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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/13/43

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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
B5N Kate x 80
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 33
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 48

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 74
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 2

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 22
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13
SBD Dauntless x 36
TBF Avenger x 11
PBY Catalina x 3
P-36A Mohawk x 41
P-39D Airacobra x 40


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 76

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 18
Beaufighter VIC x 13
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 15
B-25J Mitchell x 84
B-26B Marauder x 38


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 108

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 49
Avenger I x 23
P-47C Thunderbolt x 62


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 36
P-40B Tomahawk x 23
P-40N Warhawk x 10


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 2 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 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-357, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-120
AG AG-352, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-5030, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 63,44

Japanese Ships
AP Kakyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW Sonobe Maru
MSW Shintohoku Maru
MSW Shawa Maru #10
MSW Wa 17
MSW Wa 21
MSW Shanan Maru #16
MSW Rikusen Maru
MSW Tamaura Maru
AP Karimo Maru
AP Kashiwa Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-32, hits 1

a 6 DD ASW TF in the hex and 8 escorts for this convoy means nothing... the AP will make it if not attacked again...

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Ground combat at 66,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 59134 troops, 976 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 975

Defending force 2324 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Japanese max assault: 956 - adjusted assault: 673

Allied max defense: 2 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 673 to 1



Allied ground losses:
4187 casualties reported
Guns lost 24

the fortress North of Vladivostok finally surrendered... we score 56 points for ground losses today, now at 21.389

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 88479 troops, 966 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2078

Defending force 81203 troops, 811 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 1562



Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15835 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865

Defending force 278329 troops, 1448 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6633



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Ground combat at Ondorhaan

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: 49

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 49 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ondorhaan base !!!

two Mongolian cav divisions are marching North on the road in the far West of the Russian territory... the enemy has already retreated...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22697 troops, 268 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489

Defending force 168823 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4878



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7794 troops, 248 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3934

Defending force 154079 troops, 1086 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3069



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


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 99953 troops, 814 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2594

Defending force 87126 troops, 806 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1708


Japanese ground losses:
274 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/14/43

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ASW attack at 64,44

Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Akikaze
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish, hits 5

5 near misses...

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TF 24 encounters mine field at Luganville (72,107)

Japanese Ships
AG AG-106, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2081, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Miller sent some of his minelayers to lay some MK16 mines... two barges lost, the 3000 IJN mines did nothing to the minelayers...

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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
B5N Kate x 81
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 34
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 81

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 [X(]


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 79
B-24D Liberator x 141


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 35 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 33 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 213

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

like mentioned before, the Allied need no stinking recon before going in to hit an airfield hard. Extended range so the bombers "only" drop 3 bombs each but the airfield is nevertheless nuked... Have moved in 4!! AA rgts just two days ago and while we damage nearly 70 bombers, only the laughable number of 7 are lost during this 1500 mile attack... [8|] make them more durable...

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 81


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 16 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

the British hit nothing though...

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Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93 [X(]


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 103
PB4Y Liberator x 35
B-24D Liberator x 46
IL-4c x 16


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 201

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
4 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 10000 feet

another nuke dropped... what the hell is going on? Flak is non existent...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 24
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
SBD Dauntless x 37
TBF Avenger x 11
PBY Catalina x 2
P-36A Mohawk x 40
P-39D Airacobra x 43


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 16
Beaufighter VIC x 13
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 13
B-25J Mitchell x 72
B-26B Marauder x 22


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 6
P-40B Tomahawk x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 1 damaged

Runway hits 2

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


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-120
AG AG-360
AG AG-5165, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2086, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

Soon I can stop the evac operation from Luganville...



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Sub attack near Osaka/Kobe at 63,42

Japanese Ships
AP Tarushima Maru

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish missed...

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 88633 troops, 973 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1913

Defending force 81652 troops, 822 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 1590



Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

as soon as I have my units where I want them to block any Allied attempt to break through to the North I will order more units to Borzya to knock it out...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15835 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867

Defending force 279739 troops, 1457 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6665



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22707 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2487

Defending force 168685 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4860



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7821 troops, 249 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3972

Defending force 154513 troops, 1089 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3082



Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100033 troops, 815 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2596

Defending force 86841 troops, 798 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1700


Japanese ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

RED ALERT!

we have spotted three TFs moving towards Port Moresby... as they are three hexes off the base this can´t be a bombardment or surface combat TF and following my nav search reports, this is an INVASION heading to Port Moresby. I can´t believe that Miller is really pulling that one off. We haven´t spotted a single carrier (how many operational carriers does he even has?) and he attacks a base that can be attacked from several of my bases. Lae and Goodenough Island were knocked out by the 4E nuclear bombers but there are several other bases we can launch Betty strikes on the incoming invasion. We have also KB nearby (Truk) and have set it to move full speed towards Buna to strike from the Eastern side of PM against the attacker.

I can´t believe he´s really doing this... [X(] I have no clue how this will really turn out but the chances to see a massacre on his ships are pretty high... that my nav search once again failed to alert me earlier is a pain, otherwise KB would be in strike range tomorrow already to launch against the fully loaden transports...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/15/43

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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #13, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Shonan Maru #17
PC Shonan Maru #7
PC Shonan Maru #6
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #12

Allied Ships
SS Gar, hits 2

why am I not surprised that my ASW TF is the one that suffers again... slight chance to see the PC make it, will be disbanded into Balikpapans port with 52 flt and 12 fires...

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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 31,64

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

Allied Ships
SS Gar, hits 4

have set two ASW TFs to hunt down Gar, we probably lose a PC and the sub takes 6 near misses that won´t do much more than scratch the paint...

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Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 53,91 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1
CL Glasgow, Shell hits 1
CL Birmingham
CL Mauritius
CL Hobart
CL Perth
CL Achilles
CL Leander
CA Canberra
CA Shropshire
BB Ramilles
BB Royal Sovereign

Japanese ground losses:
739 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9
Port supply hits 1

guess there´s no doubt anymore that Port Moresby will be invaded...

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ASW attack at 62,43

Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Akikaze
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish, hits 14, heavy damage

Cuttlefish takes 14 near misses and it amazes me that sub shows up as heavily damaged... perhaps I´ve missed a hit?

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ASW attack at 69,42

Japanese Ships
DD Susuzuki
DD Niizuki
DD Teruzuki
DD Hatsuzuki
DD Wakazuki
DD Akizuki

Allied Ships
SS S-32, hits 3

and three near misses on this S-class sub near Japan...

