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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/29/42

Air Combat

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
8 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
12 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged - 2 Zeros are lost

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged - 2 B17's are lost in air to air combat

Resources hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
20 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on BFF Brigade, at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged - 2 Sallys are lost

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 56,88

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed - 1 Beufort is destroyed

Japanese Ships
PG Hashidate, Torpedo hits 1, on fire- will make emergency repairs at Lae

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet
1 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Situation Report

I'm still a little annoyed about my subs that revealed themselves. Hope Wobbly doesn't evacuate Trincomalee.
The fleet will hit the enemy in 3 days. 3 ca's were spotted at Diamond Harbour - so I'll raid this base as well before
the invasion fleet moves up towards Rangoon.

Most of the loading has been completed and all task forces will sail tomorrow. Seems like I've managed to coordinate
loading [8D] Logistics is a nightmare..

Wobbly wantes me to divert Zeros to China to defeat his Hurries and Warhawks. Fat chance..we'll see whom reinforces what [8|]
B17's are surely active, but the raids against minor resource bases isn't a threat to me, and I'm shooting down forts each day now.

I'm a little worried before the battle, Al is a quick learner and an excellent opponent. It will take a lot of brute force to achieve results.

I can commit 100% to Operation Hangover for the remainder of 1942. I'll be able to keep the Allies at bay in the South Pacific until 1943.
US recon planes flew over Wake today, but I doubt we'll see much more action for some time to come.

The torpedo bombers at PM continues to hit the occasional patrol craft or barge - but supplies are getting through and I've soon got 2 size
4 airfields at both Buna and Lae. More barges are moving down from Truk, so I won't have to risk any high value ships.

goddamn this is fun to read.. send your turns and update the AAR, I want to see Wobblys reaction when the storm breaks [:D]

Yep.. the big sh*t is about to hit an even bigger fan.

Think we'll be seeing a lot more AAR's done in the style of this, it lets the reader know everything they need to know, without Allies or Japan losing any element of suprise.

Might even do mine like this [:D]

All honor to Wobbly and Herbie for inventing this type of AAR! [&o]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/30/42

Surface Combat

Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 - A nice little battle took place outside Lautern at Timor!

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 1
DD Kamikaze
DD Nokaze, Shell hits 1
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
CL Raleigh
DD Helm, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Patterson
DD Case
DD Shaw, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Reid, Shell hits 1
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 - my commander succeeded in crossing the enemies 'T'!

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage - 58 sys damage, heading back to port.
DD Kuroshio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Nokaze
DD Namikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Raleigh, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Helm, on fire
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Patterson, Shell hits 1
DD Case
DD Shaw, on fire
DD Reid, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Invasions

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TF 55 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78 - As you can see, all my troops got ashore safely!

Japanese ground losses:
315 casualties reported
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TF 55 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78

Japanese ground losses:
119 casualties reported
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Air Combat

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kunimitsu Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire - there were numerous air attack on my ships around Timor today, but only one ship was hit. Fortunately, no troops were lost.

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 3000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77 - I'm moving in a base force to Koepang in the western part of Timor.

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Naka

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 3000 feet
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Situation Report

I was lucky and got away with my invasion of Timor - at least for now. My inferior force managed to fend of the Allied ships and put a torpedo into the light cruiser Raleigh. I've moved reinforcements to Kendari and will create a 'southern fortress' to prevent Wobbly from taking advantage of my adventure in India.

All of my convoys are now sailing up the Malacca strait! Tension is building.
25 subs are also spreading out in a fan all over the Indian Ocean. Wobblys alarm bells are going to go off big time soon.

An Allied search plane spotted some of my ships heading west north of Sumatra. I'm not sure what Al is going to make of this, but he's surely going to suspect that something's up. I'm moving in from the western part of Ceylon to prevent the British fleet from escaping. 2 more days and the hammer falls....

Situation Map: The Japanese Fleet enroute to Ceylon

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/31/42

Surface Combat

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TF 1044 encounters mine field at Mannargudi (16,23) - trying to open the strait between Ceylon and India

Allied Ships
MSW Cuttack
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on TF at 14,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 66

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged - poor sods, didn't stand a chance!
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Day Air attack on TF at 14,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 66

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 24 destroyed, 5 damaged - the entire squadron is destroyed!!
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Day Air attack on TF at 14,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 66

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6 - 5 out of 6 were shot down

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed - 1 Zero is shot down!

