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

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/23/43

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Sub attack at 48,76

Japanese Ships
AP Taiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Bowfin

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Bowfin hits a troop loaden, medium sized AP off the "North" Coast of New Guinea. This happened near Noemfor and I wonder what the sub is doing here as this surely is no shipping lane where Japanese subs are usually going... the AP is dead of course after taking two torps, no idea why it doesn´t even show up as heavily damaged...

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Day Air attack on 4th Army, at 64,20


Allied aircraft
R-12 x 1


Allied aircraft losses
R-12: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet

Again I suffer from a stupid design... the dive bombers go in against a clouded base, my strike was cancelled... [8|]

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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 88
B5N Kate x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 34
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 135
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 31
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 88

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 91
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 4

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
Beaufighter VIF x 16
Beaufighter VIC x 15
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 37
B-26B Marauder x 10


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 24


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

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

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 141276 troops, 1441 guns, 1290 vehicles, Assault Value = 4846

Defending force 89088 troops, 951 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 1852



Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

nearly all of our tank Army has arrived at Borzya. Open terrain, perfect terrain for the Japanese "tanks"... [:D] Borzya is a nice pocket to be cleared. Around 20-25% of the total available Russian av is trapped at Borzya...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15883 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828

Defending force 284848 troops, 1482 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6786



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22635 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2450

Defending force 167664 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4849



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8286 troops, 280 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3943

Defending force 155984 troops, 1115 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112



Allied ground losses:
208 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100272 troops, 825 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2616

Defending force 82901 troops, 866 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1662


Japanese ground losses:
617 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

[Xxzard]

Hello again, it has been a while, but still.... wow! [:D]

This really is just about the biggest allied destruction since Honda.

Now I know you probably won't be too enthusiastic to hear this, but I can't wait for the later game, because I think with the number of bases you have taken, and the number of high exp pilots still around, and the fully functional KB, you can hold on long enough to start introducing some of the late war aircraft successfully and in large numbers. I mean, you say that it is terrible that Jap base force radar and the Ki-84 Frank are ten months off, but even in the worst case scenario I can think of, your opponent doesn't even have the shipping to be in a "good" position in that time frame, let alone the naval air support. Now land based air combat will, I'm sure, be more challenging, with much griping about who bounces who, [;)] but you can survive that long enough to produce some really cool stuff.

Honestly, you are just too good at this.

Cheers, best of luck and good hunting!

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Xxzard

Hello again, it has been a while, but still.... wow! [:D]

This really is just about the biggest allied destruction since Honda.

Now I know you probably won't be too enthusiastic to hear this, but I can't wait for the later game, because I think with the number of bases you have taken, and the number of high exp pilots still around, and the fully functional KB, you can hold on long enough to start introducing some of the late war aircraft successfully and in large numbers. I mean, you say that it is terrible that Jap base force radar and the Ki-84 Frank are ten months off, but even in the worst case scenario I can think of, your opponent doesn't even have the shipping to be in a "good" position in that time frame, let alone the naval air support. Now land based air combat will, I'm sure, be more challenging, with much griping about who bounces who, [;)] but you can survive that long enough to produce some really cool stuff.

Honestly, you are just too good at this.

Cheers, best of luck and good hunting!

thanks for the encouraging words. The thing with the high experienced pilots unfortunately is something that can change within one or two months when I have to throw them into an area where the enemy can use Corsairs and has radar. Within one day I can lose 10% of the total, high experienced IJAAF and IJNAF pilots. Even if this is Nikmod, the airwar can produce a hundred killed pilots in one day easily. And the pilots I have needed 4 or 5 months of training to reach that level.

The Frank is still at least a year away (if I will get it two months early), we will see the first radar sets being delivered to the front in 6 months, hopefully this will help somewhat.

I have one more big plan and am quite confident at the moment, you will see soon... [:D]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/24/43

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ASW attack at 52,94

Japanese Ships
SS I-165, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Pakenham
DD Nestor
DD Nepal
DD Inconstant

the enemy uses fast tranport TFs to resupply/reinforce Port Moresby... the surely 2000 mines that are still there are of no value... guess what would happen if I would send in a surface combat or naval bombardment group... [8|]

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Sub attack near Wallis Island at 93,107

Allied Ships
SS S-36

ghost attack...

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Sub attack at 53,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Edwards, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Panther
DD Wilson
DD Sterett

no ghost attack, the enemy loses one of his modern DDs... one out of 300... [;)]

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Sub attack at 52,94

Japanese Ships
SS I-155, hits 5, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Birmingham, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:D]
DD Panther
DD Wilson
DD Sterett
DD Lang
DD Ellet
DD Benham
DD Morris
DD Hammann

good day for our subs, CL Birmingham takes a torp and even shows up as heavily damaged... the cruiser nevertheless was able to move 6 hexes during the day, so the damage can´t be that bad I guess...

