Waiting for 3rd AE patch - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy

[Rainer79]

Since he has two weeks to move his troops unopposed Miller should be able to avoid getting encircled around Vladivostok.

I wonder if he will move in hordes of 4e bombers to do some strategic bombing while he still has excellent airfields near Japan.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Zond

Well, i'm asking you about Russia because of this:

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Jumper AAR , allied player retreated with complete Red Army towards Irkutsk and that was kind of game over for Siberian campaign.

I don't know is Miller skillfull enough to do it same way but nevertheless you must use your tanks to split Red Army forces into 2 or maybe 3 parts and mop them afterwards [:)]

well, if he wants to do that, that´s perfectly fine for me. And I wouldn´t call it a good idea for the Allied anyway. Losing all of Russia and sitting at Irkutsk, is that a good strategy? I would just place 5000 av there and would have knocked out the Russian forever... Retreating everything to Iskutsk without a fight is not really what I would call skillful...[:D]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Rainer79

Since he has two weeks to move his troops unopposed Miller should be able to avoid getting encircled around Vladivostok.

I wonder if he will move in hordes of 4e bombers to do some strategic bombing while he still has excellent airfields near Japan.

that could be an option for him for a couple of days perhaps but he would lose ALL of his 4Es that he moved in. I´ve moved hundreds of medium bombers to Manchuko and they should be able to take care of the enemy airfields. Like I´ve done in the past in this campaign (and like I´m trying to do in all of my PBEMs) I´m really focussing my assets in one place to knock out the enemy as fast as possible and this usually works quite fast. Japan has no chance if it has to fight the Allied simualtenously on the whole map, but if focussing on one area it usually can overwhelm the Allied. This has worked in the SRA, it has worked in the Pacific, it has then worked in India, it worked in China, then it has worked in Northern Australia (which was totally an all out operation) and I guess it will also work in Russia. And that´s exactly why it is so important for the Allied to keep up the pressure everywhere, just right from the beginning on IMO.

I estimate the total number of 4Es on the map around 350-400. This includes some 100 British Liberators that have "limited" range compared to the US versions. I have dispersed my AA units in Japan where I want them to have so if he really attacks important targets then a lot of his bombers will be damaged and then destroyed on the ground. And if he damages some of my industry then I still expect to get more from the Russians than I will lose in Japan from a limited, not ongoing Allied bomber offensive.

Moving 4Es to Russia isn´t really an option IMO, it would hurt him just too much to lose 200-300 of them when he gets "only" 70-90 a month in total (while 30 are British). And you should not forget that the Russian are not swimming in air support, in fact aviation support troops are limited, at least that is my experience from playing the Allied.

The only question will be if the Russian fighter squadrons will be able to defend their airfields. If not, then I can knock out every airfield with medium bomber strikes of 300-400 bombers a day. Even if I don´t have 4Es available, 400 Helen at normal range can do quite some damage, even if going in at 16.000ft to avoid total slaughter by flak. IMO, the Russian fighter force will be one of the most important things. I´m sure that we have an edge in experience (probably 20 points on average, with the enemy being at 60 and us being at 80) but like I´ve mentioned earlier, the enemy fighters are more than competitive. The only disadvantage they have (for point defense) is the fact that their armament totally sucks. Gun values of 4 or 5 aren´t impressing at all and they will surely have problems taking down my fighters and bombers if they get the chance to do so. For the offense, there are some bomber squadrons around, but their range is also limited, the fighter range even more so. The IL-2s are also totally useless for example, could only be used for short range attacks...

I first wanted to wait for the Tony to be employed in huge numbers to make sure we wreck havoc on the Russian fighter force but have decided that this will be too far in the future (Tony still being at 9/43 with 517 R&D at the moment). If the Tojos take too many casualties, then I will have to move in 200 Zeros to back them up.

With the defeat of the RN and USN near Darwin I´m not afraid of a big Allied counteroffensive somewhere in the Pacific, so I surely have the time I need in Russia. As soon as I have knocked out their airforce, I could move out hundreds of aircraft again anyway. For the moment, I guess 250 Betties/Nells can keep the Pacific safe with 300 Zeros as escorts. Not to forget that I have KB upgraded and ready to go, so what else than a very limited attack (for example against Canton Island) can he do? IMO nothing, an attack against Baker for example would look like a suicide attempt.

Considering the fact that it is mid May 1943 already, we´re in an excellent strategic situation... [8D]

[castor troy]

time for some fun... [;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/16/43

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 48
G4M1 Betty x 67
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 54

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
A6M3a Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105

No Japanese losses

Port 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 Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 147

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 33
Avenger I x 22
PBY Catalina x 2
Beaufighter VIF x 20
P-39D Airacobra x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet

only small numbers of fighters on training runs today but we also spotted only a dozen P-39 on Cap over Efate so I guess the rest was LRCAPing some TFs in the area that were spotted as well...

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 51


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
51 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet
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Day Air attack on 129th IJN Base Force, at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 53
Hudson I x 8
PV-1 Ventura x 59
B-25C Mitchell x 38


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet

The Allied are flying ground attacks from 9 hexes... [X(]
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Day Air attack on 133rd IJN Base Force, at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Nanomea Atoll at 87,101

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 78
G3M Nell x 32

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 15
F4U-1 Corsair x 39 [X(]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 10 destroyed, 10 damaged
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 14 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Mabella, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Johanne Justesen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW Motive, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nordhval, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Eidsvold, Torpedo hits 1

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

in the afternoon we attack a TF of a dozen ships near Nanomea atoll and are engaged by three dozen Corsairs and another dozen Warhawks. After being bounced for a very short time we also got the bounce and I guess this is was enabled us to achieve quite a nice result against the Corsairs. In the end we killed more enemy fighters A2A than we lost and it was no problem to get our bombers through. Hit rate wasn´t that great, guess we have to lucky if one of the AKs will sink. Baker didn´t launch a strike, otherwise it could have been worse for the Allied. This strike came from Apamama atoll...



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ASW attack at 72,111

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
PG Moncton
PG Vancouver
PG Thyme
PG Cyclamen
PG Genista
PG Aster

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Sub attack at 72,111

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
PG Moncton, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Vancouver
PG Thyme
PG Cyclamen
PG Genista
PG Aster

after being engaged by the ASW TF, I-23 kills one of the PGs... probably an ASW TF... there are two more TFs being spotted in the hex, it looks like they are going to one of the dot bases between Efate and New Caledonia, which will probably mean that Miller plans to expand one or more of the dot bases to fly training runs to Luganville. Bad news indeed, this will mean he will be able to have 600+ aircraft a day flying training runs to Luganville...

