cero, hits 2

the evil twins' TF runs over an enemy sub in shallow waters... I don't want to give them a chance to hit my BBs...

SS Cero is sighted by escort
DD Suzukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 12 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38H Lightning: 64 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 7 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 25 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 9 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
P-51A Mustang: 7 damaged
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25G Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Chokai
CA Chikuma
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Oboro
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Shirakumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
xAK Empire Niger, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK William H. Gray, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
APD King, Shell hits 1
xAK Autolycus, Shell hits 2
xAP Thomas A. Edison, Shell hits 1
xAP Robert J. Walker, Shell hits 3, on fire
AKA Jupiter, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 1
LCI-84, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Pierre S. Dupont, Shell hits 3, on fire
APD Kane, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAP Gamaria, Shell hits 1
xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 2
APD Humphreys, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APA President Adams, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Varsova, Shell hits 1, on fire
APA Crescent City, Shell hits 1
xAK Samuel K. Barlow, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Duchess of Bedford, Shell hits 2
APA Henderson, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Elysia, Shell hits 1
xAK City of Canterbury, Shell hits 1
xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 1
xAK Elmdale, Shell hits 1
xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 1
xAP Rizwani, Shell hits 1
xAP Duntroon, Shell hits 1, on fire
APD Gilmer, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Karoa, Shell hits 1
xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 1
xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1
xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1
xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 2
APD Sands, Shell hits 1
xAP Moses Rogers, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Largs Bay, Shell hits 1
xAK Risaldar, Shell hits 1
xAP Wing Sang, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 1
xAK Dagfred, Shell hits 1
xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1
xAK Industria, Shell hits 1
APA Elmore, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Oakbank, Shell hits 1
xAP Robert H. Harrison, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
745 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 78 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 22 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (4 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 66
Port hits 10
Port supply hits 2

we continue to shell Diamond Harbour on a daily basis, again doing heavy damage... plane numbers are decreasing and at the same time our ships start targetting the port scoring more hits on ships...

CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
Massive explosion on AKA Jupiter
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai
CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour
Massive explosion on APD Humphreys
CA Chikuma firing at 3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour

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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 10 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38H Lightning: 64 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 6 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
P-51A Mustang: 5 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Musashi
BB Yamato
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
xAP Singu, Shell hits 1
xAP Varsova, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Oakbank, Shell hits 1
xAP City of Lille, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Autolycus, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ozarda, Shell hits 1
xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 1
xAK William Ellery, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Prince L. Campbell, Shell hits 1
APA Henderson, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Nightingale, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Stanford Newel, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAP Wanaka, Shell hits 1
xAK William H. Gray, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Elysia, Shell hits 1
xAP Benrinnes, Shell hits 1
xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 1
xAK Richard Moczkowski, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Aloe, Shell hits 1
xAK Nurani, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Gamaria, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Pierre S. Dupont, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1
APD Gilmer, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Chilka, Shell hits 3, on fire
APA Elmore, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Dagfred, Shell hits 2
xAP Hermitage, Shell hits 1
xAK Lavington Court, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Robert H. Harrison, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Mahout, Shell hits 1
xAK William Keith, Shell hits 1
xAP Thomas A. Edison, Shell hits 1
APD Sands, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APA Wayne, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
AK Adhara, Shell hits 1
xAK Elmdale, Shell hits 1
xAP Wing Sang, Shell hits 1, on fire
LCI-222, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
522 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 14 (3 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (8 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 48
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 1

would like to know how much supply those 10 supply hits actually destroy...

BB Musashi firing at Diamond Harbour
BB Yamato firing at Diamond Harbour
CLAA Tatsuta firing at Diamond Harbour
CLAA Tenryu firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Suzukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Umikaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Kawakaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yamakaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Samidare firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yudachi firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Harusame firing at 3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
DD Murasame firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shigure firing at Diamond Harbour

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Sub attack near Aogashima at 111,65

Japanese Ships
PB Ronsan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Oridono Maru
xAK Tohuku Maru
PB Sinko Maru
PB Okuyo Maru
PB Magane Maru

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish

Flying Fish hits Ronsan Maru twice, amazingly enough the PB was still afloat during the turn but in sinking condition... had to be scuttled...

