WITP in the Alps! Swift (A) vs. Castor Troy (J)

[castor troy]

the situation up in the North:

[castor troy]

ship losses:

[castor troy]

and the intel:

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/04/42

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Broome at 21,85

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
CA Takao
CA Maya
DD Kazegumo
DD Makigumo
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio

Allied Ships
AK Herstein, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Broome´s airfield is stacked with aircraft, we see a fat, dark airfield symbol, so we decided to take out the airfield. Before the bombardment TF goes in an AK is sunk quickly in a combined effort of CA Maya and BB Kirishima...

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Sub attack near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34

Japanese Ships
AK Brisbane Maru

Allied Ships
SS Herring

second attack of Herring and we´re lucky again. Torps miss... the nav guard unit has unloaded. The base will soon be pretty safe against an Allied invasion, which I doubt will come anyway but who knows. I doubted also that the Allied BBs will do repeated bombardments! [:D]

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Naval bombardment of Broome, at 21,85 [:(]


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Takao
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei


Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1

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

[:(][:(] the airfield is crowded with aircraft but no recon (too far away for my Dinah II) and a very bad result... seems like detection levels are the most important factor in the game... with high DL you can nuke bases both from the sea and the air, with high DL - due to radar - you get a never ending bounce...

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Naval bombardment of Darwin, at 36,84


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 destroyed
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
2548 casualties reported
Guns lost 56
Vehicles lost 12

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 4

as you can see, Darwin is nuked... recon every day... nukes with every attack... I proposed a house rule about replenishing BBs/CAs. Level 6 port for BBs and 5 for CAs but Swift thought an AE would be enough to replenish at EVERY port. Well, this will lead to far too many (no matter from what side) naval bombardments. Be it as he wishes... so far I replenished at Soerabaja, now I will do that at Kendari as the AE is only two days out...

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Day Air attack on TF at 36,80


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2
Blenheim I x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14306 troops, 465 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4959

Defending force 70797 troops, 411 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1794



Allied ground losses:
350 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at 43,33

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 113724 troops, 1334 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2464

Defending force 14944 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 479

Japanese max assault: 2229 - adjusted assault: 1762

Allied max defense: 498 - adjusted defense: 310

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
824 casualties reported
Guns lost 25

Allied ground losses:
435 casualties reported
Guns lost 8


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!


mountaineous hex on the road South of Chungking. Three Chinese divisions are forced to retreat. 5 Allied units are sitting in the woods and mountains West and East of this hex but we have ordered our troops to enter Chungking. We will just siege the base, impossible to take it anyway - probably impossible to dislodge our troops also... The units in the woods could cut off our troops but reinforcements are coming from the South to keep the road open. The assault on Wuchow and Kweiyang are running, we will soon march towards Nanning also...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/05/42

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TF 101 encounters mine field at Batavia (19,59)

Japanese Ships
PG Shinko Maru #5
PG Shotoku Maru
PG Shoei Maru

[X(] TK convoy at Batavia encounters sub laid mines. Didn´t spot that sub but after a couple of mines destroyed, the mine field vanished.

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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
MSW Banshu Maru #18, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 3

Allied Ships
SS O19

Dutch mine layer sub... would be cool to sink the bugger as this is one of 3 Allied subs that can lay more than just a couple of mines... the laid mines haven´t done nearly as much damage as the subs that are going in to lay them when they attack my ships with torps... Swift seems to not have recognized this so far! [:D] MSWs are the number one ships in the sunk list...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 48
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 154

No Japanese losses

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 64
Ki-49 Helen x 47
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 1
Buffalo I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 damaged
Blenheim I: 2 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 93

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet


amazingly only one bomber was lost today... for what reason ever the 27 Zero escort decided not to fly cover for the bombers today...[:-]

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Day Air attack on 6th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 22


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14318 troops, 466 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4579

Defending force 70469 troops, 411 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1792



Allied ground losses:
212 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

the bombardments have no effect at all, Allied av is going down by only a couple of points every turn. Not like in Changsha where we reduced the Allied av by 500+ just from doing bombardments - still can´t figure out why they were SO effective there. We will just have to deliberate attack, but the base isn´t out of supply for sure, even if the supply level will be low, but that´s the situation at all Chinese bases. Wooden hex and probably 6-9 forts, so we expect to see 20-25.000 casualties until the base will fall. Means around 800 assault points disabled (only around 2 or 3 % are destroyed in the end).

[castor troy]

The Imperial Japanese Navy sunk the US battleship Idaho in a one sided fight 240 miles East of Paramushiro Jima!!


