AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/29/43
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ASW attack at 30,68
Japanese Ships
AK Matue Maru
PG Tamo Maru #7
PG Tamo Maru #6
PG Takunan Maru #10
PG Takunan Maru #8
PG Takunan Maru #3
PG Oi Maru
Allied Ships
SS Skate
wow, a rare occassion when my escorts actually guard our TF... no DCs dropped but the sub was prevented from attacking our convoy...
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TF 34 encounters mine field at Woodlark Island (59,94)
Japanese Ships
AG AG-5115, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
another sub laid mine cleared...
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Sub attack at 61,80
Japanese Ships
AP Santos Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Gunnel, hits 1
damn Gunnel that sank a small AK at Siador now gets a shot at a small AP near Truk...
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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8
Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 13
Barracuda x 9
Sunderland x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 20
Hurricane IIc x 4
Allied aircraft losses
Corsair IV: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Barracuda: 1 destroyed
Sunderland: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 132
A6M3a Zero x 116
B5N Kate x 152
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 145
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 52
P-40N Warhawk x 14
P-47C Thunderbolt x 115
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed, 16 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed, 26 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 54
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet
4 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
lol, that was really fun to watch... yesterday, another three AA rgts were moved in and we claim quite a number of fighters today...
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 40
Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 4 destroyed, 9 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
the Barracudas are also not immune as they can´t go higher than 16600ft...
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 144
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 18 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x F4U-1 Corsair bombing at 2000 feet
the third attack on the airfield today saw the AA units totally disrupted already though...
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 130
B-25J Mitchell x 56
IL-4c x 13
Allied aircraft losses
Boomerang II: 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
IL-4c: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 89
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
4 x IL-4c bombing at 20000 feet
14 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet
therefore there wasn´t much to achieve against the bombers at 20.000ft. Note that Miller seems to have changed his attack alt into flak range again... not that it would make any difference... [:(]
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 45
SBD Dauntless x 85
TBM Avenger x 89
PBY Catalina x 5
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 67
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x TBM Avenger bombing at 15000 feet
5 x F6F Hellcat 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 15
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14
P-38G Lightning x 29
P-38J Lightning x 2
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 21
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x P-38G Lightning bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 3
P-35A x 51
P-40N Warhawk x 97
P-47C Thunderbolt x 50
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 62
Aircraft Attacking:
50 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 45
P-40N Warhawk x 28
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 24
Liberator VI x 112
PV-1 Ventura x 24
PB4Y Liberator x 18
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 107
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator VI bombing at 13000 feet
three lucky flak hits...
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 141
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 37
Liberator VI x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 29
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
some nice flak losses today but Miller has made it easy for us, attacking with fighters a base that has half a dozen AA units. Imagine if I would do that --> loss rate 60%+...
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Sub attack at 48,100
Japanese Ships
SS I-39
Allied Ships
AK John Bartram, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DE Austin
DE Jaccard
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
near Townsville, a troop convoy is attacked, the medium sized AK should be sunk... only two escorts, looks like an emergency TF set up to bring more troops to Townsville to defend the base against my assault...
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Ground combat at Townsville
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 247667 troops, 2577 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 4962
Defending force 95613 troops, 660 guns, 451 vehicles, Assault Value = 1641
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8
Japanese max assault: 4904 - adjusted assault: 2113
Allied max defense: 1638 - adjusted defense: 1738
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 8)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 8
Japanese ground losses:
3578 casualties reported
Guns lost 247
Vehicles lost 8
Allied ground losses:
2665 casualties reported
Guns lost 66
Vehicles lost 9
that doesn´t look too bad, but the forts were already at 9 again... what can I say, when I will attack the next time, the forts will again be at 9. Means the base is impossible to take. Maginot line, boom, kaput, Allied engineers, one week --> new Maginot line...
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Ground combat at Khomsomalsk
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 44663 troops, 503 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1287
Defending force 15156 troops, 48 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 84
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 6
Japanese max assault: 881 - adjusted assault: 540
Allied max defense: 89 - adjusted defense: 1213 [X(][X(][X(]


Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)
Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
so what about that? This is the perfect example of what I´m saying all the time: Try to defend with your troops in the mountains. Only an urban hex is better. There are five units reported with one unit obviously being a HQ as it didn´t show up in the combat replay. Two of the four remaining units didn´t have any assault value, only two defending base forces seem to have something like 40 av. This coupled with the mountain hex and level 6 forts lead to an adjusted av of 1213!!! Not bad if your base av gets multiplied by 13.62. That way two base forces can easily hold against four attacking IJA divisions.
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22639 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3482
Defending force 326493 troops, 993 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 8881
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5336 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1874
Defending force 87198 troops, 985 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1495
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Ground combat at Iman
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 20985 troops, 201 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1248
Defending force 63576 troops, 655 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 1217
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Kuysyshevka
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 16060 troops, 207 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 330
Defending force 2278 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
Japanese max assault: 568 - adjusted assault: 230
Allied max defense: 40 - adjusted defense: 40
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuysyshevka base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Allied ground losses:
1625 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
we take Kurishevka (base South of Blagoveshchensk) with an attacking IJA div versus one defending Russian base force. The base force surrendered and we scored 42 points for ground losses today, now at 25.996. [:D]
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22891 troops, 255 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294
Defending force 126550 troops, 215 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2476
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Iman
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 50644 troops, 598 guns, 181 vehicles, Assault Value = 1217
Defending force 61647 troops, 522 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1248
Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Townsville
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 67179 troops, 551 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 1547
Defending force 236443 troops, 2181 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 4452