SS Flying Fish launches 2 torpedoes at PB Ronsan Maru
PB Sinko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Okuyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Magane Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Okuyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Magane Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Okuyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Okuyo Maru is out of ASW ammo
PB Okuyo Maru is out of ASW ammo
PB Okuyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 29

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 37

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

flying these sweeps just to make sure... the airfield should be 100% damaged after the bombardments and there shouldn't be any undamaged fighters left but who knows...

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 63 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 165
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 99

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 11 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 195 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 61 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 6
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 12 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

flak over DH is a killer...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 47,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 3
N1K2-J George x 18
P1Y2 Frances x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 1 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
P1Y2 Frances: 8 damaged
P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Torpedo hits 1
CA Shropshire, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAP John Adams

the enemy runs from DH! Oh damn it, just until yesterday I had KB in position West of Diamond Harbour but ordered the carriers back for replenishment when Mundy orders some 100 ships from Diamond Harbour to flee... looks like all warships are running now... lots and lots of bombers fail to find target messages so it's only a fragment of the bombers that actually took off (perhaps 30% of total bombers) that attack enemy shipping... BB Tennessee takes another torp from this mini strike as well as Shropshire...

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
3 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:15 am

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 47,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 18
N1K2-J George x 63
P1Y2 Frances x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 7 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
P1Y2 Frances: 7 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Joseph K. Toole, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB California, heavy damage
CL Caradoc
BB Tennessee, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
CA Vincennes
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

another fragmented strike shows up over the enemy ships putting another torp into Tennesse which is now showing up as heavily damaged... California was missed but Indianapolis took further damage... too many torps wasted due to attack angles or the attack on a freighter... 30 bombers for only 2 hits on important targets is depressing...

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
12 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 47,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 92 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 34
N1K2-J George x 45
P1Y2 Frances x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 9 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
xAP Urbino, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
BB California, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
CA Baltimore
CL Newcastle
CA Cornwall
CA Exeter, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
CL Caradoc, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

we have to thank god that we even get hits but in fact that's due to most targets being damaged already... 300 bombers set to naval attack, a super high value task force six hexes away and all the game manages to do is having a couple of dozen bombers showing up over the target... California took torpedo no 5-8 and is confirmed sunk...

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
9 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 47,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 2 damaged
P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CA Baltimore
DD Guest
APD Lawrence

we had some success today but were far from what one would expect... it's just the numbers, I will never ever understand why you only get 10-20% of your bombers airborne when you meet every of those so called "conditions" except the one where you have to sacrifice your pet... and it just pisses me off again and again, no matter how many years, no matter how many turns and no matter how many discussions... it's just BS, that's not the way how war is waged, you can't just tell your officer to stay at home because there is a magic routine telling you not to fly...

KB has been ordered to turn around and move West again, the majority of enemy shipping shouldn't be fast enough to be able to run even though there will be parts surely escaping...

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4371 troops, 349 guns, 214 vehicles, Assault Value = 3115

Defending force 237018 troops, 4466 guns, 4041 vehicles, Assault Value = 4921

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
33rd Division
18th Division
18th Tank Regiment
48th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
2nd Division
23rd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
19th Division
14th Tank Regiment
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
8th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
30th JNAF AF Unit
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
31st JNAF AF Unit
2nd Mortar Battalion
20th AA Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd JNAF AF Unit
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
82nd JAAF AF Bn
11th JNAF AF Unit
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
94th JAAF AF Bn
15th Army
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
35th JAAF AF Bn
101st JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
33rd Infantry Division
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
3rd Marine Division
6th Indian Division
767th Tank Battalion
Guides Cavalry Regiment
7th Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
10th Indian Division
24th Infantry Division
112th Cavalry Regiment
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
4th USMC Tank Battalion
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Division
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
29th British Brigade
766th Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
27th Infantry Division
193rd Tank Battalion
Provisionl Tank Brigade
4th Marine Division
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
40th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
6th Infantry Division
22nd Marine Regiment
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
25th Infantry Division
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
2nd British Division
43rd Infantry Division
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
8th Indian Division
I Marine Amphib Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
330th Construction Regiment
839th Aviation Engineer Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
98th Field Artillery Battalion
I US Corps
82nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Pioneer Battalion
XI US Corps
339th Construction Regiment
4th Pioneer Battalion
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
841st Aviation Engineer Battalion
3rd Pioneer Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
168th Field Artillery Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
30th Field Artillery Regiment
226th Field Artillery Battalion
V Amphib Corps
352nd Construction Regiment
XIV US Corps
19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7

