Waiting for 3rd AE patch - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/28/42

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Sub attack at 29,50

Japanese Ships
AP Hakozake Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

Grampus missed the AP. Thank god, it´s one of my big APs fully loaden with parts of an IJA division... no escorts as I have those troop transport TFs going at full speed to redeploy my divisions and with PGs as escorts they are really slowed down...

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
AK Duymaer van Twist, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Hopefully Miller is as amused as I am about the subs waiting in base hexes... [;)] I-19 surfaced to kill off another small AK. The ship is confirmed sunk...

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Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 80
Ki-49 Helen x 50

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,65


Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Rakuyo Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

Have Zeroes at Soerabaja on Cap so instead of attacking the big TFs at Soerabaja, the Dutch torp bombers attack a TF in the open sea...

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
PG Kantori Maru
PC Shonon Maru #11
PG Santos Maru
DD Akebono
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 6

Don´t like using such a mixed force in an ASW TF but they did a good job. Triton takes one real hit and five near misses... guess it will retire to Hawai next turn...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11304 troops, 357 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2780

Defending force 92738 troops, 542 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2568



Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported

I have decided to start my attacks at Hengchow and not to starve those units to death as this takes too long. We will see how my first attack will work. Expect to see level 9 forts and my troops to be shredded in the first attack. If the supply level of the enemy is low, then all my following attacks will have the chance to be more succesful though...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2105 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1167

Defending force 73259 troops, 518 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1948



Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67757 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862

Defending force 74683 troops, 761 guns, 731 vehicles, Assault Value = 1805


Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/01/42

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61 [:D]

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
AP President Adams, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Hatfield
DD Crane
DD Crosby
DD Schley
DD Chew
DD Litchfield


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Hehe! Only one out of six torps hit, but who knows if the big AP will make it... another ship hit at Midway... [:D]

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
AK Duymaer van Twist, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

I-3 attacks and scores again! Small AK is in trouble... [8D] Those two subs operating around Midway have been REALLY succesful...

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 81
Ki-48 Lily x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 49

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet

those high altitude attacks against the small airfield aren´t succesful at all. Pretty sure that there are level 9 forts already so all that counts are supply hits, which we won´t achieve from that height...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-21 Sally x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

a lot of flak bursts during the replay. Don´t like that but we have to kill those Dutch torp bombers there...

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 89
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 89

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported

Port hits 8
Port supply hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,65


Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 3


Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
PG Takunan Maru #8

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

am lucky that they didn´t hit one of my ships so far...

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Ground combat at Malang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12377 troops, 0 guns, 818 vehicles, Assault Value = 472

Defending force 9912 troops, 4 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Japanese max assault: 406 - adjusted assault: 330

Allied max defense: 21 - adjusted defense: 34

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Malang base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
18723 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Java is cleared! [&o] The remaining Dutch units surrender and we score some 500+ points for Allied troop losses this turn...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 138451 troops, 1877 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2814

Defending force 92331 troops, 535 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2569

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8 [:(]

Japanese max assault: 2808 - adjusted assault: 1129

Allied max defense: 2636 - adjusted defense: 998 [:)]

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 8


Japanese ground losses:
2493 casualties reported
Guns lost 177
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
456 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

our attack goes in and I´m pretty happy with the results. Forts were at the expected Maginot line level 9 but the Chinese supply situation must be totally desperate already as the defenders adjusted av looks horrible, therefore our losses are only half as high as I´ve expected them to be. Moving out three divs to Changsha and ordered three fresh divs to move in. Next attack in a couple of days. As it looks now, it seems we can take Hengchow easier than Changsha even though here are level 9 forts and as many defending troops. If this wasn´t just a very lucky die roll for us, I´m hoping to take the base within the next four to six weeks.

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2105 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1166

Defending force 73238 troops, 517 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1954



Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67941 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1872

Defending force 74846 troops, 765 guns, 733 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810


Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 2

[castor troy]

Looks like we´re achieving our goals! You know that I´m not amused about the Allied subs, it seems we are causing Miller some headache too. His statement in his last email: [:D]

Sub I-3 is a right pain in the arse.......like women sometimes can be


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/02/42

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ASW attack near Muntok at 21,55

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 32
PC Ch 18
PC Ch 17
PC Ch 16
PC Ch 15
PC Ch 14

Allied Ships
SS S-36, hits 2

we start off with the usual fight against the Allied pirates...

