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

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: 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

that´s an easy one... [;)] There are several divisions, base forces and ARTILLERY units. The 8315 troops and 281 guns you see are only the ART units set to bombard while the rest of my units is set to defensive. They show up as av but not as troops, guns or vehicles. In total there are more than 200.000 troops at Wyndham I guess.

[terje439]

Aha, ty [&o]

[Ambassador]

Life is a continuous circle : I remember asking exactly the same question several months ago.  During the fighting in Chine, if memory serves well.[:)]
 
 
 
Chris, you say you would not pull your forces north, if you were the Allied player having to defend Russia.  Would you mind sharing with us what you would have done ?  Because if you stick south near Vladivostock, you'll end up cut of supply if the IJA pushes around Borzya or Blagovshenko (sp?) - and Vlad area does not have enough supply sources around.  Splitting the armies north, south, and center would end up with not enough forces at one point to defend a serious Jap offensive.[&:]
And thanks for the map.[:)]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Life is a continuous circle : I remember asking exactly the same question several months ago.  During the fighting in Chine, if memory serves well.[:)]



Chris, you say you would not pull your forces north, if you were the Allied player having to defend Russia.  Would you mind sharing with us what you would have done ?  Because if you stick south near Vladivostock, you'll end up cut of supply if the IJA pushes around Borzya or Blagovshenko (sp?) - and Vlad area does not have enough supply sources around.  Splitting the armies north, south, and center would end up with not enough forces at one point to defend a serious Jap offensive.[&:]
And thanks for the map.[:)]

what you have to do (better say what I think you should do) as the Allies is to fight a defensive fight on the move. Defend in your bases that have level 9 forts (which every base where you had troops should have in 43) and as soon as you start taking too high losses or the forts are down to 5 or so you move out. Use your bombers and your recon aircraft to recon en masse so you´re always well informed about what your enemy is up to. As soon as he shifts half a dozen divisions somewhere, use 3 divisions to counter him. If he only outnumbers you 2:1 he won´t achieve anything against level 9 forts in open terrain, let alone in wooden or mountaineous hexes. And the mountains are your friends. Defend Vladivostok sometime with a couple of divisions, you don´t need many more when you have high forts. Then fall back, use the mountains. It takes a hell a lot of Japanese troops to force 5 or 6 Russian divisions out of a mountain hex. Means the Japanese is stuck a couple of hexes North of Vladivostok. The Russian have something like 7.000 assault points available, you need 2000 in the South to block 5000 Japanese av on the rail in the mountains. If the Japanese are coming with less troops you can move one division out. You need another 1000 av to garisson Blagoveshchensk that has a direct connection into Manchuko, but there´s a river in between so Japanese troops would have to shock attack across the river into level 9 forts - something I wouldn´t recommend. Leaves you with 4000 av for the North if the Japanese tries to cut you off from Irkutsk. Well, if the Japanese uses 5000 av in the South then there are 5000 left in the North (if China isn´t totally stripped) and voila, you have 4000 Allied av for the defense against 5000 Japanese av on the offense. 2000 av at Ulan Ude behind level 9 forts means the Japanese surely won´t just take the base on the move and you have 3000 av left that can move into the back of the Japanese out of the Blagoveshchensk area. If the Japanese does enough recon he would be aware of your 10 divs in reserve in the Blago area but then he would have to leave half a dozen divisions behind also to cover his supply lines. Means there is by far not enough left to move on Irkutsk.

Well, that´s all just theory but that´s one of the strategies I had made working. If China is knocked out (like it is in this game) the Allies in Russia have perhaps a 40% chance to hold Russia (of course not all of it). And 40% only because half a dozen China command divisions have been moved to India instead of Russia. Guess I have "only" five or 6 China divisions for my assault on Russia but that´s enough, brings me to something like 10-11.000 av.