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Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2691 troops, 246 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 4915

Defending force 106105 troops, 1273 guns, 1552 vehicles, Assault Value = 3115

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

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Division
22nd Marine Regiment
2nd British Division
3rd Marine Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
10th Indian Division
40th Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Guides Cavalry Regiment
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
29th British Brigade
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
766th Tank Battalion
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
4th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
25th Infantry Division
2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
112th Cavalry Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
4th Marine Division
1st USMC Tank Battalion
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Americal Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
33rd Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
43rd Infantry Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
8th Indian Division
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
XIV US Corps
198th Field Artillery Battalion
V Amphib Corps
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
I Marine Amphib Corps
4th Pioneer Battalion
98th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Pioneer Battalion
330th Construction Regiment
XI US Corps
181st Field Artillery Battalion
I US Corps
839th Aviation Engineer Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
168th Field Artillery Battalion
352nd Construction Regiment
841st Aviation Engineer Battalion
30th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Pioneer Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
339th Construction Regiment
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
82nd Mortar Battalion
19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7

Defending units:
18th Division
19th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
18th Tank Regiment
19th Division
15th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
33rd Division
48th Division
2nd Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
11th Tank Regiment
22nd JNAF AF Unit
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
15th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
94th JAAF AF Bn
82nd JAAF AF Bn
23rd AA Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
11th JNAF AF Unit
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th AA Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
31st JNAF AF Unit
35th JAAF AF Bn
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
101st JAAF AF Bn

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:28 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 31, 44
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Cuttack at 47,38, Range 30,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma
CA Maya
CA Chokai
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
DD Hatsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Shirakumo
DD Ayanami
DD Sagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Oboro
DD Akebono
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, heavy damage
CA Indianapolis, heavy damage
CA Baltimore
CA Shropshire, heavy damage
CA Cornwall
CA Exeter, heavy damage
CL Newcastle
DD Guest
DD Hudson
DD LaVallette, heavy damage
DD Philip
DD Blue
DD Henley
DD Conyngham
DD Cushing
DD Reid
DD Norman
DD Quickmatch

was long thinking about to use my heavy cruisers to hunt down the enemy West of Diamond Harbour or not... the first time my CA met BB Tennessee and California we paid a high price, losing a CA, CL, DD for literally no gain other than a torp hit on Tennessee but this time most of the enemy ships were damaged already and hopefully low or out of ammo so I decided it would be worth it to engage, especially as you never know if KB or LBA would strike at all...

so the cruisers charged in... and again it's Allied radar saving their ships as the heavily damaged ships managed to evade our cruisers... oh well, saves us from damage too most likely... already learnt I need radar at this stage of the war, gonna upgrade my ships during Spring...

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 39% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 13,000 yards...
Range increases to 14,000 yards...
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
Range increases to 16,000 yards...
Range increases to 17,000 yards...
Range increases to 18,000 yards...
Range increases to 19,000 yards...
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
Range increases to 22,000 yards...
Range increases to 23,000 yards...
Range increases to 24,000 yards...
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
Range increases to 26,000 yards...
Range increases to 27,000 yards...
Range increases to 28,000 yards...
Range increases to 29,000 yards...
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Allied Escort TF evades combat

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ASW attack near Diamond Harbour at 50,40

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo
CL Yahagi
DD Naganami
DD Hayanami
DD Fujinami
DD Onami
DD Suzunami

Allied Ships
SS Tactician

that's one of my CV groups...

SS Tactician launches 4 torpedoes at DD Makigumo
DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fujinami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Onami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayanami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Onami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 37

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
LCI-219, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 3
N1K2-J George x 18
P1Y2 Frances x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 2 damaged
P1Y2 Frances: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Norman
DD Hudson, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CA Cornwall
CA Baltimore, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

LBA to fly first, again halve a dozen messages that most of the bombers that actually took off fail to find their target... as always the majority of bombers didn't take off anyways... can't complain, the tiny number of bombers do their best, sinking lightly damaged Hudson and most likely sinking Baltimore as she took a torp from a MTB earlier and suffered some additional damage...

