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17 MAR 42

Strategic redeployment phase continues here, not a lot of action of late...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/17/42

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Day Air attack on TF, near Amboina at 40,74

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Kaiping
PG Fritillary
PG Genista
MSW Burnie

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,34


Allied aircraft
Curtis H81-2A x 21


No Allied losses


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Ground combat at Mandalay

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 15055 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 439

Defending force 441 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied max assault: 514 - adjusted assault: 407

Japanese max defense: 17 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 407 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Mandalay base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

21 MAR 42

Large scale air combat over Wuchow China, Allies recapture Myitkyina, the AVG -outnumbered 102 to 37 lost 23 aircraft in air combat but managed to down 18 of their attackers (only lost 8 pilots).
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/21/42

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Naval bombardment of Boela, at 41,75

Allied Ships
DD Vampire
CL Tromp
DD Pope
DD Peary
DD Edsall
DD Barker
DD Alden
CL Marblehead
CL De Ruyter
CL Java
CA Houston

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on Kweichow , at 45,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 11

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 70
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 14

Allied aircraft
Curtis H81-2A x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 14 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Curtis H81-2A: 24 destroyed
SB-2c: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 23rd NLF , at 41,75


Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 6
Martin 139 x 31
Beaufort V-IX x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 59th Regional Army Corps, at 46,40

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 1
E7K2 Alf x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 57th Regional Army Corps, at 47,38

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 10

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7591 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 222

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

Allied max assault: 224 - adjusted assault: 248

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 248 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Myitkyina base !!!

Hi Big B,

I recently had a chance to play in a 2X3 game but the Synch problems were crazy. Are you guys experiencing any synch problems in your game?

ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks

Hi Big B,

I recently had a chance to play in a 2X3 game but the Synch problems were crazy. Are you guys experiencing any synch problems in your game?

We had a sync problem that lasted a couple of turns, but after turning combat reports off (on both sides) for two turns - we were back up and everything is fine...

ABDA, SW Pacific, & Aussie Commands:

"Hold until relieved" keeps ruuning through my head. We've been digging in, moving men and material, assembling aircraft, and training ships crews for months...and now it's just a waiting game.

We have no clue where the Japs will strike next in the Dutch East Indies. We see some movement...but it confuses us. Why land troops at Boela??? That I'll never know. But their close proximity has given me opportunity to train pilots and ships crews. I'll have to thank the Jap high command for that. But in the meantime this diversion (?) has me wondering where the main strike will come...Kendari? Koepang? Amboina? Port Moresby? Or maybe there will be no more expansion in the SW Pacific. I don't know. The troops freed up from the fall of the Philippines and Singapore will be going somewhere. Rangoon? China? It's a mystery right now...

And all we do is dig in and wait.

ABDA, SW Pacific, & Australia out: