Waiting for 3rd AE patch - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/27/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 231
J1N1-S Irving x 26
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 115
G4M1 Betty x 26
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 171
Port hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 32


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
J2M3 Jack x 93
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 79
P1Y Frances x 238
Ki-61 Ic x 104

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 126

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

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Day Air attack on 30th Division, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 12
Liberator VI x 26
Ventura V x 6
A-20G Havoc x 125
B-25C Mitchell x 39
B-24J Liberator x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 13 damaged
Ventura V: 3 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 3 destroyed, 23 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
253 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 1

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

ground attacks on my inf units at Charter Towers, my AA once again does better than during airfield attacks... weird design...

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Day Air attack on 42nd Division, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 12
Liberator VI x 13
Ventura V x 8
A-20G Havoc x 43
B-25C Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 9 damaged
Ventura V: 8 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 3 destroyed, 17 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet

don´t know why there are squadrons flying Havocs when the Allied should have more than enough Mitchells in the pool, with two types being produced en masse...



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49281 troops, 528 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352

Defending force 56084 troops, 156 guns, 157 vehicles, Assault Value = 1148



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36681 troops, 143 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1148

Defending force 68786 troops, 736 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 137104 troops, 1127 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 4669

Defending force 153856 troops, 1729 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 3108


Japanese ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/28/44

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Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 223
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 26
D4Y Judy x 96
A6M3a Zero x 87
B5N Kate x 16
B6N Jill x 34
G4M1 Betty x 52
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 166
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 4

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 26


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 27
J2M3 Jack x 119
J1N1-S Irving x 63
D4Y Judy x 54
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 51
P1Y Frances x 49
Ki-61 Ic x 71

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 151

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

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Day Air attack on 65th Division, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 9
Liberator VI x 12
Ventura V x 5
A-20G Havoc x 91
B-25C Mitchell x 18
B-24J Liberator x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on 65th Division, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 15
A-20G Havoc x 27
B-24D Liberator x 36


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x A-20G Havoc bombing at 5000 feet

bigbaba obviously spotted an inf unit that has moved out of Charter Towers without having units nearby or having reconned the hex... oh well, he reduces the attack alt immedietely and hits the unit hard. 6% disablements as result...

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 12
J2M3 Jack x 56
B5N Kate x 6
Ki-61 Ic x 84

No Japanese losses

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

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49281 troops, 528 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352

Defending force 55835 troops, 145 guns, 156 vehicles, Assault Value = 1144



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36461 troops, 133 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1144

Defending force 68806 troops, 736 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 137027 troops, 1128 guns, 519 vehicles, Assault Value = 4665

Defending force 153709 troops, 1720 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 3103


Japanese ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

Here´s a screenshot of the industry situation. As you can see, not that bad. [:D]

With the strategic situation as it is now, there´s no way for the Allied to really cause me industrial problems anytime soon. They are far away from a strategic bomber offensive against Japan and within this year we will have stockpiled so much oil/resources that we won´t have any shortages in 46.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/01/44

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Day Air attack on Southern Area Army, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 9
Liberator VI x 25
Ventura V x 3
A-20G Havoc x 93
B-25C Mitchell x 22
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
393 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 5000 feet

also the Southern Area Army HQ is outside of Charter Towers and gets nuked...

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Day Air attack on Southern Area Army, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 12
A-20G Havoc x 35
B-24D Liberator x 46


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x A-20G Havoc bombing at 5000 feet

low level ground attacks... would have loved to see the unit moving into a flak stack...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 176
J1N1-S Irving x 26
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 95
A6M3a Zero x 88
B5N Kate x 16
B6N Jill x 34
G4M1 Betty x 50
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 165
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 31


No Allied losses

Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 27
J2M3 Jack x 120
J1N1-S Irving x 59
D4Y Judy x 54
A6M5c Zeke x 46
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 54
P1Y Frances x 51
Ki-61 Ic x 71

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 190

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 9th Ind. Brigade, at 41,29


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 21
B-25J Mitchell x 4


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 3 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Ind. Brigade, at 41,29


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 14
B-25J Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

ground attacks against my units at Chengtu, without any effects in terms of disruption. Some 50 Chinese units armed with sticks and undersupplied are moving onto the base....