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
3 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 33
P1Y2 Frances x 21

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
BB Tennessee, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Reid
DD Philip
DD Norman
CA Exeter, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

21 bombers over the target, that's a real number... Tennessee taking another three torps means she is sunk just like California! BANZAI! That's BB number 19 or 20 that has been sunk... I N S A N E...

Exeter also takes two and is most likely dead...

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
9 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 199 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 63 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 54
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 82

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 17 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 197 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 62 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 195 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 61 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 30
N1K2-J George x 45

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Seagull V: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD LaVallette, heavy damage
CA Cornwall, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Blue
CA Shropshire, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
DD Cushing
CA Indianapolis, heavy damage

there is another task force already further East which also gets some attention with the confirmed sinking of CA Shropshire and heavy damage on CA Cornwall...

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Norman
DD Henley
CL Newcastle

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 28

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

and that's it for the morning... WHAAAT? Again, KB is sitting in perfect strike range (1 hex to the BB TF and 6 hexes to the TF further West) and perfect weather but didn't launch a single bomber other the Judies on search that made like two dozen sightings... would that enable a strike in real life? Make your guess...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:33 am

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 41,37

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 59
B7A2 Grace x 20
D4Y4 Judy x 64

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 6 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 6 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
APD Barker, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Quincy, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
LSI(L) Denbighshire, Bomb hits 2, on fire
APD Stringham, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Hobart, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 1
APD Chew
xAP Zaandam, Bomb hits 1, on fire
APD Lawrence, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Little
APD Parrott, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Schley
APD Overton
xAK Age, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP John Burke, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
LSI(L) Empire Battleaxe, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Waters
DD Hale
LSI(L) Glenstrae, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Yenangyaung, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires

another two dozen sightings during the afternoon search phase and the Admiral in charge finally decided the IJN could also launch some bombers from the carriers next to the enemy... first strike is flown against the Western task force including at least two USN CA, lots of APD and a big number of freighters and transports... that convoy has to be around 50-60 ships I guess... no torpedoes available on the carriers so all bombers attack with bombs and we do get quite some hits in not so good weather even though most of the undamaged APDs were able to dodge the bombers... both Quincy and Vincennes take 800kg bombs but none of the cruisers is listed as heavily damage so we do night follow on attacks to sink those ships...

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
10 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
6 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
3 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
7 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
15 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CL
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Age
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Parrott
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Stringham
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP John Burke
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Quincy

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:41 am

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 49
B7A2 Grace x 51
D4Y4 Judy x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 7 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Guest, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Philip, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Newcastle, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Reid, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Baltimore, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
CA Cornwall, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
DD Henley, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD LaVallette, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Conyngham, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk

that's the main strike on the task force just one hex to the NE of KB, totally annihilating what was still afloat... I seriously doubt that any of these ships is going to survive...

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb
8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
11 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb
1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb
1 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied DD
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Newcastle
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CA
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a 'J, K, N' Class class DD
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Henley
Massive explosion on DD Conyngham

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 41,37

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
B7A2 Grace x 14
D4Y4 Judy x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 3 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
APD Schley, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
LSI(L) Brisbane Star, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CL Hobart, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nathaniel Crosby
CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 4, on fire
APD Ward
APD Herbert, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Gausdal, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP John A. Rawlins, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

the following attacks are done by bomber groups that mostly failed to link to the main strikes, some even failed to find their targets, something one isn't used to when it comes down to carrier based bombers as they seem to do way better in finding their targets than any LBA... CA Vincennes takes another four bombs but still not shows up as heavily damaged... excpected more from those 40 bombers...

