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Posted: **Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:31 pm**

Unfortunately I´m not really happy with the mod at the moment... [:(]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/17/42

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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 3
TF 3 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77

469 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Shell hits 9
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
503 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

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ASW attack at 27,77

Japanese Ships
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Urakaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo
CA Tone

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
AK Shinyo Maru #5
AK Fumishima Maru
AK Yoneyama Maru
DD Satsuki, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

we miss of course...

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
CA Aoba
BB Hyuga
BB Ise, Shell hits 2
BB Yamato, Shell hits 1
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported

Runway hits 5

we will see BB bombardments daily... they hit nothing as they used up all their ammo last turn already... Hortlund complained about the uselessness of his BBs and I really have to laugh... just because he hasn´t achieved 10.000 casualties with his first attack... as said, those BBs are out of ammo, still he complains... I won´t tell him that ALL support troops at the base are COMPLETELY wrecked and I think I have 6 base forces there - all wrecked... if he´s smart he can see that anyway when flak is doing nothing...

at the moment I think we are completely disagreeing on many things as all I´m doing seems to be gamey but nothing he does is gamey... [8|] I think I really have problems doing PBEMs...

example: he had 600 aircraft at a level 4 base... for me gamey, not for him... my "offensive" in China... for him gamey, not for me...

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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 3
TF 3 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77

59 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AK Hirota Maru, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

next example where he could see that my base forces are wrecked already...

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Tanikaze
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Urakaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo
CV Shokaku
CV Hiryu

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

of course we miss... Hortlund is feeling so save, he even puts his carriers into the base hex of Koepang... when my bombers would hit a carrier, it sure would be gamey that they can do that as KB should be invincible, even at a base...

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 31
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48 Lily x 39

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
B5N Kate x 65

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B5N Kate bombing at 11000 feet

the perfect example where EVERY more or less experienced PBEM player should see that his BBs wrecked havoc with their bombardments... the Kates attack at 11.000 ft, there are 6 Allied base forces with dozens of AA guns and it´s NIKMOD where flak is a killer, but still the Kates don´t suffer at all... why on earth would someone with at least a little experience think that the bombardments weren´t working??? [8|]

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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 59

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 12 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 34 destroyed

I could write until the end of the day what I think about this attack... 90% of the fighter bombers and 100% of the bombers stayed home... then my strike gets butchered because I field 60 exp. (those are the ones that were doing training for months) and I face the 80 exp. Japanese super pilots...

Nik overdid it, he just overdid it making the Allied airforce useless for years with replacement pilots that are even coming in BELOW 50... I replaced what I could replace this turn and I got 8!!!!!! pilots that were BELOW 50... sorry but that´s BS...[8|] but yeah, it´s less bloody... of course it is, I only get 50% of the replacements in stock, so I can only lose 50%... means it´s just half as bloody as stock...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 10
Blenheim IV x 37
P-40B Tomahawk x 25
P-40E Warhawk x 29
IL-4c x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 14 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 29 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 10 destroyed, 5 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 20 destroyed
IL-4c: 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Atago
CL Naka
CA Takao
AP Shoho Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 3000 feet

the next strike... we lose 89 aircraft today for ONE lousy bomb hit on an AP... wow great working mod... while I think the mod "would" or "could" work good with the adjustments made in durability, speed, armor,.... of the planes, it just can´t work if you REDUCE the bomb load AND give the Allied pilots all over the map somewhere in the low 50s with replacement pilots that can come in BELOW 50. But in return the Japanese get 1500 replacement pilots in the pool and untrained (when the pool is empty) somewhere in the high 30s which can be trained to 50 also just after doing 15 training runs...

reduced bomb load AND reduced ALLIED (only) exp results in turns like this... but you won´t see that again for long as the REDUCED aircraft replacement (Allied) also won´t let me do this again for at least a month... I lost my fighter replacement of 5 weeks today... [8|] yeah, less bloody... and I still seem to be doing good, as in my other NM game where I´m the Japanese we´re one month ahead and I´m 10:1 leading in A2A kills... [8|][8|][8|]

thanks that my stock game lasted loooooonger than every modded game I have had so far...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF at 27,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet

hits??

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 18
B-25C Mitchell x 7
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Sakido Maru
AP Otake Maru
AP Hiyoshi Maru
AP Koshin Maru
AP Sekko Maru
AP Sangetsu Maru
AP Siraha Maru
AP Tatsutake Maru
AP Kasuga Maru #2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 3000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet

hits??? I know that Hortlund isn´t happy seeing me attacking at 3000 ft or even lower but yes, of course, it´s extremely gamey or weird, we don´t even achieve hits at this alt. Extremely hard with pilots in the 50s and the B-17 dropping 3!!!!!!!!!!!! bombs at this range... [8|] I should attack at -3000 ft...

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Day Air attack on TF at 27,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Hibiki

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet

booom booom... I´m just imaging bomb hits...

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
AK Momoyama Maru
CA Kinugasa
DD Satsuki, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

while our subs are still out of luck, we attack a lot but miss or the torps are failing to detonate, the Japanese aircraft are bombing our subs on a daily basis... every turn AT LEAST one sub is hit by a bomb... oh well...

