RADM Yamaguchi's Diary (Pls no affins or cheesesteak)

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 09, 42
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Sub attack near Norfolk Island at 113,170

Japanese Ships
SS I-18

Allied Ships
DD Jarvis
DD Gridley
I don't think they like the fact that i took norfolk
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Morning Air attack on 3rd KNIL AA Battalion, at 50,100 (Bandoeng)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 3
B-339D x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
B-339D: 7 destroyed
Zeros doing their job
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Morning Air attack on Bandoeng , at 50,100

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 33

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 12
B-339D x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
B-339D: 1 destroyed
oscars not so much
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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 48

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 damaged
139WH-3: 5 damaged
139WH-3: 3 destroyed on ground
CW-22 Falcon: 2 damaged
even the betties can kill a few planes
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38
B5N1 Kate x 29
B5N2 Kate x 30
D3A1 Val x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
AM Deloraine, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS S-40, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
AVP Arend, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AS Platypus, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
thought i might find a few ships at darwin - nothing great though
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Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6446 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 219

Defending force 4015 troops, 108 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 123

Japanese adjusted assault: 157

Allied adjusted defense: 118

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
operation shoestring still ongoing

[RangerJoe]

You sank an Aussie minesweeper with an ASW of 4. It is great for short range escort work as well as ASW TFs outside or at his bases. You probably sank a S-boat with working torpedoes. The AVP is a mobile Float Plane and/or seaplane tender for dot bases that you may not notice. It could have Cats reaching out into your back areas to see what you are doing. The sub tenders can also help repairs besides refueling and re-ammo. Very useful ships, especially when the torpedoes work. All four are useful ships and there are only so many of those that he gets. Killing them early when he does not have as many is very good work.

Put LRCAP over his airbases and watch his OP losses go up - especially useful against the AVG. They will also assist in sweeps as well as shooting down any transports flying in or out. This last turn the report is that I shot down 3 AVG fighters but they also had 3 OP losses. [8D]

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

Hi Joe,
Thanks man. You're always so encouraging.

great idea about the lrcap over bases especially about the transports.

i guess i'm almost completely clueless when it comes to the allied OOB

[RangerJoe]

You are welcome. I am learning here as well.

A suggestion though, when bombing airfields at bases like Soerabaja, consider sending some bombers on Ground Attack missions. They may not do much actual damage but they will increase supply usage as well as increase fatigue and disablements.

In China, if he has no airbases for CAP purposes, divide up your light bombers and have each one bomb a separate Chinese Army stack. If nothing else, increase the supply draw. Try to herd his units into the open, a long distance from his supply sources to decrease the amount of supplies that they do get as well as increase wastage. After taking Chungking and his other reinforcement base, then kill the Chinese units. I know that you will kill some before taking those bases and the enemy might suicide his units as well, but if they are not destroyed then they won't come back and help garrison Chungking. If you can block the rail and grey road from Rangoon to Lashio, you will cut the Burma Road and no more free 500 units of Chinese supply per turn. In the meantime, bomb the airbase at the receiving end to try and destroy as many supplies as is possible. Also, try LRCAP at the bases in China where they might be airmailing supplies in, to destroy transports.

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

i haven't done much in china except organize troops and bombs his with my 1 engine bombers - in the open if i can

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 11, 42
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Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19689 troops, 172 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 938

Defending force 14483 troops, 173 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 416

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 320

Allied adjusted defense: 309

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1086 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 114 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
555 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

other than that just a lot of my bombers hitting his troops everywhere with little significance.
oh, and he bombed my from darwin to koepang with b-17s i'll have to do something about that

[RangerJoe]

LRCAP any bases that his heavies fly from, if you can. I wonder how helpful a Glen flying from a sub would be . . .

[RangerJoe]

For your reading pleasure in the open ocean:

Submarine attack near Pearl Harbor at 181,105

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-6

Allied Ships
xAK Ikauna, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAK Ikauna is sighted by SSX Ha-6
SSX Ha-6 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Ikauna

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Norfolk Island at 113,170

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CL Achilles
CL Leander
DD Le Triomphant
DD Aylwin
DD Monaghan
DD Dale

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 19
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 1
i should have figured on getting bombarded
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 21
Buffalo I x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 5 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 3
Buffalo I x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
sweeping rangoon with zeros got quite a few of the flying tigers- 37 of them so far. as i understand it they earned their reputation against nates and a few oscars. i'll only use zeros or better if i can.
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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
another b-17 attack on Koepang, zeros do okay, can't wait for my nicks to get here. too fatigued to LRCAP over Darwin yet.
thats about it until next installment.

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

For your reading pleasure in the open ocean:

Submarine attack near Pearl Harbor at 181,105

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-6

Allied Ships
xAK Ikauna, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAK Ikauna is sighted by SSX Ha-6
SSX Ha-6 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Ikauna

that's awesome. it seems the possibilities are endless.

[jdsrae]

I’ve currently got Oscars flying CAP at Dili and Nicks at Korpang in my game.
Oscars aren’t getting close to the B17s even with 70+ rates pilots but Nicks are shooting down at least one a day.
I’m spending PP to change a few more light bomber groups to Nicks so I can get more Nicks on the front line and more FB training groups.
The allies are only going to get more 4E bombers...

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

I’ve currently got Oscars flying CAP at Dili and Nicks at Korpang in my game.
Oscars aren’t getting close to the B17s even with 70+ rates pilots but Nicks are shooting down at least one a day.
I’m spending PP to change a few more light bomber groups to Nicks so I can get more Nicks on the front line and more FB training groups.
The allies are only going to get more 4E bombers...

that's good info. thanks. my plan will be to do the same. i've got 2x30 on the nick in research just to get a jump start on production.

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 13, 42
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Sub attack near Sydney at 91,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-3, hits 5

Allied Ships
DD Stuart
i forgot to move this one - only 12 sys damage no flot - i wonder why so little
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 76,124

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 14

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 5

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAK Empire Hamble
MTB 9
xAK Lowana
MTB 11
looking for targets of opportunity at darwin
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 19
Buffalo I x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 3 destroyed
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 6
Buffalo I x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
still sweeping rangoon and whittling away at AVG
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Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 26507 troops, 245 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 880

Defending force 14128 troops, 173 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 370

Japanese adjusted assault: 1024

Allied adjusted defense: 253

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Batavia !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2138 casualties reported
Squads: 54 destroyed, 122 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3899 casualties reported
Squads: 164 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 297 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 72 (72 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 72 (72 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 10
Units destroyed 1
batavia is mine but i failed to enclose it so most escaped- still not bad for an unplanned shoestring invasion
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 44167 troops, 557 guns, 260 vehicles, Assault Value = 1399

Defending force 22735 troops, 321 guns, 244 vehicles, Assault Value = 247

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 784

Allied adjusted defense: 533

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1783 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 113 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 30 disabled

Allied ground losses:
855 casualties reported
Squads: 49 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 37 (25 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
i'm a complete idiot and should have had singapore two weeks ago
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Ground combat at La Foa (114,159)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1468 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Defending force 332 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 52

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE La Foa !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Allied ground losses:
494 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
New caledonia is free and clear
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Ground combat at Sampit (58,97)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 350 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sampit !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
4th JAAF AF Coy
and borneo is almost complete

[RangerJoe]

You are doing fine at Singapore, it is still before it really fell. You might want to reconsider invading bases with infrastructure that you want to keep since a shock attack seems to damage it more.

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

You are doing fine at Singapore, it is still before it really fell. You might want to reconsider invading bases with infrastructure that you want to keep since a shock attack seems to damage it more.

you're such a voice of reason

especially when i am kicking myself

[RangerJoe]

His cousin Ellie Mae is so much better looking . . .

But wouldn't Don Knotts be a better choice? He could be saying "Why can't I have just one bullet!?"

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

just some FYI:

My Training Currently looks like this:

04x81 Claude Swp 1,000ft
03x81 Val Naval 10,000ft
03x81 Kate Naval 1,000ft
20x20 Flot Serch 1,000ft
01x36 Flot Sweep 1,000ft

02x36 Nate CAP 1,000ft
03x42 Nate Sweep 1,000ft
03x12 Nate Grd 100ft
09x12 Ida Naval 100ft

i train elsewhere when i can

[RangerJoe]

If you raise your fighters to 5000 feet to gain air skill, then they won't get as much fatigue if that gets to be a problem. Kates can train at any altitude for torpedoes but bombing at 1000 for Low Nav. Float Planes could also train ASW for the Jakes which would have a range of 5. You can also train them on low Nav. Regular fighter pilots can go to the A6M2-Rufe, they don't need special training. Set the Range to 0 on units at 100% training to keep their fatigue low.

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

ak conversions

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

If you raise your fighters to 5000 feet to gain air skill, then they won't get as much fatigue if that gets to be a problem. Kates can train at any altitude for torpedoes but bombing at 1000 for Low Nav. Float Planes could also train ASW for the Jakes which would have a range of 5. You can also train them on low Nav. Regular fighter pilots can go to the A6M2-Rufe, they don't need special training. Set the Range to 0 on units at 100% training to keep their fatigue low.

thanks. not much fatigue yet. range at zero everywhere. that's good about the rufe training. i'll adjust. is training asw worth it vs low nav? i keep thinking that float planes finding them is a good deterent and maybe i'll have enough army planes on asw later to bomb them. i'm not sure.........of anything really.

[RADM.Yamaguchi]

ak conversions