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
2 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Schley
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a 'E' Class 1st Group class CL
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Herbert

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 18

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 1 destroyed
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CA Exeter, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
DD Quickmatch
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
DD Norman, Bomb hits 1, on fire

18 Judies seal the faith of two heavy cruisers, both confirmed sunk now...

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Newcastle, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Quickmatch, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Philip, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
DD Blue

nice to also hit Newcastle, those RN light cruisers are good night fighters... unfortunately that's it already... KB didn't laucnh in the morning where LBA managed some 20% of the bombers over targets and while KB launched at least a couple of hundred bombers - guess 50% - it now was LBA not flying at all... we will move KB a tad further West to get the chance to strike at anything damaged but still being afloat to make sure we get the sinkings but I don't want to get my carriers too close to Ceylon's Eastern bases as I don't want to fall into a CAP trap or a massed 4E strike my Zekes can't counter...

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Newcastle
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied DD

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Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2709 troops, 247 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 5093

Defending force 119496 troops, 1378 guns, 1608 vehicles, Assault Value = 3550

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

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (12 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
43rd Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
762nd Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
6th Indian Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
33rd Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
4th USMC Tank Battalion
25th Infantry Division
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
Provisionl Tank Brigade
767th Tank Battalion
2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
41st Infantry Division
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Marine Division
35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
112th Cavalry Regiment
2nd British Division
27th Infantry Division
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
6th Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
22nd Marine Regiment
24th Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
Guides Cavalry Regiment
763rd Tank Battalion
29th British Brigade
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
4th Marine Division
766th Tank Battalion
8th Indian Division
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
V Amphib Corps
I US Corps
339th Construction Regiment
205th Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
2nd Pioneer Battalion
3rd Pioneer Battalion
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
330th Construction Regiment
30th Field Artillery Regiment
249th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
XIV US Corps
839th Aviation Engineer Battalion
82nd Mortar Battalion
4th Pioneer Battalion
XI US Corps
352nd Construction Regiment
841st Aviation Engineer Battalion
I Marine Amphib Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
168th Field Artillery Battalion
98th Field Artillery Battalion
19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7

Defending units:
33rd Division
2nd Tank Regiment
2nd Guards Division
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
18th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
48th Division
22nd Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Tank Regiment
19th Division
18th Division
12th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
2nd Division
9th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
20th AA Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Army
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
82nd JAAF AF Bn
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
22nd JNAF AF Unit
31st Field AA Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
94th JAAF AF Bn
23rd AA Regiment
31st JNAF AF Unit
11th JNAF AF Unit
35th JAAF AF Bn
101st JAAF AF Bn

RangerJoe · Post by **RangerJoe** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 1:51 pm

Considering the amount of supplies that he must have moved to Diamond Harbor, your supply hits are probably costing a lot of supplies. Add in the amount of supplies used with the 10% increase from the units for every attack, that means that the supplies are going fast for that plus all of the supplies to repair the units plus any replacements.

A private getting orders to go to a replacement unit at Diamond Harbor: "I have just received a Death Sentence!" [:@]

mind_messing · Post by **mind_messing** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:49 pm

we had some success today but were far from what one would expect... it's just the numbers, I will never ever understand why you only get 10-20% of your bombers airborne when you meet every of those so called "conditions" except the one where you have to sacrifice your pet... and it just pisses me off again and again, no matter how many years, no matter how many turns and no matter how many discussions... it's just BS, that's not the way how war is waged, you can't just tell your officer to stay at home because there is a magic routine telling you not to fly...

It's tied to detection levels, as is nearly everything to do with the naval routine. The higher the DL, the more appropriate the strike package.

In this specific case, it seems an appropriate strike. Expecting a full sentai of 27 Frances to sortie for 3 ships in a target rich environment would be somewhat absurd.

RangerJoe · Post by **RangerJoe** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 7:24 pm

Are you doing night Naval Search?

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sun Sep 20, 2020 5:02 am

ORIGINAL: mind_messing

we had some success today but were far from what one would expect... it's just the numbers, I will never ever understand why you only get 10-20% of your bombers airborne when you meet every of those so called "conditions" except the one where you have to sacrifice your pet... and it just pisses me off again and again, no matter how many years, no matter how many turns and no matter how many discussions... it's just BS, that's not the way how war is waged, you can't just tell your officer to stay at home because there is a magic routine telling you not to fly...

It's tied to detection levels, as is nearly everything to do with the naval routine. The higher the DL, the more appropriate the strike package.

