Matrix Games Forums

Posted: **Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:16 am**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/12/43

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 132
A6M5c Zeke x 45
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 152
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 62
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 3

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

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 112
SBD Dauntless x 70
TBM Avenger x 58
Avenger I x 8
PBY Catalina x 5

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 128

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Avenger I bombing at 5000 feet

Hellcat number decreased from 200+ to around 100 but I guess the enemy carriers are still sitting somewhere around New Caledonia...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 34
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 13

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 62
Kittyhawk I x 15

No Allied losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 3
P-35A x 48
P-40N Warhawk x 92
P-47C Thunderbolt x 35

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 72

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 33

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
3 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 5
Wellington III x 80
Liberator VI x 99
PV-1 Ventura x 16
PB4Y Liberator x 18

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 2 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

lucky day for my flak...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Khomsomalsk , at 71,25

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 171

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 17 damaged

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 75

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 29
B-25C Mitchell x 71
B-25J Mitchell x 32

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 31st Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 30
B-25C Mitchell x 26
B-25J Mitchell x 18

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 43rd Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 6

Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x IL-4c bombing at 20000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 40th Rifle Division, at 65,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 144

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 46
Liberator VI x 5
Beaufighter VIC x 29
P-40N Warhawk x 36

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 73

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 188234 troops, 1858 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 3790

Defending force 68458 troops, 504 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 1060

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62723 troops, 565 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1302

Defending force 58256 troops, 574 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 1034

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373408 troops, 4457 guns, 1345 vehicles, Assault Value = 9392

Defending force 149241 troops, 1886 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 3028

Allied ground losses:
258 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 91573 troops, 1068 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1896

Defending force 14081 troops, 44 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 1452 - adjusted assault: 1316

Allied max defense: 55 - adjusted defense: 352

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
475 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

the airfield attack paid off, the Russian base forces must be highly disrupted as they didn´t get a 1500 adjusted av anymore... hopefully that´s it now for them...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89346 troops, 1040 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1875

Defending force 91445 troops, 1080 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 1680

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 1858 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22539 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3522

Defending force 320119 troops, 895 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8750

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7442 troops, 228 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4386

Defending force 109194 troops, 834 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 2047

Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22900 troops, 255 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1292

Defending force 127389 troops, 224 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2481

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107155 troops, 1733 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 3023

Defending force 460466 troops, 4511 guns, 3378 vehicles, Assault Value = 9392

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46287 troops, 521 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 1034

Defending force 62723 troops, 565 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1302

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44887 troops, 475 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1058

Defending force 238315 troops, 2073 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 3790

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58826 troops, 589 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2040

Defending force 228560 troops, 2189 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 4386

Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Posted: **Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:58 am**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/13/43

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 59
D3A Val x 105
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 152
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 139
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 2

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 117
SBD Dauntless x 82
TBM Avenger x 58

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 100

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x TBM Avenger bombing at 15000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 57
Kittyhawk I x 13
P-35A x 45

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 3
P-40N Warhawk x 43
P-47C Thunderbolt x 38

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
38 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 25
B-25C Mitchell x 30
B-25J Mitchell x 16
IL-4c x 3

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 51st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 37
B-25C Mitchell x 62
B-25J Mitchell x 33
IL-4c x 6

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 40th Rifle Division, at 65,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 141

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 39
Liberator VI x 9
Beaufighter VIC x 29
P-40N Warhawk x 38
B-25J Mitchell x 20

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 188539 troops, 1851 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3825

Defending force 68956 troops, 510 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 1070

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62701 troops, 562 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1300

Defending force 57775 troops, 563 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 1021

Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Iman´s av is going down daily, while Blagoveshchensk is going up at the same ratio... clearly airtransfer going on... won´t interfere with that...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373256 troops, 4452 guns, 1345 vehicles, Assault Value = 9385

Defending force 148518 troops, 1877 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 3025

Allied ground losses:
393 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 91497 troops, 1063 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1889

Defending force 13571 troops, 44 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 1671 - adjusted assault: 1537

Allied max defense: 62 - adjusted defense: 499

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Japanese ground losses:
292 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
357 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

another attack at a good ratio for us but again we´ve closely missed taking the base...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89361 troops, 1037 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1877

Defending force 91557 troops, 1084 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1690

Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 1603 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22539 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3521

Defending force 319461 troops, 884 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8754

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7312 troops, 221 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4417

Defending force 109296 troops, 838 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 2051

Allied ground losses:
440 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22882 troops, 255 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291

Defending force 127504 troops, 224 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2486

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107128 troops, 1732 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 3013

Defending force 460143 troops, 4504 guns, 3379 vehicles, Assault Value = 9385

Japanese ground losses:
256 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45864 troops, 510 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 1021

Defending force 62701 troops, 562 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1300

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45114 troops, 480 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1070

Defending force 238719 troops, 2067 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3825

Japanese ground losses:
182 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58583 troops, 581 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2031

Defending force 229002 troops, 2194 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 4417

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Posted: **Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:02 am**

I had KB out today to LRCAP Baker Island... guess what, the enemy didn´t show up... [:(] waste of precious fuel...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/14/43

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 59
D3A Val x 105
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 35
B5N Kate x 152
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 132
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

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

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 89
SBD Dauntless x 122
TBM Avenger x 8

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 89

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 55
Kittyhawk I x 13
P-35A x 43

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 79
P-47C Thunderbolt x 36

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 48

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 33

No Allied losses

Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 111

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
172 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 40
Liberator VI x 9
Beaufighter VIC x 21
P-40N Warhawk x 32

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 101,104

Japanese Ships
SS I-179, hits 1

Allied Ships
AK Edward Livingston, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Matthew P. Deady
AK Arthur P. Davis
LCI LCI-435
LCI LCI-328
MSW Zeal
DE William C. Miller
DE Charles R. Greer
DE Osterhaus

Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported

nice one! This is in the shipping lane to Pago Pago, the AK sank immedietely after being hit by 3 out of 6 torps. Obviously a troop convoy, parts of the 133rd aviation rgt drowned... The four escorts dropped some hedgehogs but only achieved a near miss...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack at 101,104

Japanese Ships
SS I-179

Allied Ships
AK Floyd B. Olson
AK B. F. Shaw
LCI LCI-435
MSW Zeal
AGP Portunus
DE William C. Miller
DE Charles R. Greer
DE Osterhaus

then the escorts tried another time to engage our sub but failed to locate I-179...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 189093 troops, 1865 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 3856

Defending force 69105 troops, 510 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 1074

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62788 troops, 563 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Defending force 57241 troops, 551 guns, 216 vehicles, Assault Value = 1010

Allied ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373338 troops, 4453 guns, 1344 vehicles, Assault Value = 9387

Defending force 148186 troops, 1875 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 3021

Allied ground losses:
419 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 91310 troops, 1051 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1882

Defending force 12918 troops, 43 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 78

Japanese max assault: 1707 - adjusted assault: 1148

Allied max defense: 69 - adjusted defense: 274

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Japanese ground losses:
373 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
414 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

boy, again not enough to take the base...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89320 troops, 1039 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876

Defending force 91734 troops, 1092 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1701

Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 1614 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22539 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3522

Defending force 318936 troops, 880 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8751

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7196 troops, 215 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4453

Defending force 109174 troops, 834 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 2037

Allied ground losses:
364 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22878 troops, 256 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1290

Defending force 127478 troops, 223 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107019 troops, 1715 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 3011