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ASW attack at 29,75

Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
DD Asagumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS O23, hits 2

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9243 troops, 294 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1814

Defending force 56451 troops, 325 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1203

Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Koepang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33570 troops, 336 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 723

Defending force 23918 troops, 152 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 393

Japanese max assault: 563 - adjusted assault: 24

Allied max defense: 287 - adjusted defense: 553

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese ground losses:
1043 casualties reported
Guns lost 40

Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Koepang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14007 troops, 132 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 369

Defending force 31855 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 644

Posted: **Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:37 pm**

today, we lost the fighter production of over a month... we lost 50+ pilots that have been trained for 2 months+, so we will get pilots that are in the low 50s or even BELOW 50, which means they will perform even worse... It won´t help when I get SUPER planes later when my pilots are in the 50s but the Japanese flying Tojos then will be in the 80s... they will get 200 Tojos and I will get 30 P38 and 50 obsolete P-40s...

and then in Hortlund´s oppinion I shouldn´t set my bombers to nav attack 3.000 ft... one bomb hit today... and a whopping number of 62!!!!!! B-17E on the WHOLE map... [8|]

Posted: **Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:55 pm**

3000 fts is defenetly asking for a punishment...enemy fighters must have bounced all of your planes...
 
 

Posted: **Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:34 pm**

ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner

3000 fts is defenetly asking for a punishment...enemy fighters must have bounced all of your planes...

well, no... [:D] I had my Hurricanes at 26000 ft so my P-40s were escorting at 29.000ft. Forget about the alt... It doesn´t matter at all regarding the bounce... the bounce in the game is not what the bounce was in real life...

with the 50 exp pilots and the reduced bomb load I will go in at 1000 ft in the future... it doesn´t matter, the best Allied fighters until the Corsair arrives are no match for Oscars, Zeroes and soon Tojos when the Allied are in the 50s and the Japanese in the high 70s or 80s...

Posted: **Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:43 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/18/42

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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 3
TF 3 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 79
TF 79 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77

45 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Isonami, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Shiranuhi
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Urakaze
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 1

when will be luck on our side again? We miss...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu
DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
PT PT-36
PT PT-37
PT PT-38
PT PT-40

one PT launches torps at Hatsuyuki but misses...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu
DD Hatsuyuki

Allied Ships
PT PT-36
PT PT-37
PT PT-38
PT PT-40

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CA Furutaka
CA Aoba
BB Hyuga
BB Ise, Shell hits 2
BB Yamato
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Runway hits 1
Port hits 2

of course no casualties because this is the THIRD time of these BBs doing a bombardment before replenishing...

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Sub attack near Roti Island at 28,76

Japanese Ships
AK Hakkai Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Triton

first hit after a lot of unsuccesful attacks...

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi
DD Kawakaze
DD Shigure
DD Arashi
DD Maikaze

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 1

[:@][:@][:(][:(] luck, no luck... torps miss the cruiser... with the dud hits on BB Yamashiro I should have been lucky now... isn´t luck a coin flip?? Then why didn´t I score today? [:D]

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48 Lily x 42

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 43

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 14
Blenheim I x 3
Blenheim IV x 6
P-40B Tomahawk x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 14
IL-4c x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed
IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
DD Murakumo
CL Naka

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

I was so upset about losing 89 aircraft last turn for one f***ing bomb hit that I forgot to set my Hurricanes to training. The amazing and again ridicoulos fact is that if you set all your bombers to nav attack 100% nav search then your bombers still launch for a nav attack...

100% for the developers of WITP isn´t what 100% is for the rest of the world... [8|] Learnt something new after 3 years... if you want ALL your bombers to do nav search, set them to NAV SEARCH. nav attack with 100% search isn´t what do think it is...

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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
APD APD-38
APD APD-34
DD Shirayuki
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 2

next sub that has to retire home... [8|]

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 1 destroyed

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Kuma, Shell hits 2
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Maya
BB Yamashiro
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
1908 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 10

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 4

and here´s the next BB bombardment already... I bet the BBs replenish at the lev 4 port of Kendari as they are coming in again at no time... [8|] I think Hortlund will be doing those in and out attacks as long as it will take until Koepang will surrender... [8|] well, we´re just having different oppinions about what should be done and what not... as long he uses unlimited ship artillery attacks I will decrease my bombing alt. With the difference that his attacks are obviously not failing while our bombers don´t score...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9264 troops, 295 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1470

Defending force 56298 troops, 324 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1202

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Koepang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12955 troops, 117 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 344

Defending force 33901 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 652

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

If you think about the fact that the Japanese BBs are disabling 15%+ of the whole garrison on Koepang with their bombardment runs every turn then why should Hortlund complain about them being not effective? [&:] 1900 BB casualties this turn alone and only 13.000 troops left defending the base... very unefficient... [:-]

Posted: **Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:49 pm**

The break due to x-mas is over and we´re back in action! [8D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/19/42

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Sub attack near Sawu Island at 27,75

Japanese Ships
AK Tokiwa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

we hit an empty AK that was retiring from Koepang... sank later in the day...

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ASW attack near Sawu Island at 27,75

Japanese Ships
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
SS KXVI, hits 1

one real hit... damn it... [:(]

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ASW attack near Sawu Island at 27,75

Japanese Ships
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
SS KXVI, hits 2

2 near misses... KXVI returns to her home port...

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Maya
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 2
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
406 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 2

Runway hits 4
Port supply hits 1

this is Naval bombardment number 7!!! [8|]

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CA Furutaka
CA Aoba
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamato
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported

Runway hits 4
Port hits 3

and naval bombardment number 8!! [8|]

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
AK Naples Maru
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS Triton

torps fail to detonate...

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Sub attack at 30,75

Japanese Ships
DD Yakaze
DD Nokaze
DD Isokaze
CA Furutaka

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon, hits 1

torps miss... one real hit...[:(]
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Sub attack at 26,74

Japanese Ships
DD Satsuki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

Satsuki was already heavily damaged as it was hit hard in the invasion TF that brought in the Imperial Guards division. After the torp hit the destroyer sunk quickly...

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Sub attack at 30,76

Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
DD Asagumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon, hits 4

torps miss... one real hit... the next sub that is out of action... The losses aren´t severe so far but we see a LOT of damaged subs pretty fast... Hortlund uses his Vals for ASW or naval search and they are attacking every turn... [:(] this with the hits due to ASW assets reduces our sub force in the area... but we will bring in more and if we will hit with every third attack then we will hit a high value target sooner or later... Hortlund is so confident that he parked KB (or what´s there from KB) in the base hex of Koepang...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses

49 Zeroes are reported on Cap over Koepang. 3 Zeroes lost to ops today so I guess there are a lot of the 100+ Zeroes from Kendari flying LRCAP also... makes it impossible to use my C-47 at the moment... and of course makes it impossible to use my bombers against KB... [:(]

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 31
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sparrow Force Battalion, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
B5N Kate x 44

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B5N Kate bombing at 11000 feet

Hortlund knows that our carriers are far away so he uses his Kates for ground attacks and his Vals for ASW. The Kates coupled with more BB bombardments in one week here than in the whole war in real life will make the base fall soon I guess. And I´m sure the BBs will be back in three turns again as they will replenish at Kendari next turn... Then we will see BB bombardment number 9 and 10... [8|] I will use dozens of slow BBs in my offensive in a year that will replenish at lev 4 ports and will bomb the Japanese to dust... I´m the one that has three times as many BBs as the Japanese so the Japanese will see not 7 BB bombardments a week but 21! [8|]

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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
B5N Kate x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5N Kate bombing at 11000 feet

due to the naval bombardments ALL our base forces have lost between 90 and 95% of their flak guns... [8|] and I can´t figure out why my opponent insists that the naval bombardments don´t do any damage... I wonder how he´s reading the combat reports... [&:]

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
APD APD-38
APD APD-34
DD Shirayuki
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 3

Triton takes another 3 near misses but can stay in the area...

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TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Andaman Island, 23,34

Japanese ground losses:
240 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Andaman Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3512 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

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

Japanese max assault: 208 - adjusted assault: 298

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 298 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Andaman Island base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed

pretty much overkill I would say to take an empty base. Dozens of Japanese recon flights should have shown that the base is emtpy...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9257 troops, 295 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1380

Defending force 55925 troops, 317 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 1202

Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported

Posted: **Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:53 am**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/20/42

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Urakaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Kagero

Allied Ships
SS O21, hits 2

[:(] torps miss... salvo of 4 torps... BB Yamashiro hit by dud Mk14s and now BB Hiei missed... Hortlund is really stretching the luck of his battlewaggons and I stay unlucky. Should I expect the next attack to be an exploding hit?? [:(] 2 near misses on O21 in return...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 30
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
B5N Kate x 66

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B5N Kate bombing at 11000 feet

with nearly no flak guns left due to the never ending BB bombardments the Kates are operating without danger of being shot down...

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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

since the start of the BB bombardments and the aerial attacks our assault value at the base has decreased by nearly 100!!!! points... [8|] means not the 2 enemy divisions will win the battle but the BBs are responsible for it... and in expected 2 turns the next 5 BBs are doing bombardment number 9... while I´m being dumb to bring troops to Koepang - because I know that the naval bombardments alone can easily annihilate such a base - I find it still, let´s say strange, to lose the base just because those BBs are shuttling in and out every couple of days replenishing at Kendari to unload their ammo on Koepang... in the game a complete Sir Robin defense is the best thing, there´s no doubt. After that you come back with full strenght and then do it like my opponent is doing it now. Wonder what Hortlund would tell me if he sees 9 BB bombardments in a couple of weeks...

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Day Air attack on Lark Force Battalion, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-48 Lily x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-49 Helen x 13
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

Hortlund still seems to be flying LRCAP as he lost 5 Zeroes to ops today... at least one positive aspect of my stand at Koepang...

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
Ki-48 Lily x 23

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
AK Montreal Maru
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS O21

O21 misses the second time this turn... 2 torps miss AK Montreal Maru, probably bringing supplies to the two IJA divisions at Koepang...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9247 troops, 296 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1403

Defending force 55402 troops, 317 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 1200

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported

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16th DAF Base Force Wiped Out at Benkolen by attrition!!!

Posted: **Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:05 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/21/42

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #2
PC Ch 2
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #12
PC Kyo Maru #11

Allied Ships
SS O21

I stay unlucky with my subs at the moment. PC Kyo Maru #2 was hit but the 533mm torps were duds...[X(]

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
AK Nagoya Maru
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS Triton

of course my Mk14s are all duds also at the moment...[8|]

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Sub attack at 38,57

Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-34

Mk10s blew up a small MSW in the Philipine Sea...

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Tanikaze
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Urakaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo

Allied Ships
SS Plunger, hits 4

again the torps miss... [8|] 4 attacks today but only 1 was a success - the attack on the smallest target that isn´t even worth the 4 expanded torps... 4 near misses but Plunger is out of action now also... we have spotted both big BB TFs that have left Kendari again... [8|] they will do BB naval bombardment number 9+10 [8|] in the next two turns... [8|] I can already insure you that you will see 200+ Allied BB bombardments in 43 with the numbers increasing in 44 and 45... [8|] there are enough level 3 or 4 ports where my BBs can replenish then...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 30
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38
B5N Kate x 66

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
135 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B5N Kate bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 23
Ki-49 Helen x 13
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 8
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

only one Helen and a DinahII lost to flak today, no Allied plane lost as we´re not flying anymore offensive missions...

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48 Lily x 39

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9237 troops, 295 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1440

Defending force 55044 troops, 311 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 1197

Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported

Posted: **Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:20 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/22/42

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Sub attack near Roti Island at 28,76

Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Oboro
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 6

torps miss... [8|] Triton is out of action but not in danger of being sunk...

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Tanikaze, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Urakaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf, hits 5

exploding MK14 and Tanikaze could be in trouble. Seawolf receives one real hit and 4 near misses... she retires with 35/0/0...

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Sub attack at 31,75

Japanese Ships
AK Naples Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

Sturgeon kills an AK retiring to Kendari, the main IJN port in the area...

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ASW attack at 39,56

Japanese Ships
PC Shonan Maru #6
PG Sozan Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Eiko Maru
PG Eifuku Maru
PG Uji
PG Saga

Allied Ships
SS Thresher, hits 2

2 near misses, nothing serious... this day goes to our subs...

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 [8|][8|][8|]

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Maya
BB Yamashiro
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
2659 casualties reported [8|][8|][8|]
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 7

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 45
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 7

this is BB naval bombardment NUMBER 9...

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 [8|][8|][8|]

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CA Furutaka
CA Aoba
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamato
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
2220 casualties reported [8|][8|][8|]
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 68
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 6

this is BB naval bombardment NUMBER 10... why is Steve talking about anything being gamey? with no specific house rule about replenishing BBs / CAs he goes in and out dozens of times... as long as it will take to kill ALL troops at Koepang with BB bombardments only... very realistic... oh boy...

even if we don´t have specific house rules, I have never seen any of my opponents doing a dozen bombardments (probably more if it takes longer to take the base) while replenishing at a level 4 port just 8 hexes away... if he wants to do unlimited BB bombardments (I wouldn´t have a problem with that) then he should replenish his BBs / CAs at Soerabaja that has a level 8 or 9 port. But that´s just my oppinion...[8|]

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TF 29 encounters mine field at Truk (63,78)

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
DD Mutsuki

Argonaut laid some mines but all that happens is the 2 DDs destroying half a dozen of them...

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ASW attack near Roti Island at 28,76

Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Oboro
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Triton

we´re happy to see Triton not sunk by the super ASW APDs with an ASW level of 10...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 10
P-39D Airacobra x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 3

No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

90% of the strike stays home... [8|] after losing 89 aircraft in one day all our training has to start over again... with one IJA / IJN sweep or cap engagement the trained pilots of 3 months will be lost again against the Japanese pilots in the 80s...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 30
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
B5N Kate x 44

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B5N Kate bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 12
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 13000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48 Lily x 37

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
B5N Kate x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
73 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5N Kate bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 17
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-17E Fortress x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 20 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Yamato
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 3000 feet

[8|]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 14
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #11
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Ch 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet

[8|]

15 bombers lost for nothing... [8|] reduced bomb load, pilots with an experience like a raw egg...

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ASW attack near Roti Island at 28,76

Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Oboro
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 1

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Sub attack at 32,73

Japanese Ships
DD Yakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

we miss... [:(]

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9274 troops, 296 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1471

Defending force 54971 troops, 305 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 1192

Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Koepang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34692 troops, 293 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 685

Defending force 15337 troops, 97 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 313

Japanese max assault: 590 - adjusted assault: 340

Allied max defense: 187 - adjusted defense: 395

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
388 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

hope my opponent gets upset because he hasn´t yet been able to wipe out the base... but hey, this will just result in another dozen BB bombardments... [8|] next turn we have a surprise for our opponent at Koepang. I bet it won´t work but I still hope... then he perhaps gets the deserved bill for his never ending naval bombardments...

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Zuid Garrison Battalion Wiped Out at Benkolen by attrition!!!

Posted: **Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:12 pm**

luck stays on PzJg Hortlund´s side... [8|]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/23/42

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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
APD APD-38
APD APD-34
DD Shirayuki
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 2
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #12
PC Kyo Maru #11
PC Kyo Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise, hits 4

dozens of ASW ships in the Koepang hex now...

