Well, good luck with that cause, I'm interested to see how the IJA does against the russian 64 plane squadrons- hopefully with obsolete fighters though. You seem to do well enough with ground campaigns, and against an immobile defense I'm sure you'll accomplish much.
Doubt that the Soviets will have a higher exp than 60 so hopefully my Tojos will eat them alive (if they get airborne). The plan is as follows: surprise attack from three of my airfields on the two or three biggest Soviet airfields in the area. This should knock out a couple of hundred enemy aircraft on the first day, leaving most of the rest either damaged or hopefully with very low morale. The enemy won´t be immobile though, as is done in most (if not all) PBEMs I will of course grant Miller some time to move his ground units around as soon as I have activated the Soviets. I will move in, activate them and then will keep my LCUs static for two weeks, this should give Miller enough time to move his LCUs around on the railline. I will keep on using my airforce though.
Unfortunately, Soviet fighters are FAR from being obsolete! They have some very good fighters and they would eat my Tojos alive if flown by equally skilled pilots, they lack good bombers though.
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Sub attack at 63,44
Japanese Ships
AP Surabaya Maru
Allied Ships
SS Tinosa
Spotted two subs moving towards Japan the last two turns, this night SS Tinosa attacks for the first time but misses the AP...
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Sub attack near Takamatsu at 62,42
Japanese Ships
AK Jokuja Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
PG Nikkai Maru
PG Nanpo Maru
PG Nagata Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Myoken Maru
PG Magan Maru
PG Kyo Maru #10
PG Kure Maru #5
Allied Ships
SS Tinosa
but the damned sub gets another chance and this time hits with two torps. Once again the big escort is totally useles... The excellent damage model of WITP leaves the big AK behind with 43 sys, 48 flt and 13 fires. [8|] No way the ship will sink, will be disbanded into Osaka´s port tomorrow. While it is annoying to see subs around Japan, it´s definetely the worst place for Allied subs to operate. Why? Because when the hit something off the coast, most times the ship will be disbanded into a big port immediately, making it very hard to actually sink the ships. Would be far better for Miller to operate his subs in the SRA. I won´t complain... [;)]
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 81
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 179
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 69
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Aircraft Attacking:
31 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at 37,90
Japanese Shock attack [:D]
Attacking force 87991 troops, 945 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2133
Defending force 28893 troops, 379 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 672
Japanese max assault: 3244 - adjusted assault: 2373
Allied max defense: 507 - adjusted defense: 207
Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
1964 casualties reported [:(]
Guns lost 50
Vehicles lost 6
Allied ground losses:
514 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
The four Allied divs are once again forced to retreat. And again we score over 130 points for Allied ground losses. Those divs will soon be totally worn down. But today, they again inflict heavy losses within my ground units, even though those are nearly all disablements.
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15863 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866
Defending force 284824 troops, 1562 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6761
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Ground combat at Wyndham
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8376 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4823
Defending force 146175 troops, 1091 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3075
CA Haguro, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SUNK!!!!!!!
Ouch, that hurts ! AK's and AP's resist to one, sometime two torpedoes, but a cruiser goes down with only one !?![X(]
yup, as Haguro suffered a MAGAZINE EXPLOSION. And while other players seemed to have made different experiences, in MY special WITP edition, mag explosions ALWAYS immediately result in a sunk ship. BIG BOOOOOM -> SUNK...
The possibility for a mag explosion is very looooow, so like I´ve said, Miller really was lucky here sinking Haguro just outside of Darwin (level 6 port, nav HQ and AR) with one torp. oh well
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 25
Ki-49 Helen x 65
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 76
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
A6M3a Zero x 215
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 6
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
6 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 47
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 31
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
A6M3a Zero x 215
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 40
Hudson I x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 55
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet
Miller now uses level bombers from Noumea to attack our troops on Luganville....
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 6
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 24
Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 25
B-24D Liberator x 94
Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15862 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1864
Defending force 284833 troops, 1554 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6746
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22656 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2490
Defending force 176424 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5068
Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Wyndham
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8342 troops, 285 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4920
Defending force 147198 troops, 1099 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3079
Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported
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Ground combat at 36,91
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 50551 troops, 599 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1201
Defending force 33598 troops, 370 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 725
Allied max assault: 994 - adjusted assault: 525
Japanese max defense: 681 - adjusted defense: 245
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
830 casualties reported
Guns lost 43
Allied ground losses:
768 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
really interesting how much you lose due to "strange happenings" in the game. Due to a "naval movement flaw" I´ve lost a light cruiser, due to the not working follow unit order I had problems in the past. Today, two of our divs get shredded South of Darwin because two units moved, the other four units show 75 miles now. God damn it, there are so many bugs left...
the result is of course devastating. Not just that my troops didn´t move in but moved 75 miles in a 60 mile hex [8|] I also get a fridging bad adjusted av. Just can´t belive Miller really achieved a 2:1... If we would have had just 18 av more than he would have only got a 1:1. Why we get such a bad ajusted av is beyond me anyway, the units were more than fully supplied and very low disrupted. Once again, he´s the luckier one of us two it seems... my troops lost 20% of their strenght and it will take 4 months to rebuild them in Japan. Thank you!
