The Tortise and the Hare (DivePac88 [A] v Ramjet [J]) ALLIED ONLY:

[DivePac88]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 12, 41
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Invasion Support action off Guam

Japanese Ships
PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Sonan Maru #6
PB Sonan Maru #5
PB Shotoku Maru
PB Shoei Maru
PB Kyo Maru #10
PB Kyo Maru #8

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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 100,68

Japanese Ships
AO Iro

Allied Ships
SS Perch



SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes

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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 100,68

Japanese Ships
AO Iro, Shell hits 58, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Perch, hits 2, on fire



SS Perch attacking on the surface
SS Perch low on gun ammo, Hurt, D.A. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

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Sub attack near Midway Island at 159,93

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku
DD Shiranui
DD Isokaze
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal

SS Narwhal launches 4 torpedoes at CV Shokaku
DD Shiranui fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kagero fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Submarine attack near Bunguran at 60,84

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
xAK Bennevis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-155 is sighted by xAK Bennevis
SS I-155 launches 8 torpedoes
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 24
Ki-30 Ann x 9



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
Ki-30 Ann: 6 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 34th Division, at 83,48 (Ichang)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 1



Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 7


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-29A Hudson: 1 damaged

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 18



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 82,82

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 82,82

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
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Afternoon Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 23
Ki-51 Sonia x 7



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 17



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Natori

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tagbilaran at 79,87

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 2



Allied aircraft
P-26A x 3


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AVD Childs

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Submarine attack near Pagai Island at 42,88

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
xAK Tai Sang


SS I-153 is sighted by xAK Tai Sang
SS I-153 attacking xAK Tai Sang on the surface

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Submarine attack near Pagai Island at 42,88

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
xAK Silverbeech, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-153 is sighted by xAK Silverbeech
SS I-153 launches 8 torpedoes at xAK Silverbeech
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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23695 troops, 315 guns, 202 vehicles, Assault Value = 635

Defending force 8696 troops, 132 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 227

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
38th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Hong Kong Fortress
1st Middlesex Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force


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Ground combat at 88,43

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8656 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 261

Defending force 5384 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172

Japanese adjusted assault: 144

Allied adjusted defense: 745

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
392 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
313 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
101st NCPC Route Brigade
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th RGC Temp. Division

Defending units:
98th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at Itbayat Island (84,69)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 701 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 22

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Itbayat Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
I./33rd Inf Regt


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Ground combat at Guam (106,95)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4713 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 163

Defending force 1005 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese adjusted assault: 242

Allied adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 26 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Guam !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
909 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 111 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 63 (58 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
144th Infantry Regiment
15th Base Force

Defending units:
Guam USN Base Force


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Ground combat at Ichang (83,48)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44841 troops, 231 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1297

Defending force 17730 troops, 116 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 554

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
26th Group Army

Defending units:
34th Division
13th RGC Temp. Division

[DivePac88]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 41
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Submarine attack near Bintan at 50,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
xAK Ellenga, Torpedo hits 1

SS I-165 is sighted by xAK Ellenga
SS I-165 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ellenga

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Submarine attack near Bintan at 50,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
xAK Ellenga, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-165 is sighted by xAK Ellenga
SS I-165 launches 2 torpedoes

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ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
xAK India Maru
DD Hakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-36, hits 2

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Submarine attack near Kota Bharu at 53,74

Japanese Ships
AK Sagami Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXI

SS KXI is sighted by AK Sagami Maru
SS KXI launches 2 torpedoes at AK Sagami Maru
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manila at 79,77

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
G4M1 Betty x 12



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 34th Division, at 83,48 (Ichang)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 2



Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 6
DB-3M x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-29A Hudson: 2 damaged
DB-3M: 1 damaged

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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16



No Japanese losses

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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21



No Japanese losses

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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 7
Ki-44 Tojo x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18
Ki-51 Sonia x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7
Port hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-36 Ida x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23719 troops, 315 guns, 202 vehicles, Assault Value = 635

Defending force 8611 troops, 131 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 227

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
38th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd RF Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Hong Kong Fortress
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
1st Middlesex Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Laoag (81,72)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1340 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 20

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Laoag !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
48th Recon Regiment

[DivePac88]

I’m sorry I’m not doing a more detailed AAR at present, but I feel the then to still concentrate on the game mechanics and testing. The game so far seems very realistic, and some of the results give one a nostalgic lump in my throat. One of the main characteristics of AE that I am starting to notice is the weather, especially in naval search, insofar as it is now possible to hide TFs under weather.