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Sub attack near Muntok at 21,55

Japanese Ships
APD APD-34, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:@]
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
APD APD-33
APD APD-32
APD APD-31

Allied Ships
SS S-36

damn! The APD is dead, 1% chance to make it to Singapore... damned sub... those APDs are my best ASW weapons... [:@]

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Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 76
Ki-48 Lily x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 46

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet
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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-21 Sally x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! Enemy TFs are sighted 120 and 180 miles East of Wake!!!!! [X(][X(][X(]


Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 5
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12
SBD Dauntless x 70
TBD Devastator x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Kinko Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AK Chikuzan Maru, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Hachirogata Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Toyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Zogen Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nikkyu Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tamishima Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x TBD Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet

god damn, I´m asking me if this can really happen twice! Just like at Midway, out of a sudden the enemy CVs pop up two hexes off the base! Again, there more than 40 search aircraft on nav search and again it is possible for the Allied CVs to sneak in unseen. I´m sure the carriers moved in at full speed, but to counter this, I have placed 6 subs 12 hexes East of Wake to either sight the enemy, or at least sight one of the enemy´s search aircraft to alert me.

And once again it seems Miller is too lucky for us... [8|] TONIGHT, TWO!!!!! TFs arrived at Wake. One TF was already there... what can I say... one day later, one day earlier... [8|]

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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
SBD Dauntless x 72
TBD Devastator x 33


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 1, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bandoeng Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 19, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Cheribon Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Gyoku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Shanghai Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Akasisan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x TBD Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet

two of my TFs are totally destroyed... this is the morning phase... can´t those damned carriers be at least clouded in? No luck...

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But the Empire strikes back!


Day Air attack on TF at 84,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
B5N Kate x 42

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 19
F4F-3 Wildcat x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed, 12 damaged
B5N Kate: 8 destroyed, 26 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 14 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 7 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CA Northampton
CV Yorktown

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

BANZAI! At Midway, IMO the Allied were lucky in every aspect! But lucky or not, you can´t be 100% lucky everytime! And this time, Miller will surely be thinking that he had no luck at all! Guess what, the two Allied CV TFs got SEPERATED!!! [&o] This CV TF took position 120 miles SE of Wake and the other one that should have followed ended up 180 miles SE of Wake!

And as I have mentioned before, Wake is becoming a fortress, after the fall of Midway, we immediately transfered Kates to Wake. No Betties / Nells because the airfield is only level 3 yet and I knew, if the enemy carriers would show up, they would again close in enough to be in torp range of the Kates. Out of 54 Kates and 54 Zeroes we see a good number attacking (we also have an air HQ at Wake) and with the enemy CV TFs being seperated, the enemy Cap isn´t bullet prove, even though there are again a lot of Marine fighters in the air also. The high exp Navy Wildcat pilots prove to be deadyl against our Zeroes, but still, the Zeroes enable the torp carrying bombers to do their torp runs. Only two Kates were shot down by the enemy fighters. Not like at Midway, when 50+ high exp Betties / Nells only achieved two torp hits on the slow moving BBs, the 40 Kates doing torp runs put 6 fish into CV Enterprise! Needless to say that the ship is confirmed SUNK!

BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
SBD Dauntless x 36


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Beryl, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Fukushu Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Taki Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tainan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
278 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

then in the afternoon, the enemy again launches strikes, targetting the third TF. This is one of the two TFs that moved in exactly today, fully loaden with construction btns... [8|]

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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
SBD Dauntless x 47
TBD Devastator x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Fukushu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamazuki Maru, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tainan Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Taki Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Beryl, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
528 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBD Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

the whole TF is destroyed... mmmm... [:(] lost something like 20 ships today...

and still, we have sunk CV Enterprise, so I wonder if Miller will see this operation as a success... I would cheer if he would have arrived yesterday and two of my TFs wouldn´t be at Wake while only one would have been beat up. As it is now, I´m not that happy with it, even though I should be I guess.