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ASW attack at 29,76

Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Oboro
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Maya
BB Yamashiro
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 14
Port supply hits 1

bombardment number 11... [8|]

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CA Furutaka
CA Aoba
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamato
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported

Runway hits 14
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 5

bombardment number 12... [8|] you don´t see many casualties but to my surprise even if the BBs are out of main gun ammo they completely disrupt your troops. Instead of decreasing disruption from the bombardment yesterday (hey, there was a bombardment just yesterday?? [8|]) the level of disruption in all my troops went UP!!!!!

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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 2
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #12
PC Kyo Maru #11
PC Kyo Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

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ASW attack at 37,59

Japanese Ships
PC Shonan Maru #6
PG Sozan Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Eiko Maru
PG Eifuku Maru
PG Uji
PG Saga
PG Hashidate
MSW Ranzan Maru
MSW Choun Maru #7
MSW W.4
DD Sagiri
CL Kashii

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 2

we face a super escort...

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Sub attack at 29,76

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
DD Isokaze
CA Furutaka

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

hey, ho! torps miss... again...

How many attacks do I need? 10 to see one attack being succesful?

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Sub attack at 37,60

Japanese Ships
AP Kashiwara Maru
AP Hakozake Maru
PC Shonan Maru #6
PG Sozan Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Eiko Maru
PG Eifuku Maru
PG Uji
PG Saga
PG Hashidate
MSW Ranzan Maru
MSW Choun Maru #7
MSW W.4
DD Kamo
DD Kasasagi
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
SS Trout, hits 2

torps miss... surprised?

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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71

Japanese Ships
AK Nagoya Maru
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS Seal

torps miss... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Asakaze Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Amagisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 3000 feet

we lose more than a dozen bombers again this turn... for what result? One 250lb bomb hit and one 500lb bomb hit... 200+ bombers at Derby, no attack on KB...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Shirayuki
DD Ikazuchi
APD APD-38

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 3000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

The IJN carriers moved out of Koepang but with every of our attacks, the Cap level is increasing... [8|]

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Day Air attack on TF, near Sawu Island at 27,75 [:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 12
Albacore x 22
Martlet II x 10
Swordfish x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Albacore launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet

this is the surprise I mentioned last turn! I was able to move in nearly all of the Royal Navy unspotted to 4 hexes off Koepang. Then of course the lucky guy strikes again! BAD WEATHER in the morning! There was never bad weather the last 2 months in this area, the weather forecast was partly cloudy... KB reacts one hex towards us, stays under a cloud, we don´t react and stay under a cloud. End of the morning phase... [8|] In the afternoon, no carrier TF reacts but we are not clouded anymore while KB stays under a cloud. Guess what!! No, we are not attacking the enemy carriers with full strenght, NO, we attack with a half hearted attack the most agile targets we could find, means fast DDs and manage to hit ONE with a torp.

All the Kates were set to ground attack all the last turns! Many Vals were on nav search or ASW and they couldn´t hurt our armored Brit carriers anyway. We have 6500 AA value in the TF with lots of BBs that could soak up damage! We manage to move in unspotted! No bad weather for weeks. Then, Hortlund comes away with a single torp hit on a DD... Is he lucky or am I unlucky? Or both? Or is it just the not working, f****ing sh*t "advanced weather" that manages to create thunderstorms in the dessert if you want to launch airstrikes??

As a result, we will see all of KBs bombers on nav attack of course next turn and our CV TF sunk probably... well done... our only hope is that we are now moving in a direction that Hortlund could perhaps missgues... [8|]

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 6 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 2
PC Kyo Maru #12
PC Shonan Maru #1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 3000 feet
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Sub attack at 29,75

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi
DD Kawakaze
DD Shigure
DD Arashi
DD Maikaze
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 4

This is the only positiv action this turn... finally one BB takes a torp, but that´s it... Nautilus is retiring heavily damaged...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9270 troops, 296 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1494

Defending force 54363 troops, 300 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 1185

Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported

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No. 101 RAAF Base Force Wiped Out at Rabaul by attrition!!!

Posted: **Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:35 pm**

My British carriers survived the day! [X(] Hortlund stated that he didn´t want to enter my LBA umbrella! [X(] I´m surprised because 1) he was under my LBA umbrella all the time (even in a base hex where he only has half of his cap) and 2) because my "never hit anything" bombers scared him...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/24/42

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Sub attack at 29,76

Japanese Ships
AK Amagisan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

Tautog even misses a single going slow AK with a salvo of 6 torps...[:(]

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 8
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Gull Force Battalion, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48 Lily x 34

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 9
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 13000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Sub attack at 28,75

Japanese Ships
AK Amagisan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

Tautog later misses again with a salvo of 4 torps... the skipper should be shot... damn, that´s not allowed in the USN! I have to switch sides again...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9304 troops, 297 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1533

Defending force 54131 troops, 298 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 1179

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Posted: **Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:48 pm**

I´m happy with this turn...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/25/42

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ASW attack at 132,81

Japanese Ships
SS I-122, hits 6 <----- mine layer sub

Allied Ships
DD Sims
DD Preston
DD O'Brien
DD Perkins

this is two dozen hexes South West of Los Angeles, I have no idea what a mine layer sub is doing there... one real hit, 5 near misses, a loooong way home - could mean trouble for the sub...

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Sub attack at 29,76

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro
APD APD-39
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Pollack, hits 5

torps hit Oboro but fail to detonate... [:(] Pollack receives 2 real hits and 3 near misses by those damn APDs! She tries to make Darwin with floatation in the high 60s... could be a sub that is lost in this area, not just damaged...