If I am reading Ramjet correctly he is trying to establish air-superiority over both Malaya and Luzon, using high-altitude Zero sweeps. There is not much that I can do to counter this with the Buffalos and P-40s that I have, other than trying to fox the occasional rest day for my fighters. Withdrawing my fighters is not an option as I have resupply convoys heading for both Singapore and Manila, and need the airfields and ports in operation for their protection and unloading.

On the ground in Malaya and the Philippines it is my basic plan to withdraw my forces to compact areas around Singapore and Manila that can only be flanked from the sea. There may be a chance for limited counter attacks in both Southern Malaya and Central Luzon, if Ramjet closes up on me with spread-out marching units. I haven’t definitely decided on the fall-back position in Luzon yet, but I am leaning towards Bataan because of the coastal guns.

I have 3 naval surface action groups operating in the SRA at present waiting for a chance to mix it up with Jap invasion convoys.

1# British force containing POW, 3x CL, 3x DD operating out of Batavia, Target is Kucking invasion.

2# Dutch force containing 3x CL, 4x DD operating out of Kendra, Target is Ambon invasion.

3# USN force containing 1x CA, 2x CL, 6x DD operating out of Tarakan, Target is Davao invasion.

In the Pacific my main task at present is to reinforce and resupply the Islands protecting Hawaii, then start establishing a supply chain to Australia and New Zealand. My 2 operational Carriers (Lexington is damaged and heading for the WC.) will be used to cover the Island buildup, and I don’t envisage any offensive action at present in the Pacific. Also I will attempt to get fuel and supply convoys on their way to Australia within the week.

In China I am just consolidating my ground units on the major Cities at present, but have moved on Ichang in the hope that he reinforces. Have moved 2x squadrons of AVG to Changsha so he doesn’t get too carried away in Southern China with his Airpower. Have ordered a few isolated Chinese units to cut road and rail lines, just to give him some logistic headaches.

[Flying Tiger]

Sub attack near Midway Island at 159,93

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku
DD Shiranui
DD Isokaze
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal

SS Narwhal launches 4 torpedoes at CV Shokaku
DD Shiranui fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kagero fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Would have been a nice even-er! Have to wonder about these DD skippers though. One look, no sub, abandon search. If i was TF commander i'd be saying "fellas, she's out there, look HARDER!"

[DivePac88]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 41
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Sub attack near Calayan at 83,70

Japanese Ships
xAK Keiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 3
PB Taiko Maru
PB Kamitsu Maru
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 14

Allied Ships
SS S-37, hits 1

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ASW attack near Vigan at 80,73

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
DD Hatakaze
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze
DD Asakaze

Allied Ships
SS Sargo, hits 2

Sargo was laying mines off Vigan, hope Ramjet thinks she was a patrol sub.
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ASW attack near Vigan at 80,73

Japanese Ships
PB Rokko Maru #2
PB Yodozo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sargo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manila at 79,77

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
G3M2 Nell x 15
G4M1 Betty x 39



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AS Holland, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Ethel Edwards, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AM Lark, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Si Kiang, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AM Quail
xAK Tantalus, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

This was a stuff-up... had loaded B-17s, and should of been gone.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manila at 79,77

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 47 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 9



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AM Quail, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Ethel Edwards, and is sunk

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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 22
Ki-30 Ann x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 10


Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 3 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged


Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

AVG knocks down some more Nates.
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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35



No Japanese losses

Don't know what ramjet is upto here, maybe he thinks AVG is going to turn up.
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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16



No Japanese losses

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 2



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Paz

Paz has had a charmed life so far, she has been delivering supplies to Bataan, and this is her 3rd run.
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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 7
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15
Ki-51 Sonia x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 8
Port hits 1

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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4

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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-36 Ida x 13
Ki-44 Tojo x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-36 Ida: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26557 troops, 321 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 633

Defending force 8579 troops, 130 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 229

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1017

Allied adjusted defense: 433

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
482 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
735 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 50 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)


Assaulting units:
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Hong Kong Fortress
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
1st Middlesex Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force

Well Ramjet wants Hong Kong quickly methinks.
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Ground combat at 88,43

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8376 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 240

Defending force 5203 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 157

Japanese adjusted assault: 100

Allied adjusted defense: 189

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
399 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
101st NCPC Route Brigade
15th RGC Temp. Division

Defending units:
98th Chinese Corps

Bit of road clearing.

[dasboot1960]

Wow. You really generate some sorties.... Good luck with your ADBA Nav forces. I'm at 12-24-41 and have gotten good service harassing landings near Tarakan and Davao. I also lucked into a landing force with the 3 Hong Kong destroyers at Miri with very good effect (watchout for the BB/BC though, I've been lucky in an exhilerating game of tag.......so far). ..........curious as to why you didn't just fly the B17s out.......I have had good luck with single merchants moving supply in the Clark/Bataan/Manila area, IJ appears to be more interested in Mine and ASW forces, weather may have helped some; BUT I have since learned that wherever you put the USAFFE HQ seems to generate a HUGE supply draw. ..... Seeing the amount of supply generated in-theater was a pleasant suprise, but marshalling transport forces is a challenge. Be sure to set you bastions to hold excess supply.......I've also done this with the UK near east off map bases in the hope they will draw more supply for me to ship onto map.....one thing I did that I think was a mistake was sending the Perth merchant ships west. I have a glut on that side of the map now........Soory I can't be real specific, my opponent may lurk..........Good luck and thanks for this....I will be watching.

[DivePac88]

Hi dasboot, and thanks for the input.

Yes I was surprised by the number of air sorties myself, but I am a-bit of an airpower nut, so I spend a lot of time micromanaging the air. Only surface forces that have had some success so far have been the PT/MTB boats, but the SAGs are ready and waiting. Decided to ship the 10 B-17s out of Manila as they were all damaged/unserviceable, also to take the pressure off the aviation support. Have USAFFE at Bataan (because of the CD guns), and are building up supply and defenses there.

The tempo of AE seems slower than AE, and the Allied player has time to think. But it does seemed to need I lot more gas/supply moved to the south and southwest pacific, but I have a feeling you will not regret (overtime) the shipping-glut in your western ports. I wish you luck in your game and hope you keep us updated on your situation.

DP.

[DivePac88]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 41
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ASW attack near Pagai Island at 42,89

Japanese Ships
SS I-153, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Tenedos
DD Stronghold

Sent these DD to have a look for this I-boat, after it had torpedoed a transport.
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ASW attack near Iba at 76,72

Japanese Ships
xAK India Maru
DD Hakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-37, hits 1

S-37 suffers some damage in this attack, and is heading for Java for repair.
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed

Ramjet is using Zeros in China to clean AVG out, this is what I wanted as it takes the pressure off Luzon's P-40s.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near San Jose at 77,83

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Rochambeau
xAP President Madison

Lucky day; extended range so they were bombing.
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 10
Ki-30 Ann x 3



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

He really wants to shut down AVG, so much so he is risking his obsolete aircraft.
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 6



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 damaged



Runway hits 5

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Morning Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 55,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3
Buffalo I x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

This attack came from Rangoon to slow-down the Jap units coming over from Thailand.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near San Jose at 77,83

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 2



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Neptuna, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33



No Japanese losses

Don't Know why he keeps sweeping Hong Kong.
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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16



No Japanese losses

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Afternoon Air attack on 34th Division, at 83,48 (Ichang)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 3



Allied aircraft
DB-3M x 6


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses


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Afternoon Air attack on 34th Division, at 83,48 (Ichang)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 1



Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-29A Hudson: 1 damaged

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near San Jose at 77,83

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 2



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Neptuna, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15
Ki-51 Sonia x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19

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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-36 Ida x 13
Ki-44 Tojo x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 15

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26205 troops, 321 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 615

Defending force 7899 troops, 130 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 197

Japanese adjusted assault: 497

Allied adjusted defense: 253

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
565 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled


Allied ground losses:
753 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Assaulting units:
66th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Division
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
1st Middlesex Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Hong Kong Fortress
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Naga (81,81)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1328 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 177

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 38

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Naga !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
16th Recon Regiment
Kimura Det
Kure 1st SNLF
1st Naval Construction Battalion


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Ground combat at Ichang (83,48)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 12652 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1705

Defending force 17834 troops, 116 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 558

Allied adjusted assault: 166

Japanese adjusted defense: 964

Allied assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1037 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
68th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
26th Group Army

Defending units:
34th Division
13th RGC Temp. Division

Damn he has got the forts upto 3, back to the drawing board!

[aprezto]

Hi Divepac;

Regarding the zeros sweeping HK. I think this is a bug that was supposed to have been removed... If you had AC on escort you could end up sweeping instead under the local commanders own control

[DivePac88]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 16, 41
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Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,74

Japanese Ships
xAK Kyokusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pike



SS Pike is sighted by xAK Kyokusei Maru
SS Pike launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kyokusei Maru

One torpedo hit but failed to go bang... story of my submarine war.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lubang at 77,78

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
G3M2 Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Alden
DD John D. Edwards
xAKL Kwangtung

This is the first Manila resupply convoy, and my luck is holding so far.
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 16
Ki-30 Ann x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 9



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 2 destroyed
Ki-30 Ann: 2 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 6 destroyed

Another air-battle over Changsha, this one goes to me I think.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cebu at 80,86

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 9



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Magallanes, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk

Ooops... no fighter cover, the supreme commander forgot.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cagayan at 79,89

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 2



Allied aircraft
P-26A x 3


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

The P-26s ran these 2 Jakes off.
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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16



No Japanese losses

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lubang at 77,78

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD John D. Edwards

My luck holds again, some how I think it will change tomorrow.
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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 11



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 7
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Ki-44 Tojo x 6
Ki-51 Sonia x 11



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25882 troops, 321 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 590

Defending force 7264 troops, 130 guns, 77 vehicles, Assault Value = 169

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 809

Allied adjusted defense: 197

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
15292 casualties reported
Squads: 470 destroyed, 91 disabled
Non Combat: 564 destroyed, 83 disabled
Engineers: 38 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 218 (214 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 112 (107 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units destroyed 6


Assaulting units:
38th Division
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
66th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Hong Kong Fortress
1st Middlesex Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force

Poor Hong Kong has fallen, and over 15,000 Allied Servicemen go into the bag. Never had a chance of holding for long with all the artillery and air-support. Wonder if these forces are staying in China, if they do I could lose some of the Southern Cities.

Here are the campaign air losses so far;

[DivePac88]

ORIGINAL: aprezto

Hi Divepac;

Regarding the zeros sweeping HK. I think this is a bug that was supposed to have been removed... If you had AC on escort you could end up sweeping instead under the local commanders own control

Hi back Wobbley,

Ramjet did it again today, and here is 2 entries I found in the combat events log for 12/16/41;

#Escort of 16 x A6M2 Zero from Tainan Ku S-1 loses contact with raid, proceeding onto target Hong Kong#

#Escort of 21 x A6M2 Zero from Tainan Ku S-1 loses contact with raid, returning to base#

I'm just starting to think that he has some Zeros coming in low to look for my MTBs, and these guys are the top cover. My MTBs out of Hong Kong sunk a large transport loaded with troops on the 9th of December, so he might be after them. My MTBs are long gone, as they crossed over to Bataan on the next day. So maybe with all his shipping in the area he was trying to knock the MTBs out before they did anymore damage.

[DivePac88]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 17, 41
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TF 57 encounters mine field at Probolinggo (56,105)

Allied Ships
DD Witte de With
DD Banckert

3 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,74

Japanese Ships
xAKL Chosen Maru
xAK Nihonka Maru
xAK Holland Maru
xAK Manyo Maru
SC Ch 23
SC Ch 22
SC Ch 21

Allied Ships
SS Pike



SS Pike launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Chosen Maru
Pike diving deep ....

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Submarine attack near Kompong Trach at 55,74

Japanese Ships
xAKL Tatebu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

SS KXVII is sighted by xAKL Tatebu Maru
SS KXVII launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Tatebu Maru

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manila at 79,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 12



Allied aircraft
P-35A x 10
P-40B Warhawk x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manila at 79,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 14



Allied aircraft
P-35A x 10
P-40B Warhawk x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 17


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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Ground combat at Lingayen (79,75)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 234 troops, 14 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 275

Defending force 1340 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38



Assaulting units:
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
48th Recon Regiment

[aprezto]

Manila still no go. he'd do better using those fighters escorting to HK to go to Manila in sweeps.

[DivePac88]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 18, 41
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TF 47 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)

Japanese Ships
SS I-123, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Looks like I-123 hit her own mine!
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 2



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 7


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

These Jakes tried to interfere with 2 xLAKs unloading supplies at Bataan.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 82,82

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Kanko Maru

Last raids by B-17s, they will fly to China starting tomorrow.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 82,82

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CS Chitose

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 82,82

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinanogawa Maru

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Ground combat at 51,76

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4392 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 755 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese adjusted assault: 31

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 31 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
729 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 53 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
56th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
FMSV Brigade
3rd ISF Base Force


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Ground combat at Lingayen (79,75)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7987 troops, 131 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 277

Defending force 1340 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Allied adjusted assault: 189

Japanese adjusted defense: 8

Allied assault odds: 23 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 40 (10 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Allied ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
48th Recon Regiment

I retreated a recce unit that was in contact, hopefully this action will slow him down, as he will have to concentrate before he closes again.

This is an operation that I am running tonight with POW’s Squadron, against what I suspect is the Kucking invasion force. I know he will have a covering force, but he probably thinks that I have to come from Batavia. I use the new air-search arcs, and was overlapping this area so I spotted him yesterday, and got POW and Co in position overnight.

The point is he may think that I won’t get to Kuching from Batavia till tomorrow with a naval force. So his covering force which I expect will include BBs or BCs might be a day behind. You will also see from the map that I have mined Kuching. I also have 3 Dutch fighter sections in the area on LRCAP over the POW. Kuching will be recced by fly-boat from Batavia in the morning, plus all Dutch and Brit bombers in area are on naval attack.

[DivePac88]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 19, 41
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TF 43 encounters mine field at Probolinggo (56,105)

Allied Ships
AM Eland Dubois
AM Abraham Crijnssen
AM Pieter de Bitter
AM Jan van Amstel

28 mines cleared

one of his minelaying Subs layed these in the aproaches to Soerabaja.
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Sub attack near Hilo at 190,118

Japanese Ships
SS I-4

Allied Ships
CV Lexington
CA Astoria
DD Porter
DD Lamson
DD Drayton
DD Mahan



SS I-4 launches 2 torpedoes at CV Lexington
DD Porter attacking submerged sub ....
DD Lamson fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Drayton fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mahan fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Porter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Drayton fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Mahan fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Porter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Porter fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I tell you that I'm getting the feeling that Lady Lex is a Submarine magnet.
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TF 43 encounters mine field at Probolinggo (56,105)

Allied Ships
AM Eland Dubois
AM Abraham Crijnssen
AM Pieter de Bitter
AM Jan van Amstel

8 mines cleared


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Submarine attack near Pontianak at 54,89

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
AVP Poolster, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-155 is sighted by AVP Poolster
SS I-155 launches 8 torpedoes

I hate loosing these useful little ships.
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Kuching at 58,88, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hakaze, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Sinsei Maru, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
AMC Saigon Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK India Maru, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
xAK Victoria Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
xAP Argentina Maru, Shell hits 27, and is sunk
xAP Baikal Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 1
CL Danae
CL Dragon, Shell hits 1
CL Durban
DD Electra
DD Express
DD Jupiter

Japanese ground losses:
1127 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 79 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)



Reduced visibility due to Rain
Maximum visibility in Rain: 4,000 yards
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
DD Express engages DD Hakaze at 1,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Hakaze at 1,000 yards
DD Hakaze sunk by CL Dragon at 1,000 yards
DD Express engages xAK Victoria Maru at 1,000 yards
CL Dragon engages xAK Sinsei Maru at 1,000 yards
Range increases to 2,000 yards
BB Prince of Wales engages AMC Saigon Maru at 2,000 yards
BB Prince of Wales engages xAP Argentina Maru at 2,000 yards
CL Danae engages xAK Sinsei Maru at 2,000 yards
CL Durban engages xAK India Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Express engages xAK Sinsei Maru at 2,000 yards
AMC Saigon Maru engages DD Electra at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
DD Express engages AMC Saigon Maru at 4,000 yards
CL Durban engages xAP Baikal Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Electra engages xAP Argentina Maru at 4,000 yards
CL Danae engages xAP Argentina Maru at 4,000 yards
AMC Saigon Maru sunk by DD Jupiter at 4,000 yards
DD Express engages xAK Sinsei Maru at 4,000 yards
BB Prince of Wales engages xAP Argentina Maru at 4,000 yards
CL Durban engages xAP Argentina Maru at 4,000 yards
CL Dragon engages xAP Baikal Maru at 4,000 yards
CL Danae engages xAP Baikal Maru at 4,000 yards
xAK Sinsei Maru sunk by BB Prince of Wales at 4,000 yards
DD Express engages xAP Argentina Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Electra engages xAP Argentina Maru at 4,000 yards
CL Durban engages xAP Argentina Maru at 4,000 yards
BB Prince of Wales engages xAK Victoria Maru at 4,000 yards
CL Danae engages xAP Argentina Maru at 4,000 yards
xAP Argentina Maru sunk by DD Jupiter at 4,000 yards
DD Express engages xAK Victoria Maru at 4,000 yards
xAP Baikal Maru sunk by DD Electra at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Express engages xAK Victoria Maru at 2,000 yards
CL Durban engages xAK Victoria Maru at 2,000 yards
xAK Victoria Maru sunk by CL Dragon at 2,000 yards
xAK India Maru sunk by BB Prince of Wales at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

Got real lucky here, got in under weather, and his covering force looks to be a day behind.
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Morning Air attack on 13th RGC Temp. Division, at 83,48 (Ichang)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 1



Allied aircraft
DB-3M x 6


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x DB-3M bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x DB-3M bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lucena at 79,80

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 9



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Kwangtung
xAKL Oriskany, Bomb hits 1, on fire

These are the some of the empty resupply ships withdrawing from Bataan and Manila.
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lucena at 79,80

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 18



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Oriskany, heavy fires
xAKL Boelongan, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kwangtung, Bomb hits 2
xAKL Benkalis, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Ditto
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Sub attack near Hilo at 190,118

Japanese Ships
SS I-4, hits 4

Allied Ships
CV Lexington
CA Astoria
DD Porter
DD Lamson
DD Drayton
DD Mahan



SS I-4 launches 2 torpedoes at CV Lexington
I-4 diving deep ....
DD Porter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Lamson attacking submerged sub ....
DD Drayton attacking submerged sub ....
DD Mahan fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Porter fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Lamson fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Drayton attacking submerged sub ....
DD Drayton attacking submerged sub ....
DD Drayton attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Victoria Point (51,66)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1422 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 22

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Victoria Point !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
I./143rd Infantry Battalion

Had already got the base force from Vic Point out by sea.
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Ground combat at Hwaiyin (92,50)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1250 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48

Defending force 1125 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 10

Allied adjusted defense: 7

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
22nd RGC Temp. Division

Defending units:
Lusu War Area

[traskott]

You were very lucky with PoW...well, Fortuna Audaces Iuvat, or so...

Suscribed. [:)]

[Tone]

Yes Mister DivePac that was very good timing, you have put to the bottom some important Ships.

Well done.

[DivePac88]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 20, 41
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano

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Ground combat at Hwaiyin (92,50)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1250 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48

Defending force 1101 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 47

Allied adjusted defense: 7

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hwaiyin !!!

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


Allied ground losses:
677 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
22nd RGC Temp. Division

Defending units:
Lusu War Area


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Ground combat at Ichang (83,48)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 76137 troops, 424 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2061

Defending force 17819 troops, 116 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 559

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
8th Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
26th Group Army
33rd Group Army

Defending units:
34th Division
13th RGC Temp. Division

[sval062]

I wonder why you don't attack at Ichang.

My opponent did it with the same troop configuration and in 2-3 days, I was obliged to retreat (loosing 40 % of local AV in the process [:@]).

[DivePac88]

Hi sval, yes Ichang is a very exposed position for the Japanese, and they should really withdraw. But Ramjet is an aggressive opponent, so he will try and hold it. I already have the only road southeast of Ichang cut by a good Corps, but he is moving a large force up the road out of Hankow. So I am in no hurry to take Ichang, if it falls it falls, also his advance options from Ichang are limited. If he wants to hold Ichang he will have to commit two divisions plus, and these are forces he can’t use to attack Changsha. But having said that I will assault the city tomorrow, but I don’t expect that I can take it before his relief force arrives.