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Ground combat at Karachi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 91189 troops, 1013 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1916

Defending force 171825 troops, 995 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2793



Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported


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!!!ATTACK!!!

Ground combat at 63,33

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 330407 troops, 3598 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 6167

Defending force 19603 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 452

Japanese max assault: 6806 - adjusted assault: 10669

Allied max defense: 468 - adjusted defense: 287

Japanese assault odds: 37 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1442 casualties reported
Guns lost 38
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1692 casualties reported
Guns lost 111


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

After declaring war to Russia, Japanese ground forces crossed the border today! Russian troops were forced to retreat but the fort is still holding. I´ve told Miller that I won´t move any further than one hex across the border and he has two weeks time to redeploy his troops...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1870

Defending force 272832 troops, 1327 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6378



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22687 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495

Defending force 171254 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4939



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8388 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5025

Defending force 156309 troops, 1148 guns, 424 vehicles, Assault Value = 3153



Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 103805 troops, 881 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2793

Defending force 94173 troops, 1109 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1916


Japanese ground losses:
361 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

Now the real fun starts again... [8D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/17/43

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Naval bombardment of Vladivostok, at 65,33


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Yak-1: 2 destroyed
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
BB Kirishima


Allied ground losses:
508 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 3

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

the level 9 airfield is fully stacked so what should I think about this result...

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Naval bombardment of Vladivostok, at 65,33


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Yak-1: 1 destroyed
Li-2: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Nagato
BB Hiei


Allied ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

or that one...
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TF 108 troops unloading over beach at Ohka - Sakalin, 76,26


Japanese ground losses:
229 casualties reported

one of the reasons for my attack on Russia, the oil field of Ohka Sakalin. 400 oil means this site could feed 2400 of my heavy industry which would roughly be 1/6 of my total HI. With the increasing pressure on the SRA in 6 months or so, this could be a REAL important place to have...

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TF 108 troops unloading over beach at Ohka - Sakalin, 76,26


Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Lifou at 70,111

Japanese Ships
SS I-26, hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
AK Princess of Negros, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kalgan
AK Joan Moller
AK Ethel Edwards
AK Day Star
SC SC-981
SC SC-700
SC SC-699
SC SC-522


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

we hit a small troop loaden AK but also receive a hit and a near miss... sub has to retire...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 54
G4M1 Betty x 112
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 63
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 53
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
J1N1-S Irving x 27
A6M3a Zero x 262
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 36
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 28

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 222
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
Barracuda x 33
Avenger I x 21
PBY Catalina x 3
Beaufighter VIF x 20
P-39D Airacobra x 14


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 47


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet

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Day Air attack on Vladivostok , at 65,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 155
Ki-49 Helen x 396
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Allied aircraft
LaGG-3 x 59
Yak-1 x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 8 destroyed, 15 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 40 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
LaGG-3: 37 destroyed
Yak-1: 24 destroyed
R-12: 4 destroyed
Li-2: 4 destroyed
IL-2 Shturmovik: 6 destroyed
Pe-2: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 43
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 221

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

Here we go! The airwar over Russia has begun. We launch a huge strike, coming in combined from two of my major airbases in the region. I hoped to see both bases launch as we need a big number of escorts. One base alone could not have provided the escorts we wanted to have in this initial strike. In the beginning I was shocked as during the bounce the enemy Lagg-3 took down 7 of the Tojos for no loss. Thank god there´s not the total radar coverage like over Western Allied bases and the bounce ended sooner than later, enabling our escorts to really take a toll on the enemy fighters on Cap. What really was amazing was the fact that the enemy was quite low on morale because after two dozen figthers were shot down by our escorts, most of the enemy fighters turned back. Then the bombers smashed the airfield... I consider the Migg, the Yak-1 and the Lagg-3 as the main threat for our airforce and therefore I´m happy to see nearly 90 of those first line fighters being destroyed today. As we have spotted a lot of obsolete I-16 and I-24 also, this means the Russian are still low on Miggs, Yaks and Laggs and as soon as we have destroyed or seriously reduced the squadrons with first line fighters we have total air superiority in the region around Vladivostok...

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Day Air attack on Vladivostok , at 65,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 60
Ki-49 Helen x 174

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 33 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Yak-1: 4 destroyed
Pe-2: 1 destroyed
LaGG-3: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 154

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

all bomber strikes focussed on Vladivostok today, nearly 600 IJAAF medium bombers dropped their load over this base. 600 IJAAF bombers is the max I can field, guess I have some additional 200 spread over the rest of the map doing nav search or are reserves in important areas. If my bomber force isn´t hit hard due to running unescorted into enemy fighters I think those numbers are sufficient...



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Day Air attack on Petropavlovsk , at 84,32

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 64

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Port hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N Kate bombing at 26000 feet

preparing for our invasion next turn... have to take this base to make it impossible to fly Western Allied short legged fighters from Alaska to the Russian. Without help from the American, the Russian Airforce won´t have a chance... 200 Corsairs could change this immediately though, therefore Petropavlosk is muchas importante...

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Day Air attack on 129th IJN Base Force, at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 38
Hudson I x 7
PV-1 Ventura x 45
B-25C Mitchell x 24
B-25J Mitchell x 27


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 133rd IJN Base Force, at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lifou at 70,111

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 8
G4M1 Betty x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Governor Wright
AK Palawan
SC SC-700
AK Chicot
AK Kalgan
AK Joan Moller, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Gran, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Blount, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Coast Trader
AK Hinsang, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Soochow, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Lipscomb Lykes, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
245 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

Out of over 100 IJN bombers at Lunga 45 launch to attack this big TF with some two dozen spotted ships. Guess this attack has sunk 3 AKs... glad my bombers don´t attack the spotted TF at Efate that is sitting under two dozen of enemy fighters on Cap. It´s a gamble to keep my bombers on nav attack 15 hexes as they could also attack a Capped target and sinking a couple of small AKs isn´t worth losing my high exp bomber pilots...

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Sub attack near Lifou at 70,111

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
AK Azimech, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Jalatarang
AK Clevedon
AK Matar
AK Adelong
SC SC-981
SC SC-700
SC SC-522


Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported

another small AK is hit...

