AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: khyberbill

I have not seen or read of any serious damage to the resource centers except when they have been evacuated by the Allies. A smart foe will spend most of 42 using his tankers and cargo vessels extracting as much from the DEI that is possible before US fleet boats become more effective. That should limit expansion plans-naturally that has not happened by most JFB's yet, although in one of my PBEMs, we are into 4/43 and my foe wishes he had done that instead of invading Darwin. I sink about 2 ships a day now and that is after the reaction range was reduced to 1.

sinking two ships a day with subs is my long term goal and doesn´t sound impossible at all when I think at all the attacks I´ve seen so far. And your example of 4/43 with two sunk ships a day more or less confirms what I´ve thought about AE after starting my first game, subs will be what will be the war winner for the Allied. In WITP it was the Corsair and 4Es en masse, in AE it IMO will be the submarine.

What is your opponent doing in regards to ASW? I expect mine to train up a lot of his bombers on ASW (or nav search at least - I don´t know how the difference between those two really turns out in AE) and then cover the shipping lanes in the SRA with his (mostly) IJAAF bombers. And of course the use off dedicated ASW TFs along the shipping lanes. In fact not much difference to WITP other than you have to train a certain skill now instead of just ramping up experience. And only 4 ship ASW TFs now. What are you experiencing in terms of countermeasures to your subs in your game at 4/43?

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 17, 42
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ASW attack near Savaii at 148,158

Japanese Ships
SS I-22, hits 2

Allied Ships
AVD Thornton
AP President Monroe
xAK Don Isidro
KV Dawson
KV Chilliwack



SS I-22 launches 6 torpedoes at AVD Thornton
I-22 diving deep ....
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
KV Dawson loses contact with SS I-22
KV Chilliwack attacking submerged sub ....
KV Dawson fails to find sub and abandons search
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Chilliwack attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

the KV both dropped more than halve their depth charges for two near misses, the two AVDs I had in the TF did nothing... at least the sub was targetting one of my escorts. What I´ve noticed so far is that IJN subs seem to have a hard time to hit my escorts while my MK14 torp equipped subs have no problem to hit escorts all the time (though their torps fail to explode of course). hmmm, must bad luck I guess. 25th Feb will see my first summary of my torp attacks over a month, silly me, I forgot to take notes on the IJN subs, so there will only be Allied torps in the statistics. Will start taking notes on the IJN subs when we enter the second month of the statistics.

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Amphibious Assault at Tawau

TF 162 troops unloading over beach at Tawau, 69,90


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TF 179 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-6
DMS W-5



36 mines cleared

Rainer prepares Palembang´s port... have sent a CM once up there and the minefield will be gone in no time...

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Sub attack near Palembang at 48,91

Japanese Ships
DMS W-5
DMS W-6

Allied Ships
SS KX



SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-5
DMS W-6 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-6 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-6 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-6 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-6 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

same as the Japanese, our working torps seem to miss more often than our non working torps do...

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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,133

Japanese Ships
DD Yakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-23



SS S-23 is sighted by escort
S-23 bottoming out ....
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

still a convoy at Milne Bay, our bombers didn´t launch...

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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
B5N1 Kate x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

mini KB lingers off Java again, the invasion is soon to come... flak is more or less useless, even against low flying Kates. Batavia has three dedicated AA units and halve a dozen base forces... I´m still used to WITP Nikmod flak but am playing with WITP stock flak again so this pretty much strikes me every time I see such attacks...

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Afternoon Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 5



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,132

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Urakaze
DD Shiranui



CA Kinugasa firing at 15th RAAF Base Force
CA Aoba firing at 15th RAAF Base Force
DD Kasumi firing at Lark Battalion
DD Arare firing at 15th RAAF Base Force
DD Urakaze firing at 15th RAAF Base Force
DD Shiranui firing at 15th RAAF Base Force

this is one hex North of the base where the rest of my Port Moresby defenders is sitting now... no idea why this bombardement took place...

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Sub attack near Tandjoengselor at 68,92

Japanese Ships
TK Zuiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC CHa-5
SC CHa-23
SC CHa-20

Allied Ships
SS O23



SS O23 launches 4 torpedoes at TK Zuiyo Maru
O23 bottoming out ....
SC CHa-23 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-20 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

seems like Rainer is starting (or has long started and I just didn´t notice it) with picking up fuel (or oil) in the SRA. We sink our first IJN tanker... only a small one but it´s a start... took us two months to actually hit one... the tanker was empty so I actually wonder what it did in this base... this is the base North of Tarakan...

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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27777 troops, 259 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1004

Defending force 20507 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 656

Japanese adjusted assault: 757

Allied adjusted defense: 892

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
775 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 113 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 79 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
353 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
22nd Division
17th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
10th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

this is the Chinese base on the coast, South of Shanghai... I wonder how the Chinese held this outpost in real life. Seems like Rainer has underestimated my "strenght" here and we fend off an IJA attack with only very light losses on our side. What really surprised me was the fact that we got a "leader +". The Chinese have good leaders? [:D] There´s no chance to hold this place though, I´m expecting Rainer to move in reinforcements and only do bombardments until more units arrived... then he will make short process of this base...

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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2886 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 1811

Defending force 25989 troops, 548 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 478


Allied ground losses:
481 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 53 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (3 destroyed, 11 disabled)


Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
20th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
48th Division
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
38th Division
16th Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
1st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
Manila Bay Defenses
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
4th Marine Regiment
2nd/45th PS Inf Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
301st Construction Battalion
Manila USAAF Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Bataan USN Base Force
USAFFE
201st PA Construction Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
202nd PA Construction Battalion
Provisional GMC Gp
Cavite USN Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

didn´t take him long at all to march from Clark Field to Bataan. One or two attacks and our troops will surrender...

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Ground combat at Maumere (66,113)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1174 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 40

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Maumere !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
I./124th Infantry Battalion


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Ground combat at Rennell Island (113,140)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 385 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 5

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rennell Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-), disruption(-)



Assaulting units:
III/66th Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Wau (98,126)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Defending force 155 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wau !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
II/84th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
C Coy/NG Rifles



while KB was off New Caledonia on it´s way South yesterday we have spotted the IJN carriers going North again today... I expect KB heading back to Truk now. Has been a short raid with limited success (two xAKLs sunk with nav search). Hopefully there´s not that much fuel at Truk but I guess enough to send out KB immedietely again. We´re over two months into the war and KB was more or less all the time at sea... and now halve an hour to reroute my rerouted convoys again... [:(][;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 18, 42
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TF 179 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-6
DMS W-5



44 mines cleared

the minefield vanished...

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ASW attack near Soc Trang at 57,74

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-24
xAP Ukishima Maru
xAP Ural Maru
xAP Mizuho Maru
xAK Konsan Maru
xAK Manila Maru
PB Tamaura Maru
PB Rikusen Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin is sighted by escort
PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

big convoy heading East, it´s coming from Malaya...

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TF 179 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-6
DMS W-5



36 mines cleared


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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 7
G4M1 Betty x 17



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 2 destroyed on ground
75A-7 Hawk: 1 destroyed on ground


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
7 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

ahh, what a pity... the IJN bombers came in BEFORE the Zero sweep but we had no fighters in the air... two dozen Betties and Nells are at least as good in airfield attacks as four dozen of my heavy bombers... they must have quite an experience advantage... we lose four of our crappy fighters on the ground...


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Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 5



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet
8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet

and here comes the first stratosphere sweep... after the bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
30 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Bataan ...


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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Rabaul has IJN bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N1 Kate x 34
B5N2 Kate x 8



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 9 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

light rain reduces the effect of airstrikes a lot...


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Afternoon Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
32 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet *

the two stratosphere Zero sweeps would have whiped out more or less every resistance over Soerabaja, but we would have also chewed up the bombers that went in unescorted BEFORE the sweep...

