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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 29, 42

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ASW attack near Iriomote at 91,62

Japanese Ships
PB Muroran Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon, hits 1


SS Gudgeon is sighted by escort
PB Muroran Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Gudgeon takes one hit and retires with 13 sys, 18 flt and some engine damage to Pearl...

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,107

Japanese Ships
xAK Arabia Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Arabia Maru
O19 diving deep ....
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a Dutch sub sinks an AK near Truk... wow, the Dutch seem to be on steroids at the moment...

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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 121,48

Japanese Ships
PB Tamo Maru #7
xAK Kaisyo Maru
xAK Kaimei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Thresher



SS Thresher launches 4 torpedoes at PB Tamo Maru #7
Thresher diving deep ....
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another escort is hit by dud torps... will be interesting how the decrease in accuracy of torps coming with the next patch will influence the MK14 hit rate...

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Amphibious Assault at Cagayan

TF 48 troops unloading over beach at Cagayan, 79,89

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Type 95 Light Tank damaged beyond repair during unload of 4th Tank Rgt


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Sub attack near Broome at 61,126

Japanese Ships
xAK Utide Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS KX



SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Utide Maru
KX bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection

and another hit by a Dutch sub... not sure how the chance to survive for the freighter is...

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Sub attack near Aogashima at 114,66

Japanese Ships
xAK Toyohasi Maru
xAK Taketoyo Maru
PB Okuyo Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Toyohasi Maru
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Seadragon scores with duds...

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Sub attack near Flinders Island at 89,178

Japanese Ships
SS I-24, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Reid, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage [:(]
DD Flusser



SS I-24 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Reid
I-24 diving deep ....
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser attacking submerged sub ....
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

one of the ASW TFs that was sent out to hunt I-23 reacts to attack I-24 but the outcome is that DD Reid gets sunk immedietely and in return the sub only takes minor damage... great... looks like I would have been better off to keep my 20 DDs in Sydney´s port instead of sending them out to hunt I-23...

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 11 damaged


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


Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Submarine attack near Vaitupu at 142,144

Japanese Ships
SS I-29

Allied Ships
xAKL Soerabaja, Shell hits 7, heavy fires



xAKL Soerabaja is sighted by SS I-29
SS I-29 attacking on the surface
Izu, Juichi decides to submerge SS I-29 due to damage

I-29 then kills a xAKL with gunfire... no torps fired, the ship sinks after this attack... [:(]

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Sub attack near Truk at 113,100

Japanese Ships
xAK Yoshida Maru #3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Narita Maru

Allied Ships
SS O24



SS O24 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Yoshida Maru #3
O24 diving deep ....
PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Narita Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Narita Maru cannot establish contact with SS O24
PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we take revenge though and sink a freighter near Truk... intense subwar at the moment...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 396 troops, 12 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 2201

Defending force 38228 troops, 577 guns, 671 vehicles, Assault Value = 1025

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


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


Assaulting units:
48th Division
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
1st Burma Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
BFF Brigade
44th Indian Bde /1
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
1st South India Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
107th RAF Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
6th Medium Regiment
223 Group RAF
95th Heavy AA Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
103rd RN Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
103rd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1207 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1302

Defending force 17971 troops, 204 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 371


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


Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Djojakarta Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
Commandement Marine
South Java Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
1st KNIL AA Battalion
MLD
Soerabaja Base Force
ABDA
Malang Base Force


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Ground combat at Larantoeka (67,113)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 23

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Larantoeka !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
I/81st Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Siberoet (42,85)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 11

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Siberoet !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8527 troops, 124 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 371

Defending force 40173 troops, 441 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 1302


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


Assaulting units:
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
ABDA
Soerabaja Base Force
South Java Base Force
Commandement Marine
Djojakarta Base Force
MLD
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
18th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12962 troops, 224 guns, 365 vehicles, Assault Value = 1023

Defending force 64814 troops, 658 guns, 342 vehicles, Assault Value = 2201

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


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


Assaulting units:
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
BFF Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
Rangoon BAF Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
21st Light AA Regiment
108th RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st South India Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Burma Corps
AVG Ground Echelon
100th RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
107th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
101st RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
1st Madras Construction Battalion
102nd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
9th Division
38th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment


pretty useless Allied bombardement it seems... [8|]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 30, 42
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ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru
PB Uruboko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trigger



SS Trigger is sighted by escort
Trigger diving deep ....
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a single escort once again prevents us from attacking the convoy... I´m sure Rainer has a different view on his ASW but for me, his ASW forces are doing quite good in either preventing us from attacking or by damaging our subs... they have really a hard time sinking our subs though...

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ASW attack near Newcastle at 92,167

Japanese Ships
SS I-23, hits 2

Allied Ships
BC Repulse
CA Louisville
CA Portland
DD Jarvis
DD Patterson
DD Helm
DD Maury
DD McCall
DD Gridley
DD Craven



SS I-23 is sighted by escort
DD Maury fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD McCall attacking submerged sub ....
DD Gridley fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Craven fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

a strong surface combat group was returning to Sydney and runs over I-23 that obviously was heading North after succesfully sinking an AK near Sydney... our destroyers attack the sub scoring two near misses... guess we can be lucky not to see a capitol ship being torpedoed...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
CA Maya
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Kuroshio
DD Yukikaze
DD Hayashio
DD Maikaze
DD Murasame
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
xAKL Sigli, Shell hits 12, and is sunk



Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 100% moonlight: 1,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
CA Kumano engages xAKL Sigli at 1,000 yards
xAKL Sigli sunk by BB Kongo at 1,000 yards
xAKL Sigli sunk by BB Kongo at 1,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

the next bombardement already? xAKL that nearly has completed unloading at Akyab is sunk... when will be the time when a sub hits one of his BBs going back and forth here (while passing by at least halve a dozen of my subs)...

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Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Maya


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

[&:]

BB Haruna firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
BB Kongo firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Kumano firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Suzuya firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Mikuma firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CA Mogami firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Maya firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment

bombardment completely missed today...

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Sub attack near Aogashima at 114,66

Japanese Ships
PB Marei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Marei Maru
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds...

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ASW attack near Bassein at 51,51

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
DD Makigumo
DD Yamakaze
DD Murasame
DD Maikaze
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS KIX


SS KIX is sighted by escort
DD Yamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
SS KIX eludes DD Yamakaze by hugging bottom
DD Murasame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murasame loses contact with SS KIX
DD Maikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayashio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Murasame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Maikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Maikaze cannot reach attack position over SS KIX
DD Maikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and another sub meeting the bombardment group but is driven off by the escorts...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

no reason for me to put fighters at Akyab... there should be enough flak to defend the base and air attacks are pretty useless anyway...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged


Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd Carabiniers Regiment, at 54,45 (Akyab)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...

some Sallies come in to bomb a tank unit but more or less don´t do damage... flak hasn´t been as effective as lately when looking at the losses in the end... still lots of damaged bombers... but only one Sally lost...



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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 15
B-17E Fortress x 22


No Allied losses

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



Port hits 10
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

and we continue to do our training runs...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65133 troops, 658 guns, 341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2243

Defending force 38771 troops, 577 guns, 671 vehicles, Assault Value = 1055

Japanese adjusted assault: 709

Allied adjusted defense: 1725

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1415 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 53 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 128 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 71 (11 destroyed, 60 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2963 casualties reported
Squads: 55 destroyed, 62 disabled [8|]
Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 221 disabled [8|]
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 35 (3 destroyed, 32 disabled)


Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
38th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Burma Division
45th Indian Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
BFF Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
Rangoon BAF Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
44th Indian Bde /1
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
6th Medium Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
101st RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
102nd RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
Burma Corps
100th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
106th RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

next Japanese deliberate attack and not much hope to really achieve something, at least not in regards of taking the base... when looking at the losses though our troops keep on getting shredded while the Japanese keep on mostly suffering only disablements... great, really... a coule of btn sized units have been completely whiped out already...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37585 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1317

Defending force 18025 troops, 204 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 372

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1288

Allied adjusted defense: 526

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
637 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 70 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 29 (1 destroyed, 28 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1094 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Commandement Marine
ABDA
MLD
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Soerabaja Base Force
South Java Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force
Malang Base Force

we won´t hold long and the bullet prove Japanese soldiers suffer no KIA... super humans...
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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8314 troops, 124 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 335

Defending force 39691 troops, 441 guns, 382 vehicles, Assault Value = 1280



Assaulting units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Djojakarta Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Soerabaja Base Force
MLD
Commandement Marine
South Java Base Force
ABDA
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
5th Division
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12515 troops, 224 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 961

Defending force 63547 troops, 658 guns, 331 vehicles, Assault Value = 2143

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



Assaulting units:
BFF Brigade
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Burma Division
Rangoon BAF Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
103rd RN Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
6th Medium Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Burma Corps
108th RAF Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
101st RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st South India Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
1st Madras Construction Battalion
104th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
48th Division
9th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

bombardment attacks get worse...

