AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 18, 43
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Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,77

Japanese Ships
E Asagao
SC Ch 24
SC Ch 41
SC Ch 37

Allied Ships
SS Tautog, hits 24, on fire, heavy damage [8|]



SS Tautog is located by E Asagao
E Asagao attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 41 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Asagao fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 41 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 41 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Tautog forced to surface!
SC Ch 37 firing on surfaced sub ....
E Asagao firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 37 firing on surfaced sub ....
E Asagao firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 37 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 41 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 37 firing on surfaced sub ....
E Asagao firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 41 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 37 firing on surfaced sub ....
E Asagao firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 41 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 37 firing on surfaced sub ....
E Asagao firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 41 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 37 firing on surfaced sub ....
Contact with submarine is lost

my subs are sinking on a daily basis now... SS Tautog is confirmed sunk... don´t know what magic date 12/43 is but we´ve lost three subs in just a couple of days... to make it worse, SS Scorpion is hit by air ASW today, retiring with 49 sys 19 flt 11 eng and with that high sys dam, the sub is in danger of sinking... I can perfectly understand Allied players stating that sub war has completely come to a halt in 44 due to the allmighty and countless E vessels...

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ASW attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
DD Hakaze
E Kuretake
DD Tawakaze
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier



SS Grenadier is located by DD Hakaze
Grenadier diving deep ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hokaze cannot reach attack position over SS Grenadier
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hokaze loses contact with SS Grenadier
SS Grenadier eludes DD Hokaze by diving deep
DD Hokaze loses contact with SS Grenadier
DD Hokaze loses contact with SS Grenadier
SS Grenadier eludes DD Hokaze by diving deep
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Jesselton at 68,85

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Minazuki
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Grampus



SS Grampus is located by DD Shinonome
Grampus diving deep ....
DD Minazuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Jesselton at 68,85

Japanese Ships
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Grampus



SS Grampus is sighted by escort
Grampus diving deep ....
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60

Japanese Ships
E Kiji
DD Yukaze
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Bonefish



SS Bonefish launches 6 torpedoes at E Kiji
Bonefish diving deep ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,77

Japanese Ships
PB Myoken Maru
TK Mirii Maru
TK Toan Maru
TK Ogura Maru #3
PB Ryuto Maru
PB Muroran Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at PB Myoken Maru
Sculpin diving deep ....
PB Ryuto Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

so useles...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on 55th Chinese Corps, at 79,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 15



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 45th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 45th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 22
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6



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



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 68,116 (Koepang)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10
F4U-1 Corsair x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 84


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Kure 2nd SNLF ...
Also attacking 4th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking Kure 2nd SNLF ...
Also attacking 4th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking Kure 2nd SNLF ...
Also attacking 4th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking Kure 2nd SNLF ...
Also attacking 4th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 6
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 16
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 12



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 10
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 31


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 4 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 11000 feet
4 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet *

CAP engaged:
5318th PAU/FS with P-40K Warhawk (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Raid is overhead

moved in some squadrons from Hanoi to fly LRCAP over Pingsiang as it was obvious that the enemy was going to bomb our troops there... we really chew up the enemy formations, the P-47 once again proves to be a real killer with 8 cal.50...

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Afternoon Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 26
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 2
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 23


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged



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


Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
1 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
5318th PAU/FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 87 minutes
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 128 minutes
8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 228 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 183 minutes

Also attacking 20th Chinese Corps ...

to my total surprise, the 26 escorting Oscars were bypassed with the bomber formation really being shot up... 5 bombers made it to target to drop their load...

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Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 22
B-24J Liberator x 59


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

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



Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 119

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 21


No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 15
P-40K Warhawk x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground


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



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

these attacks on bases around New Guinea are nothing but suppression attacks as I don´t want the IJNAF to become active in this area...

bad day for the IJNAF:



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Ground combat at 79,55

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43448 troops, 331 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 1608

Defending force 17858 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 353

Japanese adjusted assault: 497

Allied adjusted defense: 411

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: [8|][8|]

Japanese ground losses:
252 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1681 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 62 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 181 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled


Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co
23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
22nd Division
110th Division
22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
North China Gsn Brigade
2nd RF Gun Battalion

Defending units:
45th Chinese Corps
55th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Base Force
36th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force

amazingly my highly disrupted units here were able to hold after being totally shred during their attack yesterday... no doubt the next Japanese attack will dislodge them though... one of the Corps got no combat ready squads left... same as always, it´s only the defender that seems to get (+) or (-)... why the attacker nearly never gets any (+) or (-) is only something the devs know...

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Ground combat at Pingsiang (82,54)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 167578 troops, 821 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6290

Defending force 35213 troops, 264 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 1184

Allied adjusted assault: 4938

Japanese adjusted defense: 8059 [8|]

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
965 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 89 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 53 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled


Allied ground losses:
8325 casualties reported [8|]
Squads: 22 destroyed, 659 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 874 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled


Assaulting units:
20th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps
8th Route Army
25th Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
7th War Area
Central Reserve
12th Group Army
26th Group Army

Defending units:
RGC Tax Police Regiment
70th Division
116th Division
41st Division
13th Army

the attack at Pingsiang fails miserably... enemy adjusted av nearly gets multiplied by 7 after having "only" 4000 adjusted av during our last attack... this attack went so bad in terms of disabled squads while not achieving anything that the whole operations is cancelled now... as it stands now, we´ve lost only a handful of combat squads but ongoing attacks will completely wreck our units and with only 200 squad replacements per month we can´t afford it... if we wouldn´t lose a single combat squad for the rest of the war we would not be able to fill out all our units with combat squads with the given replacement rate and our units will always stay highly understrenght... we are now concentrating on defending our backyard... at least the IJAAF was hit hard today...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 19, 43
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Sub attack near Busuanga at 76,79

Japanese Ships
AO Shioya, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
SC Ch 39
TK Shimotsu Maru
TK Ceram Maru
E Nadakaze
E Shimakaze

Allied Ships
SS Flasher, hits 1



SS Flasher launches 6 torpedoes at AO Shioya
Flasher diving deep ....
E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub ....
E Shimakaze attacking submerged sub ....
E Shimakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Shimakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub ....
E Shimakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub ....
E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub ....
E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub ....
E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo
E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

we still do quite well against enemy tankers in total, especially when the escorts are out of ammo... not sure the AO is going down, empty ship and no heavy damage...

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ASW attack near Tanegashima at 103,67

Japanese Ships
E W-24
PB Taiko Maru
TK Palembang Maru
TK Arita Maru
TK Teiyo Maru
DD Murakumo
DD Isonami
E Saishu

Allied Ships
SS Peto, hits 1



SS Peto is sighted by escort
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isonami fails to find sub and abandons search
E Saishu fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murakumo is out of ASW ammo
DD Murakumo is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

no success here but escorts low on ammo too...

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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 26



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 20
Spitfire Vc Trop x 10
Spitfire VIII x 29
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 48


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 12 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Raid is overhead
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Raid is overhead
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 40500 , scrambling fighters to 40000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 40500 , scrambling fighters to 40000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.607 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 40500 , scrambling fighters to 40000.
Raid is overhead
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters to 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Raid is overhead

the game is patched but the AAR at this point still is without the new patch and working radar... got all the fighters on 80% Cap 20% rest and get around 45-50% of the fighters in the air which is enough to deal with this incoming Frank sweep... the Franks were at 6000ft but this time the "magic" alt failed and after a very short time of Franks diving on my aircraft (the usual question of how that is possible when our ac in the air were mostly higher up) the Franks were shot to pieces by our P-47 which proved to be killers again...