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ASW attack near Lifou at 70,111

Japanese Ships
SS I-26, hits 3, heavy damage

Allied Ships
AK Elcano
SC SC-981
SC SC-700
SC SC-522

I-26 is hit again, chance to make port aren´t good anymore... a couple of subchasers is more dangerous than three dozen high experienced IJN DDs...

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Ground combat at Karachi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 90786 troops, 997 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1901

Defending force 171696 troops, 996 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2792



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 63,33

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 328149 troops, 3528 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 6079

Defending force 4835 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

Japanese max assault: 7902 - adjusted assault: 16178

Allied max defense: 60 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 5392 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
304 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
1211 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

won´t move further inland during the next two weeks but will destroy the destroy the static fort just across the Russian border...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15815 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1869

Defending force 272256 troops, 1316 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6359



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Ground combat at Tamsag

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4860 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 101

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

Japanese max assault: 101 - adjusted assault: 103

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 103 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tamsag base !!!

a base further North, just across the border...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22603 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495

Defending force 171187 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4942



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8385 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5027

Defending force 156691 troops, 1148 guns, 424 vehicles, Assault Value = 3152



Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 103756 troops, 882 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2792

Defending force 93763 troops, 1092 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1901


Japanese ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/18/43

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Sub attack near Lifou at 70,111

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
AK Portmar, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Høegh Merchant
AK Herleik
AK Elcano
AK Clevedon
AK Argus
SC SC-981
SC SC-522


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

I-26 is replaced by I-23 and one out of six torps hits another small AK... one torp isn´t enough and the hit rate of subs in the game is ridicoulos anyway...

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Naval bombardment of Vladivostok, at 65,33


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
LaGG-3: 6 destroyed
Yak-1: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Kumano
CA Nachi
CA Myoko
CA Chokai
CA Atago
CA Chikuma


Allied ground losses:
1094 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 7

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 113

good result... Vladivostok has a CD unit with big calibre guns so I wasn´t that entusiastic to send in my heavy cruisers but there was no counter fire...


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Sub attack near Soerabaja at 22,65

Japanese Ships
APD APD-46, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Tama Maru #8
PC Toshi Maru #3
PC Ch 7
PC Kunashiri
APD APD-33

Allied Ships
SS Tinosa, hits 1, on fire

Tinosa is the usual sub that has been sitting spotted in my base for days, as soon as the ASW TF arrives, the APD is sunk... [8|]

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Coastal Guns at Petropavlovsk, 84,32, firing at TF 77
TF 77 troops unloading over beach at Petropavlovsk, 84,32

389 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. [X(][X(][X(]
Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 19, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kaifuku Maru
AP Sekko Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP Kagi Maru
AP Sanfuku Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP Otori Maru
MSW Toshi Maru #5, Shell hits 1, on fire
MSW Toshi Maru #1, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Mikage Maru #2, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Toroshima Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kidokawa Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Kaiko Maru
MSW Tamozono Maru #2, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kaika Maru
AP Kaedesan Maru, Shell hits 1
MSW Togo Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Jusan Maru
AP Hokumyo Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Azuchi Maru
AP Arugun Maru
MSW Tasei Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Arizana Maru

Japanese ground losses:
1441 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

OUCH! [:(] The single base force here has 8 inch guns and really takes a toll on my invasion. The port attack yesterday obviously had NO effect... We will lose at lease half a dozen MSW that are of no use and will respawn anyway and perhaps one or two APs... looking at the troops, they are in good shape though and they have ample supplies... deliberate attack next turn...

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Coastal Guns at Petropavlovsk, 84,32, firing at TF 77
TF 77 troops unloading over beach at Petropavlovsk, 84,32


217 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Uchide Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
AP Kaifuku Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP Sekko Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP Kagi Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
AP Mikage Maru #20
AP Kogi Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Ryotaku Maru, Shell hits 2
AP Kaedesan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP Jinsai Maru

Japanese ground losses:
512 casualties reported

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ASW attack near Lifou at 70,111

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
PG Vancouver
PG Thyme
PG Cyclamen
PG Genista
PG Aster

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22


Allied aircraft
Yak-1 x 3
R-12 x 2


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Yak-1 bombing at 2000 feet

looks like Miller has started a Russian training programme immediately...

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Day Air attack on Mishan , at 67,29


Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mishan , at 67,29

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 18
SB-2 x 25
Pe-2 x 75

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

quite some bombers attacking, but achieving a totally pathetic hit rate... this is one of my bomber bases, the medium bombers were out on a strike...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26
G4M1 Betty x 115
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
J1N1-S Irving x 27
A6M3a Zero x 291
B5N Kate x 163
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 206
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 22
Barracuda x 38
Avenger I x 24
PBY Catalina x 3
Beaufighter VIF x 21
P-36A Mohawk x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 12
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet

I don´t like those Barracudas... the best 1E torp bomber on the map at the moment. Carrying a torp out to six hexes...

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 48


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet

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Day Air attack on Uglahamensk , at 66,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 102
Ki-49 Helen x 264
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
LaGG-3: 20 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 31
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 108

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

looks like Miller thought I would again attack Vladivostok this turn as he sent hundreds of Laggs to LRCAP Vladivostok (150+ spotted over the base). They must have come from Uglahamensk as they are really short legged and can´t reach Vladivostok from any other base. Ughlahamensk (level 4 af) itself was uncapped though and one strike hits the base quite hard. Not enough hits on the runway to close it but 31 hits on the base facilities should make maintaining enemy aircraft here quite hard. Only one enemy unit is spotted here, so I´m sure repairing the damage will take quite long... [:D] And we destroyed over 4 dozen of Lagg-3s again... [&o] Only one out of three bases launched a strike due to bad weather today...



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Day Air attack on Petropavlovsk , at 84,32

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 44

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N Kate bombing at 26000 feet

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Day Air attack on 129th IJN Base Force, at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 32
PV-1 Ventura x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 133rd IJN Base Force, at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 21
Hudson I x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 21
B-25J Mitchell x 36


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
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Ground combat at Karachi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 90478 troops, 979 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1897

Defending force 171736 troops, 995 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2792



Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 63,33

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 317273 troops, 3522 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 6080

Defending force 3169 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Japanese max assault: 5067 - adjusted assault: 10940 [X(][X(][X(]

Allied max defense: 16 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 10940 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
5172 casualties reported
Guns lost 33

never seen a major Japanese deliberate attack getting an adjusted av more than double the base av... the enemy fortress surrendered... the rail to Vladivostok is open now...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15797 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866

Defending force 271281 troops, 1306 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6342



Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Oboto

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103

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

Japanese max assault: 94 - adjusted assault: 190

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 190 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Oboto base !!!

another empty base just across the border in the North has been taken... no further movement of Japanese troops inland from now on...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22586 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495

Defending force 171127 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4942



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8385 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5024

Defending force 156820 troops, 1149 guns, 429 vehicles, Assault Value = 3159



Allied ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Ohka - Sakalin

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2527 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

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

Japanese max assault: 29 - adjusted assault: 9

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ohka - Sakalin base !!!

we take the empty base with it´s ressources and oil fields and once again we are unlucky doing this... the oil and ressources are 35% damaged... we won´t repair the ressources but will repair the 125 damaged oil points. Guess we can afford this, will ship in supplies from India and from the SRA. The home islands are quite low on supplies. After we have conquered the major ressource and HI sites in Russia (hopefully not totally damaged) we should produce more than enough supplies.