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and here comes this turn´s highlight:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Shirayuki, Shell hits 5, on fire
APD APD-34, Shell hits 3, on fire
APD APD-38, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 1
BC Repulse
CA Dorsetshire
DD Electra
DD Encounter
DD Fortune, Shell hits 1
DD Panther

Hortlund ate our bait and moved KB to the West from Koepang, guessing our carriers would retreat there. They retreated East, where force Z was already waiting to go in to wreck havoc with the spotted TFs there and perhaps catch one of the out in never ending BB bombardment TFs. First target is an ASW TF that is shot to pieces with small calibre gun fire. BC Repulse hits DD Inazuma with a torp! The torps launched by the Japanese miss their targets. The British know how to fight at night. Banzai! ooops, I mean hurrey!

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Shirayuki, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
APD APD-34, on fire
APD APD-38, Shell hits 9, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
BC Repulse, Shell hits 1
CA Dorsetshire
DD Electra, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Encounter
DD Fortune
DD Panther

another round with another DD sunk and one of the ASW value 10 APDs sunk also! [&o]

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Asakaze, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
AK Nissyu Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Tamagawa Maru, Shell hits 17, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BC Repulse
CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 2
DD Electra, on fire
DD Encounter
DD Fortune
DD Panther

then we encounter a supply TF escorted by two DDs. Both IJN DDs launch torps but miss first. One is then shot to pieces when the engagement goes on at 2000 yards range... [8|] this is when Prince of Wales is hit by a torp, she retires with medium damage (sys in the 20s and nearly no more floatation).

While there were 4 or more TFs all the last turns we are still happy to shoot up those DDs. Hortlund stated with his email I must be REALLY desperate! [X(][:D][:D][:D]

this is what I answered:

Desperate? [:)] Why should I? I told you before, there wasn´t yet a situation in our campaign that made me feel desperate. You took your objectives in the SRA, not much I could do about it – I was happy with the damage done. You took empty bases in the Pacific, not much I could do about it at that time. You stopped in the Pacific, so those bases aren´t doing you any good IMO and you don´t really effect my plans there – now the rest of the Pacific is safe. Then we came to the point where I told you that there are no easy targets left and when I look at Koepang at the moment then I´m more than happy that you lost something like a dozen DDs (I hate losing DDs as the Japanese) and the base hasn´t fallen yet. It will fall, no doubt but it was surely not an easy target and your losses will be “not nice” just to take a base on Timor. [:)]

I just completely shot up an ASW TF and sunk another two DDs, that´s fine with me. You just have to live with a torp hit from 2000 yards range that does light damage. I´m happy you took the bait and retired KB to the West while Force Z came from the East. Would have been nice to meet one of your never ending BB bombardment TFs. That´s the only thing that concerned me so far, a dozen BB bombardments in 2 weeks. But that´s fine with me also, I will have more than 3 times as many BBs as the Japanese that will shuffle in an out all the time wrecking havoc with every base in range of a minor port where hula hula girls will manufacture 16 inch shells. [:)]

I really enjoy our game, lots of action all the time up to now!

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ASW attack near Labao at 29,74

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 2
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #12
PC Kyo Maru #11
PC Kyo Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

the unfortunate operating Tautog comes away unharmed as all PCs failed to locate her...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Gull Force Battalion, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 7
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

I looked at Koepang closely this turn as the damage seems to be not repaired at all and I discovered that there are only 11 eng (from 185) and 0 eng vehicles (from 23) left that are not disabled... this all from BB bombardments only. Something like 20.000 troops [X(][8|] disabled due to BB bombardments...

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48 Lily x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 16
Ki-49 Helen x 9
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

only one Helen lost today, only Japanese aircraft lost...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 19
MSW Tomozono Maru #3

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet
[8|]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 9
Hudson I x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AK Amagisan Maru
AK Asakaze Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 3000 feet

[8|] we don´t even hit transports... Allied LBA just sucks... but what was funny to see was one daitai breaking off the attack due to low morale... lol
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
MSW Aoi Maru
AP Aikoku Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet

[8|]
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ASW attack at 29,75

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
SS Salmon

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9324 troops, 297 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1557

Defending force 53897 troops, 290 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 1184

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported

wonder if Hortlund will ever take Manila or if my troops will just be starved to death in the next 2 years...

Posted: **Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:04 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/26/42

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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 79
TF 79 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77

37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Isonami

Japanese ground losses:
309 casualties reported

more Japanese troops storm ashore at Koepang. 3 SNLF and nav guard units, around 100 assault points...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 80
P-40E Warhawk x 49

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 13
Ki-49 Helen x 7
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Gull Force Battalion, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 4
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
Ki-48 Lily x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 17
Ki-49 Helen x 4
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 12
Hudson I x 4
B-17E Fortress x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 19
MSW Tomozono Maru #3, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Liverpool Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 3000 feet

Hortlund is flying LRCAP with 3!! daitais every day, probably from Kendari - range 8 hexes, but he never seems to really suffer from op losses, not even when a dozen fighters are damaged... that´s a mystery for me... [&:][&:][&:] I´m playing the Allied and seem to suffer more from op losses than the Japanese...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Asakaze Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Amagisan Maru, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 19
B-25C Mitchell x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Sakido Maru
AP Sangetsu Maru
AP Sasago Maru
AP Sumiyoshi Maru
AP Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Tatsutake Maru
AP Sanfuku Maru
AP Siraha Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 3000 feet

