jwilkerson(Jpn) Moses (Allies)

[jwilkerson]

The most active theater is still Java, with our armored group closed up to Batavia and the infantry following behind.

[jwilkerson]

Looks like the American carriers are back. Either trying to threaten our light forces in the Solomon Sea or escorting a convoy to PM (or both). Our fleet is still strung out between Palau and Truk, so if there is a battle, it will be between our Naval Air units and the enemy fleet and air. We have been moving more planes over and so are not as weak as we have been.

[jwilkerson]

Yup, the battle has started. We're still in it. On the first day we hit Port Moresby with a big raid from Rabaul and caught a few B-26s on the ground. Also our two Betty/Nell air units at Lae hit the USN CV TF to the South of PM and damaged the Yorktown. [:)] These two Betty/Nell groups are the best we have, both are (uh were) EXP=88. But the fighter battle was pretty bloody our Ominato groups lost 15 of their best pee-lohs. [:(]

[jwilkerson]

And this shows one of the three torpedo hits ...

[jwilkerson]

And finally the actual air losses.

Overall - looking towards our ability to continue tomorrow. Most of the air units are in reasonable shape, fatigue 0-20 ... and morale 50+ ... of course a few are lower, we'll probably rest them. But both Lae and Rabaul have HQs so the planes will probably fly regardless. Also, there are a few new air units that are ready to jump in.

[jwilkerson]

I haven't been doing too many combat reports ... but here is one ... since we had a bit of excitement this turn with the engagements around PM.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/14/42

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Sub attack at 7,94
This is in the Perth area. We've had decent hunting over here, but he has beefed up the ASW defense near Perth ...

Japanese Ships
SS I-2

Allied Ships
TK Empire Coral, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
We lead off with a medium effort sweep from Admiralties ...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 43,40
Pee-Loh training continues in China ...

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 18
Ki-27 Nate x 88
Ki-51 Sonia x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
18 x A5M4 Claude bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Chinese Corps, at 47,35

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 7
Ki-30 Ann x 20
Ki-36 Ida x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
7 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Hopei Militia Division, at 47,26

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 11
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
A sweep from lae ...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Big attack on PM airbase, biggest air attack we've had so far in the game ...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
G3M Nell x 24
G4M1 Betty x 179

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses Actuals were double the below ... as show in the previous post ...
B-25C Mitchell: 9 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 106

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
6 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
12 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
12 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 51,93

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
G3M Nell x 13 These Nells and Bettys are the besst we have, both are 88 EXP ...
G4M1 Betty x 18

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 24
F4F-4 Wildcat x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 15 destroyed Ouch ...
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 17 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 14 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 25 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Nice, but this probably won't sink her ..
CV Hornet
CA Portland
BB Nevada
BB Colorado The BBs did their job .. they soaked off a lot of the attacks ...

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24026 troops, 307 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 971

Defending force 29835 troops, 333 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 508



Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 20,54
On of our tank units driving on Jambi from Palembang ...

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1343 troops, 0 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

Defending force 3035 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

Japanese max assault: 128 - adjusted assault: 58

Allied max defense: 9 - adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Makale
We're still cleaning up Dutch bases, this one in the Celebes ...

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 625 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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

Japanese max assault: 12 - adjusted assault: 8

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Makale base !!!



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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2996 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 508

Defending force 46176 troops, 551 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 971


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


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Ground combat at Kiriwina Island
And trying to complete conquest of the Solomons area .. this one via Fast-Trans ..

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1699 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

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

Japanese max assault: 47 - adjusted assault: 25

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kiriwina Island base !!!

[jwilkerson]

OMG - REALLY HUGE AIR BATTLES AROUND PORT MORSEBY.

Our Betty/Nells at Rabaul let the resupply convoy in to PM, but pounded the airfield and caught a pile of planes on the ground. Meanwhile the sweep missions from Lae and Admiralties had weakened the Allied CAP to the point where the Rabaul escort finished it off. Oh, and the Betty/Nells from Lae finished off the Yorktown.
We had two Betty units from Rabul fail to fly due to Morale and 2 fresh Sally units at Lae fail to fly, due to reasons unknown. Fatigue is averaging around 20 for the air units in the area. Moral is ranging between 40 and 90. HQs are helping us fly, though flying with high fatigue and low moral means you don't accomplish much and we're reaching that point. Fortunately we hope the Allied losses mean they are as well.

[jwilkerson]

Here are the actual air losses. I'll let them speak for themselves. Note that most of the Allied losses were on the ground, the airfield at Moresby was already heavily damaged and got more so this turn.

[jwilkerson]

Ok, another annotated combat report - to show the details of the PM air battles.



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/15/42
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ASW attack at 61,74
Well, Moses succeeded in placing a sub on the route KB is following to sail between Palau and Truk !! We'll have to deviate the following groups a bit ...

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsukaze
DD Akebono
DD Ushio
DD Mikazuki
CA Haguro
BB Ise

Allied Ships
SS Tambor

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Sub attack at 130,62
This is out in the gap between Pearl and San Francisco .. and darn .. I forgot to move these guys ... hard to remember with all the excitement ..

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
TK Robert E Hopkins, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36
China training - couple with helping the Chinese spend some of their supply ...

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 68
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 54
Ki-15 Babs x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 97

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
27 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
20 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 2
Ki-48 Lily x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31
A new target for the Allied 4EB in Burma ... we want them to have lots of targets .. this one is a small Dinah base we recently opened ...


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 28


Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
13 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
And the new favorite Allied bomber target in the Burma theater ...


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 5
B-26B Marauder x 44
B-17E Fortress x 34


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 39
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
23 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51
Our main Army is advancing on Clark .. for the third time ... should be their in a day or so ..

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 23
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 43,40

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 16
Ki-27 Nate x 92
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
16 x A5M4 Claude bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 47,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 40
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 47,35

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 9
Ki-30 Ann x 20
Ki-36 Ida x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
9 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Barisan Regiment, at 19,59
Prep for the attack on Batavia ..

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 9 damaged


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
16 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Ok ... here is the main action. As usual, we lead off with a small sweep from Lae. This sweep is decimated, but sets up the Allied CAP for the following waves ...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
Kittyhawk I x 8
P-39D Airacobra x 22
P-40E Warhawk x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed Ouch again ...

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed, 6 damaged

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Now a big sweep from Admiralties ... this sweep completes the wearing out of the Allied CAP ...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 11
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
Kittyhawk I x 7
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 6 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 6 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 15 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 18 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
I was afraid the AI was going to attack the convoy that arrived at PM this turn, instead of the AF ... and I was beating on myself for sticking with cdr discretion ... but .. whew ... the AI guessed right for once and went ahead and hit the AF clobbering the Allied planes on the ground. We could've rested most of our escort as they weren't needed .. or better still sent more fighters on the initial sweep from PM as this strike is a rare linked strike between Lae and Rabaul ... so happy with the bombing results but not happy with our allocation of fighters across the missions ...


Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 126
G3M Nell x 13
G4M1 Betty x 178

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 8 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 17 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 23 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 6 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 21 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed


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

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 103

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
12 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Perkins

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 51,95
These Lae groups were set to Naval Attack/Rest to preclude them from hitting the AF and that order paid off as the Americans abandoned the Yorktown to her fate ...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
G3M Nell x 12
G4M1 Betty x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage and we got a "sink" msg right after this ...

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

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Ground combat at Batavia

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20629 troops, 174 guns, 390 vehicles, Assault Value = 794

Defending force 15990 troops, 92 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 102

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 457 - adjusted assault: 300

Allied max defense: 78 - adjusted defense: 51

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Batavia base !!! Kind of an anti-climax by now ..


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

Allied ground losses:
1980 casualties reported
Guns lost 20


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23970 troops, 306 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 968

Defending force 29917 troops, 333 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 510



Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Teloekbetoeng
Clearing southern Summatra

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 944 troops, 0 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Defending force 2403 troops, 12 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Japanese max assault: 92 - adjusted assault: 90

Allied max defense: 7 - adjusted defense: 10

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Teloekbetoeng base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
F.K.51: 3 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Jambi
Ah ... clearing southern Summatra ...

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1333 troops, 0 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Defending force 2242 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese max assault: 122 - adjusted assault: 236

Allied max defense: 7 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 47 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Jambi base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2996 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 510

Defending force 46111 troops, 552 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 968


Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

[jwilkerson]

A few thoughts on Strategy.

Naval Strength: For those readers who are following this AAR, you will recall that the Sara and Lexington were heavily damaged in a January 1942 raid on Rabaul. I'd estimate that they will be out of action until early Summer 1942. This left the USN with 3 CVs (Enterprise, Yorktown, Hornet) until Wasp shows up, also in the summer. The current actions around PM have resulted in Yorktown being sunk, thus leaving the USN with 2 CVs. Now the Brits have several carriers, I'm not going to bring up the game on the Allied side and look it up, but maybe 2-4 though their air groups are small and their planes are not first line. So let's say the Allies now have 4 CV equivalents. The Japanese still have 6 real CVs with 6 small carriers (and 2 more arriving shortly). So call this 9-10 CV equivalents. Thus naval superiority is now at the point where we can start thinking about splitting up the carriers. As far as BBs are concerned. It is hard to tell. The USN BBs were not hard hit in the Pearl strike - and no BBs have been sunk on either side, though we did get a couple of torpedo hits on one of the R's at Palembang a while back. I'd roughly estimate that BB strength right now is about even, with slight edge maybe to the Allies. We still have Mutsu in the yard for a while, our other 9 BBs are on ops. Yam/Mus will not be around for a while. We've had to delay their construction a bit to make room for higher priorities, but we will finish them by late summer '42.

Air Strength: Well, no matter what happens, the Allies only get stronger and the Japanese only get weaker. In the New Britain area we've concentrated 90% of the Betty/Nell force and they are still in pretty good shape. The Zeros on the other hand are getting beat up a bit. Most groups are still in the 70s, but some are dipping into the 60s and a couple will be in the 40-50s after we fill them back up. So some serious training is on the horizon. On the other hand the IJA fighter force is in good shape and improving. We have about half the groups either at or approaching 80 and the other half solidly in the 70s. Only a very few groups are in the 50s and 60s. So once the Tony's show up, the (land based) Zeros can be relieved for most purposes other than long range escort. And at least they won't be required to be the primary air superiority fighters as they are approaching the point of being unable to do that anyway. But fortunately, Allied fighter production rates are low enough and exps are low enough that hopefully we can even fight them with EXP 50 groups and not get toasted. But we have to try to hold out with the Zeros until the Tony's arrive, so that is the challenge.

Ground Units: With the campaign in DEI winding down and the P.I. (hopefully) at least under control. We now shortly have some freed up divisions. Possible targets include Ceylon, Perth, Port Moresby, Noumea, and the Polynesian Islands. We will go after the Western Aluetians in any case. We are sending the 5ID to Burma and may consider sending a second division - to give a total of 4 (Mytchina, Lashio, Akyab and Mandalay) with 2 IMB as well.

Allied Potentials: With the IJN having 12, soon to be 14 carriers to the Allied, 5-6 (counting little ones). Any Allied attack without strong LBA support will probably not succeed. One exception is Northern Oz, where they can attack down the rail lines. We will expect continued air attacks in Burma. Allied build ups in the Eastern Aleutians are also indicated. And there is no reason why the Allies can't build up in Polynesia. But we are now not as worried about a coup against the Marshalls, in fact, we will now consider sending some reinforcements here, to enable us to generate enough delay, in the event of an invasion to possibly get KB there before some of the key Atolls might fall. But if one does fall, we now might still have the strength to take it back, with heavy losses for the Allies.

Well, anyway, things might get even more interesting in mid-42 than I thought they would, primarily due to unexpected Allied weakness in Naval strength. I'd expect their air strength to rebound pretty quickly however.

[ny59giants]

Ground Units: With the campaign in DEI winding down and the P.I. (hopefully) at least under control. We now shortly have some freed up divisions. Possible targets include Ceylon, Perth, Port Moresby, Noumea, and the Polynesian Islands. We will go after the Western Aleutians in any case. We are sending the 5ID to Burma and may consider sending a second division - to give a total of 4 (Mytchina, Lashio, Akyab and Mandalay) with 2 IMB as well.

If you have to make a choice, the one I would go for is the conquest of Noumea and the Polynesian Islands up to and including Canton Island. First, it would create a buffer zone for the eventual counter-offensive. Second, it would delay it as the islands are far enough apart that only heavy bombers may be able to assist an invasion and they would still need CV's to cover it. Third, it would make it hazardous to supply and build up Australia/New Zealand and allow CV/CVL raids into those shipping lanes (it's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to RHS level 7 to be able to come to Australia from the west).[:D]

I have posted on both AAR's and cautioned him about the pitfall of trying too hard to keep PM heavily reinforced due to the Zero and Nell/Betty menace. [:-] [:-]

KUDOS!!!

[KDonovan]

i would go for PM. Slowly but surely you'll lose control of the skies above PM, then next thing you know, B17's will be raining death and destruction down upon Lae and Rabual. At least with PM in your hands, you can delay that obvious avenue of advance for the allies

[jwilkerson]

Thanks NY and K.

(1) Knowing my methodical style of play, I fear I will not be moving fast enough to conquer the world [:D] ... after all, from my perspective, much of what I've been able to accomplish in the New Britain/Papua area is due to moving in lots of engineers and supply more so than the airplanes, they were just the tip of the bayonet! But given the unplanned (though temporary) carrier superiority we have, clearly some activity is called for.

(2) As to PM, well I'm not sure having Moses focus on the obvious anvenue isn't a good idea. I'm strong in New Britain Papua than in most if not all of the other possible routes (at this point) and this is also about the farthest from my sensitive areas. I'd rather NOT have him retake Northern Oz and threaten Timor/SRA.

=== I haven't posted for a while because to be honest not much is happening right now.

(A) KB is refitting at Truk. I want to get at least the CV/BB down to sys=8 so that when we do go out, we'll stay "green" for a least a couple of days [:D].

(B) Also we need to immediately move 200k fuel down to Truk, KB and its train guzzle a whoooole lotta gaz. This is happening.

(C) In the SRA there are still a lot of little spots that need to be captured. These ops are in process, but several major units are resting and prepping for possible future ops.

(D) We got kicked out of Clark the third time despite bringing in yet another division (we have 6 Division Equivalents on Luzon now and still not enough). We'll be trying again soon. Hopefully one day, his supply will run low.

(E) In China, Moses is moving some telephone poles around, but he hasn't attacked any of our cities yet. In the mean time, we continue to train up our pilots.

(F) We are moving engineers and supplies into forward areas to facilitate a build up that is flexible. We will then be able to decide where we are going, when the time comes, but keeping some options open for now.

=== I'll publish full monthly reports when we get to the end of March. Hopefully by then we'll have something in the works.

[castor troy]

I would go for New Caledonia rather than PM. In all my PBEMs as Japanese I was able to keep PM surpressed very long (as long as I lost south New Guinea and Rabaul). And I didn´t lose South Guinea and Rabaul because I didn´t take PM before. I always have some Helens or Sallies on a big airfield at Lae, coupled with Zeroes for escort and some Betties for naval strikes and fighters, dive bombers and torpedoe bombers at Buna just two hexes from PM. Once the airfield and port is damaged (send twice some battlewaggons after good recon and there´s a lot of damage with a lot of engineers disrupted) it´s no problem to surpress it FOR YEARS.

First your opponent tries to send in supplies and more troops but after losing AK after another he will stop (at least that´s my experience). Then his troops will starve, there won´t be ANY AA fire after a short time (if you use your BBs, CAs first). This means you have a perfect training target for your fighters, Vals and Kates. With 100 planes of those types I achieve 100 airfield hits in just a couple of days which is enough to damage the airfield not just 100% but 200% [:D].

If you take PM then the above mentioned will probably happen to you once Cairns or Townsville airbase is big enough to place hundreds of 4e there. And you know what happens then: one or two succesful attacks and PM is closed - for the rest of the war... Then it´s not an Allied prison camp but a Japanese. Noumea can´t be closed by 4e if you also take Luganville and Efate. Though it´s hard to defend because of Koumac and the other base to the north, so noone will probably land direct in Noumea. I once decided to cut off Noumea with Ms Betty and Zero but that resulted in too much losses on my side if you can´t surpress Noumea completely which is very hard to do IMO if not impossible when talking about surpressing it until mid 43.

[jwilkerson]

Not a whole lot happening still as we refit and prepare for "the next round". But one potentially significant event will be seen in the below annotated combat report.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/27/42

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TF 103 troops unloading over beach at Benkolen, 18,56
This is another of the many many "Finish taking all the allied bases/dots in the SRA" ops that we have going on


Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Truk at 63,78
He's gettin' bolder!

Japanese Ships
AP Tatsutake Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback

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Naval bombardment of Benkolen, at 18,56
Support for an Amphib op off Summatra

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
DD Shirayuki
DD Isonami
CL Sendai


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 4

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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36
Another of the endless AF/supply/Training missions in China ...

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 72
Ki-21 Sally x 61
Ki-48 Lily x 49
Ki-15 Babs x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 100

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
2 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 66

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 16
Ki-15 Babs x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31
Ah, so this is the new devvelopment. After both of us have maintained an (almost) unspoken truce against bombing each other's cities, Moses inaugurates the process!!! We will respond in kind with the hope that he clicked the wrong button and will stop [:)]


Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 4
B-17E Fortress x 34
LB-30 Liberator x 36


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed

Resources hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
15 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
11 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
We don't mind the AF training missions !


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-26B Marauder x 46


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
18 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
13 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wasile , at 41,69

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 8

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
more NEVER ENDING suppression of PM ...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-21 Sally x 52

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 76

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 110th USAAF Base Force, at 41,60

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 43,40
Training up some carrier Pee-Lohs

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 64
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A5M4 Claude bombing at 2000 feet
17 x A5M4 Claude bombing at 2000 feet
18 x A5M4 Claude bombing at 2000 feet
5 x A5M4 Claude bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on MAF Aviation , at 19,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 106 RN Base Force, at 33,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 8

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Buna at 55,90
Looks like we gonna have to beef up the cap here ... apparently one Zero Chutai can't make a dent against one VB squadron ...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 8

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Taiko Maru, Bomb hits 1
PG Busho Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23875 troops, 305 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 960

Defending force 29869 troops, 327 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 516



Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Makale

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 609 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Defending force 874 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33



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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2872 troops, 73 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 516

Defending force 45960 troops, 546 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 960


Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Myitkyina
The Allies continue retreating their 19 odd units "through" our lines and on back to India ...

Allied Shock attack

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

Defending force 14640 troops, 170 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 294

Allied max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 283 - adjusted defense: 339

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

[jwilkerson]

Well, we hit Moses' resources at Changsha in a "tit for tat" return for his bombing our resources in Burma.

Actually only our Kates (carrier units in training) and our Dive Bombers participated in the attack. All three units of Level bombers decided not to fly. So our reposte wasn't nearly as heavy as we had intended. But the point is probably made. In the short run, if we will engage in a "city bombing" campaign, we can probably hit him harder (in China) than he can hit us (in CBI). Of course, in the long run, he can hit us much harder everywhere, but I've made it clear that we are done hitting back, until he hits us again, so he has the trigger in his hands.

There seems to be an increase in the number of Allied subs being spotted in the Bew Britain area, so we may need to beef up ASW activities there.

We are sending another Brigade (the 56th from Java) to Luzon and preparing for a forth attempt to enter the Clark hex.

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/28/42

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Naval bombardment of Medan, at 20,45 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Two regiments of the Konoye Division are going in to clear out the one major remaining "den" of Dutch troops at Medan ...

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 2
BB Fuso
DD Akikaze
DD Murakumo
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi
CL Oi
CL Kitakami


Allied ground losses:
671 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 78
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3

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TF 1 troops unloading over beach at Medan, 20,45


Japanese ground losses:
950 casualties reported

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TF 88 troops unloading over beach at Padang, 17,53
And Kawaguchi is going in at Padang ...


Japanese ground losses:
266 casualties reported

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TF 128 troops unloading over beach at Kiamana, 43,79


Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported

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TF 1 troops unloading over beach at Medan, 20,45


Japanese ground losses:
463 casualties reported

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TF 88 troops unloading over beach at Padang, 17,53


Japanese ground losses:
338 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36
So here is our reply to Moses' city bombing us in Burma ... actually we did a bit more damage than he did in raw numbers, though only 1/3rd of our throw weight in bombers decided to fly ...

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 33
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-30 Ann x 27
Ki-32 Mary x 27
Ki-36 Ida x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-32 Mary: 5 damaged

Resources hits 25 Actual number of damaged resource points looked to be in the 70s ...

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
24 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet
17 x B5N Kate bombing at 15000 feet
12 x B5N Kate bombing at 15000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66
All but the Manilla attack .. in the following looong sequence of air attacks .. are training ...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
D3A Val x 9
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
9 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
9 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wasile , at 41,69

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
340 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Buka , at 63,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

No Japanese losses

Port fuel hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 110th USAAF Base Force, at 41,60

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion, at 19,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 106 RN Base Force, at 33,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 8

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 9th DAF Base Force, at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th DAF Base Force, at 18,56
This was an rather unnecessary ground support attack that none-the-less cost us a plane, though fortunately not the crew, and was put in by our best Sally unit on the map ... with average EXP of 81 ... they are part of the Palembang defense ...

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Benkolen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12750 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 247

Defending force 795 troops, 5 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 234 - adjusted assault: 104

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 34 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Benkolen base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
903 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23909 troops, 305 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 962

Defending force 29631 troops, 316 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 516



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Makale

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 609 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Defending force 892 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33



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Ground combat at Myitkyina
And the multitudinous Allied units continue to retreat through our lines to India ... nothing we can do but wave as they go by ... [8|]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 153 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Defending force 14640 troops, 170 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 294

Allied max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 283 - adjusted defense: 599

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



Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2796 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 516

Defending force 46003 troops, 545 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 962


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

[jwilkerson]

Well it is April 1st, 1942, time for monthly reports again. We will start off with the losses summary. Note we are still hovering beneath the 3:1 ratio in air to air kills. Though this is officially a "VPs do not count" game (per our house rules) we note that we climbed above a 2:1 ratio here.

[jwilkerson]

Next we show the major (CA and above) surface ship losses. I have to say this is a very light loss list, for both sides, compared to my other games.

[jwilkerson]

Next is subs lost. After starting out in a big hurry, the Allies have slowed down. We note that all three of our losses, were due to forgetting to move guys that we "tagged" as needing to be moved while watching the replay. We still don't have a good system to remember to move the subs. Well after they'll all glugged it won't matter, I guess we have that to look forward to [;)]