In this specific case, it seems an appropriate strike. Expecting a full sentai of 27 Frances to sortie for 3 ships in a target rich environment would be somewhat absurd.

All those enemy task forces always had highest possible detection levels. There is so much naval search around I could get 10/10 on a lonely paddle boat in the Bay of Bengal. Not only are all those task forces spotted all the time, we spot and bomb individual ships in those task forces dozens of times each of these turns. Guess we have no less than 120-150 aircraft on search, 10% of all bombers on KB plus 10% of all LBA in range plus several Dinah-III, Irving and Emily units.

If detection levels weren't high enough to have my bombers fly then I'd need 100/100 out of the 10/10 possible. [>:]

It's just the numbers, as always. And as always I'm claiming the game can't handle those. Take the Bay of Bengal, the enemy shows up with something like 600+ ships in I don't know how many task forces. I have 1000 land based aircraft and 1350 carrier based aircraft. Everything is spotted on a daily basis and detection levels are as high as they could be. What happens? Often nothing, like LBA not launching, KB not launching and so on. Would I take the time to sum it all up I'd say we had an average of 20% of the available bombers airborne each day. As with an average, there were better and worse days. But it was totally wonky what the game launched in the Bay of Bengal, even though it still turns out as a disaster for the Allied, guess how it looked like if we had an average of 50% of the bombers airborne when they had a chance to strike a target?

Now the opposite! The Gilberts and the move of two enemy task forces (one amphib, one CVE) towards Tabitauea. There was one Dinah-III and a Mavis unit down there to spot, both TFs had high detection when they came closer to Tarawa. We've moved 4 fighter units (2 George, 2 Frank) plus 5 bomber units (2 Judy, 3 Frances) into the area. And what happened? Two days in a row literally all those bombers including all fighters were attacking both the CVE and the amphib task force, heck, they even combined their alpha strikes from two different bases that were separated by a couple of hexes (Tarawa and Makin). The first day it could be super duper luck, but they did the same on day two... and to top all of this, they were doing this from two level 5 airfields that haven't even got 50% of the needed aviation support which is always brought up as one of the so much needed conditions to "coordinate"[>:]

Numbers game... totally overwhelmed routine in the Bay of Bengal and perfectly working in the Gilberts?

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sun Sep 20, 2020 9:59 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 01, 44
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Cuttack at 46,40, Range 27,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CVE Hosho
CVE Taiyo
CVE Unyo
CVE Chuyo
CVE Shinyo
CVE Kaiyo
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki
DD Ikazuchi
DD Inazuma
DD Matsukaze
DD Hatakaze
DD Oite
DD Hayate
DD Asanagi
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
DD Guest, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Blue
DD Norman
DD Quickmatch, heavy damage

that's been a short but nevertheless shocking moment as my CVE group stumbles into those destroyers that are on the run to Ceylon...

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 50% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
Range increases to 26,000 yards...
Range increases to 27,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat

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Submarine attack near Addu at 14,49

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
xAK General Fleisher, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

xAK General Fleisher is sighted by SS I-30
SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK General Fleisher

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ASW attack near Vizagapatnam at 45,41

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
DD Quickmatch, heavy damage
DD Guest, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Blue

SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Quickmatch
I-162 diving deep ....
DD Blue fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Blue fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Blue fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Blue fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Blue fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Diamond Harbour at 52,38

Japanese Ships
DD Murasame
BB Musashi
BB Nagato
DD Yudachi
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Aspro

shallow hex but nevertheless the sub manages to attack the evil twins' combat group...