I´ve never experienced supply and fuel shortages in any of my Japanese PBEMs but in this one, supply and especially fuel is really low, due to my continuing major operations and the fact that lift capacity of merchants was nearly reduced, which means that it takes twice the fuel to haul things around... No matter where the fleet is heading too, I´ve always having trouble to have enough fuel on hand...

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 103775 troops, 882 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2792

Defending force 93428 troops, 1073 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1897


Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/19/43

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Naval bombardment of Vladivostok, at 65,33

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

[>:][>:][>:][>:][>:]

could I achieve the same results as the Allied have been doing nearly all of the time in this campaign? With 800+ aircraft attacking this base so far and recon ac flying mission to Vladivostok, there is no explanation for me why our bombardment once again totally sucks...

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Sub attack at 70,112

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
AK Joan Moller, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

I-23 sinks an already damaged small AK heading towards Noumea... Miller is obviously mass employing bombers on nav or asw search from New Caledonia now as all my subs were spotted several times as well as attacked... one sub was hit and is in sinking condition... vacuum cleaning again...[8|]

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ASW attack near Petropavlovsk at 84,32

Japanese Ships
AP Zukai Maru
AP Kyuden Maru
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 15

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish

lol, only two obsolete MSW left but they attack the sub first...

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Day Air attack on Mishan , at 67,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 82

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 13
SB-2 x 12
Pe-2 x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 12 destroyed
SB-2: 6 destroyed
Pe-2: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2 bombing at 10000 feet

I swapped out my bombers with fighters on Cap here but wasn´t sure another Russian strike would go in as Miller can see my aircraft transfers immediately. Looks like he didn´t notice it though and in fact he was quite lucky as most of the strike failed to locate the target. What was going in was shot up quite badly but nevertheless, more than a dozen bombers dropped their load over the airfield. One Tojo was destroyed on the ground...

bad weather once again prevented us from striking enemy airfields...




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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26
G4M1 Betty x 25
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3

No Japanese losses

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
J1N1-S Irving x 27
A6M3a Zero x 277
B5N Kate x 163
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 121
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
Barracuda x 40
Avenger I x 24
PBY Catalina x 3
Beaufighter VIF x 21
P-36A Mohawk x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 46


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
42 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 70,103


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 7


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5090, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-5140

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

barge convoy goind to Luganville again...

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Day Air attack on TF at 83,33


Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
MSW Toroshima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kaedesan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hokumyo Maru, heavy damage
AP Ryotaku Maru
MSW Tamozono Maru #2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x I-16 Type 24 bombing at 2000 feet

I-16 on nav attack, sinking an already damaged MSW and hitting another AP...

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Ground combat at Petropavlovsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15964 troops, 113 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 383

Defending force 2207 troops, 12 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Japanese max assault: 365 - adjusted assault: 286

Allied max defense: 15 - adjusted defense: 25

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Petropavlovsk base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
I-16 Type 24: 15 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1131 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 2

the troops that were landed here were more than sufficient. We were landing all of our paratroop units and some IJN units... Only heavy bombers and perhaps P-38 can now reach Russia from the closest Allied base...

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Ground combat at Karachi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 90122 troops, 954 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1887

Defending force 171629 troops, 997 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2792



Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15819 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866

Defending force 270357 troops, 1286 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6333



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22643 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491

Defending force 171193 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4948



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8380 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5022

Defending force 156924 troops, 1152 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 3156



Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Deliberate attack [X(][X(]

Attacking force 115561 troops, 926 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 2792

Defending force 93043 troops, 1047 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1887

Allied max assault: 3044 - adjusted assault: 2824

Japanese max defense: 1650 - adjusted defense: 6157

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1207 casualties reported
Guns lost 83

Allied ground losses:
1957 casualties reported
Guns lost 124
Vehicles lost 4

nothing to achieve for the Allied here, I´m amazed that Miller still tries such attacks. The damage inflicted on the enemy is more or less laughable though...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/20/43

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Naval bombardment of Vladivostok, at 65,33

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Kumano
CA Nachi
CA Myoko
CA Chokai
CA Atago
CA Chikuma


Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

lol
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Day Air attack on Chiamussu , at 67,27


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 105 [X(]
SB-2 x 30
Pe-2 x 25


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

don´t like seeing that many Migs... attacking an empty base of no value, that´s just a training run for his bombers... but to be honest, I doubt that training runs for the Russians are really worth it as they definetely won´t have the time to train up. Within the first two or three weeks the faith of the Russian airforce will be decided...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 116
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 163

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
141 casualties reported

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
Barracuda x 40
Avenger I x 24
PBY Catalina x 3
Beaufighter VIF x 21
P-36A Mohawk x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 16
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 45


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
42 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 71,105


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5142, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-120
AG AG-123, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2088

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

the barge busters back in action...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15823 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865

Defending force 269428 troops, 1278 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6317



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22663 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492

Defending force 171303 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4958



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8406 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5021

Defending force 156891 troops, 1151 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 3158



Allied ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 98381 troops, 728 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2372

Defending force 90825 troops, 944 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1820


Japanese ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


a quiet day overall as my airforce in Russia once again stayed grounded... looks like the Russian winter saved Moscow against the Wehrmacht and now Russian spring thunderstorms save the Russian airforce... one thing to note is that Miller seems to move OUT of Vladivostok. Recon tells me that over a dozen units moved to Uglhahamensk last turn. Boy, could that mean he´s retreating North with everything he has? In every case it looks like he gives Vladivostok up. Where will he hold then? Please tell me it´s not like people posted here that it´s a possible run for Irkutsk... [X(] Well, in every case, Miller has 1,5 weeks left to redeploy his troops, then I will give order to my troops to march. Every base he wants to give up is a present for me, no matter if he will end up with all his troops in one base, no matter what base. I can leave 10.000 assault points behind in Russia and those can block every Russian Army, no matter how many reinforcements there will be.