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Day Air attack on 4th Ind./A Brigade, at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on 4th Ind./B Brigade, at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49260 troops, 526 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352

Defending force 55628 troops, 140 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 1142



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36374 troops, 128 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1142

Defending force 68785 troops, 734 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 137003 troops, 1126 guns, 520 vehicles, Assault Value = 4666

Defending force 153612 troops, 1714 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3099


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

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/02/44

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Day Air attack on Southern Area Army, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 10
Liberator VI x 24
Ventura V x 3
A-20G Havoc x 101
B-25C Mitchell x 30
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
440 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 3000 feet

the HQ is still outside of Charter Towers as the air attacks happen before the ground movememt and bigbaba´s bomber are now flying at 3.000 ft...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 213
J1N1-S Irving x 26
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 99
A6M3a Zero x 87
B5N Kate x 16
B6N Jill x 34
G4M1 Betty x 46
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 160
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 32


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
A6M5 Zeke x 27
J2M3 Jack x 169
J1N1-S Irving x 60
D4Y Judy x 54
A6M5c Zeke x 48
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 102
P1Y Frances x 210
Ki-61 Ic x 140

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 336

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

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Day Air attack on 4th Reserve AA Regiment, at 61,10


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 10
Pe-2 x 50


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Pe-2 bombing at 20000 feet

ground attacks on Irkutsk´s units... only effect is that the Russian lose aircraft...

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Day Air attack on 2nd Ind. Brigade, at 41,29


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 15
B-25J Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Day Air attack on 28th Division, at 61,10


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 26
Pe-2 x 118


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Pe-2 bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 18
J2M3 Jack x 75
B5N Kate x 9
Ki-61 Ic x 114

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49281 troops, 528 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352

Defending force 55327 troops, 131 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 1139



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36134 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1139

Defending force 68826 troops, 736 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352



Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 30657 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2687

Defending force 33014 troops, 375 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 613



Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

most of the Allied units have arrived at Chengtu and bigbaba has ordered a bombardment. Result are only ALLIED losses as nearly 2700 av don´t even have a dozen guns... we have level 9 forts and nearly 400 guns but with the stupid ground combat model we will see what will happen. Knowing the answer anyway: undersupplied Chinese hordes, armed with sticks will shock attack me out of my bunkers...


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 137021 troops, 1126 guns, 519 vehicles, Assault Value = 4671

Defending force 153543 troops, 1708 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3095


Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

The result of 03/03/44´s Chinese shock attack at Chengtu came up at such a stupid result I forgot to save the cr due to being so upset about such a 100% failed ground combat model, it´s a shame it can be so bad as this pretty much makes everything completely laughable that comes along from those (this?) developer(s). The Chinese got an adjusted av of 2000+ while our av got halved. They had a laughable number of 11 guns, we had 370. Result was that we get our heads chopped while the Chinese laugh while they do their ancient style attacks with sticks and their 11 undersupplied mortars. This ground combat model STINKS and so does the one who came up with such a thing. Noone is asking for a perfect game but what we see here (once again) is just so off, it´s more of a fairy tale you tell your 3 year old grandson than anything else. A 4 year old would already tell you that you´re telling him BS. No, complete BS... [>:]



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/04/44

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 3
Liberator VI x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 34
D4Y Judy x 27
A6M3a Zero x 52
G4M1 Betty x 44

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 37


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
J2M3 Jack x 48
B6N Jill x 48
P1Y Frances x 144
Ki-61 Ic x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 117

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

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Day Air attack on 116th Division, at 43,33


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 6


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 32nd Division, at 43,33


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 5
Spitfire VIII x 7
P-40N Warhawk x 34
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 10th Division, at 43,33


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49285 troops, 527 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352

Defending force 55190 troops, 117 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 1136



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 43,33

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 131618 troops, 1653 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 2827

Defending force 47932 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030

Japanese max assault: 4902 - adjusted assault: 1617

Allied max defense: 1056 - adjusted defense: 1000

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
4893 casualties reported
Guns lost 181
Vehicles lost 14

Allied ground losses:
734 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Pissed off by the "Gary Grigsby most stupid ground combat model ever", I thought what perfectly works for Chinese units that have most time NO supply and that have NO heavy weapons will also work for 99 exp, fully supplied Japanese units, but once again the "Gary Grigsby most stupid ground combat model ever" doesn´t work that way for the Japanese. While our troops behind level 9 forts get their adjusted avs halfed, undersupplied Chinese units without heavy weapons just get perfect avs, but even worse, they inflict 5000 casualties with their sticks... Mr. Grigsby, 100% fail... Nothing in WITP is as bad as the ground combat model. While you can "accept" it as long as both sides have reasonable numbers and all are supplied, those things that now happen in China are the prove how poor the choice of influencing factors are because something that would be near realistic outcomes would see the Chinese being killed in the tens of thousands when they do shock attacks without having supply and without having heavy weapons.

I´m quite experienced in WITP but I did not know that the ground model was that BS while bigbaba already knew that supply or heavy weapons aren´t important and therefore he just shock attacked me and the BS kicked me around the map. Unfortunately it doesn´t work the other way around, supply and heavy weapons must be a negative factor for this oh so well programmed ground combat model. Doesn´t it really hurt if you come up with a product that is partially so broken. I wouldn´t be satisfied with such a BS and I can´t believe it would be so much work to make out of supply troops completely useless (as this is what out of supply units are). No, in Gary Grigsby wonderland, out of supply units still fight with 25% of their av and with the other stupid multipliers they can even get adjusted avs that are mulitple times higher than their base avs. Very well done...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35966 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1136

Defending force 68826 troops, 734 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352



Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Shock attack [&o][&o][&o]

Attacking force 132657 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4435

Defending force 31800 troops, 337 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 584

Allied max assault: 5642 - adjusted assault: 2155

Japanese max defense: 420 - adjusted defense: 258 [&o][&o][&o]

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Chengtu base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
1869 casualties reported
Guns lost 67

Allied ground losses:
2692 casualties reported
Guns lost 8


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

it´s all about assault value. Supply? Not needed? Heavy weapons? Not needed. All you need is assault value. Wonder how the Nazis could lose the real war. Oh wait, it was real and GG wasn´t in charge on the East front.

Result of this stupidity once again: my troops get shock attacked out of a fully supplied level 9 fort base (100% prepped of course) by Chinese units that would have no combat value (or a very small one) in reality. Heck, I must get away from reality and get myself back into GG wonderland. And once again, I shouldn´t complain. GG let me conquer nearly the whole map and sink two dozen Allied carriers for nearly no loss on the Japanese side.

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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 140248 troops, 1138 guns, 525 vehicles, Assault Value = 4670

Defending force 153441 troops, 1711 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3083


Japanese ground losses:
301 casualties reported
Guns lost 24
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/06/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 216
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 77
B5N Kate x 16
B6N Jill x 33
G4M1 Betty x 46
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 126
Port hits 9
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
23 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 32


No Allied losses

Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
10 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
A6M5 Zeke x 27
J2M3 Jack x 156
J1N1-S Irving x 61
D4Y Judy x 54
A6M5c Zeke x 48
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 96
P1Y Frances x 204
Ki-61 Ic x 131

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 254

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49309 troops, 529 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352

Defending force 55413 troops, 110 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 1145



Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35944 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1145

Defending force 68814 troops, 737 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352



Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118425 troops, 992 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 4272

Defending force 176650 troops, 1949 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3571


Japanese ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


we have a huge Army marching on Kweiyang with lots of "tanks" and heavy weapons. Guess the stick armed Chinese will kill off my troops in the thousands and my tanks in the hundred. Doing this with the magic weapon: "assault value". Russian soldier shouting over to German Tiger tank: "hey, we don´t have a heavy AT gun but we just killed you with our assault value" "BOOM". German Tiger crew abandons tank and shoot themselve in their head. BOOM


Chinese Army in this campaign:

[castor troy]

Japanese Army in this campaign:




the stick wins...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/07/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 193
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 80
B5N Kate x 16
B6N Jill x 34
G4M1 Betty x 53
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 187
Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
23 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 10
Liberator VI x 32
Ventura V x 16
A-20G Havoc x 155
B-25C Mitchell x 24
B-24J Liberator x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 5 damaged
Ventura V: 10 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 4 destroyed, 17 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1506 casualties reported
Guns lost 31

Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 61

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

one of those senseless air attacks IMO... but I´m happy about it...



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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 27
J2M3 Jack x 103
J1N1-S Irving x 61
D4Y Judy x 53
A6M5c Zeke x 44
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 52
P1Y Frances x 50
Ki-61 Ic x 63

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 123

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 104th Division, at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 15
Avenger II x 6
Spitfire VIII x 7
Beaufighter VIF x 5
Vengeance I x 5
Liberator VI x 25


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged
Avenger II: 3 destroyed
Vengeance I: 3 destroyed
Liberator VI: 2 destroyed, 21 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Barracuda bombing at 5000 feet

this was a nice one... more Allied bombers shot down... ground attack on my troops at Malir...

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Day Air attack on 11th Division, at 42,36


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 59th Division, at 42,36


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 33
J2M3 Jack x 74
B5N Kate x 9
Ki-61 Ic x 108

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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

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And the highlight of the day...

Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 32
P1Y Frances x 67
Ki-61 Ic x 31

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 23 damaged
Ki-61 Ic: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair IV: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Samakron, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samwash, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Lord, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Petard
AK Samforth , Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samarina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Samclyde
AK Samvard, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samtweed, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samvern, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Samythian , Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samariz
AK Empire Kitchener, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samore, Torpedo hits 1
AK Empire Malta

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

after recon has told me that nearly all aircraft but not all ground units were evacuated from Colombo I was sure that bigbaba would send more TFs to pick up the troops there so I´ve moved some high experienced bombers and fighters to Bangalore and set them on nav attack. Weather was bad yesterday (when the TF hasn´t arrived at Colombo) so my bombers stayed grounded. We take off today and to my surprise, 63 high experienced fighters weren´t able to deal with 3 Corsairs on Cap and after having one fighter damaged, the Corsairs attacked the bombers but thankfully only damaging one...

Then the TF is shot up... [:D]

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Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 10
P1Y Frances x 41
Ki-61 Ic x 22

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 damaged
P1Y Frances: 11 damaged


Allied Ships
AK Samythian , on fire, heavy damage
AK Samwash, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Malta, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samakron, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samtweed, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samtroy, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Lord, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Petard
AK Samarina, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samport, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sambalt
AK Samspring, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

we also launch a full strike with the remaining undamaged bombers and sink more of the small, medium and big AKs in this TF. Really a nice result for this day, guess we sink a dozen AKs for not even a single loss on my side (even though flak seemed to be quite strong). The Frances really is an improvement over the fragile Betty. Also in this strike, my escorts weren´t able to deal with two fighters on Cap... [8|]



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49272 troops, 529 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351

Defending force 55358 troops, 107 guns, 154 vehicles, Assault Value = 1147



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35965 troops, 97 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1147

Defending force 68777 troops, 737 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118371 troops, 988 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 3898

Defending force 176484 troops, 1937 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3576


Japanese ground losses:
192 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[Xxzard]

I'm sure you too are watching the results of AE campaigns and taking a look at the ground combat model. I certainly haven't seen anything this ridiculous from it yet.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Xxzard

I'm sure you too are watching the results of AE campaigns and taking a look at the ground combat model. I certainly haven't seen anything this ridiculous from it yet.

yes I am and I´m 100% sure that it is an improvement as in many other areas. Though there also haven´t been those "we have no supply and no heavy weapons and still kick a$$" - Armies that were rushing through the map, beating down level 9 forts at will without taking heavy losses, while on the other side, when being on the defense, killing off thousands of fully supplied and highly exp troops with loads of heavy weapons.

In WITP´s stupid ground combat model it´s just like if it would be an advantage if you´re out of supply (or undersupplied) and have no heavy weapons. Heck, those troops have been out of supply for so long that all their heavy weapons are gone and they still kick a$$. While they couldn´t do it early in the game when they had full supply and all their heavy weapons. Doesn´t that stink? Of course, I can be completely wrong and the existing multipliers of WITP´s ground combat model are just fine and you didn´t need supplies or heavy weapons in WWII for ground attacks against heavily fortified positions. Sticks and knifes must have worked just fine.

[jwilkerson]

Don't get too totally excited. AE does use the same "model" as WITP - at least by my definition of the term. We did completely rewrite the loops for efficiency and this actually threw the casualties off, so we had to fix that. And the "fix" process involved extensive testing and adjusting by a team which including a very experienced SME who eventually - after many weeks, was able to report that we were now producing plausible results. So AE is different. But it is not a complete "green field" rewrite. But it does include a substantive rework of the existing model. Some don't like it. But so far, I find it better. But then, I was in the Artillery, during my time in the chow line (as was said Subject Matter Expert!!! [:D])

[castor troy]

From what I´ve seen so far it seems to look better in AE than in WITP. At least it´s more to my taste, but it´s like I´ve said, I haven´t seen those 300.000 troops vs. 500.000 troops battles yet or those out of supply Armies with 10.000 assault value attacks in AE yet.

I can´t say I have ever been a "fan" of WITP´s ground combat model but in four years of playing it has never pissed me off as much as in tis campaign with the ground warfare in China and what out of supply and out of heavy weapon Chinese Armies can do due to the magic shock attack order. While this doesn´t work for the Japanese with supply and with heavy weapons. lol. And not to forget that 500.000 Japanese troops (12.000 av) with all available "tank" units and all but 5 combat eng units weren´t able to do anything against 3.000 Russian av (with base exp and half of the units have been forced to retreat more than just once) behind level 9 forts in a clear hex. Oh wait, my troops were mostly 90+ exp (with many at 99 already) but that didn´t help either. Taking 20.000+ casualties in one turn and the enemy taking 1.000 shreds your 12.000 av to 6.000 in three attacks. Then you can´t reduce the forts of course (because 1.000+ combat eng are disabled in two turns) and the Allied build level 8 to 9 forts in three turns anyway.

Oh yes, I´m 100% sure that AE has improved the ground combat model.

[castor troy]

More of the same as the last months... we´re building up our defensive positions and my airforce is further increasing their (already high) experience. And many ground and air reinforcements are arriving. Nearly every couple of days we get new daitais, sentais or hikotais and big inf units. But else not much is happening... no idea where the rest of the US CV fleet is hiding at the moment and there´s no sign of any invasion attempt. And I wouldn´t recommend an invasion without proper preparation. This went wrong too often for the Allied already.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/08/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 219
J1N1-S Irving x 26
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 79
B5N Kate x 16
B6N Jill x 34
G4M1 Betty x 50
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 207
Port hits 10
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 35


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
A6M5 Zeke x 27
J2M3 Jack x 81
J1N1-S Irving x 58
D4Y Judy x 53
A6M5c Zeke x 44
B6N Jill x 42
P1Y Frances x 158
Ki-61 Ic x 96

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 211

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

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Day Air attack on 116th Division, at 43,33


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 6
Spitfire VIII x 6
P-40N Warhawk x 4
B-25J Mitchell x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 104th Division, at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 4
Avenger II x 3
Spitfire VIII x 5
Beaufighter VIF x 6
Vengeance I x 2


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Avenger II: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Avenger II bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Barracuda bombing at 5000 feet
2 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet

not much sense to send those bombers out low to attack my division when it´s protected by a couple of AA rgts...

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 33
J2M3 Jack x 70
B5N Kate x 9
Ki-61 Ic x 109

No Japanese losses

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

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Day Air attack on TF at 12,23

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Samvard, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Kitchener, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samwash, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

the enemy AKs are leaving Colombo without having picked up any troops and more are killed off... there won´t be much left of this convoy in the end... [:D]

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Day Air attack on TF at 12,23

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Samspring, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samvern, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samore, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samtroy, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

four more AKs are finished... we haven´t lost a single Frances in those attacks against this Ceylon convoy yet... nice result, no loss for the sinking of more than a dozen ships...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49221 troops, 527 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349

Defending force 55385 troops, 103 guns, 154 vehicles, Assault Value = 1146



Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 43,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 123404 troops, 1438 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2435

Defending force 57204 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1200



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35942 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1146

Defending force 68749 troops, 735 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118417 troops, 991 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 3690

Defending force 176470 troops, 1939 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 3571


Japanese ground losses:
285 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/09/44

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TF 1069 encounters mine field at Noumea (68,113)

Allied Ships
DE Seid
DE Duffy

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 7
Liberator VI x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 222
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 79
B5N Kate x 16
B6N Jill x 34
G4M1 Betty x 53
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 175
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

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


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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
J2M3 Jack x 100
D4Y Judy x 3
A6M5c Zeke x 3
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 70
P1Y Frances x 203
Ki-61 Ic x 106

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 167

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

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Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 43,33


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 10
Spitfire VIII x 15
B-25J Mitchell x 5


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 32nd Division, at 43,33


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 12,21

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 27
P1Y Frances x 20
Ki-61 Ic x 29

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Samtroy, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samspring, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samforth , Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

another strike out of Bangalore and another 3 AKs are sunk... they were in sinking condition anyway so this attack was pure overkill...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49248 troops, 526 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351

Defending force 55226 troops, 99 guns, 154 vehicles, Assault Value = 1143



Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 43,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 123646 troops, 1441 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2449

Defending force 67298 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1484



Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35905 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1143

Defending force 68793 troops, 734 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118517 troops, 997 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 3689

Defending force 176350 troops, 1934 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3568


Japanese ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/10/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 202
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 57
B5N Kate x 16
B6N Jill x 34
G4M1 Betty x 53
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 33

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 141
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 5

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

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 101
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 27
P1Y Frances x 54
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 92

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


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49205 troops, 526 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352

Defending force 54905 troops, 95 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 1133



Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 43,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 123978 troops, 1444 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2467

Defending force 68061 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1494



Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25798 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1133

Defending force 68750 troops, 734 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352



Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at 43,33

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13222 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1494

Defending force 127538 troops, 1444 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2467


Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


a turn when nothing happened at all... I had more than a couple of games reach 44 but none was nearly as boring as this one... [;)] but boring is in any case good for the Japanese...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/11/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 218
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 81
B5N Kate x 16
B6N Jill x 33
G4M1 Betty x 54
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 85
Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 42


No Allied losses

Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
J2M3 Jack x 189
J1N1-S Irving x 63
D4Y Judy x 54
A6M5c Zeke x 44
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 69
P1Y Frances x 196
Ki-61 Ic x 139

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 127

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

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 36
J2M3 Jack x 70
B5N Kate x 9
Ki-61 Ic x 120

No Japanese losses

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

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49269 troops, 526 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351

Defending force 54763 troops, 88 guns, 156 vehicles, Assault Value = 1130



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Ground combat at 43,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 124171 troops, 1446 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2483

Defending force 68152 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1503



Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25712 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1130

Defending force 68814 troops, 734 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351



Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at 43,33

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13247 troops, 73 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1503

Defending force 127771 troops, 1446 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2483


Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


next turn my troops should enter Kweiyang hopefully. It takes us forever to march on the road into this hex it seems, my Army was marching at a speed of 7 miles a day... awfully slow. If you use the "follow unit order" your troops most often march at half of their usual speed, so if it isn´t needed, don´t do it...

When we will have arrived we will see what the Chinese can do against us. Guess they will kill us off with their sticks...

[Ambassador]

It's really sad to see this game evolve in this way, be it the Chinese stupid stuff or bigbaba's confusing strategy.[:(]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

It's really sad to see this game evolve in this way, be it the Chinese stupid stuff or bigbaba's confusing strategy.[:(]

yeah, it´s sad indeed. It´s the only WITP PBEM I´ve got going and with the chance to get into the really late stages of the war I´m not keen to really drop it. If I would be convinced that AE is already in a state to start a long term PBEM then I would do that, but as it is now, for me AE isn´t patched up high enough to really get a long term PBEM going. That´s no complaint, it was the same with WITP which has reached a state in 1.5 that was already very good.

[castor troy]

let´s go on with the boring turns, not much to report... turns are done in minutes...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/12/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 211
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 101
A6M3a Zero x 80
B5N Kate x 16
B6N Jill x 34
G4M1 Betty x 51
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 34

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 169
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Paramushiro Jima , at 82,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 24
LB-30 Liberator x 43
PB4Y Liberator x 35
B-24J Liberator x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 destroyed, 25 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
279 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Airbase hits 35
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 180

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
31 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

big strike on my mountain island up North, the hit rate was a pain to see... level 4 airfield and 142 bombers achieve 180 hits on the runway alone... the damned Allied long range bombers must all have a dangerous high experience... no wonder after 3 years of war and nothing that really could stop them so far. But more than a dozen were lost today and this strike isn´t really concerning for me anyway.



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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 36


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
6 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 3
J2M3 Jack x 102
J1N1-S Irving x 3
A6M3a Zero x 23
B6N Jill x 30
P1Y Frances x 52
Ki-61 Ic x 30

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 85

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

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


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 35
Yak-9D x 38
Pe-2 x 262


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 15 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Pe-2 bombing at 20000 feet

huge Russian strike out of Irkutsk. Those strikes do nothing and are a waste of material...

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 32
J2M3 Jack x 70
B5N Kate x 9
Ki-61 Ic x 108

No Japanese losses

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

while we continue our training runs...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49272 troops, 529 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351

Defending force 54528 troops, 86 guns, 156 vehicles, Assault Value = 1132



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 43,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 124488 troops, 1443 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 2500

Defending force 68421 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1514



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16975 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1132

Defending force 68817 troops, 737 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at 43,33

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13173 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1514

Defending force 128088 troops, 1443 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 2500


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1