One big key is the railroad and recon. If you spot your enemy moving troop stacks somewhere, start moving also. If you don´t recon, a Japanese Army of 12 divisions will surprise you somewhere and you can´t react until it´s too late. Fight a moving ground war but mainly on the defense. Let your enemy attack you either behind level 9 forts or in the mountains. Don´t try to stop a Japanese 5.000+ av land death star on open terrain, that´s not possible. Try to stop it in a base with high forts and you will inflict 40.000 casualties within the first four or five attacks. Then move out of the base, the enemy will have lost more av than you will have (at least three times as many) and it has bought you time. Now defend further back... and so on. At some point you can´t move further back of course but that´s not necessary anyway as the place you have to defend is two or three hexes North East of Vladivostok (mountains) where you can fall back into your bases with worn down divisions to get them back to strenght and defend the way to Irkutsk like mentioned above. A too selfconfident Japanese player won´t cover his supply path and believe me, with 3000 Russian av moving into the Japanese supply path when he tries to move on Irkutsk this can turn out to become a Japanese disaster pretty fast. Of course, like everywhere else, don´t get cut off. As soon as you have a big troop stack cut off, you´re in trouble as those troops are lost forever.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/15/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3a Zero x 84
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 304

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 213
Port 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 18
PBY Catalina x 4
Kittyhawk I x 6
F4U-1 Corsair x 42


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x F4U-1 Corsair bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 59
P-47C Thunderbolt x 56


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

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
56 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 47
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 1


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

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 8
Beaufighter VIC x 13
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 32
B-25J Mitchell x 76
B-26B Marauder x 31


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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TF 100 troops unloading over beach at Nauru Island, 79,91


Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported

decided to take this atoll West of Tarawa as I don´t want to see Allied transport ac moving in troops that are soon followed by PTs, Allied flak and Corsairs to make the base unattackable... This way, the enemy will have at least to invade it...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15781 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2324

Defending force 279797 troops, 1417 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6668



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22593 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2454

Defending force 166448 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4833



Allied ground losses:
22 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 5674 troops, 25 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 94



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8332 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4227

Defending force 150148 troops, 1052 guns, 414 vehicles, Assault Value = 3027



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

16 av lost at Wyndham in only one turn, looks like the Allied are already starving big style... [X(] A Glen has spotted barges moving North from Perth. Well, there´s only one location I can think of where they will move too: Wyndham... [8|] Perth to Wyndham is something like 45 hexes and that´s quite an odd distance to use barges. Only a couple are spotted but I bet that´s a big barge TF that has been sent to Wyndham and Miller must have equipped them with a dozen paddles each as barges only have fuel for some 10 hexes. Odd, really odd...

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Ground combat at Nauru Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 635 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

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

Japanese max assault: 42 - adjusted assault: 23

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Nauru Island base !!!



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100421 troops, 821 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2720

Defending force 92980 troops, 815 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1830


Japanese ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Guns lost 8


We have also spotted an AK TF (some 10-12 ships) moving towards Port Moresby, at the moment just off the Australian coast. Means at the moment I´m 100% sure that fighters from Cairns or Townsville are LRCAPing the TF while it will be in range of PM´s Corsairs tomorrow. Means I surely won´t move in my bombers as a) due to the stupid game design Miller can see my aircraft transfers immediately and b) it´s not worth losing 5 dozen aircraft to sink one or two AKs when the Corsairs are flying LRCAP over the TF... another 100 ac would be lost on the ground as the Allied bombers would bomb my staging bases due to the idiocy mentioned under "a". Unfortunately we´re already in the situation when we can´t do anything as we can´t attack PM due to flak, the Allied super ability of getting a 100% Cap rate and the fact that Allied engineers are supermen that could rebuild a totally destroyed 1.000.000 citizen town in one day. So we will focus on the defense. This means we will only do major strikes against Allied invasions. That´s what we can do and that´s what hurts the Allied the most. Losing 300 Japanese aircraft against an Allied invasion where the Allied will lose dozens of ships is better than losing 300 Japanese aircraft during an attempt to knock out PM´s airfield for one day and scoring half a dozen torp hits on an AK TF with supplies...

and don´t forget, there´s still my plan for PM... [;)]

[CarnageINC]

[X(]Wow[X(]

Just started browsing this thread, very intresting sitrep in mid 43!  I'll keep tabs on this one [;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/16/43

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Sub attack at 7,91

Japanese Ships
SS I-38

Allied Ships
LCT LCT-155, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage

one of my subs in the area attacks an LCT that is heading to Wyndham. Three big calibre hits and a couple of 25mm bursts but the LCT was still afloat at the end of that turn...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3a Zero x 86
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 298

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 193

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter VIC x 13
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15

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


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 47
P-47C Thunderbolt x 48


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
47 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 46
TBF Avenger x 15
PBY Catalina x 1


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 32
B-25J Mitchell x 68
B-26B Marauder x 39


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 102

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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ASW attack at 49,100

Japanese Ships
SS I-123

Allied Ships
MSW Cochin
AK Louis Joliet
AK Joseph Henry
AK John Drake Sloat

looks like another AK TF is forming up to go to PM... I-123 was heading away of the coast after laying mines at Cairns...

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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 185549 troops, 2267 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 4227

Defending force 149503 troops, 1041 guns, 414 vehicles, Assault Value = 3013



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

again over a dozen av less for Wyndham´s defenders... me thinks we will soon start our assault...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15785 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2322

Defending force 279260 troops, 1411 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6653



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22588 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2453

Defending force 166672 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4837



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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22428 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 481

Defending force 5682 troops, 25 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 94



Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100466 troops, 823 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2721

Defending force 92790 troops, 812 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1823


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: CarnageINC

[X(]Wow[X(]

Just started browsing this thread, very intresting sitrep in mid 43!  I'll keep tabs on this one [;)]

glad you like it and welcome to the AAR sir

[Ambassador]

Thanks Chris, very interesting.
 
I can't wait to see what you have in store for PM.  And so, after successfully invading Russia, what will be the next step ?  Alaska or California ?[:'(]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Thanks Chris, very interesting.

I can't wait to see what you have in store for PM.  And so, after successfully invading Russia, what will be the next step ?  Alaska or California ?[:'(]

Unfortunately there´s no landbridge to the US, otherwise I could think about moving my ground deathstar into US territory. [:D]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/17/43

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Sub attack at 53,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-173, hits 12, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
AK Trento, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Forafric
AK Empire Hawksbill
MSW Vireo
MSW Token
MSW Strive
MSW Sheldrake
MSW Skylark
MSW Requisite
MSW Pursuit

Miller moves more supply towards PM and there´s not much I can do about it... we hit a big AK but one Type 95 for an Allied AK is like a 5 inch hit on a CV... in return, the mega MSW kill off a sub... what a result...

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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese Ships
SS I-178, hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
AK Empire Bruce
AK Forafric
AK Murzim
MSW Vireo
MSW Token
MSW Strive
MSW Sheldrake
MSW Skylark
MSW Requisite
MSW Pursuit

another attack, another time the mega MSW kill a sub... oh boy... but the sub managed to miss the AK with a salvo of six torps... hit rate and firing of full salvos everytime is NOT changed in AE...

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TF 1020 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (53,91)

Allied Ships
MSW Vireo
MSW Token
MSW Strive
MSW Sheldrake
MSW Skylark
MSW Requisite
MSW Pursuit
AK Ngow Hok, Mine hits 1


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

obviously not just supplies (if any), there are more troops coming in... on AKs [:D] lack of APs Paul? [;)] the only reason this AK hit a Type 93 mine was the fact that the MSW were drawn into the minefield... [8|]

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Sub attack at 51,96

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
AK Joseph Henry, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Cochin


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

this one sunk immediately... one AK damaged, one sunk for two IJN subs probably sunk... chance to make it for the subs... 5%...

Spotted Cap over PM today: 200+ fighters (including 125 Corsairs). Would also like to have such a Cap rate...

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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 53
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 29
Ki-49 Helen x 24

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 34
P-47C Thunderbolt x 37


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 8

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

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 36
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 27
Ki-61 Ic x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 21
B-25J Mitchell x 6
B-24D Liberator x 14 [X(][:(]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 12 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 17 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Shinyo Maru #5
AK Shigure Maru
AK Fumishima Maru
AK Eizan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

Miller decided to move B-24s into Russia, set to naval attack. Got a message that parts of the strike failed to locate the target, otherwise it could have become messy. Our TFs in the hex weren´t spotted by patrol aircraft but by the obligate sub that is sitting in my port... as it alway has been in this campaign... lool, how vulnerable subs are in port hexes... The Chinese Warhawks were hit hard today for only one fighter lost on our side. Easy explanation, we weren´t bounced and only a couple of non-dogfight Tojos were on Cap. The other fighters shredded the Warhawks. We saw the first two kills of our new IJAAF fighter the Ki-61 Tony. Nearly all bombers made it through to attack our AKs unloading supplies but missed...