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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged



Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Soc Trang at 58,74

Japanese Ships
AMC Bankok Maru
SC CHa-24
xAP Ukishima Maru
xAP Ural Maru
xAP Mizuho Maru
xAK Konsan Maru
xAK Manila Maru
PB Tamaura Maru
PB Rikusen Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at AMC Bankok Maru
Sculpin bottoming out ....
PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Sculpin shadowed this big TF the whole day and got into attack position... no success though... wonder where this TF is going and if it´s troop loaden... at the moment it looks like it would head towards Japan but this wouldn´t make much sense to me when it´s coming from Malaya...


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Sub attack near Balabac at 68,83

Japanese Ships
PB Kantori Maru
xAKL Saiko Maru
xAKL Nissyo Maru
xAKL Nissen Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Snapper



SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at PB Kantori Maru
Snapper diving deep ....
PB Kantori Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

two MK14 attacks today, two duds...

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Amphibious Assault at Gasmata

TF 292 troops unloading over beach at Gasmata, 103,127

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 5th Indpt SNLF Coy
17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Indpt SNLF Coy


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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54313 troops, 599 guns, 830 vehicles, Assault Value = 1823

Defending force 25448 troops, 544 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 460

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 723

Allied adjusted defense: 211

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
506 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 55 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 73 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 37 (3 destroyed, 34 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3839 casualties reported
Squads: 133 destroyed, 171 disabled
Non Combat: 123 destroyed, 176 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 22 disabled
Guns lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (7 destroyed, 20 disabled)


Assaulting units:
48th Division
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
16th Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
2nd/45th PS Inf Battalion
Manila Bay Defenses
71st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
41st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Provisional GMC Gp
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Manila USAAF Base Force
202nd PA Construction Battalion
USAFFE
201st PA Construction Battalion
Cavite USN Base Force
Bataan USN Base Force
301st Construction Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Bataan will fall with the next attack, which I fear will be seen tomorrow. Stupid me, I forgot to save my remaining pilots of the squadrons here (without any ac) and if Rainer will attack tomorrow (which I suspect he will) then I will lose them... those remaining squadrons here acted as training squadrons...

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Ground combat at 92,48

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 552 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Defending force 95 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 15

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
9th RGC Route Brigade

Defending units:
Lusu War Area


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Ground combat at Tawau (69,90)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 462 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 10

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tawau !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
I/81st Naval Guard Unit



We have lost track of KB today...

[khyberbill]

What is your opponent doing in regards to ASW? I expect mine to train up a lot of his bombers on ASW (or nav search at least - I don´t know how the difference between those two really turns out in AE) and then cover the shipping lanes in the SRA with his (mostly) IJAAF bombers. And of course the use off dedicated ASW TFs along the shipping lanes. In fact not much difference to WITP other than you have to train a certain skill now instead of just ramping up experience. And only 4 ship ASW TFs now. What are you experiencing in terms of countermeasures to your subs in your game at 4/43?

One foe moved as much oil and resources the first year as he could and then hid. He concentrated mainly on China and Burma for his expansion and thus was not consuming lots of supply/fuel. One other foe concentrates lots of escorts in one TF with just a few transports in amphibious ops. Slightly gamey, but not unheard of. This has had some success until I kept my subs away from landing zones. The reduction of the reaction range has actually helped here. The third foe has built up his Air ASW and has had some success with Bettys and Nells against my subs. I am losing about one sub a month to his air attacks that are concentrated around Darwin (where my subs are blockading his forces). I am sure he is losing many planes a month to ops though so I am not certain who is winning this battle. Plus I bomb the air field where the planes are coming from each night.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 19, 42
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TF 124 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-3
DMS W-2
DMS W-1



12 mines cleared

if you only watch the replay you miss happenings like this one...

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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84

Japanese Ships
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
SS O21



SS O21 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Uranami
O21 bottoming out ....
DD Uranami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


torps were DUDS!!! [:@] god damn...

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Sub attack near Saigon at 61,74

Japanese Ships
PB Rikusen Maru
SC CHa-24
xAP Ukishima Maru
xAP Ural Maru
xAP Mizuho Maru
xAK Konsan Maru
xAK Manila Maru
PB Tamaura Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at PB Rikusen Maru
Sculpin bottoming out ....
PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the MK14 were of course duds too...

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Sub attack near Tokunoshima at 98,66

Japanese Ships
xAKL Taganoura Maru
PB Tokuho Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Gato



SS Gato launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Taganoura Maru
Gato diving deep ....
PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and the same here...[>:]

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ASW attack near Muntok at 51,89

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Myoko
DD Umikaze
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Usugumo
DD Fubuki
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS KIX, hits 2



SS KIX is sighted by escort
KIX bottoming out ....
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Usugumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fubuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fubuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

two near misses, no damage done... seems like mini KB is retiring to Singapore to replenish...

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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
O-47A: 2 destroyed on ground
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed on ground


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 65

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
30 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Bataan ...
Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ...

Rainer´s bombers don´t seem to suffer from the same my do... mine don´t launch in numbers at all and they have been 100% dispersed so far... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on 3rd Construction Regiment, at 86,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 7th Construction Regiment ...

I´ve ordered two construction rgts to move towards Sian but we ended up in the same hex as an enemy TK btn... and one unit even gets attacked from the air...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 7
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

useless attack and not combined of course... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 3


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb


out of 50+ bombers ordered to attack we get a fridging 18 to fly... [:@]

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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while losing track of KB yesterday, we find it again today... better say KB found another lone freighter... looks like KB is moving towards the Fidjis now... mmm, thought it would move back to Truk, changed all TF routing when it showed up a couple of days ago, then changed back yesterday after thinknig it would retire to Truk and have to change it today again...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambrym at 123,152

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
D3A1 Val x 22



Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAKL Kailua, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
17 x D3A1 Val releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Kailua

an unnecessary attack as once again the UBER naval search routine had alredy killed the ship... once again, a 100% kill rate of ships in range of KB´s nav search...

here´s the excerpt of the op report:

Task Force 89 arrives at Cape Town
Task Force 249 arrives at Cape Town
xAKL Kailua detects Japanese Carrier Aircraft at 123,152 near Ambrym
xAKL Kailua is reported HIT
xAKL Kailua is reported HIT
xAKL Kailua is reported HIT
xAKL Buijskes snooped by Japanese Dive Bomber at 44,85 near Padang
TF 435 sights Japanese Fighter Bomber at 49,98 near Batavia

i do find this more than disturbing... KB has killed more ships with nav search so far than it has sunk with actual nav attacks...[8|]

at least we know again where KB is... none of my TFs in danger at the moment...

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Afternoon Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 91,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 5



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Kochi at 107,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-10
SC CHa-22
SC CHa-19

Allied Ships
SS Pompano



SS Pompano launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-10
SC CHa-22 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

guess what... DUDS... far too many hits on escorts by the way...

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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 53426 troops, 599 guns, 830 vehicles, Assault Value = 1766

Defending force 21496 troops, 536 guns, 269 vehicles, Assault Value = 218

Japanese adjusted assault: 582

Allied adjusted defense: 131

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bataan !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
888 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
23509 casualties reported
Squads: 1254 destroyed, 448 disabled
Non Combat: 3755 destroyed, 1282 disabled
Engineers: 203 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 1099 (1000 destroyed, 99 disabled)
Vehicles lost 438 (392 destroyed, 46 disabled)
Units destroyed 31


Assaulting units:
16th Engineer Regiment
38th Division
20th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
9th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
7th Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th Marine Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
2nd/45th PS Inf Battalion
Manila Bay Defenses
31st PA Infantry Division
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
31st Infantry Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
USAFFE
Bataan USN Base Force
301st Construction Battalion
Manila USAAF Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Provisional GMC Gp
202nd PA Construction Battalion
201st PA Construction Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

as expected, we lost Bataan today and I wasn´t able to save anymore pilots... the enemy took the Philipinese easily without suffering any real casualties dead...