SS Aspro launches 2 torpedoes at DD Murasame
Aspro bottoming out ....
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Umikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Submarine attack near Addu at 14,49

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
xAK General Fleisher, heavy damage

missed a heavily damaged freighter...

xAK General Fleisher is sighted by SS I-30
SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes

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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 74 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 12 destroyed on ground
B-25G Mitchell: 38 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 7 destroyed on ground
P-51A Mustang: 29 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 5 destroyed on ground
P-38J Lightning: 4 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 10 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed on ground
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 42 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 9 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 5 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Chokai
CA Maya
CA Chikuma
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Oboro
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Shirakumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
LCI-75, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 1
xAP William G. Fargo, Shell hits 1
xAP Oakbank, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP William C. Claiborne, Shell hits 2, on fire
APD Humphreys, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nurani, Shell hits 1
APA Wayne, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Havildar, Shell hits 2
AK Ganymede, Shell hits 1
xAK William Keith, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Empire Rani, Shell hits 1
xAK Trevilley, Shell hits 1
xAP Nightingale, Shell hits 2
xAK Jalaganga, Shell hits 2
xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 1
LCI-218, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Sonnavind, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Moses Rogers, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAP Largs Bay, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 1
xAP Duchess of Bedford, Shell hits 2
xAK City of Hankow, Shell hits 1
xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 1
xAP Singu, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
xAK Mulbera, Shell hits 1
DD Isaac Sweers, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APA Warren, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Varela, Shell hits 2
xAK Prince L. Campbell, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
APA Crescent City, Shell hits 2
xAK City of Exeter, Shell hits 1
xAP Hermitage, Shell hits 1
xAP Athlone Castle, Shell hits 1
xAK Industria, Shell hits 1
AKA Jupiter, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 1
xAP Clan Macpherson, Shell hits 1
APD Sands, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
xAK Maldive, Shell hits 1
xAK Risaldar, Shell hits 1, on fire
APA La Salle, Shell hits 1
xAP Sheldon Jackson, Shell hits 1
xAK Mahsud, Shell hits 1
xAK St Essylt, Shell hits 1
xAK Tweedbank, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Elmdale, Shell hits 1
xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1
xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1
APA Du Page, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Wanaka, Shell hits 1
xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1
xAK Masula, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
1421 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 120 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 27 disabled
Guns lost 20 (4 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (9 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 60
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 4

the cruisers are really suited for naval bombardment, doing some nice damage here...

CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Maya
CA Maya firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour

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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 16 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 6 destroyed on ground
B-25G Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 15 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed on ground
P-51A Mustang: 2 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Musashi
BB Yamato
BB Nagato
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
APD Kennison, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Singu, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Markhor, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 1
APD King, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 2
xAP Morton M. McCarver, Shell hits 1
xAP Hermitage, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1
xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Tweedbank, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
APA Calvert, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Owen Summers, Shell hits 1
APD Crosby, Shell hits 1
xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 1
xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 1, on fire
APA Arthur Middleton, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
APA Crescent City, Shell hits 2
xAK Prince L. Campbell, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Clan Mactavish, Shell hits 1
xAK Mulbera, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Mahsud, Shell hits 2
xAP Wanaka, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Nurani, Shell hits 2
xAK Matiana, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Largs Bay, Shell hits 1, on fire
APA Du Page, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
xAP Moses Rogers, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 1
xAP Historian, Shell hits 2
xAP Changte, Shell hits 1
xAK Jalayamuna, Shell hits 1
xAK Sonnavind, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Oakbank, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Empire Rani, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 2
xAP Chilka, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Risaldar, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Lewis Cass, Shell hits 1
xAP Derrymore, Shell hits 1
xAP Etolin, Shell hits 1
xAP Robert J. Walker, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Jalaganga, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
1187 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 11 (5 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (7 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 56
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

then the heavies go in...

BB Musashi firing at Diamond Harbour
BB Yamato firing at Diamond Harbour
BB Nagato firing at Diamond Harbour
CLAA Tatsuta firing at Diamond Harbour
CLAA Tenryu firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Suzukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Umikaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Kawakaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yamakaze firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment
DD Samidare firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yudachi firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Harusame firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Murasame firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shigure firing at Diamond Harbour

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 37

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Vizagapatnam at 44,42

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 22
P1Y2 Frances x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Blue

that's all what Calcutta's LBA (150 long range torp bombers) manage to get over the target...