If Miller gets serious about using US bombers in Russia I will knock out his airfields as they´re now all in normal range of our medium bombers. With more and more Tonies becoming available also I guess it won´t be much of a problem to take down the Russian fighters that are flying Cap over the bases anyway.



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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 5
B-25J Mitchell x 64


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43236 troops, 430 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1231

Defending force 5232 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 89

Japanese max assault: 818 - adjusted assault: 492

Allied max defense: 92 - adjusted defense: 157

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported [8|][8|]
Guns lost 2

a 3:1 that hurts us more than the enemy... this is what I mean by holding position in the mountains. This is a static region fortress and as you can see, 3 of my high exp divisions seem not to be able to knock it out. Imagine what four Russian divisions could do in a mountaineous hex...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15799 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2320

Defending force 278803 troops, 1409 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6637



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22656 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2450

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



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22461 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 5716 troops, 26 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 93



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8290 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4228

Defending force 148974 troops, 1041 guns, 412 vehicles, Assault Value = 3006



Allied ground losses:
360 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100438 troops, 822 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2722

Defending force 92939 troops, 984 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1900


Japanese ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/18/43

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Sub attack at 52,94

Japanese Ships
SS I-157

Allied Ships
AK John Page, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Cochin


Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

another medium sized and full of troops AK sunk on the way to Port Moresby... I don´t get any info on which troops are lost, as they aren´t saved by other ships in the TF... can only mean that all ships are 100% loaded... even though Allied ASW has become more than excellent already, one MSW is not enough to really guard a TF of more than half a dozen ships...

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ASW attack at 53,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
MSW Cochin

this time the MSW at least kept my sub from attacking... no DCs dropped...

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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 27
A6M3a Zero x 59
B5N Kate x 8
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 53
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 311
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 33
Ki-49 Helen x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 182
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

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 54
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 16
F4U-1 Corsair x 118


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 73

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 5
B-25J Mitchell x 27
B-26B Marauder x 7


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Sub attack at 53,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
AK John Drake Sloat, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Cochin


Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

I-10 later succesfully attacked though, John Drake Sloat isn´t reported sunk but I guess the ship won´t make it... good day for my subs, makes up for the bad day yesterday... quite a lot sub spottings by Allied heavy bombers so I guess the US bomber squadrons at Townsville are set to nav search...

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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 59144 troops, 632 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1219

Defending force 5119 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86

Japanese max assault: 1103 - adjusted assault: 1229

Allied max defense: 89 - adjusted defense: 64

Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

wonder how long it will take to wear down the static region fortres...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15811 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2321

Defending force 278358 troops, 1404 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6625



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22653 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2451

Defending force 166334 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4819



Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 66,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22754 troops, 256 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 490

Defending force 9766 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 252



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

a Russian division moved into my territory and is blocked by one of my IJA divs. Another of my divisions should move in tomorrow and then we will kick the enemy out again...

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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22445 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 5745 troops, 27 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 94



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

we won´t attack Uglahamensk as I´m planning on using it as a training target when my bases in the Philipines will be under attack by Allied forces (at some point in the distant future) or as soon as the Philipine bases are stacked to their limit (which already is the case). At the moment I can´t use it as a training target because the enemy can a) move fighters in and b) the base force there can put up too much flak fire as to serve as a training target... but we´ve got time...

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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8256 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4231

Defending force 148703 troops, 1035 guns, 411 vehicles, Assault Value = 2997



Allied ground losses:
334 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

situation at Wyndham really looks good for us at the moment. The enemy is surely starving and I´ve ordered four divisions and another brigade to move on Wyndham. As soon as they have arrived I will order the next deliberate attack, which will be another bloody affair for our troops. Hopefully we can knock down a fort level and keep the enemy from building new ones. I have NOT given up my plan on taking Wyndham and destroying more than half a dozen Allied divisions...