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Ground combat at 86,45

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 630 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 53

Defending force 1410 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9

Japanese adjusted assault: 53

Allied adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)


Allied ground losses:
545 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 13 disabled
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Construction Regiment
7th Construction Regiment

damn TK rgt jumped into our hex and two of our construction rgts are forced to retreat...

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Ground combat at Gasmata (103,127)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 325 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Gasmata !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
5th Indpt SNLF Coy


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Ground combat at 65,131

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1488 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Defending force 1024 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Japanese adjusted assault: 76

Allied adjusted defense: 8

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Sasebo 1st SNLF

Defending units:
Port Hedland RAN Base Force
17th RAAF Base Force
6th RAAF Base Force

our troops in the North Australian desert don´t have a retreat path anymore... and they´ve been in movement mode...

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Ground combat at Pakhoi (72,58)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1538 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 33

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 33 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pakhoi !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
Sasebo 8th SNLF

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 20, 42
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Submarine attack near Toyohara at 125,46

Japanese Ships
xAK Sansei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tambor



xAK Sansei Maru is sighted by SS Tambor
SS Tambor launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Sansei Maru

dud, what else...

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Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 91,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 5



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lark Battalion, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Submarine attack near Toyohara at 125,46

Japanese Ships
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tambor



xAK Sumiyoshi Maru is sighted by SS Tambor
SS Tambor attacking xAK Sumiyoshi Maru on the surface
SS Tambor low on gun ammo, Murphy, J.W. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

this is just a joke once again and makes it obvious that there´s yet something wrong... Tambor got enough shells to sink this AK three times but didn´t fire a single shell... of course Tambor didn´t fire a single torp either, very realistic...[>:]

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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 255 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 930

Defending force 20223 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 636

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
17th Division
22nd Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
25th Group Army
10th Group Army
3rd War Area
14th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Praboemoelih (48,92)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3804 troops, 44 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 135

Defending force 1582 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Japanese adjusted assault: 72

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Praboemoelih !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
702 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 5


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Djambi Base Force
Teloekbetoeng Base Force
Palembang Base Force

The ex Palembang defenders are kicked around...

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Ground combat at 65,131

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1464 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

Defending force 878 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

Japanese adjusted assault: 16

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Sasebo 1st SNLF

Defending units:
Port Hedland RAN Base Force
17th RAAF Base Force
6th RAAF Base Force

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 21, 42
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Submarine attack near Eiao at 195,146

Japanese Ships
SS I-28

Allied Ships
xAP Iron Crown, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage



xAP Iron Crown is sighted by SS I-28
SS I-28 launches 6 torpedoes at xAP Iron Crown

IJN subs, ten times more effective than Allied subs... Ironc Crown sinks...

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Sub attack near Toyohara at 124,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Momoyama Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon attacking xAK Momoyama Maru on the surface
SS Gudgeon low on gun ammo, Grenfell, E.W. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

and here the completely stupid opposite as an example... Gudgeon fired 20 torps, ALL missed! You can´t be serious. There are a lot of things that can happen, but I doubt a sub ever fired 20 torps at a freighter and all missed... they weren´t even duds, NO, they all MISSED! Tambor made all the way from Brisbane to Japan to fire 20 torps today (4 were launched earlier) and has to move back to Brisbane now... out of torps... [8|] of course the sub also didn´t hit a single time with 90% of it´s available shells for the 3 inch gun. Don´t even want to know how many shells this would have been in real life. But hey, that´s just stupid Castor to find this weird.




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Submarine attack near Eiao at 195,146

Japanese Ships
SS I-28

Allied Ships
xAP Tambua, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage



xAP Tambua is sighted by SS I-28
SS I-28 launches 6 torpedoes at xAP Tambua

while I-28 kills another xAP from the same convoy, the ship went down immedietely also...

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TF 34 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-19
DMS W-12
DMS W-11
DMS W-10
DMS W-9



145 mines cleared


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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x H81-A3 sweeping at 6000 feet

[8|] this is no sweep, the fighters were separated from our bombers, 3 hexes to target...

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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 7
G4M1 Betty x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
xAKL De Klerk, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
PT-40, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
7 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 91,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 5



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Chengchow , at 88,44

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed



Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

a lucky flak hit...

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 22
Hudson I x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
10 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb


and here come the bombers... without escort and without doing any damage... could I get some Japanese bombers please? Do Blenheims and Hudsons need a level 4 airfield to fly with normal loadout? Normal loadout would have meant 20 casualties...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged



Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

and there´s our usual dispersed attack on PM... severe storms... no result and two bombers lost today...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

[8|]

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[8|]

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[8|] one airfield, level 6. Not overstacked and all bombers are set to the same target and at the same alt, some 65 bombers there and we get 4 dispersed attacks... this is a joke...[>:] must be my fault...

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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet *

hope the Japanese had oxygene masks... no radios but oxygene...

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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
26 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet *

putting up fighters? To lose them at a higher rate than in WITP? no...

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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 260 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 941

Defending force 20228 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 636



Assaulting units:
22nd Division
17th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
10th Group Army
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 22, 42
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TF 34 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-19
DMS W-12
DMS W-11
DMS W-10
DMS W-9



100 mines cleared

looks like the victorious Japanese troops in the Philipinese will soon be moved out...

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Submarine attack near Shikuka at 126,45

Japanese Ships
xAK Sinsei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Tambor



xAK Sinsei Maru is sighted by SS Tambor
SS Tambor launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Sinsei Maru

one of three subs that are operating around Northern Japan, looks like we´re in a high frequency shipping lane here... lots of convoys around and all seem to have no escort... the freighter should be history...

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Sub attack near Samah at 72,68

Japanese Ships
xAP Suwa Maru
SC CHa-24
xAP Ukishima Maru
xAP Ural Maru
xAP Mizuho Maru
xAK Konsan Maru
xAK Manila Maru
PB Tamaura Maru
PB Rikusen Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Suwa Maru
Sculpin diving deep ....
PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Sculpin still operates on the same TF as the last days. Funny thing is that Sculpin has a react range of 1 but has followed this TF over a distance of at least 15 hexes already and the TF surely moves 2 or 3 hexes each day. Means that even with a react range of 1 a sub can steadily follow an enemy TF. Good to know...

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TF 34 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-19
DMS W-12
DMS W-11
DMS W-10
DMS W-9



100 mines cleared

there have been quite some mines at Bataan it seems...

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Sub attack near Hachijo-jima at 114,64

Japanese Ships
xAK Hakkai Maru
xAK Heian Maru
xAK Yamayuri Maru
xAK Lisbon Maru
xAK Kinugasa Maru
PB Tokati Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon



SS Tarpon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Hakkai Maru
Tarpon diving deep ....
PB Tokati Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Tarpon fired DUDS...

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Submarine attack near Shikuka at 126,43

Japanese Ships
xAK Sansei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tambor



xAK Sansei Maru is sighted by SS Tambor
SS Tambor launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Sansei Maru

Tambor attacks a second time today but fired a salvo duds...

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 17


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
17 x H81-A3 sweeping at 6000 feet

no, this is not an ordered sweep... this is the same as happened yesterday, the fighters again got separated from the bombers... no they are not at a different alt, yes there´s a HQ in range... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 91,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 5



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 21
Ki-30 Ann x 9



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Chengchow , at 88,44

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 17



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 14
Hudson I x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb

and here come the bombers again without a single fighter as escort... and hey, today we nuke the enemy division in open terrain, 4 casulaties... wow...

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb

but not just the fighters got separated, also the bombers came in separated, hex is THREE hexes... another big blow to the enemy...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

a couple of Betties achieve nearly as much as two dozen British crap bombers...

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Sub attack near Wakkanai at 121,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Nippo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Silversides



SS Silversides launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Nippo Maru

wow, this must be our lucky day of the month... a second freighter should be sunk... this is also near Hokkaido... am trying to make it uncomfortable everywhere for IJN shipping, even if we won´t kill a lot of shipping, I want to force Rainer to disperse his ASW forces all over the map instead of concentrating it somewhere to hunt down my subs...

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Submarine attack near Wakkanai at 121,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Nippo Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Silversides



xAK Nippo Maru is sighted by SS Silversides
SS Silversides launches 6 torpedoes

Silversides then tries again but only fires some duds...

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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 265 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 947

Defending force 20274 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 640



Assaulting units:
22nd Division
17th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
10th Group Army
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9638 troops, 76 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 350

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 174

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 174 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanyang !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
138th Infantry Regiment
52nd Road Const Co


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Ground combat at 65,131

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1438 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 4 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 48

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 48 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker:


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Sasebo 1st SNLF

Defending units:
Broome RAN Base Force

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 23, 42
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TF 34 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-19
DMS W-12
DMS W-11
DMS W-10
DMS W-9



100 mines cleared

still mines at Bataan but won´t take long to clear the rest...


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ASW attack near Balabac at 71,86

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu
xAK Yahiko Maru
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
SS KXIII



SS KXIII is sighted by escort
DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

one of our "dangerous" subs is driven off... more about the sub performance after the next two turns when we´ve reached the end of the first month of our "sub survey"... doesn´t look good...

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Amphibious Assault at Muntok

TF 315 troops unloading over beach at Muntok, 50,90


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TF 34 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-19
DMS W-12
DMS W-11
DMS W-10
DMS W-9



100 mines cleared

as those DMS always seem to clear exactly 100 mines [&:] it seems there´s a maximum of 25 mines per DMS per phase... sounds strange (to me...)

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ASW attack near Pontianak at 54,89

Japanese Ships
DD Yugumo
CA Nachi
CA Myoko
DD Umikaze
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Usugumo
DD Fubuki
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS KIX, hits 8



SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at DD Yugumo
KIX bottoming out ....
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Usugumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Fubuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatsuyuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Usugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Usugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Usugumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Usugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Usugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

lol, what a laugh, another dud of working torps... the statistic is more than disturbing, we´re seeing nearly a 50% dud rate of "working" torps... in return, the sub is more or less in sinking condition after a hit and many near misses...


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Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 91,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 87,43 (Loyang)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...

like I´ve said, give me some Japanese bombers... they are 20 times more dangerous than our British bombers, even when they also carry their reduced load and attacking a unit that is sitting behind level 3 forts while we attacked a unit outside a base...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 10
Ki-30 Ann x 6



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

our British bombers can only be compared to crappy Anns and Idas but even those seem to do better... in a bit over a month we will get Wellingtons... 8 a month... [8|]

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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 280 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 950

Defending force 20273 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 639

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
22nd Division
17th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
10th Group Army
25th Group Army
3rd War Area
14th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Djambi (48,88)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3519 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 108

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 108 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Djambi !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment



and the daily airlosses... we´ve lost again 3 Catalinas to ops and we can´t keep up with our op losses when we only get 17 a month it seems. And then there are those reinforcement squadrons that are coming in without aircraft... a three weeks replacement for each squadron to be filled up, this will never happen I guess and all I can do is to disband squadrons (which I´ve done with three of them already) to bring others up to strenght... once again the difference between WITP and AE I can see is that the losses are the same but the replacements was cut down... 70% nav search with twice as many pilots in the squadrons than aircraft, must be my fault though. Stand them down and you don´t lose them, you will notice KB when it bombs your base anyway...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 24, 42
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TF 34 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-19
DMS W-12
DMS W-11
DMS W-10
DMS W-9



29 mines cleared

mine field is gone...

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Amphibious Assault at Madjene

TF 162 troops unloading over beach at Madjene, 65,103



10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of I/81st Nav Gd


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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43 [8|]

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 13


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x H81-A3 sweeping at 6000 feet [8|]

CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes

and the same as all the attacks before, our fighters get again separated from the bombers... same target, same 3 hex range, same alt as the bombers, etc, etc, etc... [8|] why, only the godlike know, those that don´t have to be critiziced... 27 AVG fighters are available, after the attack screwing up again, 13 go in against the Zeroes and the funny thing is that our fighters were at 6000ft but bounced the enemy at 10.000ft. Result is a 3:1 kill rate of the AVG in this case, the "sweep" wins... I bet if I would set my fighters to "sweep", they would arrive AFTER the bombers... as they seem to constantly split up when they fly out of Imphal they "sweep" first... just strange...

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 9


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x H81-A3 sweeping at 6000 feet

CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

but not just the fighter squadron is separated from the bombers, the fighter squadron itselve is split up too... must be some good flying... typical for WWII I guess... what else than a big enough airfield, enough air support, enough supplies, skilled aircrews, good leaders, a HQ and everything at the same alt do I need to get a combined strike? Unfortunetely in AE it is the norm to get everything screwed up when it comes down to air attacks... could it be that it was the norm to NOT see this in real life and it was the exception to see airstrikes being completely messed up? No for sure not, AE is gospel...


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Morning Air attack on 29th Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 11
Ki-30 Ann x 9



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 29th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 17
Hudson I x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
7 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
10 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb

and then here come the bombers... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 16
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

and why could I think about seeing A SINGLE strike against Port Moresby that is not being dispersed? 100% of the strikes so far have not been combined... I´m not cheating and am not changing the combat reports. This is what actually HAPPENS in the game and I can´t see a reason why it should look like this all the time... must be hard to form up for four dozen heavy bombers over an airfield when they have ample fuel to reach this target... yet we go in separated EVERYTIME...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

second strike...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

third strike...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 4


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

and the fourth strike... all coming from the same airfield, not overstacked, blah, blah blah... four dozen bombers split up into four separate attacks... not a single time have we seen a combined strike yet... [&o]

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

wonder why the 3 Betties from Rabaul always come in together, can´t they split up into 1 bomber attacks... [:'(]


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ASW attack near Billiton at 54,94

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Usugumo
DD Fubuki
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS Permit, hits 1



SS Permit is sighted by escort
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Usugumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fubuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fubuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fubuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a near miss, no damage...

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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 280 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 962

Defending force 20284 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 640



Assaulting units:
22nd Division
17th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
10th Group Army
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

Rainer is waiting for reinforcements...

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Ground combat at Lahat (47,92)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3805 troops, 43 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 134

Defending force 1026 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Japanese adjusted assault: 28

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lahat !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
738 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 4
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Teloekbetoeng Base Force
Djambi Base Force
Palembang Base Force


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Ground combat at Muntok (50,90)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 5

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Muntok !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit



and same as yesterday, we lose another three Catalinas to ops... won´t take long and I have yet to disband another squadron to get some patrols into the pool...

perhaps I should also start doing statistics about bomber attacks and how often it happens that the strike goes in as a whole and with fighters (if available). Would be a short summary I guess...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 25, 42
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TF 34 encounters mine field at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-19
DMS W-12
DMS W-11
DMS W-10
DMS W-9



18 mines cleared


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ASW attack near Billiton at 52,91

Japanese Ships
PB Chosa Maru
DMS W-6
APD Fuji
xAP Manzyu Maru
xAP Hikawa Maru
xAK Uyo Maru
xAK Kyokusei Maru
xAK Seisyo Maru
xAK Teihoku Maru
xAK Iburi Maru
xAK Ayatosan Maru
xAKL Junpo Maru
xAKL Tonegawa Maru
xAKL Ryoyu Maru #21
PB Tatsumiya Maru
PB Eiko Maru
PB Eifuku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack



SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Eifuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eifuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eifuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eifuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eifuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

huge convoy, we don´t get a shot... a bit over another month and our subs will start their radar refit... another 9 months until we´ll see the first decrease of dud torps...

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ASW attack near Billiton at 53,93

Japanese Ships
DD Harusame
CL Natori
DD Murasame
DD Tadeshiwa
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SS O21



SS O21 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Harusame
O21 bottoming out ....
DD Tadeshiwa fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a dud... I´ve checked it again and those torps should have a real low dud rate... what crappy die rolls...it´s the 25th February, at the bottom of this thread you will see the statistics of sub attacks for one month...

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ASW attack near Tambelan-eilanden at 53,91

Japanese Ships
DD Kuroshio
TB Kari
DD Michishio

Allied Ships
SS Seal



SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kuroshio
Seal bottoming out ....
DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

missed...[8|]

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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13



Allied aircraft
B-339D x 26
CW-21B Demon x 9
75A-7 Hawk x 9
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 6 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
75A-7 Hawk: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Raid is overhead
3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
1-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
2e-1-VI.G.V Groep with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Raid is overhead
3-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

no comment...

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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 10 damaged

Allied Ships
xAKL De Klerk, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS O23, Bomb hits 2
SS S-36, Bomb hits 1


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Port hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

and this is exactly the time when I HATE some of the new "features". Subs leave their patrol zones when being damaged and they auto disband in port then as happened in this case. I wouldn´t be dumb enough to disband those two subs when I know Rainer recons the place more or less daily and his bombers just wait for something to show up. So I didn´t notice the subs being disbanded and they are both hit... O-23 is seriously damaged, S-36 lightly damaged... great...


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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 76,136

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
G4M1 Betty x 17



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
17 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-339D x 12
CW-21B Demon x 6
75A-7 Hawk x 5
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
1-VI.G.V with B-339D (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
2e-1-VI.G.V Groep with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
3-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes


we only lost 18:0 in A2A due to the Sputnik sweeps... air skill of my Dutch squadrons is in the 60s, wouldn´t call that rookies, considering the max you can get with training is 70. They are shot out of the sky at a rate which is hard to do even in WITP. But hey, one Zero crashed and is an ops. Those that haven´t figured out (must be very few), forget about the altitude bands, even if an alt factor was implemented that hasn´t been there in WITP, in AE it all just comes down to "who can go higher". More about this funny thing of airwar next to Sputnik in a couple of turns that clearly shows the deficiencies of the model in PBEM. You won´t see this against the AI because it won´t send it´s fighters on maximum altitude. Air combat at an alt those WWII fighters could hardly fly straight...[8|] A2A 18:0...



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Morning Air attack on 98th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 23



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 98th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Lark Battalion, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 68th Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 9
Ki-30 Ann x 6



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 280 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 966

Defending force 20310 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 641

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
22nd Division
17th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
10th Group Army
25th Group Army
3rd War Area
14th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12824 troops, 140 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2708

Defending force 70940 troops, 426 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2278

Japanese adjusted assault: 60

Allied adjusted defense: 1267

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 21 (fort level 4)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1042 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled


Allied ground losses:
672 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
110th Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
41st Division
35th Division
32nd Division
36th Division
53rd Infantry Brigade
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
40th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
21st Group Army
1st War Area
Jingcha War Area
39th Group Army
24th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

the enemy shock attacks into our base, doesn´t really take a beating from the river crossing. I seriously doubt we´ll be able to hold here against more or less equal enemy av and with level 4 forts... I´m intending to fight for the area around Sian as I see the North with it´s oil as one of the most important in China, therefore the fightings around Chengchow and Loyang should only delay the Japanese and I will try to do a fighting withdrawel. Hoping to not get kicked out as this would render this Army useless. Chengchow and Loyang are both open terrain and level 3 or 4 forts don´t really help so the plan is to defend in the "wooden rough" hexes South of Sian which will give me a far better multiplier than the clear terrain with low forts. We can field some 5000 av in the Sian area but the only hope we have is the terrain...

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Ground combat at Madjene (65,103)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 396 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 12

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Madjene !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
I/81st Naval Guard Unit


And here´s the sub attack statistics, started taking notes on 25th Jan. Forgot to take notes on IJN subs but I guess there weren´t more than halve a dozen attacks in the last month anyway. All in all, it doesn´t really look good IMO.




MK14
51 attacks

9 exploding hits (20.93% of total hits)
34 duds (79,07% dud rate of total hits)
8 miss (15.69% miss rate of total salvos)

on the first sight, the dud rate seems to be below the 80% but the 80% is valid for the torps and what I´ve counted here are SALVOS. And out of the 34 DUD SALVOS, many of them had of course more than one torp hit the target. How many I can´t tell as you get no info on this from the game. Anyway, we´re not far off.



MK10
9 attacks

5 exploding hits (83.33% of total hits)
1 dud (16.67.% dud rate of total hits)
3 miss (33.33% miss rate of total salvos)

my feeling was right, my S-class subs have performed poorly. This due to the fact that we only managed to get 9 attacks in a whole month when our S-class subs still had their homeports close to the SRA. So this performance will only get worse as soon as we´ve lost Java I guess. Sending the subs from Brisbane into the Rabaul area results in only very limited time on patrol so the S-class subs will get more and more useless...


53.3cm/45cm/21MkVII
15 attack

4 hits (57.14% of total hits)
3 duds (42.85% of total hits)
8 miss (53.33% of total attacks)

and here´s the completely disappointing performance of our Dutch/British subs. They´ve missed in more than halve of their attacks which is really, really a bad performance. Same goes for the duds, those torps should have a dud rate of 10%. Overall, I can´t say it was a good month for my subs. And the enemy ASW has been by far anything else than useless. We have a couple of subs sunk to depth charge attacks already, with halve a dozen limping home with serious damage, nearly exclusively from IJN DD attacks.

The only good thing at the moment is the fact that all IJN subs seem to be in positions where none of my shipping is going. [:D] With the loss of Java in the coming weeks, our subs will probably do even worse.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 26, 42
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ASW attack near Kalidjati at 52,97

Japanese Ships
DD Murasame
DD Tadeshiwa
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut, hits 5



SS Argonaut is sighted by escort
DD Tadeshiwa attacking submerged sub ....
DD Samidare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tadeshiwa attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tadeshiwa attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tadeshiwa attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tadeshiwa is out of ASW ammo
DD Tadeshiwa is out of ASW ammo
DD Tadeshiwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeshiwa attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tadeshiwa is out of ASW ammo
DD Tadeshiwa is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

next sub that is hit hard... Rainer can´t complain about his ASW performance lately... a real hit and four near misses put Argonaut in trouble... the sub is crippled and is limping to Ceylon at one hex/phase... will take a couple of weeks to get there if the sub makes it... a pity because IIRC Argonaut carries working MK10 torps...


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Amphibious Assault at Tandjoengbalai

TF 310 troops unloading over beach at Tandjoengbalai, 47,78

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 41st Infantry Rgt
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 41st Infantry Rgt
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 41st Infantry Rgt /8


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ASW attack near Tawau at 69,91

Japanese Ships
PB Musashi Maru
PB Choun Maru #18
PB Rokko Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-38



SS S-38 is located by PB Musashi Maru
S-38 diving deep ....
PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Musashi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Musashi Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13



Allied aircraft
B-339D x 12
CW-21B Demon x 7
75A-7 Hawk x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 4


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 1 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
75A-7 Hawk: 2 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32340 , scrambling fighters to 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33550 , scrambling fighters to 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33550 , scrambling fighters to 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
1-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33550
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
2e-1-VI.G.V Groep with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33550
Raid is overhead
3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33550
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33550
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
3-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33550 , scrambling fighters to 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

greetings from Sputnik... 18:0 yesterday, so we increased our Cap alt from 20.000ft to above 30.000ft... ridicoulos but that´s how it is and we definetely did better as we were diving on the enemy... still being shot out of the sky, but FAR from 18:0... we´re back at the usual 5:1 today...

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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 76,136

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
G4M1 Betty x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-339D x 2
CW-21B Demon x 3
75A-7 Hawk x 1
Hurricane IIb Trop x 1


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32340
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 33550
Raid is overhead
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 33550
Raid is overhead
3-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33550
Raid is overhead
2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33550
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes



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Morning Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 9
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 3



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 32nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 67th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 13th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...

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Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 6



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43[8|]

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 34,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed




CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Raid is overhead

as we are not able to launch an escorted bomber raid out of Imphal, I´ve replaced the bombers with fighters to do a sweep... but don´t you dare to think we could launch a combined sweep... no, a ridicoulos series of small strikes is going in... how crazy is this really when you get 100% of your strikes dispersed all the time? I haven´t been able to fly a SINGLE combined strike out of Townsville with my 4Es nor a SINGLE combined strike out of Imphal... that must be the perfect reflection of what happened in real life, start your engines Gentlemen, as soon as you´re airborne head directly to target and don´t care about the other aircraft in your squadron... yeah... first sweep...

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 37,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 5


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x P-39D Airacobra sweeping at 32100 feet

second sweep...

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 34,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x H81-A3 sweeping at 32400 feet

third sweep...

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 34,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 15


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x H81-A3 sweeping at 32400 feet

fourth sweep...

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 35,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 20


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-39D Airacobra sweeping at 32100 feet

firth sweep...

so while I had two squadrons of AVG set to sweep the same target, coming from Imphal at an amazing three hexes, I get 5 sweeps. Granted, both squadrons were on different alts, but would it be too much if at least the two squadrons would come in as combined strikes. And what ridicoulos excuse is it anyway if 300 ft difference in alt of the two squadrons would make the strike split up? Seriously, this is not how it worked in real life. Note also the insane alt I ordered to sweep... max alt for both ac types, especially like the 32k ft for the Airacobras, they are killers at that alt if diving on any enemy compared to fighting at 5.000ft... mhm... 5 Zeroes were lost today for the loss of one AVG aircraft A2A... the Sputnik sweeps work as good for us as they do for the Japanese, they just aren´t any close to reality... but that´s the best way to use them...

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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 61114 troops, 524 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 2658

Defending force 70361 troops, 426 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2232

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 1092

Allied adjusted defense: 1600

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2596 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 184 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 122 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
4676 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 332 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 314 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
110th Division
35th Division
36th Division
32nd Division
41st Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
53rd Infantry Brigade
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
13th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
24th Group Army
7th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
1st War Area
39th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 27, 42
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 76,136

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd RAN Base Force ...
Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...

those airstrikes are coming from Darwin... my units wer on full retreat until after I thought to realize that only a Japanese recon unit is following us... just to find out that shortly thereafter two more inf rgts showed up... my units will get kicked around some more...

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Morning Air attack on Chengchow , at 88,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

perhaps I should activate my Chinese airforce?

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 67th Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 18
Ki-30 Ann x 6
Ki-51 Sonia x 6



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 67th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...

have been training the Chinese fighter pilots since day one and I guess they could deal with Nates on escort...

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Ground combat at Katha (61,43)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12800 troops, 120 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 443

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 212

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 212 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Katha !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
33rd Division


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Ground combat at Tandjoengbalai (47,78)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3594 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 125

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 117

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 117 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tandjoengbalai !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
41st Infantry Regiment


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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 295 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2499

Defending force 66747 troops, 425 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1979

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
32nd Division
36th Division
35th Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
41st Division
110th Division
53rd Infantry Brigade
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
98th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
Jingcha War Area
39th Group Army
1st War Area
24th Group Army
7th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force



KB has been spotted again, lingering North East of the Fidjis, heading East... the enemy is far from being near any of my important convoys as I´m always immedietely rerouting everything that could get in danger within 10 turns...

[khyberbill]

KB has been spotted again, lingering North East of the Fidjis, heading East... the enemy is far from being near any of my important convoys as I´m always immedietely rerouting everything that could get in danger within 10 turns...

Good move. I always send my convoys south of Pago Pago until I have a nice network of search planes established. It only costs a few more days in travel and you gain so much in return.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: khyberbill

KB has been spotted again, lingering North East of the Fidjis, heading East... the enemy is far from being near any of my important convoys as I´m always immedietely rerouting everything that could get in danger within 10 turns...

Good move. I always send my convoys south of Pago Pago until I have a nice network of search planes established. It only costs a few more days in travel and you gain so much in return.

I guess every single TF of mine is travelling on a different route and all of them are really far away from where KB usually tries to raid. The fact that IJN subs haven´t been a pain the last weeks is probably also due to our longer but far saver routes to Australia. It takes a max of one week longer to use a 99% safe route. Really wondering how far and for how long KB will stay on the scene. 3 months of nonstop operations so far, fuel can´t be an issue for the IJN.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 28, 42
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Amphibious Assault at Kalidjati

TF 11 troops unloading over beach at Kalidjati, 50,99

Japanese ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)



18 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad lost overboard during unload of 5th Div /2
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Div
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Div
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 5th Div
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 91st JAAF AF Bn
47mm Type 01 AT Gun dropped into water during unload of 18th Div /4
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 18th Div /1
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 18th Div /1
8 Naval Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 11th Shipping Engr Rgt
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 18th Div /2
75mm Infantry Gun lost in surf during unload of 18th Div /2
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 5th Div /4
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 18th Div /8
10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 18th Div /8
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 18th Div /5
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 18th Div /5
10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 18th Div /5
10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 18th Div /5
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 18th Div /5
10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 18th Div /6
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 18th Div /7
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 18th Div /7
10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 18th Div /7
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 18th Div /7
70mm T92 Howitzer dropped into water during unload of 17th Indpt Guards Rgt /1
75mm T90 Field Gun lost overboard during unload of 17th Indpt Guards Rgt /2
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 17th Indpt Guards Rgt /2
Motorized Support damaged beyond repair during unload of 5th Div /1
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 18th Div
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 18th Div
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 18th Div
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 18th Div
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 17th Indpt Guards Rgt
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 17th Indpt Guards Rgt
Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 6th Tank Rgt /4
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 17th Indpt Guards Rgt /3
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 17th Indpt Guards Rgt /5
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 17th Indpt Guards Rgt /5
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 18th Div /10
10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 18th Div /10
10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 18th Div /10
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 5th Div /5
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Div /5
Motorized Support lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Div /5
18 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad lost in surf during unload of 5th Div /6
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Div /6
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Div /6
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Div /6
8 Engineers accidentally lost during unload of 41st JAAF AF Bn /3
Motorized Support lost overboard during unload of 14th Tank Rgt /2

what´s happening here? "Lots" of casualties from unloading... the assault on Java has begun, when we´ve spotted the TFs I´ve expected the invasion to go in at Semarang but they turned to this base further North... not much we can do against the Japanese...

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ASW attack near Kalidjati at 50,99

Japanese Ships
DD Maikaze
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Kumano
CA Ashigara
CA Maya
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Asashio
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Nowaki

Allied Ships
SS KVIII



SS KVIII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Maikaze
KVIII bottoming out ....
DD Asashio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hagikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nowaki fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

working torps miss, non working torps hit... as asual...

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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,85

Japanese Ships
DMS W-18
DMS W-15
TK Syoyo Maru
DD Tawakaze
SC CHa-15
SC CHa-11

Allied Ships
SS Seal



SS Seal is sighted by escort
Seal bottoming out ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

as if 36.000ft wouldn´t have been enough already... really funny what AE made out of aircombat... we´re going to rewrite history, high alt airwar wasn´t happening in the ETO but in the PTO... this is the best possible alt for Oscars on sweeps and in the game the Oscar has a twice as high maneuverability at 38.000ft than a P-47 or P-51 has at 5.000ft... go figure...




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Morning Air attack on Sparrow Battalion, at 76,135

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 9
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 9



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 32nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 17



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...

the Sallies are coming from a too small airfield I guess...

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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet


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Morning Air attack on 1st Chinese Corps, at 85,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 10



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Kalidjati at 50,99

Japanese Ships
DD Murasame
CL Natori
DD Harusame
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Murasame
DD Samidare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

working torps... missed...

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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 295 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2531

Defending force 66756 troops, 425 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1982

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
32nd Division
110th Division
35th Division
36th Division
41st Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
53rd Infantry Brigade
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
98th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
24th Group Army
21st Group Army
Jingcha War Area
39th Group Army
7th Group Army
1st War Area
10th Chinese Base Force

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 01, 42
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ASW attack near Kalidjati at 50,99

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
CA Kumano
CA Maya
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Maikaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Asashio
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Nowaki

Allied Ships
SS O21, hits 1



SS O21 is sighted by escort
O21 bottoming out ....
DD Asashio attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hagikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nowaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asashio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arashi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nowaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nowaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

next sub out of action, one hit, 23 sys damage...

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ASW attack near Batavia at 50,98

Japanese Ships
TB Kari
DD Michishio

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 is sighted by escort
DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Michishio attacking submerged sub ....
DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Lihir at 111,119

Japanese Ships
xAK Kuraido Maru
DD Yakaze

Allied Ships
SS Plunger



SS Plunger launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kuraido Maru
Plunger diving deep ....
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we even miss AKs when firing working torps...

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ASW attack near Terempa at 55,83

Japanese Ships
DMS W-18
DMS W-15
TK Syoyo Maru
DD Tawakaze
SC CHa-15
SC CHa-11

Allied Ships
SS Sargo, hits 3



SS Sargo is sighted by escort
DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

three near misses, no real damage...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 33
P-39D Airacobra x 19


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 5 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 36000 feet

CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32400 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 32400.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
AVG/2nd Sqn with P-39D Airacobra (2 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32100 , scrambling fighters to 32100.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32400 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 32400.
Raid is overhead

AE airwar stupidity... get the bounce and everything is fine, no matter what man rating... our 70 skilled fighters are shot out of the sky... the battle went on and on like this: Oscar dives and fires from behind, Oscar dives and fires from behind, Oscar dives and fires from behind... boom boom boom...

if you play PBEM and don´t restrict yourselve to trying to play/fight the same way it was done in real life, the game can´t help you to produce realistic outcomes... go in as high as possible when you attack... don´t put up Cap if you defend... the fact that Japanese fighters can go far higher than Allied fighters puts us in a bad situation as the enemy will just keep on bouncing us... outnumbering the enemy, one of those myths... and the funny thing is that exactly the fighter with the worst high alt reputation, the P-39, did not worse than the others, flying at max alt...

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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 16



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
xAKL De Klerk, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage



Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Sparrow Battalion, at 76,135

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 13



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet
1 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 36000 feet

CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32400
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32400
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
AVG/2nd Sqn with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32100
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes


more of the stupidity... but hey, post it on the main forum and you will be called idiot, troll or whatever nice they will find for you. It´s the fault of the Japanese player that he uses his fighters at the best possible way and this is 100% clearly max alt sweeps... it´s not the game that is wrong that should make Oscars at 38.000ft or Zeroes at 30.000ft+ completely useless... this kind of battle wasn´t possible in real life, not to talk about seeing the Oscars taking down the Allied fighters in droves... this is just ridicoulos... and for sure you can´t blame the players, especially if they get told on and on that the airroutine is so super duper now and you have to look at the aircraft stats etc... blah blah blah...

but hey, perhaps this combat report is just fake? Yeah, in fact I manipulated it...

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Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 18
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 3



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 7th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 85th Chinese Corps, at 85,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 10



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 50,99

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16



Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 23
B-339D x 18
CW-21B Demon x 3
CW-22 Falcon x 4
75A-7 Hawk x 5
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
B-339D: 5 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
CW-22 Falcon: 2 damaged
75A-7 Hawk: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
xAK Syoka Maru
xAKL Tonegawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Tadeshiwa
CA Maya
xAK Eiko Maru #2
DD Murasame



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
4 x CW-22 Falcon bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb
2 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
8 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
2 x B-339D sweeping at 6000 feet

CAP engaged:
Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
Hosho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Tonegawa Maru

we are now trying to obliberate the enemy invasion of Java...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 51,98

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24



Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 15
Hurricane IIb Trop x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 6 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo
CVL Shoho



CAP engaged:
Hosho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 2000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 22


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-17E Fortress x 6
LB-30 Liberator x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead


oh how I love this stupidity that 60 bombers can´t attack together when they launch from a level 7 airfield... first there was only one Zero, the following strike meets 8 already... March 42 and we have not been able to launch a single combined strike out of Australia or India for the last three months... NOT EVEN ONE! This is the norm and not the exception... and this is for sure not reflecting reality. You can´t create a "your attacks will never work" feature and then say that there are now die rolls for this and that to reflect problems that were happening in real life too. So in four months of the war all ordered attacks were split up in real life? Yeah, sure... am meeting all fridging conditions that we´re told all the time... NOT ONE strike from Australia to New Guinea has gone in combined so far, not even ONE!

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 50,99

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7



Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 12
B-339D x 1
CW-21B Demon x 1
CW-22 Falcon x 3
Hurricane IIb Trop x 1


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-339D: 1 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
CW-22 Falcon: 2 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
xAK Gokoku Maru #2
CL Yura
CL Isuzu



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x CW-22 Falcon bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb
1 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
2 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
2 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes

I should have just stood down ALL of the Dutch airforce and click on "withdraw" and let them rot in the aircraft and pilot pool...

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Ground combat at Kalidjati (50,99)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34529 troops, 312 guns, 391 vehicles, Assault Value = 1255

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

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 755

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 755 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kalidjati !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
18th Division
5th Div /3
41st JAAF AF Bn
11th Shipping Engineer Regiment
91st JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 71496 troops, 626 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 2648

Defending force 66795 troops, 425 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1987

Japanese adjusted assault: 1173

Allied adjusted defense: 1034 [8|]

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
3164 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 234 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 114 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
5381 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 277 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 337 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled


Assaulting units:
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
35th Division
53rd Infantry Brigade
32nd Division
41st Division
36th Division
110th Division
54th Infantry Brigade
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
27th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
24th Group Army
1st War Area
Jingcha War Area
21st Group Army
7th Group Army
39th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

our troops got no chance, ordered to retreat...

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Ground combat at 76,135

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7264 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 292

Defending force 814 troops, 14 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Japanese adjusted assault: 184

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 61 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units pursuing 1


Allied ground losses:
426 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Sparrow Battalion


air losses of today... we shot down two Oscars during the replay but 7 are now showing up on the air loss list... overestimating what our Cap was able to do, they weren´t able to do anything against the Sputnik Oscar sweeps on 38.000ft... lol, 38.000ft... either the stats (especially UBER maneuverability) or the routine itselve is bullocks...

another 3 heavy bombers lost to 9 Zeroes today... not ineffective Cap so to say.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 02, 42
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Submarine attack near Koggala at 31,56

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
xAKL Sinabang, Shell hits 9, heavy fires



xAKL Sinabang is sighted by SS I-154
SS I-154 attacking xAKL Sinabang on the surface
SS I-154 low on gun ammo, Minobe G. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

IJN sub attacks a lonely xAKL South of Colombo but doesn´t fire any torps... the sub uses up most of it´s 12cm gun ammo and the small freighter isn´t even in sinking condition... 80:20 chance that the ship will make it... as PzB pointed out in his AAR already, the simulation of gun ammo for ships is off...

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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 76,136

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 14



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
14 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 67th Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 9
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 3



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 44th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 67th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 7th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...

guess at some point I´m going to use my Chinese biplanes to intervene, but I´m still unsure about it as I don´t want to see hordes of IJA bombers doing round the clock bombing in China as I need every single supply point... the 50.000 supplies I´ve burnt due to the fact that I didn´t realize that there´s damaged industry in China that all is set to repair at the beginning puts me in a completely helpless situation... [8|] like I´ve said before, if you don´t realize this, it can break a major part of this game, as this is what I call China. It´s there and it´s a major part of the game. Better would be to have those things at DO NOT REPAIR when there are damaged sites as a player will learn the hard way... not to talk about the fact that you have to check all the bases...