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 69
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
A6M3a Zero x 215
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70
Aircraft Attacking:
37 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet
after this attack, Miller told me that there´s too much flak over his training targets and that he will have to send his BBs in for some nukes. Well, I bet he will get his nukes as usual but he shouldn´t be too confident. At some point I will kick some a$$ and his BBs will take a dozen torps...
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 55
PV-1 Ventura x 69
Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet
the level bombers aren´t effected by my flak though, 15000 ft is already too high for Japanese flak it seems. And my flak units get worn down quickly...
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 54
Kittyhawk I x 58
P-40E Warhawk x 48
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 51
B-24D Liberator x 75
Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15871 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867
Defending force 284495 troops, 1553 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6732
av at Chungking is going down again...
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22631 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491
Defending force 176056 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5060
same goes for Kweiyang...
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Ground combat at Wyndham
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8386 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4935
Defending force 148252 troops, 1116 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3094
Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 69
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 53
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
A6M3a Zero x 183
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 32
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 64
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 72
Hudson I x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 63
Japanese ground losses:
127 casualties reported Guns lost 7
Port hits 9
Port fuel hits 6
Port supply hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet
as you can see, my flak units die like flies, 3 AA rgt and 2 base forces can´t harm those bombers coming in at 15.000ft...
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 54
Kittyhawk I x 39
P-40E Warhawk x 43
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 46
B-24D Liberator x 63
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15871 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1868
Defending force 284044 troops, 1545 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6722
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22601 troops, 263 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489
Defending force 175730 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5054
Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Wyndham
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8416 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4951
Defending force 148632 troops, 1111 guns, 364 vehicles, Assault Value = 3100
Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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ASW attack at 44,48
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 20
PC Ch 13
PC Ch 8
PC Ch 3
PC Ch 2
PC Ch 1
Allied Ships
SS Tinosa
another try, another time the IJN vessels prove to be useless...
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 211
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 29
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 67
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 67
Hudson I x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 60
Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 50
P-40E Warhawk x 38
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79
Japanese Ships
PC Shonon Maru #11
PC Shonon Maru #10
PC Shonon Maru #3
PC Sonan Maru #6
PC Sonan Maru #5
PC Nichi Maru #1
Allied Ships
SS S-36
have I said that IJN vessels are better kept disbanded in port?
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15875 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867
Defending force 283905 troops, 1542 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6717
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22583 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489
Defending force 175557 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5051
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Wyndham
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8416 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5014
Defending force 148930 troops, 1115 guns, 364 vehicles, Assault Value = 3101
Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 211
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 36
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
rest of the day are training raids, we´ve lost 6 ac doing training runs...
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 73
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Runway hits 33
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 81
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 103
No Japanese losses
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 49
Kittyhawk I x 46
P-40E Warhawk x 38
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ASW attack at 43,47
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 22
PC Shonon Maru #15
PC Kyo Maru #11
PC Kyo Maru #6
PC Kyo Maru #2
PC Fumi Maru
Allied Ships
SS Billfish
keep using the useless PCs... I´m not doing bad hunting the subs as my ASW TFs usually are in the same hexes as the subs but my vessels are just not doing anything...
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Sub attack at 43,55
Japanese Ships
AP Taihei Maru, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Mingo
near the Philipines, Mingo sinks an empty AP. Missed a couple of times, guess Mingo has nearly no torps left...
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 210
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 30
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 73
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 55
Hudson I x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 65
You needn't complain about your ASW efforts.
In scen. 12 - that I started with bigbaba - he sinks one ASW ship per turn and I don't have any success...
I now withdraw all of my ASW forces as they prooved to be useless and hope for trained LB groups in the future...
Without any doubt: I am the spawn of evil - and the Bavarian Beer Monster (BBM)!
There's only one bad word and that's taxes. If any other word is good enough for sailors; it's good enough for you. - Ron Swanson
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Sub attack at 23,81
Japanese Ships
AK Bisaku Maru
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
sub missed the unescorted AK... big TF with 72 x 5.500 ton AKs going to Broome to pick up all my tanks... you can surely imagine where I will ship them to... [8D] next stop R U S S I A...