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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
B5N Kate x 27
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 88

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 42
B-24D Liberator x 82

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 6 destroyed
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 10 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 29

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

bad weather over the base prevents my bombers to launch, well it doesn´t prevent the enemy bombers to go in and bomb my base... lucky Paul... idiotic game feature...

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Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 93
PB4Y Liberator x 20
B-24D Liberator x 40
IL-4c x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 2 destroyed
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 94

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet

nothing left of my bombers and the airfield is knocked out... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 17 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

also Gili Gili is near inoperational state...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 21
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
SBD Dauntless x 40
TBF Avenger x 13
PBY Catalina x 2
P-36A Mohawk x 40
P-39D Airacobra x 41
F4U-1 Corsair x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 50
Avenger I x 23
P-47C Thunderbolt x 63


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 55

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 36
P-40B Tomahawk x 25
P-40N Warhawk x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 2 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 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-117, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-115, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2052, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-5089, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

four attack runs, all four scored...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 25
G4M1 Betty x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied Ships
MSW Bowen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA Van Heemskerck
CLAA Caledon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CLAA Caradoc
AK Coquina, Torpedo hits 1

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

here comes the first strike, coming from Siador... 2/3 of the Betties launched, hit rate wasn´t that impressing...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 48
G3M Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Empire Waimana, Torpedo hits 1
CLAA Van Heemskerck
DD Inconstant
CL Richmond, Torpedo hits 1
AP Zeilin, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
SC SC-704, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA Caradoc, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nestor
MSW Bowen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA Caledon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hotspur


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

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

this is the Rabaul strike, not even half of the bombers launched. Caradoc and Caledon should be in trouble already... as expected last turn, the enemy goes in without any air support. Quite an odd attack IMO but if Miller has brought more than two bgds than it shouldn´t be a problem to overwhelm my defenses at PM as I´m not defending it heavily...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 20
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Koolama
CL Richmond

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

another strike coming from Torokina...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 45
G4M1 Betty x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Kalani, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Nepal
DD Electra
AP Van Imhoff
AP Barnett, Torpedo hits 1
CLAA Caradoc, on fire, heavy damage
DD Pakenham
MSW Wallaroo


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

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

afternoon strike from Rabaul, what a joke... [8|]
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TF 1068 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (53,91) [:@][:@][:@]

TF 1068 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Bungaree
MSW Quail
MSW Revenge
MSW Wallaroo
MSW Wagga
MSW Strahan
MSW Rockhampton
MSW Inverell
MSW Gladstone
MSW Dubbo
MSW Pirie
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie
DD Stewart
DD Inconstant
DD Nepal
DD Pakenham
DD Express, Mine hits 1, on fire [8|][8|][8|]

Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 1068
416 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Electra
DD Stewart, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Landsberge
DD Hotspur, Shell hits 1
AP Siberg, Shell hits 2, on fire
AP Mijer, Shell hits 2, on fire
AP Camphuys, Shell hits 1
AP Empire Waimana, Shell hits 2, on fire
AP Empire Pride, Shell hits 2, on fire
AK Alhena
AK Libra, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Nepal, Shell hits 1
AP Wanganella
AP Moreton Bay, Shell hits 4, on fire
AP Esperance Bay, Shell hits 4, on fire
AP Wharton, Shell hits 1
AP Arthur Middleton, Shell hits 3, on fire
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 1
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Heywood, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Fortune
DD Foxhound

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
2152 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 1

nice counterfire by my two small IJN base forces. Once again I think it´s the joke of the year that I lose two dozen DDs around Northern Australia to mines while going in with surface combat or bombardment TFs and once again the Allied seem to be immune to my mines. At the end of the turn there were still 3900!!!!! mines at Port Moresby but all we get is one f*cking hit on a DD... this just sucks... [:@] looking at the casualties, there must be coming a lot of troops ashore, PM will be Allied soon I guess...



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Ground combat at Chita

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8955 troops, 0 guns, 572 vehicles, Assault Value = 2832

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

Japanese max assault: 298 - adjusted assault: 253

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 253 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Chita base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 24 destroyed [X(]

we conquer the empty base of Chita, some 48 Pe-2 were left behind and destroyed. Miller must have forgot about them...

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 88799 troops, 980 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1922

Defending force 82423 troops, 842 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 1616



Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15819 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867

Defending force 280868 troops, 1473 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6688



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22687 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488

Defending force 168364 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4849



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7904 troops, 255 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3777

Defending force 154933 troops, 1093 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3095



Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2794 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 227

Defending force 15128 troops, 330 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 721 [:(]

Miller landed a couple of divisions with support troops, the base will fall without having much of a chance...

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100036 troops, 818 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2595

Defending force 102154 troops, 978 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2021


Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


I have to say that I was really disappointed by the performance of my IJN torpedo bombers today. Not much hit for all those bombers that launched. In total we got perhaps 40% of the bombers into the air, regardless of being fully supplied and in range of air HQs. Nav strikes are a hard task...

Luck wasn´t on our side today as Buna was clouded in, my bombers staid on the ground while Allied bombers came in to bomb and destroy them. And one thing made Miller really lucky today: KB ended up ONE hex too far away to launch a strike. One hex closer and KB could have launched 250 bombers twice this day against a fully loaden invasion TF... a pity...

This is what the enemy throws at Port Moresby. IIRC then those US divisions are the ones that were forced to retreat South of Darwin, so they are all understrenght, only the Australian division should be at full strenght. But it doesn´t matter, the defense of PM is far to weak to oppose the attack. Not even our forts are built up, only at 1. I planned to slightly reinforce PM within the next weeks and build up the forts but never intended to really defend it with force. At least not that much force that I would keep Miller from attacking as I do want to see him to constantly do offensives like this one here. As long as the enemy doesn´t have enough carriers to support his invasions, all of them will be bloody. And I can asure you, the Allied Navies will suffer again...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/16/43

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TF 1068 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (53,91)

TF 1068 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Bungaree
MSW Quail
MSW Revenge
MSW Wallaroo
MSW Wagga
MSW Strahan
MSW Rockhampton
MSW Inverell
MSW Gladstone
MSW Dubbo
MSW Pirie
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie
DD Pakenham
DD Nestor
DD Nepal
DD Inconstant
DD Griffin
AP Empire Waimana, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [&o][&o][&o]


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 1068
142 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Hotspur, Shell hits 2
DD Jupiter
DD Fortune
AK Electra, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Electra
AP West Point
DD Nepal
AP George Clymer
DD Foxhound
AP Heywood, Shell hits 1
AP McCawley
AP W.A. Holbrook, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1394 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

more than 4000 mines have accounted for two whopping mine hits so far... and this is an invasion TF going into the base... [8|]

not much CD fire anymore either...