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Morning Air attack on 85th Chinese Corps, at 85,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 10



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 68th Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 6



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73

Japanese Ships
xAKL Anbo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAKL Kembu Maru
PB Nako Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Perch



SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Anbo Maru
Perch diving deep ....
PB Nako Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Nako Maru #2 cannot reach attack position over SS Perch
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nako Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Nako Maru #2 cannot reach attack position over SS Perch
PB Nako Maru #2 cannot establish contact with SS Perch
PB Nako Maru #2 cannot reach attack position over SS Perch
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

now and then a kill... small freighter bites the dust... due to the high number of subs, my US fleet subs are the most dangerous to the enemy... even though we scored dozen after dozen duds, the fleet subs still account for the most kills, therefore I can not understand when people are saying they just leave them in port until later in the war...

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Submarine attack near Koggala at 29,53

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
xAKL Elout, Shell hits 1



xAKL Elout is sighted by SS I-154
SS I-154 attacking on the surface
SS I-154 low on gun ammo, Minobe G. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

same sub attacks again today, again only with it´s deck gun (that had low ammo already earlier) and again no torp has been fired... now that´s realistic... "contact, ship spotted... man the deck gun... fire one shot... no more ammo sir... dive, dive, dive..."

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Ground combat at 76,136

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2005 troops, 20 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 70

Defending force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Allied adjusted assault: 6

Japanese adjusted defense: 34

Allied assault odds: 1 to 5

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 15 (0 destroyed, 15 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
299 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
Sparrow Battalion
46th Indian Brigade

Defending units:
2nd Recon Regiment

no chance after the Betty attack...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 03, 42
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TF 344 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)

Allied Ships
SS Sargo, Mine hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

I was told that subs on patrol with a set reaction range do NOT react into spotted minefields or "bigger" ports ... ok, let´s see... while the minefield at Singapore for sure wasn´t spotted until this event, I would call Singapore with it´s level 9 (in words: n i n e) port for sure a "bigger" port... yet my sub reacted into the port while following an enemy TF... mine hit 1... boom... mine hit 2... boom... mine hit 3... boom... mine hit 4... boom... sunk...

I did not set it to move into Singapore and there was no other reason than the sub reacting that cause this "happening"... subs DO react into BIG ports so there seems to be something not to be working as designed, at least not in evil castor´s edition...

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ASW attack near Semarang at 53,100

Japanese Ships
DD Yugumo
CA Nachi
DD Kawakaze
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Usugumo
DD Fubuki
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS KVII, hits 2



SS KVII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Yugumo
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Usugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fubuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Usugumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Suzukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Suzukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more of the same, MK14 torps hit escorts on and on (but don´t explode) while working torps keep on missing...

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ASW attack near Semarang at 53,100

Japanese Ships
DD Yamakaze
CA Nachi
DD Kawakaze
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Usugumo
DD Fubuki
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS KVII, hits 6, heavy damage



SS KVII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Yamakaze
KVII bottoming out ....
DD Hatsuyuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Usugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fubuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

more of the same... sub is in sinking condition... yet another one... can´t say IJN DDs are ineffective at all, lots of damaged and sunk subs...

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ASW attack near Pescadores at 85,62

Japanese Ships
CM Shirataka
xAK Kinryu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at CM Shirataka
Sturgeon diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

and here are the MK14 duds...

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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,85

Japanese Ships
PB Shonon Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Seal



SS Seal is sighted by escort
Seal bottoming out ....
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 66,97

Japanese Ships
E Shimushu

Allied Ships
SS S-38



SS S-38 is sighted by escort
S-38 diving deep ....
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

lots of sub action today, we´re on the receiving end though...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 36000 feet

I´ve got enough of the Sputnik sweeps and have flown out all my Cap... only remaining ac are damaged ones...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 36000 feet


[8|]

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Morning Air attack on Wyndham RAAF Base Force, at 75,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 85th Chinese Corps, at 85,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Lark Battalion, at 101,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 68th Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 9
Ki-30 Ann x 6
Ki-51 Sonia x 6



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...


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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,97

Japanese Ships
xAK Ayato Maru, Torpedo hits 1
E Shimushu

Allied Ships
SS S-38



SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ayato Maru
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

sub action aint over yet, we hit a fat freighter which has got quite a distance to the next major port... no heavy damaged noticed though...

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Sub attack near Koggala at 28,50

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
xAKL Sinabang, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage



xAKL Sinabang is sighted by SS I-154
SS I-154 launches 8 torpedoes

the IJN takes revenge and now sinks the earlier damaged Sinabang... one of the subs with the wrong number of torp tubes...

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Amphibious Assault at Woodlark Island

TF 291 troops unloading over beach at Woodlark Island, 104,133


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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 295 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2485

Defending force 62290 troops, 425 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1640

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Division
110th Division
35th Division
32nd Division
59th Division
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
34th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
Jingcha War Area
1st War Area
24th Group Army
7th Group Army
39th Group Army
21st Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

our troops are on the move out to Loyang... enemy units (probably tanks) are flanking Loyang to the West already...

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Ground combat at Toboali (50,93)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 21

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Toboali !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 04, 42
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,102

Japanese Ships
PB Sonan Maru #5
PB Shuko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel



SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes at PB Sonan Maru #5
Pickerel diving deep ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

guess? [:D]

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ASW attack near Kiriwina Island at 104,131

Japanese Ships
DD Yakaze
xAK Kuraido Maru
xAKL Kanaiyama Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-18



SS S-18 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yakaze
S-18 diving deep ....
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

hmm...

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Morning Air attack on Wyndham RAAF Base Force, at 75,133

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 16



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...

have decided to slowly move all the fragments of the AVG into China to ambush these raids... perhaps we can bag a dozen ac... will take a couple of days to be in position though...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 15


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

this can´t be the whole strike...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

and we go in in bits and pieces again...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

even though we have hit PM´s airfield on and on I have yet to get any info on any damage we´ve done... I highly doubt that the damage is always repaired instantly and I don´t know if the bombers observe any hits as I don´t get anything back... [&:]

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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 9
Ki-30 Ann x 6



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 29th Chinese Corps, at 82,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb

those Nates and Sonias would be juicy targets for the AVG...

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Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14505 troops, 124 guns, 225 vehicles, Assault Value = 563

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 323

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 323 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandoeng !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
1st Tank Regiment
18th Division
14th Tank Regiment


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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 72319 troops, 643 guns, 174 vehicles, Assault Value = 2520

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

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 2317

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 2317 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Chengchow !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
41st Division
36th Division
32nd Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
35th Division
110th Division
59th Division
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Chengchow was abandoned today... thank god...

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Ground combat at 49,99

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18357 troops, 171 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 676

Defending force 430 troops, 12 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 487

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 487 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
477 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment

Defending units:
Bandoeng Base Force

Bandoeng´s bf wasn´t fast enough to move out...

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Ground combat at Medan (46,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3632 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 2130 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

Japanese adjusted assault: 115

Allied adjusted defense: 53

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
212 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
41st Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Medan Coastal Gun Battalion
Medan Garrison Battalion
Van Aaran Garrison Battalion
Medan Base Force


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Ground combat at Woodlark Island (104,133)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 342 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 14

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Woodlark Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
8th Indpt SNLF Coy




KB has been spotted again, now in the Canton Island area... again, no chance to get a shot at any of my convoys within the next four or five days at best... [:D] we don´t get info about carriers when we hover over the TF but as a PBY was shot down over this TF there´s no doubt that this is KB still on it´s raid... so far it was completely useless and I can only hope that fuel costs are high...