Defending force 460173 troops, 4505 guns, 3381 vehicles, Assault Value = 9387

Japanese ground losses:
209 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45510 troops, 497 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 1008

Defending force 62788 troops, 563 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45174 troops, 478 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1070

Defending force 239210 troops, 2081 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 3856

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58562 troops, 584 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2021

Defending force 229596 troops, 2203 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 4453

Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Posted: **Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:51 am**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/15/43

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 100,106

Japanese Ships
SS I-168

Allied Ships
AK Charles M. Russell, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Carlos Carrillo
LCI LCI-435
MSW Zeal
DE William C. Miller
DE Charles R. Greer
DE Osterhaus

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

we pursued the convoy towards Pago Pago that already was attacked yesterday... another AK is hit... small but important victories as Miller has to keep his convoys escorted...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack at 100,106

Japanese Ships
SS I-168

Allied Ships
AK Joseph Simon
AK Edmund Randolph
LCI LCI-447
MSW Zeal
DE William C. Miller
DE Charles R. Greer
DE Osterhaus
AK Owen Summers
AK Jack London
LCI LCI-448
LCI LCI-436

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 59
D3A Val x 105
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 35
B5N Kate x 152
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 128
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 5

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 99

Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 83 [X(]
PB4Y Liberator x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 21 destroyed, 29 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 31 destroyed, 21 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

damn... first we got two messages of dozens of Lightnings failing to locate Tarawa and there were still 83 coming in on a sweep. It´s mid 10/43 and there were over 100 of the bastards ordered to sweep my base already. 90 per month coming out of the factory so I should have been aware of this but it was nevertheless surprising to me. It was a day full of surprises as I wasn´t aware either that the J-version can reach Tarawa from the atoll 660 miles South of Tarawa. But looking the plane up it showed an extended range of 11, which means Apamama and Tarawa are in range, Makin isn´t though. I had no fighters or bombers on Apamama because I was sure the airfield would be in range of enemy long range fighters but thought Tarawa wouldn´t be.

At the beginning of the engagement we had the bounce and our Tonies took quite a toll on the enemy but as soon as the bounce ended we were only on par and finally the enemy bounced us, taking a dozen Tonies down for no loss. It was quite shocking to watch to be honest (even if we came out with a kill ratio in our favour) as I wouldn´t have thought the Lightnings would perform that good at max range with pilots that should still be lower experienced than ours. Makin and Tarawa are defended by our most experienced fighter sentais.

My goal until this stage of the war always was to avoid being drawn into an atrittion battle and therefore we try not to have our airforce within 5 hexes of an enemy base (preferrable not within 6 hexes). With the P-38J showing up in big numbers and it´s range of 11 we are now facing a different situation... we´re nearing 44 and probably won´t be able to avoid the atrittion of our airforce anymore.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 17
F6F Hellcat x 80
SBD Dauntless x 132
TBM Avenger x 8

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 92

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 35

No Allied losses

Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 60
Kittyhawk I x 14
P-35A x 39

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 3
P-40N Warhawk x 77
P-47C Thunderbolt x 33

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 46

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 31

No Allied losses

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 31st Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 28
B-25J Mitchell x 17
IL-4c x 3

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged
IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x IL-4c bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 29
B-25C Mitchell x 44
B-25J Mitchell x 32
IL-4c x 3

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 40th Rifle Division, at 65,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 187

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
203 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 123

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 84

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 77
B-24J Liberator x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 8 destroyed, 64 damaged
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 16 destroyed, 45 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 12000 feet

the Lightnings returned to their home base in the morning reporting all fighter defense over Tarawa has been destroyed and in the afternoon the heavy bombers showed up. We again got a message about parts of the strike failing to locate the target. Nearly 100 show up over the base, still encoutering a good number of our fighters in the air, looks like we were quite lucky with the cap die rolls in the afternoon. The Tonies performed quite ok, I was amazed about the number of bombers that crashed on their way home. Nearly the same number of Tonies was destroyed on the ground as was shot down by the Lightnings. All in all we achieved a victory today but I would nevertheless have preferred to avoid this engagement as we also lost more than just a couple of our elite pilots. We immedietely ordered the evacuation of Tarawa´s airfield, the only one that will be defended in this area is Makin as it´s out of Lightning range. With enough Tonies on hand we can easily oppose unescorted 4E strikes of some 100 bombers, if more it could get nasty. The ongoing strikes against Baker Island and the attacks on Tarawa today more and more convince me that the Gilberts or Baker Island will be the next target for an Allied invasion. My first bet is still Baker, followed by Tarawa.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 26
Liberator VI x 3
P-40N Warhawk x 3

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 189327 troops, 1864 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 4199

Defending force 69272 troops, 510 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62798 troops, 564 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1304

Defending force 56715 troops, 548 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 995

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373349 troops, 4448 guns, 1344 vehicles, Assault Value = 9396

Defending force 147828 troops, 1860 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 3011

Allied ground losses:
337 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 90989 troops, 1039 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867

Defending force 12467 troops, 43 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 75

Japanese max assault: 1679 - adjusted assault: 1220

Allied max defense: 73 - adjusted defense: 340

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Japanese ground losses:
312 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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

the last three days we´ve missed a victory always quite close with the assault odds always being only one below the needed to take the base. I guess we will be able to take the base tomorrow... if not, then in two days... [;)]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89303 troops, 1042 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1875

Defending force 92133 troops, 1096 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1711

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 1255 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Miller has moved a completely worn down Russian division out of the mountains into Mutanchiang (base NW of Vladivostok). There are no HI/oil/resources so it doesn´t matter at all and the unit won´t be able to move out as there´s no supply path to a friendly base. At the moment this unit is acting as a target for over 100 Helens. A Mongolian cav div and an aviation rgt are easily enough to keep the enemy in place.

I wonder what I should do with all my Helens when the Russian adventure finally is finished (concerning the airwar it already is anyway). I can´t use them to attack enemy bases as this is just like a Kamikaze attack when thinking about Allied flak, don´t even want to think about Corsairs on Cap. Using them against enemy shipping isn´t a need at the moment either as we have enough exp IJNAF bombers around and the Helens aren´t really effective against ships anyway. Leaves them for the nav search roll but the SRA is already enough covered and the enemy subs have withdrawn anyway. 300 Helens without something else than training to do at the moment. In mid 44 we will get the Peggy which carries a torp and which would give us 300+ high exp aditional torp bombers if we could preserve those Helen sentais. But mid 44 is a loooong way to go and I doubt that there won´t be a need for the Helens earlier.

I´m only dreaming about our areas being totally covered by Type 13 radar sets and hundreds of high experienced Peggies being escorted by also high experienced Franks... [;)]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22525 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3520

Defending force 318579 troops, 874 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8731

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7124 troops, 219 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4488

Defending force 108942 troops, 827 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 2032

Allied ground losses:
262 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22851 troops, 256 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291

Defending force 127595 troops, 222 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2486

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106834 troops, 1705 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 3001

Defending force 460045 troops, 4501 guns, 3382 vehicles, Assault Value = 9396

Japanese ground losses:
247 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45107 troops, 493 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 994

Defending force 62798 troops, 564 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1304

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45339 troops, 482 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078

Defending force 254038 troops, 2168 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 4199

Japanese ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58295 troops, 566 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2014

Defending force 230352 troops, 2225 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 4488

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:13 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/16/43

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
A6M5 Zeke x 84
D3A Val x 81
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 35
B5N Kate x 61
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 111
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 8

Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 116
B-17E Fortress x 27
PB4Y Liberator x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 18 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 9 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet

The Allied weren´t happy about my Tonies achieving a 1.4:1 a couple of days ago... perhaps they´re more pleased about a 15:1 for the Lightnings... I hate leaking Cap... if I want Cap somewhere I order it, leaking Cap is crap...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 40
B-24D Liberator x 85
B-24J Liberator x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 32 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 16
Runway hits 93

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

then of course all but one of the damaged Tonies on the ground were destroyed... all but ONE... poor Allied 4Es... against 6 dozen flak guns at 10.000ft... no effect from flak fire...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 2
F6F Hellcat x 19
SBD Dauntless x 144

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 65

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 28

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 64
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-35A x 38

No Allied losses

Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 3
P-40N Warhawk x 77
P-47C Thunderbolt x 34

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 42

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 32

No Allied losses

Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 25th Division, at 71,25

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Pe-2 bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 27
B-25C Mitchell x 25
B-25J Mitchell x 22
IL-4c x 3

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 4 damaged
IL-4c: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 64th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 43
B-25C Mitchell x 73
B-25J Mitchell x 23
IL-4c x 3

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 40th Rifle Division, at 65,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 223

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
268 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 120

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 42
Liberator VI x 12
Beaufighter VIC x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 29

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 204150 troops, 1950 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 4234

Defending force 69487 troops, 513 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62812 troops, 567 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Defending force 56252 troops, 539 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 981

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373431 troops, 4448 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9402

Defending force 147315 troops, 1852 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 3003

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 90668 troops, 1027 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1853

Defending force 11357 troops, 42 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 75

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese max assault: 1490 - adjusted assault: 1384

Allied max defense: 77 - adjusted defense: 313

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Khomsomalsk base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
505 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
7147 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 15

lol, the two base forces together with an aviation rgt, a construction unit and a HQ finally surrendered... took us couple of weeks and five divisions to take this base against "heavy" resistance... [:D]

155 points for ground losses, now at 26.239... [:)]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89348 troops, 1041 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1877

Defending force 92387 troops, 1101 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1718

Allied ground losses:
73 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4902 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 910 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22545 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3523

Defending force 318157 troops, 870 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8735

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7218 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4516

Defending force 109119 troops, 818 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 2032

Allied ground losses:
279 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22848 troops, 256 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291

Defending force 127657 troops, 219 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106638 troops, 1700 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 2994

Defending force 459533 troops, 4500 guns, 3382 vehicles, Assault Value = 9402

Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44754 troops, 486 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 981

Defending force 62812 troops, 567 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45462 troops, 484 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1082

Defending force 254441 troops, 2168 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 4234

Japanese ground losses:
170 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58488 troops, 569 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2020

Defending force 231079 troops, 2254 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 4516

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:27 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/17/43

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TF 1063 encounters mine field at Nanomea Atoll (87,101)

Allied Ships
TK Empire Airman, Mine hits 1, on fire
TK Associated, Mine hits 1, on fire

two sub laid mines hit enemy TKs, hopefully fuel loaden...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 86
D3A Val x 78
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 35
B5N Kate x 51
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 86
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Apamama , at 86,92

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 23

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Apamama , at 86,92

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 2
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 43
B-24J Liberator x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

no doubt that the enemy is up to something...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 18
SBD Dauntless x 159
F4U-1 Corsair x 25

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 72

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 35

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 63
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-35A x 35

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 71
P-47C Thunderbolt x 33

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 38

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 4
Wellington III x 39
Liberator VI x 42
PV-1 Ventura x 11

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 5 damaged
Liberator VI: 10 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 40th Rifle Division, at 65,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 197

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
203 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 41
Liberator VI x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 26

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TF 1056 troops unloading over beach at Wallis Island, 93,107

Allied ground losses:
1252 casualties reported [:D]

lol, enemy TF unloads on Wallis by accident. No shock attack during the day so this means there weren´t any combat troops unloaded... I was first surprised as I thought taking one of his training bases wouldn´t make sense...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 204873 troops, 1966 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 4772

Defending force 69730 troops, 515 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 1088

Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373398 troops, 4448 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9398

Defending force 146778 troops, 1845 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 2997

Allied ground losses:
320 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89380 troops, 1042 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1877

Defending force 92787 troops, 1105 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1730

Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4882 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 753 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22568 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3523

Defending force 317595 troops, 868 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8710

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41417 troops, 387 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Defending force 55571 troops, 530 guns, 214 vehicles, Assault Value = 965

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7234 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4546

Defending force 109089 troops, 823 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 2034

Allied ground losses:
360 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22868 troops, 256 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1290

Defending force 127495 troops, 219 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2479

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106581 troops, 1700 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 2993

Defending force 459460 troops, 4502 guns, 3385 vehicles, Assault Value = 9398

Japanese ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44207 troops, 482 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 965

Defending force 62765 troops, 563 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45534 troops, 481 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1087

Defending force 279026 troops, 2464 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 4772

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58392 troops, 567 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2010

Defending force 231717 troops, 2271 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 4546

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

The enemy is approaching...

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:30 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/18/43

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
D3A Val x 27
B5N Kate x 101

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported

Runway hits 27
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 22
B-24D Liberator x 92
B-24J Liberator x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 7 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 88

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

the last damaged Tony on Tarawa is destroyed...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Apamama , at 86,92

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 17

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 17
SBD Dauntless x 161
F4U-1 Corsair x 22

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 75

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 46
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-35A x 32

No Allied losses

Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 38
P-47C Thunderbolt x 37

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 3
Wellington III x 69
Liberator VI x 91
PV-1 Ventura x 18

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Liberator VI: 8 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 95

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 15th Division, at 71,25

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Pe-2 bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 40th Rifle Division, at 65,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 185

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
200 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 116

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 36
Liberator VI x 9
Beaufighter VIC x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 26

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 243841 troops, 2260 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 4810

Defending force 69657 troops, 506 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 1090

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Japanese max assault: 4238 - adjusted assault: 3344

Allied max defense: 1175 - adjusted defense: 3851

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)

Japanese ground losses:
4779 casualties reported
Guns lost 160
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
1195 casualties reported
Guns lost 43
Vehicles lost 1

another fort level reduced but in a couple of days it will be back to 8 I fear... [8|]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373490 troops, 4451 guns, 1346 vehicles, Assault Value = 9395

Defending force 146610 troops, 1840 guns, 209 vehicles, Assault Value = 3000

Allied ground losses:
520 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89369 troops, 1044 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1878

Defending force 93049 troops, 1106 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1739

Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4902 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 383 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22608 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3518

Defending force 317000 troops, 862 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8699

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41457 troops, 389 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 850

Defending force 55002 troops, 522 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 954

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7278 troops, 228 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4580

Defending force 117833 troops, 825 guns, 454 vehicles, Assault Value = 2032

Allied ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22871 troops, 256 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291

Defending force 127381 troops, 217 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2478

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106407 troops, 1686 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 2993

Defending force 459342 troops, 4505 guns, 3384 vehicles, Assault Value = 9395

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43664 troops, 474 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 954

Defending force 41457 troops, 389 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 850

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44073 troops, 424 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1014

Defending force 275809 troops, 2260 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 4445

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 59172 troops, 569 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2021

Defending force 232393 troops, 2293 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 4580

Japanese ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

at this point there was no doubt anymore that an invasion is going into the Gilberts...

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:40 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/19/43

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 22,48

Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze
PC Hirado
PC Kanju
PC Wakamiya
PC Sado
DD Tachikaze

Allied Ships
SS Tally Ho, hits 7, on fire

Tally Ho attacks first, like 50% of the time when an ASW TF tries to engage a sub... The sub missed but PC Hirado achieves two DC2 hits and 5 near misses though... expect the sub to head towards Ceylon now, two ASW TFs will try to chase it down...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 86
D3A Val x 105
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 35
B5N Kate x 152
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 150
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Makin , at 85,89

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 13
B-17E Fortress x 18
PB4Y Liberator x 6
B-24D Liberator x 66

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 13 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 103

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

Makin is knocked out now too... in total again nearly no losses for the bombers...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 42

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 17
SBD Dauntless x 157
TBM Avenger x 45
Avenger I x 5
F4U-1 Corsair x 25

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 132

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Avenger I bombing at 15000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 40

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 64
P-35A x 38

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 43

No Allied losses

Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
39 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 1
Wellington III x 73

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 44
B-25C Mitchell x 72
B-25J Mitchell x 28
B-17E Fortress x 3
IL-4c x 5

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
IL-4c: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 1st Guards Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 33
B-25C Mitchell x 28
B-25J Mitchell x 28
B-17E Fortress x 3
IL-4c x 3

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 7 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 20000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 24
Liberator VI x 3
Beaufighter VIC x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 24

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack near Suva at 86,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-124

Allied Ships
TK Camden
TK Empire Flint
TK Cities S. Boston
TK Gulfking
TK Watertown
TK Ruth Kellogg
TK Imlay
TK Baldhill
TK Pueblo
TK Bahrein
TK Montebello
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Lark
MSW Finch
MSW Tumult
APD Herbert

mine layer missed a TK with four torps...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 223174 troops, 2057 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 4465

Defending force 67962 troops, 460 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 1026

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373677 troops, 4453 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9397

Defending force 145989 troops, 1828 guns, 208 vehicles, Assault Value = 2995

Allied ground losses:
324 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89343 troops, 1042 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1877

Defending force 93470 troops, 1107 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1750

Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 372 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22628 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3522

Defending force 316485 troops, 858 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8684

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41460 troops, 388 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 851

Defending force 54521 troops, 518 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 944

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7236 troops, 225 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4604

Defending force 125307 troops, 823 guns, 454 vehicles, Assault Value = 2041

Allied ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22866 troops, 255 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 127355 troops, 220 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2478

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106310 troops, 1678 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 2989

Defending force 459609 troops, 4506 guns, 3388 vehicles, Assault Value = 9397

Japanese ground losses:
181 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43191 troops, 469 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 944

Defending force 41460 troops, 388 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 851

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39848 troops, 432 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1025

Defending force 276297 troops, 2280 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 4465

Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 59419 troops, 577 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2024

Defending force 232829 troops, 2305 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 4604

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:50 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/20/43

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TF 1026 encounters mine field at Tarawa (85,91)

Allied Ships
DMS Hamilton
BB Maryland, Mine hits 1

we are one day before invasion day and the expected bombardments go in as we had dozens of Kingfishers over our bases yesterday... not smart to put DMS into the bombardment TFs as they draw the TF into the minefield. Bet he wouldn´t have hit mines if there wouldn´t have been DMS in the TFs... fine with me...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TF 1034 encounters mine field at Tarawa (85,91)

Allied Ships
DMS Dorsey
DD Fanning, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Henley, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Anderson, Mine hits 1, on fire

same here... [:D] three DDs hit, hopefully one will sink...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naval bombardment of Makin, at 85,89 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
BB Mississippi, Shell hits 6
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho

Japanese ground losses:
446 casualties reported
Guns lost 19

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 16

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naval bombardment of Makin, at 85,89

Allied Ships
CA Baltimore
CA Chicago
CA Chester
CA Louisville
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada

Japanese ground losses:
414 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naval bombardment of Makin, at 85,89 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

26 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Mauritius
CL Kenya, Shell hits 1
CL Hobart
CL Perth
CL Achilles
CL Leander
CA Canberra
CA Shropshire
BB Resolution
BB Ramilles
BB Royal Sovereign

Japanese ground losses:
392 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 43
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 5

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naval bombardment of Makin, at 85,89

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
CA Quincy
CA San Francisco
BB Washington
BB Arizona

Japanese ground losses:
348 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Runway hits 20
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 4

as you can see, no DMS no chance for our mines to hit something...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naval bombardment of Tarawa, at 85,91

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City
CA Houston
CA Northampton
BB West Virginia
BB Colorado

Japanese ground losses:
504 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 5

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naval bombardment of Tarawa, at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CA Wichita
CA Indianapolis
CA Portland
BB Tennessee
BB California
BB Pennsylvania

Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

the bases are all destroyed, damage to our ground troops wasn´t as severe as we´ve seen it earlier. That´s probably because I didn´t have much in terms of base forces on the atolls...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack at 85,93

Japanese Ships
SS I-177

Allied Ships
DMS Southard
DD Gillespie
DD Grayson
DD Nicholson
DD Waller
DD Wadsworth
DD Trathen
DD Thatcher
DD Terry

a bombardemt TF´s escort tries to engage one of the dozen subs we´ve got in the area...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 86
D3A Val x 78
A6M5c Zeke x 43
A6M3a Zero x 35
B5N Kate x 152
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 38
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 137
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Apamama , at 86,92

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 1
B-17E Fortress x 22
B-24D Liberator x 30
B-24J Liberator x 21

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 8 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 80

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

needless to say that there´s no airfield operational in the Gilberts, also Baker´s airfield is destroyed... but we don´t intend to fly massive strikes on the enemy CVs anyway, let´s see what the enemy is up to and then decide what to do...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 35

No Allied losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 46
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-35A x 41

No Allied losses

Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 42

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
38 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 38
B-25J Mitchell x 15
B-17E Fortress x 4

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 62nd Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 70
B-25J Mitchell x 44
B-17E Fortress x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 120

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack at 85,93

Japanese Ships
SS I-177

Allied Ships
DMS Perry
DD Downes
DD Cassin
DD Tucker

another escort of a bombardment TF tries to attack one of our subs... again without success... amazing...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 86,94

Japanese Ships
SS I-16

Allied Ships
BB Maryland, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Hamilton

yeah baby! Maryland took a mine hit during it´s bombardment run and obviously was split off the rest of the TF. The mine damage roll must have been lucky for us. With a single escort only it was food for our sub, two out of four torps hit the old BB that has a long way to the next level 4 port. We will set all our subs to pursue it...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 223616 troops, 2057 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 4501

Defending force 68470 troops, 470 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 1042

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373533 troops, 4450 guns, 1345 vehicles, Assault Value = 9398

Defending force 145716 troops, 1826 guns, 208 vehicles, Assault Value = 2989

Allied ground losses:
204 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at 60,10

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15929 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 331

Defending force 590 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese max assault: 343 - adjusted assault: 314

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 314 to 1

Allied ground losses:
537 casualties reported

two completely worn down Russian base forces showed up near Ulan Ude and a division forced them to surrender...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89338 troops, 1044 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1875

Defending force 93640 troops, 1110 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1760

Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 361 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22611 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3518

Defending force 315729 troops, 848 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 8673

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41535 troops, 392 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 853

Defending force 54039 troops, 514 guns, 213 vehicles, Assault Value = 931

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7280 troops, 229 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4622

Defending force 125418 troops, 827 guns, 455 vehicles, Assault Value = 2036

Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22872 troops, 255 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1292

Defending force 127337 troops, 221 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2477

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106225 troops, 1675 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 2981

Defending force 459389 troops, 4504 guns, 3386 vehicles, Assault Value = 9398

Japanese ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42718 troops, 466 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 931

Defending force 41535 troops, 392 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 853

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 40093 troops, 437 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1040

Defending force 276694 troops, 2282 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 4501

Japanese ground losses:
96 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 59526 troops, 579 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2032

Defending force 233444 troops, 2331 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 4622

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:48 pm**

The invasion of the Gilberts could be an opportunity for an IJN counterstrike. However, given the destruction of nearby airfields, do you have any operational bases in range capable of launching LBA? If not, a counterattack would not be compatible with your very effective LBA first, carriers second doctrine.

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:07 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/21/43

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack at 84,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher
DD Stanly
DD Spence
DD Sigsbee

I am more than amazed that the enemy combat TFs don´t have heavy DD escort. It´s end of 43 and there should be plenty of DDs around, even though that the Allied have lost dozens of them...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack at 84,82

Japanese Ships
DD Amatsukaze
DD Hayashio
DD Yukikaze

Allied Ships
SS Hoe

the enemy has flooded the area between Kwajalein and the Gilberts with subs, we´ve spotted something like two dozen...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack near Mili at 84,85

Japanese Ships
BB Musashi
DD Hamanami
DD Kiyonami
DD Hayanami
DD Suzunami
DD Tamanami
DD Naganami
BB Nagato

Allied Ships
SS Pargo

wow, we really were lucky here. The DDs were useless as usual and the sub hit Musashi but the torps failed to detonate... really lucky...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack at 22,48

Japanese Ships
PC Hirado
PC Kanju
PC Wakamiya
PC Sado
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
SS Tally Ho, heavy damage

Tally Ho staid in place but even though it was heavily damaged our ASW TF failed to do anything...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack at 88,94

Japanese Ships
SS I-123, hits 2

Allied Ships
DMS Hamilton

Hamilton is in the TF with the heavily damaged BB Maryland, this could have been our chance to sink the old BB... [:(]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack at 88,94

Japanese Ships
SS I-123

Allied Ships
DMS Hamilton

again the DMS does his job...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coastal Guns at Makin, 85,89, firing at TF 1005
TF 1005 troops unloading over beach at Makin, 85,89

215 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Edsall, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 1
DE Jaccard, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Fox

Allied ground losses:
1251 casualties reported

and here comes the invasion... can you imagine that MAKIN is the target??? [X(] It was more or less obvious the last days that the Gilberts are the target but Makin is definetely the worst choice. This base is exactly 11 hexes from Kwajalein so every base in the Marschalls can launch Zero escorted bomber strikes if I wish to, not to take about the fact that I can use Mili 4 hexes North of Makin as my staging base for surface combat TFs that can reach Makin during the night and keep them under a 200 Tony Cap.

the bad or funny thing about Makin is that I had two MLEs there to replenish a 25 ship ML TF each turn. So in no time I had the mines there in the ten thousands which is insane anyway, but given the non-effect of my mines so far (2 ships sunk from ML laid mines) I thought that would be a nasty surprise if an enemy TF would enter Makin. Well, I must have triggered a bug as sometime over 30.000 mines they just vanished and even if I clicked to lay mines they never showed up again. Funny that Miller then choses exactly this "mine free" base... damn bugged programme...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coastal Guns at Makin, 85,89, firing at TF 1005
TF 1005 troops unloading over beach at Makin, 85,89

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coastal Guns at Makin, 85,89, firing at TF 1013
TF 1013 troops unloading over beach at Makin, 85,89

150 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DE Levy, Shell hits 3, on fire
MSW Grebe, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Might, Shell hits 4, on fire
MSW Tern, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Tugela, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied ground losses:
1248 casualties reported

as you can see, the base forces here aren´t completely wiped out this time...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coastal Guns at Makin, 85,89, firing at TF 1016
TF 1016 troops unloading over beach at Makin, 85,89

293 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Walter Colton, Shell hits 2, on fire
AK Jose Sepulveda, Shell hits 3, on fire
DE Gilmore, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Monaghan
DD Hatfield
AR Sidney Hauptmann, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Aylwin, Shell hits 6, on fire

Allied ground losses:
1161 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

now tell me what an AR is doing in an invasion TF??? [&:]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coastal Guns at Makin, 85,89, firing at TF 1020
TF 1020 troops unloading over beach at Makin, 85,89

93 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD King

Allied ground losses:
1354 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coastal Guns at Makin, 85,89, firing at TF 1031
TF 1031 troops unloading over beach at Makin, 85,89

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
524 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coastal Guns at Makin, 85,89, firing at TF 1033
TF 1033 troops unloading over beach at Makin, 85,89

196 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Farragut
AK Sibolga, Shell hits 2, on fire
AK Hosang, Shell hits 3, on fire
AK Hatterlock, Shell hits 1
DE Carlson, Shell hits 1
MSW Oriole

Allied ground losses:
1331 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

there are quite some TFs unloading troops it seems...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coastal Guns at Makin, 85,89, firing at TF 1050
TF 1050 troops unloading over beach at Makin, 85,89

216 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Whipple
LST LST-335, Shell hits 2

Allied ground losses:
1389 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 86
D3A Val x 105
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 35
B5N Kate x 152
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 124
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 7

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 15
F6F Hellcat x 2
SBD Dauntless x 146
TBM Avenger x 40
Avenger I x 8
F4U-1 Corsair x 24

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 125

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Avenger I bombing at 15000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 34

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 61
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-35A x 41

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 1
P-40N Warhawk x 97
P-47C Thunderbolt x 44

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
44 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 41

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 12th Ind. Brigade, at 85,89

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 13
B-24J Liberator x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 37
B-25J Mitchell x 24
B-17E Fortress x 4

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 15th Base Force, at 85,89

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 6
B-17E Fortress x 6
PB4Y Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator x 24

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 1st Guards Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 53
B-25J Mitchell x 31
B-17E Fortress x 6
IL-4c x 2

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 8 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 40th Rifle Division, at 65,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 174

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 39
Liberator VI x 11
P-40N Warhawk x 30
B-25J Mitchell x 33

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 92

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 83,82

Japanese Ships
CA Atago, Torpedo hits 1
DD Wakazuki
DD Niizuki
DD Hatsuzuki
DD Susuzuki
DD Teruzuki
DD Akizuki

Allied Ships
SS Hackleback

that was not good... a heavy cruiser of one of my CV TFs was hit but has good chances to survive if not hit again. sys and flt around mid 30...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 86,96

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
DD Fanning, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

DD Fanning tried to get away from the Gilberts alone after hitting a mine and is now finished by I-6...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 242966 troops, 2083 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 4553

Defending force 68843 troops, 477 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 1055

Japanese max assault: 3122 - adjusted assault: 2249

Allied max defense: 1128 - adjusted defense: 4353

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8) [8|]

Japanese ground losses:
4254 casualties reported
Guns lost 151
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1308 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 2

just doesn´t make sense to attack at all... the enemy builds a Maginot line in three days it seems... this while being on constant attacks by 250k troops... that´s just weird...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35660 troops, 298 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1153

Defending force 91167 troops, 701 guns, 275 vehicles, Assault Value = 2088

Allied ground losses:
121 casualties reported

as you can see here, Makin (and Tarawa also) is a fortress... The enemy landed several divisions and RCTs together with... a construction btn... [&:] hmm... this will be a tough nut for the Allied...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373382 troops, 4450 guns, 1344 vehicles, Assault Value = 9396

Defending force 145467 troops, 1824 guns, 209 vehicles, Assault Value = 2986

Allied ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89320 troops, 1044 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 1875

Defending force 93916 troops, 1111 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1769

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 20 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22614 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3519

Defending force 314776 troops, 835 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 8663

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41527 troops, 391 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 854

Defending force 53673 troops, 509 guns, 213 vehicles, Assault Value = 924

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7291 troops, 230 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4644

Defending force 125745 troops, 833 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 2045

Allied ground losses:
217 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22862 troops, 254 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294

Defending force 127256 troops, 221 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2471

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106282 troops, 1678 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 2978

Defending force 459360 troops, 4503 guns, 3384 vehicles, Assault Value = 9396

Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42401 troops, 463 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 924

Defending force 41527 troops, 391 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 854

Japanese ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35625 troops, 389 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 973

Defending force 269488 troops, 2091 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 4177

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 59709 troops, 586 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2037

Defending force 233949 troops, 2345 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 4644

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Makin

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 81297 troops, 701 guns, 275 vehicles, Assault Value = 2086

Defending force 51324 troops, 348 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1153

Allied max assault: 2128 - adjusted assault: 284 [:D]

Japanese max defense: 963 - adjusted defense: 929

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)

Japanese ground losses:
2674 casualties reported
Guns lost 86

Allied ground losses:
8629 casualties reported
Guns lost 251
Vehicles lost 25

while our adjusted av was far from what I´ve expected, the enemy´s adjusted av is just horrible... with this 0:1 the Allied assault has already failed for sure as there are still troops on the ships as the divisions didn´t show up as full units during the ground combat replay... BANZAI...

after the easy loss of Canton Island it was clear for us that we can´t hold an atoll with only 500 assault points when 120 are coming from base forces that are annihilated by enemy naval bombardements. As we decided that the Gilberts are important areas of defense, there are a lot of troops and I dropped 120 av in form of para units into Makin today as we were sure the invasion would go in here after yesterdays recon...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Mutanchiang

the Russian division at Mutanchiang surrendered... there are no units anymore out of Russian bases and three bases are left... only Irkutsk will be attacked...

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:10 pm**

ORIGINAL: Cribtop

The invasion of the Gilberts could be an opportunity for an IJN counterstrike. However, given the destruction of nearby airfields, do you have any operational bases in range capable of launching LBA? If not, a counterattack would not be compatible with your very effective LBA first, carriers second doctrine.

Makin is the perfect target (for me) in terms of LBA first and carriers second doctrine. Because Makin is in range of Zero escorted bombers from all bases North of Makin to Kwajalein. [:D]

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:15 pm**

chris, thats a excelent opportunity to cause heavy damage to the allied war efforts. since he will be around makin for several turns (thanks to your excelent ground troops there), you have a chance to bring the KB and your battlefleet and sink even more allied carrier and transport capacity.

that should be another slaughter fest after N-australia and PM.

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:42 pm**

ORIGINAL: bigbaba

chris, thats a excelent opportunity to cause heavy damage to the allied war efforts. since he will be around makin for several turns (thanks to your excelent ground troops there), you have a chance to bring the KB and your battlefleet and sink even more allied carrier and transport capacity.

that should be another slaughter fest after N-australia and PM.

well, after this last turn I got following reply from my opponent, mostly due to me having my BBs at Miri:

Lol, no CAP trap. As expected Yamato, Musashi and Co are no doubt sitting under 200 Tonys at Mili. Meanwhile the KB will be sitting under a huge Tony LRCAP from Majuro....

I can live with the latter as this is historical, but the BBs as bait is gamey, simple as that, especially as they are immune to two thirds of my strike a/c. As there is no house rule against it I will have to live with it, but how would you feel if I sent a couple of crappy DDs north to draw airstrikes? The only way I can counter this would be to fill my carriers with fighters and soak up any attacks before flying in their strike groups from nearby bases. Would you be happy if I did that? Of course not.....

As things stand it looks like ultimately my lack of ground units will be my undoing, but hell, it would be nice to actually get a shot at the KB without having to resort to bullshit tactics.

I ran the turn and answered:

I wonder how serious I should take your thoughts…

You attack a base that is in the middle of at least 10 of my airfields that I can fill with up to 250 aircraft each. The reason why you attack Makin is beyond me anyway. Then you tell me I´m not allowed to use fighters on Cap. THAT is lol. Just lol. Wonder if I should have asked you not to put a couple of hundred fighters at PM. Hey Paul, using fighters is GAMEY from now on. Then I have 6 BBs at Mili. Hey, again gamey. You come along with how many BBs? 16? More. Heck, that is of course not gamey. THAT is again lol. You tell me you can´t hurt my BBs. Can I hurt yours? KB doesn´t carry more torp bombers than your carriers, in fact you have more torp bombers on your carriers than I have. The best thing for you of course would be that I fill up my front line bases with transport or perhaps unescorted bombers and have my BBs unescorted doing attack runs against your carriers. Or what are you expecting me to do? If you want to have stupid things to happen than you have to play the AI but don´t expect me to be stupid enough to send in KB against 700 carrier based ac of yours. Just tell me one reason other than to make you happy why I should do that? What do you think I am. a semi nuts AI clone?

Do whatever you want to do. Fill up your carriers with fighters only and I will do the same. Send in DDs to soak up airstrikes, they are your DDs. I don´t care. In fact, I´m tired of having to discuss things in every PBEM as soon as my opponent knocks his head onto a wall because he´s done something wrong (and attacking Makin instead of Baker or Apamama is muchos wrong). Why? Because it would be the same as attacking Kwajalein with all the unsupressed airfields around. I wonder if there´s a more difficult target than Makin at the moment. Perhaps Tarawa but when looking at my aircraft ranges then Makin is the worst choice. And there isn´t a single Tony over KB, but I´m not as stupid as you would wish me to be to send KB in with a “hurrey, please sink me”. Again, why you think that the Japanese isn´t allowed to use Cap but the Allied can put hundreds of Corsairs and Thunderbolts at a base to fly Cap is just beyond me. Just go ahead and keep your BBs in port and I will do the same. If the Allied are allowed to use two dozen BBs then probably the Japanese should be allowed to use half a dozen BBs too.

The things that happened around Darwin and are now happening around Makin are not because I have done something so brilliantly, both times you have done something wrong. It´s not my fault if you drive right into 1000+ land base aircraft when you can easily avoid that. But if you do, don´t tell me I shouldn´t use my aircraft please.

I have to say that it was the first time that I was called gamey due to me using BBs...

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:25 pm**

well, its 100 times more gamey to send 4E bombers at 35k and abuse their ability in witp to nuke the base with laser guided bombs.[:D]

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:35 pm**

This was the turn I ran then:

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/22/43

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 85,90

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
BB Colorado
CA Hawkins
DD Gansevoort
DD Frazier
DD Caldwell

BBs are moving towards Makin again, the torps missed unfortunately...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 84,91

Japanese Ships
SS I-164, hits 11

Allied Ships
DD Radford, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Stevens
DD Pringle
DD Philip
DD Brownson
DD Braine
DD Bradford

we hit a DD in this TF, the sub should make it...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack at 85,90

Japanese Ships
SS I-162, hits 12, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Stevens
DD Radford, on fire, heavy damage
DD Pringle
DD Philip
DD Brownson
DD Braine
DD Bradford

this one was sunk immedietely though...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

And here you go, I took the chance to send in my BBs from Mili (four hexes) and encountered enemy TFs en masse at Makin... unfortunately the use of my BBs is a gamey move for my opponent. No, using BBs and fighters at a base is gamey, unfortunately we disagree on that one...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Makin at 85,89

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 3
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire
BB Yamato, Shell hits 2
BB Musashi, Shell hits 1
BB Fuso, Shell hits 3
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 4
CA Mogami, Shell hits 2
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
DD Naganami, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Tamanami, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Suzunami, Shell hits 2
DD Hayanami, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Kiyonami, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Hamanami, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Colorado, Shell hits 2
BB West Virginia
CA Northampton, Shell hits 4, on fire
CA Houston, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
CA Hawkins, Shell hits 1, on fire
CA Frobisher, Shell hits 1
DD Buchanan, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Duncan, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD McCalla, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Farenholt, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Barton, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Woodworth
DD Caldwell, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Frazier, Shell hits 1
DD Gansevoort, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

our TF was surprised even that it had spotted the enemy with radar... [>:] during the surprise phase Mutsu took a penetrating shell hit and as soon as our ships started to fire back the Allied TF was also hit hard. After this engagement, two of the enemy CAs should be history...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Time Surface Combat, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 1
BB Mutsu, on fire
BB Yamato, Shell hits 1, on fire
BB Musashi
BB Fuso, Shell hits 1
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 3
CA Kumano
DD Naganami, on fire
DD Tamanami, on fire
DD Suzunami, on fire
DD Hayanami, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Kiyonami, on fire

Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania
BB California, Shell hits 1
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 2
CA Portland, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 1
CA Wichita
DD Hammann, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Mustin, Shell hits 1
DD Russell
DD O'Brien, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Morris
DD Case

then a second BB TF is engaged, another CA is hit hard while we only suffered more damage on a DD...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Time Surface Combat, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 1
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 1, on fire
BB Yamato, on fire
BB Musashi
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 4
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1
CA Kumano
DD Naganami, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tamanami, on fire
DD Suzunami, on fire
DD Hayanami, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kiyonami, on fire

Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 3, on fire
BB California
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Portland, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CA Indianapolis
CA Wichita
DD Mustin
DD Russell
DD O'Brien, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Morris
DD Case

another round and a 16 inch shell heavily damages BB Tennessee and more or less finishes CA Portland... Mutsu takes another penetrating hit...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Time Surface Combat, near Makin at 85,89

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 4 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 1
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2, on fire
BB Yamato, on fire
BB Musashi, Shell hits 2
BB Fuso, Shell hits 7
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 5
CA Mogami, Shell hits 1
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 2
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
DD Naganami, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tamanami, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Suzunami, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hayanami, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kiyonami, on fire

Allied Ships
BB Colorado, Shell hits 3, on fire
BB West Virginia
CA Northampton, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
CA Hawkins, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
CA Frobisher, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
DD Buchanan, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Duncan, Shell hits 26, and is sunk
DD Farenholt, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Barton, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
DD Woodworth, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Caldwell, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Frazier, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Gansevoort, Shell hits 4, and is sunk

and then the most succesful engagement of the night against the Colorad/West Virginia TF again... we surprise them and wreck havoc... three CAs sank during the engagement, Frobisher doesn´t look good either. In all engagements BB Musashi proved to be the most dangerous, hitting with 18 inch and 6 inch gun fire. Especially the 6 inch batteries prove to work very well at short range during the night as they were able to penetrate the Allied CAs belt armor while the enemy´s 5 inch shells did no damage on our cruisers. What isn´t fun at all is the loss of nearly half a dozen Yugumo class destroyers as those are carrying air search radar. In total the enemy probably lost 5 CAs, has a BB heavily damaged and probably 9 destroyers are sunk. We have Mutsu damaged and lost 5 destroyers... this seems like a victory for us, I would have preferred to only meet the enemy invasion TFs though and to be honest, I didn´t expect to meet the enemy BBs. Don´t know if Miller thought I would send my BBs in or if the enemy BB TFs were intending to do just another bombardment. When looking at their performance, I would say they were bombardment TFs but I don´t know... we did not get through to the transports...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack at 80,81

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
DD Hatakaze
DD Oite
DD Hayate
DD Asanagi
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
SS Batfish

we sent out five DD ASW TFs from Kwajalein to deal with the two dozen subs in the area... not hard to stumble across them...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TF 1045 encounters mine field at Nanomea Atoll (87,101)

Allied Ships
DD Henley, heavy damage

guess a sub laid mine would have finished the DD... no luck...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 86,90

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
DD Caldwell, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Frazier, on fire

But we hit another DD from the Colorado/West Virginia TF. Looks like those BBs have no escort anymore now...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
A6M5 Zeke x 86
D3A Val x 105
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 35
B5N Kate x 152
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 89
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 49
PV-1 Ventura x 18
PB4Y Liberator x 7
B-24D Liberator x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 53

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Apamama , at 86,92

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 4
B-17E Fortress x 18
B-24D Liberator x 19
B-24J Liberator x 17

Allied aircraft losses
PBM Mariner: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

the enemy keeps pounding my atolls...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 35

No Allied losses

Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 59
Kittyhawk I x 14
P-35A x 42

No Allied losses

Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 38

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 2
Wellington III x 60
Liberator VI x 52

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 10 damaged
Liberator VI: 14 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 1st Guards Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 44
B-25J Mitchell x 28
B-17E Fortress x 3
IL-4c x 2

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 64th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 36
B-25J Mitchell x 21
B-17E Fortress x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 85,86

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 49
SBD Dauntless x 90
TBM Avenger x 54

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
TBM Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 22, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage SUNK
DD Tamanami, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBM Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet

here you can see how gamey it is to have Japanese BBs in use... After being hit twice by heavy gunfire during the night engagement, BB Mutsu was slowed down and didn´t make the four hexes back to Mili (it only moved three... [:(]). While Miller had his carriers further away from Makin the last turns, he sent them one hex closer in this turn, which resulted in my BB being in range of his carriers. Mutsu had no chance of course. The rest of my TF made Mili easily, all ships except Yamato (which also took a heavy penetrating hit) are undamaged. We have spotted enough carriers to estimate the enemy strenght about 700 or more aircraft and nearly 1/3 should be torpedo bombers with a torp range of four. Thinking about 150+ torp bombers that can be escorted by hundreds of Hellcats make it even more absurd (for me) that I´m being called gamey to use my BBs as a "bait" when I have them at a base with a level 4 airfield that can field 200 Tonies (of which probably not more than 110 would launch anyway).

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 85,86

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 2
SBD Dauntless x 18
TBM Avenger x 18

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

The BB was sunk already...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 85,86

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 11
SBD Dauntless x 18

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 85,86

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 18

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 9
P1Y Frances x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 5 damaged
P1Y Frances: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AK William Vanderbilt, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL De Ruyter, Torpedo hits 1
AK Luther S. Kelly, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Stephen H. Long, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

after seeing the enemy´s carriers sitting too far off Makin the last days I´ve ordered strikes for today, all limited to a range just to reach Makin... Majuro is one of the bases I´ve set my bombers to attack...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Empire Severn
AK Empire Avocet

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

due to having spotted more than a dozen TFs in the area we launch piecemeal strikes

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 16
P1Y Frances x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied Ships
AK John P. Holland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Henry Durant, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Granville Stuart, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

one torp hit on an Allied AK is in 2 out of 3 times not enough to sink it, so in fact my attacks aren´t doing a lot of damage at all, even though that we achieve a lot of hits. The hits are just too dispersed...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 3
P1Y Frances x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 3 damaged
P1Y Frances: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK B. F. Irvine, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Benjamin Lundy
AK Empire Dawn

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

but this one is surely finished...[;)]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 56
G4M2 Betty x 11
P1Y Frances x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Antrim, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Dona Nati, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Morazan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Zebra, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
APD Gilmer, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
APD Crosby, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Dorothy Philips, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Scotia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Santa Anna, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
APD Dickerson
AK Monarch of the Sea, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Scout, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Alamosa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

that´s the main strike from Majuro, sinking an APD immedietely and probably sinking another APD togehter with three more AKs...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9
P1Y Frances x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Sigli, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 40
Liberator VI x 11
P-40N Warhawk x 33

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

this was the morning phase...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 85,86

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 58
SBD Dauntless x 129
TBM Avenger x 64

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBM Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet

afternoon phase, strike on the Mutsu TF again but there´s nothing afloat anymore...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 84,90

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 11

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 126

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 11 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 8 damaged

and hey ho, due to the enemy carriers being closer to Makin today, our bombers at Kwajalein are now exactly as far from the carriers as they are from the invasion TFs at Makin (which we want to attack). Needless to say that our piecmeal strikes go after the carriers... The fact that we have 100 Zeroes together with 80 bombers doesn´t mean anyhting as the many enemy TFs trigger totally useless strikes... amazingly few Hellcats on Cap, so few that a massive strike could have easily punished that.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

CL De Ruyter exploded after a magazine went off...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Josiah Snelling, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK George Westinghouse, Torpedo hits 1
AK James M. Goodhue, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Success, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

those are strikes from Majuro against the invasion TFs again, Majuro is 8 hexes from Makin and 9 hexes away from the enemy´s carriers. Range of the bombers set to 8... [8D] I bet none of the AKs that were hit here will sink...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Charles N. McGroarty, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 67
P1Y Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Empire Lake, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Herstein, Torpedo hits 1
AK Francisco Coronado, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Wosang
DD Farragut
AK Meroendoeng
AK Modjekerto

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

that´s the main strike from Majuro in the afternoon... we sink one AK... hurrey...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 84,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 16
P1Y Frances x 43

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 126

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 16 destroyed
P1Y Frances: 30 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 1 destroyed, 50 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Massachusetts
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

after getting a couple of messages of my bombers failing to locate the enemy carrier TFs, this strike went in... needless to say that 16 Zeroes were enough to really do something, nevertheless more than dozen of our fast Frances bombers managed to get into torp range of the carriers and put a torp into CV Enterprise. No follow on explosions and unfortunately 3/4 of the bombers went after BBs instead of further attacking the CV. What really was impressing was the enemy flak fire, as bomber after bomber fell victim to enemy shipborne flak. If we would launch concentrated attacks into this hex we really could have hurt the enemy CVs but I´m not keen on losing a hell a lot of my bombers when the enemy can´t achieve much with his invasion anyway...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 16
P1Y Frances x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
LST LST-29, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-24, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

last of the attacks on the invasion TFs, probably two LSTs sunk. There were still ground troops on the transports but none of the invasion TFs unloaded today. This can only mean that the enemy has given up after one day. I expected to see the enemy picking up his troops and running after this turn...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373528 troops, 4460 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9396

Defending force 145163 troops, 1824 guns, 209 vehicles, Assault Value = 2986

Allied ground losses:
419 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89292 troops, 1045 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 2657

Defending force 94249 troops, 1114 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 1777

Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22574 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3521

Defending force 313945 troops, 806 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 8656

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41466 troops, 390 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 853

Defending force 53148 troops, 506 guns, 213 vehicles, Assault Value = 917

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7288 troops, 227 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4665

Defending force 125826 troops, 845 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 2048

Allied ground losses:
206 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22919 troops, 254 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 127057 troops, 221 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2467

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106119 troops, 1674 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 2977

Defending force 459271 troops, 4512 guns, 3387 vehicles, Assault Value = 9396

Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41917 troops, 460 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 917

Defending force 41466 troops, 390 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 853

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35870 troops, 399 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 991

Defending force 270293 troops, 2090 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 4236

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 59925 troops, 597 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2044

Defending force 234551 troops, 2370 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 4665

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

as you can see, the enemy didn´t attack with his troops on Makin at all this turn. The loss of Mutsu is a tragedy, it wouldn´t have happened if the enemy carriers wouldn´t have moved closer but that´s war, we can´t keep on inflicting heavy losses on the enemy without having to suffer at all forever. The loss of bombers was also high due to our piecemeal strike on the carriers but the Majuro daitais are nearly undamaged. The damage dished out this turn was not bad at all and the invasion of Makin is already a failure. At least two enemy BBs are heavily damaged and not yet safe in port, half a dozen cruisers were sunk, a dozen DDs sunk, probably a dozen AKs sunk too with more being damaged. The invasion troops won´t achieve anything on Makin and are due to being evacuated again. Estimated time to see them recover is at least three months, which would be needed to prep for another target anyway. By then it will be early 44 and we would still be in a good position. 4000+ enemy av are fighting their defensive battles in Australia, so there won´t be much left in terms of strong ground forces to do a major invasion sometime soon.

BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:44 pm**

And then this PBEM ended (again). Miller sent me his last reply telling me that his lack of ground troops will force him to wave the white flag as I will get more and more ground troops while there will only be something like 15 major LCUs coming in as reinforcement for the Allied while I could also use the troops from Russia to garisson my islands. Well, I get a lot of LCUs but can´t do much with the restricted units from Russia, other than to garisson the continent. Buying out 4 or 5 divs per year is possible though, would mean 3 until mid 44.

I guess Miller and me agree to not agree on the fact if it´s gamey to station my BBs at Mili where I also have 200 Tonies while the Allied can have 300+ fighters (Corsairs and crappy stuff like that [;)]) at PM or any other base that would have been seized. I´ve said it earlier that it doesn´t make sense to keep on arguing about things in the game, you just have to agree on them just from the start or due to having the same oppinion anyway. As soon as you are in the arguing stuff about everything the game will just end, as do most of the PBEMs anyway.

It was a fun game and Miller was a very reliable opponent and I really enjoyed it. Thanks for that Paul.

I have now to either search for an opponent to take over the Allied command (for the third time) or having this game end. Don´t know, guess I will take a sleep over it.

Anyway, thanks to Paul for playing and thanks to the readers for following and posting on the AAR.

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:52 pm**

you have post, chris.[;)]

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:11 pm**

I would almost like to take over just to see the kind of havoc wreaked on the Allies[:D]

But I'm afraid I might know too much from following this thread so closely, and I'm not too great with the allies anyway.

Posted: **Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:13 am**

Bigbaba sent me a pm a couple of minutes after I posted that the Allied commander gave away command. So this game will now continue (again [;)]) with Bigbaba as Allied commander.

Matrix Games Forums

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

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...

RE: it goes on...