The next generation - mortar (J) vs castor troy (A) - RESTRICTED!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 04, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near North Male at 19,43, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Ise
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 1
CL Nagara
DD Yugumo
DD Yukikaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsushima
DD Wakaba
DD Yugure
DD Ariake



Allied Ships
CM Abdiel, Shell hits 17, and is sunk
xAKL Mabella, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
xAK Fingal, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
xAKL Memphis City, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

tried to flee with a couple of freighters but they are caught by the IJ BBs easily... with waypoints and the bullet prove popping up of naval engagements every time you are in the same hex as the enemy makes it a hard task trying to get out...

Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 96% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 21,000 yards...
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Tanaka, Raizo crosses the 'T'
BB Ise engages xAK Fingal at 11,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CM Abdiel at 11,000 yards
DD Ariake engages xAK Fingal at 11,000 yards
DD Wakaba engages CM Abdiel at 11,000 yards
DD Hatsushima engages CM Abdiel at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CM Abdiel at 10,000 yards
BB Ise engages CM Abdiel at 10,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CM Abdiel at 10,000 yards
DD Wakaba engages CM Abdiel at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CM Abdiel at 8,000 yards
BB Ise engages CM Abdiel at 8,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CM Abdiel at 8,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CM Abdiel at 8,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages CM Abdiel at 8,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages CM Abdiel at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CM Abdiel at 6,000 yards
BB Ise engages CM Abdiel at 6,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CM Abdiel at 6,000 yards
DD Ariake engages xAKL Mabella at 6,000 yards
DD Yugure engages CM Abdiel at 6,000 yards
DD Nenohi engages xAK Fingal at 6,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages CM Abdiel at 6,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages CM Abdiel at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
DD Ariake engages CM Abdiel at 7,000 yards
xAK Fingal sunk by BB Yamashiro at 7,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CM Abdiel at 7,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages xAKL Mabella at 7,000 yards
CL Nagara engages CM Abdiel at 7,000 yards
DD Ariake engages CM Abdiel at 7,000 yards
CM Abdiel sunk by DD Wakaba at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
Massive explosion on xAKL Memphis City
xAKL Memphis City sunk by BB Ise at 8,000 yards
DD Yugure engages xAKL Mabella at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
DD Wakaba engages xAKL Mabella at 9,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages xAKL Mabella at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
xAKL Mabella sunk by BB Hyuga at 11,000 yards
xAKL Mabella sunk by BB Hyuga at 11,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...


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Sub attack near Namlea at 76,107

Japanese Ships
xAK Kamoi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Keisho Maru
xAK Anyo Maru
PB Choun Maru #18

Allied Ships
SS Truant

Truant is by far the most experienced sub of my whole fleet, having 15-20 more exp than all my USN fleet subs on average... means the USN subs will never reach that level...

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



SS Truant launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kamoi Maru
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Morotai at 79,99

Japanese Ships
CL Oi
DD Hatakaze
DD Yugao
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon is sighted by escort
DD Yugao attacking submerged sub ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Manila Bay Defenses , at 78,77 (Bataan)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 69
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 49



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 16 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 11 damaged


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion, at 56,104 (Soerabaja)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 49



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...


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Ground combat at Colombo (29,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10951 troops, 124 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 800

Defending force 28612 troops, 430 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 365

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
5th Division
25th Army

we won't hold for long, losing all those AA units is a tragedy, just like the loss of the RN presence in the area... that AA bgd alone got 72 x 3.7 inch flak and it just recently arrived to be destroyed now... [:(] my whole defense of Ceylon is totally borked because I've sent three Ind bgd to defend Port Blair that fell on the first attempt of those two IJ divs now attacking Ceylon and I wasn't as fast in moving in reinforcements from my developed ports as the enemy could do from a jungle base like Port Blair while benefiting form the amphib bonus... damn it, how could I be that silly...

Defending units:
99th Indian Brigade
100th Indian Brigade
Colombo Fortress
98th Indian Brigade
48th Light AA Regiment
35th Light AA Regiment
Eastern Fleet
222 Group RAF
21st Light AA Regiment
Ceylon Command
1st RM Heavy AA Regiment
23rd AA Bde
Ceylon Base Force
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Sawahloento (45,85)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1045 troops, 5 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 41

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 41 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sawahloento !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
22nd Recon Regiment


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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22076 troops, 371 guns, 289 vehicles, Assault Value = 919

Defending force 19046 troops, 166 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 654

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
30th Australian Brigade
3rd Motor Brigade
17th MG Battalion
Port Moresby Brigade
Sparrow Battalion
1st Australian Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
22nd Motor Battalion
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
Lark Battalion
2/1st Ind Coy
New Caledonia Det
15th RAAF Base Force
6th RAN Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
206th Coast AA Regiment
147th Field Artillery Regiment
Eastern Command
1st Medium Regiment
115th USAAF Base Force
205th Coast AA Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
21/22 Field Regiment
131st Field Artillery Battalion
Rabaul Det. Base Force
21st NZ Pioneer Coy

Defending units:
146th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
53rd Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
61st Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit

[castor troy]

2 Dave float planes showed up as destroyed on the ground today, might be the prove that an enemy CA finally sank due to battle damage received at Koggala... makes it the whole RN in South East Asia lost to one IJN CA and a DD... not to forget all the units I'm going to lose at Colombo...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 05, 42
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ASW attack near Hilo at 179,119

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
xAKL Absaroka
xAKL Mexican
AM Tern



SS I-19 is sighted by escort
AM Tern fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Tern fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Tern fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Tern fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Tern fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near Obi at 76,106

Japanese Ships
xAK Kamoi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Shark



xAK Kamoi Maru is sighted by SS Shark
SS Shark launches 4 torpedoes

amazingly enough, another Mk-14 kill... guess not halve a dozen enemy ships have been destroyed by my fleet subs so far...

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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet

I'm not contesting the airspace over Colombo, a ground attack can take the base every moment and my squadrons would be destroyed... and contesting Zero strato sweeps at this stage of the war wouldn't be a good idea anyway...

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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 69
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 47



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 16 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 9 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on MLD , at 56,104 (Soerabaja)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 76



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 11



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Colombo (29,48)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23832 troops, 230 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 872

Defending force 28641 troops, 430 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 364

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 665

Allied adjusted defense: 794 [X(]

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1985 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 262 disabled [X(][X(]
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
333 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 34 (1 destroyed, 33 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)

here comes the feared IJ attack and it was just wow, we hold easily while inflicting heavy losses within the attacker... having nearly 300 av disabled in the first attack for only minimal losses within the defender must mean a hell of a lucky die roll... I doubt that will mean we will hold the base but at least the enemy will suffer enough disablements that he can't just pick the troops up and land them yet another time using the amphib bonus on an ahistorical target... 3.5 more weeks to go with the amphib bonus... not sure where all the IJ losses originated, are all those AA guns actually participate in ground battles? So far I've thought they wouldn't do much if not nothing at all...

Assaulting units:
5th Division
Imperial Guards Division
56th Engineer Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
25th Army

Defending units:
Colombo Fortress
99th Indian Brigade
100th Indian Brigade
98th Indian Brigade
23rd AA Bde
Ceylon Command
35th Light AA Regiment
222 Group RAF
Ceylon Base Force
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
1st RM Heavy AA Regiment
Eastern Fleet
48th Light AA Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22083 troops, 371 guns, 290 vehicles, Assault Value = 917

Defending force 19032 troops, 166 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 652

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
3rd Motor Brigade
22nd Motor Battalion
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
30th Australian Brigade
Sparrow Battalion
Lark Battalion
2/1st Ind Coy
1st Australian Division
17th MG Battalion
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
Port Moresby Brigade
New Caledonia Det
Eastern Command
1st Medium Regiment
206th Coast AA Regiment
115th USAAF Base Force
21/22 Field Regiment
Rabaul Det. Base Force
205th Coast AA Regiment
6th RAN Base Force
131st Field Artillery Battalion
15th RAAF Base Force
148th Field Artillery Battalion
114th USAAF Base Force
147th Field Artillery Regiment
21st NZ Pioneer Coy

Defending units:
53rd Naval Guard Unit
146th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment
61st Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 06, 42
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Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 65
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 45



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 13 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 11 damaged


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

I think there weren't a lot turns so far when we haven't seen hundreds of IJ bombers in the air flying attacks... so far, losses to those bombers were minimal, I've lost more PBY in nav search and transport mission than the enemy lost medium bombers in combat...

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ...
Also attacking 41st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 31st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking USAFFE ...
Also attacking 1st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 71st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 51st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 31st Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 11th PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team ...
Also attacking 61st PA Infantry Div /1 ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ...
Also attacking 41st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 31st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking USAFFE ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ...
Also attacking USAFFE ...
Also attacking 1st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ...
Also attacking 41st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 31st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking USAFFE ...


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Morning Air attack on MLD , at 56,104 (Soerabaja)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 14
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 72



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 28



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 16 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 destroyed by flak


Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

flak bites here...
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Ground combat at Colombo (29,48)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24038 troops, 236 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 659

Defending force 28250 troops, 428 guns, 384 vehicles, Assault Value = 345

Japanese adjusted assault: 143 [:D]

Allied adjusted defense: 513

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1595 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 17 (5 destroyed, 12 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
339 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 61 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

once more I only have to wonder about mortars orders... he failed miserably with his deliberate attack yesterday, his troops must have accumulated disruption due to the failed attack and yet he attacks another time today getting an even worse ratio... the ratio unfortunately doesn't mean a lot when it comes down to losses and today he suffered only 1/4 of yesterday´s losses while we suffered twice the combat squads disabled... I still don't get why he ordered this attack... especially his eng units took some hits as those started to lose squads today as they must have been terribly disabled after yesterday´s attack...

Assaulting units:
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
Imperial Guards Division
55th Engineer Regiment
25th Army

Defending units:
99th Indian Brigade
Colombo Fortress
100th Indian Brigade
98th Indian Brigade
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment
Eastern Fleet
1st RM Heavy AA Regiment
23rd AA Bde
Ceylon Command
222 Group RAF
Ceylon Base Force
35th Light AA Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22235 troops, 371 guns, 296 vehicles, Assault Value = 923

Defending force 19023 troops, 166 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 653

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
1st Australian Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
22nd Motor Battalion
Sparrow Battalion
2/1st Ind Coy
Lark Battalion
Port Moresby Brigade
17th MG Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
30th Australian Brigade
New Caledonia Det
131st Field Artillery Battalion
114th USAAF Base Force
206th Coast AA Regiment
147th Field Artillery Regiment
115th USAAF Base Force
1st Medium Regiment
Rabaul Det. Base Force
6th RAN Base Force
148th Field Artillery Battalion
Eastern Command
21/22 Field Regiment
15th RAAF Base Force
205th Coast AA Regiment
21st NZ Pioneer Coy

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
53rd Naval Guard Unit
24th Infantry Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
61st Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 07, 42
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Night Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb


night air attack? He can't be serious... not that I'm really afraid but if this is the start of some ongoing night attacks I'm going to retaliate them with massed 4E night attacks... massed means 50-60 bombers at this stage of the war... [:D] I'm no fan of night bomber strikes at all in AE but the good thing about it, as long as I'm playing the Allied I only fly them if the enemy does it too and with more bombers and more payload I usually force the enemy to stop these night attacks quite quickly...


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Night Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 2



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Allied Ships
DD Balch
DD Lamson
DD Preston
DD Smith
DD Walke
DD O'Brien
DD Anderson
DD Hughes
DD Sims



DD Balch firing at 146th Infantry Regiment
DD Lamson firing at 144th Infantry Regiment
DD Preston firing at 144th Infantry Regiment
DD Smith firing at 144th Infantry Regiment
DD Walke firing at 146th Infantry Regiment
DD O'Brien firing at 144th Infantry Regiment
DD Anderson firing at 146th Infantry Regiment
DD Hughes firing at 20th Infantry Regiment
DD Sims firing at 144th Infantry Regiment

lol, the destroyers used up 2/3 of their ammo for not even a single Japanese soldier disabled... actually, this was a test if night navalbombardments are a way to increase the horrible USN night experience but guess what, not a single point of night exp gained on any of those DD... no damage done from firing probably thousands of 5 inch shells and no experience gained... I really love the way this is modelled, the IJN starts out at godlike experience that has no real historical evidence while the USN is nothing but a flawed bunch of noobs not able to ever even reach IJN experience levels, no matter what... I love it...

pilots can be trained at least but ships can't be trained and even if they gain exp up to around 50, then you are stuck without engaging the enemy that has a roughly 15-20 experience advantage all the time...


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Sub attack near Cooktown at 96,138

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
AVD Ballard, Torpedo hits 1
AVD Lawrence
AVD Thornton
AVD Hulbert


great how easy the enemy subs take out my ASW forces... the AVD got a fair chance to make it though...


SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at AVD Ballard
AVD Thornton fails to find sub and abandons search
AVD Hulbert attacking submerged sub ....
AVD Hulbert loses contact with SS I-175
AVD Hulbert fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Hulbert fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Hulbert fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Hulbert fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Hulbert fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Cooktown at 96,138

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
AVD Pope, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AVD Whipple
AVD Stewart
AVD Humphreys
AVD Pillsbury

sure, hitting one AVD wouldn't be enough, a second one has to be hit which is lost all hands down...

SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at AVD Pope
AVD Humphreys attacking submerged sub ....
AVD Humphreys cannot establish contact with SS I-175
AVD Pillsbury fails to find sub and abandons search
AVD Humphreys fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Humphreys fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Humphreys fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Humphreys fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
33 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 69
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 47



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 19 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 10 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 71st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 41st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ...
Also attacking 31st Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 11th PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Regiment ...
Also attacking USAFFE ...
Also attacking 31st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 51st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 91st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 21st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 71st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 41st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ...
Also attacking 31st Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 71st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 41st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 31st Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 11th PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking USAFFE ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 71st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 41st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ...
Also attacking 31st Infantry Regiment ...


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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 53,103 (Soerakarta)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 42


Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

slowing down an enemy unit... the enemy bombs Soerabaja but has still not attacked our bomber base at Malang... funny to say at least...

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb
1 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb
7 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb
8 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb
4 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb
6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb
6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb
2 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Tjepoe (54,103)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3667 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 38

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tjepoe !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: op mode(-), leaders(+), leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment


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Ground combat at Padang (44,85)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1045 troops, 5 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Defending force 1248 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 22

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
22nd Recon Regiment

Defending units:
WS KNIL Territory Regiment
Padang Base Force


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Ground combat at Soerakarta (53,103)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 475 troops, 4 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 29

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerakarta !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment


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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22258 troops, 371 guns, 297 vehicles, Assault Value = 923

Defending force 19031 troops, 166 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 653

Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
3rd Motor Brigade
Sparrow Battalion
2/1st Ind Coy
22nd Motor Battalion
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
Lark Battalion
Port Moresby Brigade
17th MG Battalion
30th Australian Brigade
1st Australian Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
New Caledonia Det
115th USAAF Base Force
1st Medium Regiment
206th Coast AA Regiment
147th Field Artillery Regiment
205th Coast AA Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
15th RAAF Base Force
6th RAN Base Force
Rabaul Det. Base Force
131st Field Artillery Battalion
Eastern Command
114th USAAF Base Force
21/22 Field Regiment
21st NZ Pioneer Coy

Defending units:
146th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment
53rd Naval Guard Unit
8th Tank Regiment
61st Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit


enemy carriers spotted again... the last couple of days we've spotted enemy destroyers or cruisers NE of Darwin heading South and I wasn't sure what this TF was up to, I didn't care much about it actually as there's nothing of value in the area and I expected the enemy TF to move to Rabaul while taking quite some risk if it passes through the area between my airfields at Townsville and Port Moresby as mortar has done before but the enemy TF was then reported heading North again... now today we spot enemy carriers so I think that was meant to be a trap with the DD TF being the bait to draw out my carriers which were supposed to run into KB then... nah, that would be a poor attempt as I've got no reason to send out my carriers to hunt some DD in hostile waters... we'll see, perhaps KB is moving South now... if so, I wouldn't be afraid about it as both PM and Townsville got heavy fighter cover and if KB comes close then it's bomber units will be depleted quite quickly and then we'll have a chance to strike back with our carriers which I would not hesitate to do...

[EUBanana]

Good to see you back in the fray Castor. This AAR makes me wince, looks like you're playing this poor guy like a banjo.

It reminds me of my own inadequacies. [:D]


I feel some solidarity regarding the dismal surface engagements, I've often compared Allied sailors to the Three Stooges. It's not speed, rubbish. I had Royal Navy cruisers fight Japanese SAGs in the Bay of Bengal, being a muppet I kept on sending them in - the Japanese can't be lucky every time, right? And the RN have no shortage of SAG firepower, right?

Wrong. If an Allied ship even opened fire, let alone hit something, that'd be a good result for the Allies. Most of the time it was just rabbit in headlights butchery.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: EUBanana

Good to see you back in the fray Castor. This AAR makes me wince, looks like you're playing this poor guy like a banjo.

It reminds me of my own inadequacies. [:D]


I feel some solidarity regarding the dismal surface engagements, I've often compared Allied sailors to the Three Stooges. It's not speed, rubbish. I had Royal Navy cruisers fight Japanese SAGs in the Bay of Bengal, being a muppet I kept on sending them in - the Japanese can't be lucky every time, right? And the RN have no shortage of SAG firepower, right?

Wrong. If an Allied ship even opened fire, let alone hit something, that'd be a good result for the Allies. Most of the time it was just rabbit in headlights butchery.

Hi

absolutely agree on the nav engagements, three out of four times you are an idiot for using Allied ships against the allmighty IJN and I do blame the game mechanics for it. Using the IJN I wipe the floor with every Allied surface combat TF most of the time, so how comes? Again, just don't engage the IJN, no reason to do so as the odds are against you all the time no matter what. See, one IJN DD sinking two USN CA in a SC TF consisting of 3 USN CA and halve a dozen DD.

If we look at the strategic situation at the moment then I have to say with that what the enemy has taken so far he has already achieved all historical targets and has landed two divs plus other troops on Ceylon and we are only in early March. He took a lot of absolutely unnecessary losses, like losing that division at Sea that was parked a couple of days off Port Moresby while waiting for KB to show up and he also lost the equivalent of at least two divs of combat squads for being kicked out of Singapore and being forced to retreat North of Clark Field but that is about it. I think mortar has some shortcomings in how he processes his invasions and ground assaults but this doesn't hinder him from taking all historical targets and he only failed at PM with his invasion so far, mostly benefitting from the amphib bonus.

The high loss of aircraft won't really hurt him long term I guess, the unnecessary loss of shipping around PM for example is also something he won't really feel I guess. He was stalled at Port Moresby and I 100% doubt he will ever be able to take it (he won't even try I think) and there he will lose his 25.000 troops worth more than a div. He will take Ceylon and then it's about it for all IJ expansion. Doesn't mean a full effort assault on some island could not be succesful but more or less all the areas I want to defend actually got troops able to defend them now, the only place I was late was Ceylon, but again, this is something more related to the amphib bonus than anything else. Still, my fleet action at Ceylon, together with me sending three bgd to Port Blair as a stop gap for the Japanese was totally silly as I've got just more than enough experience that I should know better not to do that as the odds are so biased against the Allied that I shouldn't complain as I just know how the game works and I have to live with that.

At the moment we hold Clark Field and the enemy will need all the strenght he can mobilise to finally take that base, otherwise we will own Clark for another 12 months. Our Dutch troops have retreated to the mountain fortress of Malang, also here the enemy will need more than one or two divs to knock us out. While these are only two strongpoints left, the enemy has to either use a lot of troops to take them or has to keep one third to halve of the troops needed to take the place to act as prison guard. Both scenarios are fine with me as this means that the enemy will just not have enough strenght left to be a threat to anything lethal I want to defend. If the massacre at Port Blair and the following total defeat of the Royal Navy wouldn't have happened it would be a perfect game for me so far, but especially the RN defeat leaves a more than bitter taste.

[EUBanana]

Well, he's still advanced, but at significant cost in relatively scarce expeditionary LCUs. He's got to have a lot of them earmarked as well due to not reducing everything behind his lines yet, so further advances will be tough. Of course, Japan still has claws well into 1943, in 1941 it's hard to lose, but still. By August 42 at the latest he won't just be able to steamroller mostly empty Allied bases or largely ignore Allied air power.


Re. surface combat, the most effective use I found of it was either a single cruiser raiding, or a 4-5 DD flotilla. A single Allied cruiser is hard to spot with naval search and has more than enough firepower to annihilate any convoy it finds, plus it has search planes. I had some luck using old Omaha CLs on their own in areas where convoys are likely but air cover is very limited. 4 DDs also has enough firepower to wipe out a convoy, and has the merit of being very fast, relatively expendable, and extremely hard to hit with air attack. Especially torpedoes, its very hard to Netty a destroyer.

...of course meet an IJ SAG and you're toast, but better to be toast with a couple of raiders than have your battleships humiliated.

[castor troy]

yeah, basically he used up all his offensive power already, I think Ceylon will be his last real success (actually his first real success with the enemy beating us down). I think he lost something like 1000 combat squads so far, with another 500 or so being isolated at Port Moresby which only wait for more Allied units to arrive there to finally kill them. So there is not that much left to do any kind of offensive when you substract that he has to keep at least one div on Java and three or so in the Philipines. China is save too, I have been building up my positions and am nearly 100% prepped everywhere. Doesn't leave him with a lot of choices and like you say, when August comes around I should be in a position when the odds for a succesful IJ offensive is nearly nil. [:D] Got roughly 230 first line fighters in the pool (120 P-40E, 50 P-400, 30 P-39D, 30 P-38E) with 300 deployed on the front and enough to defend myself at places like Hawaii. What we need at the moment are bombers, I reserve most of them for anti shipping strikes at the moment, don't have to do any A2G attacks at the moment anyway.

As to my ships, plan is to use them mostly defensively from now on (well knowing the wish for action will make me do silly things) with some raids now and then. Pretty much the same what I was doing so far anyway, with Ceylon being the big exception but like I've said, the enemy reached an area which I don't want to give up for free. It turned out to be not only Ceylon for free, but Ceylon AND the Royal Navy for free.



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 08, 42
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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
33 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 67
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 47



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 16 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 15 damaged


Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

all those damaged bombers are nothing but FOW, my flak is utter useless...

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ...
Also attacking 41st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 31st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking USAFFE ...
Also attacking 1st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Regiment ...
Also attacking 51st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 21st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team ...
Also attacking 71st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 91st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 31st Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ...
Also attacking 41st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 31st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking USAFFE ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ...
Also attacking 41st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking USAFFE ...
Also attacking 1st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ...
Also attacking 41st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 31st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking USAFFE ...


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Morning Air attack on Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion, at 56,104 (Soerabaja)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 73



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
407 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

and then you see those hundreds IJAAF bombers fly daily, taking literally no losses... and then we really discuss 4E? We should discuss air operations as a whole, not focus on trying to nerf parts of it...

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Marinier Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...


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Morning Air attack on Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion, at 56,104 (Soerabaja)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 7



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Suva at 132,160

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34

Allied Ships
AK Castor
xAP Neptuna
xAP St. Mihel
AM Vireo
AM Grebe

pretty much all my "important" bases got an IJN sub... those subs could dock in my ports and nothing would stop them...

SS RO-34 is sighted by escort
AM Vireo fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Vireo fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Colombo (29,48)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24103 troops, 234 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 649

Defending force 27980 troops, 430 guns, 385 vehicles, Assault Value = 291

Japanese adjusted assault: 183 [8|]

Allied adjusted defense: 531

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2122 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 118 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 48 disabled
Guns lost 29 (1 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Vehicles lost 52 (3 destroyed, 49 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
635 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 90 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled

at times it's really hard to watch what my enemy is doing... three days ago he failed miserably, ordering a deliberate attack right the next day, failing again... one day rest, next deliberate attack today... well, Colombo can be taken easily IMO against what defends it (three low exp Ind bgd) but the way the attacks are put forward it will be an overly hard task... with two failed deliberate attacks in three days, how can disruption look like within the assaulting units? Low enough to order another attack on the third day? Can't imagine... except the first day when we caused massive losses while not suffering a lot we are now suffering the same losses in combat squads as does the enemy... unfortunately we are not building up forts fast enough... damn it, if I would have had 10 days more time I would have an Australian Inf div sitting at Colombo and the enemy would get nowhere... would have been easily possible without the fantasy amphib bonus that makes the enemy land without preparation and losses anywhere and load faster the Allied do in major ports... what I have hoped my troops at Port Blair to achieve is now happening at Colombo, the enemy is worn down, looses offensive combat power and it will take time to recover... but Ceylon as a stop gap is quite expensive in the end... having another 100 combat squads disabled makes the situation critical now for us...

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
1st Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
55th Engineer Regiment
25th Army

Defending units:
99th Indian Brigade
Colombo Fortress
100th Indian Brigade
98th Indian Brigade
Ceylon Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
35th Light AA Regiment
222 Group RAF
Eastern Fleet
23rd AA Bde
48th Light AA Regiment
Ceylon Command
1st RM Heavy AA Regiment
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Padang (44,85)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1036 troops, 5 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Defending force 1211 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Japanese adjusted assault: 16

Allied adjusted defense: 22

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
22nd Recon Regiment

Defending units:
WS KNIL Territory Regiment
Padang Base Force


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Ground combat at Trincomalee (31,47)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3420 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 4694 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11



Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Trincomalee Fortress


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Ground combat at 51,103 (near Tjilatjap)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13008 troops, 120 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 435

Defending force 1765 troops, 5 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Japanese adjusted assault: 424

Allied adjusted defense: 17

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1228 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 67 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
33rd Division

Defending units:
Van Altena Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force

enemy is moving onto Soerabaja (will be evacuated, less the static units) and Malang... we'll see what the enemy is going to do about my 1000 Dutch av sitting in the mountains...
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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22293 troops, 371 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 924

Defending force 19029 troops, 166 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 652

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
3rd Motor Brigade
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Australian Division
Sparrow Battalion
30th Australian Brigade
22nd Motor Battalion
17th MG Battalion
Port Moresby Brigade
Lark Battalion
2/1st Ind Coy
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
New Caledonia Det
Eastern Command
114th USAAF Base Force
6th RAN Base Force
205th Coast AA Regiment
147th Field Artillery Regiment
Rabaul Det. Base Force
21/22 Field Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
15th RAAF Base Force
131st Field Artillery Battalion
115th USAAF Base Force
1st Medium Regiment
206th Coast AA Regiment
21st NZ Pioneer Coy

Defending units:
20th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment
53rd Naval Guard Unit
146th Infantry Regiment
61st Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 09, 42
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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
32 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet

guess the enemy fears to see my Hurricanes coming back or why are we seeing those daily Zero stratos? Same as in my other games, I won't fight if I don't have to...


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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 63
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 46



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 20 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 8 damaged


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 62

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 28000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Soerabaja Base Force, at 56,104 (Soerabaja)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 7
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 42



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...


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Ground combat at Colombo (29,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 20446 troops, 230 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 472

Defending force 27323 troops, 430 guns, 385 vehicles, Assault Value = 218

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

ok, enemy reverts to bombardments now... troop count is in our favour but the enemy still got twice as much assault value... spotted more enemy troops moving towards Colombo, only a matter of time to see the base fall... oh well...

Assaulting units:
1st Tank Regiment
5th Division
Imperial Guards Division
55th Engineer Regiment
25th Army
56th Engineer Regiment

Defending units:
Colombo Fortress
99th Indian Brigade
100th Indian Brigade
98th Indian Brigade
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
23rd AA Bde
21st Light AA Regiment
222 Group RAF
Eastern Fleet
1st RM Heavy AA Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment
35th Light AA Regiment
Ceylon Command
Ceylon Base Force
22nd Light AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Trincomalee (31,47)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3420 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 4694 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Japanese adjusted assault: 204

Allied adjusted defense: 97

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled


Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Trincomalee Fortress

no doubt that Inf rgt will also move onto Colombo soon... with reinforcements I estimate the enemy to have brought some 1200 av to Ceylon, we've disabled halve of it at Colombo so far...


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Ground combat at Madioen (54,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 475 troops, 4 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Defending force 2920 troops, 28 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Japanese adjusted assault: 14

Allied adjusted defense: 46

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment

Defending units:
Batavia Base Force
Bandoeng Base Force

not much the Dutch can do on Java other than sitting in their prepared positions at Malang...
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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22410 troops, 371 guns, 304 vehicles, Assault Value = 929

Defending force 18963 troops, 166 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 643

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

and the daily bombardment at Port Moresby... building up the base and doing those bombardments costs me no less than 1000 supplies each day! [X(] Brings up the question of how much supplies are consumed for each eng squad? Either the bombardment or the base construction cost more supplies than I've thought... not that it would matter later on as the Allied but currently Port Moresby isn't swimming in supplies and bringing in more is semi dangerous, nah, actually it isn't really dangerous so I'm going to send some 20.000 ton supply convoys to the base...


Assaulting units:
17th MG Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Australian Division
2/1st Ind Coy
Port Moresby Brigade
22nd Motor Battalion
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
Sparrow Battalion
30th Australian Brigade
Lark Battalion
New Caledonia Det
205th Coast AA Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
Rabaul Det. Base Force
Eastern Command
131st Field Artillery Battalion
6th RAN Base Force
15th RAAF Base Force
148th Field Artillery Battalion
115th USAAF Base Force
147th Field Artillery Regiment
206th Coast AA Regiment
114th USAAF Base Force
21/22 Field Regiment
21st NZ Pioneer Coy

Defending units:
144th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
53rd Naval Guard Unit
8th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
61st Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit

[Rainer79]

Hi Chris!

I don't think that abolishing the amphib bonus is the holy grail you'll make it out to be since accomplishing even anything close to the historical conquest of the DEI without will be impossible I fear. Taking all these extra bases and dot hexes is pretty vital for Japan and I don't think you could achieve it without the current bonus. Limiting it to certain hex borders might be better than abolishing it completely.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Rainer79

Hi Chris!

I don't think that abolishing the amphib bonus is the holy grail you'll make it out to be since accomplishing even anything close to the historical conquest of the DEI without will be impossible I fear. Taking all these extra bases and dot hexes is pretty vital for Japan and I don't think you could achieve it without the current bonus. Limiting it to certain hex borders might be better than abolishing it completely.

hey mate!

absolutely agree, I have no problem if the amphib bonus is used where it is "supposed" to be used. Problem is, the IJ usually lands with the amphib bonus 5000 miles away from the most outlying historical targets. And here starts the problem, why should a USMC division in 45 be 80-90% disabled from landing unprepared at an enemy base while the IJ divs can do whatever they want UNPREPARED during the amphib bonus phase?

Without this fantasy bonus the enemy would have failed at Horn Island (how many waves of unprepared troops came in? 5? 10?), without the fantasy bonus the enemy would not land unprepared at Port Blair and three weeks later with the same units on Ceylon, faster than I was able to bring in troops (even if only by a couple of days).

The amphib bonus as it is, is not about all the dot or empty bases in the SRA, it doesn't matter if you take those empty bases in 1/42 or 8/42, it's all about doing landings far outside the SRA or in a way that makes no sense at all (I have to admit I have never had an opponent putting his invasions forward in such a way as mortar does/did).

Like I've said earlier, either screw it completely, have it valid only inside the SRA (or for all those historical targets) or IMO the best solution, let the IJ troops accumulate 2 prep points per day in the first 6 months so they have to PLAN their invasions, prepare their troops and then go ahead. Not like it is now, don't plan much, send something, find out two nav guards are not enough, send two more, then a rgt and then another unprepared div to take a place like it has been in this PBEM more than once. No planning, rather poor landings but it all didn't matter because the IJ can bring in more totally unprepped units at will, unloading faster during those "opposed" landings than the Allied unload in their friendly bases.

We should not forget, with all the screw ups the enemy has done so far and with all the unusual losses the enemy took, he nevertheless took all the area in three months, the Japanese took in the first 12 months, so with all the screw up he moved 4 times faster than real life AND took Port Blair and is about to also take Ceylon. And the only reason I've seen making this possible was the amphib bonus, because I can't do much more than to destroy as many combat squads being the equivalent of three or four enemy divisions so far (with more than another div about to be destroyed at Port Moresby).

I was never really aware what an impact the amphib bonus really has, because I've never ended up in a comparable situation like this in a PBEM. Remembering our PBEM, amphib bonus or not, you have never put your invasions forward like mortar has been doing. I can't remember a single offensive of yours that was only relying on the amphib bonus, nor would I say your main benefit was that bonus. You came, you fougth, you took your targets, amphib bonus or not wasn't the deciding factor.

On the other side, in late 44 when I brought 2000 av, 100% prepared to take an island and failed, I had to wait another 3 months to have my reinforcements fully prepped to be able to land at the "hostile" base while I've already had 150.000 soldiers there. Compare this to the first four months and the amphib bonus. IMO it doesn't fit together.

What is now happening on Ceylon and what earlier happened to the Royal Navy around Ceylon is purely my fault, because I should not have sent those bgd to Port Blair when I know the enemy can use a couple of unprepared divs at will (remember, the first "invasion" of a single small IJN unit failed) and I should not have sent the Royal Navy in to fight the IJN as I know the odds so the disaster of losing the RN is my fault as well as the loss of the bgds at Port Blair and now the loss of more or less emtpy Ceylon. BUT, again, without the amphib bonus this would all not have been possible in that way. Why? Because it would have taken the enemy three months minimum more to be ready to go with two+ divs for Port Blair AND land those units on Ceylon three weeks later. By then, there would have been 500 av more at Colombo and the RN would not be sent in to die.

Even if my decisions were plain dumb (due to my knowledge on the game), they would have been "avoidable" and this is what makes me grumble. [;)]

[Kereguelen]

Main problem with the amphibious bonus is that it works for opposed landings while the Japanese landing doctrine was to land at places where there was no opposition.

Kota Bharu was a surprise landing in the early hours of the war and as if I remember correctly, the only other opposed landing was at Milne Bay and a miserable failure.

However, the amphib bonus is neccessary for the AI (and for WITP/AE newbies).

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Kereguelen

Main problem with the amphibious bonus is that it works for opposed landings while the Japanese landing doctrine was to land at places where there was no opposition.

Kota Bharu was a surprise landing in the early hours of the war and as if I remember correctly, the only other opposed landing was at Milne Bay and a miserable failure.

However, the amphib bonus is neccessary for the AI (and for WITP/AE newbies).

yeah, I know it is there for the AI. It would be cool to have a toggle, like "amphib bonus yes/no" for PBEM. [:D]

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: Kereguelen

Main problem with the amphibious bonus is that it works for opposed landings while the Japanese landing doctrine was to land at places where there was no opposition.

Kota Bharu was a surprise landing in the early hours of the war and as if I remember correctly, the only other opposed landing was at Milne Bay and a miserable failure.

However, the amphib bonus is neccessary for the AI (and for WITP/AE newbies).

It is also required to provide tension for the IJFB to speed their assault and to provide some drama [as if the fact the Allied new toys and the need for oil is not enough] ..[;)] then suddenly one day they forget how to invade! [:D]

Ok back to the war ..

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 10, 42
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Sub attack near Cooktown at 96,138

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
APD Kennison
APD Kilty



SS I-175 launches 4 torpedoes at APD Kennison
APD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Kilty attacking submerged sub ....
APD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion, at 56,104 (Soerabaja)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 63



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
391 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

when the IJA ground forces will finally show up at Soerabaja there will nothing be left of the heavily entrenched Dutch troops... daily IJAAF medium bomber attacks will have taken care of my static Dutch units (pity you can't abandon static devices and the whole units get destroyed)... the IJAAF is coming in at longe range from Makassar day after day, suffering literally no losses... considering the thousands of medium bomber sorties in the first couple of months, the enemy got an op loss rate around 0.1%... Flying nav search in a USN patrol aircraft is around 50 times more dangerous than the daily combat mission in a IJAAF bomber as I've lost 6 or 7 dozen Catalinas already... yes, setting 60 search 40 rest, below normal range, 6000ft... I find it yet again ridicoulos that nav search is the most dangerous mission on Earth in AE...


Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Sub attack near Cooktown at 96,138

Japanese Ships
SS I-175, hits 2

Allied Ships
APD Crane
APD Kilty



SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at APD Crane
APD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Kilty attacking submerged sub ....
APD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Colombo (29,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 20533 troops, 230 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 490

Defending force 27481 troops, 432 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 220

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
5th Division
1st Tank Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
25th Army
56th Engineer Regiment

Defending units:
100th Indian Brigade
Colombo Fortress
99th Indian Brigade
98th Indian Brigade
222 Group RAF
48th Light AA Regiment
Eastern Fleet
Ceylon Base Force
Ceylon Command
21st Light AA Regiment
35th Light AA Regiment
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
23rd AA Bde
1st RM Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Padang (44,85)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1036 troops, 5 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Defending force 1185 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Japanese adjusted assault: 33

Allied adjusted defense: 19

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
22nd Recon Regiment

Defending units:
WS KNIL Territory Regiment
Padang Base Force


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Ground combat at Trincomalee (31,47)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3342 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 119

Defending force 4586 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Japanese adjusted assault: 99

Allied adjusted defense: 73

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

our static unit holds another time but can't cause a lot of losses within the enemy, next attack should take the base freeing up another rgt for the attack on Colombo...


Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Trincomalee Fortress


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Ground combat at Madioen (54,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 453 troops, 4 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Defending force 2906 troops, 28 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Japanese adjusted assault: 11

Allied adjusted defense: 46

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(-), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment

Defending units:
Batavia Base Force
Bandoeng Base Force


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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22427 troops, 371 guns, 305 vehicles, Assault Value = 930

Defending force 19000 troops, 165 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 647

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
1st Australian Division
17th MG Battalion
30th Australian Brigade
Sparrow Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
Port Moresby Brigade
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
Lark Battalion
22nd Motor Battalion
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
2/1st Ind Coy
New Caledonia Det
131st Field Artillery Battalion
6th RAN Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
205th Coast AA Regiment
Eastern Command
206th Coast AA Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
147th Field Artillery Regiment
15th RAAF Base Force
21st NZ Pioneer Coy
148th Field Artillery Battalion
115th USAAF Base Force
21/22 Field Regiment
Rabaul Det. Base Force
II US Fighter Cmnd /4

Defending units:
20th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment
53rd Naval Guard Unit
61st Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 11, 42
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Night Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

got no clue why the enemy is flying NIGHT attacks... [&:]

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Submarine attack near Midway Island at 159,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-25

Allied Ships
xAK Ernest Meyer



xAK Ernest Meyer is sighted by SS I-25
SS I-25 launches 2 torpedoes

the freighter was missed... rare happening for an IJN sub...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 65
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 46



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 19 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 8 damaged


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 68

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on MLD , at 56,104 (Soerabaja)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 7
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 65



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
408 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...
Also attacking 3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion ...
Also attacking 3rd KNIL AA Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

the enemy won't find Cap where I don't have to put up Cap...

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Ground combat at Colombo (29,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 20746 troops, 230 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 521

Defending force 27529 troops, 432 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 223

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
1st Tank Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
5th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
25th Army

Defending units:
100th Indian Brigade
Colombo Fortress
99th Indian Brigade
98th Indian Brigade
48th Light AA Regiment
Ceylon Command
1st RM Heavy AA Regiment
222 Group RAF
23rd AA Bde
35th Light AA Regiment
Eastern Fleet
Ceylon Base Force
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Padang (44,85)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1028 troops, 5 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Defending force 1187 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Japanese adjusted assault: 33

Allied adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Padang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
367 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
22nd Recon Regiment

Defending units:
WS KNIL Territory Regiment
Padang Base Force


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Ground combat at Trincomalee (31,47)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3285 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 112

Defending force 4508 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Japanese adjusted assault: 146

Allied adjusted defense: 73

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Trincomalee !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
262 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
5184 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 477 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 55 (55 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


and that's it... only one unit there but the squad count is quite high... [:(] and there will be thousands of squads lost at Colombo...

Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Trincomalee Fortress


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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22485 troops, 371 guns, 306 vehicles, Assault Value = 933

Defending force 19037 troops, 165 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 651

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

the only place where we can take real revenge in the near future, expect these units to be destroyed in about two months when I will have some worthy combat units at Port Moresby... our assault value here is misleading, those units < divisions are not really suited for combat and take too many losses...

Assaulting units:
Port Moresby Brigade
22nd Motor Battalion
2/1st Ind Coy
Lark Battalion
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
30th Australian Brigade
3rd Motor Brigade
17th MG Battalion
Sparrow Battalion
1st Australian Division
New Caledonia Det
1st Medium Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
21/22 Field Regiment
205th Coast AA Regiment
Rabaul Det. Base Force
Eastern Command
21st NZ Pioneer Coy
15th RAAF Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
131st Field Artillery Battalion
115th USAAF Base Force
206th Coast AA Regiment
147th Field Artillery Regiment
6th RAN Base Force
II US Fighter Cmnd

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
53rd Naval Guard Unit
24th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
61st Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 12, 42
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Night Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 4



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged

lol, can anybody tell me what he's trying to do with those night attacks? Against a base that hasn't got a single aircraft on the field...


Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 14000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 5



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 14000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 5



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 14000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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ASW attack near New Hanover Island at 104,123

Japanese Ships
DD Tsuga
AO Naruto
TK San Clemente Maru
TK Nissyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-34

convoy bringing fuel... attacking the wrong target, missing it...

SS S-34 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Tsuga
S-34 diving deep ....
DD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 53
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 33



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 11 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged



Airbase hits 27
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 84

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja Base Force, at 56,104 (Soerabaja)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 61



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 5


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses


the Dutch receive Hurricanes and Warhawks now and I've thought I could use two squadrons to attack the daily bombing runs to Soerabaja... my fighters are at Malang (which the enemy has never attacked even though I've flown several bomber strikes out of it, lol) and are on LRCAP killing over a dozen bombers... expect the unescorted bomber strikes to stop or coming in with Zero or Oscar escorts/sweeps... can't say I expect a big strike against Malang as mortar hasn't done that so far while he could have wiped out all the Dutch airforce in one or two turns attacking Malang... one of those things I fail to understand... [:D]

Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled




Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
2-Vl.G.IV with Hurricane IIb Trop (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
1-VI.G.V with P-40E Warhawk (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...
Also attacking 3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion ...
Also attacking Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion ...
Also attacking Soerabaja Base Force ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Commandement Marine ...


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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged



Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet


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Ground combat at Madioen (54,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 470 troops, 4 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Defending force 2898 troops, 28 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 37

Japanese adjusted assault: 21

Allied adjusted defense: 67

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment

Defending units:
Batavia Base Force
Bandoeng Base Force


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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22601 troops, 371 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 940

Defending force 18999 troops, 165 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 646

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
30th Australian Brigade
Port Moresby Brigade
22nd Motor Battalion
17th MG Battalion
1st Australian Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
Lark Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
2/1st Ind Coy
Sparrow Battalion
New Caledonia Det
1st Medium Regiment
Rabaul Det. Base Force
Eastern Command
147th Field Artillery Regiment
15th RAAF Base Force
131st Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
206th Coast AA Regiment
21st NZ Pioneer Coy
21/22 Field Regiment
114th USAAF Base Force
6th RAN Base Force
115th USAAF Base Force
205th Coast AA Regiment
II US Fighter Cmnd

Defending units:
144th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
53rd Naval Guard Unit
146th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
61st Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 13, 42
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 97,131

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
AVD Pillsbury, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AVD Parrott
AVD Stewart
AVD Williamson
AVD Humphreys

the enemy subs don't have much of a problem killing our escorts that are operating in the Townsville/Port Moresby area... not the first AVD that was hit... a single direct hit in return puts the sub in a heavily damaged state but I doubt it will sink...

SS RO-64 launches 2 torpedoes at AVD Pillsbury
RO-64 diving deep ....
AVD Williamson fails to find sub and abandons search
AVD Humphreys fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Humphreys attacking submerged sub ....
AVD Humphreys fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Humphreys fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Humphreys fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 4



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 14000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 62
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 39



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 12 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 11



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak



Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak



Runway hits 2

Colombo got some nice flak, a bad place for bombers... if we would have just had time to move in the planned reinforcements it would a perfect place to defend against an enemy siege... lots of supplies that would last a year or longer with no other place on the map except Pearl Harbour having a comparable flak defense... well, my couple of Ind bgd won't hold forever of course...

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 14000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb




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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky



Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
D3A1 Val x 9



Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 39
P-400 Airacobra x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 39


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AM Townsville
xAK Mundalla

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

and here is KB popping up again... we have a supply convoy unloading at Port Moresby with 150 fighters on Cap there and then KB launches a strike at extended range... what really strikes me is why the hell is KB launching a nav strike against my ships when mortar just has to know there are loads of fighters at Port Moresby that have caused serious losses to his carrier aircraft before and why are those Vals attacking with only 2x60kg bombs? Doesn't that mean they would be set to using a drop tank? I have never seen Vals attacking with 2x60kg bombs only...

anyway, we get up more than 50% of our available fighters to defend the low value convoy (we do have enough supplies at Port Moresby that it would not be a tragedy to lose those three medium sized freighters that are 60% unloaded) and what follows is a pretty one sided affair in that our fighters get a long dive phase against the enemy escorts taking down one and a halve dozen Zeroes and nearly all Vals... 4 Kates on nav search were also reported shot down... [X(] Vals with drop tanks on nav attack and Kates on nav search? This is getting more and more amazing to me...

bringing KB close to PM to launch a nav strike is where the flaw starts IMO... no sense doing that... let alone the fact that is once again pure luck to run over halve a dozen of my subs with none of them even thinking about attacking...


CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
50th PG/11th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
58th PG/67th PS with P-400 Airacobra (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
35th PG/70th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes



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ASW attack near Suva at 132,160

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34

Allied Ships
xAK West Ivis
xAK San Vincente
AVD Mackinac

the usual sub that is sitting at Suva... so far none of our ships was hit there... the sub is spotted every day...

SS RO-34 is sighted by escort
AVD Mackinac fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Mackinac fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Mackinac fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Mackinac fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Mackinac fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Pre-Invasion action off Bandjermasin (60,99)

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Shuko Maru #2
PB Shonan Maru #6
xAP Huso Maru
E Saga

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


PB Shuko Maru #2 fired at enemy troops
PB Shonan Maru #6 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Bandjermasin (60,99)

TF 125 troops unloading over beach at Bandjermasin, 60,99



12 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 91st Nav Gd /4


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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22669 troops, 371 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 993

Defending force 19051 troops, 165 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 652

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
1st Australian Division
Lark Battalion
Port Moresby Brigade
2/1st Ind Coy
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
3rd Motor Brigade
Sparrow Battalion
22nd Motor Battalion
17th MG Battalion
30th Australian Brigade
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
Gull Battalion
New Caledonia Det
1st Medium Regiment
21st NZ Pioneer Coy
114th USAAF Base Force
21/22 Field Regiment
Eastern Command
15th RAAF Base Force
115th USAAF Base Force
147th Field Artillery Regiment
205th Coast AA Regiment
6th RAN Base Force
206th Coast AA Regiment
Rabaul Det. Base Force
131st Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
II US Fighter Cmnd

Defending units:
146th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
53rd Naval Guard Unit
61st Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 14, 42
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Invasion Support action off Bandjermasin (60,99)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Shuko Maru #2
PB Shonan Maru #6
xAP Huso Maru



PB Shuko Maru #2 fired at enemy troops
PB Shonan Maru #6 fired at enemy troops


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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 98,130

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
AVD Thornton
AVD Kane
AVD Hatfield



SS RO-66 is sighted by escort
RO-66 bottoming out ....
AVD Thornton fails to find sub and abandons search
AVD Kane fails to find sub, continues to search...
AVD Hatfield fails to find sub and abandons search
AVD Kane fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 55
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 41



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 10 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Airbase hits 30
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 34



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged


The Lillies are now ordered to fly daystrikes again, being set to 19000ft... to be honest, these attacks make no sense IMO...

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 19000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 19000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 19000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
B5N2 Kate x 13



Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 46
P-400 Airacobra x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 48


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK Mundalla, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AM Bunbury


oh come on mortar, what are you doing? [8|] Can he be serious? How can one do this, how can one be that careless? Even without yesterday's failed nav strike one would not attack PM if not 100% necessary but he did. Ok, he had to find out the hard way (again) that it was not a good idea yesterday. We kept happily unloading our small supply convoy and thought he would move away with KB again anyway... no, he didn't... and this time he sends in some Kates with a Zero escort and it is yet another turn when KB's strike is butchered... heck, this must be the fourth or fifth time already that KB has lost a hell a lot of Zeroes since the outbrake of the war for little or no gain... well, we have a 2900 ton freighter in sinking condition now, the ship was nearly empty... what a great result for KB, paying with two dozen aircraft of this strike being shot down for a whopping couple of USAAF fighters...

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
50th PG/11th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (2 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
58th PG/67th PS with P-400 Airacobra (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/70th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
B5N2 Kate x 20



Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 40
P-400 Airacobra x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 42


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 14 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK Anshun


and that of course only was the morning strike, another one following in the afternoon, again meeting more than 90 of my fighters set to Cap... this time only a dozen Zeroes were on escort and halve of them are shot down, then our fighters turned onto the Kates shooting down all but one... [8|] I really can't believe this is happening, it's a PBEM after all... normally I would cheer about such a result, but in this PBEM I really start to wonder where this is leading to... you can screw up things and end up with a KB strike you didn't want to happen but mortar has lost already something like 200 KB aircraft over Port Moresby alone as this is not the first "operation" that goes that way...

I really just can't believe it... he lost roughly a hundred aircraft over Port Moresby the last two turns for a torp hit on a xAK and a dozen of my fighters shot down... sorry, but this is what the AI is doing but a PBEM player? [:(] total air losses now show over 400 Zeroes shot down already, we are only in mid March, means more than 130 Zeroes shot down every month since outbreak of hostilities! [X(] I think alltogether we have lost only a little over 150 fighters of all types (including ground losses of the first day and all the obsolete Dutch)... the 400 Zeroes lost may surely be an exageration but that would still mean more than 300 of them lost in three months... well, not really surprising with operations like this one... just don't know what mortar is doing, this pretty much takes away the joy of such "victories"...

just look at the total air to air losses of Zeroes, P-40 and P-39, I think this says it all...


Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo




CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
50th PG/11th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
14 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
58th PG/67th PS with P-400 Airacobra (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/70th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers



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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25553 troops, 413 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 981

Defending force 19057 troops, 165 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 652

Allied adjusted assault: 902

Japanese adjusted defense: 1281

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
595 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 70 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 36 (2 destroyed, 34 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1587 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 82 disabled [8|][:@]
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 14 (6 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)


well, tried a deliberate attack with most of those units at Port Moresby and have to pay for it of course... the ground combat as flawed as it is caused one of my small units to be completely destroyed, only some motorized support left... the enemy suffered a whopping ONE squad destroyed... fun... but hey, didn't I say I have to wait for combat worthy divisional sized units to attack here... once more, I know how it works and don't listen to my own advise... wow, silly I am...

Assaulting units:
2/1st Ind Coy
22nd Motor Battalion
17th MG Battalion
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Australian Division
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
30th Australian Brigade
8th Australian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
Port Moresby Brigade
New Caledonia Det
148th Field Artillery Battalion
6th RAN Base Force
Eastern Command
21st NZ Pioneer Coy
131st Field Artillery Battalion
206th Coast AA Regiment
21/22 Field Regiment
15th RAAF Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
1st Medium Regiment
115th USAAF Base Force
147th Field Artillery Regiment
Rabaul Det. Base Force
205th Coast AA Regiment
II US Fighter Cmnd

Defending units:
20th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
53rd Naval Guard Unit
146th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment
61st Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit