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
, 24 crews dead... 
result from attacking a couple of Allied base forces at 16.000ft... 