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Blenheim IV bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Sag Sag at 57,88

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Kaiun Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire - lots of sys damage, will return to Rabaul
AG AG-110

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet
4 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 56,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 6 destroyed - 3 were destroyed

Japanese Ships
AG AG-358
AG AG-367
AG AG-351

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet
4 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet
4 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 18,30

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 24
B5N Kate x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
MSW Ballarat, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage (sinks)

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 17,25

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 48
B5N Kate x 55 - overkill deluxe

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
ML Rigel, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage (sinks)

Aircraft Attacking:
B5N Kates bombing at 7000 feet
D3A Vals bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 48

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged - 2 were shot down, 3 more became op losses.

Allied Ships
MSW Rampur, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
PG Auricula, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PG Freesia, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
All B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Lautem

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4940 troops, 33 guns, 14 vehicles

Defending force 20 troops, 0 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lautem base !!!

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported - not much of a garrison. Timor is now occupied!
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Ground combat at Kai Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 33 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kai Island base !!! - all the islands north of Oz have also been occupied
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Situation Report

Weather lifts and the KB finds several smaller targets and obliterates them. I almost loose more torpedo bombers
than I like as a large strike flies all the way to Colombo unescorted. Have reduced their range to 4, I only want them to launch torpedoes.

A large bombardment group is formed and will hit Trimcomalee tomorrow - the destroyers have been detached and are ordered to escort the larger ships.
The KB will move to the western tip of Ceylon - half the bombers are ordered to hit Colombo's port.

This will make it possible to hit both of the large ports at Ceylon at the same time, and since weather has lifted, (partly cloudy) my bombers will catch all British ships
that are trying to run for it. (I've left a small opening towards the east - but this is were we're heading next.)

108 naval bombers are now in Rangoon together with 168 Zeros.
The bombers will perform a night attack against Diamond Harbour, this should effectively smoke the badgers out [:D]

Tomorrow a fast transport group will load up at Moulmein and head for Akyab. After landing here, another para contingent will be dropped.

Timor has been occupied 9 Betties, 9 Zeros and 8 Dinahs have been moved into Kaupang. A small search and strike force that will make it dangerous to move ships of
Northern Oz.

Tomorrow it's the 1st of April and the official opening of Operation Hangover! Surprise, surprise Al....
Todays strikes was just a small taster, but I'm sure our esteemed opponent alreadyl knows that somethings cooking.
Hopefully we can destroy the British fleet before the major landings takes place.

Situation Map: Attacking Ceylon!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/01/42

Surface Combat

Bombardments

Naval bombardment of Trimcomalee, at 15,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 5
BB Haruna
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
BB Nagato
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Maya
CA Chokai
CA Haguro
CA Ashigara
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Kumano
CL Nagara
CL Natori
CL Abukuma
CL Kuma
CL Tama
CL Oi

Allied Ships
AK Lematang, Shell hits 3
TK Empire Norse, Shell hits 2
AK Empire Raven, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
TK Empire Onyx, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tjisaroea, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Poelau Bras, Shell hits 4, on fire
AK Empire Bunting, Shell hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Spray, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied ground losses:
562 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 3

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30
Port hits 12

Air Combat

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Night Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 45
G4M1 Betty x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 6 destroyed, 12 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 22 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Resolution, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (magazine explodes, sinks)
BB Ramilles, Bomb hits 3, on fire
BB Revenge, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Warspite, Bomb hits 2

Port hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
22 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
26 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
19 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on 27th Australian Brigade, at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
H6K4 Mavis x 1
Ki-21 Sally x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,20

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 23
B5N Kate x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Van Cloon, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Cuttack, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Rees, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
5 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 47
Ki-27 Nate x 20? - what now?
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 25? more bugs....

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 14 destroyed, 5 damaged
B5N Kate: 31 destroyed, 22 damaged - todays little disaster, 20 unescorted bombers lost

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Soochow, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK Nora Moller, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Auricula, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
14 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
18 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,20

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 55
B5N Kate x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Van Rees, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Cloon, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
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Situation Report

April 1st, fools day! It surely provided both me and Al with unpleasent surprises, that's for sure [:'(]

Ok, the British Fleet was not in Trimcomalee, neither was it in Colombo or in Ceylon at all! My bombardment and airstrikes damaged and
sank an assortion of Allied shipping, but another unescorted raid against Colombo cost me 20 bombers shot down by Hurries. I'm not going to complain anymore
about this as it's obvious that it has been hard coded into the game. I really don't have much faith in using the KB when it's up against defended targets, cause in most
instances my bombers fly in unescorted and kill themselves.

Got enough trained Vals and Kates to replace the losses in Singapore though.

My plan B as described yesterday included a port attack against Diamond Harbour: Since I observed ca's here only a few days after the bombardment of Andaman Island, I
thought that Al just might try to hide his fleet from me. This was a calculated risk though, he knows how deadly port attacks are - and anchoring a big fleet within range of my
naval bombers is asking for trouble. I do understand why he did it though, cause retiring all the way to Karachi and Bombay would efficiently not only take them out of harms way, but also remove them from the action for a while.

My uber efficient night bombers did certainly find the British fleet: The Resolution was sunk while 2-3 other bb's were damaged!
I told Wobbly that he now got 2 options:

1.) Stay in port and get bombed into the gutter
2.) Come out and face the firing squad and die like a man [;)]

I've not oredered a second port attack for tomorrow, many of my bombers are damaged and they need to rest - but the KB is wheeling around and is heading into the
Bay of Bengal. The battlefleet will reorganize, meet the replenishment fleet at Andaman Island, and execute bombardment attacks against Diamond Harbour.

I have to remove the British fleet one way or the other before my troop convoys arrive. 120000 men are enroute and will disembark in a week or so.
Only 3300 men were reported at Trimcomalee, while a full division was found at Colombo. This means that I can easily occupy the first one while Colombo requires 2-3 divisions.

Other consequences: Al now knows that the KB is in India, and his cv's can reign freely in the Pacific. I'm moving the bulk of my ships back from Rabaul and Truk to prevent them from being destroyed if he decided to be bold.

I'm preparing to march north in both China and Burma, but I'll wait another few days. I'd like to see how Al reacts to todays events.

Sounds like you've got things well in hand... Have you moved Nells or Betties up to Kwaj, Truk or Rabaul to cover in case he gets bold?

Also, I assume you're both playing through without restarting, right?

We're not going to restart - we want to play the game to its end. We'll just play with what we got, and I don't really think we need an update to have more fun [8D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/02/42

Air Combat

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 108 - ouch, forgot to set down their range. They're my invasion fleet LRCAP!
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 62

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 15 destroyed, 2 damaged - goodbye AVG remnant, thought Wobbly would send em back to Burma


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 9
Brewster 339D x 3
Hudson I x 16
B-17E Fortress x 60 - oh la la, this was a heavy raid on Timor! Perhaps I should keep up night bombing of Darwin


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1 - not exactly encouraging results by 60 B17's!?
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
27 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
5 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 49th Chinese Division, at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 93rd Chinese Division, at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 7
Ki-21 Sally x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Indian Brigade, at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Situation Report

Wobbly said he prefers to stay in port instead of facing the firing squad - well, he gets!-)

I'm moving the 14th Army north of Rangoon to see whether it is possible to rout the Allied Army there.
(3 rested crack divisions, 2 engineer regiments, 1 Arty Battalion, 1 AA Battalion and 1 Tank Regiment)
Air attacks have also been stepped up in this region.

A Zero Daitai with 70% trained pilots (the rest got around 40 exp) has been sent to China. Only Hurricane II's left there now and I want to gain air supremacy before marching north.

A fast transport is loading up at Moulmein, it got 3 fast minelayers and will move a full brigade to Akyab in 3-4 runs.
Paras will be dropped when a beachead has been established.

The KB is steaming NNE towards Diamond Harbour - the battlefleet will replenish at Andaman Island tomorrow and follow suit. The invasion convoy is about to clear the Malacca straith. A strong escort and 27 Zeros on an CVE should take it safely up to Rangoon were it will be met by the KB.

In 12 days I will receive 4 trained Zero Daitais. 3 of these will move to the Southern Pacific.
Madflava: I got 119 Betties and Nells based at Truk, Rabaul and Kwajalein. There is not a lot of shipping left in the area.
I've got 8000 men at Tarawa, 7000 at Shortland and 7000 at Lunga. Wobbly will have to commit rather strongly to make an impact here.

The airbase at Lae has almost been built to size 4, and 27 Helens moved in today and were put on naval attack. (Spotted allied ships at PM, so I've ordered 5 destroyers to intercept.)

ORIGINAL: PzB

Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 9
Brewster 339D x 3
Hudson I x 16
B-17E Fortress x 60 - oh la la, this was a heavy raid on Timor! Perhaps I should keep up night bombing of Darwin


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1 - not exactly encouraging results by 60 B17's!?
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
27 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
5 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

Try flying at a much lower altitude (6000 feet)... or at night... or both.

Try flying at a much lower altitude (6000 feet)... or at night... or both.

Suggest that to Wobbly, I'm happy as long as he's a speck far up in the skies [;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/03/42

Air Combat

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Night Air attack on Chandpur , at 30,25

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet - a ca spotted in port, no hits
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Night Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 15 - still got a lot of damaged ac

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 9 - game crashed and I had to restart and turn of combat animations. (Night fighters vs night bombers has that effect on my system)

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 9 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IF: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Ramilles, Bomb hits 1
CLAA Columbo, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Probably a 800kg bomb, but I didn't see that!


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -Why does it say 'launching torpedoes' when the ships are hit by bombs?
5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Kungchang , at 46,26

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 13 destroyed, 7 damaged - My Zeros did a good job and I got a Tojo driver with 5 kills.

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 9
Brewster 339D x 4
Hudson I x 15
B-17E Fortress x 44

No Allied losses

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
27 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 93rd Chinese Division, at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 5
Ki-21 Sally x 22

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Burma Brigade, at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 57,91

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 13
Hudson I x 4
Beaufort V-IX x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 34


Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 2 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
ML Takashima, Shell hits 16
CL Katori, Shell hits 4
ML Yaeyama, Shell hits 8
ML Hoko, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (scuttled)
ML Okinoshima, Shell hits 4
PC Shonon Maru #10, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage (sinks)

Japanese ground losses:
400 casualties reported - auch!
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet
3 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet
2 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
2 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet
3 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
2 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet
4 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet
4 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
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Situation Report

Lots of things happening!
The British fleet (or parts of it) is still in Diamond Harbour. Tomorrow the KB will be in position to launch attacks. The battlefleet is refuelling north of Andaman Isl.

The 200000 men aboard the invasion fleets will leave the Malacca Strait tomorrow and head NNE.

In Burma the 14th Army marched north and will start bombarding the enemy tomorrow. They're all rested and prepared. An assault value of 1500 and 600 guns should provide enoug firepower to weaken the malaria sick Allied troops. My bombers are hitting them hard as well now.

The fast transport group with 3 msw's will unload parts of a Bde at Akyab tomorrow. It will then return to Moulmein to pick up another load. (They can lift 3400, and the bde is almost 15000 in size.)

In China I've ordered the armies to march on Kunching. 70000 men are marching from the east while 200000 men are coming up from Sian in the South.
I've left enough troops behind to defend the railroad against as many as 80000 Chinese troops.
The bombers are ordered to hit the enemy again as the Warhawks has been moved out and the Hurricanes no longer can stand up to the newly arrived Zeros.

In New Guinea I've ordered the surface group (5 dd's) heading for PM to turn around. The enemy ships can no longer be spotted and enemy search planes spotted my own ships.
A fast transport group carrying a small SNLF group was hit by fighterbombers. The remaining ships will unload their cargo at Gili Gili and steam east to get out of range from PM. I want to deny the base to Wobbly and make sure he doesn't land engineers there and start building another base from where to bomb me. Just want to force him to make an effort no matter what he wants to do.

Al thinks me lucky since I'm causing magazine explosions general carnage all over the place [8D]
I told him that luck usually favors the side with the largest hammer, and in no more than a year the tables will be turned.
That's why I have to strike now, and strike hard!

No mercy for the bad if they want it
No mercy for the bad if they plead
No mercy for the bad if they need it
No mercy from me

[;)]

Try flying at a much lower altitude (6000 feet)... or at night... or both.

He's just testing the defenses and wants to avoid losses. Good training for his pilots.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/04/42

Surface Combat

Invasions

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TF 98 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29)

TF 98 troops unloading over beach at Akyab, 30,29

Japanese Ships
MSW W.10 - the minesweepers prevented the ships from hitting any mines!
MSW W.8
MSW W.7
APD APD-39
APD APD-37
APD APD-35
APD APD-2
PC Shimushu

Coastal Guns at Akyab, 30,29, firing at TF 98
179 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
ML Aotaka
MSW W.10, Shell hits 3

Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
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TF 100 troops unloading over beach at Gili Gili, 56,94

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
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Air Combat

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Night Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 8
G4M1 Betty x 9

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 10 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Warspite, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
5 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 20

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 9
Brewster 339D x 3
Hudson I x 14

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
5 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-49 Helen x 17

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Burma Brigade, at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lae at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
Beaufort V-IX x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 29

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
PG Kaiun Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy damage
AG AG-110
AG AG-364, Shell hits 4
AG AG-359, Shell hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 56,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AG AG-375
PG Shinko Maru #1
AG AG-363
AG AG-109
AG AG-358
AG AG-114
AG AG-373, Shell hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 29,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 69342 troops, 791 guns, 30 vehicles

Defending force 43274 troops, 374 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4360 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2564 troops, 106 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Situation Report

We've now updated to V1.3 - but will of course not restart the game [:)]

The KB is now moving into position 4 hexes south of Diamond Harbor - here it will meet the battlefleet and deliver a heavy port attack. Then the fleet will move in and bombard!
1800 men have been landed at Akyab, but not ordered to attack. I will slowly build up a force that can capture the base. If Wobbly wants to keep it, he has to move troops from Chandpur, Dacca and elsewhere on the indian mainland - that I'm soon going to invade! [:D]

The 14th Army will only conduct bombardment attacks for some time to come, I mainly want to keep the enemy in Burma - for now at least.

In New Guinea Gili Gili has been invaded. I will mostly perform minor operations in this area and try to build a strong perimeter defense.
Only if operations in India can be successfully concluded, will I have enough resources to invade PM. Hopefully the war will be over by Chritstmas [8|] Yeah, right!

Situation Map: Preparing to Strike the enemy fleet!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/05/42

Air Combat

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Day Air attack on Kungchang , at 46,26

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 8
Ki-48 Lily x 19
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 9
Brewster 339D x 3
Hudson I x 8

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-49 Helen x 13

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged
Wirraway: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 42nd Chinese Corps, at 46,26

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 23
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 9 destroyed, 5 damaged [8D] Me not think Wobbly will be back! 7 Blenheims were shot down in this raid.

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7 - a long range sweep from Rangoon!!

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
Buffalo I x 5
Hurricane II x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 2 destroyed
Hurricane II: 2 destroyed
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 29,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 69407 troops, 792 guns, 30 vehicles

Defending force 43245 troops, 378 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Gili Gili

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 264 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Gili Gili base !!! - found 1000 supplies here [:)]
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Ground combat at 29,33

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39767 troops, 377 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 84903 troops, 824 guns, 126 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4376 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2523 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Situation Report

Bad weather in the Indian Ocean today - not a single strike from the KB. Well, a concentrated effort tomorrow as the weather is about to lift.
4 battleships will hit Chandput while 5 goes after Diamond Harbor. I've split the destroyers up, half will follow the fleet into Diamond while the rest escorts the KB.
Wobbly could try a desperat intercept mission....

Meanwhile the invasion fleet is steamong NNE and will pass Rangoon in a few days.
I'm just holding back the convoy with the division that is preparing for Trincomalee - when the KB is freed up, I will land here as well. Since I think there's only 3-4000 men defending the place, I'll bring in base forces and then pound Colombo into starvation. Perhaps I don't even have to invade it - it will be next to impossible for Wobbly to bring in supplies.

Spotted 2 ak's WSW of Lunga? I also lost a Mavis to flak and a Wildcat was reported as an operational loss today. Muha, the US carriers are enroute to give me a surprise.
Moving shipping north from Rabaul and back to Truk - and I now got 60 bombers and 27 figthers ready to strike if the enemy gets to close.

Hi,

it seems there is nothing left to defend Japan. All CV + BB are in action against India. 6 ( or 7 ) BB in a bombard-force with more than 20 ships, hm, not very realistic.

What would happen, if the american CV attack the homelands? [8|]

Scharnhorst

ORIGINAL: Scharnhorst

Hi,

it seems there is nothing left to defend Japan. All CV + BB are in action against India. 6 ( or 7 ) BB in a bombard-force with more than 20 ships, hm, not very realistic.

What would happpen, if the american CV attack the homelands? [8|]

Scharnhorst

Well, BBs and CAs wouldn't help against an american CV raid at the homeland anyway. So, if he commits KB to Hangover he can just as well take the BBs along. Only other use would be to threaten enemy landings in other locations, but only as long as those are not/little supported by CVs/LBA...

ORIGINAL: WhoCares

ORIGINAL: Scharnhorst

Hi,

it seems there is nothing left to defend Japan. All CV + BB are in action against India. 6 ( or 7 ) BB in a bombard-force with more than 20 ships, hm, not very realistic.

What would happpen, if the american CV attack the homelands? [8|]

Scharnhorst

Well, BBs and CAs wouldn't help against an american CV raid at the homeland anyway. So, if he commits KB to Hangover he can just as well take the BBs along. Only other use would be to threaten enemy landings in other locations, but only as long as those are not/little supported by CVs/LBA...

I do understand your point Scharnhorst. I would never leave the home islands undefended, but an all out effort is just that: It requires the use of the bulk of ones forces in an attempt to win the war. Much like Germany had to do against Russia - when the Allies invaded in the West, there were insufficient forces available to fend of the landings.
They gambled - and lost! Hopefully I'll not end up on histories scrap heap [;)]

Since the Allies are too weak to do anything else than raid the home islands in 1942-43, I find this an acceptable risk. Especially as another Doolittle raid is not without risks to the Us carriers either. I've garrisoned all the islands from Tarawa and north to the home islands and placed long range search planes there. Hopefully, this will give me some advanced warning. There are now 130 naval bombers and ca 70 Zeros available to me in the South Pacific.

In 12 days I'm receiving 3 new trained Zero Daitais, and these will augment my defensive capabilities in the South and on the Home Islands. I already got numerous Nate Squadrons - even though not very efficient, they do provide some protection against dive bombers. There are also trained Zero, Kate, Val and Sally Daitais' on the Home Islands.

In addition, there are 1 cve, 2 cruisers and 12 destroyers at Rabaul and Truk. The battleship Mutsu, (now repaired) a heavy cruiser, 8 destroyers and 1 cs are based at Tokyo. In 27 days the CV Junyo will arrive, and shortly after that the Yamato will complement the new battlegroup. I will keep this group in reserve, and when the Hiyo and another light carrier arrives - I have another carrier group that can operate independently or reinforce the KB.

All in all, I feel that this is sufficient to defend against an Allied carrier attack. The losses they can inflict on me will be marginal, and if I'm lucky it will be possible to damage or even sink an Allied carrier since damage that far away from a home base could be fatal. So I don't really think Wobbly will risk so much to gain so little...although he's a cunning Admiral that shouldn't be underestimated. There may well be a price to pay for concentrating the bulk of my forces in the west for a while!

No guts no glory [8D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/06/42

Surface Combat
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Night Time Surface Combat at 28,24

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
CA Chokai
CA Haguro
CA Ashigara
CA Mogami
CL Nagara
CL Natori
CL Abukuma

Allied Ships
AK Derrymore, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk - this poor little ship met the entire Jap fleet!!
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TF 1064 encounters mine field at Mannargudi (16,23) - Wobbly's been eager to remove this minefield.

Allied Ships
MSW Ipswitch
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Sub/ASW Attacks

Sub attack at 27,24

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60, hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Dorsetshire - that's because he wants to retreat parts of his fleet through the sund!
DD Whipple
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Sub attack at 22,22

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34

Allied Ships
CLAA Ceres, Torpedo hits 1, on fire - not all of the Allied ships got away unscatched!
DD Edsall
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Bombardments

Naval bombardment of Chandpur, at 30,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Dakota I: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

39 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Oi
CL Tama
CL Kuma
CA Kumano
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 2
CA Maya, Shell hits 5
CA Atago
CA Takao
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 4
BB Hiei
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied Ships
DD Ellet, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Alden, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Parrott, Shell hits 1
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5
Port hits 1
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Naval bombardment of Lunga, at 67,97 - now what do we have here!?

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi - looks like Wobbly's busy when the wolfs away [;)]
BB New Mexico

Japanese ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
Port supply hits 2
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(Day bombardments)

Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbor, at 28,23 - unfortunately, this bombardment first went in after todays airbattles!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Blenheim IF: 6 destroyed, 8 damaged
Wirraway: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Abukuma
CL Natori
CL Nagara
CA Mogami
CA Ashigara
CA Haguro
CA Chokai
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
BB Nagato

Allied Ships
BB Warspite, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Revenge, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Ramilles, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
4034 casualties reported - a heavy casualty list!
Guns lost 84
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 36
Airbase supply hits 17
Runway hits 134
Port hits 1
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Naval bombardment of Lunga, at 67,97

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi, on fire - both bb's on fire after being hit by torpedos!
BB New Mexico, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
397 casualties reported - my garrison is hit hard!

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18
Port supply hits 1
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Invasions

TF 1078 troops unloading over beach at Tassafaronga, 66,97 - seems like Wobbly wants Lunga back!

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
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Air Combat - today saw the most bloody airbattles of the war thus far!

Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft - most of my fighters were ordered to escort my bombers, but the unescorted SB's was hit hard. 8 reported lost today.
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-27 Nate x 6
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 8 destroyed, 14 damaged

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet
6 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet
2 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25 - a sweep mission to reduce enemy CAP before the strike went in!

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 6
Buffalo I x 13
Hurricane II x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged - Allied fighters fought hard.

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 4 destroyed
Buffalo I: 19 destroyed, 2 damaged - but again suffered heavily!
Hurricane II: 10 destroyed, 5 damaged
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2
Hudson I x 15

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Brigade, at 33,78 - tomorrow we'll prepare a surprise party for these guys!

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 9
B-17E Fortress x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet
19 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on 42nd Chinese Corps, at 46,26

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-27 Nate x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 26

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 13
I-16c x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 19 destroyed, 2 damaged - 9 Nates lost today
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 16 destroyed - 7 Oscars lost
Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 14 destroyed, 4 damaged
I-16c: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 93rd Chinese Division, at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Burma Brigade, at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 67

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 - this is the big 'Pearl Harbour' strike!!

Japanese aircraft - an impressive strike!
A6M2 Zero x 55
D3A Val x 104
B5N Kate x 118

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 4
Buffalo I x 6
Hurricane II x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A Val: 4 destroyed, 39 damaged - 4 Vals lost
B5N Kate: 37 destroyed, 75 damaged - flak was heavy and 18 Kates were lost!

Allied aircraft losses - Must admit that they put up an inspired defense!
Wirraway: 11 destroyed
Buffalo I: 8 destroyed
Hurricane II: 4 destroyed

Allied Ships
CLAA Columbo, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Ramilles, Bomb hits 18, on fire, heavy damage - Don't have to worry about these guys anymore. I'll send in troops and then Wobbly has to scuttle em!
BB Warspite, Bomb hits 17, on fire, heavy damage
BB Revenge, Bomb hits 16, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
579 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 1

Port hits 22
Port fuel hits 6
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
14 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
15 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
23 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
22 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
24 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
22 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
24 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
16 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
17 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 9

No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97 - One or more Allied cv's are supporting the invasion of Lunga!

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
SBD Dauntless x 29
TBD Devastator x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
15 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
15 x TBD Devastator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97 - here comes the counterstrike!

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
G3M Nell x 18
G4M1 Betty x 13

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed
G3M Nell: 6 destroyed, 7 damaged - 4 lost
G4M1 Betty: 11 destroyed, 5 damaged - 6 lost

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 24 destroyed, 1 damaged - 11 Wildcats were shot down!

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Torpedo hits 1, on fire - a tough day for battleships [8D]
DMS Southard, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-49 Helen x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 14 destroyed, 1 damaged -5 were actually shot down!

Allied Ships
AK Rhesus

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 29,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 69514 troops, 793 guns, 29 vehicles

Defending force 43044 troops, 374 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at 29,33

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39640 troops, 373 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 84968 troops, 825 guns, 125 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4376 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2474 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Situation Report

What a turn! The entire Pacific theatre exploed in action and saw some of the most savage air battle thus far.
No less than 144 ac were lost:

Causes Allied Japanese
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Air to air 55 38
Field 17
Flak 3 26
Op. 2 3
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Total 77 67
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These losses included
Japanese: 16 Zeros, 18 Kates, 4 Vals, 4 Nells, 6 Betties, 9 Nates and 7 Oscars
Allied: 12 Buffalos, 11 Wildcats, 17 Hurricanes II, 8 I-16's, 5 Warhawks, 8 SB-2's and 8 Wirraways.

Losses in China were almost eqaul on both sides, the Nates and Oscar I's are having a hard time keeping up with Hurricans. Will order them on CAP and use the Zeros to
reduce the Hurricanes from now on.

The Allied flak over Diamond Harbour was quite heavy and i winced as bomber after bomber was shot down! This wasn't a surprise attack at Pearl Harbour though, and destroying 3 enemy battleships does require a butchers bill.... I do have 52 trained Vals and Kates ready to replace the KB's losses though.

Wobbly did send some of his cruisers running west, and that's ok - I can't get em all. One of my picket subs placed a torpedo in an anti aircraft cruiser though.
The remainder of the British fleet will run to Ceylon, or more likely to Karachi and Bombay. We will deal with them later.
As of now, I've destroyed the heavy units in the fleet - I doubt it will be possible to move these out since they're probably close to sinking.

Almost 5000 men were killed in the bombardment attack at Diamond Harbour: Recon estimates a total of 38000 Allied troops here, but only 2000 in Chanpur.
I can easily blast both these ports into submission using battleships - but it seems like the road into India is open! 200000 men will land at Chanpur and cut Burma and China off from India!!

When this has been achieved, I will continue to hit the coastal ports and secure Trincomalee! Then the road will be open to push towards Karachi and Bombay.
Success here is of incredible importance! The war can be won if India is destroyed[:D] We will pursue the enemy and never let him rest!! The carnage and damage inflicted may be enough to force the Allies to the negotiation table, and then a favorable peace can be won [&o] That is the best we can hope for. If todays losses seems heavy, it is NOTHING compared to the cost of fighting a prolonged war. In 1944 the Allies will outnumber us greatly and it will be very difficult to prevail.

Wobblys counterattack at Lunga wasn't unexpected - especially since I spotted ships heading towards the Southern Solomons yesterday. I'm a little surprised about how quickly the eager beaver struck though [;)] The Solomons is of no great importance to me, I've put up an outer perimeter in order to defend the Empire as far outside the national borders as possible. So a lot of effort will not be put into holding the place. The garrison numbers a mere 2300 men, and a strong enemy attack will wipe it out.

What I'm afraid of is that Wobbly would send all his US carriers to the Indian Ocean - if he destroys the fighting capability of the KB, the gambit can no longer succeed!
So let him roam freely in the South Pacific! My naval bombers carries a leathal sting, and his slow battleships became even slower today as hundreds of tons of water poured into their broken hulls! [8D] More bombers were moved into Rabaul from Truk today - so if the enemy stays, he's going to pay for it.

The game is now gearing up towards a climax!! Gawd, this is going to be one helluva battle [:D]

Situation Map: Counterstrike at Lunga

This is such a great AAR. I hang on every update, like the damn election. I must check on it three times a day.

I second that!

PS
Don't worry PzB, I upgraded the kids back home from paper doll making to armament production. We don't want our troops throwing paper doll at those imperialists, now don't we?