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 63 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 134
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 89

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 23 damaged

Allied Ships
APA Harris, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 195 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 61 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 6
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 13 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 198 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 62 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged

Allied Ships
APA Calvert, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:09 am

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 40,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 70
B7A2 Grace x 29
D4Y4 Judy x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 11 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Hobart, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 1
APD Herbert, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Izard, Bomb hits 1
xAP John Burke, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Quincy, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kidd

here's KB's first strike of the day on the Allied ships trying to make Ceylon... ordered KB three hexes further West but for what reason ever (they didn't refuel) the carriers only moved a couple of hexes and the most likely bigger convoy NE of Madras is totally out of range... oh boy... guess the attack (that actually wasn't an attack) on our CVE group that was following our lead CVs was causing that movement and screws most of our plans today... CA Vincennes is only hit by another 800kg bomb and still doesn't show up as heavily damaged but Quincy is done for sure now...

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
11 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
2 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
1 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Herbert
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CA

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 40,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 48
B7A2 Grace x 7
D4Y4 Judy x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 2 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
APD Schley, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Hobart, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kidd
APD Herbert, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hutchins
APD Barker, heavy damage

very rare for carrier based strike aircraft, several messages about bombers failing to find the target due to range or weather turning back so our strikes aren't what they were supposed to be (at least that's a reason, unlike not launching at all)... that's it for Vincennes and another heavy cruiser is done...

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
7 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Herbert

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 40,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Hutchins
CA Quincy, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kidd
CA Vincennes, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Quincy
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a London class CA

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vizagapatnam at 44,42

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 9
P1Y2 Frances x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Norman

in the afternoon we see a couple of unsuccesful attempts to get LBA over the target...

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vizagapatnam at 44,42

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 32
P1Y2 Frances x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Blue

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 40,38

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 105
B7A2 Grace x 39
D4Y4 Judy x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 15 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Kidd, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Izard, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Tarantia, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Barker, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
xAP John Burke, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
APD Schley, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk
DD Hutchins, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

until KB's bombers show up over the already trashed task force finishing what was still afloat...

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
10 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
12 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
5 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
2 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
14 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
7 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tarantia
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP John Burke
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Schley
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hutchins
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Izard
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Barker
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Kidd
Massive explosion on APD Schley
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CA

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 40,38

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
D4Y4 Judy x 23

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Tarantia, and is sunk
DD Hutchins, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kidd, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk

it's more than a pity that we were one hex short to attack both convoys, the bigger one to the West is going to escape now... but we've pretty much sunk all or the majority of the remaining BB/CA/CL/DD that were trying to flee from Diamond Harbour so that was a success...

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CA
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tarantia
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hutchins
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Kidd

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Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2523 troops, 234 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 5243

Defending force 132844 troops, 1480 guns, 1623 vehicles, Assault Value = 3977

Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 63 (18 destroyed, 45 disabled)

in the meantime we watch the stupid counter bombardment of the ground routine... the Allied is doing this bombardment, causes 0 ground losses but suffers from it...[8|]

Assaulting units:
193rd Tank Battalion
3rd Marine Division
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
766th Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd British Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
41st Infantry Division
Guides Cavalry Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
10th Indian Division
2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
112th Cavalry Regiment
29th British Brigade
6th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
33rd Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
763rd Tank Battalion
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
24th Infantry Division
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
Provisionl Tank Brigade
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
27th Infantry Division
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
4th Marine Division
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
6th Indian Division
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
8th Indian Division
82nd Mortar Battalion
841st Aviation Engineer Battalion
4th Pioneer Battalion
98th Field Artillery Battalion
XIV US Corps
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
XI US Corps
2nd Pioneer Battalion
839th Aviation Engineer Battalion
168th Field Artillery Battalion
I Marine Amphib Corps
3rd Pioneer Battalion
339th Construction Regiment
30th Field Artillery Regiment
I US Corps
330th Construction Regiment
V Amphib Corps
198th Field Artillery Battalion
352nd Construction Regiment
249th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7

Defending units:
4th Tank Regiment
4th Division
48th Division
12th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
2nd Division
23rd Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
2nd Guards Division
19th Tank Regiment
33rd Division
18th Division
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
19th Division
22nd Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
30th JNAF AF Unit
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
82nd JAAF AF Bn
11th JNAF AF Unit
1st RF Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th AA Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
31st JNAF AF Unit
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Army
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
35th JAAF AF Bn
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
94th JAAF AF Bn
22nd JNAF AF Unit
101st JAAF AF Bn

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