USS Idaho (BB-42), 1919-1947

USS Idaho, a 32,000-ton New Mexico class battleship, was built at Camden, New Jersey. Commissioned in March 1919, she steamed to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in July and then transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific, where she was based for the next dozen years. During that time, Idaho took part in the Battle Fleet's routine of drills and exercises, which extended from the Caribbean to Hawaii and as far south as Chile. She also cruised to Alaskan waters in 1920 and to New Zealand and Australia in 1925. In September 1931, the battleship entered the Norfolk Navy Yard for extensive reconstruction.

Emerging from the shipyard in October 1934, Idaho's appearance had been transformed. Gone were the "cage" masts that were such a distinguishing feature of American battleships of her era, now replaced with a tower superstructure supporting up-to-date gunfire controls. As one of the Battle Fleet's most modern units, Idaho returned to the Pacific in 1935 to again take up her peacetime work of preparing for possible combat.

With World War II raging in Europe, Idaho was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet in June 1941. Based in Iceland during much of the rest of that year, she helped cover convoys against the threat of German raiders during a period of "undeclared war". Following the devastating 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, she was sent back to the Pacific, arriving in January 1942. For the next year, Idaho operated along the U.S. west coast and in the Hawaiian area. In April 1943, she went north to the Aleutians, where she supported the landings at Attu in May and Kiska in August.

Idaho next joined the drive across the Central Pacific, taking part in the Makin landing in November 1943, the Kwajalain invasion in February 1944, a bombardment of New Ireland in March, the Marianas operation in June and July, and the assault on the Palaus in September. Following an overhaul, she returned to the combat zone in time to provide heavy gunfire support for the February 1945 invasion of Iwo Jima. Idaho's 14" guns were again active bombarding Okinawa from late March into May 1945. While off Okinawa, she was damaged by a "Kamikaze" on 12 April, but returned to action after brief repairs.

The end of the Pacific War in August 1945 found Idaho preparing for the invasion of Japan. She was present in Tokyo Bay when Japan formally surrendered on 2 September, and shortly thereafter steamed back across the Pacific and through the Panama Canal, arriving at Norfolk, Virginia, in mid-October. Generally inactive from then on, USS Idaho was decommissioned in July 1946 and sold to a scrapper in November 1947.

[castor troy]

B5N Kates were also able to sink the modern CL Honolulu, part of the BB Idaho bombardment TF!!

USS Honolulu (CL-48), 1938-1959
USS Honolulu, a 9650-ton Brooklyn class light cruiser, was built at the New York Navy Yard. Commissioned in June 1938, she made her shakedown cruise to England, then operated for nearly a year in the Atlantic and Caribbean. Honolulu was transferred to the Pacific in May 1939 and had her base moved to Pearl Harbor in November 1940. Damaged by a Japanese bomb in the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, repairs allowed her to begin wartime operations in January 1942.

After several months of escort duties between the United States and the south Pacific, in late May 1942 Honolulu was sent to the Aleutians to counter enemy advances into that area. During August, she bombarded Kiska and supported the occupation of Adak. Following an overhaul, the cruiser returned to the south Pacific, where she participated in the final months of the Guadalcanal Campaign. In the Battle of Tassafaronga at the end of November 1942, Honolulu was the only U.S. cruiser present that was not torpedoed. During the first half of 1943, she was part of the surface striking forces that spearheaded the push up the Solomons. In May she bombarded the Japanese bases at Munda and Vila and in July assisted in the Rendova-New Georgia invasion. Honolulu engaged enemy warships in the Battle of Kula Gulf on 6 July and the Battle of Kolombangara on 13 July. Torpedo damage to her bow, received in the latter action, forced her to return to the U.S. for repairs.

Honolulu was back in the south Pacific by early December 1943. For the rest of that year and into 1944, she took part in the Bougainville operation and other actions intended to isolate the Japanese strongpoint at Rabaul. In June 1944, she steamed northwards to participate in the Marianas invasion, during which she bombarded Saipan and Guam. Honolulu also covered the landings in the Palaus in September and at Leyte in October. While off Leyte on 20 October 1944, she was the victim of a aerial torpedo attack. Hit amidships, Honolulu again required repairs in the United States. This work, which included extensive updating of her secondary battery and an increase in her beam, was not completed until after the end of the Pacific War. After brief duty as a training ship, Honolulu was decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in February 1947. She remained in the Reserve Fleet there for twelve years and was sold for scrapping in late 1959.

[Gen.Hoepner]

Amazing how many VPs you've gotten so far...never seen an 8-1!!!! Well done!