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Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 53,91

Allied Ships
CA Shropshire
CA Canberra
CL Leander
CL Achilles
CL Perth
CL Hobart
CL Mauritius
CL Birmingham
CL Glasgow
CL Newcastle

Japanese ground losses:
540 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 4

Miller seems to be the first WITP I know of that can use his cruisers twice for naval bombardments, doing it twice with good results... amazing...

hey! No mine hit? I must have been dreaming and I didn´t lose two dozen DDs to mines near Wyndham and Derby...

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TF 1068 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (53,91)

encounters mine field????

TF 1068 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Bungaree
MSW Quail
MSW Revenge
MSW Wallaroo
MSW Wagga
MSW Strahan
MSW Rockhampton
MSW Inverell
MSW Gladstone
MSW Dubbo
MSW Pirie
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie
DD Panther
DD Nestor
DD Foxhound

Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 1068
134 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AP Neptuna, Shell hits 2, on fire
AP Empire Chivalry, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Foxhound
AK Bellatrix, Shell hits 1
DD Electra
AP Arthur Middleton, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Richmond
AP Zeilin, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nepal, Shell hits 1
AP George F. Elliot

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1014 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

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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
B5N Kate x 27
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 86

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 116
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16
SBD Dauntless x 43
TBF Avenger x 14
PBY Catalina x 3
Kittyhawk I x 12
P-36A Mohawk x 45
P-39D Airacobra x 46


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
41 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 20
Beaufighter VIC x 15
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 15
B-25J Mitchell x 98
B-26B Marauder x 41


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 119

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 48
Avenger I x 22
P-47C Thunderbolt x 61


Allied aircraft losses
P-47C Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 35
P-40B Tomahawk x 27
P-40N Warhawk x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Buna at 55,90 [8|]


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 11
B-24D Liberator x 11
IL-4c x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
MSW Choun Maru #8, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Hinode Maru
AK Naruo Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Toei Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Banshu Maru #51, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Eguchi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kennichi Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 10000 feet
1 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

long range strike of tired bombers, extended range... well, I would trade my Betties immediately for 4E bombers... they are AT LEAST as good in ship killing (except BBs) and are flying Battlestars... 18 hits out of 31 bombers... 5 ships sunk...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 104
A6M3a Zero x 48
B5N Kate x 154

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 damaged
B5N Kate: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Mahukona, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MSW Wasaga, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empire Tamar, Bomb hits 1
CLAA Van Heemskerck, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zealandia, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA Caledon, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP J. Franklin Bell, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Adams, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Garfield, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Express, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Panther
AP Wharton, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nizam, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Electra, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Richmond, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Diemen, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Empire Waimana, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Alhena, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Henry T. Allen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Pakenham
AK Albireo, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Hotspur
AP George F. Elliot
DD Inconstant, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP W.A. Holbrook, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Fomalhaut, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Electra
AP Fuller, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Esperance Bay, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Jupiter, Bomb hits 1
AP Koolama, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-705, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Barnett, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Westralia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Rochussen, Bomb hits 1
AP Pijnacker Hordijk, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
MSW Tamworth, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AVD Casco, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Quail, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Mijer, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
546 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

we did not have the luck to see KB moving one hex further yesterday but today we were in perfect strike range (3 hexes) and launched a full strike in the morning... the enemy TF is hit hard, nearly two dozen ships should be sunk, including two CLAA and one CL... at this point it becomes more and more strange to me to see this attack going in. Pretty much reminds me of Miller´s attack on Timor when his carriers turned around and I slaughtered his APs. He told me afterwards he would never do that again. Well, it seems he´s doing the same thing big style again now...


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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
CLAA Van Heemskerck, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Dubbo, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nizam, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Panther
DD Nepal
AK Kansan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Pirie
DD Electra, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empire Pride
CL Richmond, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nestor
AP George F. Elliot, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Empire Waimana, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Coquina
SC SC-738, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported

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

strike from Siador, hit rate is again not impressing... as you can see, nearly no flak fire, it seems the enemy is already running out of AA ammunition...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 51
G3M Nell x 5
G4M1 Betty x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CLAA Van Heemskerck, on fire, heavy damage
AK Trieste, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Nizam, on fire, heavy damage
AP Wharton, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP West Point, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Express, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empire Chivalry, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Moreton Bay
CL Richmond, on fire, heavy damage
AK Libra, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA Caledon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Foxhound
DD Fortune, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zealandia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Minnesotan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

then the morning strike from Rabaul goes in, finishing off more enemy ships...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 20
G3M Nell x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CL Richmond, on fire, heavy damage
AP George Clymer
AP Wanganella, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Neck, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Hayes, Torpedo hits 1


Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported

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

strike from Siador, half of the strike tried to engage the already sunk CL Richmond... hate this feature...

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 63
PB4Y Liberator x 17
B-24D Liberator x 21
IL-4c x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 3 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 6 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet

there´s a big base force, a CD unit and two small base forces, dozens of big calibre AA guns but the damage done to low flying Allied bombers is marginal again... as yesterday, my bombers didn´t launch but the enemy came in to bomb them... must be nice to see my aircraft transfers... [>:]

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 77
A6M3a Zero x 48
B5N Kate x 109

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Jupiter
AP President Garfield, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA Van Heemskerck, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wagga
CL Richmond, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bellatrix, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Hayes
DD Norman
AP Empire Chivalry, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Neptuna, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Libra, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Wanganella, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Express, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wasaga, on fire, heavy damage
AP Rochussen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Van Imhoff, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP President Adams, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA Caledon, on fire, heavy damage
DD Pakenham
DD Panther
DD Nizam, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Henry T. Allen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Alhena, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-636, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Albireo, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AVD Casco, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

KB´s afternoon strike. While we launched 258 bombers in the morning (with only half a dozen being damaged), we "only" launch 186 in the afternoon and at least half of them tries to attack already sunk ships (mainly targetting the two CLAAs and the CL), making this strike only half effective... [8|] nav search reports at least 80 ships in this TF... but more ships are about to sink... we don´t hit a lot of troop loaden APs it seems or most of the enemy troops have already unloaded...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26
G3M Nell x 21
G4M1 Betty x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
MSW Bungaree
AP Wanganella, on fire, heavy damage
DD Norman, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Foxhound
AP Van Neck, on fire, heavy damage
AK Alhena, on fire, heavy damage
AVD Casco, on fire, heavy damage
DD Express, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA Van Heemskerck, on fire, heavy damage
DD Pakenham
AK Eridanus, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Rochussen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Gladstone
AP Zeilin, on fire, heavy damage

