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

[anarchyintheuk]

Don't know if it's an illusion but Richmond needs to start turning in a hurry.

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Is it an optical distortion, or the Richmond really is too close to shore ?[&:]

Think the location the pic is taken is crucial here [;)]

Just want to say thank you to Castor Troy, this is my favorite AAR after Cuttlefish's. No matter how bad a day I have, I can always come here and get cheered up by some ranting about ineffective mines, unsinkable ships etc. I love it!

[Xxzard]

Yeah, I agree, the comments are good, much better than a straight post followed by a summary.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Great !  If they're mostly cut-off, is it too early to congratulate you for the conquest of Siberia ?[:'(]


Is it an optical distortion, or the Richmond really is too close to shore ?[&:]

The Russian are in a very bad strategic situation at the moment, especially as the loss of Borzya is only days away. And this means that this will free up my Army in this region to roll on. There are several things I can think of what the Russian still could do (what I would do... [;)]) but I´m not sure that Miller will come up with such plans I´m thinking of. I´m not doing my offensive in a total hurrey style, forgetting about securing my flanks but there are always possibilities if you have to fight 6000 enemy assault points in total.

You can congratulate me in probably 4-6 months I guess. But then the time for congratulations will be pretty much over anyway. Corsairs and Liberators will kill my aircraft in the hundreds every week and we will have to rely on morale boosts when a sub or a Betty sinks an AK now and then...

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Is it an optical distortion, or the Richmond really is too close to shore ?[&:]

Think the location the pic is taken is crucial here [;)]

Just want to say thank you to Castor Troy, this is my favorite AAR after Cuttlefish's. No matter how bad a day I have, I can always come here and get cheered up by some ranting about ineffective mines, unsinkable ships etc. I love it!

thanks for reading, without readers it wouldn´t make sense to do an AAR! [;)]

[castor troy]

Rather boring turns at the moment (but boring is good for the Japanese) as Miller either isn´t able or isn´t willing to strike further. We spot some 50-75 Corsairs/P-47 on Cap over PM daily, recon reports hundreds of aircraft there though. Means Miller relies on the magic Allied ability to also get fighters airborne for Cap duty when the pilots are out at the beach taking a bath. I guess he has set them not over 50% Cap (if it even is that high) and escort to see his Barracudas being escorted by a nice number of deadly fighters. The Barracudas seem to be set to 5 hexes (torp and Corsair range) as we had ships in six hexes range several times but they never have been striked.

Miller asked me what I am up to as he thinks the KB is on station at Rabaul and he told me that only god knows what plan I have again. [:D] This was the time when the spotted Cap over PM was considerable reduced, probably as preparation to fly against an expected counteroffensive with my Navy against PM...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/08/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
J1N1-S Irving x 27
A6M3a Zero x 81
B5N Kate x 8
G3M Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 53
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 326
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported

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

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 52
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 14
F4U-1 Corsair x 109


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 35

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


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 18
Beaufighter VIC x 13


No Allied losses

Runway hits 14

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


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 13


No Allied losses

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

my troops from Chita are now moving on Ulan Ude (where those bombers are coming from - Chinese bombers btw), the last base South of Irkutsk...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 61
TBF Avenger x 15
Avenger I x 23
PBY Catalina x 1


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet

Miller has set all of his bombers on Efate and New Caledonia on nav/airfield attack as the bombers are doing nothing in the morning and always coming in to go after the airfield in the afternoon. Looks like he wants to make sure I don´t move in KB again...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 13
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 13
B-25C Mitchell x 30
B-25J Mitchell x 63
B-26B Marauder x 41


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 100

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet


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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12974 troops, 369 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5078

Defending force 73240 troops, 494 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1230



Allied ground losses:
380 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 90673 troops, 1043 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 1941

Defending force 74275 troops, 686 guns, 342 vehicles, Assault Value = 1186



Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15848 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2324

Defending force 282395 troops, 1447 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6733

my reinforcement division has arrived, our positions here seem to be 100% safe...

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8136 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 165

Defending force 3309 troops, 13 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Japanese max assault: 74 - adjusted assault: 50

Allied max defense: 18 - adjusted defense: 8

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ulan Bator base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 48 destroyed [&:]
Yak-9D: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

the two Mongolian Cav Divs take the base, which wasn´t that surprising after yesterday´s 2:1 already. And that´s why I´m quite amazed that Miller didn´t move out his aircraft. Nice number of aircraft destroyed on the ground... the very short ranged Shturmoviks are not that useful but surely too valuable as to be destroyed on the ground...



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22648 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2447

Defending force 166522 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4827



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8275 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4209

Defending force 153527 troops, 1092 guns, 420 vehicles, Assault Value = 3091



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


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100291 troops, 824 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2703

Defending force 79085 troops, 693 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1557


Japanese ground losses:
250 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

Here´s the requested screenshot of the situation in Russia. Only showing the central part of the Russian held territory as the North is reduced to Irkutsk and Ulan Ude (and two empty bases to the far North East). Miller has three "big" troop stacks at those bases on the railline, probably to build up the forts as otherwise it wouldn´t make sense not having all his units directly at frontline bases. We are only holding position in the Vladivostok area, trying to kill off a region fortress NE of it though. The troops that took Rukhlovo and Pokrovka arrived at Blagoveshchensk to block any attempts to move Russian units North. It´s a clear hex, if the enemy has more troops than expected that he could move in I will take my units back two hexes on the railline as this is a wooden hex and my 2000 av won´t be driven out of that one. While I doubt that he can drive me out of a clear hex, he would surely inflict much more losses on my troops in the clear hex than in the wooden hex.

The assault on Borzya is in it´s final stage already, the Russian there won´t resist much longer. This then frees up my troops to move North to assault Irkutsk. Guess two or three divs will stay in the area of Blagoveshchensk or Tsitsihar to act as a resere. I will use the units that were shot up the most at Borzya, that way I will have a reserve and the units can recover. There´s always the possibility of the Russian go mad and do a "strategic Banzai charge" into Manchuko. Therefor I still have division sized units at bases that are just behind the border and are sitting behind level 9 forts. Those bases can withstand every possible Russian attempt to break through long enough to see more units being moved in within days on the railline.

All in all is the Russain campaign really going well, but it isn´t won yet. I have moved a lot of fighter sentais out again to do training runs in the Philipines as the losses they took were replaced by 30 experienced pilots. And when 80+ experienced pilots lose 40:0 against Corsair and Thunderbolt then you can imagine what would happen if I would use 30 exp pilots.

[Historiker]

Stupid...
He tried to run for Irkutsk as one suggested to him and wasn't able to consider that the two weeks you give him are by far not enough. It was obvious that you'll try to cut the railroad north of Borzya but still, he hoped that you won't do it and gave up all good positions while trying to reach Irkutsk...

Isn't it way too easy for you to play him?

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/09/43

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TF 1016 encounters mine field at Cairns (47,100)

Allied Ships
MSW Vireo
MSW Token
MSW Strive
MSW Sheldrake
MSW Requisite
MSW Pursuit

DD Conway was finished by a sub laid Type 88 mine at Cairns and therefore Miller moved in some MSWs to clear the field again...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3a Zero x 79
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 325

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 223

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 50
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 15
F4U-1 Corsair x 103


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter VIC x 11


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

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


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 61
TBF Avenger x 15
Avenger I x 23
PBY Catalina x 1


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9
Beaufighter VIC x 12
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14
B-25C Mitchell x 31
B-25J Mitchell x 66
B-26B Marauder x 43


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 124

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 244229 troops, 1909 guns, 3276 vehicles, Assault Value = 5136

Defending force 71918 troops, 485 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1203

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 4706 - adjusted assault: 5212

Allied max defense: 1031 - adjusted defense: 1877

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4


Japanese ground losses:
4290 casualties reported
Guns lost 68
Vehicles lost 60

Allied ground losses:
2470 casualties reported
Guns lost 56
Vehicles lost 1

next deliberate attack and again we miss a 3:1, but we´re close. Russian max defense doesn´t look that good, nevertheless the adjusted av wasn´t bad either... I´m confident, in two attacks the Russian will be finished... Miller will lose 15 units at Borzya which probably means something like 20-25% of his total assault value available. Like in most of my operations against him, I was able to focus my strenght while Miller kept his units more or less dispersed. I don´t think it would have been possible to stop my Army in the North at the border but there are a couple of hexes where 3000 Russian av could have blocked me easily. To defend one hex North of Borzya was a mistake IMO. Not keeping the retreat path East of Borzya open was definetely the mistake that will result in the destruction of all those valuable inf units here. One or two Russian divs would have been enough to keep the retreat path open. As mentioned before, it seems Miller has moved out troops from Borzya via air transport, I have no idea how many in total but I guess fragments of each unit, so we will have to take out Irkutsk before those troops really begin to grow again...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 90683 troops, 1047 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 1940

Defending force 74205 troops, 689 guns, 342 vehicles, Assault Value = 1184



Allied ground losses:
140 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15848 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2322

Defending force 281825 troops, 1434 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6718



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22707 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2451

Defending force 166715 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4830



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8265 troops, 280 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4211

Defending force 152934 troops, 1086 guns, 418 vehicles, Assault Value = 3084



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


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45185 troops, 485 guns, 311 vehicles, Assault Value = 1184

Defending force 90683 troops, 1047 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 1940


Japanese ground losses:
1008 casualties reported
Guns lost 26
Vehicles lost 4


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100394 troops, 823 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2708

Defending force 78957 troops, 693 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1553


Japanese ground losses:
408 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Historiker

Stupid...
He tried to run for Irkutsk as one suggested to him and wasn't able to consider that the two weeks you give him are by far not enough. It was obvious that you'll try to cut the railroad north of Borzya but still, he hoped that you won't do it and gave up all good positions while trying to reach Irkutsk...

Isn't it way too easy for you to play him?

Like I´ve mentioned in the discussion that arose in this AAR about the Russian possibilities, I never intended to do the "Northern strategy" but have massed my troops in the Vladivostok and Uglahamensk area, the North only had enough troops to hold position easily and to take weakly defended targets. The reason for that was that I absolutely see no sense at all for the Allied to do the "run away with everthing". The two weeks time he had after activating the Russian would have been enough to see a 70% chance to at least achieve what he had planned, but he would have needed to play it out differently. And recon showed that there were troops marching towards Irkutsk, no idea how many there really are now, I would expect something like 2000 assault points.

Blocking my units further North East of Borzya, keeping strong units East of it would have done the trick. I could not move further North as I would then be cut off. I could hardly move further East as then the troops from the North would have the chance to cut me off. It´s a gamble for the Russian as I have the edge in total assault strenght but he can also mass a lot of troops in no time nearly every where as the railline makes moving pretty fast. Holding position somewhere with 1000 av in a wooden hex or even mountaineous hex can block quite a lot of my troops for quite some time, this means he could move an Army of 3000 av to counterattack me somewhere else. Imagine what would have happened if he can break through somewhere! Would mean my offensive would collapse immedietely. I´ve got more experience as the Japanese but played the Allied often enough to know what I´m speaking about (though always only on the stock map as I was just too lazy to accomodate me with AB´s wonderful and far better map). Twice did I face a Japanese attempt of taking out Russia, once I stopped the Japanese cold, resulting in a stalemate. Once I drove into Manchuria as the Japanese advanced with most of his troops in one direction, enabling me to stop him in the mountains and flank him on the railline = game over.

I don´t think Miller is a bad Allied player nor do I think I´m a real good Japanese player, he surely lacks the experience in the special WITP ground war. Though I´ve thought that the war in China, India and Australia would have helped him to put up a stiff defense of Russia. Doesn´t look so at the moment, but again, I think running for Irkutsk is definitely the wrong Allied strategy anyway, no matter if it turns out to be a succesful run or not. All I´ve did so far in this PBEM is to try to mass my forces, no matter if land, naval or air. And that´s what I´ve been doing in every of my PBEMs. Easier to do for the Allied as they get so much stuff, often a gamble for the Japanese. But if you mass your troops and the enemy doesn´t do the same thing or doesn´t secure the flanks in his strategy then it soon looks like as I´ve you were outplayed.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/10/43

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Sub attack at 66,89

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5139, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII

a barge is sunk in the Solomons... I´ve got the feeling that Miller massed his subs near the South East tip of New Guinea and the Solomons and that´s perfectly fine with me. No sub spotted inside the SRA for quite some long. Prefer losing some small AKs or APs near Rabaul than losing a fat TK inside the SRA... [:D] Losign 10 TK is a tragedy, losing two dozen APs means nothing at this stage of the war. The fact that the TK capacity is reduced by 1/3 in this mod lets you start with nearly not enough TK anyway, losing some is deadly for you industry...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 27
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 54
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Port hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-45 KAIb Nick bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 18
Beaufighter VIC x 10


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 6
Beaufighter VIC x 2
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 36
B-25J Mitchell x 61
B-26B Marauder x 47


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 95

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 44861 troops, 504 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 963

Defending force 5632 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 109

Japanese max assault: 893 - adjusted assault: 407

Allied max defense: 113 - adjusted defense: 169

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
316 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

attacking a static region fortress... Don´t know if it really makes sense that way...

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10787 troops, 284 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4973

Defending force 67646 troops, 389 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1075



Allied ground losses:
188 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15845 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2326

Defending force 281581 troops, 1429 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6717



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22707 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2452

Defending force 166644 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4829



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8318 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4214

Defending force 152559 troops, 1082 guns, 416 vehicles, Assault Value = 3082



Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45200 troops, 489 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 1186

Defending force 43956 troops, 461 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 936


Japanese ground losses:
218 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100485 troops, 826 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2711

Defending force 78451 troops, 666 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1545


Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

[Historiker]

There was a thread where he asked how to defend russia.
I suggested him things like you say now but someone told that running for Irkutsk is a good thing. He said: "Ok, I run for Irkutsk".
IMO, this is absolutly stupid and would make the game too easy for me. While winning is something all of us want, it can also be too easy...

Miller may not be a bad allied player, I can't say as I've never played him nore am I a very good player. But oviously, he's a VERY bad ground combat player.

[castor troy]

Like I´ve said, running for Irkutsk in general isn´t a good idea IMO, but what people tend to forget is the fact that the Japanese can see the enemy moving if he uses enough recon aircraft. And I´ve been using so many DinahII and III that I was reconning every base daily from day one on that moving without being spotted was impossible. Only the bases to the far North weren´t reconned by me as I knew there´s nothing up there anyway.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/11/43

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ASW attack at 65,74

Japanese Ships
DD Asakaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Oboro
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 9

spotted Pompano moving directly on Truk and ordered three ASW TFs to hunt it down... 9 near misses by Type 91 DCs to begin with...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
J1N1-S Irving x 27
A6M3a Zero x 85
B5N Kate x 8
G3M Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 54
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 292
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 34
Ki-49 Helen x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 211
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 3

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 53
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 15
F4U-1 Corsair x 85


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st Division, at 61,11


Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 42


Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 5 destroyed, 27 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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

good example of how borked the flak routine really is... as soon as you attack an LCU, the flak effects are trippled (if not more...) there are three base forces accompanying the 1st division and as you can see, we achieve a super duper result... then think about the effect three base forces have at Wallis island against the incoming fighters doing training runs... why on earth should flak units be more effective outside of a base moving with other LCUs than being at a base in their positions? Stupid design... attacks on LCUs always result in super flak defense...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 45
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 1
F4U-1 Corsair x 13


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 32
B-26B Marauder x 48


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 53

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 7
B-25J Mitchell x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 14 damaged

Japanese Ships
TK Juko Maru
TK Zuiyo Maru
MSW W.28, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 7000 feet

expected such strikes far earlier as Miller spotted my TFs going to Ohka - Sakalin but he didn´t move in his bombers. He could even use his Pe-2 as the range from the next Russian base to Ohka is just five hexes. Out of nearly 100 fighters set to 90% Cap we see 36 in the air. LOL! Thank god that at least half of the Chinese bombers turned back but a 500lb GP bomb hits and sinks a big MSW. The ship ended up with 99 sys, 88 flt and 18 fires and was scuttled...



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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 249108 troops, 1712 guns, 3253 vehicles, Assault Value = 5024

Defending force 66547 troops, 366 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1031

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 4534 - adjusted assault: 2768

Allied max defense: 871 - adjusted defense: 1075

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3


Japanese ground losses:
3879 casualties reported
Guns lost 111
Vehicles lost 37

Allied ground losses:
3005 casualties reported
Guns lost 35
Vehicles lost 4

2:1 and we again stay not that far away from 3:1. There is no doubt that the base will fall after another or two more attacks...

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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44065 troops, 463 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 933

Defending force 5432 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 101


Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15792 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2323

Defending force 281244 troops, 1425 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6706



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22667 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2450

Defending force 166590 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4815



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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22447 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 481

Defending force 5764 troops, 28 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 97



Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8326 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4218

Defending force 152229 troops, 1080 guns, 416 vehicles, Assault Value = 3073



Allied ground losses:
359 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Wyndham´s av is going down steadily... does this mean the enemy is running out of supply?

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100437 troops, 822 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2715

Defending force 78188 troops, 656 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1538


Japanese ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/12/43

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ASW attack at 66,76

Japanese Ships
DD Yunagi
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze
DD Susuzuki
DD Teruzuki
DD Akizuki

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 11, on fire, heavy damage

after achieving 9 near misses yesterday I´ve thought that Miller would order his sub back to either PH or Midway so I´ve sent my three ASW TFs to an expected position where they should meet the sub... one did and the Akizukis prove to be quite good ASW platforms as the Type 2 DC is far better than the Type 91 or 95. Another 9 near misses but also two hits by Type 2 DCs. The sub isn´t reported sunk though and was later in the day unsuccesfully attacked by a Helen. Wonder if Pompano will make it all the way back...

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TF 24 encounters mine field at Goodenough island (56,93)

Japanese Ships
AG AG-356, and is sunk
AG AG-2094, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

VH2 mine hit as a barge convoy passes through Goodeneough island... Looks like a sub has been here for a visit... We pass our hex and hit one out of, I don´t know, two dozen mines while the Allied fast transport DDs go in and out of PM where there surely have to be still over a thousand of my mines but they have yet to hit one... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 86
B5N Kate x 8
G3M Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 53
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 326
Ki-49 Helen x 25

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 239
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Gasmata , at 59,90

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 111

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 45
P-47C Thunderbolt x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 38 destroyed, 19 damaged [8|]

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 19 destroyed, 7 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 5 destroyed, 19 damaged

oh well... no wonder how experienced my pilots are, they have no chance against the Thunderbolts... The enemy comes in for a sweep, of course get´s the bounce over our base and we see 50% of our fighters in the air. Had to move in the Tojos as we´re in the process of unloading some 40.000 supplies from our 1750 ton AKs as Gasmata is our supply hub for the barge convoys supplying our bases around Port Moresby. After this slaughter, there are now 4 more Tojo sentais in need of 3 months of training. We lose around 30 pilots today. So far we´ve upgraded already half a dozen Tojo sentais to Tonies. Within another 5-6 weeks we will have upgraded all Tojos to Tonies, hopefully this will make life for Allied fighters harder. At least we´ve destroyed a 2,5 weeks replacement of Lightnings but in 9 or 10/43 the J-model will show up and this means the enemy will get some 100 Lightnings (together with the G-model) a month. So good bye to the funny time...



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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 53
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 16
F4U-1 Corsair x 96


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet

too many Corsairs doing training runs for my taste... [:(]

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 17
Beaufighter VIC x 9


No Allied losses

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 44
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 1
F4U-1 Corsair x 9


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 3
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 13
B-25C Mitchell x 32
B-26B Marauder x 47


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43944 troops, 455 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 931

Defending force 5452 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 99

Japanese max assault: 762 - adjusted assault: 259

Allied max defense: 102 - adjusted defense: 73

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

will take quite some time to kill off this static region fortress...

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9175 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4858

Defending force 61964 troops, 287 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 906



Allied ground losses:
344 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15768 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2319

Defending force 280718 troops, 1427 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6691



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22702 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2452

Defending force 166634 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4819



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Ground combat at Ulan-Ude

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22794 troops, 267 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1576

Defending force 9575 troops, 134 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 414



Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22443 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 481

Defending force 5760 troops, 27 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 95



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8323 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4223

Defending force 151621 troops, 1066 guns, 416 vehicles, Assault Value = 3060



Allied ground losses:
321 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Wyndham´s av is going down, no doubt there must be a supply issue for the Allied. How can that be as I guess the resupply attempt brought something like 60-70.000 supplies. On the other side, there are a hell a lot of troops and they will suck up quite some supplies each month and with the so fast going game it´s probably already two or three months ago when the supplies came in... in any case, that´s really good news... I still have a lot of bombers and escorts in the area so if the Allied try another supply run then they can expect to lose a lot of ships again as this time there will be less carriers to cover them.

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100443 troops, 823 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2713

Defending force 78080 troops, 660 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529


Japanese ground losses:
352 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/13/43

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TF 1016 encounters mine field at Cairns (47,100)

Allied Ships
MSW Vireo
MSW Token
MSW Strive
MSW Sheldrake
MSW Requisite
MSW Pursuit
PG Fritillary, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

the usual happenings when the MSW clear mines and the last mine left then hits a ship... after the mine hit, the minefield disappeared... lol, those routines... The PG went down immedietely...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 50
Ki-49 Helen x 26

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 48
PBY Catalina x 3
Kittyhawk I x 16
F4U-1 Corsair x 113


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 97

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


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter VIC x 9
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 5
Liberator VI x 98
PV-1 Ventura x 24
PB4Y Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 4 damaged
Liberator VI: 14 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

140 bombers, extended range, 6 dozen flak guns, no bombers lost...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 47
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 1


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 7
Beaufighter VIC x 7
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 13
B-25C Mitchell x 33
B-25J Mitchell x 40
B-26B Marauder x 38


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Borzya

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 244063 troops, 1573 guns, 3244 vehicles, Assault Value = 4924

Defending force 60724 troops, 264 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 887

Japanese max assault: 4401 - adjusted assault: 3897

Allied max defense: 810 - adjusted defense: 471

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Borzya base !!! [&o]



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
LaGG-3: 16 destroyed
Pe-2: 9 destroyed
Li-2: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
2828 casualties reported
Guns lost 49
Vehicles lost 39

Allied ground losses:
71536 casualties reported
Guns lost 331
Vehicles lost 6

the enemy defense collapsed today, some 15 units surrendered. We scored exactly 1000 points for Allied ground losses today, now at 22.680... [X(] It looks really grim for the Russian now...

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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43382 troops, 430 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 908

Defending force 5266 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Japanese max assault: 628 - adjusted assault: 108 [8|]

Allied max defense: 87 - adjusted defense: 250

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
280 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

looks like the region fortress will be able to hold back two of my divisions...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15822 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2317

Defending force 280427 troops, 1429 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6686



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22689 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2452

Defending force 166699 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4834



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Ulan-Ude

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 78081 troops, 831 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1576

Defending force 10364 troops, 151 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 420

Japanese max assault: 1514 - adjusted assault: 1686

Allied max defense: 357 - adjusted defense: 256

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ulan-Ude base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Li-2: 22 destroyed
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed
Yak-1: 6 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
422 casualties reported
Guns lost 25
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
487 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 1

We attack Ulan Ude and succeed with our first attack. As mentioned, Miller was flying out troops from Borzya to Ulan Ude and there are fragments of 6 Russian divisions that turned into the parent unit after Borzya surrendered. We will have to assault Irkutsk asap now as the enemy divisions will be rebuilt there and that´s not what we want to see... lots of Allied aircraft destroyed today...



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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22435 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 481

Defending force 5711 troops, 26 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 95



Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8303 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4226

Defending force 151020 troops, 1058 guns, 414 vehicles, Assault Value = 3054



Allied ground losses:
327 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100503 troops, 825 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2718

Defending force 93567 troops, 835 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1844


Japanese ground losses:
290 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/14/43

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 16
F4U-1 Corsair x 107


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 72
P-47C Thunderbolt x 72


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
72 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 45
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 1


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 21

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


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9
Beaufighter VIC x 9
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 34
B-25J Mitchell x 78
B-26B Marauder x 44


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 100

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 1
Liberator VI x 62
PV-1 Ventura x 14
PB4Y Liberator x 23


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

we are lucky and take down two enemy bombers and a patrol ac...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15821 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2320

Defending force 280278 troops, 1421 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6681



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22646 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2453

Defending force 166620 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4825



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22427 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 480

Defending force 5715 troops, 27 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 95



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


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8315 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4227

Defending force 150490 troops, 1055 guns, 411 vehicles, Assault Value = 3043



Allied ground losses:
248 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

around 10 points of av decrease at Wyndham daily now...

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100458 troops, 819 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2719

Defending force 93248 troops, 819 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1835


Japanese ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[terje439]

What is going on in Chungking? Supply issue? Chinese AV is dropping 5 pts per turn. Which of course means that in a mere 1200 days it will be all gone [:D]

Terje

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: terje439

What is going on in Chungking? Supply issue? Chinese AV is dropping 5 pts per turn. Which of course means that in a mere 1200 days it will be all gone [:D]

Terje

Chungking´s and Kweiyang´s av has been going down steadily for months already, then suddenly started increasing again, now going down again. Pretty sure that it´s all about supply, the Chinese aren´t getting much more than 600 supplies each turn, which is surely not enough to feed the whole Army but seems enough not to see them dying of starvation. Anyway, China is knocked out and I can´t see much of a reason why I should do anything in this theatre than just holding my positions in these two bases to keep the Chinese honest.

[terje439]

Just a quick Q if you do not mind Castor Troy.
(I need all the help I can get in my pbem after all [:(])
How come you manage to get 4277 AV from a mere 8315 troops and 281 guns in Wyndham? Some elite unit or something?

Terje