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 209
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 72
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 20
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 81
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105
No Japanese losses
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
A6M3a Zero x 215
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
have lost 10!!!! aircraft to ops again today... none of the ones that were flying 1 hex from Clark field to Manila but as soon as you have your daitais flying 2 hexes (all three other training bases) they die like flies...
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 48
Kittyhawk I x 40
P-40E Warhawk x 38
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 7
B-26B Marauder x 9
B-24D Liberator x 128
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
while the enemy flies twice, three or four times the distance against defended targets and loses... nothing to ops...
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15821 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866
Defending force 283719 troops, 1529 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6720
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22699 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493
Defending force 174887 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5039
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Wyndham
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8382 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5058
Defending force 150240 troops, 1121 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112
Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 73
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 40
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 78
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 102
No Japanese losses
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 5
second day in a row that we lose 10 training ac (with 7 pilots lost)... [8|][8|][8|]
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 77
P-36A Mohawk x 69
P-40E Warhawk x 2
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
62 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 48
Kittyhawk I x 30
P-40E Warhawk x 29
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
at least the enemy loses nearly a dozen training ac too this turn, but he´s attacking a base with three AA rgt and two base forces, while I´m bombing targets without oposition...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 1
B-24D Liberator x 3
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 72,106
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 14
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AG AG-5091
AG AG-110
AG AG-5141
AG AG-2068, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
barges near Luganville... one is killed by the fighter bombers...
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15801 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867
Defending force 283562 troops, 1524 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6710
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22707 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493
Defending force 174499 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5031
Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Wyndham
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8382 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5070
Defending force 150569 troops, 1122 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112
Allied ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 53
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 199
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-49 Helen x 73
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 62
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 80
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 104
No Japanese losses
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
A6M3a Zero x 215
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 32
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70
Aircraft Attacking:
38 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
guess Miller will soon stop his training runs with fighters if he gets a couple more of those results... or he will send in some BBs, which will give us the chance to hurt them... but probably only our base will be nuked...
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
44 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Derby at 24,85 [8|]
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 39
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Banshu Maru #18, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Rokko Maru
MSW Toshi Maru #2, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kyo Maru #5
MSW Wa 3, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Choun Maru #21
MSW Seki Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
I moved the MSWs to Derby to clear the minefield there, even though I don´t have to as I won´t send a single ship there. So I get what I deserve. My MSW were spotted yesterday so Miller set some of his bombers to nav attack 6 hexes and he can do it without fearing anything. Didn´t move fighters to Derby (even though I have plenty of them in the area and have enough air support at Derby) and Darwin is 7 hexes from Wyndham (where I have the BB TF and 250 Tojos) so it was easy for Miller. What was surprising and shocking at the same time for me is the hit rate of the Mitchells. My 80+ exp Helens performed awfully in the nav attacks on Allied shipping a couple of weeks ago, so I didn´t reall fear the Allied level bombers. Proved to be wrong and pay for my obsolete execution of this "operation"... but I don´t really care about those MSWs, they a) respawn and b) they are useless for anything except mine sweeping anyways...
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 64
Hudson I x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 71
Japanese ground losses:
250 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Derby at 24,85
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 31
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 3, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Derby at 24,85 [8|]
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 13
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #7, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Choun Maru #21, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Yoshino Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kyo Maru #5, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
can´t believe that they are SOOO good... [8|][8|] 11 hits out of 13 possible... god... and Miller wants to have long range torp bombers...
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ASW attack near Broome at 21,85
Japanese Ships
APD APD-46
APD APD-36
PC Iki
PC Oki
PC Etoforu
PC Kunashiri
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
we somewhat take revenge for the loss of 10 MSW today, SS Sculpin is attacked by one of my premium ASW TFs. A Type 95 and a Type 2 hit and 8 near misses leave the sub heavily damaged. Not that far to Wyndham (level 5 port) but it will take the sub a week to go there if it can only go 1 hex a phase. Perhaps it will sink the next days but my hopes aren´t high if a sub isn´t sunk immediately...
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15821 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862
Defending force 283424 troops, 1522 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6706
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22662 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2490
Defending force 174377 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5029
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Ground combat at Wyndham
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8396 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5026
Defending force 150962 troops, 1122 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3116
Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
what really surprises me is the fact that the Allied av at Wyndham isn´t going up as fast as I had expected it to. But the enemy will probably have supplies for 4 - 6 months. Would be interesting how much supply 150.000 Allied troops need per month. There are also probably 200 fighters on Cap. The enemy supply convoy surely brought 60.000 supplies, when looking at my deliberate attacks there surely still was supply at Wyndham so we´re talking about something like 70-85.000 supplies there. If 150.000 troops need 20.000 supplies a month then they will run out in 4 months. If they need less...
in either case, there is no chance to take Wyndham at any time IMO...
Castor, I thought Miller had withdrawn and that Ambassador would be handling the Allied side. Did something change? I scrolled back several pages to try to find information, but didn't see anything.
"Rats set fire to Mr. Cooper’s store in Fort Valley. No damage done." Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun, October 2, 1880.
Castor, I thought Miller had withdrawn and that Ambassador would be handling the Allied side. Did something change? I scrolled back several pages to try to find information, but didn't see anything.
Hi!
After the first shock of losing a US CV and the British ones Miller wanted to throw in the towel but wanted to give me some more rounds fun until I would take Wyndham. The next turn, I hit Yorktown and Hornet which then was too much for him and he told me there´s no sense to go on (again I think this is more of a "first shock"). Then bigbaba agreed to take over again, the command then changed to Ambassador and as he needed some time to do his "first turn" I was not sure if he would go on and I posted that on the forum. Then Miller sent me an email that the game would lure him in again and he would like to go on regardless of any Allied losse and he already sent the next turn with his reply. So the game goes on with Miller as he´s responsible for the Allied situation... [:)]
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Sub attack at 24,56
Japanese Ships
TK Nanei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Okuyo Maru
PG Kogyoku Maru
PG Koei Maru
PG Kiso Maru
PG Keijo Maru
Allied Ships
SS Lapon, hits 4
it doesn´t make sense at all to use Japanese escorts. My merchant navy isn´t decimated because I use the same obsolete strategy the Japanese did in real life, I´m losing my ships because the escorts are 100% useless. I don´t expect them to sink the subs, but at least they could sometimes keep them from attacking... perhaps 1 out of 7 times they attack the sub first...[8|]
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 48
G3M Nell x 5
G4M1 Betty x 188
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 74
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 80
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 103
No Japanese losses
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
A6M3a Zero x 212
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Broome , at 21,85
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
Liberator VI x 24
B-17E Fortress x 44
Japanese Ships
SS I-15, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [8|]
Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
strike coming out of Wyndham, losses to the bombers are non existing. The sub has 64 flt now, will try to make Koepang. I-15 has been pumped out at Broome the last couple of days. Like to see Miller basing bombers in Wyndham though, hopefully he will use them more often, they could eat up his supplies faster than he likes it...
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 42
PBY Catalina x 3
P-36A Mohawk x 37
Aircraft Attacking:
34 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
Miller now placed PT boats at MY base! He´s blockading my base with PTs set to patrol do not retire... nice tactic...
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 39
P-40E Warhawk x 19
Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port supply hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
29 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,105
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AG AG-362, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
3 fighter bombers, 3 hits...
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 66
Hudson I x 11
PV-1 Ventura x 68
Allied Ships
PT PT-236, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT PT-243, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT PT-244, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
oh boy... have sent out my BBs from Darwin to draw a bomber strike (which of course didn´t happen) and we encounter two squadrons of PTs sent towards Darwin... Darwin is 7 hexes from Wyndham so we see out of fuel PT operations again...[8|]
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Day Time Surface Combat at 35,84
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 33
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 81
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 104
No Japanese losses
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
A6M3a Zero x 213
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 33
F4U-1 Corsair x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Port supply hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
30 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 65
Hudson I x 11
PV-1 Ventura x 61
B-24D Liberator x 2
Allied Ships
PT PT-110
PT PT-230, Shell hits 1
PT PT-237, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
another surprise round, two will drift back to Wyndham without fuel...
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15838 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865
Defending force 283226 troops, 1516 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6713
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22681 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491
Defending force 174515 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5007
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Ground combat at Wyndham
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8386 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4989
Defending force 151333 troops, 1126 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3111
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 215
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 57
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 74
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 42
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 6
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
A6M3a Zero x 267
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 44
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 103
Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 42
PBY Catalina x 2
P-36A Mohawk x 24
P-39D Airacobra x 14
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet
I´ve feared this attack for long already, unfortunately it goes in exactly when I moved in some bombers too. 15.000ft attack, means my flak is useless. There are at least 6 dozen flak guns, including 48x4,7 inch DP guns from a CD unit and a big base force. Attack an Allied base with 48 guns of that calibre and you lose 1/3 of your bombers coming in at 15.000ft with the rest being damaged...[8|]
Canton is one of the expected targets for the next Allied offensive...
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15841 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866
Defending force 283134 troops, 1521 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 6710
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22687 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488
Defending force 174694 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5016
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Wyndham
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8372 troops, 285 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4994
Defending force 151740 troops, 1129 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3109
Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