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

and the same shit goes on... probably 80% of the bombers can´t find a target (out of the 80+ ships) because they attack "sunk" ships and turn around because their target is already sunk... who came up with such stupid ideas programming this game? [&:] leaving this attack with only 4 torp hits...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 30
G4M1 Betty x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CLAA Caledon, on fire, heavy damage
DD Panther
CL Richmond, on fire, heavy damage
AK Alcyone
DD Jupiter

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

nearly all tried to attack the sunk light cruisers... bullshit...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 19
G3M Nell x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AP George F. Elliot, on fire
CLAA Caledon, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zealandia, on fire, heavy damage
AP W.A. Holbrook, on fire

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

same here... if you really know the weaknesses in the code of this game than you can really exploit it and I´m not saying that this is an exploit of Miller. Not at all. But if you have a huge TF with only a couple of "high value" ships in it then those surely get sunk but it will also result in a high percentage of enemy bombers not attacking the rest of the TF because they try to attack a sunk ship instead of attacking a fat AP just sitting 50 yards away in a TF of 100 ships... I guess if this "feature" wouldn´t exist, some 150 more bombers would have attacked ships today instead of trying to engage a sunken one...

guess at this point we have decimated the enemy TF by something like three dozen ships sunk and some more being damaged, so this shouldn´t be the time to complain. Our losses in aircraft are more than light and if I would be the Allied, I wouldn´t cheer about those losses. But Miller must have expected them as he already told me he expects to lose a lot of ships when KB would show up. I would never do an attack like this. He did only one day of bombings with his heavy bombers against my bases and none of those bases that were hit launched a strike anyway (and this not because of the Allied attacks). It really remembers me of the Allied drive on Timor, the only difference is the fact that Miller now has Corsairs... I don´t have Tonies yet but hopefully soon, knowing that they are not as good as the Corsair of course, but surely a milestone compared to the "fly straight ahead Tojo".

We have still nearly a dozen Allied divisions bottled up at Wyndham and I have still not given up the intention to kill them off. And this is what should concern Miller. Losing those 3000 assault points at Wyndham will be a major disaster for the Western Allied as they don´t have that many divs at the moment and it will free up 10.000!! of Japanese assault points in this region. So in fact, I don´t understand this attack on Port Moresby at all at this stage. It looks dangerous for us at the moment (not nearly as dangerous as the attack on Timor though) but we have the chance to do the same thing like at Timor, cut them off and make the Allied pay.

For me, this operation is a good example of "too early, too far again"...


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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 88907 troops, 982 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1931

Defending force 83356 troops, 870 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 1645



Allied ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

I´m really confident to knock out the Russian completely. This should give me quite some resources and HI and I will try to establish a training site for my pilots where I can do safe training runs later in the war when the American will drive towards the Philipines...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865

Defending force 281817 troops, 1475 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6706



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22607 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2486

Defending force 168216 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4841



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7996 troops, 259 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3811

Defending force 155170 troops, 1100 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3100



Allied ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2684 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 250

Defending force 33364 troops, 644 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 911

I was in the process or regrouping my ground troops in this area and therefore I don´t have a couple of nav guard units or a bgd on hand to be flown in with Tabbies from Rabaul. This and the fact that PM´s forts weren´t built up makes the Allied invasion possible. I won´t call it a success because taking the base but losing over 50 ships doing this (if we launch strikes tomorrow) isn´t a success IMO. It´s a success for us as our goals always have been to sink ships. Doing this with low losses to our own forces if possible. The only thing that hurts the Allied at some point are losing ships. And while they get a hell a lot of ships, I´ve made the experience that they do feel it when they lose too many of them. Those dozens of ships being lost in this invasion won´t hurt in the long run but it´s only this one invasion. The same already happened at Timor when we sunk two dozen APs. Now we probably get another four dozen. Sure you can use AKs to ferry around your troops but you will soon find out that you need A LOT of AKs to ferry troops and don´t forget that Nikmod has greatly reduced cargo capacity of all ships. The step from a bad outcome to a disaster when it comes down to ship losses around PM is dependend only on two things: a) how many more days will the Allied TF hang around and b) will the weather prevent any of KB´s strikes. There´s also the possibility of an Allied 4E bomber strike on KB but I´ll take that risk. Should have a 200 Zero Cap and hopefully the 4Es won´t show up in the hundreds and their morale should hopefully be low. And not to forget the fact that he has to even spot KB with search aircraft from his bases around Cairns, which is something like a dozen hexes away...


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100144 troops, 825 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2597

Defending force 102113 troops, 983 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2019


Japanese ground losses:
601 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 19

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

give me Allied artillery please...

wow, nice results, chris.

at least, miller has fighting spirit and attacks instead of sitting there and waiting to get his dozend new carriers before attacking.

good luck for your tomorrow strikes against the anglo-american aggressors at PM.[;)]

about the % of attacking bettys:

i never forget this AAR from one of my earlier UV games:

Air attack on TF, near Lea Lea at 9,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 171
G3M Nell x 41
G4M1 Betty x 116

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty x 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Monaghan, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Pierce, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Dale, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Orungal, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Worden, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Ormsby, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hull, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP George F. Elliot, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

170 bombers were at lae and 157 started their attack.[:D] hopefully your rabaul marauders will get some similar results tomorrow.

That would be a nice rate of bombers available/launching. Miller told me that just before the invasion went in that he "only" expects my Betties to show up and KB joining later (one day later...). And I told him that my Betties alone nearly were enough to defeat his carriers off Darwin but as it turns out now, they can´t do much it seems. Without KB it would have been quite nice days for the Allied.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/17/43

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TF 1068 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (53,91)

TF 1068 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


Allied Ships
MSW Bungaree
MSW Revenge
MSW Wallaroo
MSW Wagga
MSW Strahan
MSW Rockhampton
MSW Inverell
MSW Gladstone
MSW Pirie
MSW Kalgoorlie

Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 1068
80 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Bungaree, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-708, Shell hits 1
AP West Point, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
580 casualties reported

3000 mines, nothing happens... is that bu**sh*t? [8|]

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TF 1068 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (53,91)

TF 1068 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


Allied Ships
MSW Bungaree, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Revenge
MSW Wallaroo
MSW Wagga
MSW Strahan
MSW Rockhampton
MSW Inverell
MSW Gladstone
MSW Pirie
MSW Kalgoorlie

Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 1068
18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AP Van Imhoff, Shell hits 1
SC SC-708, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-707, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
242 casualties reported

the subchasers don´t take much more than a 5.5 or 4.7 inch hit to sink...

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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 113
B5N Kate x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 88

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 130
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 21
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
SBD Dauntless x 42
TBF Avenger x 14
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 12
P-36A Mohawk x 46
P-39D Airacobra x 49
F4U-1 Corsair x 8


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 82

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 35
P-40B Tomahawk x 26
P-40N Warhawk x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 3 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet

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Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 20


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet

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Day Air attack on 3rd Division, at 13,21


Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 144th IJN Base Force, at 53,91


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 19
Liberator VI x 22
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-24D Liberator x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

ground attacks at extended range... must mean the enemy ground troops will attack today... I would have set all my 4E bombers on nav attack to engage KB though... with over 300 long range bombers that can´t be shot down by Cap or flak I would have kept them on nav attack to get a chance to hit the fragile Japanese carriers. Miller stated in his email that there´s a huge discrepancy in Allied and Japanese losses in warships due to the fact that the Allied don´t have long range torpedo bombers like the Japanese Betty and Nell and therefor those losses are so onesided because as long as I stay further than 5 hexes away from his bases nothing could harm KB. Well, I´m of total different oppinion on that case. Speaking from my experience as an Allied player (and from Japanese experience too of course), the Allied 4E (and to a high extend the Ventura in Nikmod too) are perfect ship killers and I usually achieve BETTER results with B-24 than with Betties against everything except BBs as I have yet to see a 4E dropping a bomb that can penetrate the deck armor of Japanese BBs.

Same goes for his Mitchells and Wellingtons, if you have ships in their range then they are in high danger. Of course much depends on the crews experience but the same goes for the Betty crews. Low experience, few hits, high experience, many hits. And high experience also means BIG bombs and big Allied bombs are far more dangerous to Japanese ships than Japanese torpedoes are to Allied ships. Speaking with an experience of thousands of PBEM turns in stock, Nikmod and BigB I can surely say that the Allied equipment of mid 42 on is surely no reason not to sink Japanese ships. The equipment works just fine and you will get more and more and more of that fine equipment. You don´t need no stinking long range torpedo bomber (that can´t be used for anything else) as the Allied, you have heavy bombers that drop 4.000 lb of laser guided bombs as soon as they have decent experience...

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Day Air attack on 149th IJN Base Force, at 53,91


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 50
PB4Y Liberator x 22
B-24D Liberator x 21
IL-4c x 8


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 87th Naval Guard Unit, at 53,91


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 14
Liberator VI x 31
B-17E Fortress x 22
B-24D Liberator x 35


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
185 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 64
A6M3a Zero x 23
B5N Kate x 128

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Barnett, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Koolama, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Fuller, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kansan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Imhoff, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Strahan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Mintaka, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empire Pride, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Diemen, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Bungaree, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Wanganella, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Eridanus, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Gladstone, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Westralia, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Neptuna, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Inverell, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Pijnacker Hordijk, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Rochussen, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Cloon, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Landsberge, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Minnesotan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wagga, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-708, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mahukona, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Electra, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Garfield, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kalani, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wallaroo, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Draco, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Makiki, Torpedo hits 1
AP Zeilin, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Neck, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

this time nearly the full strike went after ships that haven´t been sunk already and the result looks awful... [:)] I still have problem to believe that a suicide style invasion of PM was really worth it...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 27
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 28

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Van Diemen, on fire, heavy damage
AK Coquina, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wallaroo, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Cloon, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Eridanus, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kalani, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-708, on fire, heavy damage
AP Neptuna, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mintaka, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Wanganella, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Wagga, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported

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

then Siador and Rabaul launch their Betty strikes, finishing off more ships...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 48
G3M Nell x 4
G4M1 Betty x 101

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Mahukona, on fire
MSW Rockhampton
MSW Strahan, on fire
AP Van Neck, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kansan, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Diemen, on fire, heavy damage
AK Coquina, on fire, heavy damage
AP Koolama, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Esperance Bay, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Barnett, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kalani, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Revenge, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP West Point, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empire Pride, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zeilin, on fire, heavy damage
AP Westralia, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wagga, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-708, on fire, heavy damage
AP Fuller, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Landsberge, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Fomalhaut, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 51,96

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 9

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 5
P-38G Lightning x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Norman

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

damn it... Siador´s Nells attack a LRCAPed TF four hexes off Australia´s coast and 4 Nells are shot down... avoidable losses... and losses that hurt because those were 4 high experienced crews and every crew counts...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 99
A6M3a Zero x 22
B5N Kate x 138

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Fomalhaut, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP George F. Elliot, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP West Point, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Landsberge, on fire, heavy damage
AK Makiki, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Westralia, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Neck, on fire, heavy damage
AK Coquina, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Diemen, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-708, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Gladstone, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Cloon, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Koolama, on fire, heavy damage
AP Wanganella, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zeilin, on fire, heavy damage
AP Pijnacker Hordijk, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kansan, on fire, heavy damage
AK Minnesotan, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Garfield, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Revenge, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mahukona, on fire
MSW Bungaree, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Draco, on fire, heavy damage
AK Electra, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Eridanus, on fire, heavy damage
AP Rochussen, on fire, heavy damage
AP Fuller, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Imhoff, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Siberg, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kalani, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wagga, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

KB´s afternoon strike and 80% of the strike tries to engage already sunk ships... but I guess there´s not much left of this task force anyway...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Van Diemen, on fire, heavy damage
AP Westralia, on fire, heavy damage
AK Trieste, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Electra, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kalani, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 49
G3M Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 88

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Fomalhaut, on fire, heavy damage
AP Rochussen, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Diemen, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kalani, on fire, heavy damage
AP Koolama, on fire, heavy damage
AP Pijnacker Hordijk, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Strahan, on fire
AK Eridanus, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empire Pride, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Fuller, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-707, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Esperance Bay, on fire, heavy damage
AP Barnett, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Rockhampton
AP Neptuna, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wallaroo, on fire, heavy damage
AP Wanganella, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Pirie, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Inverell, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Bungaree, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wagga, on fire, heavy damage

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

that´s it... I won´t do anymore nav strikes from tomorrow on...