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner

Amazing how many VPs you've gotten so far...never seen an 8-1!!!! Well done!

Thanks

not over yet! [:D] Another invasion is coming and I expect around 50-70.000 Allied troops (not Chinese) being lost... [:D]

though I have to say, 1200 points worth is Noumea alone for the Allied (which is far too high for that place but that´s still from UV). So with Noumea, the Allied would have 4000+ points - which is still far too few to prevent a 4:1 in 1/43! [8D]

But as I´ve said before, the game isn´t going for points, nor autovictory. Still the points are good to have them in the game as it´s a good way to compare your campaign with others...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/07/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 160

No Japanese losses

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 64
Ki-49 Helen x 76
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 1
Buffalo I x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 4 destroyed
Catalina I: 2 destroyed
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 108

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

OUCH! 11 bombers are lost. 8 to flak 3 to ops, but the airfield is nearly closed. At the moment there is a huge armada that just passed Lautern sailing towards the North coast of Australia. We will try to take a base with our intial wave that is assault loaded. It is planned to land the rest of our troops in a secure harbour to avoid having them 20-25% disabled just from the landing. Depending on the reaction of my opponent we will then bring in more and more troops if needed to take the North coast. We will prepare our landings with more naval bombardments and air attacks on the airfields to make the use of Allied airpower against our invasion impossible. Considering the fact that more Allied aircraft must be brought in by rail, they would only be torched on the ground while being repaired. Only uncertainty is the fat, dark aircraft symbol at Broome. We can´t take out this airfield so those 200-250 aircraft (max with our stacking rule) could be flown to Derby, Wyndham and Darwin. But at least two of those airfields will be closed for sure, I would guess I will be able to close all three of them. And besides that, I expect "only" to see around 100 aircraft at Broome. We are 7 months into the war and I have yet to spot a TF that goes down South to NZ or Australia. [&:] All bases of Hawaii have been massively built up as well as the bases in the far North (where we see fat, dark airfield and port symbols also). So it really seems to me that Swift was thinking I would go for Pearl (which I never even dreamt about) and he´s now planning to really take the Northern route - which would be absolutely bloody for him, I can guarentee that. As soon as he would be in range of Japan I would throw the kitchen sink at him and 200 Betties would surely be a warm welcome. A base 13 hexes off Japan that can be built up to level 4 at best wouldn´t be worth the losses he would take...

But in return this would also mean I would have free hand in Australia... perhaps not just taking the North coast? I doubt I will go further South...

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Day Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 84th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 177

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged


Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

we have to fly more and steady ground attacks here. Normally the attacked ground units are back to low disruption until we see the next attack...

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Sub attack at 68,103

Japanese Ships
AK Borneo Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus

Nautilus stumbles over an unescorted convoy half a dozen hexes North of New Caledonia. There´s a chance that we can save the big AK. Float 42 but fire at 23 due to the 6 inch shell hits... Nautilus is a light cruiser able to submerge...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14332 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3702

Defending force 69014 troops, 399 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1783



Allied ground losses:
345 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

[castor troy]

Swift is now aware of our upcoming invasion of Northern Australia. And promptly we see around 50 bombers stationed at Derby, with Broomes airfield symbol still being deeply dark...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/08/42

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ASW attack at 65,44

Japanese Ships
DD Kamikaze
DD Uzuki
DD Minekaze
DD Kikuzuki
DD Wakaba

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

all fail to locate the sub...

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TF 92 encounters mine field at Singapore (23,50)

Japanese Ships
APD APD-36
APD APD-34
APD APD-32

O19 laid those mines... from the day on O19 laid the mines, there were a dozen MSWs searching for them but have never found any... not surprising anymore... they are undocked and home port isn´t Singapore... is this working as designed? [&:] [8|] the APDs come back from their hunt on the Dutch sub and are lucky not to run on a mine...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 48
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 165

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 18


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
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TF 85 encounters mine field at Bali (24,68)

TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Bali, 24,68


Japanese Ships
AK Shinsoku Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported

we found a VH2 at Bali, the AK will make it...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14382 troops, 466 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3710

Defending force 68645 troops, 393 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1778



Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

Another turn and my invasion of Northern Australia should go in in two days! It was a good turn, I can give that away already! [;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/09/42

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TF 85 encounters mine field at Bali (24,68)

TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Bali, 24,68


Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

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Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed
T.IVa: 3 destroyed [:)]
Brewster 339D: 3 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed
Martin 139: 1 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Ashigara
CA Haguro
CA Myoko


Allied ground losses:
665 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 4

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 176 [X(][X(]
Port supply hits 1

If there´s no counterfire then CAs are definetely the better ships to shoot up airfields... they do at least the same damage but can go in from 6 hexes, and are more agile when it comes down to evading airattacks... very good result... as usual it was all about the recon before... Wyndham will be the place I will land. Normally this should be the worst place (after Darwin of course, where I would never land due to the big CD guns), but with the way Swift has spread out his troops on the North coast it will be a cake walk - hopefully! [:D] A bit more resistance in the past with fighters (I have no idea why he hasn´t upgraded all his bombers to useful types, same goes for all the fighters that could have been Hurricanes a long time already) and more engineers and ground units on the North coast could make it "untakable" at this date. One thing is sure, Swift can´t blame me for blitzing through the map, in fact I´m feeling I´ve advanced slower than most people do, so he had enough time to build up everywhere. In my game against Hortlund I would dream about an invasion of Wyndham, this would be the grave for half of the IJN and we´re 1 month behind this game.

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Naval bombardment of Darwin, at 36,84


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
Hudson I: 5 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed
Martin 139: 2 destroyed
Blenheim I: 2 destroyed
Catalina I: 2 destroyed
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
3475 casualties reported
Guns lost 48
Vehicles lost 15

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 89

as expected, when Swift saw me coming and was sure about an upcoming invasion he would move his bombers back... so they are torched on the airfield by good timed naval bombardments... last turn, the airfields still were empty...! [:D]

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Sub attack near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34

Japanese Ships
AP Arugun Maru, Shell hits 4

Allied Ships
SS Herring

Herring missed again with her torps! There´s an Allied cruiser TF coming from the East, so this TF will move out again... what the heck is Swift doing? Isn´t it enough that he lost a BB and a modern CL? His cruisers were spotted in the morning and in torp range of my Betties so all his cruisers could have been sunk already. Needless to say that not a single bomber took off the whole day... they didn´t even try to engage the TF...[8|]

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 45
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 165

No Japanese losses

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 64
Ki-49 Helen x 75
Ki-46-II Dinah x 7

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 3 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
Catalina I: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
Hudson I: 2 destroyed
Martin 139: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 110

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

following the naval bombardment we sent in the IJA mediums from Lautern, killing more aircraft on the ground and making the airfield 100% closed. We can now keep it closed easily... we don´t expect to see more than a couple of ships lost to bombers with our invasion going in at Wyndham. A couple in the worst case I must say... again, the Zeroes stayed home for whatever reason...

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Day Air attack on Derby , at 24,85

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 98
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 8
Brewster 339D x 6
Kittyhawk I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 4 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 3 destroyed
Hudson I: 3 destroyed
Martin 139: 6 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 5 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 89

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

also Derby is really hit hard by our airforce today... we didn´t manage to get the naval bombardment this turn as the distance was still to big so we were forced to send in the airforce without seeing a nav bombardment before. But flak was surprisingly nearly not existant and the fighter resistance was light. Kittyhawks showed up and shot down a Zero. Swift already received some 80 Kittyhawks that could be used up here, coupled with 150 Hurricanes this would make it hard for me. Not to talk about the fact that he had 7 months of time to build up the defenses, regarding flak, CD and some more inf units... serves me good... [:D]

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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 19


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14327 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3715

Defending force 68569 troops, 395 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1787



Allied ground losses:
351 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Shock attack [X(][X(][X(]

Attacking force 62343 troops, 345 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2221

Defending force 89866 troops, 925 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867

Allied max assault: 3162 - adjusted assault: 372

Japanese max defense: 1806 - adjusted defense: 2135

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
223 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
6809 casualties reported
Guns lost 54

Swift is commiting suicide with his Chinese. Two turns ago a single div entered Kweiyang. Yes the follow unit order isn´t working like it should so I ordered all to move, thinking at least a couple of units would enter together. Only one two turns ago, another one last turn. Seeing this Swift thought it would be a good idea to shock attack. It would have been last turn, but it was for sure a bad idea this turn. We had now half a dozen units at Kweiyang and with this attack I already see Kweiyang falling "easily" against my troops that will attack in a couple of turns... then we will march towards Kunming - which was our primary target right from the start, as this is the only 300 ressource base the Chinese have in this area... and as mentioned before, we´re really lacking ressources for our industry... The 300 won´t help us alot anyway, wonder how many will be damaged...

todays air losses! [:D]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/10/42

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Naval bombardment of Derby, at 24,85


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 3 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed
Martin 139: 2 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Takao
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei


Allied ground losses:
1620 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 4

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 109
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Derby shouldn´t be operational anymore... a good dozen Allied aircraft were destroyed today...