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100441 troops, 821 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2726

Defending force 92885 troops, 975 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1898


Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/19/43

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TF 1017 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (53,91)

Allied Ships
MSW Cochin

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3a Zero x 57
B5N Kate x 7
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 347

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 127

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


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 34
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter VIC x 13
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14


No Allied losses

Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 33
P-47C Thunderbolt x 29


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 5 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Runway hits 11

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


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
Liberator VI x 105
PV-1 Ventura x 24
PB4Y Liberator x 24


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 2 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

Canton gets another visit by heavy bombers. With luck, the 100+ flak guns there claim five bombers today...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 38
TBF Avenger x 16
F4U-1 Corsair x 14


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33

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
B-25J Mitchell x 56


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 37
Ki-61 Ic x 8

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 30
B-25J Mitchell x 17
B-24D Liberator x 9
Pe-2 x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 4 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-61 Ic: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 10 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 9 damaged
Pe-2: 6 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Eizan Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shinyo Maru #5
AK Fumishima Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Pe-2 bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

another attack of the bombers out of Russia, this time causing real trouble. The B-24s achieve 6 bomb hits. Not bad for 9 attacking bombers... [8|] One hit was a 2000lb GP bomb, the first of the war. Means the Liberators experience already reached concerning levels. Our fighters were once again pretty useless against the bombers and I have to say that it´s not one of my smartest momemts to keep sending TFs into this base when I don´t have enough competitive fighters over the base or not having knocked out the staging base of the enemy bombers. The big AK is lost of course...



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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 58971 troops, 627 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1210

Defending force 4900 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 77

Japanese max assault: 1026 - adjusted assault: 462

Allied max defense: 70 - adjusted defense: 46

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15795 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2322

Defending force 278004 troops, 1384 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6615



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22678 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2453

Defending force 166235 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4810



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Ground combat at 66,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22733 troops, 256 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 821

Defending force 9722 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 253



Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22465 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 5614 troops, 25 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 91



Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8280 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4236

Defending force 148090 troops, 1028 guns, 407 vehicles, Assault Value = 2983



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

Wyndham is in trouble...

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100407 troops, 820 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2723

Defending force 92752 troops, 964 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1896


Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/20/43

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Sub attack near Ohka - Sakalin at 76,26

Japanese Ships
TK Zuiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Juko Maru
PC Kyo Maru #7
PC Gamitsu Maru #1
MSW W.16
MSW W.10
MSW W.9
MSW W.25

Allied Ships
SS S-47

[8|] 6 escorts for 4 TK and a sub that has been spotted for days... a TK is sunk and the sub just stays where it is...

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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 9
A6M3a Zero x 57
B5N Kate x 35
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 54
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 292
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 36

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 146
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 34
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter VIC x 12
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
Liberator VI x 75
PV-1 Ventura x 19
PB4Y Liberator x 8


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

another raid on Canton Island... don´t know if this atoll is on the target list for the Allied but in any case it´s one of my expendable bases where I won´t do anything to defend it except having some troops on the atoll...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 39
TBF Avenger x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-25J Mitchell x 51
B-26B Marauder x 10


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 69

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 36
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31
Ki-61 Ic x 12

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 8
B-25J Mitchell x 13
B-24D Liberator x 12
Pe-2 x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 13 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 10 damaged
Ki-61 Ic: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 7 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Pe-2: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
MSW W.16
MSW W.25
PC Kyo Maru #7

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Pe-2 bombing at 6000 feet

we kept our ships at Ohka as we hoped to see the enemy being quite low on morale and we were right... easy kills for our fighters today but there were again bombers getting through our Cap. Again we have no chance to get more than 50% of our 200 fighters into the air, it´s just depressing... all bombers missed at least...



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

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 36
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31
Ki-61 Ic x 12

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 4

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged


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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 58796 troops, 614 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1204

Defending force 18091 troops, 187 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 411

Japanese max assault: 1029 - adjusted assault: 296

Allied max defense: 424 - adjusted defense: 889

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1170 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

[8|] see! Miller moved in ONE Russian division into the mountain hex where the region fort holds position and immedietely we have no chance anymore. And we have three high experienced divisions assaulting this position. Seems like Miller can hear me thinking, he now seems to try to defend in the mountains... My lead unit gets hit hard, having 10% of the troops disabled...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15801 troops, 178 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2324

Defending force 277476 troops, 1386 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6604



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22670 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2451

Defending force 166071 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4806



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 66,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22713 troops, 256 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 821

Defending force 9760 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 254



Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22465 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 5634 troops, 25 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 91



Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8310 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4232

Defending force 147662 troops, 1023 guns, 409 vehicles, Assault Value = 2977



Allied ground losses:
553 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

starve baby starve... have sent out lots of subs and surface combat groups to search for the barges but as it looks now, the barges seem to have turned back to Perth... [&:] We will not let any supply get through to Wyndham again and we have enough assetts in this region to not have that happen again...