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89047 troops, 984 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1943

Defending force 83889 troops, 887 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 1666



Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15875 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1864

Defending force 282821 troops, 1481 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6724



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22533 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2485

Defending force 168204 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4829



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8053 troops, 261 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3848

Defending force 155275 troops, 1106 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3103



Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3907 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 276

Defending force 38894 troops, 739 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1062



Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100162 troops, 825 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2600

Defending force 101373 troops, 964 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1998


Japanese ground losses:
381 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 7


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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 34285 troops, 647 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1061

Defending force 12949 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 276

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied max assault: 1508 - adjusted assault: 1498

Japanese max defense: 172 - adjusted defense: 91

Allied assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Port Moresby base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
1153 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Allied ground losses:
255 casualties reported
Guns lost 10


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

there was no doubt that the defenders would have had a chance. The US divisions looked pretty worn out, only the Australian division seems to still be in a good shape. 1061 assault points with 5 Allied divisions and support troops isn´t that much anyway...

well, Port Moresby is Allied again. So what about the situation now? The enemy has landed five divs, some art units, an AA unit and an Australian construction unit and NO base forces. [X(] Was that an oversight? How can you do that invasion without bringing base forces immediately? The airfield is level 3 and it will take some time to further build it up. To further build it up he will need seabees (if he wants to do it fast) and he will need supply. Supply is one major question again and when looking at what we´ve hit from day one of the invasion on and how many AKs there were in total and how many were lost, I seriously doubt that Miller has more than 20.000 supplies on the beach. And 20.000 supplies isn´t that much. Enough to go on for some time, but not enough to do serious base building, supplying your troops and mount a bomber offensive out of the place. Which means that Miller has to do two things: a) bring in more supplies (can only be done by ship - say hello to Ms. Betty [;)]) and b) move in more troops (could also be done by airtransport).

Of course he now has made a first step into a region where he can use his Corsairs and medium bombers to hurt me. But to seriously hurt me he probably has to build this place up to max size and I have to let him hurt me, which means staying within Corsair range. It´s a comparable situation like it was on Timor (just not as dangerous in a strategic view), the enemy came in unexpected and just a couple of weeks too early, he took the place and he now holds position at a place that is surrounded by numerous Japanese bases that have been built up. Those bases can "only" be reached by heavy bombers from Australia or bombers out of PM itself but I guess PM has to concentrate to protect itself rather than launch an offensive. And to exploit the situation, the enemy just has to send task forces to the base, just like it had to be done on Timor. My reaction on Timor lead to my offensive against Northern Australia that was a more or less complete success (except the destruction of all the Allied divisions at Wyndham - but I´m still working on that one). My reaction against Port Moresby can´t be that I invade the area around Townsville because I can´t go in against 600 Allied bombers with my Cap of 200 KB Zeros and I don´t have the shipping and ground units anyway. Not that I would do that if I would have the ships and the ground troops...

But one thing I can asure you, I already have a plan... [;)] stay tuned...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/18/43

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ASW attack at 108,98

Japanese Ships
SS I-11, hits 3

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

three near misses but this shows me that I will have to order the three subs in this area out of there as fast as possible... this is South West of Jarvis Island...

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 74
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 7 destroyed, 34 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIC: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage [X(][X(][X(]
DD Rocket, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Danae, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
DD Redoubt, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Stronghold, Bomb hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

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

I can´t believe it! CA Suffolk is still afloat? WTH? DinahIIIs were flying daily recon to Ceylon and they came back with the info that there are nearly a dozen ships disbanded at Colombo (level 6 port), including at least one CL (which obviously is Danae that also was spotted during our Betty attacks on CA Suffolk). So I´ve moved in three Helen sentais and ordered them to attack with a Zero Daitai as escort. I have to say that I´m totally disappointed by the escort as the enemy Cap immediately attacked the bombers, downing 6 of them easily [:(] as the Beaufighter has an awful armament...

I know of the base force at Colombo that is bristling with AA guns, nevertheless I´ve ordered the attack to go in at 11.000 ft as you don´t hit anything if you go in higher and still suffer from the Allied uber flak that wrecks your bomber force in no time. Needless to say that I was totally shocked when I saw the first 250kg AP bomb going through Suffolks deck armor as I was 99,9% sure it would have sunk after taking FIVE torps from my Betties. Looks like there was a lot of FOW involved in this attack. Even four torps should have sunk the CA for sure. Superior Allied damage control and the fact that the ship was disbanded into the level 6 port obviously also helped a lot. Don´t know how Suffolks damage looks like now, after taking nearly a dozen bombs. One or two bombs weren´t able to penetrate the belt armor. Also CL Danae is hit hard, again a couple of belt hits that didn´t penetrate, but also here 7 or 8 250kg AP bombs should do a hell a lot of damage to the CL. Hopefully CL Suffolk is sunk now...

15 Helens lost, including a dozen high experienced crews, but I think the damage done was worth it... if we attack again, then not without another daitai of Zeros as escorts...



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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
B5N Kate x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 90

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 102
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 69
B5N Kate x 137

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 39 [8|]
P-38G Lightning x 17 [8|]
F4U-1 Corsair x 12 [8|]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 19 destroyed, 10 damaged
B5N Kate: 6 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 12 destroyed, 15 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 4 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B5N Kate bombing at 26000 feet

god damn! I was thinking about ordering this attack for more than just a minute but as the enemy has not landed ANY air support squads I´ve thought he also wouldn´t fly in aircraft as this is something I wouldn´t do... well, Miller did and I won´t blame him for doing this. So ordering this attack was a mistake as we lose two dozen KB aircraft and their precious, high experienced pilots. The high experienced Zeros (the best I can field) hardly traded one of their own for one of the enemy fighters and this showed me that medium experienced Allied pilots in Corsairs and Lightnings are too much of a threat already to take them on if not absolutely necessary. And this airfield attack surely was no MUST at all as I can´t close the airfield forever anyway. All in all I´m absolutely satisfied with the damage done to the enemy invasion of Port Moresby, even with the two dozen aircraft lost today, we only lost three dozen in total for sinking something like 70 ships, including two British CLAA, a US CL and several DDs. Especially the AP losses will be something Miller will feel the next months I guess...

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 78
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 199

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 29
P-38G Lightning x 11
F4U-1 Corsair x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed, 12 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 12 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 9 destroyed
PBM Mariner: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 28 [8|][8|][8|]

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 16000 feet

bit airfield strike from Rabaul. As this is the follow on strike to KB´s strike, as usual the Cap has no chance at all. While the 90 exp Zero escorts from KB can hardly hold their own, achieving a 1:1 kill rate, the 80 exp Zero escorts (that are coming in from 10 hexes range and are fatigued from previous attacks) take down the enemy fighters in a 10:1 kill rate...

but what the hell should I think about this hit rate of 200 Betties. That´s exactly why I will never understand Allied players that think the Betty is so uber. Yes you can use it to sink all kind of ships (if you don´t run into Cap or heavy flak). But is there anything else you can use it? Yes, port attacks if there are ships to hit... but that´s it... 200+ high experienced IJNAF bombers achieve 28 hits on the runway. 200 4E bombers would achieve 250 runway hits. Funny thing is, those 4Es carry "only" 3 times as many bombs on that range as the Betties do but achieve nearly 8-10 times more hits on average.




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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 46
TBF Avenger x 13
PBY Catalina x 3
Kittyhawk I x 12
P-36A Mohawk x 48
P-39D Airacobra x 52


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 69

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-47C Thunderbolt x 61


Allied aircraft losses
P-47C Thunderbolt: 11 damaged

Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 34
P-40B Tomahawk x 19
P-40N Warhawk x 10


Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed
P-40N Warhawk: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet

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Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 14


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Division, at 13,21


Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Wallis Island at 93,107

Japanese Ships
AG AG-110
AG AG-111
AG AG-114
AG AG-356, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-5139
AG AG-5141
AG AG-5164, Shell hits 4, on fire
AG AG-2055, Shell hits 1
AG AG-2066, Shell hits 4, on fire
AG AG-2091, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2099, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2526, Shell hits 3
AG AG-2529, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2530, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
APD Schley
APD Ward
APD Gilmer

sent some barges to Wallis Island but they are hit hard...

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Sub attack at 109,96

Japanese Ships
SS I-25

Allied Ships
AK Empire Haven
AK Frances E. Willard
MSW Champion
MSW Herald
PG Yarra
PG Warrego
PG Swan

yet another time when a sub missed with six torps...

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89206 troops, 984 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1952

Defending force 84690 troops, 898 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 1694



Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15855 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865

Defending force 283573 troops, 1489 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6739



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22560 troops, 267 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2443

Defending force 168004 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4829



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8077 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3877

Defending force 155454 troops, 1110 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3108



Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100219 troops, 824 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2605

Defending force 84103 troops, 906 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1694


Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Hi Castor,
 
I have to say this is one of the most impressive demolition of the Allies I've seen since Honda's
 
He's given you a fantastic opportunity to run him out of his best airframes at PM.  No base force means no radar (and they can only be shipped rather than flown in).  No radar means no DL on incoming aircraft.  Recon, then sweep to clear the skies, then send in the bombers (with some escorts).  You may not get great sweep results, but the escots will massacre what's left.  I'm not saying you won't get bounced at all, but it will resemble 'dead cat' rather than Indian rubber ball. 

Wow, I missed a lot of action in three weeks ![&o]  Go on Chris, drive your tanks to Moscow and go relieve von Paulus !

ORIGINAL: Yakface

Hi Castor,

I have to say this is one of the most impressive demolition of the Allies I've seen since Honda's

He's given you a fantastic opportunity to run him out of his best airframes at PM.  No base force means no radar (and they can only be shipped rather than flown in).  No radar means no DL on incoming aircraft.  Recon, then sweep to clear the skies, then send in the bombers (with some escorts).  You may not get great sweep results, but the escots will massacre what's left.  I'm not saying you won't get bounced at all, but it will resemble 'dead cat' rather than Indian rubber ball. 

Hi

Thanks, it´s fun but the curtain is soon falling and I will be getting in trouble I guess. It´s mid 43 after all.

Two more days into the war (cr following soon) and Miller moved in two more units (by airtransport as I haven´t spotted any shipping) according to my recon. Those units are pretty surely air support units, Miller can´t ignore not having them at PM. [;)] Don´t know if he really forgot about them while loading his invasion TF or if it was planned to move them in with Dakotas.

In the meantime we´ve spotted something like 80+ enemy fighters on Cap over PM. This means it would not just become a massacre for the Allied, it would also become one for the Japanese (I don´t even want to think about what flak will do to my bombers). The Allied get something like 150 top notch fighters per month (Corsair, Thunderbolt and Lightning, not even counting Spits...) and while there probably won´t be that many P-38s around, he surely has hundreds of Corsairs and also something like 150 Thunderbolts already. So really fighting them down is something I don´t want to do at the moment. In a month (at the latest, if r&r isn´t succesfull) we will produce roughly 600 Tonies a month and I don´t want to send in hundreds of high experienced Tojos when I can use those pilots in Tonies. The Tony "should" be a vast improvement over the Tojo. More maneuverable (biggest weakness of the "only fly straight ahead Tojo"), armor rating of 2 (Tojo 0) and the first single seat fighter for the Japanese with a gun value of 10. Hopefully this will mean I can take down a couple of Allied bombers more. At the moment I prefer to fight a defensive fight over my bases, with a level 3 airfield at PM, Miller will rather have to concentrate to defend the place than to mount an offensive out of it. With the Tony coming online I hope to be in a better position.

How is it possibly that the Tony arrives in 43 and AFTER the Tojo?

ORIGINAL: Historiker

How is it possibly that the Tony arrives in 43 and AFTER the Tojo?

because that´s Nikmod and the version that arrives is the cannon armed version and that was (according to Nikademus) not available until mid 43. It´s agreed within the forum that the stock arrival dates of both the Tojo and the Tony seem to be wrong.

I see

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/19/43

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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 89
B5N Kate x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 96
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 82
PB4Y Liberator x 29
B-24D Liberator x 29
IL-4c x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed
D3A Val: 2 destroyed
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 9 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 128

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 10000 feet
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

I really consider it a joke that a CD unit (more than a dozen 4,7 inch DP guns), a big base force (three dozen AA guns of all calibres) and two IJN base forces (a dozen AA guns each) can´t do any damage. This is a low level attack and while I don´t think I should take out the whole bomber formation, they should at least be forced to attack higher. All what Nikmod has been about seems not to be true in this version anymore. Still true for Allied flak (it´s not just that I have to attack higher, I can´t attack Allied bases at all [8|]) but Japanese flak is inferior to stock flak as the enemy aircraft are just far too durable.