[castor troy]

After getting this turns recon I´m 100% sure that Miller won´t defend Vladivostok and Uglahamensk as we´ve spotted one and a half dozen units moving North. Miller also asked in his email if 30th May will be the day I set my troops to march again. 30th May will be the day when my troops will start marching again and I´m curious where the enemy will be then... [&:]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/21/43

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Naval bombardment of Vladivostok, at 65,33 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Takao
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso


Allied ground losses:
287 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 1

[&o]

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Naval bombardment of Vladivostok, at 65,33

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[&o]

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Sub attack at 34,55

Japanese Ships
APD APD-31
APD APD-38
DD Kuretake
DD Asagao
DD Sanae
APD APD-39

Allied Ships
SS Puffer, hits 2

spotted Puffer earlier and sent an ASW TF - which immediately turned into a target for the sub of course... four torps missed this time and in return Sanae achieved a near miss and a hit...

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22


Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 46


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
46 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

those Russian bomber crews really suck...

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Day Air attack on Mishan , at 67,29

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 87
SB-2 x 31
Pe-2 x 68

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2: 1 damaged
Pe-2: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

too many Migs for my taste... the base was empty when the Russian showed up as we also launched a strike...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26
G4M1 Betty x 23
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-45 KAIb Nick bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 160

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
141 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 13
F4F-4 Wildcat x 15
Barracuda x 36
Avenger I x 21
PBY Catalina x 3
Beaufighter VIF x 19
P-36A Mohawk x 15
P-39D Airacobra x 45


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 32
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 43


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet

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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 57

Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 19
B-24D Liberator x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 6 destroyed, 26 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 destroyed, 24 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

oh how I hate this stupid feature when the Allied can see the Japanese air transferes... this is a perfect example of how BS it really is... spotted an enemy TF in range of Canton so I decided to move in some bombers. 135 Zeros set to 90% Cap as I knew Miller would launch a strike... Well, we get the laughable number of 57 Zeros into the air and Allied 4Es just laugh about our IJNAF fighters... of course we also didn´t launch a strike to attack the enemy TF... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 31

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 48 [8|]
B-24D Liberator x 191 [8|]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 7 destroyed, 18 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed
H8K Emily: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 23 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed, 72 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 29
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 221 [8|]

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

this strike came from the level 4 airfield of Pago Pago... [8|] we can do nothing again and in the end the flying Allied death star achieves a 3:1 kill rate... looks like Miller has 300 4Es in the area of Pago Pago...

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Day Air attack on Uglahamensk , at 66,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 92
Ki-49 Helen x 287
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
LaGG-3 x 91

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 14 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 47 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
LaGG-3: 71 destroyed
Pe-2: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
397 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 280

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

combined strike from two bases again while one base´s strike partially failed to locate the target. This could have been bloody for us if the other base wouldn´t have launched. We meet a high number of Laggs that get to bounce us in the beginning downing some of our escorts. After losing two dozen fighters, the Russian turned back, our medium bombers turned the airfield into a moon like landscape... another 118 first line fighters destroyed today... good news... if Miller keeps on fighting in this area where I can mass my airforce in a couple of bases near the front then he will soon run out of aircraft...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-368, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-363, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-367, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-365, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

another four barges sunk...

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Day Air attack on Uglahamensk , at 66,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 100

No Japanese losses

this is the sweep that should go in against the Laggs in the morning. The base was clouded and there was no Cap left in the afternoon... Russian weather is definetely not on our side...


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Day Air attack on TF at 70,105

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 51
G3M Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 46

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
SC SC-750, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-634, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-751, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-699, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-644, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

set the torp bombers on Lunga to long range nav attack again and instead of attacking the two dozen AKs at Efate (uncapped btw [X(]) they launch in big numbers against a useless subchaser TF that has gone North. Miller surely has set the wrong homeport for those SCs as they shouldn´t end up 10 hexes South of Lunga...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Efate at 73,109

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
PG Hollyhock, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Phoebe A. Hearst, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AVD Heron, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Leland Stanford, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

we then launch a strike against the ships at Efate and achieve quite a nice result considering the size of our strike. It´s unbelievable for me that Miller doesn´t Cap his base when he knows that I can strike his TF from Lunga... [&:] another two medium sized AKs and a PG sunk for one Betty lost... would have the other 50 bombers joint this strike then most of the TF would have gotten annihilated... and with Cap over the base, most of my strike would have suffered...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Efate at 73,109

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Hatfield

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

four bombers then try to engage an old DD but miss...



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15786 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865

Defending force 268327 troops, 1272 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6306



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22683 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493

Defending force 171234 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4939



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8406 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5024

Defending force 157010 troops, 1149 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 3160



Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 98598 troops, 740 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2393

Defending force 90685 troops, 944 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1811


Japanese ground losses:
278 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

[castor troy]

Thought this screenshot could be interesting also. Our victory points went through 50.000 today and that´s quite a lot IMO. [:D] If Miller loses big amounts of troops in Russia then this will catapult us up to over 55.000 I guess...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/22/43

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Sub attack at 78,38

Japanese Ships
AP Ryotaku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Rasher

small AP that is retiring from Paramushiro Jima. Won´t survive the torp hit...

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22


Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Mishan , at 67,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 123
SB-2 x 33
Pe-2 x 56

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 destroyed, 47 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 23 destroyed, 65 damaged
SB-2: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Pe-2: 3 destroyed, 16 damaged

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

I´m amazed to see Miller attacking here again. The Migs are shot down at a 4:1 ratio but the only thing that saved us here was the real bad gun value of the Mig which is only 4. As you can see a hell a lot of Tojos were damaged and would the Migs carry a cal. 50 six pack, we would have lost more Tojos than we would have shot down Russian fighters. This attack was far from being devastating for the attacker. Out of 160+ fighters at the base, some 100 were airborne...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
J1N1-S Irving x 27
A6M3a Zero x 231
B5N Kate x 93
G4M1 Betty x 110
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 122
Port hits 8
Port supply hits 2

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
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
Barracuda x 37
Avenger I x 22
PBY Catalina x 3
Beaufighter VIF x 19
P-36A Mohawk x 15
P-39D Airacobra x 27


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Runway hits 23
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 53


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99


Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 3


Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Uglahamensk , at 66,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 72
Ki-49 Helen x 157
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
LaGG-3: 8 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 119

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

Uglahamensk´s airfield is knocked out now, Miller has more or less abandoned it anyway...