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100399 troops, 818 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2723

Defending force 92541 troops, 959 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1891


Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

A very surprising turn for the Allied and this turn will reveal my plan for Port Moresby... [:D]


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/21/43

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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 27
A6M3a Zero x 58
B5N Kate x 35
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 54
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 323
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 34

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 218
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2

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


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 23
P-47C Thunderbolt x 77


No Allied losses

Miller tried a sweep over Gasmata but I´m not dumb enough to fly in fighters to Cap the base if not 100% necessary...

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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 13
F4U-1 Corsair x 126


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

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


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 27
Beaufighter VIF x 10
Beaufighter VIC x 11
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 38
TBF Avenger x 16


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 27

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 12
B-25C Mitchell x 6
B-25J Mitchell x 51
B-26B Marauder x 7


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57474 troops, 571 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1142

Defending force 17751 troops, 165 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 397



Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at 59,10

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22227 troops, 256 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 475

Defending force 2287 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Japanese max assault: 467 - adjusted assault: 458

Allied max defense: 14 - adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 41 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

the two Russian base forces on the road West of Ulan Ude are forced to retreat by an IJA division...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15805 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2324

Defending force 276961 troops, 1385 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6586



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22633 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2449

Defending force 165969 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4804



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Ground combat at 66,30

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38841 troops, 464 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 820

Defending force 9840 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 259

Japanese max assault: 882 - adjusted assault: 373

Allied max defense: 259 - adjusted defense: 123

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1


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

Allied ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Guns lost 14


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

and the Russian division that tried an "offensive" into Manchuko is also forced to retreat...

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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22465 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 5657 troops, 27 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 90



Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8340 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4233

Defending force 146960 troops, 1016 guns, 408 vehicles, Assault Value = 2960



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


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100381 troops, 816 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2725

Defending force 92557 troops, 953 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1893


Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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and while the rest of the turn wasn´t really exciting I guess this was the point when my opponent spit his coffee over the keyboard... [;)]


Ground combat at Charter Towers

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 410 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 [:D]

Japanese max assault: 26 - adjusted assault: 15

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 8)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Charter Towers base !!!


BANZAI! Japanese operation market garden has started! [;)] Seriously, of course this is not a big style air assault on the East Coast of Australia but an attempt to take a base and knock down the forts as I have no less than 13 (in words: thirteen) IJA divisions plus support troops moving into this region within the next two days. Nearly 5.000 assault points will clear the area around Cairns and this will mean the enemy at Port Moresby is in reall trouble. I expect to see something like a thousand Allied av in this area, hopefully not more. A single base force at Charter Towers would have been enough to see this airassault failing but I guess this was the last thing Miller would have thought of and obviously he didn´t spot my troops marching down the railline coming from Darwin. I received lots of fresh divisions and have released some of the restricted command divs paying lots of pp for them and in terms of ground forces I´m really having the edge against the Western Allied as there are so many divisions cut off in Wyndham that I don´t really have to fear to meet a big Army in this region. Especially when Miller has moved the worn down American divisions to Port Moresby. I guess if he would have had fresh divisions, he wouldn´t have used the divisions that were force to retreat a couple of times.

This now really opens a new perspective in the war. Lots of Allied troops are cut off in Wyndham and the divisions at Port Moresby are about to face the same situation the Allied troops faced on Timor. They took a base and the damned Japanese just landed behind them. [;)]

I really wonder how Miller will respond to this offensive. The first thing my kickbox-trainer told me when I started as a kid was that I always have to be aware of my opponents right arm/leg when I´m going to hit him on the left side. Miller hasn´t secured his flanks twice (Timor and PM now) and he could alos pay for it twice.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/22/43

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ASW attack near Ohka - Sakalin at 76,26

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

Allied Ships
SS S-47, hits 12, on fire, heavy damage

moved in an ASW TF as the sub was still sitting at Ohka. The destroyers achieved 11 near misses and a hit and I´m quite happy with that even though I doubt that this will sink the sub. Both of my subs that were hit by the Allied MSWs near PM sunk the last turns...