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16
SBD Dauntless x 18
TBF Avenger x 5
PBY Catalina x 4
Kittyhawk I x 6
P-36A Mohawk x 18
P-39D Airacobra x 18


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 12
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 13
B-25J Mitchell x 53
B-26B Marauder x 38


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 77

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 54
Avenger I x 21
P-47C Thunderbolt x 59


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 62

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet

same here, three base forces... they even were lucky today, taking one fighter bomber down that came in at 2000 ft...

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 35
P-40B Tomahawk x 23


Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet

58 more enemy aircraft, three base forces (fully operational, fully supplied) damage 2 lousy aircraft... what a joke...

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Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 14


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Division, at 13,21


Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89357 troops, 991 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2057

Defending force 85517 troops, 909 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 1732



Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Rukhlovo

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 158275 troops, 1822 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 3383

Defending force 14922 troops, 173 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 343

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 3388 - adjusted assault: 4363

Allied max defense: 377 - adjusted defense: 288

Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rukhlovo base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
R-12: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
358 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Allied ground losses:
1244 casualties reported
Guns lost 86

Miller left one mountain division behind here, can´t see a reason for tha to be honest, the unit had no chance to achieve anything...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15871 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867

Defending force 284376 troops, 1499 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6753



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22570 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2443

Defending force 167717 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4832



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8143 troops, 268 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3450

Defending force 155770 troops, 1112 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3110



Allied ground losses:
197 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100272 troops, 827 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2616

Defending force 84007 troops, 899 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1691


Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/20/43

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 27
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIC: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged

Sweep but it didn´t turn out well at all. My 83 exp Zero daitai got bounced (what else?) and while only taking down four low experienced Beaufighters the Zeros lose two of their own. Two out of the three Beaufighter bursts killed a Zero immediately...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 89

No Japanese losses

Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 48
SBD Dauntless x 46
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-36A Mohawk x 52
F4U-1 Corsair x 23


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 90

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter VIC x 15
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14
B-25C Mitchell x 46
B-26B Marauder x 45


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 139

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 53
Avenger I x 23
P-47C Thunderbolt x 44


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 68

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet

just have to love my flak... [:@]

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Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 14


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lae at 54,87


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Kanto Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Kano Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

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

max range attacks, thank god still with 500lb bombs... one will surely make it, the other one is more critical but has a chance to make it...

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Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 65

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 41
PB4Y Liberator x 12
B-24D Liberator x 9
IL-4c x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 31 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 destroyed, 22 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 8 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 9 damaged
IL-4c: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

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

we suffer from the usual things, we just don´t get our fighters airborne. 200 Tojos set to 90% Cap, 65 in the air to meet the bombers. Senseless to try to defend your bases (even against unescorted strikes) until we will get land based radar... Thank god they were low on morale. We take a dozen bombers down in total, most turned back. 6 bombers dropped their load, destroying two Tojos on the ground. We were lucky anyway as most ot the Allied strike failed to locate the target... Otherwise we would have lost 100 Tojos today for downing 20 bombers...



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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 86


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89539 troops, 997 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2158

Defending force 86496 troops, 918 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

lots of troops have been ordered to move towards Borzya to take out the base soon...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1869

Defending force 284619 troops, 1502 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6763



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22587 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2443

Defending force 167559 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4834



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8226 troops, 274 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3018

Defending force 155546 troops, 1113 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3109



Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100299 troops, 828 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2618

Defending force 83965 troops, 893 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1692


Japanese ground losses:
294 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/21/43

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ASW attack at 52,93

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
DD Pakenham
DD Nestor
DD Nepal

Looks like ships from Port Moresby are returning to the Townsville area. Those must have been disbanded in PM´s port... The British DDs dropped only some DCs but all missed...

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Sub attack at 28,66

Japanese Ships
AP Ayato Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Hoe

big AP hit...

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 49
Ki-49 Helen x 43
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

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

God damn, how can the heavy cruiser still be afloat???

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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 89
B5N Kate x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 172
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 80

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 156
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 48
SBD Dauntless x 41
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 16
P-36A Mohawk x 53
F4U-1 Corsair x 25


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 83

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 46
Avenger I x 21
P-47C Thunderbolt x 37


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet

flak? [>:]

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 27


Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet


wow
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lae at 54,87


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Kinka Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Borneo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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

should have reacted after the last nav strike but haven´t moved in any fighters to cover my ships... another big AK in trouble...

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 79

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 16 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 77

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 30
B-24D Liberator x 62

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed, 42 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 28 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 53 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

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

62 fighters in the air last time, today 77. Absolutely funny to get 1/3 of your fighters into the air. Most of the bombers turned back again, a hell a lot has been damaged, the losses within the bombers is just depressing again. The Allied just does´t have to think about sending in heavy bombers into enemy fighter defenses as the fighters are no threat anyway... really wonder if the Tony will make that much difference. I´m absolutely sure that lots of radar and the Frank will make a difference. Lol, this will be in 12 months... [;)]



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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89710 troops, 1004 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2891

Defending force 87465 troops, 935 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 1798



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15879 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1830

Defending force 284666 troops, 1491 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6769



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22567 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2449

Defending force 167893 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4848



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8256 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4019

Defending force 155658 troops, 1114 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3110



Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100300 troops, 827 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2616

Defending force 83803 troops, 887 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1687


Japanese ground losses:
338 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/22/43

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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 86
B5N Kate x 34
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 32
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 137
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 155
Port hits 2
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-4 Wildcat x 17
SBD Dauntless x 17
TBF Avenger x 6
PBY Catalina x 4
Kittyhawk I x 6
P-36A Mohawk x 18
F4U-1 Corsair x 15


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 2
Beaufighter VIC x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 11
B-26B Marauder x 33


No Allied losses

Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-47C Thunderbolt x 48


Allied aircraft losses
P-47C Thunderbolt: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 17


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 83


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Sub attack at 30,65

Japanese Ships
AP Ayato Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead

the big AP that was damaged by a sub before near Borneo is attacked again and sunk just off Balikpapan... means at least two Allied subs are operating in this area and none of my dozens of search ac has spotted them so far...

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89769 troops, 1005 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 4327

Defending force 88317 troops, 946 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 1825



Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

I expect Borzya to all soon...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15846 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1822

Defending force 284721 troops, 1489 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6782



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22605 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2448

Defending force 168084 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4849



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8276 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3912

Defending force 155865 troops, 1116 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3113



Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100307 troops, 826 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2615

Defending force 83342 troops, 882 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1672


Japanese ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Guns lost 19

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported