Bombur vs. Nik (Guadalcanal NM)

[Bombur]

-Another colonialist ship sank by our naval forces....

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/15/42

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Sub attack at 68,101

Japanese Ships
SS I-122

Allied Ships
DD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on 11th Naval Construction Battalion, at 66,97


Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 17


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x P-400 Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet

[Bombur]

Quiet day.....


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/16/42

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TF 1154 encounters mine field at Lunga (67,97)

Allied Ships
DMS Trevor
DMS Zane

[DuckofTindalos]

You seem to be running again. How's Nik doing?

[Bombur]

The Japanese surface forces today suffered the worst defeat since the war began, as a surface group attempting a bombardment mission against Henderson field was surprised by a powerful allied surface group. Despite being surprised, our superior cruisers were able to fire back, inflicting heavy damage to two enemy cruisers and damaging a few other warships, but four of our DD´s were lost.
To make things eve worse, one damaged CA was sunk by carrier planes one day after the battle. An attempt to finish the enemy damaged warships with our Betties resulted in the loss of more 13 aircraft.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/17/42

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 67,97

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3
CA Aoba, Shell hits 4
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 2
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
CA Kako, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
CL Yubari, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mutsuki
DD Yayoi, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Yunagi, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Chicago, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Astoria, Shell hits 3
CA Vincennes
CA Australia, Shell hits 1
CA Canberra
CL Hobart, Shell hits 2
CLAA San Juan
DD Monssen, Shell hits 1
DD Buchanan
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Patterson
DD Jarvis, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Wilson
DD Dewey
DD Hull

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 67,97

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 1
CA Furutaka
CA Kako, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mutsuki
DD Yayoi, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Chicago, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Astoria
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 3
CA Australia, Shell hits 1
CA Canberra
CL Hobart
CLAA San Juan
DD Monssen
DD Buchanan
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Patterson
DD Jarvis, on fire
DD Wilson
DD Dewey
DD Hull

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 67,97

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 1, on fire
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
CA Kako, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
CL Yubari, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yayoi, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Chicago, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA Astoria, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 5, on fire
CA Australia, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Canberra
CL Hobart, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CLAA San Juan, Shell hits 1
DD Monssen
DD Buchanan
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Patterson
DD Jarvis, on fire
DD Wilson
DD Dewey
DD Hull

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 27

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 35
P-400 Airacobra x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed, 6 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 15 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 18 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Barnett, Bomb hits 4
AP Crescent City, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DMS Zane, Bomb hits 1
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1
AP Hunter Liggett, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 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
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 22


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 18000 feet
2 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 66,96


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4
SBD Dauntless x 79
TBF Avenger x 36


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
5 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
1 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
5 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
6 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet

[Bombur]

Things became even worse as two more cruisers were finished by USN carrier planes...it was an anihilation battle. Of 10 ships, only 3 returned to base. Losses amount to 2 CA, 1 CL and 4 DD




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/18/42

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ASW attack at 69,99

Japanese Ships
SS I-122, hits 4

Allied Ships
DD Dale
DD Worden
DD MacDonough
DD Farragut
DD Phelps
CA Minneapolis
CV Saratoga

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Day Air attack on TF at 65,95


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
SBD Dauntless x 65
TBF Avenger x 23


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
5 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
6 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 65,95


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
TBF Avenger x 13


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
1 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 22000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 22000 feet

[DuckofTindalos]

Looks like some of the fights I've seen vs. the AI on this scenario...

[BrucePowers]

Losing 2 IJN CAs hurts.

[Bombur]

-Losing 4 DD´s is not a big deal too.....I shouldn´t have attempted a bombardment run knowing that Carriers were too close. However, I could have won if there weren´t the surprise in 1st turn, and I could have achieved a draw if weren´t second and third combat rounds. Now the score in warships is largely favorable to Nik. My subs will work hard to catch at least one of the crippled CA´s....

[Bombur]

Japanese subs achieved some success by sinking a damaged USA cruiser. Adding the crippled Chicago and Astoria, the USN has 4 CA´s knocked out of the campaign (two of them can make a return, I´m not sure). Betties also had some success in Gilli Gilli (even better, no type 1 lighter was lost...)




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/19/42

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ASW attack at 69,100

Japanese Ships
SS I-121

Allied Ships
AP Harris
AP Zeilin
APD Colhoun
DD Waters
DD Monaghan
DD Case

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Sub attack at 68,104

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)

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Day Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
A6M3 Zero x 4
G4M1 Betty x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Demodocus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Diomed, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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ASW attack at 67,101

Japanese Ships
SS I-122

Allied Ships
DD Hull
DD Dewey

[Bombur]

No significant combat. One IJN sub took a few depth charges....

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/20/42

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Sub attack at 68,102

Japanese Ships
SS I-169, hits 4

Allied Ships
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Jarvis
DD Mugford
DD Monssen
DD Hull
DD Dewey
DD Buchanan
DD Wilson
DD Patterson

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ASW attack at 67,107

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34

Allied Ships
DD Dale
DD Worden
DD MacDonough
DD Farragut
DD Phelps

[Bombur]

Great news! Astoria is sunk due to battle damage. It wasn´t so bad in the end....


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/21/42

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ASW attack at 63,80

Japanese Ships
APD APD-34
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
APD APD-32
APD APD-31

Allied Ships
SS Tambor

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Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 13


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 22000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 22000 feet

[wild_Willie2]

How come betty's are bombing AND dropping torpedo's ?
Nik did something with the weapons loadout in his latest mod ??

[DuckofTindalos]

Yes, he did. It's all in the read me file...

[Bombur]

ORIGINAL: wild_Willie2

How come betty's are bombing AND dropping torpedo's ?
Nik did something with the weapons loadout in his latest mod ??

-Yes, these are fake bombs for naval attacks and real bombs for land attack

[Bombur]

-Few combat

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/22/42

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Day Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 66,97


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 14


No Allied losses

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 22000 feet
2 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 22000 feet

[wild_Willie2]

I see now....
 
) G4M bomb load alteration
 
Purpose – Japanese 2E bombers with a standard load of 1 x Torpedo default to a loadout of 2 x 250kg at normal range and 1 x 250kg at extended range.  This anemic bomb load produced such results that even having 145 bombers on Lunga runs produced no hits to very few hits making them useless in their historical role against Guadalcanal.  As a result the only sane choice was to horde them en-mass as anti ship bombers, impacting game play.  (some players may do that anyway but that’s up to the players)
 
As the plane could (and did) carry a larger bomb load to Lunga and back and in order to make them even quasi effective in that role. A new loadout was given them.   1 x torpedo and 12 x 60kg bombs.  Because the code does not allow bombs and torpedoes to be dedicated to land and sea attacks separately this compromise loadout was required. (Meaning that if you add bombs to a 2E torpedo bomber…it will drop both the bombs and the torpedo against naval targets)
 
To prevent G4M’s from becoming “uber naval bombers”, the 60kg device penetration value was changed to 1 and all Allied ship classes, merchant and warship were armored to 2mm on Belt and deck armor locations as well as all primary turret locations.  The result of this is that even if 60kg’s strike Allied ships during a naval attack they do no real damage most of the time.  (they may start a Fire Level or two which may bump up your SYS a point or so.  Playtesting using this change so far has not revealed any major problem to Allied ships (unless hit by a torpedo of course!) and the G4M’s can now achieve a decent number of airfield strikes at medium altitude with good die rolls.
 

[Bombur]

Tassafaronga falls.....the Tokyo express evacuated all Guadalcanal units
without losses....

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/23/42

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Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 22000 feet
2 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 22000 feet

[Bombur]

-CA Chicago confirmed sunk, so the devastating defeat at Savo Island became a draw

-IJN losses: 2CA+1CL+4DD
-USN losses: 3 CA

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/24/42

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ASW attack at 63,80

Japanese Ships
APD APD-34
APD APD-32
APD APD-31
APD APD-2
APD APD-1

Allied Ships
SS Tambor

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Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 5
B-26B Marauder x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 22000 feet

[Bombur]

Gilli Gilli bombarded by surviving units of Mikawa´s force....


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/25/42

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Sub attack at 63,80

Japanese Ships
ML Ma 2
PC PC-106
PC PC-105

Allied Ships
SS Tambor, hits 2

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Naval bombardment of Gili Gili, at 56,94

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo
DD Tanikaze
DD Hagikaze
DD Yugumo
CL Tenryu
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Chokai


Allied ground losses:
141 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

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

[Bombur]

-Nik is enjoying the capture of all the "Island of Death"


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/26/42

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ASW attack at 64,80

Japanese Ships
APD APD-34
APD APD-32
APD APD-31
APD APD-2
APD APD-1

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

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ASW attack at 64,80

Japanese Ships
APD APD-34
APD APD-32
APD APD-31
APD APD-2
APD APD-1

Allied Ships
SS Grayling