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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 54
A6M3a Zero x 59
B5N Kate x 35
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 42
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 327
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 165
Port 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 49
PBY Catalina x 5
Kittyhawk I x 16
F4U-1 Corsair x 122


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 88

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


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 48
TBF Avenger x 13
PBY Catalina x 1


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 25

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
B-25J Mitchell x 49


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57472 troops, 573 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1145

Defending force 17756 troops, 165 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 397



Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15789 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2317

Defending force 276505 troops, 1377 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6579



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22650 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2450

Defending force 166115 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4810



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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22441 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 5633 troops, 24 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 88



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8320 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4231

Defending force 146919 troops, 1016 guns, 403 vehicles, Assault Value = 2950



Allied ground losses:
487 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100354 troops, 816 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2725

Defending force 92443 troops, 946 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1889


Japanese ground losses:
381 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/23/43

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 5
Boomerang II x 57
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-400 Airacobra x 71
P-39D Airacobra x 70
P-40E Warhawk x 23


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 34
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter VIC x 11
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 64
P-38G Lightning x 23
B-25J Mitchell x 44
B-26B Marauder x 52


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIC: 2 destroyed, 24 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 16 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
282 casualties reported
Guns lost 18

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

huge strike against one of my divisions but flak took some toll on the attackers. None of the damaged aircraft was lost of course, the four shot down immedietely were the only ones... My troops are marching on Cairns and air attacks won´t ever stop them...

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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103 [&:]


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 60
B-17E Fortress x 72
B-24D Liberator x 172
IL-4c x 14


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 142

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

no idea what this attack on Charter Towers should have achieved... I won´t move in aircraft anyway, why should I? Corsairs and B-24 would make it a disaster within one turn...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 13
PBY Catalina x 1


No Allied losses

Runway hits 6

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
B-25C Mitchell x 39
B-25J Mitchell x 44
B-26B Marauder x 40


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 62

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Iman , at 69,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26
Ki-61 Ic x 16
Ki-46-III Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-16 Type 24: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged

wanted to try the Tony and the new IJAAF fighter really performed well but they only engaged obsolete I-16s, so this attack doesn´t really tell you anything... all kills were achieved by the Tonies, then the Russian turned back...

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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57630 troops, 574 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1154

Defending force 17691 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 392



Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15800 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2314

Defending force 275661 troops, 1369 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6567



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22669 troops, 267 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2452

Defending force 166022 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4807



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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22441 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 5586 troops, 26 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 86



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


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8340 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4231

Defending force 146438 troops, 1011 guns, 405 vehicles, Assault Value = 2941



Allied ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100323 troops, 814 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2727

Defending force 92034 troops, 933 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1877


Japanese ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/24/43

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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 81
A6M3a Zero x 59
B5N Kate x 35
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 42
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 327

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 179
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 42nd Division, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 34
P-38G Lightning x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIC: 2 destroyed, 23 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

looks like Miller stood down the medium bombers but forgot about the fighter bombers...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


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


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 35
B-26B Marauder x 40


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 66

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

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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57850 troops, 577 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1166

Defending force 17650 troops, 161 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 391



Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15817 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2316

Defending force 274939 troops, 1366 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6551



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22623 troops, 268 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2448

Defending force 166059 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4814



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22429 troops, 256 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 5598 troops, 24 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 86



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8310 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4234

Defending force 145995 troops, 1006 guns, 400 vehicles, Assault Value = 2914



Allied ground losses:
436 casualties reported

Wyndham lost 27!!! in one turn... [X(]

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Ground combat at 66,31

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16079 troops, 204 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 776

Defending force 7222 troops, 73 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 187



Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100372 troops, 817 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2725

Defending force 91892 troops, 923 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1875


Japanese ground losses:
326 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


not much happening other than a hell a lot of bomb hits on my ships around Rabaul by Mariners and Liberators on nav search... every second ship that isn´t disbanded in port receives a bomb hit within two or three days... [8|]

[Xxzard]

You are lucky in that map that there is such a convenient road to Darwin to everywhere, otherwise an offensive of this type would have to be conducted by sea.

Nonetheless, push on to Brisbane! [:D][:D][:D]

[terje439]

Any chance for a view of the strategic map?

Terje