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15778 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1864

Defending force 267440 troops, 1262 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6283



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22644 troops, 266 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488

Defending force 171336 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4941



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8346 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5026

Defending force 157107 troops, 1146 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 3162



Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 98924 troops, 745 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2419

Defending force 90491 troops, 938 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1803


Japanese ground losses:
655 casualties reported [:(]
Guns lost 27

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/23/43

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22


Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 24
R-12 x 2


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Pe-2 bombing at 15000 feet

If the enemy keeps retreating North with his ground troops and aircraft then Heiho will become my major airbase in the Northern region (level 7 af)...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
J1N1-S Irving x 27
A6M3a Zero x 212
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 75

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
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
Barracuda x 40
Avenger I x 23
PBY Catalina x 3
Beaufighter VIF x 20
P-36A Mohawk x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 48


Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 50


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on Khabarovsk , at 70,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 45
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 66
Ki-49 Helen x 204

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 8
Yak-1 x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed, 17 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 7 destroyed, 77 damaged [:(]

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 12 destroyed
Yak-1: 30 destroyed
Pe-2: 7 destroyed
SB-2: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 104

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

ouch, flak fire was murderous... out of the 15 Helens lost we also lose 13 crews... This engagement once again shows how "bad" the Tojo is as a dogfighter. Not because it still achieves a 3:1 kill rate but because equally skilled Oscars took down something like 15 enemy fighters for no loss. While speed seems to be one of the major factors for A2A in WITP, if you have a totally crappy man rating you get a totally crappy dogfighter. While the Oscar II is far slower than the Tojo, it is far more agile and this proves to be an important factor. The Russian fighters nearly didn´t get a shot at the Oscars.

The air war in Russia isn´t far from being won...



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15798 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867

Defending force 266702 troops, 1257 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6263



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22652 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493

Defending force 171166 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4931



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8396 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5027

Defending force 157156 troops, 1146 guns, 429 vehicles, Assault Value = 3158



Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 99201 troops, 747 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2443

Defending force 89773 troops, 898 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1784


Japanese ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


The Russian are on full speed retreat North... [X(] One week until I can set my divisions to march...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/24/43

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Sub attack at 74,37

Japanese Ships
AK Shino Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Capelin

looks like enemy subs have their happy days at the moment...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 93
G4M1 Betty x 112

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported

Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet

numbers of Japanese aircraft at training bases has decreased again as we need them at the front. As soon as the Russian airforce has been totally knocked out we will fly in some Tojo sentais to do training again...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 16
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16
Barracuda x 40
Avenger I x 23
PBY Catalina x 4
Beaufighter VIF x 21
P-36A Mohawk x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 48


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Runway hits 36
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 55


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 50


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
50 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet
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Day Air attack on Iman , at 69,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 113

Allied aircraft
LaGG-3 x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
LaGG-3: 3 damaged

sweep on Iman, the enemy is so low on morale that they turned back immediately...

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Day Air attack on Iman , at 69,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
A6M3a Zero x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 152

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 39 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 5 destroyed
LaGG-3: 6 destroyed
MiG-3: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

no enemy fighters of this base anymore but flak stays more than dangerous. We came in higher than the last times but we still suffer...




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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15786 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1868

Defending force 265616 troops, 1241 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6247



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22649 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495

Defending force 170975 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4930



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8336 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5027

Defending force 157231 troops, 1148 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 3162



Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 99536 troops, 750 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2471

Defending force 89601 troops, 895 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1778


Japanese ground losses:
341 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/25/43

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ASW attack at 38,57

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 4
PC Ch 6
PC Ch 5
PC Ch 12
PC Ch 11
PC Ch 10

Allied Ships
SS Bowfin

the usual IJN ASW result...

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 50

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 20
R-12 x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

now that was more than surprising for me. Miller must have seen that I have fighters at this base (Cap about 40% of what could be airborne [8|]) but he still sends in his bombers. Most of them turned back but a couple dropped their load, doing no damage...

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 50

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 7 destroyed, 15 damaged

another strike, another time the usual pathetic Cap numbers... More Pe-2 (the best Russian bomber) are shot down for no loss on our side... I would use the Russian airforce quite differently. They don´t have really a chance to inflict huge losses on my airforce as my fighters are just too experienced but they could definetely do better if differently employed IMO.



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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
J1N1-S Irving x 27
A6M3a Zero x 116
G4M1 Betty x 116
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 90
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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
F4F-3 Wildcat x 21
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
Barracuda x 38
Avenger I x 20
PBY Catalina x 3
Beaufighter VIF x 21
P-36A Mohawk x 20
P-39D Airacobra x 41


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 51


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 44


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
39 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15783 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1868

Defending force 264619 troops, 1218 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6230



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22665 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494

Defending force 170819 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4934



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 178197 troops, 2295 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 5024

Defending force 157273 troops, 1147 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 3162

Japanese max assault: 3524 - adjusted assault: 757 [X(]

Allied max defense: 3452 - adjusted defense: 12983

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


Japanese ground losses:
10848 casualties reported
Guns lost 362
Vehicles lost 18

Allied ground losses:
1163 casualties reported
Guns lost 59
Vehicles lost 3

joke of the day, am I attacking an urban hex? Attack just to keep Miller honest but in fact this must have been really a morale boost... 4 of my divisions totally wrecked... [8|]

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 99805 troops, 747 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495

Defending force 89120 troops, 876 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1765


Japanese ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/26/43

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ASW attack at 37,57

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 12
PC Ch 11
PC Ch 10
PC Ch 6
PC Ch 5
PC Ch 4

Allied Ships
SS Puffer

wow, what a performance...

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ASW attack at 77,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-39

Allied Ships
DD Taylor
DD O'Bannon
DD Nicholas
DD Fletcher

at least today my sub also survives undamaged...

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Noumea (68,113)

Allied Ships
PG Jasmine
SC SC-630, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

wonder if a sub chaser sunk is worth my sub laid Type 88 mine... [;)]

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 61

Allied aircraft
Yak-1 x 21
Pe-2 x 43
R-12 x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Yak-1: 12 destroyed
Pe-2: 9 destroyed, 21 damaged

I have yet to figure out why Miller is attacking Heiho... does it do him any good?