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TF 10 encounters mine field at Toyohara (73,34) [8|]

Japanese Ships
DD Sazanami, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

there was the point when those mines really became annoying... [8|] Sazanami will surely make it, but as I´ve said, those mine laying subs all over the map are just super annoying, even more so as the mine sweeping routine hasn´t been working as intended anymore since a recent patch. I have to disband and form new MSW TFs all the time, hoping that they sweep the mines. Setting a different homeport and so on... ANNOYING... but as a fact, overall those mine laying subs are doing NO damage at all. Not comparable to the damage they would do when engaging my convoys on the shipping lanes, so it just serves me good...

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Sub attack at 81,32

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 23
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 21
PC Ch 20
PC Ch 19
PC Takuna Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Grouper, hits 3

Grouper missed and received 3 near misses in return... the last turn spotted Allied cruiser (probably DD) TF entered Paramushiro Jima, found nothing and was again spotted (but of course not attacked by my Betties) 6 hexes off my base, heading East...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 69th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 20


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 171412 troops, 2335 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 3724

Defending force 68301 troops, 400 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1794



Allied ground losses:
466 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Bali

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1898 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Defending force 520 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 126 - adjusted assault: 242

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 242 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bali base !!!



Allied ground losses:
780 casualties reported

[castor troy]

After heavy attacks both from the sea and air, the invasion of Northern Australia has begun!!!


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/11/42

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Sub attack at 30,85

Japanese Ships
AP Osaka Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS S-39

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

a sub seems to be the only dangerous unit in this area at the moment. The AP is only lightly damaged with sys and float below 20...

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Coastal Guns at Wyndham, 30,86, firing at TF 44
TF 44 troops unloading over beach at Wyndham, 30,86


157 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
MSW Yoshino Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Mitsu Maru #3, Shell hits 1
MSW Toshi Maru #8, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zuiho Maru
AP Fukusei Maru
CL Kashii, Shell hits 1
AP Kotobuki Maru #3, Shell hits 1
CL Kashima, Shell hits 1
CL Katori, Shell hits 2
AP Ryugi Maru, Shell hits 1
MSW Shonan Maru #7, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP Takuei Maru
AP Taian Maru

Japanese ground losses:
3489 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported

we unload and see our troops about 20% disabled in the end but disruption is below 10! Very good, all our troops have been unloaded at the end of the turn with all of them being supplied twice of their demand...

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Coastal Guns at Wyndham, 30,86, firing at TF 44
TF 44 troops unloading over beach at Wyndham, 30,86


96 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Zuiho Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
CL Katori, Shell hits 2
AP Taiho Maru
AP Yamafuku Maru, Shell hits 4

Japanese ground losses:
671 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 173

No Japanese losses

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 5 destroyed

those Chinese fighters shouldn´t be in the air...

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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 63
Ki-49 Helen x 79
Ki-46-II Dinah x 7

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 10 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed
Martin 139: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 119

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

Darwin can´t launch any airstrikes in the next couple of days...

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Day Air attack on 39th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 230

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
289 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

good to see a ground attack, we will deliberate attack...

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Sub attack at 71,41

Japanese Ships
AK Tagonoura Maru

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish


Flying Fish missed...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 125319 troops, 1408 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 3151

Defending force 81291 troops, 210 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1369



Allied ground losses:
146 casualties reported

watching the replay, those defending Chinese units are all nearly combat ineffective...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14342 troops, 466 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3727

Defending force 67270 troops, 391 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1789



Allied ground losses:
386 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

Gentlemen, it could get more interesting than expected... [X(]


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/12/42

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TF 32 encounters mine field at Singapore (23,50)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 3
MSW Shawa Maru #10
MSW Toshi Maru #2
MSW Shintohoku Maru
MSW Musashi Maru
MSW Kyo Maru #1
MSW Hinode Maru #20

finally, after a week of doing nothing, my MSWs clear some sub laid mines...

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TF 89 encounters mine field at Bali (24,68)

Japanese Ships
MSW Seki Maru
MSW Ranzan Maru
MSW Rokko Maru

must be a good day, we also clear mines at Bali...

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Sub attack at 80,34

Japanese Ships
DD Namikaze
DD Okikaze
DD Akikaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Nokaze
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS Growler, hits 2

Growler misses, receives two near misses in return...

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ASW attack at 80,34

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
DD Akikaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Nokaze
DD Namikaze
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS Growler

we fail to locate the sub...

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Sub attack near Wyndham at 30,86

Japanese Ships
AK Hyuga Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
AK Akashi Maru
AK Urashio Maru
MSW Yoshino Maru, heavy damage
MSW Toshi Maru #8, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Shonan Maru #7, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Noshiro Maru #2
MSW Hakata Maru #7
MSW Hagoromo Maru
MSW Choun Maru #8
AP Shofuku Maru
AP Taganoura Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-39

S-39 hits another ship, she now has one salvo left... surprisingly the AK could make it if disbanded at Wyndham (port 4)...

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TF 83 encounters mine field at Toyohara (73,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW Togo Maru
MSW Tama Maru

more mines get cleared...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 178

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Derby , at 24,85

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 99
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8 <----------- VF-2 !!!!!!!!! [X(][X(][X(][X(][X(][X(]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 3 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 1 destroyed
Martin 139: 3 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 97

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

Wildcats??? VF-2??? CV Lexington is in the area!!! We aren´t flying any nav search from Koepang as we were focussing on keeping the airfield of Derby surpressed. We even swapped out our 54 IJN torp bombers with IJA mediums to have more punch against Derby´s airfield. This seems to be proven wrong now, as we didn´t spot any Allied ships this turn. We are lucky because it seems Swift has some leaking Cap over Derby, alerting us that Lexington must be max 2 hexes off Derby. We didn´t expect Swift to do anything against our invasion of Northern Australia so we felt safe to take our torp bombers back. They are flown in this turn, but we are taking KB two hexes back, while sending all our TFs straight to Wyndham. If I would have to guess, then there are 2 US CVs and all the British, so it wouldn´t be as one sided as I would like. We have nearly 450 carrier based planes, and 100 in reserve at Kendari. Our hr doesn´t allow more than 450 carrier based planes in a hex. I told Swift that I have spotted VF-2 and am aware of some carriers in the area. I hope he now will retreat to the West again. We have now a Sentai of Helens and 12 DinahIIs flying nav search from Koepang and 54 Zeroes, 27 Betties and 27 Nells for a strike on the Allied carriers if they show up. Hopefully we don´t react and stay out of Allied bomber range with KB. But all of our invasion TFs (some 300 ships) are now in danger of being clobbered. This could become a real blood bath now...[:(] We will see what happens...

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Day Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-49 Helen x 159

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 13 damaged


Allied ground losses:
240 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 39th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-49 Helen x 62

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


Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

more ground attacks, good, we are attacking this turn...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Wyndham at 30,86

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 4
B-17E Fortress x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 9 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

B-17s from Broome are attacking, knocking out an AA mount of Yamashiro...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Wyndham at 30,86


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3
B-17E Fortress x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Tonei Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Nekka Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

500lb bomb hit...

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ASW attack at 80,34

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
DD Akikaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Nokaze
DD Namikaze
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS Growler

nothing dropped...
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Sub attack near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 23
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 21
PC Ch 20
PC Ch 19
PC Takuna Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Herring

PCs are worthless...

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ASW attack at 30,85

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsukaze
DD Usugumo
DD Asakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Matsukaze
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
SS Finback, hits 6

6 near misses, there are now 3 Allied subs spotted being in the invasion area...

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ASW attack at 80,34

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
DD Akikaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Nokaze
DD Namikaze
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS Growler, hits 2

lots of ASW action today, but we fail to achieve a single real hit...

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ASW attack near Wyndham at 30,86

Japanese Ships
AP Eli Maru
AK Taisei Maru
AK Daishu Maru
AK Matsutan Maru
AK Shingetsu Maru
AP Kotobuki Maru #3
MSW Yoshino Maru, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Toshi Maru #8, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Shonan Maru #7, heavy damage
MSW Noshiro Maru #2
MSW Hakata Maru #7
MSW Hagoromo Maru
MSW Choun Maru #8
CL Kashima
AP Toyo Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS S-39

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ASW attack near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 23
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 21
PC Ch 20
PC Ch 19
PC Takuna Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Herring


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 31324 troops, 321 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 739

Defending force 6758 troops, 25 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 80

Japanese max assault: 1456 - adjusted assault: 1102

Allied max defense: 81 - adjusted defense: 51

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wyndham base !!! [&o][&o]



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed
Martin 139: 2 destroyed
T.IVa: 3 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed
Hudson I: 2 destroyed
Wirraway: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
225 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
533 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

We take Wyndham easily with our first attack, so far we lost one MSW, the damaged ships are disbanded into port. Being alerted by spotting VF-2 we have moved in 4 full Sentais of Oscars from Kendari and Timor setting them on 90% Cap. Most of them are around 15 fatigue, the airfield is 47% damaged, airbase 83% damaged. I expect to see around 60 Oscars in the air covering all my 300 ships at Wyndham. If Swift decides to send in his carriers than I really expect to see a blood bath next turn, with the outcome unknown. While we´re definetely in the better position, I just don´t want to engage more than 2 Allied carriers at once with KB. Last time we engaged 2 US carriers we sank one, but had 2 of our carriers damaged as well (of which both are now repaired and with KB again). If Swift decides to retreat, then it will be a very boring next turn... [:D]

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 125360 troops, 1417 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 4105

Defending force 80886 troops, 211 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1373



Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 201683 troops, 2335 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 3733

Defending force 66498 troops, 368 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1790

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8

Japanese max assault: 3592 - adjusted assault: 2635

Allied max defense: 1652 - adjusted defense: 4733 [X(][X(]

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8) [:(][:(]


Japanese ground losses:
2893 casualties reported
Guns lost 74
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
1948 casualties reported
Guns lost 27

ouch, wooden hex, level 9 forts... this will take some time....


Lexington´s Wildcats took down 7 of our aircraft today, for the loss of one of their own. But we were able to destroy a good number on the ground again... With the situation now, I would have preferred to have my bombers on nav search/attack though...

[castor troy]

Swift did not come out for a play with KB...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/13/42

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TF 83 encounters mine field at Toyohara (73,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW Togo Maru
MSW Tama Maru

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ASW attack at 71,39

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki
DD Minekaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Wakaba

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

The ASW continues with our ships being unable to achieve something... [8|]

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Sub attack near Wyndham at 30,86

Japanese Ships
DD Tanikaze
DD Hagikaze
DD Asagumo
DD Hamakaze
DD Urakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-39

last salvo of S-39 hits Tanikaze but the MK10 failed to detonate... lucky destroyer... the sub came away unharmed of course...

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TF 83 encounters mine field at Toyohara (73,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW Togo Maru
MSW Tama Maru

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 190

No Japanese losses

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 213

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported

Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 151

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ledo , at 36,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 5 destroyed

working on keeping the British pilot replacement pool as low as possible...
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Day Air attack on Wyndham , at 30,86

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 79

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 6


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on 69th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Wyndham at 30,86

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 58

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3
B-17E Fortress x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Africa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Yokohama Maru

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

2x500lb bomb hits... damn those B-17! No matter how many fighters you put into the air, you can´t stop them...

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ASW attack near Wyndham at 30,86

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsukaze
DD Usugumo
DD Asakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Matsukaze
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
SS S-39, hits 4

4 near misses...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 125476 troops, 1428 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 4499

Defending force 80568 troops, 210 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1376



Allied ground losses:
165 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14126 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3514

Defending force 64020 troops, 329 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1739



Allied ground losses:
364 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/15/42

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TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Pamakasan, 24,66


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Sub attack at 68,44

Japanese Ships
AK Minato Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Greenling, hits 2

Minato Maru was scuttled with 98 floatation damage... as soon as the Allied subs are on patrol, not on mine laying mission, they start to begin killing ships... not good, not good...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34

Japanese Ships
PT Gyoraitei #1, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT Gyoraitei #3
PT Gyoraitei #5, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Colorado
DD Preston
DD Tucker
DD Clark
DD Gilmer

unbelievable but true, while losing a BB and a modern CL earlier, he just continues to send those slow TFs to bombard Paramushiro Jima... sorry, but that´s more than careless! [:-] this turn 54 Nells launched against this TF at 12 hexes range but Swift came away as the aircraft failed to locate the TF... really careless... he knows that I know that Lexington (and for sure more than one CV) is cruising around the North or West coast of Australia, so it could be really tempting to attack with my CVEs again... as those bombardments have yet to do real damage, I could also just wait for my Nells killing off another BB at some point... they had already at least half a dozen chances to do that so far...

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Naval bombardment of Paramushiro Jima, at 82,34 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Gilmer
BB Colorado
DD Clark
DD Tucker, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Preston, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

not just that he risks his BBs for nothing, he even sets his escorts to bombard... he gets away lucky again, as 8x240mm howitzers, 2x5,5 inch CD guns and 4x4,7 inch CD guns could have wrecked his DDs...

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Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 14
I-16c x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
I-16c: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged

most of the Chinese fighters turn back...

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Day Air attack on 39th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 159

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged


Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 84th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 55

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 6
I-16c x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 3 damaged
I-16c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

also in the afternoon, the Chinese turn back quickly...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 204068 troops, 2381 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 5118

Defending force 79471 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1357



Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14217 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3562

Defending force 63169 troops, 316 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1726



Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/16/42

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ASW attack at 68,103

Japanese Ships
PG Taiko Maru
PG Kyo Maru #10
PG Takunan Maru #10
MSW Wa 1
MSW Wa 2
MSW Aoi Maru
MSW Asahi Maru #2
MSW Mejima Maru
AP Kasuga Maru

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 1

Nautilus still is sitting in the same hex where it attacked a convoy of mine a dozen turns ago. This time she is hit with one real hit by a Type 91DC...

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TF 32 encounters mine field at Singapore (23,50)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 3
MSW Shawa Maru #10
MSW Toshi Maru #2
MSW Shintohoku Maru
MSW Musashi Maru
MSW Kyo Maru #1
MSW Hinode Maru #20

finally, after 2 weeks, all mines are cleared...

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Sub attack near Onnekotan Jima at 81,34

Japanese Ships
DD Nokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Akikaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Namikaze
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

we´re lucky, torps fail to detonate... in return we fail to locate the sub...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 207

No Japanese losses

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 26


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet

at some point I will do something against those ground attacks every day... The Allied are flying ground attacks at 4 hexes range nearly every day, I am lucky to see 2 ground attacks in a week at 2 hexes range...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 204019 troops, 2383 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 5449

Defending force 79052 troops, 210 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1364



Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 198250 troops, 2252 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 3584

Defending force 62774 troops, 320 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1730

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Japanese max assault: 3413 - adjusted assault: 1850 [:(]

Allied max defense: 1687 - adjusted defense: 3473 [X(]

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)


Japanese ground losses:
2496 casualties reported
Guns lost 85
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
1414 casualties reported
Guns lost 23

the Chinese at Wuchow are really tough... we just need more air to ground attacks, but that isn´t possible it seems... air HQ and everything else just doesn´t help... A2G attacks every third day are completely useless, no matter how many bombers attack. You need constant air attacks...

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Ground combat at Pamakasan

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1539 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Defending force 1203 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34

Japanese max assault: 104 - adjusted assault: 72

Allied max defense: 28 - adjusted defense: 15

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pamakasan base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
2223 casualties reported

I think only one Dutch base is left a couple of hexes South of Singapore...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/17/42

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Sub attack at 78,32

Japanese Ships
CVE Hosho
DD Amagiri
DD Yayoi
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

it definetely looks like LUCK has been on our side for the last couple of turns... Grayling misses with 6 torps... would have been the second time that our smallest carrier would be damaged...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 204246 troops, 2372 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 5680

Defending force 78794 troops, 208 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1367



Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported

I really can´t see the Chinese front holding really long. While the Chinese supply situation must be critical, we also have severe supply problems, not just in China. This campaign seems to be soaking up all our supply reserves. My major fronts don´t have as much supply as I would like. Same goes for fuel and there are not enough transports around to carry it to the places where it is needed...

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Ground combat at Nanning

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 90435 troops, 1101 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1918

Defending force 28732 troops, 147 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 839



Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported

should I order an attack? Wooden hex...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14060 troops, 443 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3311

Defending force 60930 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1691



Allied ground losses:
214 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 30,30

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22534 troops, 250 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 496

Defending force 2700 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 74

Japanese max assault: 457 - adjusted assault: 278

Allied max defense: 64 - adjusted defense: 49

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

one hex South of Akyab. A bgd is forced to retreat to Akyab... wonder why the RAF isn´t flying any ground attacks... serves me good, that way the British pilots stay low in experience but again, I don´t understand Swift...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/18/42

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ASW attack at 68,103

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 2
MSW Aoi Maru
PG Kyo Maru #10
PG Taiko Maru
PG Takunan Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus

Nautilus just sits there, looks like Swift isn´t really moving around his subs, not even if they get attacked...

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Day Air attack on 6th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 10


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
6 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on 69th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 9


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
6 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-49 Helen x 75

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 84th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-49 Helen x 145

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

why flak fire from the same base force is far more intense when you attack a ground unit in the same hex than if you attack the airfield will stay a mystery for me... is there a reasonable explanation? Is this even working as designed? I´ve seen that too often...

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 25 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

no idea what that attack was... 5 B-17s are lost today, a third of a monthly replacement...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Wyndham at 30,86

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 55

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-17C Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-17C Fortress: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

the B-17s aren´t impressed by ma CAP once again and even hit my DD which is nearly in sinking condition. 74!! sys 32 float and 17 fire... not bad for one bomb...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14110 troops, 447 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3343

Defending force 60190 troops, 273 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1687



Allied ground losses:
169 casualties reported
Guns lost 1