It´s just like that I don´t like losing ships that way... not again...

with the loss of CV Enterprise, I guess this will mean that Miller has to be more carefully in future. This also shows that LBA can put serious harm on his CV fleet, so without nuking my airfields, upcoming invasions could get more than bloody for him.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 84,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
B5N Kate x 10

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 4
F4F-3 Wildcat x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

the bombers couldn´t find Enterprise anymore, the carrier sunk within minutes after 6 torp hits...

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Day Air attack on TF at 85,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
B5N Kate x 3

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 8
F4F-3 Wildcat x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed, 10 damaged
B5N Kate: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 5 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 8 destroyed, 18 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Helena

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

and here we attack the second carrier TF. Our Zeroes do better against the Wildcats here than against Enterprise´s and Yorktown´s fighters. Those Navy fighter pilots are the best the Allied have and they did a pretty good job against my high exp Zeroes. Even though there are more than enough Navy pilots in the pool for the Allied, replacing a lost 80+ fighter pilot with a 60 exp pilot isn´t a good deal, so every Allied CV fighter pilot counts. The Marine Buffalos were mostly only targets for our Zeroes.

Here are the air losses. A clear victory for us. It seems like Enterprise didn´t launch bombers as they went down with the carrier. That´s excellent, I expected them to bogey out to the other three remaining carriers where they could be used to fill out the losses of high exp pilots of future operations. The Wildcats achieved a kill rate a bit better than 1:1 the Buffalos were nothing but targets so all in all we even achieved a 1.7:1 kill rate in our favour. Not bad against a numerical superiority...




what a great victory this would have been if my TFs would have left Wake to the North again and being out of range of the carriers...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10964 troops, 337 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1599

Defending force 90780 troops, 495 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2530



Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2076 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1168

Defending force 73263 troops, 519 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1960



Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68185 troops, 469 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1873

Defending force 74834 troops, 769 guns, 727 vehicles, Assault Value = 1804


Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

Tokyo news reports the sinking of the first fleet carrier of the American Imperialists! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI! A strike consisting of combined nearly 100 first line IJN fighters and torpedoe bombers attacked the enemy´s carriers near fortress Wake, sinking the Yorktown class carrier with 6 well placed torpedoes! The enemy flew several strikes on unarmed merchant ships in this area.



USS Enterprise (CV-6, later CVA-6 and CVS-6), 1938-1958

USS Enterprise, a 19,800-ton Yorktown class aircraft carrier, was built at Newport News, Virginia. Commissioned in May 1938, she made a shakedown cruise to South America, then operated in the Caribbean. In April 1939, Enterprise was ordered to the Pacific, where she was to play an unparalleled role in the great sea war that began with Japan's 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

At the time of that raid, Enterprise was at sea. On 10 December, her planes sank a Japanese submarine, the first of many enemy ships that would fall victim to her air group. Later in December, she participated in the abortive Wake Island relief expedition. In February 1942, after escorting convoys to the South Pacific, Enterprise attacked Japanese positions in the Marshalls. During the following three months, she hit Wake and Marcus islands, covered the Doolittle raid on Japan and was en route to the South Pacific when the Battle of the Coral Sea took place in early May.

In June 1942, Enterprise played a vital role in the Battle of Midway, in which her planes sank or helped sink three Japanese aircraft carriers and a cruiser. She was next involved in the Guadalcanal Campaign, including the landings there in early August, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons later in that month and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October. Badly hit by Japanese bombs in August and October, Enterprise was the only available fleet carrier in the area in November and, despite her damaged condition, launched her air group against enemy ships during the climactic Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Remaining in the Solomons area into the Spring of 1943, she received the Presidential Unit Citation for her exploits there.

In late 1943 and early 1944 Enterprise participated in the Gilberts and Marshalls invasions and in attacks on Japanese bases in the Central and Southern Pacific. In June and July, she took part in the Marianas operation and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. From August to December, her planes joined in more raids and again engaged enemy ships during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in late October. At the end of 1944 Enterprise received a special night operations air group, with which she took part in the Luzon campaign, strikes in the South China Sea, the Iwo Jima invasion, raids on the Japanese home islands and the Okinawa campaign. She was repaired locally for bomb damage received on 13 March 1945 and Kamikaze damage on 11 April, but had to the return to the U.S. after being badly hit by another Kamikaze on 14 May.

Enterprise's repairs were finished in September 1945, after the Japanese surrender. She helped return servicemen from the war zones and was present for the Fleet Review off New York City in October 1945. Inactive after early 1946, Enterprise decommissioned in February 1947. While laid up, she was redesignated CVA-6 in October 1952 and CVS-6 in August 1953. After the failure of efforts to make her into a memorial, USS Enterprise was sold for scrapping in July 1958.

[castor troy]

another pic:

[bigbaba]

now that was a short war for the "Big-E".

congratulation for this victory (20 AP for a fleet carrier is still a victory imho).

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: bigbaba

now that was a short war for the "Big-E".

congratulation for this victory (20 AP for a fleet carrier is still a victory imho).

thanks! I guess I will see it as a victory too.... in a week or so... [;)]

[Ambassador]

One CV down, three to go.[&o]  I hope their battlewagons and divisions aren't coming right behind their CVs.
 
 
May I ask who you sent to Wuchow ?  2000 troops for 1100 AV, that's weird.[&:]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

One CV down, three to go.[&o]  I hope their battlewagons and divisions aren't coming right behind their CVs.


May I ask who you sent to Wuchow ?  2000 troops for 1100 AV, that's weird.[&:]

Wasp will arrive in May IIRC, so this would bring the Allied CV strenght to 430 carrier based aircraft in summer again. With our rule about max 450 carrier based ac this would be a full strike force.

No, there are no battlewagons around, "only" the two CV TFs were spotted. And there are also no invasion TFs. With Enterprise lost, this will buy us some time I guess, with only three CVs an invasion against my strongholds could be too dangerous.

I´ve sent my special Samurais to Wuchow! [;)] Seriously, what you see is the total assault value of ALL troops there, which are a couple of divisions and you also see what is doing the bombardment, which would be my art units only. The divisions are only holding their position.

[Ambassador]

Ooookay/... bombardment is for mere ashigarus and peasants.[8|]

[castor troy]

After the disastrous loss of CV Enterprise near Wake, the remaining Allied carriers flee to the East towards Midway...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/03/42

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TF 1012 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
DD Maury, Mine hits 1, on fire

One TF already arrives and Maury hits a Type 88 sub laid mine... too small egg to sink a DD...

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
CL Helena, Torpedo hits 1 [:D]
DD Maury, on fire
DD Tucker

but we can rely on the best sub skipper of the war, I-3 hits again. One out of four torps slams into the modern light cruiser Helena...

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Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 54
Ki-48 Lily x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 50

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 71

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
Ki-21 Sally x 51

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 1 destroyed
F.K.51: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

unfortunately Miller is so smart to use all his small remaining bases in the SRA as airbases for his search aircraft. While I normally just let the defenders die due to not having any supplies, in this case I will have to take most of them out... Will dedicate a naval guard and a parachute rgt for this task soon...

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Day Air attack on 116th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 8


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11043 troops, 340 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2958

Defending force 90175 troops, 489 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2535



Allied ground losses:
192 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2105 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1166

Defending force 73257 troops, 518 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1958



Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68482 troops, 479 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1889

Defending force 74868 troops, 766 guns, 733 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810


Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 2

We have spotted a lot of Chinese troops now marching towards Kweiyang. There are over a dozen units at Kunming, would Miller have sent them BEFORE doing his desperate deliberate attacks here, he would have had a good chance to drive my troops out again. Nevertheless, I have ordered some reinforcements to march towards Kweiyang also. Will take some time though, distance is 240 miles, going over the road coming from the East.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/04/42

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ASW attack at 93,63

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
DD Gridley
DD Patterson
DD Henley
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Mugford
DD Blue

The famous I-3 is out of torps and is caught 300 miles SW of Midway on it´s way to Kwajalein. The excellent captain evades all attacking destroyers...

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TF 1040 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
DD Sims

minefield has already been spotted, no more luck here...

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
DD Shaw, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD McCall
DD Balch
DD Morris
DD Hughes
DD Sims

but we have moved in more subs to tangle with the American fleet. DD Shaw is killed by I-153! [&o]

It´s not just the American subs that hurt... [;)]

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 81
Ki-48 Lily x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 51

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet
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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 97
B5N Kate x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-21 Sally x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 7th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 44th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 55th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-21 Sally x 83

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 87
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 89

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 10
Port supply hits 17 [X(]

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

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ASW attack at 97,62

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
AK Manoa
AP Crescent City
DD Hatfield
DD Crane
DD Crosby

this time the Allied escorts attacked first, without success though...

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Sub attack at 97,62

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
AK Charles McCormick, Torpedo hits 1
AK Empire Prairie
AP President Hayes
DD Hatfield
DD Crane
DD Crosby
DD Schley


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

and then I-19 gets a shot on a troop loaden transport...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 154699 troops, 1824 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 2970

Defending force 89741 troops, 476 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2543

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Japanese max assault: 2996 - adjusted assault: 1265

Allied max defense: 2475 - adjusted defense: 752

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 7


Japanese ground losses:
3267 casualties reported
Guns lost 93
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1687 casualties reported
Guns lost 23

we will keep up the pressure here, the enemy assault value doesn´t look good at all anymore. No doubt this base will fall within the next couple of weeks... after every attack I have to rotate at least two divs and two eng units out for r&r and "fresh" units in.

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2114 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1172

Defending force 73198 troops, 515 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1960



Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68840 troops, 493 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1903

Defending force 74828 troops, 768 guns, 732 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810


Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 2

[castor troy]

DD Shaw, operating with 5 other destroyers near Midway was sunk in a bold attack by the Japanese sub I-153! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!



USS Shaw (DD-373), 1936-1946
USS Shaw, a 1,500-ton Mahan class destroyer built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in September 1936. She made a trans-Atlantic shakedown cruise in 1937, steamed to South America in mid-1938, and transfered to the Pacific soon thereafter. Operations along the west coast and in Hawaiian waters followed in 1939-41. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Shaw was in drydock at the Navy Yard there. Enemy bombs set her afire and her forward magazines exploded, severing her bow and wrecking her bridge area.

However, Shaw's midships and stern portions were still essentially intact. Following temporary repairs at Pearl Harbor, in February 1942 she went to the Mare Island Navy Yard for a new bow and general overhaul. When this work was completed in late June 1942, Shaw spent several months in training and convoy escort duties. Sent to the South Pacific in October 1942, she participated in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands late in that month. While supporting the Guadalcanal Campaign, she ran aground at New Caledonia on 10 January 1943, requiring a trip to Pearl Harbor for extensive repairs.

Shaw returned to the war zone in October 1943 and took part in operations around New Guinea and New Britain. She was hit in an air attack off Cape Gloucester on 26 December 1943. After repair of that damage, she operated in the Central Pacific, including participation in the invasion of Guam. From October 1944 into 1945, Shaw escorted Western Pacific convoys and help liberate Luzon and other parts of the Philippines. When the Pacific war ended in August 1945, Shaw had just completed another overhaul, including major enhancement of her anti-aircraft armament. However, she was too old for retention in the post-war fleet and was sent to the U.S. east coast for inactivation. Decommissioned in October 1945, USS Shaw was scrapped in July 1946.

This page features all our pre-World War II views of USS Shaw, plus a few taken during the 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor Raid, and provides links to virtually all our other images of this ship.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/05/42

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya


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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 6
Port supply hits 1

We will soon attack Timor, haven´t spotted any Allied reinforcements there so it won´t be much of a problem to take the island I guess...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 126
B5N Kate x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 116th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 10


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack near Soerabaja at 22,65

Japanese Ships
MSW W.13
MSW W.17
MSW W.7
MSW W.6
MSW W.4
MSW W.3

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 4

the sub missed and our MSW achieve 4 near misses...

