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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/08/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 227
D3A Val x 48
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 47
Ki-61 Ic x 82

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 246
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9
Liberator VI x 5
PV-1 Ventura x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 82
B-25J Mitchell x 50
B-24J Liberator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 14 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
370 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Ind. Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 6


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 52
A6M3a Zero x 16
B5N Kate x 74
G4M1 Betty x 45
P1Y Frances x 89

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

it´s getting more and more boring again, most of the work to do for me is trying to disband high experienced fragments of air groups into the carrier based daitais... the battles in the Gilberts were a full success, far bigger victory than could have been expected. Mainly due to major Allied mistakes performing the evacuation of Allied troops on Makin. The enemy´s carrier force is shattered and I wonder how the game will go on. In two months the first land based Type 13 radar sets should be available, as well as the new IJNAAF short range fighters the Jack and the George. The George (range 4 hexes) will be needed to fend off Lightning escorted 4E bomber strikes while the Jack will be the IJAAF fighter for short range escort (range 6 hexes). Of course we will have to keep high experienced A6M3 daitais around to escort Frances bombers on long range strikes. More and more aircraft are ordered into our training bases and I´m experiencing severe problems to find bases where we can fly our training runs...

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42626 troops, 280 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 917

Defending force 12328 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 78



Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106930 troops, 1070 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2254

Defending force 91032 troops, 1058 guns, 308 vehicles, Assault Value = 1746



Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373279 troops, 4447 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9381

Defending force 149045 troops, 1802 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 3067



Allied ground losses:
384 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22584 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3439

Defending force 303291 troops, 652 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8507



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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41780 troops, 424 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 862

Defending force 49327 troops, 409 guns, 190 vehicles, Assault Value = 872



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22645 troops, 250 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 128091 troops, 223 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70923 troops, 927 guns, 308 vehicles, Assault Value = 1746

Defending force 109690 troops, 1070 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2254


Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 109221 troops, 1642 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 3053

Defending force 458744 troops, 4501 guns, 3375 vehicles, Assault Value = 9381


Japanese ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43217 troops, 406 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 872

Defending force 41780 troops, 424 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 862


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


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17776 troops, 175 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492

Defending force 63340 troops, 674 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293


Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 103577 troops, 767 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2787

Defending force 89902 troops, 907 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1824


Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37072 troops, 434 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1107

Defending force 233147 troops, 2169 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 4065


Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/09/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 224
D3A Val x 45
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 47
Ki-61 Ic x 82

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 162
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 5
P-38J Lightning x 60
PV-1 Ventura x 55
PB4Y Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 23
PV-1 Ventura x 20
B-25C Mitchell x 29
B-25J Mitchell x 32


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 38


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
11 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 36
Liberator VI x 24
Ventura V x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 24
PB4Y Liberator x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ventura V bombing at 19000 feet

Baker Island is bombed daily now and it wouldn´t surprise me if bigbaba would try to take this base in a couple of months. This could be pulled off without heavy carrier support if the convoys get close without being spotted as it takes a couple of turns until KB could show up when coming out of the Marshalls...

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Day Air attack on 4th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 8
Spitfire Vb x 4
Liberator VI x 17
P-47D Thunderbolt x 12
Hurricane IIc x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 20000 feet

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42910 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 931

Defending force 12360 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 82



Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107118 troops, 1073 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2261

Defending force 90706 troops, 1042 guns, 307 vehicles, Assault Value = 1736



Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373414 troops, 4445 guns, 1348 vehicles, Assault Value = 9390

Defending force 148812 troops, 1786 guns, 204 vehicles, Assault Value = 3056



Allied ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22638 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3442

Defending force 302259 troops, 646 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8488



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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41723 troops, 423 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 861

Defending force 49129 troops, 401 guns, 189 vehicles, Assault Value = 870



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22691 troops, 251 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294

Defending force 128211 troops, 223 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70737 troops, 915 guns, 307 vehicles, Assault Value = 1736

Defending force 109958 troops, 1073 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2261


Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 109153 troops, 1639 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 3045

Defending force 458625 troops, 4499 guns, 3376 vehicles, Assault Value = 9390


Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43070 troops, 399 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 870

Defending force 41723 troops, 423 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 861


Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17774 troops, 175 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492

Defending force 63446 troops, 675 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294


Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 104294 troops, 782 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2833

Defending force 89908 troops, 910 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 1826


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

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37092 troops, 434 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1112

Defending force 194149 troops, 1713 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 3263

Only one turn completed the last couple of days due to endlessly long working days, the AAR has caught up with the game again...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/10/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 227
D3A Val x 48
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 47
Ki-61 Ic x 82

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 159
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 40


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 33
Liberator VI x 24
Ventura V x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 23
PB4Y Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Ventura V: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ventura V bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 5


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 5
Ventura V x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 111
B-25J Mitchell x 27
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
B-24J Liberator x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Ventura V: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 13 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
212 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet

have moved my units back into Townsville again and bigbaba switched from airfield attacks at Charter Towers back to ground attacks...
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 5
B-25J Mitchell x 11


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

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

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

without having to fear that my flak will do much harm to his bombers...
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Day Air attack on 46th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 11
PV-1 Ventura x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 17
B-25J Mitchell x 30


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 2

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

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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 5


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 63rd Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 8
Ventura V x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 25
B-25J Mitchell x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Liberator VI bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 43
P1Y Frances x 21

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 49
A6M3a Zero x 32
B5N Kate x 82
P1Y Frances x 62
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 64

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

550 of my aircraft are doing training runs near Vladivostok and another 650 near Manila. And there are still 250-350 more in need of training... if we would have lost the carrier engagement near the Gilberts than the Allied now would have the initiative because my carriers and a lot of my LBA would have been trashered. As it stands now, parts of my LBA has been knocked out (with enough in reserve to be a threat though), my carrier force will be in perfect shape in two weeks at the latest while the enemy has lost every possibility to do big style amphibious operations for the next 12 months IMO.

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 44123 troops, 297 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 954

Defending force 12246 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 75

Japanese max assault: 760 - adjusted assault: 499

Allied max defense: 45 - adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 71 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
753 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107298 troops, 1081 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2266

Defending force 90448 troops, 1037 guns, 305 vehicles, Assault Value = 1734



Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373365 troops, 4444 guns, 1345 vehicles, Assault Value = 9388

Defending force 148923 troops, 1783 guns, 204 vehicles, Assault Value = 3055



Allied ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Guns lost 8


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22648 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3448

Defending force 301619 troops, 635 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8475



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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41827 troops, 422 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 866

Defending force 48695 troops, 392 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 859



Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 156944 troops, 1546 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 3280

Defending force 70419 troops, 528 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1113



Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5767 troops, 185 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4380

Defending force 107960 troops, 724 guns, 409 vehicles, Assault Value = 1758



Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

looks like the enemy lost only something like 300 av due to the forced retreat...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22663 troops, 252 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 128170 troops, 222 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70609 troops, 911 guns, 305 vehicles, Assault Value = 1734

Defending force 110178 troops, 1081 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2266


Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 109206 troops, 1632 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 3040

Defending force 458774 troops, 4497 guns, 3375 vehicles, Assault Value = 9388


Japanese ground losses:
213 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42722 troops, 390 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 859

Defending force 41827 troops, 422 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 866


Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17777 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488

Defending force 63431 troops, 675 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 105096 troops, 796 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2892

Defending force 89828 troops, 902 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 1825


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

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71073 troops, 697 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1758

Defending force 238051 troops, 2413 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 4380


Japanese ground losses:
642 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48476 troops, 497 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1104

Defending force 194469 troops, 1721 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 3280


Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/11/43

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Sunderland x 4
Spitfire Vb x 4
Liberator VI x 30
Hurricane IIc x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 35
A6M3a Zero x 54
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 70

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 87

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Paramushiro Jima , at 82,34


Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 35
PB4Y Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PBM Mariner: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

wonder if the enemy plans to keep up a prolonged air offensive in the North. It´s winter already so perhaps this could lead to some more losses within his bombers but I guess not... In any case, winter means an amphibious assault would be suicide and my bases are well garissoned anyway. Garisson numbers will be brought up until spring...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 41


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Ulan-Ude , at 61,10


Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 19


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

still nearly two dozen annoying Russian bombers around at Blaoveshchensk. Would like to take them out and withdraw my fighters from important bases within 5 hexes but I don´t want to lose dozens of Helens in this attempt due to the all killing enemy flak there...

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Day Air attack on 1st Ind. Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 5
Hurricane IIc x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 12th Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 81
Yak-1 x 70
Yak-9D x 180
IL-2 Shturmovik x 70


Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 8 destroyed, 34 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet

this one did hurt... 10.000ft and below is where the Japanese flak can achieve something if there are enough gun barrels around, everything going in higher is pretty much safe...

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Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 17
B-25J Mitchell x 136


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 13 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
263 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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

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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3
Liberator VI x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 19
B-25J Mitchell x 9
B-24J Liberator x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet

my troops moved in to Townsville again and are target of hard hitting bomber attacks...

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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 7
B-25J Mitchell x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
140 casualties reported

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

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


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 3
Ventura V x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 44
B-25J Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Ventura V: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

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

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

half of my Army is highly disrupted now...

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


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 6
Liberator VI x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 67
B-25J Mitchell x 28
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
281 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on 46th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 7
Ventura V x 8
PV-1 Ventura x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 82
B-25J Mitchell x 51
B-24J Liberator x 3


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

Japanese ground losses:
259 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet

but some bombers were shot down today, not a bad exchange considering the fact that I don´t want to attack anyway at the moment... just keeping the Allied busy...

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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 27
P-40N Warhawk x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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

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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 49
P1Y Frances x 39

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
320 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 50
A6M3a Zero x 42
B5N Kate x 81
P1Y Frances x 45
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 96
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9
Ki-61 Ic x 12

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

while we use static Russian fortresses as training targets...



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TF 26 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


Japanese ground losses:
146 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43418 troops, 279 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 913

Defending force 12040 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Japanese max assault: 704 - adjusted assault: 734

Allied max defense: 30 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 146 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
369 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
8901 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

more troops surrender... all of the remaining enemy invaders will be knocked out soon... the Makin invasion (and evacuation) has cost the Allied not just hundreds of carrier based aircraft, nearly a dozen carriers, a couple of BBs and dozens of AKs, it has also cost them a couple of LCUs worth 400-500 victory points...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107477 troops, 1091 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2273

Defending force 90304 troops, 1032 guns, 305 vehicles, Assault Value = 1732



Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373110 troops, 4439 guns, 1346 vehicles, Assault Value = 9373

Defending force 148904 troops, 1773 guns, 203 vehicles, Assault Value = 3048



Allied ground losses:
101 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22669 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3111

Defending force 301100 troops, 624 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8463



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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41879 troops, 422 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 867

Defending force 48407 troops, 386 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 856



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42786 troops, 338 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 3279

Defending force 70250 troops, 522 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1108



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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5923 troops, 189 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4274

Defending force 108119 troops, 722 guns, 410 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764



Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22495 troops, 245 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1286

Defending force 128171 troops, 222 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70506 troops, 907 guns, 305 vehicles, Assault Value = 1732

Defending force 110277 troops, 1091 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2273


Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 109384 troops, 1635 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 3048

Defending force 458256 troops, 4492 guns, 3373 vehicles, Assault Value = 9373


Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42534 troops, 384 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 856

Defending force 41879 troops, 422 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 867


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76133 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489

Defending force 63190 troops, 667 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1286

Allied max assault: 2620 - adjusted assault: 1859 [X(]

Japanese max defense: 1034 - adjusted defense: 2633 [:(]

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1886 casualties reported
Guns lost 50

Allied ground losses:
3443 casualties reported
Guns lost 19

holy crap! My adjusted av is far from what I would expect while the Chinese adjusted av is also far higher than I would expect. The Chinese are starving, have nearly no guns left and still get a better adjusted av than most of my 5000+ av armies get when assaulting an Allied position. Explanation for our low adjusted av in this urban hex surely are the ongoing air to ground attacks by the British/Chinese fighter bombers that highly disrupted our troops here... looks like I have to take out the airfield sooner than later... a Chinese Army that is suddenly able to break out would be a major change in our strategic position...

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 105742 troops, 805 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2944

Defending force 89729 troops, 902 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 1821


Japanese ground losses:
352 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71141 troops, 696 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764

Defending force 226506 troops, 2395 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 4274


Japanese ground losses:
145 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48488 troops, 498 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1108

Defending force 194530 troops, 1741 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3279


Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Now some screenshots that could be of interest. Let´s start with the Allied CV losses. As you can see, 15 Allied CVs have been confirmed sunk so far, I don´t know if more went down that we didn´t get the confirmation yet, but I guess that should be all. The Allied CV/CVL losses don´t even fit into one screen anymore. LOL! Notice that we have sunk Saratoga and Enterprise twice already...

Five Essex class carriers sunk and also very important, four of the British carriers sunk. This will reduce the number of possible Corsairs over Allied CV TFs to only a couple of dozen.

The rest of the CV/CVL losses. 15 CVs and 5 CVLs being confirmed sunk so far, while CVL Hermes isn´t really worth mentioning...

And the CVEs that were all sunk during the Allied operation to supply Wyndham. Sinking CVEs is important but there will be coming so many of them out of the Allied shipyards that it will be quite hard for us as soon as there are enough around. 15 of those can form one CV TF (450 carrier based ac) per hex and they mostly carry fighters with only 9 torp bombers. This would mean that they can put up a huge Cap to cover amphibious operations while not being a real threat offensively. I don´t know if the CVE based FM-2s can be upgraded to Hellcats. I hope not of course... [:D]

And the Allied battlewaggons that have been sunk so far. A couple of damaged ones should be around too, I guess there are still two dozen BBs left for the Allied (without those that are still to come as reinforcements). We outperform the enemy´s carriers at the moment but can´t compete with the number of battleships, not to talk about the dozens of cruisers.

And here are the losses of IJN capitol ships! It made my smile a bit... [;)] I didn´t take screens of Allied cruisers lost but in total, some two dozen were lost. Both the two BBs lost and the heavy cruiser lost were "unfortunate" happenings. Hyuga was lost because of me being stupid and positioning my BBs within range of Karachi´s Swordfish, Mutsu moved just one hex short to be save when the enemy carriers also moved one hex closer than the turn before in the Gilberts and Haguro was hit by one torp off Darwin that detonated one of here main ammo magazins. CV Junyo was taken out by 9 x 1000lb GP bombs at the beginning of the carrier engagements near the Gilberts. It´s nevertheless nice to compare our losses so far to the Allied losses.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/12/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 35
A6M3a Zero x 54
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 70

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 101

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Paramushiro Jima , at 82,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 5
PV-1 Ventura x 31
PB4Y Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PBM Mariner: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

considering the number of flak guns at this base, the result is once again pathetic...

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Day Air attack on Makin , at 85,89 [X(][X(][X(]

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 88

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 36
B-24D Liberator x 117
B-24J Liberator x 44

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 60 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed, 30 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 26 destroyed, 65 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 10 destroyed, 24 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVE Chuyo, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

WOW! I was not surprised that bigbaba would send his 4Es to take out the ships that were disbanded at Makin but I was more than surprised about this strike. Of course we don´t even get 50% of our fighters into the air, they nevertheless perform really well. More than half of the bombers turned back (nearly no B-24D dropped their loads) but there were still 70+ bombers performing a low altitude carpet bombing run on my ships that were anchored near the atoll. CVE Chuyo was hit three times with 500lb bombs (the 4Es are coming from a level 4 airfield and are at extended range - so much for the myth that bombers wouldn´t attack from too small airfields at extended range) and I´ve thought during the attack that this could mean trouble for the CVE.

But what really strikes me is the number of bombers in this attack... hmm, perhaps it´s just my paranoia once again but if they are coming from a level 4 airfield than there are not more ac allowed than af size x 50 + 10% max, means 220 aircraft. Well, 197 bombers were coming in, leaves room for 23 spare aircraft. This would more or less mean that there shouldn´t be a lot of damaged bombers (from ongoing long range attacks the last weeks), nearly no fighters, nearly no patrols. I can´t prove it, but I highly doubt that the stacking rule applied for this base... 150 bombers wouldn´t make me suspiciously, 197 do...

a lot of bombers were shot down by our figthers and their morale surely is trashed now. Flak fire against the low incoming bombers was heavy, I´ve recently moved in three additional AA rgts. Against our expectations, we weren´t able to keep our port safe from unescorted bombers but I guess this is now the case.

As you can see, nearly 60 4Es were shot down today, that´s quite an achievement in Nikmod.





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Day Air attack on Apamama , at 86,92


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 32


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

This is then something I don´t understand (once again). Why not sending all available bombers against the CVEs at Makin? [&:]

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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 6
Liberator VI x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 86
B-25J Mitchell x 53
B-24J Liberator x 25


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 13 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
252 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 139

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 29
Liberator VI x 28
Ventura V x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 21
PB4Y Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet

looks like flak fire yesterday was heavy enough to see the Allied bombing Charter Towers again today instead of my troops at Townsville...

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Day Air attack on Petropavlovsk , at 84,32

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 41
PB4Y Liberator x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 19th Mixed Brigade, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 43
IL-2 Shturmovik x 60
Pe-2 x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet

another 2000+ av are marching towards Irkutsk, all my troops should be there within the next two turns, then it´s showdown...

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 8
P-40N Warhawk x 13
Hurricane IIc x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 49
A6M3a Zero x 48
B5N Kate x 83
P1Y Frances x 6
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 96
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12
Ki-61 Ic x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43392 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 908

Defending force 7980 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese max assault: 694 - adjusted assault: 799

Allied max defense: 5 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 266 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
5130 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

another RCT surrendered... only parts of the 3rd USMC division left on the beach...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107584 troops, 1094 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2277

Defending force 89994 troops, 1025 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1728



Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373131 troops, 4445 guns, 1346 vehicles, Assault Value = 9373

Defending force 149043 troops, 1771 guns, 202 vehicles, Assault Value = 3055



Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22671 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3110

Defending force 300447 troops, 622 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8449



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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41933 troops, 426 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 867

Defending force 48076 troops, 379 guns, 183 vehicles, Assault Value = 854



Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42914 troops, 347 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 3291

Defending force 70384 troops, 522 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1114



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6065 troops, 193 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4251

Defending force 108950 troops, 731 guns, 424 vehicles, Assault Value = 1773



Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 129 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

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

Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 2

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Babo base !!!



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21556 troops, 207 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1212

Defending force 123910 troops, 199 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2139



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70377 troops, 899 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1728

Defending force 110344 troops, 1094 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2277


Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 109419 troops, 1631 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 3049

Defending force 458297 troops, 4497 guns, 3370 vehicles, Assault Value = 9373


Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42294 troops, 377 guns, 167 vehicles, Assault Value = 854

Defending force 41933 troops, 426 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 867


Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106472 troops, 815 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2993

Defending force 88841 troops, 867 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1817


Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71132 troops, 703 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1769

Defending force 222217 troops, 2425 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 4251


Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48582 troops, 496 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1112

Defending force 194832 troops, 1758 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3291


Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

And that´s how my ships look like that are at Makin. At least one of the bomb hits on Chuyo this turn must have been FOW, probably even two of the three hits. We will have 8 DDs arriving tomorrow and either tomorrow or within the next three days our damaged ships will be escorted into a safe area. Means the only loss during the carrier engagement was Junyo for the sinking of 6 CVs, 3 CVLs (without counting the damage to the BBs). Note that the attack on the port resulted in 1000 op points for the ships... [&:]

So, you expect to be able to save the Chuyo?

ORIGINAL: terje439

So, you expect to be able to save the Chuyo?

after the 4E attack and looking at Chuyo´s damage I´m 98% sure to save her. Only very bad things happenig could see her sinking now. The enemy´s bomber morale was trashed and they can only show up unescorted so only newly transfered bomber squadrons could do the job but this takes time and it takes time to get the damaged bombers repaired, so they could move out to make room for the newly arriving ones (if bigbaba follows the stacking rules...)

All this takes time and I expect to move out the damaged ships within the next three days.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/13/43

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TF 1012 encounters mine field at Nanomea Atoll (87,101)

Allied Ships
MSW Oriole
MSW Penguin
MSW Tanager
MSW Vigilance
MSW Velocity
MSW Champion

the sub laid mines won´t last long... but I guess all damaged ships that were returning to this base have arrived anyway...

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Sunderland x 2
Spitfire Vb x 5
Vengeance I x 2


Allied aircraft losses
Sunderland: 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 208
D3A Val x 48
A6M3a Zero x 35
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 47

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 137
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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

I expect training runs to be the number one occupation for most of my daitais the next two or three months... if nothing bad happens, then the airforce will be in good shape in three months again... at the moment I can´t think about something bad, but perhaps bigbaba can surprise me...

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Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 53
PV-1 Ventura x 16
PB4Y Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

The only small chance for the Allied I see at the moment is trying to move on a base near PM (probably Gili Gili). But to be honest, with PM alone to fly LRCAP and trying to surpress all my airfields and setting bombers on nav attack to deal with KB, I can´t see much of a chance to pull off a succesful and ongoing offensive towards Rabaul. Not to talk about the fact that I still threat Australia with all the ground troops I´ve got there...

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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 6
Liberator VI x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 77
B-25J Mitchell x 44
B-24J Liberator x 17


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
290 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 73

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 17000 feet

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Day Air attack on 20th Division, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 10
Liberator VI x 19
P-47D Thunderbolt x 18


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 29th Division, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 95
Yak-1 x 56
Yak-3 x 36
Yak-9D x 179
IL-2 Shturmovik x 43
Pe-2 x 71
Pe-2R x 3


Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 1 destroyed
Yak-9D: 1 damaged
Pe-2: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet

we spot more than 3000 aircraft at Irkutsk, so there are probably 1500. bigbaba can´t transfer those aircraft anywhere as he has no bases in range left but at least he could stand down all aircraft above the 400 ac stacking limit. 150+ are spotted flying Cap and hundreds are attacking my LCUs... If he keeps up his attacks I will talk to him not using more than the stacking rule allows...

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Day Air attack on 60th Division, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 51
Yak-1 x 32
Yak-3 x 9
Yak-9D x 99
IL-2 Shturmovik x 28
Pe-2 x 40
Pe-2R x 2


Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 2 damaged
Pe-2: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Yak-9D bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 70th Division, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 27
Yak-1 x 16
Yak-3 x 9
Yak-9D x 51
IL-2 Shturmovik x 12
Pe-2 x 14
Pe-2R x 1


Allied aircraft losses
Yak-1: 1 damaged
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on 30th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 14
PV-1 Ventura x 14
B-25C Mitchell x 17
B-25J Mitchell x 109


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 8 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 6 destroyed, 26 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
267 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 17000 feet

the Mitchells were hit really hard today... but there are more heavy flak guns in this hex than there were in Japan in real life...
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Day Air attack on 43rd Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 6
Ventura V x 9
PV-1 Ventura x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 93
B-25J Mitchell x 47
F4U-1 Corsair x 5
B-24J Liberator x 4


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 4 damaged
Ventura V: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 24 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
259 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ventura V bombing at 17000 feet

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


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 10
B-25J Mitchell x 30


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 17000 feet

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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 6


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 27
G4M1 Betty x 93
P1Y Frances x 100

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
415 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 49
A6M3a Zero x 48
B5N Kate x 62
P1Y Frances x 7
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 154
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12
Ki-61 Ic x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

one of the best flak results so far, but as usual, op losses for bombers are nearly non existent, no matter how many you damage...



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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43619 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 916

Defending force 4730 troops, 0 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese max assault: 701 - adjusted assault: 779

Allied max defense: 2 - adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 389 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
977 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107702 troops, 1102 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2281

Defending force 89807 troops, 1016 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1728



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373215 troops, 4448 guns, 1343 vehicles, Assault Value = 11136

Defending force 149121 troops, 1774 guns, 202 vehicles, Assault Value = 3066



Allied ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

as you can see, nearly all my LCUs arrived at Irkutsk... some more to follow though...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22692 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112

Defending force 299934 troops, 606 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8443



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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41969 troops, 429 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 868

Defending force 47815 troops, 365 guns, 183 vehicles, Assault Value = 848



Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43042 troops, 349 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 3300

Defending force 70436 troops, 523 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1112



Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6283 troops, 205 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4261

Defending force 120508 troops, 889 guns, 531 vehicles, Assault Value = 1894



Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21599 troops, 208 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1216

Defending force 124065 troops, 201 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2158



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70260 troops, 891 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1728

Defending force 110462 troops, 1102 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2281


Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 109630 troops, 1630 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 3064

Defending force 569743 troops, 5336 guns, 3384 vehicles, Assault Value = 11136


Japanese ground losses:
571 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42004 troops, 362 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 848

Defending force 41969 troops, 429 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 868


Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107127 troops, 825 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3039

Defending force 88450 troops, 852 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 1812


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

Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72209 troops, 733 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1894

Defending force 223596 troops, 2482 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 4261


Japanese ground losses:
503 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48577 troops, 494 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1108

Defending force 195131 troops, 1767 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3300


Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/14/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 35
A6M3a Zero x 54
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 70

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 94

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 40
PV-1 Ventura x 13
PB4Y Liberator x 5


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 9 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3
Liberator VI x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 68
B-25J Mitchell x 50
B-24J Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
381 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 179

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

airfield attacks are less dangerous than attacking ground troops, nevertheless two bombers were shot down today...

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Day Air attack on 10th Ind. Brigade, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 33
P-40N Warhawk x 9
Hurricane IIc x 26


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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

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Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 36
B-25J Mitchell x 19
B-24J Liberator x 3


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 22 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 17000 feet

and here are the dangerous attacks on my LCUs at Townsville again...

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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 12
Ventura V x 9
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 90
B-25J Mitchell x 39
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
B-24J Liberator x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 5 damaged
Ventura V: 9 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 28 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
287 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ventura V bombing at 17000 feet

same at Cairns...
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 47,100


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 74


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 22 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 17000 feet

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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 54
G4M1 Betty x 87
P1Y Frances x 98

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
402 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

while our airforce is only flying training raids...

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 40
A6M3a Zero x 38
B5N Kate x 30
P1Y Frances x 6
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 149
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 6

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107634 troops, 1100 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2279

Defending force 89616 troops, 1010 guns, 301 vehicles, Assault Value = 1722



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373223 troops, 4447 guns, 1346 vehicles, Assault Value = 12051

Defending force 150679 troops, 1766 guns, 200 vehicles, Assault Value = 3067



Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported

all units except a HQ have entered Irkutsk. I guess this is the biggest Japanese Army I have ever sent into combat. All our troops are fully prepped, fully combat ready and fully supplied. We have a 4:1 in av and all I can hope is that my eng will be able to take down the first two fort levels and that we will than achieve at least a 1:1 each time to bring down the forts. Everything will depend on the forts as the enemy has unlimited supply with thousands of supply points coming in as autosupply daily. Hopefully the Russian can´t build up a level 8 to level 9 fort in three days like the Western Allied are doing in Australia... [8|] I won´t give up until my units will be really worn down as they have enough time to recover if we won´t be able to take the base. They will also have enough time to recover if we will be able to take the base... [;)]

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22694 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3105

Defending force 299469 troops, 599 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8441



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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42080 troops, 434 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 869

Defending force 47595 troops, 357 guns, 182 vehicles, Assault Value = 845



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6425 troops, 210 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4264

Defending force 121131 troops, 900 guns, 534 vehicles, Assault Value = 1914



Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21640 troops, 209 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1224

Defending force 123978 troops, 203 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2161



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70108 troops, 885 guns, 301 vehicles, Assault Value = 1722

Defending force 110414 troops, 1100 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2279


Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 109618 troops, 1628 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 3066

Defending force 618246 troops, 5816 guns, 3395 vehicles, Assault Value = 12051


Japanese ground losses:
245 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41834 troops, 356 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 845

Defending force 42080 troops, 434 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 869


Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107654 troops, 838 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3073

Defending force 88448 troops, 844 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1815


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

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72532 troops, 744 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1914

Defending force 223056 troops, 2493 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 4264


Japanese ground losses:
270 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48756 troops, 498 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1110

Defending force 194914 troops, 1777 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3297


Japanese ground losses:
154 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/15/43

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 24
Sunderland x 2
Vengeance I x 16
Hurricane IIc x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 7 damaged
Sunderland: 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 5 destroyed, 6 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Barracuda bombing at 15000 feet
11 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet

dive bombers shouldn´t be used when there is more than just some flak at your target...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 243
D3A Val x 48
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 27
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 47
Ki-61 Ic x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 268
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9
Liberator VI x 12
Ventura V x 12
F-5A Lightning x 4
PV-1 Ventura x 15
PB4Y Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
Ventura V: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ventura V bombing at 15000 feet

pure luck when Baker´s flak defense claims some bombers...

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Day Air attack on 4th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 8
Spitfire Vb x 8
Liberator VI x 31


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 31
P-40N Warhawk x 9
Hurricane IIc x 26


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 4 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

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

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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 54
G4M1 Betty x 92
P1Y Frances x 92

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
224 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 48
A6M3a Zero x 49
B5N Kate x 40
P1Y Frances x 6
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 198
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 24th Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
Pe-2R x 1


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2R: 1 damaged


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107806 troops, 1105 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2282

Defending force 89383 troops, 999 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1719



Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 482297 troops, 5764 guns, 1369 vehicles, Assault Value = 12052

Defending force 150588 troops, 1766 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 3069



Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported

amazing damage caused by nearly 6000 guns...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22690 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3105

Defending force 299098 troops, 587 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8443



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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42136 troops, 435 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 871

Defending force 47406 troops, 349 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 837



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6629 troops, 218 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4282

Defending force 121507 troops, 903 guns, 535 vehicles, Assault Value = 1937



Allied ground losses:
341 casualties reported
Guns lost 7


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21665 troops, 210 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1227

Defending force 123937 troops, 205 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2168



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 69935 troops, 874 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1719

Defending force 110586 troops, 1105 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2282


Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 109545 troops, 1626 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 3066

Defending force 622164 troops, 5818 guns, 3397 vehicles, Assault Value = 12052


Japanese ground losses:
381 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41664 troops, 348 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 837

Defending force 42136 troops, 435 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 871


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 108238 troops, 848 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3125

Defending force 88388 troops, 840 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1814


Japanese ground losses:
185 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72444 troops, 737 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1921

Defending force 223713 troops, 2523 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 4282


Japanese ground losses:
185 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48770 troops, 501 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1115

Defending force 195098 troops, 1789 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 3307


Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/16/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 242
D3A Val x 48
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 27
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 47
Ki-61 Ic x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 206

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 45


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 110th Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 11
Yak-1 x 6
Yak-3 x 7
Yak-9D x 17
IL-2 Shturmovik x 6
Pe-2 x 16
Pe-2R x 1


Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Pe-2: 2 damaged
Pe-2R: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Pe-2 bombing at 12000 feet

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Day Air attack on 37th Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 22
Yak-1 x 12
Yak-3 x 16
Yak-9D x 61
IL-2 Shturmovik x 17
Pe-2 x 19


Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged
Pe-2: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Pe-2 bombing at 12000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 12
Yak-1 x 6
Yak-3 x 10
Yak-9D x 30
IL-2 Shturmovik x 9
Pe-2 x 19
Pe-2R x 1


Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 9 damaged
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Pe-2 bombing at 12000 feet

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Day Air attack on 24th Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 80
Yak-1 x 54
Yak-9D x 81
IL-2 Shturmovik x 42
Pe-2 x 39
Pe-2R x 1


Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 5 destroyed, 21 damaged
Pe-2: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet

with nearly 200 fighters on Cap the 400 ac stacking rule for this base was clearly violated again...

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Day Air attack on 60th Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
Pe-2R x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 11
A6M3a Zero x 2
B5N Kate x 47
G4M1 Betty x 81
P1Y Frances x 84
Ki-61 Ic x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
278 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

as I´ve got problem with finding room for my training raids (one hex to the target would be perfect) I´m thinking of just overstacking Vladivostok too with additional 400 ac...

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 38
A6M3a Zero x 38
B5N Kate x 30
P1Y Frances x 6
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 153
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 7
G4M1 Betty x 15
Ki-61 Ic x 43

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 85511 troops, 866 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 2287

Defending force 89187 troops, 997 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1719



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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14341 troops, 464 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12046

Defending force 150661 troops, 1766 guns, 202 vehicles, Assault Value = 3066



Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22674 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3107

Defending force 298515 troops, 584 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8443



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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42195 troops, 436 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 874

Defending force 47172 troops, 346 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 831



Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6804 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4299

Defending force 122050 troops, 920 guns, 539 vehicles, Assault Value = 1945



Allied ground losses:
334 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21698 troops, 212 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1274

Defending force 123886 troops, 208 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2175



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 69799 troops, 872 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1719

Defending force 110604 troops, 1106 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2287


Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 109533 troops, 1627 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 3066

Defending force 621379 troops, 5811 guns, 3395 vehicles, Assault Value = 12046


Japanese ground losses:
1053 casualties reported [8|][8|]


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41532 troops, 345 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 831

Defending force 42195 troops, 436 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 874


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


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 108822 troops, 855 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3175

Defending force 88241 troops, 841 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1808


Japanese ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72924 troops, 760 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1943

Defending force 224184 troops, 2555 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 4299


Japanese ground losses:
230 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48827 troops, 500 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1117

Defending force 195294 troops, 1801 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3317


Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


bigbaba is out of town the next couple of days so no updates until he´ll be back...

Bah! I want to see Russian troops finished off.

Finish him!!!

ORIGINAL: Xxzard

Bah! I want to see Russian troops finished off.

Finish him!!!

even if we have a 4:1 advantage in assault value, it may look easier than it will be. Level 9 forts and Allied fire power are a killer, not to mention the fact that Allied engineers build up a foxhole into a Maginot line defense during divisional sized combats within a couple of days. I´ve got more than a dozen eng rgts at Irkutsk and all my divs have all their combat eng ready but with the results in this PBEM so far, I don´t expect to take more than two fort levels down with my engineers, they will probably all be disabled after two attacks. This means we will then need to achieve a 1:1 at least to further take forts down. Our biggest advantage are our tanks which hopefully will inflict enough casualties within the defender to see the total casualties being on par. When we achieve this, we will also be able to take the town.

As the XXzard already said...



This game is a textbook example of quality trashing. Keep up the good work [;)]