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3
Hudson I x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Tatsutake Maru
AP Igasa Maru
AP Siraha Maru
AP Sanfuku Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 3000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Sangetsu Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet

we lose 11 bombers again today, that´s just not worth it. All we achieved is to damage a couple of transports and sink a DD... Hortlund is happy that he lost half a dozen DDs for the torp hit on PoW that did only light damage last turn! [X(] Well, I´m happy with that too! [:D]

I checked the sunken ship list today and the Japanese have already lost 28 DDs!! They also lost 6 cruisers so far. We lost 7 cruisers and 20 DDs! [8D] Is he really thinking that his losses aren´t hurting him? I´m confident, there are 28 DDs less and my subs will be happy about that...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Madras at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Empire Coral
TK Empire Amethyst

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

[X(][X(] long range Betty strike from Rangoon! I was shocked, we didn´t have CAP over Madras... Now Madras is capped against such unescorted strikes...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese Ships
DD Amagiri, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shinamogawa Maru

Allied Ships
PT PT-36
PT PT-37, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT PT-38
PT PT-40

I don´t know what´s wrong with the naval movement. The PTs were set to patrol do not retire, they even arrived at night, but the Japanese TF retreated. The TF came back at daylight and my PTs were still there... [&:] [&:] We sink Amagiri for the loss of one PT and are happy about that. But it´s still strange that my PTs stayed there the whole day, I checked the TF and it was set to retire...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9290 troops, 296 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1590

Defending force 53688 troops, 288 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 1187

Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Koepang

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 35178 troops, 299 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 819

Defending force 15543 troops, 103 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 310

Japanese max assault: 899 - adjusted assault: 346

Allied max defense: 253 - adjusted defense: 733

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese ground losses:
603 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
207 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Hortlund asks me if I am desperate?? If I´m desperate, what is he then? [:D] Unloaded 100 more assault points today and orders a shock attack of the troops that were already there?

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Ground combat at Koepang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10670 troops, 85 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 301

Defending force 38370 troops, 309 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 773

Posted: **Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:41 pm**

quiet day...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/27/42

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 6
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 16
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

the usual attacks on Koepang´s defenders and that´s it today... my subs were really passive today, even though several TFs were in their hexes...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9304 troops, 297 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2738

Defending force 53579 troops, 285 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 1186

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported

looks like Hortlund is again increasing the troop numbers at Manila...

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No. 107 RN Base Force Wiped Out at Kuching by attrition!!!

the last base force on Borneo died...

Posted: **Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:52 pm**

and heavy fighting this turn...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/28/42

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
AK Liverpool Maru
AK Havana Maru
MSW Wa 19

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish misses... KB´s Vals are again sweeping the waters around Koepang... Cuttlefish alone was hit by 3!!! 250kg AP bombs today... [8|]

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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
DD Asagumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish, hits 1

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 59
P-40E Warhawk x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 5 destroyed, 31 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Akyab has now a daitai of Zeroes and a sentai of Oscars that are flying Cap. We formed a massive sweep, in the end we lose more aircraft than the Japanese, but thank god only 5 pilots were lost...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84 [X(][X(]

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 40

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 12
Martlet II x 9
Hurricane IIb x 47
Kittyhawk I x 6
P-40B Tomahawk x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 27 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 12 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 1 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 7 damaged

I have been waiting for a strike that is coming from Amboina for a long time already. This turn the Nells came in UNESCORTED! [X(] Amboina is 11 hexes from Darwin and therefore my main port in the area is a really dangerous place for both my fighters and ships in port. We do have a lot of flak and fighters but our ships there are surely not immune. I have no idea what Hortlund was thinking sending the Nells in unescorted but he said he made a fault so I guess he had the settings of his fighters wrong. 100+ fighters are even in Nikmod able to take out an unescorted strike of 40 bombers. No Nell made it to attack the port, a dozen turned back...

here are today´s air losses:

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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 6
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

also the IJA bombers are not really suffering from flying 8 hexes every day against light flak fire...

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Day Air attack on Sparrow Force Battalion, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 4
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 13000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9294 troops, 296 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3156

Defending force 53455 troops, 279 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 1182

Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported

another IJA division entered Manila today... the next attack will follow soon me thinks...

Posted: **Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:21 pm**

the war god was on the Japanese side this turn...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/29/42

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ASW attack near Sawu Island at 27,75

Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
SS Tautog, hits 1

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 1
DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
APD APD-1
APD APD-2

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1
CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 9
DD Encounter, Shell hits 1
DD Panther, Shell hits 2, on fire

we move in Repulse covered by a heavy cruiser but the fight isn´t going as expected. First we are surprised by the ASW TF but the long lance attack doesn´t hit our ships. But then the WITP naval combat routine goes crazy once again and my BC acts like a PT closing in to 3000 yards. Then it wasn´t hard to hit her with a torp (just like PoW was hit at 3000 yards... [8|]).

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
APD APD-1
APD APD-2, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
BC Repulse
CA Dorsetshire, on fire
DD Encounter
DD Panther, on fire

another round but we only hit with small calibre gun fire. There are several other TFs in the hex but obviously this ASW TF doesn´t make it possible to break through to the invasion TF... [8|]

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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 2
TF 2 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77

63 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze

Japanese ground losses:
275 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
APD APD-1

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 10
Ki-49 Helen x 9
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Australian Brigade, at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 4
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,80 [8|][:(][:(]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 43
D3A Val x 63
B5N Kate x 90

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 2 damaged
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

all played in Hortlunds hands this turn. The last turns he stayed North to be out of range of our LBA, my TF wasn´t spotted, but still he moved 2 hexes further South this turn. This wouldn´t have been a problem because even then, my TF would be 5 hexes South of Koepang only in bomb range of KB. Hortlund can thank his brave DD that was able to put a torp into Repulse before it was sunk. This way we ended up 3 hexes South of Koepang, in perfect torp range. The outcome was clear when the attack popped up on my screen. As a side note, Derby with my 200 bombers was clouded... [8|]

This is the first major vessel we lose, so we can live with it, but of course I´m not happy about it. But that´s war! We had a plan and a little fact that wasn´t working as supposed makes our plan not working anymore. It was just all about this single torp, same fate as with the torp hit on the Bisamarck.

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,80

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet

the Nells came in to confirm that Repulse was sunk...

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ASW attack near Roti Island at 28,76

Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Oboro
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

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ASW attack near Roti Island at 28,76

Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Oboro
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 4

Pompano is out of action now also, another sub was hit by a bomb... [8|]

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Ground combat at Manila [:D]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 174699 troops, 1799 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 3209

Defending force 53439 troops, 280 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 1180

Japanese max assault: 2999 - adjusted assault: 1321

Allied max defense: 1074 - adjusted defense: 1641

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

Japanese ground losses:
5840 casualties reported
Guns lost 142
Vehicles lost 9

Allied ground losses:
1458 casualties reported
Guns lost 25

we have ordered our troops to hold out in Manila until we march towards the Philipines in a year or so! [;)] urban warfare is a mess in WITP...

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Ground combat at Koepang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10674 troops, 85 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 329

Defending force 43133 troops, 339 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 926

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Posted: **Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:26 pm**

The old British battlecruiser was sunk today after being attacked by an enemy carrier task force...

HMS Repulse (Battlecruiser, 1916-1941)
HMS Repulse, a 26,500-ton Renown class battlecruiser, was built at Clydebank, Scotland. Completed in August 1916, she joined the Grand Fleet following post-trials modifications and operated in the North Sea for the remainder of World War I. The light protection of this class of two battlecruisers was a considerable cause for concern and, soon after the Armistice, Repulse received an extensive refit. This significantly increased her armor, and her displacement, which rose some six-thousand tons. The work was completed in 1922, after which the ship began a peacetime career of fleet operations and long-distance cruises.

In 1933-36, Repulse was again modernized, emerging with improved deck armor, a hangar and catapult for aircraft, and a greatly increased anti-aircraft gun battery. She operated with the Home Fleet in the North Sea and Atlantic during the first two years of the Second World War, taking part in the pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941. Later in the year she was sent to the Far East, accompanying the new battleship Prince of Wales. The two ships arrived at Singapore just before Japan began the Pacific War. As soon as hostilities commenced, both steamed northwards to intercept a reported invasion force. While returning to Singapore on 10 December 1941, Repulse and Prince of Wales were attacked by Japanese high-level bombers and torpedo planes. Repulse was moderately damaged by bombs early in the action and was later hit by several torpedoes. After receiving this heavy underwater damage, she sank rapidly, followed less than an hour later by the Prince of Wales.

Posted: **Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:37 pm**

Knowing that strafing PT boats causes the synch bug most time, nevertheless Steve decided that it would be a good idea to do that... [8|] We are completely out of synch, in my replay Koepang is still mine whereas in the REAL replay it fell easily to the Japanese. Not just do we have synch issues now, but also I didn´t get the Japanese (real) combat report and while Steve has a perfect overview of what is happening I´m completely BLIND now... [8|]

hey, that´s no problem... we´re just having our carriers in 8 hexes range of KB and we don´t know what is happening for days as it seems the synch issues didn´t start just last turn... [:@] This is really concerning to me, would KB pop up next to my carriers now then I wouldn´t even know that. I would only see it when I check my CV TF with all my ships sunk... [:@]

Posted: **Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:15 pm**

Hi Castor
 
It's not quite as bad as that.  For the most part spotting and reconning is not tooo much of a problem with sync - the real problem comes when you take damage to a sub otr something and you don't even know it's been hit.

Posted: **Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:31 pm**

ORIGINAL: Yakface

Hi Castor

It's not quite as bad as that. For the most part spotting and reconning is not tooo much of a problem with sync - the real problem comes when you take damage to a sub otr something and you don't even know it's been hit.

unfortunately also the spottings during the replay aren´t "real" when you´re out of synch. This turn I have spotted and bombed ships at Koepang that weren´t even there anymore. So when we´re out of synch and I see KB at Koepang because e.g. CV Hyriu is spotted by a Hudson there, it can be up to 10 hexes at another point of the map in "real". This means if I spot it in my out of synch replay at Kendari, it could be near Darwin in "real". This is absolutely hindering my moves at the moment.[8|]

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