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ASW attack near Soerabaja at 22,65

Japanese Ships
MSW W.17
MSW W.13
MSW W.7
MSW W.6
MSW W.4
MSW W.3

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 4

another time 4 near misses, probably enough to see the sub returning home I guess...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10903 troops, 328 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2715

Defending force 87547 troops, 424 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2479



Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2123 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1171

Defending force 73289 troops, 520 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1967



Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang [:D]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 69108 troops, 492 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1917

Defending force 74706 troops, 764 guns, 730 vehicles, Assault Value = 1808

Allied max assault: 1982 - adjusted assault: 830

Japanese max defense: 1794 - adjusted defense: 2565

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
231 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
2795 casualties reported
Guns lost 97

the enemy tries again! And again he fails. No sense trying attacks with 1:1 in assault value when the enemy is sitting fully supplied in a wooden hex...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/06/42

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 76
Ki-48 Lily x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 49

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet

guess we will soon stop those attacks, they are useless and I´m only taking op losses all thet ime...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 126
B5N Kate x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 42
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10998 troops, 333 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2861

Defending force 87275 troops, 418 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2480



Allied ground losses:
433 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2123 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1172

Defending force 73402 troops, 522 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1976



Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 64940 troops, 349 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1589

Defending force 74479 troops, 759 guns, 724 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797


Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 4

guess for the moment we are safe at Kweiyang...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/07/42

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ASW attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 13
PC Ch 3
PC Ch 2
PC Ch 1
PC Kyo Maru #2
PC Fumi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback, hits 2

two near misses, Finback is sitting below two ASW TFs...

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ASW attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 13
PC Ch 3
PC Ch 2
PC Ch 1
PC Kyo Maru #2
PC Fumi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback, hits 4, on fire

another 3 near misses and 1 real hit, Finback will surely head home... a damaged sub is better than an operational sub, but still I would like to sink those bastards. We need at least two hits to sink a sub, three or even four to be sure about the sinking...

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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71

Japanese Ships
PG Muro Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Eifuku Maru
PG Eiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Truant

Truant is sitting spotted at Kendari with an ASW TF of mine, picking off the first ASW vessel...

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ASW attack at 30,65

Japanese Ships
PG Shoei Maru
PG Shinko Maru #1
PG Seisho Maru
PG Magan Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-36

am happy if my escorts are able to attack first even if they achieve nothing...

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 76
Ki-48 Lily x 34
Ki-49 Helen x 49

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 148
B5N Kate x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 67

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
Ki-21 Sally x 88

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed
F.K.51: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-21 Sally x 28
Ki-49 Helen x 12

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

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

still enemy search aircraft all around the SRA...

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Day Air attack on 7th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 42

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 122

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

we will keep up those ground attacks big style until the enemy stronghold at Kweiyang has fallen...

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 62
G4M1 Betty x 26
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 89

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 4

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

those attacks on PM serve two purpose. Firstly I will keep the base totally destroyed and secondly it is a good training for my bomber pilots...

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TF 4 troops unloading over beach at Koumac, 67,111


Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported

invasion of New Caledonia starts...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11017 troops, 337 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2879

Defending force 86519 troops, 413 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2472



Allied ground losses:
432 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2112 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1176

Defending force 73586 troops, 523 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1979



Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65444 troops, 355 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1612

Defending force 74418 troops, 754 guns, 721 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797


Japanese ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 3

the enemy at Kweiyang must have enough supplies as the bombardment always seems to do damage to my troops...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/08/42

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TF 4 troops unloading over beach at Koumac, 67,111


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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71

Japanese Ships
PG Eifuku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Eiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Truant

[8|] Truant picks off the second ASW vessel of this TF...

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ASW attack at 39,61

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 9
PC Ch 8
PC Ch 7

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier

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Sub attack at 29,69

Japanese Ships
AK Hikosan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS O23

good day for the Allied subs again... [:(]

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 72
Ki-48 Lily x 34
Ki-49 Helen x 50

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 125
B5N Kate x 41

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 72

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
Ki-21 Sally x 89

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

guess this base will soon not have any enemy ac anymore...

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Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 41
Ki-49 Helen x 16

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 23

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

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Day Air attack on 116th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 55th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 96

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 92
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 74

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 31,75


Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 2 [X(]


Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Thames Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

the remaining Dutch torpedoe bombers are now on Timor!