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ASW attack at 52,94

Japanese Ships
SS I-155, hits 4, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Pakenham
DD Nestor
DD Nepal
DD Inconstant
DD Hotspur

I-155 takes some more damage and has to retire with 52 flt damage... good chances to make Rabaul...

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Day Air attack on 4th Army, at 64,20


Allied aircraft
R-12 x 1


Allied aircraft losses
R-12: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 30
Ki-49 Helen x 54
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

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

it´s just a joke that the heavy cruiser is still afloat... one of those strange outcomes of strange coding IMO... one other thing that is strange or better say not that well designed is the fact that if there´s only one or only a couple of ships in the port than most of your strike doesn´t target the ship(s) but nearly all bomb the port facilities... well, I would like to target the f*cking CA! [:@]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 3
A6M3a Zero x 9
B5N Kate x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 14
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 57

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
19 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 53
SBD Dauntless x 46
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 3
Kittyhawk I x 16
P-36A Mohawk x 57
F4U-1 Corsair x 16


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 93

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


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 17
Beaufighter VIC x 14
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14
B-25C Mitchell x 35
B-26B Marauder x 21


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 56

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


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 19
P-47C Thunderbolt x 61


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 3 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

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

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Day Air attack on TF at 50,97

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Conway
DD LaVallette, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Newcastle

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

bombers from Lae attack, flak fire was insane but a Fletcher class DD takes two torps and surely is in danger of sinking now... If we are lucky then this fast transport mission has cost Miller two DDs and a CL is heavily damaged for three Betties lost and a damaged sub... excellent...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 63


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 54

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

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15867 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1827

Defending force 284823 troops, 1484 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6781



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22688 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2450

Defending force 167582 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4847



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8320 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3973

Defending force 156003 troops, 1116 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3106



Allied ground losses:
154 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100286 troops, 825 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2618

Defending force 82386 troops, 844 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1651


Japanese ground losses:
314 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

[castor troy]

good news and total ridicoulos happenings this turn... [:o]


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/25/43

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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-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 152
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 56

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 160
Port hits 3
Port fuel 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 Lae , at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 60

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 27
P-40E Warhawk x 16
P-38G Lightning x 27
P-47C Thunderbolt x 9
Hurricane IIc x 7
F4U-1 Corsair x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 52 destroyed [8|][8|][8|]

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 19 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 5 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 3 damaged [8|]
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 4 damaged [8|]

well, this is the 100% ridicoulos happening. The usual stupid mini Cap out of 200 fighters at the base, in this case we were lucky because would we have had 200 fighter in the air, the Corsairs and Thuds would have achieved a 200:0 kill rate...

ALL of those Tojo sentais had experience 80+ and while they take some Kittyhawks down, the Corsairs and Thunderbolts achieve a 40:0 kill rate today! 40:0? Boy, this surely proves that the stats are just totally crap, seems like Nik even has them wronger than stock. I´m pretty sure that my pilots still had a good dozen more points of experience than the Allied fighters, we defend over our own base and the Tojos get shot down 40:0. Lol, such results makes me wonder again and again why bother playing this game (mod)... [8|]

This was the highest kill rate seen in the war so far. 90 exp Zeros against 40 exp Chinese biplanes couldn´t achieve a 40:0 kill rate, well, probably 70 exp Corsairs and Thuds can achieve it against 80+ experienced Tojos... 5 months of training for nothing after this single attack...

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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 73
B-17E Fortress x 44
B-24D Liberator x 125
IL-4c x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 20 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 6 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 11 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 20 damaged
IL-4c: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
269 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 27
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 104

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet

this then of course had to happen, ultra long range attack from Australia, four AA rgts, base force and other Japanese SH*T defending the base makes it for the Allied bombers less dangerous than it is to just fly my bombers from Truk to Rabaul...

So what to do now? Of course moving everything out of Corsair range now as the first thing. Second thing is not to attack anything. Allied Uber Cap and super Uber Allied Nikmod flak makes it impossible to attack a defended base so the only thing left is to try to strike against his shipping. Which will lead to disasters as soon as the enemy shipping is Capped... Hurrey!



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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 14
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 29
B-26B Marauder x 31


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 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 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
5 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 71


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 76

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Sub attack at 54,83

Japanese Ships
AK Bujun Maru

Allied Ships
SS Bowfin

torps missed...

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 232522 troops, 1917 guns, 3349 vehicles, Assault Value = 5421

Defending force 90387 troops, 979 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8

Japanese max assault: 5233 - adjusted assault: 3003

Allied max defense: 1912 - adjusted defense: 2637

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 8)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 8


Japanese ground losses:
9407 casualties reported
Guns lost 307
Vehicles lost 75

Allied ground losses:
2182 casualties reported
Guns lost 51

ouch... I have to wonder yet again why our adjusted av is below our base av when our troops are 100% prepped and have ample supply... can understand the defender´s av... this base will fall... it will fall soon...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15851 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1824

Defending force 285291 troops, 1487 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6785



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22674 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2449

Defending force 167576 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4841



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8320 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3997

Defending force 155918 troops, 1119 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3105



Allied ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100336 troops, 824 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2619

Defending force 82163 troops, 824 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1645


Japanese ground losses:
262 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


and the good thing I´ve mentioned at the beginning of this post is the fact that the Tony R&D was another time succesfully, we will get the new fighter two months early, means in 7/43 now... In a couple of days the first sentai will be upgraded... after the super performance of the Corsairs this turn over Lae, I have no hopes that the Tony will do any better though...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/26/43

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 51
Ki-49 Helen x 75
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage

Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3

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

another attack, another time only a couple of bombers try to attack the CA... remember when there were a dozen ships in the port, we scored both a dozen hits on this CA and a CL... as soon as there are not a lot of ships anymore, even a CA doesn´t get attention... that the ship is still afloat after 5 torp hits and 20x250kg AP bombs is a joke anyway... I´m just getting upset too easily when the game produces such stupid results...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 30
G4M1 Betty x 50
Ki-49 Helen x 61

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Port hits 3
Port supply 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 53
SBD Dauntless x 46
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 16
P-36A Mohawk x 58
F4U-1 Corsair x 64


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 88

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Kittyhawk I 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 12
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 24
B-26B Marauder x 31


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 62

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


Allied aircraft
P-47C Thunderbolt x 72


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

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
32 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 20


No Allied losses

Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12


Allied aircraft
Yak-9D x 9
IL-2 Shturmovik x 58


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 44


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Sub attack at 53,81

Japanese Ships
AP Yamura Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Bowfin

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported

damn Bowfin attacks again... another big AP lost... Allied APs of that size would just laugh about one torp hit and some bursts from small calibre AA guns...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15845 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1824

Defending force 285224 troops, 1487 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6771



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22691 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2452

Defending force 167206 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4831



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Ground combat at Pokrovka

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22676 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 967

Defending force 7960 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148



Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8300 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4018

Defending force 155900 troops, 1118 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3107



Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100352 troops, 827 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2687

Defending force 81922 troops, 808 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1642


Japanese ground losses:
221 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/27/43

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ASW attack at 53,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-162, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Panther

another fast transport operation... guess what! No the thousands of mines at PM achieved no hit... well, those are Allied ships going in after all, not Japanese... didn´t know that the Allied only used hovercraft ships in WWII... oh sorry, that´s only what the WITP designer knew... [;)]

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Sub attack at 51,96

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
DD Lang
DD Panther
DD Jupiter
DD Le Triomphant
DD Wilson
DD Sterett

4 torps missed the DD...

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ASW attack at 53,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-162, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Pakenham
DD Nestor
DD Nepal
DD Inconstant
DD Hotspur

3 near misses... it seems that the DDs are not that effect as usual when they are in a fast transport TF... could also be just luck of course...

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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 65
B5N Kate x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 221
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 186
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 52
SBD Dauntless x 46
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-36A Mohawk x 56
F4U-1 Corsair x 64


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 108

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 20
Beaufighter VIC x 14
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 27
B-26B Marauder x 33


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 75

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
P-47C Thunderbolt x 53


Allied aircraft losses
P-47C Thunderbolt: 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lae at 54,87


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 38 [:(]
Kittyhawk I x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 9
P-40N Warhawk x 10
P-38G Lightning x 16
P-47C Thunderbolt x 6
F4U-1 Corsair x 26


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Hikawa Maru
AP Heian Maru, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nichibi Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hie Maru
AP Kinryu Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Haruna Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet

damn it, proves that I´m not that playing perfectly at all... after the super duper Corsair sweep against Lae, I´ve ordered all fighters out of the base but forgot about one of the TFs that was heading there... Miller has now the best single engined torpedo bomber at PM with a torp range of five hexes... their first appearance is a disaster for this TF already...

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


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 14
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 53


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Hie Maru, Bomb hits 17, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hikawa Maru
AP Kinryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported

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

now the super joke of this turn... no, not the atack on the TF, but the fact that the stupided, bugged game must have seen this attack as an AIRFIELD attack... [&:][&:][&:] Lae was 99/99 damaged after this turn! WTH? There are 300 engineers at the base and no attack but the airfield is out of a sudden completely damaged? Is this game now going totally nuts?

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Day Air attack on TF at 56,86


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 2
F4U-1 Corsair x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Yasukuni Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 44


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 56,86

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 26

Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 28

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

Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 5 destroyed, 12 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Nikki Maru, Torpedo hits 1
AP Fukko Maru
AP Yawata Maru

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet

leaking Cap from Siador takes some of the Brits down... only a small consolation prize...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Finschafen at 55,87


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 9
Kittyhawk I x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 8
P-40N Warhawk x 8
P-38G Lightning x 14
P-47C Thunderbolt x 6
F4U-1 Corsair x 20


No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet

and another AK sunk... as you can see, Miller is using most of his fighters from PM for escort already. He just can be totally confident about his flak defense there and the fact that the uber radar effects still will bring up a hundred fighters, even if they are set to only a small percentage of Cap...[8|] We spot "only" some 50 fighters on Cap over PM each turn... an attack would nevertheless run into 100+ fighters that would 100% surely get the bounce...



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15825 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1823

Defending force 285213 troops, 1485 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6773



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22660 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2452

Defending force 167170 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4835



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Ground combat at Pokrovka

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22701 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 968

Defending force 7877 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 145



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Vladivostok

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26069 troops, 256 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1010

Defending force 13506 troops, 138 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 331



Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8300 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4042

Defending force 155814 troops, 1118 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3106



Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100439 troops, 829 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2686

Defending force 81795 troops, 806 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1636


Japanese ground losses:
348 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

[bigbaba]

hi chris,

PM seems to become very nasty obstacle for your war efforts.

can you grab some divisions, put em at transport ships and retake PM with the support of KB and the battlefleet?

in the long term, the costs PM will cause for you will be larger then the costs of a recapture of the base.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: bigbaba

hi chris,

PM seems to become very nasty obstacle for your war efforts.

can you grab some divisions, put em at transport ships and retake PM with the support of KB and the battlefleet?

in the long term, the costs PM will cause for you will be larger then the costs of a recapture of the base.

Hi

I have this in mind as an option but the plan that is being in process already looks different... really different... [;)] So this would be plan B. But to be honest, sending in KB with something like 200 fighters max against bombers at PM (that can be escorted by a hundred Corsairs) and hundreds of heavy bombers at Townsville and Cairns is not really what would bring me further I guess. The problem is that in the long term, every base in this region will cost me a lot as all those bases are in overlapping range of the Corsair and as in all WITP games, it´s all about this fridging aircraft. Victory or loss, all about the Corsair. IMO, Miller would have been far better of taking Gili Gili and then taking PM as Gili Gili is far better suited to launch an offensive out of it. But no matter what base in this region, there is always a "next step" within five hexes, so even taking PM back will only result in an Allied attack against another base that then would be the same as PM is now.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/29/43

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ASW attack at 50,97

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
DD Panther
DD Jupiter
DD Le Triomphant
DD Wilson
DD Sterett

another fast transport run to PM is forming up 6 and 5 hexes South West of PM...

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Sub attack near Lae at 54,87

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5071, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Bowfin, hits 2

Bowfin kills a barge but the barge was shooting back with it´s 25mm AA gun... guess that was only FOW...

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Sub attack at 50,97

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
DD Lang
DD Panther
DD Jupiter
DD Le Triomphant
DD Wilson
DD Sterett
DD Ellet
DD Benham
DD Morris
DD Hammann
DD Anderson
DD Frazier
DD Woodworth

torps missed DD Lang...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 49

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 20
Beaufighter VIC x 12
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 37
B-26B Marauder x 37


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 66

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


Allied aircraft
P-47C Thunderbolt x 49


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

Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
23 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 24


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

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

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Day Air attack on 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12


Allied aircraft
Yak-9D x 9
IL-2 Shturmovik x 62


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack near Nagasaki at 58,42

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Shiokaze
DD Akikaze
DD Okikaze
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SS Paddle

two ASW TFs were formed last turn after Paddle was spotted there... this one tried to do something but achieved nothing...

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ASW attack near Nagasaki at 58,42

Japanese Ships
DD Tomozuru
DD Hatsukari
DD Manazuru
DD Chidori
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
SS Paddle, hits 3

also the second tries to engage, three near misses...

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 229295 troops, 1719 guns, 3318 vehicles, Assault Value = 5247

Defending force 88147 troops, 875 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 1767

Japanese max assault: 4895 - adjusted assault: 2659

Allied max defense: 1797 - adjusted defense: 2539

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 8)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 7


Japanese ground losses:
7775 casualties reported
Guns lost 178
Vehicles lost 65

Allied ground losses:
1583 casualties reported
Guns lost 35
Vehicles lost 1

losses on both sides were lighter than last time, while losses on our side still were quite high. But the losses are 95+% disablements...

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Ground combat at Pokrovka

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67436 troops, 778 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 1443

Defending force 7884 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 144

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 1344 - adjusted assault: 1225

Allied max defense: 149 - adjusted defense: 40

Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pokrovka base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
8838 casualties reported
Guns lost 41

we take the base East of Borzya easily against two enemy units (a base force and a static region fortress). Both enemy units surrendered, we scored nearly 100 points for ground losses today...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1825

Defending force 284973 troops, 1476 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6772



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22638 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2452

Defending force 167029 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4844



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8246 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4084

Defending force 155917 troops, 1117 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3106



Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100366 troops, 828 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2692

Defending force 81076 troops, 776 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1616


Japanese ground losses:
281 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/30/43

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ASW attack at 52,94

Japanese Ships
SS I-165, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Pakenham
DD Nestor

the enemy is running his DDs to PM, I-165 is attacked and takes a near miss...

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ASW attack at 52,94

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
DD Panther

also the second fast transport TF tries to attack I-165 but only one out of a dozen DDs tried to engage but failed...

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ASW attack at 50,97

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34

Allied Ships
DD Panther
DD Jupiter
DD Le Triomphant

RO-34 is also attacked unsuccesfully, our subs did nothing during the night, the fast transport TFs again ignored the two thousand IJN minefield...

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TF 1049 encounters mine field at Rabaul (61,88)

Allied Ships
SS Hoe, Mine hits 1, on fire

a rare event when Hoe hit a Type 93 mine at Rabaul, needing some new paint now... [8|] Japanese mines can´t sink much more than a PT...

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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 62
B5N Kate x 35
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 53
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 222
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 120
Port hits 4
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 125
SBD Dauntless x 62
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 15
F4U-1 Corsair x 64


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 136

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


Allied aircraft
P-47C Thunderbolt x 37


Allied aircraft losses
P-47C Thunderbolt: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 5
Liberator VI x 77


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 4 damaged
Liberator VI: 18 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

a laughable single bomber was lost here...

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Day Air attack on TF at 50,97

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Arunta
DD Foxhound
DD Cony
DD Pakenham, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Newcastle
DD Conway, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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

have moved two daitais and a chutai of Betties to Gasmata together with two Zero daitais to provide escort and set them on nav attack to fly against the fast transport operations to PM... we launch a strike in the morning of which 50% missed the target. Once daitai goes in against this TF and is badly shot up by the DDs... flak is murderous. We hit one modern DD hard, perhaps this one will sink but I can´t be sure about that, only three torp hits are usually enough to really see an Allied ship bigger than a MSW being sunk. The Betty daitai is out of the war for the next three to four months after losign 25% of the crews. Using a daitai with 30 exp pilots doesn´t make sense at all. The aircraft will be moved out of this base again as I expect the 4Es coming in for a visit nuking the base as usual...

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 25
Ki-49 Helen x 159
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 11 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported

Port hits 20
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 6

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

the stupidity at Colombo goes on, we hit the unsikable CA Suffolk again and again and again... The damage done to the port is repaired by the Allied super duper engineers within one day... I can understand that a bombed runway (non concrete) can be repaired in no time but why Allied engineers can repair port facilities and airbases within one day is beyond me. All very abstract... [8|] as the level 6 port seems to be enough to make the heavy cruiser being unsinkable and it´s impossible to damage the port I guess I will give it up as soon as the cruiser has been hit by another 100 250kg AP bombs... this should then be enough to prove that this routine is more than flawed...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 70


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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ASW attack at 50,97

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34

Allied Ships
DD Nestor

no sub attacks on the enemy fast transport TFs and the DDs didn´t do any damage to my subs today...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828

Defending force 284755 troops, 1479 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6766



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22667 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2453

Defending force 166868 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4833



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8286 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4100

Defending force 155980 troops, 1119 guns, 425 vehicles, Assault Value = 3107



Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100394 troops, 829 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2692

Defending force 80866 troops, 773 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1605


Japanese ground losses:
262 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/01/43

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ASW attack at 50,98

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Panther

a near miss, the DDs are returning to Cairns...

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Sub attack at 60,77

Japanese Ships
AP Toko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seahorse

Seahorse missed... far too many attacks by Allied subs at the moment. My search aircraft and ASW patrols are pretty much useless and due to the high traffic in the region around Rabaul the Allied subs stumble across my convoys just every turn...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 121
SBD Dauntless x 62
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 15
F4U-1 Corsair x 25


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 73

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet


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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 25
Wellington III x 58
Liberator VI x 53


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 3 damaged
Liberator VI: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 13000 feet

so many British bombers attacking Wallis? Invasion preparations? Can´t be, Wallis is one of his training targets...

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 44
P-47C Thunderbolt x 38


Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12


Allied aircraft
Yak-9D x 9
IL-2 Shturmovik x 62


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
144 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9
B-25J Mitchell x 75


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 59

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Sub attack at 54,83

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

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead

while a sub missed in the morning, this one kills another AP... damn it...

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4806 troops, 139 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4806

Defending force 84415 troops, 779 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 1603



Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

we will attack soon again...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15883 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828

Defending force 285004 troops, 1474 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6777



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22670 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2449

Defending force 166744 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4829



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8258 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4119

Defending force 155975 troops, 1120 guns, 425 vehicles, Assault Value = 3104



Allied ground losses:
256 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100347 troops, 827 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2695

Defending force 80617 troops, 765 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1600


Japanese ground losses:
226 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/02/43

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ASW attack at 49,100

Japanese Ships
SS I-8, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Panther

again only a near miss, but my subs are kept from attacking... that´s the difference between Allied and Japanese naval forces. While the Allied subs attack one of my ASW TFs first in 3 out of 4 times, our subs seem to be attacked by the ASW forces first, also 3 out of 4 times... this s*cks...

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Sub attack at 55,84

Japanese Ships
AP Kotobuki Maru #5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported

grrrr... [:@]

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TF 1010 encounters mine field at Cairns (47,100)

Allied Ships
DD Conway, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

after taking two torpedo hits from my Betties, DD Conway still made it all the way back to Cairns (7 hexes)... [>:] a sub laid mine finished the DD off though...

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ASW attack at 49,99

Japanese Ships
SS I-122

Allied Ships
DD Nestor
DD Nepal

I-122 was the sub that laid the mines that killed DD Conway... attacked by two DDs on it´s way back to Rabaul...

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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 73
B5N Kate x 8
G3M Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 42
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 222
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 154
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter VIC x 13


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 1

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


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 19
Wellington III x 60
Liberator VI x 57


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 13000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 40
P-47C Thunderbolt x 20


Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 3 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 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 13


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 177
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage [>:][>:][>:]


Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported

Port hits 16
Port fuel hits 7
Port supply hits 12

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

how stupid is this really??? Looks like we can score a hundred bomb hits on this CA, it will never sink because as an Allied ship you are invincible if you sit in a level 6 port...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 2
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 20
B-26B Marauder x 19


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7076 troops, 221 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4863

Defending force 83833 troops, 766 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 1566



Allied ground losses:
296 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

deliberate attack tomorrow...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15849 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828

Defending force 284527 troops, 1469 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6775



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22687 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2451

Defending force 166806 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4831



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8258 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4133

Defending force 155778 troops, 1119 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3109



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


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100347 troops, 828 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2694

Defending force 80448 troops, 759 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1594


Japanese ground losses:
179 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

two enemy fast transport TFs have again taken position six hexes SW of Port Moresby. My subs are again waiting and I have also brought in Betties to two different bases. Miller of course can see my aircraft transfers immedietely so I expect him to send his nuclear bombers...

I have upgraded the first Tojo sentai into a Tony sentai at Rabaul today... we are able to upgrade a sentai every second day if we don´t see combat as we are now mass producing our new IJAAF fighter.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/03/43

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ASW attack at 51,95

Japanese Ships
SS I-158

Allied Ships
DD Panther
DD Jupiter
DD Le Triomphant
DD Wilson
DD Sterett
DD Lang
DD Ellet
DD Benham
DD Morris
DD Hammann
DD Anderson

more of the same like the last days... the fast transport TFs run for PM, the subs are more or less useless and the thousands of remaining IJN mines at PM aren´t existing anyway...

with a dozen DDs such a TF can surely carry more than 1000 supplies each supply mission...


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Sub attack at 53,92

Japanese Ships
SS RO-61, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Hammann
DD Panther
DD Jupiter
DD Le Triomphant

RO-61 fires two torps at Hammann but missed... a near miss in return...

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ASW attack at 51,95

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Nestor
DD Nepal

two near misses...
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ASW attack at 51,96

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
DD Nestor
DD Nepal
DD Inconstant

my subs only act as targets... pretty much the same what my ASW TFs are doing all the time...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 46

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 10
B-24D Liberator x 91

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

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 18 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 87

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

this turn once again is just the bullet prove of what all was done wrong while making design decisions... thank god there are those people that have been working on AE for years... like mentioned yesterday, Miller can see it immedietely when I move my bombers in (yes, there was an airfield symbol before also...). [8|] Not just is it totally stupid to enable the Allied player to see all aircraft transfers of the Japanese, it´s also stupid that 100% of your aircraft launch for port and airfield strikes, but as soon as you put them on naval attack, the electrone pilots just decide on their own how many of them will attack. You ORDER them to fly a strike, they decide it´s not worth flying... well done... so both stupid design decisions then enable the Allied player to torch your aircraft on the ground. How often have I seen this BS already? Probably hundreds of times and it still pisses me off so much, every time I could on Mr. Grigsby´s shoes (or whoever was coming up with such a great idea...)

Please also note how many bombers were lost doing such a long range attack... but that is more of a mod issue, stats of Allied bombers (or effect of a hundred Japanese flak guns) are just too far off in this version of the mod... but hey, the bombers come in HIGH, bombing out of the stratosphere... One bomber lost... one! Hear me? O N E...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 45
PBY Catalina x 3
Kittyhawk I x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x F4F-4 Wildcat 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 12


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
P-47C Thunderbolt x 2


Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged

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

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Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12


Allied aircraft
Yak-9D x 9
IL-2 Shturmovik x 62


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
140 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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

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Day Air attack on TF at 50,97

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 50
G3M Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 25

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 8
P-40N Warhawk x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 10 destroyed, 20 damaged
G3M Nell: 6 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Hotspur
DD O'Bannon
DD Van Galen
DD Nepal, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Newcastle, Torpedo hits 1
DD Taylor
DD Perkins
DD Fanning, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

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

this is what launched from Goodenough Island. It´s not just the fact that Miller can order a bomber strike against my bomber base immediately, it´s also possible for him to set his fighters on LRCAP over his TF because he get´s immediete info of my aircraft transfers. So I lose aircraft on the ground and I lose aircraft in the air due to that feature... it´s mid 43 and 84 exp Zeros just have no chance anymore, not even against mediocre Allied fighters on LRCAP. This turn just once again showed me that it´s not worth going into such kind of attrition battle, it just wears down my airforce to quickly. You can´t fight a stupid game design, it´s just like the possibility for the Allied to cheat 100% of the time (I´m not saying that the Allied didn´t have total superiority in intel but not as it is in the game with the aircraft transfers). So due to the Allied magic abilities in WITP we lose 30 high experienced aircraft today for no gain. One torpedo hit on an Allied DD is just like a cal.50 burst into an IJN aircraft carrier... no, wait, the cal.50 burst into the aircraft carrier has a fair chance to sink the carrier...

The strike from Lae failed to locate the target, probably good for me, otherwise there would have just been more losses for no or nearly no gain...

CA Suffolk is still afloat, but why should an Allied heavy cruiser sink after being hit by five torps and nearly 3 dozen 250kg AP bomb hits? This is a game after all...



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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 63
TBF Avenger x 15
Avenger I x 24
PBY Catalina x 1
Kittyhawk I x 13


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 12
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 39
B-25J Mitchell x 78
B-26B Marauder x 45


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 116

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 230134 troops, 1872 guns, 3293 vehicles, Assault Value = 4915

Defending force 82953 troops, 755 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 6

Japanese max assault: 4551 - adjusted assault: 3514

Allied max defense: 1459 - adjusted defense: 1937

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 6


Japanese ground losses:
4160 casualties reported
Guns lost 125
Vehicles lost 42

Allied ground losses:
2132 casualties reported
Guns lost 68
Vehicles lost 2

we´re close to a 2:1 already, losses look good. Compared to the insane losses we suffered at the beginning of our assault, it already looks like the Russian could have supply issues. Hard to imagine though as their bases should all be fully stocked with supplies...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15875 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1829

Defending force 284063 troops, 1460 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6772



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22679 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2448

Defending force 166762 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4827



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8246 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4152

Defending force 155554 troops, 1118 guns, 425 vehicles, Assault Value = 3109



Allied ground losses:
294 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100407 troops, 827 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2697

Defending force 80502 troops, 757 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1596


Japanese ground losses:
311 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/04/43

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ASW attack at 49,99

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Nestor
DD Inconstant

sending my subs after the damaged DDs, for no gain... but I better stop ranting, at least my subs survive...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 3
A6M3a Zero x 6
G3M Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 47
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 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 47
PBY Catalina x 3
Kittyhawk I x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x F4F-4 Wildcat 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 11


No Allied losses

Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 25
Wellington III x 71
Liberator VI x 61


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 13000 feet

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Day Air attack on 8th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12


Allied aircraft
Yak-9D x 9
IL-2 Shturmovik x 62


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 30
Ki-49 Helen x 195
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage

Port hits 18
Port fuel hits 11
Port supply hits 8

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

and it goes on... lol, everything I would say would be just repeating the same things on and on... nearing 40 bomb hits... after five torps... gooooood design... a hundred Allied engineers repair the port damage within one day... WWII, Allied supermen at work...

just because I´m so pissed off anyway I will continue to bomb and bomb and bomb. 6 Helens lost today (yes, we don´t have 100% invincible bombers and no, we are not flying 1500 miles), so if (big if) at some point the cruiser will be sunk it will have cost us a hundred bombers at least... if it will never sink, I will kill all the IJAAF medium bombers with those attacks...


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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 54
TBF Avenger x 15
Avenger I x 24
PBY Catalina x 1
Kittyhawk I x 15


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Avenger I bombing at 10000 feet


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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 10
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 34
B-25J Mitchell x 73
B-26B Marauder x 43


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 132

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13022 troops, 405 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4633

Defending force 79142 troops, 656 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1416



Allied ground losses:
304 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

two days rest and we will attack again... guess we´ll need another two or three attacks and the first major stack of Russian troops will surrender... my drive on Russia is totally off, it will be a cake walk. It´s surely fun for the game (well, I don´t know if it´s fun for Miller) but what I´ve done in this campaign with the Japanese on a strategic level is pretty much off. Again, it´s fun but off. But still, no matter what side I play, not the strategic possibilities (of both sides) is what pisses me off, it´s all about the tactical level. Air combats, ground combat, base building, etc is what "isn´t working" (it is working, just not how I would expect it to work). While I´m 100% sure that the tactical level of AE will be a 500% improvement over WITP, I still fear that it will reduce the strategic possibilities of the Japanese to such an extend that we will never see really interesting campaigns like they were possible in WITP. Judging about something I haven´t even seen... [;)]

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15875 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1827

Defending force 283802 troops, 1458 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6770



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22625 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2447

Defending force 166736 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4821



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8260 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4163

Defending force 155170 troops, 1116 guns, 425 vehicles, Assault Value = 3111



Allied ground losses:
445 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100355 troops, 824 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2695

Defending force 80090 troops, 735 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1585


Japanese ground losses:
349 casualties reported
Guns lost 18

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[veji1]

Stop bombing the suffolk, It doesn't make sense, there is a design flaw there, you will have to leave with it...

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: veji1

Stop bombing the suffolk, It doesn't make sense, there is a design flaw there, you will have to leave with it...

I won´t give it up and if it will cost me every single high experienced IJAAF medium bomber pilot...

If it´s just to prove how borked the damage routine really is...

[veji1]

what's the point it would ruin the game for both of you.. Consider the ship dead in the water.. Maybe talk to Miller to see if you can agree that the ship is gone and he promises not to move the ship from Colombo for the next 2 years or something like that.. You are a great player and your rant is legitimate but in the end it is a game and like all complicated games some aspects of it are borked, this is one of them... Ruining the IJAAF would be silly and ruin the fun for both of you and mainly for me and the others who read this AAR...

For your audience.[;)]

[Historiker]

Ships can't be resolved in witp despite this happend dozend times in the war.
So why complain if a small number of ships survive intensive bombardements in a big harbour? Even if it isn't sunk, it'll be off the front for months...

[castor troy]

we will see.. so far I´ve attacked only every second day as fatigued Japanese bombers are even more crappy than they are usual. Now I´ve decided to fly a couple of back to back attacks, perhaps this will be enough to sink the bastard... I know that I´m thinking wrong but damaging ships gives me nothing, I´m always up to sink them...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/05/43

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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 67
B5N Kate x 8
G3M Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 52
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 288
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 153
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3

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 48
PBY Catalina x 3
Kittyhawk I x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 4
Beaufighter VIC x 2


No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 22


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 1

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

wow, four base forces manage to down a Mitchell...

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Day Air attack on 8th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12


Allied aircraft
Yak-9D x 9
IL-2 Shturmovik x 62


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

if my two mongolian inf divs aren´t moving into this base soon they will be killed off by the Shturmoviks...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 63
TBF Avenger x 15
Avenger I x 21
PBY Catalina x 1
Kittyhawk I x 15


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 9
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 34
B-25J Mitchell x 68
B-26B Marauder x 41


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 119

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13077 troops, 408 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4693

Defending force 78420 troops, 628 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1390



Allied ground losses:
308 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

ordered the next deliberate attack for tomorrow... have long spotted a lot of transports at Borzya so I expect the enemy to fly out troops, this also explains the steadily decreasing troop number. Guess they are flown North to be rebuilt at Irkutsk again as soon as Borzya surrenders. This means the next target will be Irkutsk and not (like planned) the rest of Russia. First Irkutsk, then the rest...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15858 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1827

Defending force 283369 troops, 1448 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6766

a new division as reiforcement will arrive soon, will make me more confident, even though that I think the Chinese can´t achieve something anyway. Still 2200 av in urban hex looks better...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22617 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444

Defending force 166622 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4827



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8296 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4175

Defending force 154545 troops, 1106 guns, 424 vehicles, Assault Value = 3107



Allied ground losses:
228 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100404 troops, 826 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2699

Defending force 79792 troops, 717 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578


Japanese ground losses:
222 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 5