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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 3
[8|][8|][8|]


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14
Spitfire Vc Trop x 10
Spitfire VIII x 28
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 43


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed




CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 36440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 35440 and 36440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 33440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 40500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 40000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 40500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
No.607 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 40500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 35440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes

the usual funny way the dev thinks of realism... no matter if Allied or Japanese, it just always looks the same... same silly... how does this actually pass beta phase? [&:]

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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 33



Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 3


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet *
2 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet *

CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes

attempt to draw some Cap to Haiphong, all Spits damaged...

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Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 68,116 (Koepang)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 12
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 60


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Kure 2nd SNLF ...
Also attacking 41st Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking Kure 2nd SNLF ...
Also attacking 41st Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking Kure 2nd SNLF ...
Also attacking 41st Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking Kure 2nd SNLF ...
Also attacking 41st Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...

nil effect... nil...

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Morning Air attack on 4th JAAF Base Force, at 68,116 (Koepang)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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


Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 15
P-40K Warhawk x 11
F4U-1 Corsair x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 24


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 4th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 4th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 4th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 27


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-24J Liberator x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 62

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Talaud-eilanden at 82,97

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4


Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Hasuna Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

the PB4Y are coming from a level 4 airfield which is too small for them, therefore attacking with "reduced" reduced load. Dropping two bombs each, the bombers still managed to score a hit in bad weather... there are three more ships reported in this TF but as 9 out of 10 times we get the usual "bomber unable to locate target due to range or weather"... wonder how ships ever got sunk in real life if land based bombers failed that often... Rainer complains about the same thing, usually his bombers end up with this message...

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Afternoon Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 18
Spitfire Vc Trop x 9
Spitfire VIII x 28
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 47


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Raid is overhead
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Raid is overhead
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 40500 , scrambling fighters to 40000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 40500 , scrambling fighters to 40000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
No.607 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40500 , scrambling fighters to 40000.
Raid is overhead
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters to 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

some Tojos that didn´t attack in the morning were coming in in the afternoon... also this time, the 6000ft turned out to be a bad altitude as the Tojos were just shot to pieces by my diving fighters... really wonder what determines the tactical situation, A2A stays elusive to me... and the results are nothing but loops all the time, totally off the mark with the pendulum swinging in boths directions (sides)... don´t know how it was tested, perhaps only looked at the totally borked combat reports which just don´t tell you anything if you don´t look at the combat replay and count up the losses yourselve... why it was thought to have this kind of FOW in the report is beyond me as the replay still seems to be more or less spot on... makes me even more wonder how ppl can play this game without replays...

it´s been a total disaster for the Japanese over Hanoi and I bet at some point these attacks will just stop... and we´re in the process of moving in some more base forces with radar and these radar sets are going to work in three weeks of this point of the AAR... then we can rely on more or less all Cap in the air with settings of 40%...

at these rates the enemy just is on the receiving end... with only one P-47 lost for probably nearly three dozen enemy fighters downed by the P-47 (is this something you can call loop? [8|]) the enemy will soon stop these attacks as today we haven´t lost any aircraft we can´t replace easily... without the dive, all the A2A would look three stages better, as it is now, it´s just rubbish, worse than WITP when we get into these ridicoulos loops... and you never know before if you are going to have any tactical advantage, no matter how the conditions for both sides look like because even though you see a clear tactical advantage it can mean just nothing and it´s all just about some funny die rolls that can (and do) go totally crazy it seems... P-47 taking down far more than 30 enemy fighters (Franks and Tojos) for one loss within the P-47 is crazy to me...



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Afternoon Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 34


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Manokwari attack was total overkill today...

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Ground combat at 79,55

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43416 troops, 331 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 1589

Defending force 16541 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 290

Japanese adjusted assault: 1274

Allied adjusted defense: 299

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
283 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
3699 casualties reported
Squads: 80 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 401 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 5


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
110th Division
22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
8th Armored Car Co
23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
22nd Division
North China Gsn Brigade
2nd RF Gun Battalion

Defending units:
45th Chinese Corps
55th Chinese Corps
36th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
18th Chinese Base Force

as expected, my Chinese "Army" was pushed back today towards Hengyang... my real Army that failed at Pingsiang is now moving West, also back to Hengyang to be distributed in nearby bases to act defensively...

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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 31356 troops, 541 guns, 679 vehicles, Assault Value = 1152

Defending force 10587 troops, 105 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 291

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied adjusted assault: 453 [8|]

Japanese adjusted defense: 135

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Koepang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-)
Attacker: [&:][&:]

Japanese ground losses:
1574 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 55 disabled
Non Combat: 82 destroyed, 92 disabled
Engineers: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 51 (51 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 49 (49 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
259 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
33rd Infantry Division
Sixth US Army
224th USN Base Force
19th RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
21st Division
Kure 2nd SNLF
41st Field AA Battalion
4th JAAF Base Force

we finally take Koepang... not a single time has our adjusted av been anywhere near our base av even though all troops were 100% prepped and everything was just perfectly... again I claim a HQ with motorized support not to be working as a HQ, I can´t find another reason as my other HQs work just perfectly and I get excellent adjusted av with the same given conditions just all the time... of course, as the attacker there were again no (+) or (-)...

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Ground combat at 72,116

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6622 troops, 103 guns, 896 vehicles, Assault Value = 626

Defending force 777 troops, 16 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied adjusted assault: 297

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 297 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
690 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 153 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (32 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 4



Assaulting units:
1st USMC Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade

Defending units:
8th Area Army
48th Fld AA Bn /1
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
40th JNAF AF Unit /1

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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Dili by attrition!!!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 20, 43
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Sub vs Sub: SS Truant attacking SST Yu-9 at 69,96 - near Donggala

Japanese Ships
SST Yu-9

Allied Ships
SS Truant



SS Truant launches 6 torpedoes at 4,000 yards

a pity, our latest sub vs sub attacks failed... Rainer keeps using these SST to supply his frontline bases, doubt they´ve got any effect as a single 500lb bomb hit can destroy more supplies than a SST can carry... really wonder why Rainer even built these SST, I would halt them to save the nav points...

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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 99,59

Japanese Ships
xAKL Chosen Maru
xAKL Yamayuri Maru
PB Menado Maru

Allied Ships
SS Bonefish



SS Bonefish is sighted by escort
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on 4th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 34



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet
13 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 22
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 32



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
32 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15
Ki-51 Sonia x 9



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 18th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 4th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 27
P-40K Warhawk x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 18
B-24J Liberator x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 63


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 82

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 38


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged

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



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

attacking just the usual targets...

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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24J Liberator x 26


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Ternate is pretty far to the top on the list of the coming invasion targets as we want to make our way further North asap... in between of jumping further North we are going to expand the front in this area more to the West and East to take away some danger from our shipping in this "corridor"... other than having KB in the area, there´s just no sign at all that the Japanese are heavily reinforcing or building up the area around Mindanao... if we succesfully jump onto Mindanao or Borneo (means only two steps forward) then the game is lost for the Japanese IMO... and they need a decisive victory before we do that...

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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21967 troops, 331 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 1125

Defending force 8023 troops, 57 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 169

Allied adjusted assault: 492

Japanese adjusted defense: 45

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
307 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
33rd Infantry Division
224th USN Base Force
Sixth US Army
19th RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
21st Division
Kure 2nd SNLF
41st Field AA Battalion
4th JAAF Base Force /1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 21, 43
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Sub attack near Culion at 75,79

Japanese Ships
DD Hayate
DD Oite
DD Sawakaze
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
SS Rasher



SS Rasher launches 6 torpedoes at DD Hayate
Rasher diving deep ....
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
SS Rasher eludes ASW attack from DD Sawakaze
SS Rasher eludes ASW attack from DD Sawakaze
SS Rasher eludes DD Sawakaze by diving deep
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I don´t like it, I just don´t like it...

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Submarine attack near Balabac at 71,84

Japanese Ships
DD Yayoi
DD Minazuki
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Sand Lance, hits 8, and is sunk


SS Sand Lance is located by DD Yayoi
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Minazuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Minazuki is out of ASW ammo
SS Sand Lance forced to surface!
DD Uzuki firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

and that´s the reason for it... enemy DD and E have become so dangerous, they nearly can compete with US ASW it seems... sub number four being sunk within one and a halve (?) weeks... together with the damaged ones we suffer nearly daily, it´s more like Kriegsmarine in the Pacific at the moment... this was Sand Lance´s first patrol, didn´t score a single time IIRC...

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ASW attack near Balabac at 71,84

Japanese Ships
DD Yayoi
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Ise
AV Akitsushima [&:][&:][&:]
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CA Myoko
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
CA Ashigara
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
AS Jingei
CL Agano
CL Noshiro
CL Sendai
CL Naka
CL Nagara
CL Isuzu
CL Natori
CL Yubari
DD Makigumo
DD Makinami
DD Takanami
DD Tamanami
DD Suzunami
DD Onami
DD Fujinami
DD Kishinami
DD Hayanami
DD Kiyonami
DD Okinami
DD Hamanami
DD Asashimo
DD Kagero
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Yukikaze
DD Hayashio
DD Maikaze
DD Shiranui
DD Amatsukaze
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Nowaki
DD Hagikaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare
DD Kawakaze
DD Umikaze
DD Suzukaze
DD Hatsuharu
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsushima
DD Inazuma
DD Shirakumo
DD Shirayuki
DD Uzuki


?? is located by DD Yayoi [&:][&:]
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


can someone enlighten me what this is??????????????????? a BUG?

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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97

Japanese Ships
CV Soryu [:@][:@][:@]
BB Musashi
BB Yamato
CL Kitakami
DD Oshio
DD Asashio
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arare
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
SS Truant, hits 1



SS Truant launches 2 torpedoes at CV Soryu
DD Hibiki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yamagumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

it´s just insane to me how often Rainer moved his carriers over one sub after another while getting away with it all the time... we had so many chances to attack that every other PBEM would have seen at least two carriers sunk with some more being damaged but the last time we scored on a CV(L) was a year ago... KB keeps on moving over our subs and I guess Rainer feels pretty safe... luck has to change sides at some point and I can only hope it´s changing to the other extreme then...

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ASW attack near Donggala at 70,96

Japanese Ships
DD Shikinami
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Uranami
DD Niizuki
DD Aogumo
DD Oboro
DD Amagiri

Allied Ships
SS Trespasser, hits 1



SS Trespasser launches 6 torpedoes at DD Shikinami
Trespasser diving deep ....
DD Aogumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oboro attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

Truant failed, just a couple of hexes further East it´s Trespasser´s turn then, but the sub attacked a destroyer...

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Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 20


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

just gotta love it how sweeps work... coordination routine for bomber strikes is one thing that can be argued about but "coordination" for sweeps is just totally BS... yes, BS! [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 22
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 32



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
32 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Waingapoe , at 63,113

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 60


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged

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



Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 101

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Waingapoe , at 63,113

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Waingapoe , at 63,113

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the USN medium bombers are training their grd skill... learning by doing... all of them got 70 lownav skill to be used against enemy shipping...

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Morning Air attack on Samah , at 69,63

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 15
Liberator B.III x 15
B-24D1 Liberator x 57


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 4 damaged
Liberator B.III: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 111

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

halve a dozen Tojos on Cap aren´t a match for our heavy bombers that achieved quite a nice hit rate on extended range... well done... this will change with working radar...

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Morning Air attack on Samah , at 69,63

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged



Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 26
P-40K Warhawk x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 37
B-24J Liberator x 4


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 92

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 60


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground


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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 91

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-24J Liberator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Samah , at 69,63

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


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




Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24J Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 24


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Samah , at 69,63

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


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




Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged

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



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

lots and lots of single squadron attacks... this is when I would argue about the "coordination" routine with "coordination" being pretty much a joke...

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Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb




KB claimed a couple of Catalinas...

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ASW attack near Donggala at 70,96

Japanese Ships
DD Ishikaze
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Kako
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CL Oyodo
DD Hatsuzuki
DD Susukaze
DD Hikokaze

Allied Ships
SS Trespasser, hits 3



SS Trespasser launches 2 torpedoes at DD Ishikaze
DD Ishikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Susukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hikokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Ishikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ishikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ishikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ishikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ishikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

there we go with the next chance to attack a capital ship... another destroyer is attacked... that´s the reason why Rainer probably feels safe... [:(]

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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21842 troops, 331 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 1120

Defending force 7409 troops, 51 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 129

Allied adjusted assault: 173

Japanese adjusted defense: 21

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
704 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
Americal Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
224th USN Base Force
Sixth US Army
19th RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
21st Division
Kure 2nd SNLF
4th JAAF Base Force
41st Fld AA Bn /2

[castor troy]

as you could see from the combat report, KB has set sail again and has left the area around Soerabaja and is moving East... don´t know the exact reason for it, perhaps relocating to Babeldaob to react against our moves either further North or against the bases East of Bolea (doubtful as we could bring all our heavies to the battle in this case)... KB is moving in at the best possible moment as we are heading North with our Ternate invasion fleet... the amphib TF will now move to Boela to stay under the cover of lots of Corsairs while our carrier fleet will move North to attempt an attack on KB. We are fielding some 1100 carrier based ac with more than 550 Hellcats with around 200-250 on CVEs. Got another 300 carrier based ac but these are on carriers either on transit or doing an upgrade in Sydney (2 CV). We can also "rely" on heavy bombers from Ambon and Boela but most of them sure get the usual "bomber fail to locate target due to range or weather". I expect the Japanese to have something around 900-1000 carrier based ac in total, unsure about the spotted fleet that clearly is KB but I guess Rainer is using all his CV, CVL and CVE in one spot, just like I´m doing it. I am not taking back my carriers, if the enemy wants to fight then here we are. If we can fight with our precious APA invasion TF out of range then this is something I preferre over having my APA in the line of fire. My TFs weren´t spotted as we keep the Japanese bases out of order in this region so Rainer shouldn´t be aware of my carriers going North with the invasion force tasked to take Ternate. If he just keeps on moving East we are not going to be in range, if he swings South East to perhaps kill some of my LCT or some other low value TF in the area then he might get a nasty surprise. If nothing happens in the next days then be it, we are going to take out Ternate for sure as there´s only a small garisson and we´ve got a full Corps coming in again.

and the game is getting a bit more interesting again... [;)]

[PzB74]

That AV in the UBER TF indicates that it's probably a transport tf - and a transport tf can hold 50 ships.. Makes sense, in a way [:'(]

[CapAndGown]

It is an escort TF most likely.

[castor troy]

ASW attack near Balabac at 71,84

Japanese Ships
DD Yayoi
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Ise
AV Akitsushima
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CA Myoko
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
CA Ashigara
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
AS Jingei
CL Agano
CL Noshiro
CL Sendai
CL Naka
CL Nagara
CL Isuzu
CL Natori
CL Yubari
DD Makigumo
DD Makinami
DD Takanami
DD Tamanami
DD Suzunami
DD Onami
DD Fujinami
DD Kishinami
DD Hayanami
DD Kiyonami
DD Okinami
DD Hamanami
DD Asashimo
DD Kagero
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Yukikaze
DD Hayashio
DD Maikaze
DD Shiranui
DD Amatsukaze
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Nowaki
DD Hagikaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare
DD Kawakaze
DD Umikaze
DD Suzukaze
DD Hatsuharu
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsushima
DD Inazuma
DD Shirakumo
DD Shirayuki
DD Uzuki


?? is located by DD Yayoi
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I´m not sure if this TF really exists in this form. There are 38 DDs alone. And these are the "spotted" ships. And then look at the messages below the ships. Never seen something as weird. To me it seems like something got screwed up here as it can´t even be KB with all the escorts passing by as KB is (while in the same "area") somewhere else. To me, this TF together with the weird message below makes no sense and IMO Rainer is a too experienced player to make up such an AI style TF. [&:]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: PzB

That AV in the UBER TF indicates that it's probably a transport tf - and a transport tf can hold 50 ships.. Makes sense, in a way [:'(]

a transport TF can hold 100 ships btw. [;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 22, 43
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TF 217 encounters mine field at Lautem (72,115)

Allied Ships
AM Firm, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:(]
AM Fidelity
AM Advent
AM Vireo
AM Quail
AM Kingfisher
AM Bittern
AM Starling



47 mines cleared

enemy sub minelayer visited Lautern and an amphib TF passing through the hex cleared the eggs but one AM was unlucky in hitting one... the vessel sank immediately...

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Sub attack near Gorontalo at 71,96

Japanese Ships
CVE Chuyo [:@][:@][:@]
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
DD Tatsuyuke
DD Tadeyame
DD Myojinami
DD Uruyuke

Allied Ships
SS Thresher, hits 1



SS Thresher launches 6 torpedoes at CVE Chuyo
Thresher diving deep ....
DD Tadeyame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Myojinami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Uruyuke fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

did I say that I think Rainer would be unnormally lucky when it comes down in shipping his carriers over my subs on and on and on? Guess he goes over a dozen subs back and forth but either the subs don´t attack at all, are driven off or when they finally attack, they fail miserably... the CVE was missed with a six torp salvoe... in return, the sub takes a hit and retires with 5 sys 14 flt 8 eng... [:@] god damn...

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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,75

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
E Wakatake
PB Tokotsu Maru
PB Taian Maru
xAK Mogamigawa Maru
xAK Teikoku Maru
E Yaeyama

Allied Ships
SS Cod



SS Cod launches 6 torpedoes at DD Okikaze
Cod diving deep ....
DD Okikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Yaeyama attacking submerged sub ....
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yaeyama attacking submerged sub ....
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

that we keep on attacking escorts en masse instead of attacking the real targets in a convoy is nothing new either... of course the subs fail doing this in 95% of the time...

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ASW attack near Balabac at 71,84

Japanese Ships
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Cisco



SS Cisco is sighted by escort
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Sangi at 77,96

Japanese Ships
DD Kyukaze

Allied Ships
SS Sawfish, hits 1



SS Sawfish is sighted by escort
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

next sub hit... 9 sys 23 flt...[8|]

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Sub attack near Taytay at 74,80

Japanese Ships
TK Ceram Maru, Torpedo hits 1
SC Ch 39
TK Shimotsu Maru
E Nadakaze
E Shimakaze

Allied Ships
SS Rasher



SS Rasher launches 4 torpedoes at TK Ceram Maru
E Nadakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Shimakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

finally a small success but the tanker was empty and doesn´t seem to be in danger of sinking...

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ASW attack near Balabac at 70,83

Japanese Ships
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Cisco, hits 4



SS Cisco is sighted by escort
Cisco bottoming out ....
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

and another sub retiring after four near misses... 11 sys 1 flt...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on 55th Chinese Corps, at 80,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 16



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 4th Chinese Base Force ...
Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 22
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

the fact that we moved two Chinese Corps with a couple of crappy AA guns into Vinh was enough to "force" the IJAAF to attack from higher alt, changed their standard alt of 6000ft to 11000ft and the hit rates are going down dramatically... interesting that a couple of flak bursts were enough to scare the bombers to a higher alt... these AA MGs couldn´t really harm the attackers so the result is far better than expected... [:D]

so the reason for these attacks with laser guided bombs is pretty obvious now, it clearly was the 6000ft as this gives you by far better results as 10000ft... could make it worth attacking with my heavies from 6000ft but this then leads to lots of losses due to balloons as these are far more dangerous than enemy flak...


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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 25
B-24J Liberator x 3


No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 20


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8


No Allied losses



Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,76

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Tokotsu Maru
PB Taian Maru
xAK Mogamigawa Maru
xAK Nichiyu Maru
xAK Tatutaki Maru
E Yaeyama
E Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at DD Okikaze
Sculpin diving deep ....
E Yaeyama fails to find sub and abandons search
E Wakatake attacking submerged sub ....
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

wow, we even get a DD today...

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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21775 troops, 331 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 1123

Defending force 6683 troops, 44 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 89

Allied adjusted assault: 275

Japanese adjusted defense: 11

Allied assault odds: 25 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1586 casualties reported
Squads: 41 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
33rd Infantry Division
Sixth US Army
224th USN Base Force
19th RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
21st Division
Kure 2nd SNLF
4th JAAF Base Force
41st Fld AA Bn /2

remaining resistance is fading away... Timor is ours, Dili has long reached a level 9 airfield and now it´s time to also build up Koepang... already aiming at the islands NW of Koepang, this brings Soerabaja in P-38 range while B-24 can reach the base from Koepang (extended range though)...

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Kure 2nd SNLF Wiped Out at Koepang by attrition!!!

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4th JAAF Base Force Wiped Out at Koepang by attrition!!!


Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Koepang by attrition!!!



KB watch:




KB moved 9!! hexes to the East this turn. 9 hexes? There are CVE reported, so what is Rainer doing? Moving flank speed? Obviously, but why? [&:]

I thought there could be the possibility of KB swinging further South but the chances to see KB coming closer to my bases were small, with 12 hexes from Ambon this is already pretty close but he can feel save as only heavies from Ambon or Boela could attack while not achieving anything else than wearing down the enemy Cap. As you can see, my carriers ended up in a position to intervene with the possible move South of KB but as it looks now, the enemy carriers are moving East. Also my fleet is set to move further North East to force a carrier battle. Also positioning some subs in the expected path of KB...

[castor troy]

As if my PBY op losses wouldn´t be severe enough (losing 100% of my replacements), having enemy carriers nearby means losing nearly a monthly replacement per DAY! Wonder how enemy carriers were ever spotted in real life when you lost all your patrol ac by ops and dozens of them in no time over enemy carriers. [8|] Absolutely the same for both sides of course. Would be great if there could be slightly more realism. As it stands now, my crews are flying around 2/3 of the missions that were flown in real life according to some i-net sources but I suffer horrendous op losses with hundreds of PBY lost to ops so far. If KB stays in range for a week, I would either lose 6 months Catalina replacements or I would have to stand all patrols down and be 100% blind. Odd... while I could find lots of sources stating aircraft x spotted enemy fleet I haven´t found anything about both sides patrols or float planes being comletely whiped out. And I´ve spent quite some time searching for this on the internet just recently. Well, guess either the sources of the devs aren´t available to me or it didn´t happen.

[crsutton]

I don't know why my PBY losses are not as high as yours. I have had one or two turns where they took a beating while on patrol over heavy concentrations of fighters, but I am not short of cats and have about 90 in the two pools in mid 43. For the most part my cats and PBYs pretty much shrug off CAP. Now my opponent on the other hand, is getting his patrol aircraft reamed out by my CAP. Sometimes I shoot down ten a turn. Flak gets a few as well.

I really have not done much to tweak my patrols. Only, cautious commanders, train them up a bit in search and perhaps ASW or torpedo, usually 40% search and nothing else. Sometimes higher for periods. If there is a lot of CAP around I fly them at higher altitudes. It is rare that I lose a recon either. I tried the cats on naval attack and they are deadly when attacking-even with little or no torpedo skills. However, even with cautious commanders they will attack into any hornet's nest and I just can't affort to lose them this way. In fact, all of my naval bombers will attack into heavily defended bases with cautious commanders-somewhat negating their role in naval interdiction as I can't have them shot down attacking PBs in a base with a thousand fighters. I wish to hell commanders would show a little more discretion.......

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 23, 43
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ASW attack near Jesselton at 68,85

Japanese Ships
DD Yayoi
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Grampus



SS Grampus launches 6 torpedoes at DD Yayoi
Grampus diving deep ....
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

bad idea but happening several times daily...
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Sub attack near Maiana at 134,129

Japanese Ships
xAK Tuyama Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 36
SC Ch 33
SC Ch 20
xAK Alaska Maru
PB Kaiun Maru
SC Ch 48
SC Ch 43

Allied Ships
SS Flier

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



SS Flier launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Tuyama Maru
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 48 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

sinking a troop carrying freighter is nearly as nice as sinking a tanker... anyone know if troops being sunk on ships now counting as VP or are they still not being counted as it was in WITP?

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ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 103,68

Japanese Ships
xAK Asuka Maru
xAK Koto Maru
xAK Tarushima Maru
xAK Mikage Maru
xAK Ginyo Maru
E Wakataka
E Ishizaki

Allied Ships
SS Balao



SS Balao is sighted by escort
Balao diving deep ....
E Wakataka fails to find sub and abandons search
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishizaki attacking submerged sub ....
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 22



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



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

as it stands now, we are repairing damage at Vinh faster than the enemy can inflict it... having a couple dozen useless AA MGs at Vinh proves to be a great idea... [:)]

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 87,97

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 317 [X(]



Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 16


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVE Taiyo
BB Haruna
CVL Nisshin
CV Amagi



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
1 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 6 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
Kaga-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 13 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 14 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 11 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 11 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
Amagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes

there we go! KB kept racing East, again doing a 9 hex move in one turn! This is really surprising to me because high speed moves is something I try to really avoid as it so far always has caused damage I wasn´t really happy with. Due to thinking about the possibility of having a carrier clash today, we´ve moved 9 PB4Y squadrons (all we have) to Ambon and Boela and have set them to nav attack. As always, we get "bombers fail to locate target due to range or weather" for most of them (this seems to be just standard for both sides) and 16 USN Liberators start off attacking KB. I was pretty shocked when I saw more than 300 Zekes in the air on Cap. Pre warning time was pretty bad, guess the strike wasn´t picked up by radar. Seems like 1000ft could be a good way to attack as this was also proved by 9 Nells attacking at 1000ft with one penetrating a 400 Hellcat Cap. I´m unsure what carriers field the "Ku S-x" units, guess these are coming from the converted CVL and from CVE? Guess all enemy carriers had at least some Zekes on Cap so lets do a quick count. Estimated strength of enemy carrier based ac on the identified carriers is around 900, plus the carriers with the "Ku S-x" units. All in all, it seems the enemy is fielding some 1000 carrier based ac, which is more than I would have expected. The carriers are grouped in at least three different TFs. We sure have min a hundred carrier based ac more than the enemy in our fleet that is moving North with a big advantage in fighter numbers, probably 150-200 fighters more than the enemy. Not only do we have more fighters, ours are also more potent in taking down enemy aircraft and absorbing damage. The main advantage of the enemy was and still is their torpedo bomber which is worth at least two or three of my bombers when able to break through Cap. The high % of enemy Cap indicates that the enemy was not aiming at attacking my carriers but rather to defend the fleet from my LBA, which the Cap did... to some extent... [:D]Out of 16 bombers, 6 made it to target to drop their bombs, while the bombers took out DOZENS of enemy fighters, sending them home damaged. If you want to sweep the sky of enemy fighters, use 4Es. Don´t use your fighters, you are just going to suffer horrendous losses, use your 4Es. Guess four or five dozen heavy bombers are enough to wear down a 300 Zeke Cap. The only thing you really want to see is the bombers coming in BEFORE your carrier strike.

As you can see in the screenshot, our carrier fleet moved to the ordered position but AGAIN, they did NOT react! [:@] This is happening repeatedly in this PBEM. So we end up in 9 hexes distance of the enemy carrier force and our fleet is just sitting there even though the enemy fleet was spotted again and again and again. It really seems that carriers only react if aircraft from their TFs spot enemy carriers, otherwise they do just nothing. But how stupid would that be? And how is this supposed to work? If I have to be in escorted SBD range (7 hexes) then I don´t need my carriers to react because my bombers ARE IN RANGE then anyway (even though dropping 500lb bombs). And my floatplanes only got crappy range anyway. That´s what my PBY are for and that´s why I lose them in the dozens every turn! So what the fuck is happening that my carriers never ever react as long as the enemy carriers stay outside of my carrier based search ac? How odd is this really designed? My carriers moved 3 hexes at night and another 3 hexes during the day, and all of them are set to "react 2", none of them refuelled or did anything else. Yet they only kept sitting at their destination hex. My oh my, there are so many instances when the game does totally stupid things (or the way it´s designed is stupid if it is like mentioned above) that I can´t stop shaking my head. So there goes the enemy carrier fleet, moving on while being 100% safe as long as they don´t end up within SEVEN hexes because at greater range my carriers don´t do anything anyway, no matter what react setting they´ve got. But what happens if the enemy ends up within range? The it doesn´t matter what react setting you have ordered, your carrier TFs start stupidly reacting around to close the range, no matter if you want it or not, no matter what orders you´ve given, most times screwing things up by getting separated, leaving your amphib TF alone or moving far enough to also end up in enemy LBA range even though you wanted to avoid this by all cost. I AM PISSED and there is good reason for it... again... where´s the smiley I´m looking for... there: it´s off once again, everything was just going perfectly, with 9 hexes away from KB, KB being spotted more than a dozen times, my LBA attacking KB and my carriers set to "react 2"... what happens? Nothing but my LBA being shot down and my carriers again staying in place... so silly...




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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 87,97

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 257



Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Shoho
CL Abukuma
CVL Zuiho



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
Kaga-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 12 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 14 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 11 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 11 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 38000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
Amagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes

this is in the afternoon, we start off with a dozen PBY spotting KB, detection level must have sky rocketed at this point... what happens with my carriers? Nothing, they just stay in place... so silly... so what´s next? Yeah, exactly... "bombers fail to locate target due to range or weather"... ok, so we lose the next halve dozen PBY for nothing else than to know that KB is there... our carriers stay in place, no matter what and our LBA ends up with the same messages my opponent gets too when trying to attack with LBA... in the morning 16 attacking USN Liberators faced 317 Zekes on Cap, now in the afternoon, the laughable 9 bombers that made it to the target (out of 98 available bombers in range, a whopping 25 made it to target today [&o]) only faced remaining 257 Zekes which again shows what a couple of heavies are able to do with enemy Cap... out of these 9 bombers an unbelievable 8 made it through Cap and dropped their load... all were missing (thank god) due to being shot up by Cap and flak and not really good weather... I´m unsure how much I like the uber abilities of these 4e monsters, glad they didn´t score any hits on a carrier as this would be just too much for my taste... I don´t want to keep my 4Es from nav attack completely because this would leave the Japanese with their Nell/Betty/Frances which are able to perform just as off as my 4E are able to take out enemy fighters so this should compensate for it...

again, why my carriers don´t react is just beyond me... what a turn with lots of losses just for nothing...


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Afternoon Air attack on Bien Hoa , at 61,70

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 46


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 6 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 3 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 damaged

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



Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 53

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead

attacking a Sally base that launched a strike against Vinh in the morning... some good results...

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Afternoon Air attack on Bien Hoa , at 61,70

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 6
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 6



Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.III: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead

follow on strike of a series of piece meal strikes... of course, now that we stirred up a hornets nest, the piece meal strike face a bigger Cap than the initial "big" strike... the results are obvious of course...

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Afternoon Air attack on Bien Hoa , at 61,70

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 3



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged



Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes

more of the same... I still don´t know if these kind of strikes should mirror squadrons losing their formation completely or if it should mirror waves... in both cases I find the outcome rather strange because squadrons didn´t get lost all the time (how often did this really happen?) and waves should be waves... there´s just no sane reason to create waves smaller than a dozen bombers that then get shot up by enemy Cap when you can have seriously sized waves being able to defend themselves... while I was looking for a good explanation for it, I have yet to find one on the forum... and this is when I think that some things made more sense in WITP, even though there you had 1000 bomber strikes in the Pacific facing 300+ fighters on Cap... remember that this is still with no working radar... and I don´t want to think about how it looks like with working radar...

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Afternoon Air attack on Bien Hoa , at 61,70

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 5



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead



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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21725 troops, 331 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 1120

Defending force 4929 troops, 19 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Allied adjusted assault: 205

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 29 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
665 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
Americal Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
Sixth US Army
224th USN Base Force
19th RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
21st Division


that´s all what is left and this unit should banzai soon...

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

I don't know why my PBY losses are not as high as yours. I have had one or two turns where they took a beating while on patrol over heavy concentrations of fighters, but I am not short of cats and have about 90 in the two pools in mid 43. For the most part my cats and PBYs pretty much shrug off CAP. Now my opponent on the other hand, is getting his patrol aircraft reamed out by my CAP. Sometimes I shoot down ten a turn. Flak gets a few as well.

I really have not done much to tweak my patrols. Only, cautious commanders, train them up a bit in search and perhaps ASW or torpedo, usually 40% search and nothing else. Sometimes higher for periods. If there is a lot of CAP around I fly them at higher altitudes. It is rare that I lose a recon either. I tried the cats on naval attack and they are deadly when attacking-even with little or no torpedo skills. However, even with cautious commanders they will attack into any hornet's nest and I just can't affort to lose them this way. In fact, all of my naval bombers will attack into heavily defended bases with cautious commanders-somewhat negating their role in naval interdiction as I can't have them shot down attacking PBs in a base with a thousand fighters. I wish to hell commanders would show a little more discretion.......

as you can see on the screen above, I´ve already lost 429 PBY to OPS (only USN, with more of other nations) and I really miss the reason for it. I mostly use skill 70 nav search pilots, having them fly two missions max per week with the given settings but they drop out of the sky like flies die in winter. Recons do slightly better, I can at least replace these losses with perhaps a dozen each month. But nav search is insane, no matter if I use patrol ac or radar equipped patrol bombers. I don´t know if setting them higher will reall help when they end up over KB with 300 fighters in the air. Someone just recently posted it doesn´t matter if you set them at 1000ft 10000ft or 30000ft, they all spot the same which was quite irritating to me. If setting the PBY to their ceiling helps in avoiding being whiped out over enemy carriers then this would enhance realism but on the other hand, if I only have them flying at max alt this is pretty much unrealistic too I guess.

Enemy bombers and patrols are shot down just as mine. We´ve killed probably more than a hundred Nells on nav search over my Capped bases on New Guinea in the passed months. Same goes for Emilies and Mavis.

[castor troy]

Happy xmas...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 43
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Sub attack near Babeldaob at 91,96

Japanese Ships
DD Kyukaze

Allied Ships
SS KX



SS KX launches 2 torpedoes
KX diving deep ....
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

KB was moving further to Babeldaob, yet another time running over my subs not having to fear anthing...

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Sub attack near Babeldaob at 91,96

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu
BB Musashi
BB Yamato
CL Kitakami
DD Oshio
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arare
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
SS KX, hits 12, heavy damage [:(]



SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at CV Hiryu
DD Hibiki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamagumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hibiki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hibiki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hibiki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hibiki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

24th Dec, no present for me and Rainer is just as lucky as he ever was... there will come the time when it will swing into the complete opposite, it just has to... his fleet moves over a dozen of my subs on the way from Java to Peleliu... in return the sub is in sinking condition of course...

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Sub attack near Quinhon at 69,69

Japanese Ships
PB Yokae Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Eiko Maru
PB Chitose Maru
SC Ch 16
xAK Teisen Maru
xAK Kyokko Maru
xAK Yamabuki Maru
xAK Kusuyama Maru
xAK Oregon Maru
E W-14
PB Ogashima
PB Tatsumiya Maru

Allied Ships
SS Shad



SS Shad launches 6 torpedoes at PB Yokae Maru
Shad diving deep ....
E W-14 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

hurrey, we get a PB instead...

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Sub attack near Taytay at 73,81

Japanese Ships
TK Mirii Maru
TK Ryoei Maru
TK Ogura Maru #3
PB Ryuto Maru
PB Muroran Maru

Allied Ships
SS Rasher



SS Rasher launches 4 torpedoes at TK Mirii Maru
PB Ryuto Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we even miss a tanker today...

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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,78

Japanese Ships
E W-11
E W-8
E W-6
TK Kotai Maru
TK Takane Maru
TK Shiranesan Maru
TK Kyokuho Maru
TK Amagi Maru #2
DD Asakaze
E W-23
E W-16
E W-15

Allied Ships
SS Bluefish



SS Bluefish is sighted by escort
Bluefish diving deep ....
DD Asakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-23 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-16 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and are driven off...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25
Ki-84a Frank x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


No Allied losses



Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 60


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged

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



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 63


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 136

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

despite a rainy day we really trash the airfield today...

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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 16


No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Chinese Cavalry Cavalry Division, at 81,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 11



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Sorong is also high on the target list, probably going to take out that place within the next couple of weeks... Sorong isn´t a threat but can be built up to level 8 and is going to be a nice airfield to cover the Eastern flank of our advance... only a small garisson is holding the place, won´t be a problem I guess... two divs plus support are tasked for this target and everything is 100% prepped already...

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Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-24J Liberator x 30


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 121

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Ternate is the next place we´re going to land...

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Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
B-24J Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,72

Japanese Ships
PB Eiko Maru
PB Chitose Maru
SC Ch 16
xAK Teisen Maru
xAK Meiu Maru
xAK Yamabuki Maru
xAK Kusuyama Maru
xAK Oregon Maru
E W-14
PB Ogashima
PB Tatsumiya Maru

Allied Ships
SS Skate



SS Skate launches 6 torpedoes at PB Eiko Maru
Skate diving deep ....
E W-14 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Ogashima fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 30938 troops, 542 guns, 681 vehicles, Assault Value = 1119

Defending force 4446 troops, 18 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

Allied adjusted assault: 545

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 109 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2954 casualties reported
Squads: 212 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 238 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
Americal Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
Sixth US Army
224th USN Base Force
19th RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
21st Division

that´s it for 21st Div... while there are some guerilla units left on Timor, the majority of the enemy units have been whiped out... final tally was five divs, a bgd, halve a dozen tank units, lots of base forces and some HQs... all in all it was quite a loss for the Japanese, we have lost a couple of LST and that´s it... can´t say that the defense of Timor was a success for the Japanese IMO...

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Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Koepang

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 25, 43
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 14



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged



Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near San Francisco at 216,73

Japanese Ships
SS I-29, hits 3

Allied Ships
xAP Starr King, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAP Katoomba
xAP Marella
xAP Zealandia
xAP Rajula
xAP Stephen J. Field
xAP Robert Morris
xAP Ruth Alexander
xAK Salamaua
xAK City of Manchester
xAK City of Yokohama
xAK West Notus
AM Quatsino



SS I-29 launches 6 torpedoes at xAP Starr King
AM Quatsino fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Quatsino attacking submerged sub ....
AM Quatsino fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Quatsino fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Quatsino fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

big troop convoy is returning to SF and again a sub lurking off our main base on the West Coast... the heavy escort I had didn´t help much but it doesn´t matter as the big troop ship is going to make it if not attacked again...

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Ground combat at 73,116

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7364 troops, 103 guns, 931 vehicles, Assault Value = 636

Defending force 16341 troops, 208 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 397

Allied adjusted assault: 249

Japanese adjusted defense: 251

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
2225 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 120 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 99 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 68 (16 destroyed, 52 disabled)


Assaulting units:
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade

Defending units:
5th Division
16th Division
18th Division

this is what is left of the Jap divs that defended Lautern... they´re about to collapse...

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Ground combat at Lao Cai (68,53)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 173 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

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

Allied adjusted assault: 13

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Lao Cai !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
50th Indian Para Bde /2


dropping 50th Indian paras on this dot base North of Hanoi as I´ve got some base forces incoming from Kunming, using the trails through the mountains to get onto the railline starting at Lao Cai...


we´ve lost again more than halve a dozen PBY today as KB finally changed direction again and is now heading WEST! [&:] I´m really not sure what Rainer is doing as it now seems that KB is heading back to Java... so other than having a couple of subs heavily damaged, having lost a couple of dozen PBY and PB4Y not much has happened...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 26, 43
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ASW attack near Bataan at 77,77

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi
DD Oite
DD Sawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Flasher



SS Flasher launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asanagi
Flasher diving deep ....
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

[8|]

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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62

Japanese Ships
E Hato
DD Yukaze
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Haddo, hits 1



SS Haddo launches 6 torpedoes at E Hato
Haddo diving deep ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

[8|][8|]

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Sub attack near Damar at 76,113

Japanese Ships
SS I-37

Allied Ships
LCT-143
LCT-361
LCT-320



SS I-37 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT
I-37 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

I have found a way to guard my LCT from enemy sub attacks... these barge TFs consist of 8 LCT and 2 PT and the PT force the subs to attack submerged but it´s obvious that a sub never attacks a LCT with torps as they always get "cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT"... since I´ve been using PTs to escort my LCTs I haven´t lost a single LCT to an enemy sub... [:D] that way I can use these barge convoys to reinforce and resupply my frontline bases without risking much... my convoys go to heavily defended bases near the front and from there the barge convoys pick up troops and supply to deliver them to newly conquered bases... using halve a dozen of these barge TFs for a single base...

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Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75

Japanese Ships
DD Asakaze
E W-11
E W-8
E W-6
TK Kotai Maru
TK Takane Maru
TK Shiranesan Maru
TK Kyokuho Maru
TK Amagi Maru #2
E W-23
E W-16, Shell hits 1, on fire
E W-15, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Tuna, hits 23, and is sunk [8|]



SS Tuna launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asakaze
Tuna diving deep ....
DD Asakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-23 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-16 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-15 attacking submerged sub ....
E W-15 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Tuna forced to surface!
E W-15 firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Asakaze firing on surfaced sub ....
E W-23 firing on surfaced sub ....
E W-16 firing on surfaced sub ....
E W-15 firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Asakaze firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

there is a good reason why I say I hate it what my subs are doing... this is sub number four or five to be sunk within a very short timeframe... [:(] enemy ASW has skyrocketed at the end of 43, every fridging ship able to carry a depth charge has suddenly become a killer... we are really mirroring the Kriegsmarine in Dec as we´ve lost a sub for every two enemy ships we´ve sunk in Dec 43, not to talk about the dozen heavily damaged subs in Dec... if this isn´t some kind of loop that is happening by accident then I have to concede my sub war in early 44... Tuna duelled two E with her deck gun...

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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 70,74

Japanese Ships
DD Asakaze
E W-16, on fire
E W-15, on fire
E W-8
E W-6
E Yanagi
TK Kotai Maru
TK Takane Maru
TK Anjo Maru
TK Kyokuho Maru
TK Otowasan Maru
E W-23
E W-11

Allied Ships
SS Raton, hits 1



SS Raton launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asakaze
Raton diving deep ....
DD Asakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-23 attacking submerged sub ....
E W-11 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 attacking submerged sub ....
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this is making me really mad at some point... it just doesn´t work if most attacks are aimed at enemy escorts...

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Sub attack near Sangi at 77,96

Japanese Ships
DD Kyukaze

Allied Ships
SS Archerfish



SS Archerfish launches 6 torpedoes
Archerfish diving deep ....
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

what I say... [8|]

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but then...

Sub attack near Sangi at 76,96

Japanese Ships
CV Amagi, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage [&o][&o][&o]
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Kako
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CL Oyodo
DD Ishikaze
DD Susukaze
DD Hikokaze

Allied Ships
SS Devilfish



SS Devilfish launches 6 torpedoes at CV Amagi
Devilfish diving deep ....
DD Ishikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Susukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hikokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hikokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hikokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hikokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hikokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hikokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hikokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Devilfish succesfully attacks one of the new Japanese carriers and puts two Mk14 into the carrier... the second torp cause an ammo storage explosion and while not burning, the carrier is showing up as heavily damaged now... must be a late xmas present for me and is exactly what I was talking about a couple of times as it just had to happen at some point if you constantly move over dozens of subs while never suffering for it... the carrier is far from a bigger port and there are more subs around to pick off the damage ship... this turn was a little frustrating until this point, you may imagine how I was smiling when two torps finally hit home... [:)]

even though my subs don´t show up on this screen of the replay, there are around a dozen of them between KB´s current location and Java...



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Sub attack near Sampit at 55,97

Japanese Ships
xAK Tenzan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ryuun Maru
xAK Nisso Maru
xAK Hokumai Maru
E Aotaka
E Yurijima

Allied Ships
SS Albacore



SS Albacore launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Tenzan Maru
Albacore bottoming out ....
E Aotaka fails to find sub and abandons search
E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and we get another freighter without suffering any damage...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15



No Japanese losses



Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24J Liberator x 45
P-40K Warhawk x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

I didn´t expect KB to turn around again so I had set my heavies to airfield attack as secondary mission...

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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-24J Liberator x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 70,74

Japanese Ships
TK Amagi Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
E W-16
E W-15
E W-8
E W-6
E Yanagi
TK Kotai Maru
TK Takane Maru
TK Anjo Maru
TK Kyokuho Maru
TK Risshun Maru
TK Otowasan Maru
DD Asakaze
E W-23
E W-11

Allied Ships
SS Raton, hits 1



SS Raton launches 6 torpedoes at TK Amagi Maru #2
DD Asakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-23 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-11 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

the enemy convoy that sunk Tuna earlier today then paid it´s price as Raton attacked again and this time succesfully fired a salvo on TK Amagi Maru... a tanker called Amagi Maru? Must be a good omen as we also have hit CV Amagi today... [:D] Second halve of this turn is the long needed morale boost for my subwarfare... the TK is full of fuel and is expected to be sunk...

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Sub attack near Sangi at 76,96

Japanese Ships
CV Amagi, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage [&o][&o][&o]
DD Ishikaze

Allied Ships
SS Devilfish, hits 1



SS Devilfish launches 6 torpedoes at CV Amagi
DD Ishikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ishikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ishikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ishikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ishikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

WOW!!! I hardly could believe my eyes, after putting two torps into Amagi in the morning, the whole day passed and Devilfish attacked Amagi again and has put another two torps into the stricken carrier. After suffering heavy damage from the two torps and an ammo storage explosion in the morning the carrier was separated from it´s TF and had only one escort, making it easy prey for another sub attack. Understandable that Rainer wasn´t happy about the carrier being split off with only one escort. Both torps caused massive damage and the carrier went down with all it´s aircraft aboard! Well done, very well done! Perhaps this is a lesson for the enemy and we can scare him away with a massive sub blockade, or at least make him more cautious because up to now, he really didn´t care about my subs at all when KB was operating in sub invested waters.

[castor troy]

I´m absolutely sure that CV Amagi was sunk by SS Devilfish today, this is also confirmed by the aircraft losses today. 68 carrier based ac destroyed on the ground. What I found a bit strange is what actually has been on the carrier. 32 Judies, 18 Jills and only 18 Zekes. Looks like Rainer likes to play with unit resize. But having 32 Judies with only 18 Zekes on such a carrier is something I wouldn´t do. Better having it the other way around for my taste, perhaps Rainer thinks his fighters would be useless anyway, I don´t know. While the Zekes got problem on escort or vs heavy bomber strikes, they shoot up Hellcats on escort and Allied carrier based bomber pretty well so having lots of Zekes for me would be preferrable over more bombers. As KB was in patrol ac range again we´ve of course lost more than halve a dozen patrols again. [8|]

[paullus99]

Wow - that's definitely got to hurt & make him think twice (or even three times) about rushing about with the KB when you're subs are around. He probably expected your subs to attack the escorts only & he got lazy.

What's his carrier strength look like?

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 27, 43
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ASW attack near Donggala at 70,96

Japanese Ships
DD Arashio
BB Musashi
BB Yamato
CL Kitakami
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arare
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 5



SS Nautilus launches 4 torpedoes at DD Arashio
DD Hibiki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamagumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not that we wouldn´t have the chance to score on enemy capital ships... again a DD was targetted...

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ASW attack near Tandjoengselor at 69,95

Japanese Ships
DD Hakaze
E Kuretake
DD Tawakaze
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier



SS Grenadier launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hakaze
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the same goes for Grenadier, attacking an ASW TF...

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ASW attack near Balabac at 70,83

Japanese Ships
DD Yayoi
DD Minazuki
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Rasher, hits 9, heavy damage



SS Rasher is located by DD Yayoi
DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Rasher meets another ASW TF and ends up in sinking condition... 45/79/14... my subs have been dying like flies since the start of 12/43...


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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet

as soon as we´ve got radar at Vinh I will also put some fighters into the base...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19



No Japanese losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 48


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 7 damaged

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



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the Venturas aren´t really suited for attacks against defended targets as their durability is just too low compared to Mitchells for example... losing two today...

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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 18th Chinese Corps, at 81,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 14



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-24J Liberator x 46


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 127

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 21
B-24J Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Manado , at 75,99

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 23


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Manado , at 75,99

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 56


No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 130

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Manado is a potential level 9 airfield and we´re going to attack this base within the next two months, this is going to be one of the most important targets for spring 44. With Manado built up we can dominate all of Borneo and far into the Philipines with our heavies... with radar and some surface assets the base is going to be a super tough target if the enemy actually thinks about attacking it... we shouldn´t have much problem to take the base as there are only 10000 reported troops, ground combat is going to be a cake walk..

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Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 17


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

also Biak is on the list, only to clear the Eastern flank and free up the bombers that are regularly bombing the place...

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Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Light rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12


No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Manado , at 75,99

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Manado , at 75,99

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb


the usual losses, with four patrol ac lost to ops... a normal day... [8|]


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Ground combat at 73,116

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7194 troops, 103 guns, 928 vehicles, Assault Value = 632

Defending force 14639 troops, 197 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 310

Allied adjusted assault: 192

Japanese adjusted defense: 265

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
2031 casualties reported
Squads: 48 destroyed, 96 disabled
Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 68 (3 destroyed, 65 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade

Defending units:
5th Division
16th Division
18th Division

our adjusted av looks awful but that doesn´t really matter, the enemy is taking far more losses and we lose the usual motorized support...

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Ground combat at Memboro (63,112)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1220 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

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

Allied adjusted assault: 61

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 61 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Memboro !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)



Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /1
3rd USMC Parachute Bn /1


para drop on Memboro (dot base North of Koepang)... going to fly in more paras and a fast transport TF will bring in a Marine raider btn to hold Memboro while the paras are marching onto Waingapo (?), the base South of it with a level 2 airfield and some 2000 Japanese defending the place (only second line support troops without much combat ability)...