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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71

Japanese Ships
PG Eiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Eifuku Maru, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Truant

[:@] WTH? Truant picks off the third ASW vessel of this TF! [>:] All three PGs have a chance to live on though...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11134 troops, 339 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2892

Defending force 86164 troops, 405 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2468



Allied ground losses:
392 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2112 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1176

Defending force 73567 troops, 517 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1982



Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Koumac

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2490 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 62

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

Japanese max assault: 57 - adjusted assault: 15

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Koumac base !!!

we take the empty base on the North tip of New Caledonia... a full IJA division and a special base force are on ships to be landed tomorrow... I have no idea if the enemy has brought in any reinforcements, I didn´t do any recon to keep my landing a surprise. If there are reinforcements, I don´t expect more than a bgd perhaps...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65879 troops, 365 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1635

Defending force 74291 troops, 749 guns, 720 vehicles, Assault Value = 1793


Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 4

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/09/42

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TF 75 troops unloading over beach at Dili, 31,77


Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Landing at the empty base of Dili to cut off both Koepang and Lautern. When we will land there, the enemy troops there will have to surrender...

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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
Ki-21 Sally x 53

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed
F.K.51: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 116th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 7


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 39th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 49

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 44th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
Ki-30 Ann x 11
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 108

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77


Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 2


Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Thames Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 154514 troops, 1806 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2912

Defending force 85267 troops, 395 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2466

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 6

Japanese max assault: 2929 - adjusted assault: 913

Allied max defense: 2192 - adjusted defense: 484

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 6


Japanese ground losses:
4646 casualties reported
Guns lost 132
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
1309 casualties reported
Guns lost 35

both adjusted av just look awful. With only 484 adjusted av for the Chinese, they still cause the most casualties from all our assaults so far. Two of my divs look pretty much wrecked now... We will still keep up the pressure. I guess one or two attacks more and the enemy defense will collapse...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2112 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1177

Defending force 73528 troops, 519 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1983



Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66141 troops, 378 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1639

Defending force 74182 troops, 745 guns, 717 vehicles, Assault Value = 1790


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/10/42

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 87
Ki-48 Lily x 34
Ki-49 Helen x 49

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet

guess we will have to switch to ground attacks soon as those airfield attacks just do nothing and the enemy will have level 9 forts anyway...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 125
B5N Kate x 43

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 51

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 40
Ki-49 Helen x 23

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 38

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 44th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 81

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 77th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 26

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 94
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 74

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 62
G4M1 Betty x 27
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 88

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 5

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

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10865 troops, 325 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2819

Defending force 83093 troops, 338 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2381



Allied ground losses:
274 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2112 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1173

Defending force 73521 troops, 516 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1981



Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

the biggest problem with the upcoming assault on Wuchow (as soon as Hengchow has fallen) will be the fact that Wuchow is a wooden hex while Changsha and Hengchow both were clear hexes. This will cause at least twice as many casualties on our side and I have the feeling that the defenders of Wuchow also still have enough supplies, at least when I look at all the flak bursts from the two base forces when my bombers go in at lower alt.


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Ground combat at Dili

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 685 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

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

Japanese max assault: 14 - adjusted assault: 9

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dili base !!!



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66358 troops, 389 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1650

Defending force 74226 troops, 742 guns, 717 vehicles, Assault Value = 1791


Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

I fear the enemy reinforcements will arrive earlier than my divisions. Could get narrow if the enemy attacks at the right time and gets a little lucky with the die rolls... a dozen enemy units are marching in, this could double the enemy´s assault value in the worst case...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/11/42

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 125
B5N Kate x 43

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 86

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-21 Sally x 50

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

our bombers at Soerabaja will switch over to the next target, I guess Bali´s airfield isn´t operational anymore...

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Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 23

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

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

same goes for Sinkep. Still an airfield symbol there, but no more ship sightings by Allied aircraft in the area around Singapore...

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Day Air attack on 39th Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 30

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 82nd Chinese Corps, at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 128

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 94
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 74

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11024 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2855

Defending force 82358 troops, 333 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2361



Allied ground losses:
266 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1175

Defending force 73667 troops, 516 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1977



Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66603 troops, 402 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1892

Defending force 74287 troops, 747 guns, 715 vehicles, Assault Value = 1793


Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1