All the naval movement orders remain the same, all that changes is thier execution. So ships in one version will be in the same place during the out of sync view (they may be 1 hex out due to the way the random roll works for speeds not divisible by 5) but it's not possible for them to be 10 hexes away because the orders haven't changed. Therefore if you bombed Hiryu at Koepang in your replay, it was there during the Japanese replay, but you just didn't spot it/attack it.
It's true the spottings aren't real, however the way detection levels work if you spotted it in the real (Japanese) replay, it will appear on your map during your order phase. Actually if you are out of sync, the allies get two bites of the cherry - If you spot ships during the real replay but don't spot them during the fake (allied) replay they appear on the map. Plus you can spot ships during their replay which they did not spot during the Japanese replay. These won't appear during the map during the aliied order phase, but you will know they are there. Not much of an advantage, but there you go.
The rant goes on... PBEM QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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castor troy
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
ORIGINAL: Yakface
All the naval movement orders remain the same, all that changes is thier execution. So ships in one version will be in the same place during the out of sync view (they may be 1 hex out due to the way the random roll works for speeds not divisible by 5) but it's not possible for them to be 10 hexes away because the orders haven't changed. Therefore if you bombed Hiryu at Koepang in your replay, it was there during the Japanese replay, but you just didn't spot it/attack it.
It's true the spottings aren't real, however the way detection levels work if you spotted it in the real (Japanese) replay, it will appear on your map during your order phase. Actually if you are out of sync, the allies get two bites of the cherry - If you spot ships during the real replay but don't spot them during the fake (allied) replay they appear on the map. Plus you can spot ships during their replay which they did not spot during the Japanese replay. These won't appear during the map during the aliied order phase, but you will know they are there. Not much of an advantage, but there you go.
how can it be then that I´ve seen ships being torped, bombed, sunk... a dozen hexes away from where they really were? [&:]
RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
Without having seen it, I can't say (from what you are reporting, I don't think I'd be able to give a decent explanation even if I did see it). However it wouldn't be down to sync. Sync affects only the dice rolls (spotting, combat, air strikes etc), the starting positions and orders remain constant and as there is very little random element in movement, the post movement positions of units won't change much between versions.
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
We´re back in synch again and see heavy fighting immediately...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/03/42
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ASW attack near Labao at 29,74
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 2
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #12
PC Kyo Maru #11
PC Kyo Maru #2
Allied Ships
SS KXVII
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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Minegumo
DD Minazuki
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
Allied Ships
SS Snapper, hits 1
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Sub attack at 30,75
Japanese Ships
AP Konzan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
AP Kisogawa Maru
DD Natsugumo
DD Oshio
Allied Ships
SS Sealion
Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
a troop convoy retreating from Koepang is hit. KB and all the BB TFs have retired North, last TF spotted was around 6 hexes North of Koepang...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77 [:D][8D][:D]
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 3
Albacore x 22
Martlet II x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 16
SBD Dauntless x 126
Swordfish x 28
TBD Devastator x 66
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Bomb hits 23, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 24, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Columbia Maru
AK Hide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kasyu Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AK Momoha Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamagiri Maru
AK Hirota Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Syozin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x TBD Devastator bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
we brought also the US carriers to the party, but once again we were only a couple of days late and Hortlund is really happy about that. We have now the British torp bombers and the US aircraft available to hurt anything that is within range. As mentioned before, KB (or better say incomplete KB as Kaga and Akagi seem to be missing) has already retired as well as the IJN battlewaggons so we attack an empty convoy but CA Kinugusa and CL Yura were included there to act as a bomb magnet against LBA attacks. Well, they acted good and Kinugusa can´t be penetrated by the 500lb bombs dropped by the SBDs and TBDs. That was amazing as I thought 500lb bombs would hurt CAs in Nikmod... Even CL Yura was hit by several 500lb bombs that couldn´t penetrate the belt armor. But in the end the British torp bombers made short process of the 2 cruisers! And we bag another half a dozen transports. [&o]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 14
Hudson I x 19
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-17E Fortress x 8
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Meizan Maru, Bomb hits 3
AK Komaki Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AP Teikei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Keiyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AP Niitaka Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Ehime Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
Also in the morning my LBA from Derby is attacking an empty troop convoy at Koepang and does some damage. I´m happy with the hit rate as I´m used to far worse hit rates so far...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Teikei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Niitaka Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Ehime Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
and some Hudsons from Wyndham join the party...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 2
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,84
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Foam, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
a damn IJN CS is beating up some AKs carrying fuel to Northern Australia. This is happening some 12 hexes West of Broome... [:@] the precious fuel of the AKs is lost to the small bomb hits as all goes up in flames...
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,84
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Foam, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Albacore x 19
SBD Dauntless x 88
Swordfish x 28
TBD Devastator x 31
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Keiyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Meizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Niitaka Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Ehime Maru, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AP Teikei Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Komaki Maru, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
in the afternoon our carriers attack the already damaged troop convoy at Koepang and afterwards there´s no ship left that would make it back to a safe port. It´s a pity, there´s also a 3DD, 2APD TF in the Koepang hex that would be a more valuable target but I can live with that...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 8
Hudson I x 12
B-17E Fortress x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Ehime Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Meizan Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AP Keiyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Komaki Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Niitaka Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 8
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Niitaka Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
DD Minegumo
APD APD-2
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
only a couple of Fortresses is attacking the DD/APD TF... [:(]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
and some Hudsons from Wyndham, all without success against the agile targets... what was really amazing is the fact that we lost 0 aircraft today!!!! [X(]
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,84
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Lynx, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 31,75
Japanese Ships
AP Kasuga Maru #2
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
the sub misses...
I don´t know if I can consider my Koepang operation as a success as in the end I lost the base, seeing 2 Aus bgds, half a dozen base forces and 3 small Aus inf units surrender, all in all some 30.000 troops. And I lost BC Repulse to KB. I came late with my carriers to do real damage, the 2 cruisers and the dozen transports today is a consolation prize. My carriers are now 4 hexes South of Koepang and my recon told me that there are already some 200 aircraft at the base but the base should be HEAVILY damaged. It was at 100 port, 100 airbase and 80+ airfield dam when I lost it and perhaps my eng increased the airfield damage even more. Nevertheless Hortlund has flown in an armada of fighters and probably torpedoe bombers. I told him I would be amazed if his aircraft could take off such an airfield, I´m already amazed that they can land there. Nearly no op losses to the Japanese, WITP has something wrong here - try to land 200 aircraft at an airfield that is 80+ damaged... [8|]
So I had the choice to retire my carriers to Darwin (8 hexes) where we would have also 100+ land based fighters on Cap or stay in the Koepang area to either attack more shipping OR torch the Japanese aircraft on the ground if they can´t launch. I decided to attack the airfield! I guess this is a fault and I´m toast tomorrow but I really think it shouldn´t be possible to launch a strike from such an airfield. But probably we will see 100% of the aircraft launch in a perfectly coordinated strike... [8|]
A rough guess about the Japanese losses so far:
1 CA, 1 CL, a dozen+ DDs/APDs, some 20 transports and 50+ aircraft. If I also count the 30 Nells shot down over Darwin then it would be 80+ aircraft.
We lost some 30.000 men, BC Repulse, 40 aircraft and 1 sub. I would call that a real Allied disaster in the real war, as losing 30.000 men was devastating I think.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/03/42
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ASW attack near Labao at 29,74
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 2
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #12
PC Kyo Maru #11
PC Kyo Maru #2
Allied Ships
SS KXVII
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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Minegumo
DD Minazuki
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
Allied Ships
SS Snapper, hits 1
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Sub attack at 30,75
Japanese Ships
AP Konzan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
AP Kisogawa Maru
DD Natsugumo
DD Oshio
Allied Ships
SS Sealion
Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
a troop convoy retreating from Koepang is hit. KB and all the BB TFs have retired North, last TF spotted was around 6 hexes North of Koepang...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77 [:D][8D][:D]
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 3
Albacore x 22
Martlet II x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 16
SBD Dauntless x 126
Swordfish x 28
TBD Devastator x 66
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Bomb hits 23, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 24, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Columbia Maru
AK Hide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kasyu Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AK Momoha Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamagiri Maru
AK Hirota Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Syozin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x TBD Devastator bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
we brought also the US carriers to the party, but once again we were only a couple of days late and Hortlund is really happy about that. We have now the British torp bombers and the US aircraft available to hurt anything that is within range. As mentioned before, KB (or better say incomplete KB as Kaga and Akagi seem to be missing) has already retired as well as the IJN battlewaggons so we attack an empty convoy but CA Kinugusa and CL Yura were included there to act as a bomb magnet against LBA attacks. Well, they acted good and Kinugusa can´t be penetrated by the 500lb bombs dropped by the SBDs and TBDs. That was amazing as I thought 500lb bombs would hurt CAs in Nikmod... Even CL Yura was hit by several 500lb bombs that couldn´t penetrate the belt armor. But in the end the British torp bombers made short process of the 2 cruisers! And we bag another half a dozen transports. [&o]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 14
Hudson I x 19
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-17E Fortress x 8
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Meizan Maru, Bomb hits 3
AK Komaki Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AP Teikei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Keiyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AP Niitaka Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Ehime Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
Also in the morning my LBA from Derby is attacking an empty troop convoy at Koepang and does some damage. I´m happy with the hit rate as I´m used to far worse hit rates so far...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Teikei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Niitaka Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Ehime Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
and some Hudsons from Wyndham join the party...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 2
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,84
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Foam, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
a damn IJN CS is beating up some AKs carrying fuel to Northern Australia. This is happening some 12 hexes West of Broome... [:@] the precious fuel of the AKs is lost to the small bomb hits as all goes up in flames...
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,84
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Foam, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Albacore x 19
SBD Dauntless x 88
Swordfish x 28
TBD Devastator x 31
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Keiyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Meizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Niitaka Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Ehime Maru, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AP Teikei Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Komaki Maru, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
in the afternoon our carriers attack the already damaged troop convoy at Koepang and afterwards there´s no ship left that would make it back to a safe port. It´s a pity, there´s also a 3DD, 2APD TF in the Koepang hex that would be a more valuable target but I can live with that...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 8
Hudson I x 12
B-17E Fortress x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Ehime Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Meizan Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AP Keiyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Komaki Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Niitaka Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 8
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Niitaka Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
DD Minegumo
APD APD-2
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
only a couple of Fortresses is attacking the DD/APD TF... [:(]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
and some Hudsons from Wyndham, all without success against the agile targets... what was really amazing is the fact that we lost 0 aircraft today!!!! [X(]
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,84
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Lynx, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 31,75
Japanese Ships
AP Kasuga Maru #2
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
the sub misses...
I don´t know if I can consider my Koepang operation as a success as in the end I lost the base, seeing 2 Aus bgds, half a dozen base forces and 3 small Aus inf units surrender, all in all some 30.000 troops. And I lost BC Repulse to KB. I came late with my carriers to do real damage, the 2 cruisers and the dozen transports today is a consolation prize. My carriers are now 4 hexes South of Koepang and my recon told me that there are already some 200 aircraft at the base but the base should be HEAVILY damaged. It was at 100 port, 100 airbase and 80+ airfield dam when I lost it and perhaps my eng increased the airfield damage even more. Nevertheless Hortlund has flown in an armada of fighters and probably torpedoe bombers. I told him I would be amazed if his aircraft could take off such an airfield, I´m already amazed that they can land there. Nearly no op losses to the Japanese, WITP has something wrong here - try to land 200 aircraft at an airfield that is 80+ damaged... [8|]
So I had the choice to retire my carriers to Darwin (8 hexes) where we would have also 100+ land based fighters on Cap or stay in the Koepang area to either attack more shipping OR torch the Japanese aircraft on the ground if they can´t launch. I decided to attack the airfield! I guess this is a fault and I´m toast tomorrow but I really think it shouldn´t be possible to launch a strike from such an airfield. But probably we will see 100% of the aircraft launch in a perfectly coordinated strike... [8|]
A rough guess about the Japanese losses so far:
1 CA, 1 CL, a dozen+ DDs/APDs, some 20 transports and 50+ aircraft. If I also count the 30 Nells shot down over Darwin then it would be 80+ aircraft.
We lost some 30.000 men, BC Repulse, 40 aircraft and 1 sub. I would call that a real Allied disaster in the real war, as losing 30.000 men was devastating I think.
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castor troy
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
I have to say I just love it if a plan works!!! [:D][:D]
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/04/42
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Sub attack at 29,78
Japanese Ships
SS I-159, hits 4, on fire
Allied Ships
BB Warspite
DD Express
DD Foxhound
DD Isis
CA Indianapolis
This attack could have already ruined our day. I-159 was sitting one hex SE of Koepang and attacked Warspited with 6 torps that missed. This time luck was on our side, just fair we missed and had duds on IJN BBs more than enough also... two real hits could bring the sub into trouble...
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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 [:D][:D]
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 25 destroyed
Japanese Ships
AP Hikade Maru, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis
BB Ramilles
BB Warspite
Japanese ground losses:
739 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 66
our BBs were despatch from the British CV TF and went in to definetely close the airfield! I was amazed to see that there are only fighters at the base... none will be able to take off! [:D]
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ASW attack at 32,74
Japanese Ships
DD Kasumi
AP Komeyama Maru
DD Arare
AP Rakuto Maru
DD Natsugumo
DD Oshio
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 78
P-40E Warhawk x 57
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 20
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
training raids again, sooner or later Japanese LRCAP will catch us I fear...
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 19
Hudson I x 26
B-25C Mitchell x 16
B-17E Fortress x 37
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 20 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 9 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 60
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
today everything seems to be working just fine! A couple of bombers is lost to the Zeroes on LRCAP but we torch a good number of IJA fighters on the ground again! [&o]
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 208
Ki-15 Babs x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
258 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 148
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
Hortlund said he will now get serious about Manila. He should set his bombers to ground attack, there are no supplies left to be destroyed and no forts are built anyway...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 23
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77 [:D]
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 15
SBD Dauntless x 69
TBD Devastator x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 2, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kyo Maru #12, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kyo Maru #13, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kyo Maru #11, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonan Maru #1, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kyo Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
our CV TF was moved 4 hexes SW of Koepang to catch some shipping (wonder why there is shipping...) or to attack the airfield and to end up in the same hex as our BB bombardment TF (wich worked perfectly). 5 ASW vessels are sunk for sure, don´t know why my opponent sacrifices his ships in such a way...
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Day Air attack on TF at 11,86
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Lynx, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 7,89
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
E7K2 Alf x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Dryden, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Razorbill, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 3
Martlet II x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12
SBD Dauntless x 132
TBD Devastator x 64
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 9 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 2 damaged
TBD Devastator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 87
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
16 x TBD Devastator bombing at 10000 feet
the naval/airfield attack order worked perfectly also! In the morning we sunk the ASW TF and in the afternoon we finished the rest of the IJA on Koepang...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 32
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Columbia Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Kakuzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Hirota Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamagiri Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 12,86
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Foam, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 8,87
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Kumari, Bomb hits 4, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
The CS is still causing trouble, it is moving down Australia´s West coast towards Perth. The small bombs are not really bringing my AKs in sinking condition but are causing a lot of sys damage coupled with the fires from the loaded fuel...
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Sub attack at 32,74
Japanese Ships
AP Rakuto Maru
DD Kasumi
AP Kiyozumi Maru
AP Nekka Maru
DD Arare
DD Natsugumo
DD Oshio
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
Silversides misses...
With this turn we managed to make the Koepang operation looking a bit better... 100+ aircraft torched on the ground today! 5 more ASW vessels sunk and a couple of cargoes more damaged...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/04/42
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Sub attack at 29,78
Japanese Ships
SS I-159, hits 4, on fire
Allied Ships
BB Warspite
DD Express
DD Foxhound
DD Isis
CA Indianapolis
This attack could have already ruined our day. I-159 was sitting one hex SE of Koepang and attacked Warspited with 6 torps that missed. This time luck was on our side, just fair we missed and had duds on IJN BBs more than enough also... two real hits could bring the sub into trouble...
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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 [:D][:D]
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 25 destroyed
Japanese Ships
AP Hikade Maru, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis
BB Ramilles
BB Warspite
Japanese ground losses:
739 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 66
our BBs were despatch from the British CV TF and went in to definetely close the airfield! I was amazed to see that there are only fighters at the base... none will be able to take off! [:D]
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ASW attack at 32,74
Japanese Ships
DD Kasumi
AP Komeyama Maru
DD Arare
AP Rakuto Maru
DD Natsugumo
DD Oshio
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 78
P-40E Warhawk x 57
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 20
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
training raids again, sooner or later Japanese LRCAP will catch us I fear...
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 19
Hudson I x 26
B-25C Mitchell x 16
B-17E Fortress x 37
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 20 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 9 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 60
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
today everything seems to be working just fine! A couple of bombers is lost to the Zeroes on LRCAP but we torch a good number of IJA fighters on the ground again! [&o]
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 208
Ki-15 Babs x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
258 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 148
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
Hortlund said he will now get serious about Manila. He should set his bombers to ground attack, there are no supplies left to be destroyed and no forts are built anyway...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 23
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77 [:D]
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 15
SBD Dauntless x 69
TBD Devastator x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 2, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kyo Maru #12, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kyo Maru #13, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kyo Maru #11, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonan Maru #1, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kyo Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
our CV TF was moved 4 hexes SW of Koepang to catch some shipping (wonder why there is shipping...) or to attack the airfield and to end up in the same hex as our BB bombardment TF (wich worked perfectly). 5 ASW vessels are sunk for sure, don´t know why my opponent sacrifices his ships in such a way...
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Day Air attack on TF at 11,86
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Lynx, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 7,89
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
E7K2 Alf x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Dryden, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Razorbill, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 3
Martlet II x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12
SBD Dauntless x 132
TBD Devastator x 64
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 9 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 2 damaged
TBD Devastator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 87
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
16 x TBD Devastator bombing at 10000 feet
the naval/airfield attack order worked perfectly also! In the morning we sunk the ASW TF and in the afternoon we finished the rest of the IJA on Koepang...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 32
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Columbia Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Kakuzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Hirota Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamagiri Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 12,86
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Foam, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 8,87
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Kumari, Bomb hits 4, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
The CS is still causing trouble, it is moving down Australia´s West coast towards Perth. The small bombs are not really bringing my AKs in sinking condition but are causing a lot of sys damage coupled with the fires from the loaded fuel...
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Sub attack at 32,74
Japanese Ships
AP Rakuto Maru
DD Kasumi
AP Kiyozumi Maru
AP Nekka Maru
DD Arare
DD Natsugumo
DD Oshio
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
Silversides misses...
With this turn we managed to make the Koepang operation looking a bit better... 100+ aircraft torched on the ground today! 5 more ASW vessels sunk and a couple of cargoes more damaged...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/05/42
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 207
Ki-15 Babs x 5
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 127
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
those attacks have NO effect... [8D]
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 7,95
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
E7K2 Alf x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Sunrise
AK Empire Pibroch
AK Empire Voice
AK Empire Trust
AK City of Manchester
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 7,91
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Dryden, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 22
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Kakuzan Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamagiri Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Columbia Maru, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
Wyndham´s Hudson are doing a good job attacking already damaged AKs...
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Day Air attack on TF at 9,88
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Lynx, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 10,86
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Foam, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
those CS are definetely annoying...
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Day Air attack on TF at 7,89
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Kumari, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15938 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 256
Defending force 49120 troops, 220 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 1098
Allied ground losses:
322 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 207
Ki-15 Babs x 5
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 127
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
those attacks have NO effect... [8D]
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 7,95
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
E7K2 Alf x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Sunrise
AK Empire Pibroch
AK Empire Voice
AK Empire Trust
AK City of Manchester
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 7,91
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Dryden, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 22
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Kakuzan Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamagiri Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Columbia Maru, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
Wyndham´s Hudson are doing a good job attacking already damaged AKs...
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Day Air attack on TF at 9,88
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Lynx, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 10,86
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Foam, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
those CS are definetely annoying...
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Day Air attack on TF at 7,89
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Kumari, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15938 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 256
Defending force 49120 troops, 220 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 1098
Allied ground losses:
322 casualties reported
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/06/42
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ASW attack near Labao at 29,74
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Minegumo
DD Minazuki
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
Allied Ships
SS Searaven
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 39 [:(]
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 78
P-40E Warhawk x 66
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 9 destroyed, 16 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 15 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 13 destroyed, 40 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
as expected, at some point there will be IJA LRCAP interferring with our training runs on Myitkina. We come out nearly 1:1 in losses but we lose some of the better pilots of our P-40s... we have no chance without doing training but unfortunately we don´t have a target anymore to train on...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 4
Hudson I x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-17E Fortress x 26
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
APD APD-1
DD Minegumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Minazuki
APD APD-2
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
hit rate of LBA against DDs is absolutely disappointing...
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Sub attack at 29,76
Japanese Ships
AP Anrugu Maru
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Snapper
we miss... again...
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15991 troops, 313 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 265
Defending force 48811 troops, 215 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1108
Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
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ASW attack near Labao at 29,74
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Minegumo
DD Minazuki
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
Allied Ships
SS Searaven
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 39 [:(]
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 78
P-40E Warhawk x 66
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 9 destroyed, 16 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 15 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 13 destroyed, 40 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
as expected, at some point there will be IJA LRCAP interferring with our training runs on Myitkina. We come out nearly 1:1 in losses but we lose some of the better pilots of our P-40s... we have no chance without doing training but unfortunately we don´t have a target anymore to train on...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 4
Hudson I x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-17E Fortress x 26
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
APD APD-1
DD Minegumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Minazuki
APD APD-2
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
hit rate of LBA against DDs is absolutely disappointing...
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Sub attack at 29,76
Japanese Ships
AP Anrugu Maru
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Snapper
we miss... again...
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15991 troops, 313 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 265
Defending force 48811 troops, 215 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1108
Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
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Japanese heavy cruiser Kinugasa was sunk by a combined strike of US and British carrier aircraft!!
Kinugasa (Cruiser, 1927-1942)
Kinugasa, an 8300-ton Aoba class heavy cruiser built at Kobe, Japan, was commissioned in September 1927. Her early service was as flagship of the Fifth Squadron (Sentai), and she operated for virtually her entire career with that unit and the Sixth and Seventh Squadrons. In 1928, she became the first Japanese combat ship to carry an aircraft catapult. Kinugasa served off China in 1928 and 1929 and on several occasions during the 1930s. Placed in reserve in September 1937, she was extensively modernized and did not recommission until the end of October 1940.
Kinugasa was assigned to the Sixth Squadron during the year leading up to the start of the Pacific War. In December 1941, the war's first month, she took part in the seizure of the American outposts at Guam and Wake. She participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 and in the heavy fighting to retake Guadalcanal later in the year. During the latter campaign, she took part in the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August, the Battle of Cape Esperance on 13 October and in the shelling of Guadalcanal's Henderson Field on 14 November 1942. While withdrawing on the morning after that bombardment, Kinugasa was sunk by planes based at Henderson Field and on the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CV-6).
Kinugasa (Cruiser, 1927-1942)
Kinugasa, an 8300-ton Aoba class heavy cruiser built at Kobe, Japan, was commissioned in September 1927. Her early service was as flagship of the Fifth Squadron (Sentai), and she operated for virtually her entire career with that unit and the Sixth and Seventh Squadrons. In 1928, she became the first Japanese combat ship to carry an aircraft catapult. Kinugasa served off China in 1928 and 1929 and on several occasions during the 1930s. Placed in reserve in September 1937, she was extensively modernized and did not recommission until the end of October 1940.
Kinugasa was assigned to the Sixth Squadron during the year leading up to the start of the Pacific War. In December 1941, the war's first month, she took part in the seizure of the American outposts at Guam and Wake. She participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 and in the heavy fighting to retake Guadalcanal later in the year. During the latter campaign, she took part in the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August, the Battle of Cape Esperance on 13 October and in the shelling of Guadalcanal's Henderson Field on 14 November 1942. While withdrawing on the morning after that bombardment, Kinugasa was sunk by planes based at Henderson Field and on the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CV-6).
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In the same attack on a convoy off Dili also the Japanese light cruiser Yura was sunk!
Yura (Light Cruiser, 1923-1942)
Yura, a 5570-ton Nagara class light cruiser, was built at Sasebo, Japan. Commissioned March 1923, she served with cruiser squadrons and as a submarine squadron flagship during the years leading up to World War II, operating in Japanese home waters and frequently off China. In 1930 Yura served as a test platform for aircraft catapults installed in front of her bridge and, in 1933-34 received a rotating catapult amidships as well as a new mainmast to support an aircraft derrick. She took part in combat with the Chinese at Shanghai in the first part of 1932 and again during 1937-39 as Sino-Japanese hostilities burst into full-scale war.
In 1940, Yura and her subordinate submarines moved into the central Pacific as Japan extended her preparations against an increasingly possible war with the United States. The next year, they went to the South China area, from which they supported landings in Malaya, Borneo and Sarawak after the Pacific War began in December 1941. During the first four months of 1942, she operated off Indo-China, participated in anti-shipping operations off Singapore and in the Indian Ocean and supported the invasions of Java and Samatra. Yura, serving as a destroyer squadron flagship, helped screen the Midway Occupation Force during the Battle of Midway in early June.
Two months later, after Allied forces landed in the southern Solomon Islands to began the long and difficult Guadalcanal Campaign, Yura was sent to Truk to support the Japanese counterattack. She took part in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942 and was slightly damaged by U.S. B-17 bombers off Shortland Island on 25 September. When the Japanese prepared a major effort to retake Guadalcanal in mid-October, she covered reinforcement operations. On the 25th of that month, Yura was leading a group of destroyers toward Guadalcanal as an "attack unit" when she was hit by SBD bombers and seriously damaged. Her speed greatly reduced, she retreated for several hours and was then hit again and stopped. After her crew had been taken off, Yura was scuttled by her consorts' torpedos and gunfire.
Yura (Light Cruiser, 1923-1942)
Yura, a 5570-ton Nagara class light cruiser, was built at Sasebo, Japan. Commissioned March 1923, she served with cruiser squadrons and as a submarine squadron flagship during the years leading up to World War II, operating in Japanese home waters and frequently off China. In 1930 Yura served as a test platform for aircraft catapults installed in front of her bridge and, in 1933-34 received a rotating catapult amidships as well as a new mainmast to support an aircraft derrick. She took part in combat with the Chinese at Shanghai in the first part of 1932 and again during 1937-39 as Sino-Japanese hostilities burst into full-scale war.
In 1940, Yura and her subordinate submarines moved into the central Pacific as Japan extended her preparations against an increasingly possible war with the United States. The next year, they went to the South China area, from which they supported landings in Malaya, Borneo and Sarawak after the Pacific War began in December 1941. During the first four months of 1942, she operated off Indo-China, participated in anti-shipping operations off Singapore and in the Indian Ocean and supported the invasions of Java and Samatra. Yura, serving as a destroyer squadron flagship, helped screen the Midway Occupation Force during the Battle of Midway in early June.
Two months later, after Allied forces landed in the southern Solomon Islands to began the long and difficult Guadalcanal Campaign, Yura was sent to Truk to support the Japanese counterattack. She took part in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942 and was slightly damaged by U.S. B-17 bombers off Shortland Island on 25 September. When the Japanese prepared a major effort to retake Guadalcanal in mid-October, she covered reinforcement operations. On the 25th of that month, Yura was leading a group of destroyers toward Guadalcanal as an "attack unit" when she was hit by SBD bombers and seriously damaged. Her speed greatly reduced, she retreated for several hours and was then hit again and stopped. After her crew had been taken off, Yura was scuttled by her consorts' torpedos and gunfire.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/07/42
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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Minegumo, on fire
DD Minazuki
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
Allied Ships
SS Snapper
luckily those 2 APDs are the ones with only ASW value 2 so it´s not that dangerous...
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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
AP Tatsutake Maru
AP Kashiwa Maru
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Snapper
once again, we miss...
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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Minegumo
DD Minazuki
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
Allied Ships
SS Snapper, hits 2
2 near misses but sys now at 11... retiring to home port...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
last base force in the mountains of Sulawesi acts as a training target...
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Day Air attack on TF at 126,97 [X(]
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 34
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Siantar, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tjikarang, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Toendjoek, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
now we know for sure that KB isn´t complete as some carriers are operating in the Pacific, raiding my shipping lanes. Hortlund has again luck on his side as this is the BEST possible hex he could have been in as exactly here he´s in 5 hexes range of 3 TFs whereas most of the Pacific is empty anyway... nothing serious though, we will lose the USMC raider btn with a couple of AKs and TKs...
Hortlund told me he would use his Allied carriers to guard his shipping lanes but I think they do far more damage where they are now, even more when I can be sure that KB would have massive problems taking on my carriers when KB isn´t complete and I have the British carriers also in the area.
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Day Air attack on TF at 126,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
D3A Val x 34
B5N Kate x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK San Angelo, Bomb hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mormacstar, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Mormacdove, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Manukai, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-17E Fortress x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 9 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Toko Maru #2
AP Otori Maru
DD Yakaze
DD Nokaze
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4
B-17E Fortress x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
DD Minegumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Minazuki
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
250lb bomb hit...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 4
Hudson I x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-17E Fortress x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Kasuga Maru #2, Bomb hits 1
AP Sanfuku Maru
AP Hiyoshi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sasago Maru
AP Sakido Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sangetsu Maru
AP Sumiyoshi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Anrugu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
221 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
Hortlund hits my ships in the Pacific, I hit his around Koepang. I wonder who will be hurt more by the shipping losses! [:D][:D]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Kuretake
AP Kinryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 122,101
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
D3A Val x 30
B5N Kate x 53
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 2 damaged
B5N Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
TK H. M. Storey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
TK Bahrein, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
TK Admiral Chase, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
TK Gulfdisc, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
TK Mevania, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK La Placentia, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Connecticut, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Antietam, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
in the afternoon a big TK convoy is hit... 10 TKs will be probably lost here...
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 16091 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3230
Defending force 48727 troops, 214 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111
Allied ground losses:
254 casualties reported
the IJA has moved in again...
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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Minegumo, on fire
DD Minazuki
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
Allied Ships
SS Snapper
luckily those 2 APDs are the ones with only ASW value 2 so it´s not that dangerous...
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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
AP Tatsutake Maru
AP Kashiwa Maru
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Snapper
once again, we miss...
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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Minegumo
DD Minazuki
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
Allied Ships
SS Snapper, hits 2
2 near misses but sys now at 11... retiring to home port...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
last base force in the mountains of Sulawesi acts as a training target...
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Day Air attack on TF at 126,97 [X(]
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 34
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Siantar, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tjikarang, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Toendjoek, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
now we know for sure that KB isn´t complete as some carriers are operating in the Pacific, raiding my shipping lanes. Hortlund has again luck on his side as this is the BEST possible hex he could have been in as exactly here he´s in 5 hexes range of 3 TFs whereas most of the Pacific is empty anyway... nothing serious though, we will lose the USMC raider btn with a couple of AKs and TKs...
Hortlund told me he would use his Allied carriers to guard his shipping lanes but I think they do far more damage where they are now, even more when I can be sure that KB would have massive problems taking on my carriers when KB isn´t complete and I have the British carriers also in the area.
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Day Air attack on TF at 126,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
D3A Val x 34
B5N Kate x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK San Angelo, Bomb hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mormacstar, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Mormacdove, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Manukai, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-17E Fortress x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 9 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Toko Maru #2
AP Otori Maru
DD Yakaze
DD Nokaze
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4
B-17E Fortress x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
DD Minegumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Minazuki
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
250lb bomb hit...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 4
Hudson I x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-17E Fortress x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Kasuga Maru #2, Bomb hits 1
AP Sanfuku Maru
AP Hiyoshi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sasago Maru
AP Sakido Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sangetsu Maru
AP Sumiyoshi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Anrugu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
221 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
Hortlund hits my ships in the Pacific, I hit his around Koepang. I wonder who will be hurt more by the shipping losses! [:D][:D]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Kuretake
AP Kinryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 122,101
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
D3A Val x 30
B5N Kate x 53
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 2 damaged
B5N Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
TK H. M. Storey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
TK Bahrein, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
TK Admiral Chase, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
TK Gulfdisc, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
TK Mevania, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK La Placentia, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Connecticut, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Antietam, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
in the afternoon a big TK convoy is hit... 10 TKs will be probably lost here...
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 16091 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3230
Defending force 48727 troops, 214 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111
Allied ground losses:
254 casualties reported
the IJA has moved in again...
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castor troy
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/08/42
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 19
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 121,103
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 12
B5N Kate x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
TK H. M. Storey, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
more ships are lost in the Pacific but those were already write offs...
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Day Air attack on TF at 128,97
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
B5N Kate x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Toendjoek, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
1 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet
alos Zeroes are now bombing my ships! [:D]
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Day Air attack on TF at 121,102
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
D3A Val x 11
B5N Kate x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
TK Connecticut, on fire, heavy damage
TK La Placentia, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Bahrein, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Gulfdisc, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Mevania, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 126,95
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Tjikarang, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
We had the chance to sink 20+ ships at Koepang today as we moved in the carriers again, but guess what! Yes, of course the weather god is ONCE AGAIN Japanese. Both in the morning and the afternoon, my carriers were clouded! Only the carriers, not a single base in the area of the whole screen. ONLY my carriers had thunderstorms above... Thank you advanced weather effects... really advanced...
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 177105 troops, 1849 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 3266
Defending force 48475 troops, 214 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 1092
Japanese max assault: 3237 - adjusted assault: 3791
Allied max defense: 987 - adjusted defense: 429
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
2530 casualties reported
Guns lost 141
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
77277 casualties reported
Guns lost 213
Vehicles lost 34
After brave fights against superior Japanese forces and after inflicting heavy casulties along the attackers, Manila finally surrendered today. All the base force fragments I evacuated turned into the parent unit and are now rebuilding in Northern Australia.
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 19
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 121,103
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 12
B5N Kate x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
TK H. M. Storey, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
more ships are lost in the Pacific but those were already write offs...
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Day Air attack on TF at 128,97
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
B5N Kate x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Toendjoek, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
1 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet
alos Zeroes are now bombing my ships! [:D]
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Day Air attack on TF at 121,102
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
D3A Val x 11
B5N Kate x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
TK Connecticut, on fire, heavy damage
TK La Placentia, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Bahrein, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Gulfdisc, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Mevania, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 126,95
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Tjikarang, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
We had the chance to sink 20+ ships at Koepang today as we moved in the carriers again, but guess what! Yes, of course the weather god is ONCE AGAIN Japanese. Both in the morning and the afternoon, my carriers were clouded! Only the carriers, not a single base in the area of the whole screen. ONLY my carriers had thunderstorms above... Thank you advanced weather effects... really advanced...
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 177105 troops, 1849 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 3266
Defending force 48475 troops, 214 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 1092
Japanese max assault: 3237 - adjusted assault: 3791
Allied max defense: 987 - adjusted defense: 429
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
2530 casualties reported
Guns lost 141
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
77277 casualties reported
Guns lost 213
Vehicles lost 34
After brave fights against superior Japanese forces and after inflicting heavy casulties along the attackers, Manila finally surrendered today. All the base force fragments I evacuated turned into the parent unit and are now rebuilding in Northern Australia.
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castor troy
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/09/42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
DD Hayashio
DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1
DD Minazuki
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Nokaze
DD Kiji, Shell hits 2, on fire
Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Boise, Shell hits 2
DD Craven, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Clark, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Express, Shell hits 3, on fire
we despatched our best ships from our carrier TFs to go in to Koepang but have to pay for it. We are surprised, a DD is shot to pieces, CA Indianapolis takes minor damage. Always amazing again how dangerous a TF of DDs alone can be, no matter what you send in, night naval battles in WITP mostly look like PT boat charges...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
DD Hatsushima
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nokaze
DD Kiji, on fire
Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Boise
DD Clark, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Express, Shell hits 2, on fire
already thought we would have lost in this turn we manage to engage a second time, this time we surprise the Japanese but do no damage during the surprise. Then one DD is sunk with heavy damage to another. Looks like a draw now, slightly towards a victory of the Japanese, but the day isn´t over yet! [;)] Of course all of the dozen+ cargoes left Koepang today... yesterday bad weather over my carriers, today the ships left... [8|]
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Sub attack at 29,76
Japanese Ships
AP Kozui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
SS Tuna
Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
one of the retreating cargoes is hit by a sub at least...
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Sub attack near Labao at 29,74
Japanese Ships
AP Kinryu Maru
Allied Ships
SS KXVII
but the Dutch sub misses...
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 26
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
TBD Devastator x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
TBD Devastator: 10 destroyed
today 18 TBDs thought it would be worth it if they would commit suicide... [8|]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 7
Martlet II x 5
F4F-3 Wildcat x 21
SBD Dauntless x 108
TBD Devastator x 48
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Martlet II: 3 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
TBD Devastator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Kiji, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatsushima, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nokaze, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Minazuki, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hayashio, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
1 x TBD Devastator bombing at 10000 feet
right after the suicide of my TBDs the rest of the strike goes in finishing off the IJN DDs. No strike aircraft of the British CV TF took off. No problem, as those aren´t armored targets and bombs can sink them. It would have been super annoying against armored targets as a strike of nearly 200 aircraft would then have done nearly no damage. 6 IJN DDs lost today ramping up the DD losses for the Japanese to nearly 40. Hortlund said his DDs are worth nothing anyway as they suck as ASW platforms. He will rely on air ASW and APDs (of which he has perhaps 7 or 8 left). Serves my subs well, as I think that his DDs should be his number one ASW platform in the future.
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Day Air attack on TF at 119,103
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 12
B5N Kate x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
TK Mevania, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
TK Connecticut, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
TK Bahrein, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
the rest of the TKs in the Pacific are sunk...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
DD Hayashio
DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1
DD Minazuki
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Nokaze
DD Kiji, Shell hits 2, on fire
Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Boise, Shell hits 2
DD Craven, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Clark, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Express, Shell hits 3, on fire
we despatched our best ships from our carrier TFs to go in to Koepang but have to pay for it. We are surprised, a DD is shot to pieces, CA Indianapolis takes minor damage. Always amazing again how dangerous a TF of DDs alone can be, no matter what you send in, night naval battles in WITP mostly look like PT boat charges...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
DD Hatsushima
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nokaze
DD Kiji, on fire
Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Boise
DD Clark, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Express, Shell hits 2, on fire
already thought we would have lost in this turn we manage to engage a second time, this time we surprise the Japanese but do no damage during the surprise. Then one DD is sunk with heavy damage to another. Looks like a draw now, slightly towards a victory of the Japanese, but the day isn´t over yet! [;)] Of course all of the dozen+ cargoes left Koepang today... yesterday bad weather over my carriers, today the ships left... [8|]
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Sub attack at 29,76
Japanese Ships
AP Kozui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
SS Tuna
Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
one of the retreating cargoes is hit by a sub at least...
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Sub attack near Labao at 29,74
Japanese Ships
AP Kinryu Maru
Allied Ships
SS KXVII
but the Dutch sub misses...
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 26
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
TBD Devastator x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
TBD Devastator: 10 destroyed
today 18 TBDs thought it would be worth it if they would commit suicide... [8|]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 7
Martlet II x 5
F4F-3 Wildcat x 21
SBD Dauntless x 108
TBD Devastator x 48
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Martlet II: 3 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
TBD Devastator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Kiji, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatsushima, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nokaze, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Minazuki, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hayashio, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
1 x TBD Devastator bombing at 10000 feet
right after the suicide of my TBDs the rest of the strike goes in finishing off the IJN DDs. No strike aircraft of the British CV TF took off. No problem, as those aren´t armored targets and bombs can sink them. It would have been super annoying against armored targets as a strike of nearly 200 aircraft would then have done nearly no damage. 6 IJN DDs lost today ramping up the DD losses for the Japanese to nearly 40. Hortlund said his DDs are worth nothing anyway as they suck as ASW platforms. He will rely on air ASW and APDs (of which he has perhaps 7 or 8 left). Serves my subs well, as I think that his DDs should be his number one ASW platform in the future.
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Day Air attack on TF at 119,103
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 12
B5N Kate x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
TK Mevania, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
TK Connecticut, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
TK Bahrein, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
the rest of the TKs in the Pacific are sunk...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/10/42
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Sub attack near Butung Island at 33,72
Japanese Ships
AP Sangetsu Maru, Torpedo hits 1
AP Ryoyu Maru #21
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS KVIII
another retiring AP is hit...
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Sub attack at 32,73
Japanese Ships
AP Kokuryu Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grayback
Grayback´s torps fail to detonate...
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TF 79 encounters mine field at Kendari (33,71)
Japanese Ships
AP Ryoyu Maru #21, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Isonami
Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
SS Triton and Argonaut laid some MK10 mines at Kendari to perhaps see a high value target running on one of them. Only an AP is hit. In return Triton is hit by a Helen with a 250kg bomb but comes away with super low damage. 14 sys and 12 float...
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TF 118 encounters mine field at Kendari (33,71)
Japanese Ships
AP Otori Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
another AP hits a mine and needs yard time. Kendari is a level 4 port and those ships that run on a mine won´t sink for sure...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 23
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imphal , at 33,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
No Japanese losses
we won´t put up Cap if not necessary. The Japanese sweeps would just shoot our squadrons to pieces... If we will spot bombers in Northern Burma then we will take our planes further back or will rely on heavy flak defense...
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Sub attack near Butung Island at 33,72
Japanese Ships
AP Sangetsu Maru, Torpedo hits 1
AP Ryoyu Maru #21
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS KVIII
another retiring AP is hit...
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Sub attack at 32,73
Japanese Ships
AP Kokuryu Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grayback
Grayback´s torps fail to detonate...
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TF 79 encounters mine field at Kendari (33,71)
Japanese Ships
AP Ryoyu Maru #21, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Isonami
Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
SS Triton and Argonaut laid some MK10 mines at Kendari to perhaps see a high value target running on one of them. Only an AP is hit. In return Triton is hit by a Helen with a 250kg bomb but comes away with super low damage. 14 sys and 12 float...
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TF 118 encounters mine field at Kendari (33,71)
Japanese Ships
AP Otori Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
another AP hits a mine and needs yard time. Kendari is a level 4 port and those ships that run on a mine won´t sink for sure...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 23
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imphal , at 33,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
No Japanese losses
we won´t put up Cap if not necessary. The Japanese sweeps would just shoot our squadrons to pieces... If we will spot bombers in Northern Burma then we will take our planes further back or will rely on heavy flak defense...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/11/42
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 80
P-40E Warhawk x 17
No Allied losses
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
no LRCAP this time...
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Day Air attack on Imphal , at 33,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
No Japanese losses
sweep to Imphal encountered no cap...
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Day Air attack on Imphal , at 33,26
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 207
Ki-49 Helen x 25
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed
CW-22 Falcon: 3 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 79
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
then a HUGE raid from Rangoon at max range destroyed the airbase. The ridicoulos fact about this attack is that Imphal was clouded and all my airmissions there were cancelled due to bad weather. The ordered strike on Myitkina was grounded but the Japanese planes can fly in... [8|] working as designed... poor design... In the end we lose 19 aircraft today to 15 Japanese aircraft that were lost all over the map. I was wrong in thinking that my flak would do so much damage that my opponent would think twice to come back. The flak fire was just pathetic... [:(]
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 23
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 80
P-40E Warhawk x 17
No Allied losses
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
no LRCAP this time...
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Day Air attack on Imphal , at 33,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
No Japanese losses
sweep to Imphal encountered no cap...
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Day Air attack on Imphal , at 33,26
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 207
Ki-49 Helen x 25
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed
CW-22 Falcon: 3 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 79
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
then a HUGE raid from Rangoon at max range destroyed the airbase. The ridicoulos fact about this attack is that Imphal was clouded and all my airmissions there were cancelled due to bad weather. The ordered strike on Myitkina was grounded but the Japanese planes can fly in... [8|] working as designed... poor design... In the end we lose 19 aircraft today to 15 Japanese aircraft that were lost all over the map. I was wrong in thinking that my flak would do so much damage that my opponent would think twice to come back. The flak fire was just pathetic... [:(]
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 23
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/12/42
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
at the East end of Borneo a sub transport had lost a fragment of a base force that now acts as a training target...
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 12
A-20B Boston x 54
No Allied losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
The Allied bomber hit rate is more than poor so far...
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Sub attack at 28,75
Japanese Ships
AP Igasa Maru
Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon
Sturgeon misses...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
at the East end of Borneo a sub transport had lost a fragment of a base force that now acts as a training target...
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 12
A-20B Boston x 54
No Allied losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
The Allied bomber hit rate is more than poor so far...
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Sub attack at 28,75
Japanese Ships
AP Igasa Maru
Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon
Sturgeon misses...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/13/42
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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71
Japanese Ships
AP Sakido Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KVIII
Sakido Maru sank right after the attack... every day there are a couple of ships reported sunk in this area...
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Sub attack at 29,76
Japanese Ships
AP Kinryu Maru
Allied Ships
SS KXVIII
4 torps miss the big AP...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Ki-15 Babs x 2
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78 [:D]
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 18
A-20B Boston x 32
B-25C Mitchell x 35
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Meigen Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Tenyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Palao Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yosyu Maru
AP Tensyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
237 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
we spotted this TF moving towards Timor from the North so we set a lot of bombers on nav attack. The result was that the TF wasn´t spotted at all in the morning, in the afternoon 60% of the bombers failed to locate the target and then 67 bombers attack sinking probably 2 medium sized APs. Hortlund completely forgot about this TF and if we would have attacked it with force both in the morning and the afternoon, the whole TF would have been gone with the loaded troops... oh well, the small achievements will lead to total victory... the bombers will stand down tomorrow as I´m sure there will be 50 angry Zeroes above the rest of the convoy... a sub will visit the place though...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 15
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Tensyo Maru, on fire
AP Meigen Maru, on fire
AP Tenyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yosyu Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
how poor is that?
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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71
Japanese Ships
AP Sakido Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KVIII
Sakido Maru sank right after the attack... every day there are a couple of ships reported sunk in this area...
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Sub attack at 29,76
Japanese Ships
AP Kinryu Maru
Allied Ships
SS KXVIII
4 torps miss the big AP...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Ki-15 Babs x 2
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78 [:D]
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 18
A-20B Boston x 32
B-25C Mitchell x 35
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Meigen Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Tenyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Palao Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yosyu Maru
AP Tensyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
237 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
we spotted this TF moving towards Timor from the North so we set a lot of bombers on nav attack. The result was that the TF wasn´t spotted at all in the morning, in the afternoon 60% of the bombers failed to locate the target and then 67 bombers attack sinking probably 2 medium sized APs. Hortlund completely forgot about this TF and if we would have attacked it with force both in the morning and the afternoon, the whole TF would have been gone with the loaded troops... oh well, the small achievements will lead to total victory... the bombers will stand down tomorrow as I´m sure there will be 50 angry Zeroes above the rest of the convoy... a sub will visit the place though...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 15
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Tensyo Maru, on fire
AP Meigen Maru, on fire
AP Tenyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yosyu Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
how poor is that?
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Steve just told me he counted up all his ship losses. At the moment my intel shows 220 ships sunk, a dozen more will follow in the next days that are heavily damaged at the moment.
He said he lost something about 140 AKs/APs (mostly APs [:D]) and around 40 DDs! [X(] There are also 2 CAs and 6 CLs.
So far I´m really happy with his ship losses as my losses are at around 180, biggest loss was the tragedy about the loss of BC Repulse. Even though he will rely on air ASW I still think that losing 40 DDs at this stage of the war will be something he will feel in the future.
He said he lost something about 140 AKs/APs (mostly APs [:D]) and around 40 DDs! [X(] There are also 2 CAs and 6 CLs.
So far I´m really happy with his ship losses as my losses are at around 180, biggest loss was the tragedy about the loss of BC Repulse. Even though he will rely on air ASW I still think that losing 40 DDs at this stage of the war will be something he will feel in the future.
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40 dds gone by 4/42 is pretty staggering.
Just for confirmation, your Hudson pilots suck. [;)]
Just for confirmation, your Hudson pilots suck. [;)]
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The Hudsons did great, didn´t they? [:)] A good day for the Allied:
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/14/42
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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71
Japanese Ships
AP Sanfuku Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Sealion
The small AP should be finished after taking a torp, 3x4inch shells and 2 rounds of cal .50 fire...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78
Japanese Ships
AP Meigen Maru, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tensyo Maru, on fire
AP Tenyo Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yosyu Maru, Shell hits 3
AP Palao Maru, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Griffin
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
I decided to send in a couple of British destroyers from Darwin as they could go in and out again to retire to Darwin within the turn. We mostly hit the APs that were in sinking conditions anyway but Meigen Maru is now dead also. An attack just to annoy the Japanese... [:D]
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Ki-15 Babs x 2
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,31
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 37
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Burisuben Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Uyo Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Toba Maru
PG Unkai Maru #1, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PG Nishho Maru
AK Hakonesan Maru, Bomb hits 1
PG Myoken Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Kinkai Maru
AK Sanuki Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
we spotted this supply convoy coming from the South going to Akyab and it seemed there wasn´t LRCAP the turn before as Akyab had a high number of fighters in the air. So we decided to risk our Marauder BG. Now I regret I haven´t set ALL my bombers on nav attack but we are still happy. An AK and a PG probably sunk with a couple more damaged. One B-26 was lost to ops.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/14/42
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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71
Japanese Ships
AP Sanfuku Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Sealion
The small AP should be finished after taking a torp, 3x4inch shells and 2 rounds of cal .50 fire...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78
Japanese Ships
AP Meigen Maru, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tensyo Maru, on fire
AP Tenyo Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yosyu Maru, Shell hits 3
AP Palao Maru, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Griffin
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
I decided to send in a couple of British destroyers from Darwin as they could go in and out again to retire to Darwin within the turn. We mostly hit the APs that were in sinking conditions anyway but Meigen Maru is now dead also. An attack just to annoy the Japanese... [:D]
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Ki-15 Babs x 2
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,31
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 37
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Burisuben Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Uyo Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Toba Maru
PG Unkai Maru #1, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PG Nishho Maru
AK Hakonesan Maru, Bomb hits 1
PG Myoken Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Kinkai Maru
AK Sanuki Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
we spotted this supply convoy coming from the South going to Akyab and it seemed there wasn´t LRCAP the turn before as Akyab had a high number of fighters in the air. So we decided to risk our Marauder BG. Now I regret I haven´t set ALL my bombers on nav attack but we are still happy. An AK and a PG probably sunk with a couple more damaged. One B-26 was lost to ops.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/15/42
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Ki-15 Babs x 2
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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TF 33 troops unloading over beach at Funafuti island, 88,104
Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
The Japanese take another undefended atoll in the Pacific, that should be it now...
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Ground combat at Funafuti island
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 780 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 50 - adjusted assault: 50
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Funafuti island base !!!
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Ki-15 Babs x 2
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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TF 33 troops unloading over beach at Funafuti island, 88,104
Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
The Japanese take another undefended atoll in the Pacific, that should be it now...
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Ground combat at Funafuti island
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 780 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 50 - adjusted assault: 50
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Funafuti island base !!!