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Day Air attack on Hailar , at 64,22


Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 58
IL-2m3 Shturmovik x 28
Pe-2 x 40


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
39 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet

I´m not really afraid of the Russian flying tanks as their range is REALLY limited. With a range of two they can´t do much...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
J1N1-S Irving x 27
A6M3a Zero x 116
G4M1 Betty x 116
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 60
Port hits 1

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
F4F-3 Wildcat x 21
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27
Barracuda x 40
Avenger I x 19
PBY Catalina x 4
Beaufighter VIF x 21
P-36A Mohawk x 27
P-39D Airacobra x 47


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 54


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 45


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported

Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
45 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet
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Day Air attack on Iman , at 69,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
A6M3a Zero x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 141

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 3 destroyed
LaGG-3: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19 [8|]

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

crappy hit rate, don´t know why it was that bad today... but again some first line Russian aircraft destroyed...

overall, a very nice aircraft loss ratio this turn...





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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10 [X(]


Allied aircraft
Sunderland x 1
Liberator VI x 8
Beaufighter VIC x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Sunderland: 1 damaged
Liberator VI: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

looks like a new Liberator VI squadron arrived at Karachi, being set to nav / airfield attack by default...

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ASW attack at 78,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-157

Allied Ships
DD Taylor
DD O'Bannon
DD Nicholas
DD Fletcher

lucky me, another sub survived an ASW attack undamaged...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15797 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1870

Defending force 264003 troops, 1216 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6213



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22627 troops, 264 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491

Defending force 170952 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4937



Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7744 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4248

Defending force 155645 troops, 1093 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3113



Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100169 troops, 754 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2528

Defending force 89061 troops, 869 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764


Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/27/43

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ASW attack near Jarvis Island at 110,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-11

Allied Ships
MSW Stawell
MSW Toowoomba
MSW Warrnambool
MSW Bendigo
MSW Cromarty
MSW Cromer

have had this sub here for a couple of days already as we´ve spotted three or four dozen enemy TFs at the atoll... the sub never attacked but was today target of an ASW TF that fortunately achieved nothing... sub will leave this place again...

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 79

Allied aircraft
Yak-1 x 19
IL-2 Shturmovik x 49
IL-2m3 Shturmovik x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Yak-1: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
IL-2 Shturmovik: 13 destroyed, 23 damaged
IL-2m3 Shturmovik: 5 destroyed, 17 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x IL-2m3 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet

Miller keeps attacking this place, for whatever reason. The enemy escorts turned around quite quickly, the flying tanks were higher in morale and two dozen of them pressed through their attack that succesfully torched half a dozen Tojos on the ground. As expected, those IL-2 are really hard to down, nevertheless our fighters take a toll on them and I´m sure their morale is wrecked now and further opposed attacks will probably turn back...

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Day Air attack on Harbin , at 65,27 [X(]


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 35 [X(][X(]
B-25J Mitchell x 19 [X(][X(]
Pe-2 x 40


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 6 damaged

Resources hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Pe-2 bombing at 6000 feet
10 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

now that was a real surprise!!!! During the replay I was only surprised because the P-40N and the Mitchells are CHINESE squadrons! After the replay I was again surprised because I then realized that the enemy bombed my resource centers and not the airfield. This means that this was the first Russian attack against my positions that was really worth it as it´s the first time that they achieved some damage. 30 resource points were destroyed today. That´s no biggy but it has alerted me and I am now in the process of transferring more fighter squadrons into the region to guard my important bases. Losing a couple of dozen resources means NOTHING. And that´s the point where I´m wondering why Miller is attacking resources at Harbin and NOT the oil centers, which would hurt me. Thank you Paul! [;)]

I expect to conquer more than 1000 resource centers in Russia and hundreds of HI centers (if I don´t get totally sh*tty die rolls) so if I lose a hundred resource points due to Russian attacks then this doesn´t really scare me. I will have decent fighter cover over my oil centers and am also working on bringing fighters in position over my less important resource and HI sites that are in range of Allied bombers out of Russia. The transfer of Chinese bombers to Russia has increased the effective range for Allied bombers from 5 (Pe-2) to 8 (B-25J). The two big airfields in the South are abandoned but there are a couple of smaller airfields further North from Vladivostok, the biggest being a level 5 airfield. In the "long run" we will focus more on defending our important bases than to try to knock out the enemy airfields. The enemy is so low on morale already that they will mostly turn back anyway if they meet our fighters. If the enemy keeps running North, then he will abandon his airfields in the central region anyway and from his Northern bases, he can´t reach my important bases anyway (only with 4Es and I haven´t spotted any of them so far).



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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
J1N1-S Irving x 27
A6M3a Zero x 116
G4M1 Betty x 116
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 103
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 123
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1

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-3 Wildcat x 26
F4F-4 Wildcat x 29
Barracuda x 39
Avenger I x 20
PBY Catalina x 4
Beaufighter VIF x 21
P-36A Mohawk x 26
P-39D Airacobra x 45


No Allied losses

Runway hits 39
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15797 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1871

Defending force 262622 troops, 1203 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6178



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22678 troops, 264 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495

Defending force 170767 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4942



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7884 troops, 250 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4274

Defending force 155975 troops, 1102 guns, 429 vehicles, Assault Value = 3132



Allied ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100405 troops, 765 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2550

Defending force 89095 troops, 870 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1765


Japanese ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/28/43

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ASW attack at 80,115

Japanese Ships
SS I-164, hits 5

Allied Ships
SC SC-981
SC SC-700
SC SC-643
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Lark
MSW Finch

I-164 retires with 24 sys and 38 flt damage...

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ASW attack at 77,115

Japanese Ships
SS I-39

Allied Ships
DD Hatfield
DD Lawrence
DD King
DD Crane
DD Chew

I-39 survives but will be withdrawn also... all subs in this area are heading home now...

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ASW attack at 81,115

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
SC SC-981
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Lark
MSW Finch

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Day Air attack on Mishan , at 67,29


Allied aircraft
LaGG-3 x 14
Pe-2 x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Harbin , at 65,27


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 53 [X(]
B-25J Mitchell x 23
Pe-2 x 78 [X(]


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
Pe-2: 2 damaged

Resources hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Pe-2 bombing at 6000 feet

quite some Chinese fighters and quite a number of Russian bombers. As I haven´t noticed it early enough last turn that the enemy is NOT attacking my airfield but my resources I didn´t set my fighters on Cap but kept them on escort to guard my bombers on their attack today. At the end of the attack we have lost 78 resources in the last two turns. No biggy, but I should have had Cap here this turn already. My fault... I don´t consider the Chinese Warhawks as a real threat, I guess they will just be low experienced targets for my fighters as soon as we engage them. Next turn sees Cap here, wonder if Miller dares to attack three times in a row. I´ve mentioned that I don´t get why he´s bombing that what I´ve got more than enough of and not attacking oil sites. Thanks again! [;)]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 113

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 24
Liberator VI x 69
PB4Y Liberator x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator VI bombing at 12000 feet

this turn quite nicely again shows what this version of Nikmod has made out of flak in general. While the Allied flak is super duper deadly as it always was in Nikmod (enough to make bases immune to airattacks, without having a single fighter there), the Japanese flak is in total LESS effective than in stock. Why? Because Allied bombers are so highly durable that the increase of flak effects seems to not even nearly compensate that. Allied bombers are more dangerous to Japanese flak than vice versa. There are three totally undamaged and fully supplied base forces at Port Moresby and we damage 2 (in words: T W O) enemy bombers going in at 12.000ft, which I would consider quite low. Ridicoulos. 3 bombers are lost to ops at least. Hey, three bombers lost to ops is a success...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 38
F4F-4 Wildcat x 38
Barracuda x 37
Avenger I x 21
PBY Catalina x 4
Beaufighter VIF x 20
P-36A Mohawk x 27
P-39D Airacobra x 45


Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 40
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 80
B-25J Mitchell x 43
B-26B Marauder x 57


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 224

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 52


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
39 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet

flying 5 hexes a day (max range) doesn´t mean they would suffer...

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Day Air attack on Khabarovsk , at 70,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 93

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 15
Yak-1 x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
Yak-1: 5 destroyed

sweep before my bombers are coming in...

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Day Air attack on Khabarovsk , at 70,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 60
Ki-49 Helen x 340

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 7 destroyed, 51 damaged [8|][8|]

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 4 destroyed
Pe-2: 2 destroyed
MiG-3: 15 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 2 destroyed
Yak-1: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 159

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

and that´s the performance of Allied flak... Going in at 16.000ft and our strike is hit hard. While we do nice damage on the ground (not devastating though as the enemy flew to attack Harbin - where this strike is coming from) the damage from flak fire is insane and something we can´t sustain...

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Day Air attack on Khabarovsk , at 70,27

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
A6M3a Zero x 54
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 149

Allied aircraft
Yak-1 x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 6 destroyed, 29 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Yak-1: 1 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Pe-2: 3 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed
MiG-3: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

have set this strike to attack in the afternoon and due to going in at extended range we achieve a totally crappy hit rate, while flak is again murderous... No there are not a dozen AA units here, in total we´ve spotted 7 units, but surely not all base forces... damn flak, really make Allied bases immune, as attacking them is just stupid if you decide to do that... 26 Helen lost today , 24 crews dead... result from attacking a couple of Allied base forces at 16.000ft...



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15789 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1869

Defending force 261592 troops, 1186 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6171



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22678 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493

Defending force 170561 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4936



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7994 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4309

Defending force 156216 troops, 1116 guns, 429 vehicles, Assault Value = 3141



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


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100709 troops, 773 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2576

Defending force 89009 troops, 873 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764


Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

two more turns and my divisions will be let lose again...

[anarchyintheuk]

ORIGINAL: castor troy

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/25/43

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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 178197 troops, 2295 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 5024

Defending force 157273 troops, 1147 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 3162

Japanese max assault: 3524 - adjusted assault: 757 [X(]

Allied max defense: 3452 - adjusted defense: 12983

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


Japanese ground losses:
10848 casualties reported
Guns lost 362
Vehicles lost 18

Allied ground losses:
1163 casualties reported
Guns lost 59
Vehicles lost 3

joke of the day, am I attacking an urban hex? Attack just to keep Miller honest but in fact this must have been really a morale boost... 4 of my divisions totally wrecked... [8|]

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Well, at least you know not to do that again. [;)]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

ORIGINAL: castor troy

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/25/43

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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 178197 troops, 2295 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 5024

Defending force 157273 troops, 1147 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 3162

Japanese max assault: 3524 - adjusted assault: 757 [X(]

Allied max defense: 3452 - adjusted defense: 12983

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


Japanese ground losses:
10848 casualties reported
Guns lost 362
Vehicles lost 18

Allied ground losses:
1163 casualties reported
Guns lost 59
Vehicles lost 3

joke of the day, am I attacking an urban hex? Attack just to keep Miller honest but in fact this must have been really a morale boost... 4 of my divisions totally wrecked... [8|]

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Well, at least you know not to do that again. [;)]

I will have to do it again though. Even if the chances to take out this base are very small, there is a chance to do it. But it´s about the same thing as it was before the (succesful) Allied resupply attempt: supply. If they run out of it, the base will fall. If not, well...

The good thing is that I have A LOT of divisions available. A new one has just arrived in Japan and will be shipped to Darwin also. And as long as Miller can´t do a big style offensive as long can I try to take Wyndham. If he loses all those troops here, I don´t know what divisions should mount an ongoing offensive in early 44.

But to be honest, looking at those adjusted av still makes me thinking about a joke. His troops are fully prepped and fully supplied, sitting behind level 9 forts. My troops are fully supplied, fully prepped, even in range of the Southern Area Army and still get an adjusted av that is just ridicoulos. As ridicoulos as the Allied adjusted av, that nearly was multiplied by four... [8|]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/29/43

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Day Air attack on Ohka - Sakalin , at 76,26

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 17
Pe-2 x 102

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


Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

Miller attacks my level 1 airfield where I only have 27 Dinah-III recons...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
J1N1-S Irving x 27
A6M3a Zero x 116
G4M1 Betty x 114
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 73
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-45 KAIb Nick bombing at 2000 feet

as you can see, all my Tojos have been moved out. Most of the Tojos are now involved in the attack on Russia. The rest is either near or on Northern Australia or around Truk...

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TF 67 troops unloading over beach at Admiralty Islands, 58,84


Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported

finally taking the empty Admirality Islands...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15803 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1870

Defending force 260927 troops, 1175 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6159



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22674 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491

Defending force 170532 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4937



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8066 troops, 262 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4350

Defending force 156392 troops, 1125 guns, 428 vehicles, Assault Value = 3143



Allied ground losses:
211 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 101019 troops, 789 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2591

Defending force 89068 troops, 872 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1767


Japanese ground losses:
305 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 2