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Ground combat at Cox's Bazar (54,43)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 23144 troops, 222 guns, 360 vehicles, Assault Value = 888

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 [:(][8|]

Allied adjusted assault: 1061

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 1061 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Cox's Bazar !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)



Assaulting units:
75th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
84th Indian Brigade
26th Indian Division

two Japanese units moved out yesterday, the rest today... our shock attack takes an empty base... damn it...

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Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 615 troops, 0 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 53

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 53 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cagayan !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
4th Tank Rgt /1

May 01, AVG 1 was upgraded to the new USAAF fighter type P-38E Lightning...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 01, 42
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 51,55

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
DD Kuroshio
DD Yamakaze
DD Murasame
DD Maikaze
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS Truant, hits 1



SS Truant is sighted by escort
Truant bottoming out ....
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Murasame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Maikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hayashio attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

a near miss rattles the British sub in shallow water...

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Sub attack near Cape Gloucester at 102,123

Japanese Ships
xAK Shofuku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PB Sonan Maru #5
xAKL Higari Maru
xAKL Ujigawa Maru
PB Shonon Maru #15
PB Shuko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS S-47



SS S-47 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Shofuku Maru
S-47 diving deep ....
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #15 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shonon Maru #15 is out of ASW ammo
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

MK10 hit doesn´t mean a freigther is sunk but the hopes are high... next "bigger" port in the area would be Rabaul...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 19 damaged



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed




Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

when we meet only a handful of Zeroes then usually the 4E bombers win in terms of losses A2A... As soon as the number goes up to a dozen fighters on Cap, the fighters win...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

pure training raid as all of the time... but it isn´t even really good training as only a couple of crews increase their exp in such a raid...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37031 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1289

Defending force 17144 troops, 204 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 342

Japanese adjusted assault: 325

Allied adjusted defense: 826

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
715 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1904 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 77 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
MLD
Djojakarta Base Force
Commandement Marine
ABDA
Soerabaja Base Force
South Java Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Malang Base Force

no hope for the Dutch and no permanent losses to the attacker... [8|] the effect on the attackers just stays pathetic... the Japanese can roll over the map without suffering any dead and the disabled are recovered easily in no time...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 364 troops, 12 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 2152

Defending force 36446 troops, 576 guns, 668 vehicles, Assault Value = 975

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
38th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
45th Indian Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
BFF Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
7th Armoured Brigade
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
104th RAF Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
6th Medium Regiment
102nd RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
103rd RN Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
101st RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
Burma Corps
223 Group RAF
21st Light AA Regiment
1st South India Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7745 troops, 124 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 275

Defending force 39098 troops, 441 guns, 382 vehicles, Assault Value = 1237

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



Assaulting units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Tjilitap Base Force
MLD
Djojakarta Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
Commandement Marine
ABDA
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1350 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 975

Defending force 63660 troops, 658 guns, 329 vehicles, Assault Value = 2152

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
1st Burma Division
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
BFF Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
103rd RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
101st RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
1st South India Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
102nd RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
RAF 223 Group Wing
95th Heavy AA Regiment
107th RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
4th NW Frontier Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
48th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Division
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment


our halve dozen artillery units at Akyab nuke the Japanese...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 02, 42
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Submarine attack near Koggala at 30,55

Japanese Ships
SS I-158

Allied Ships
xAK Fingal, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage



xAK Fingal is sighted by SS I-158
SS I-158 attacking on the surface

The IJN subs definetely have been getting annoying lately... they scored more often in the last week than the last month... still, losses to IJN subs are staying far below concerning number and it´s no tragedy for the Allied to lose a couple of lonely AKs to subs... but it again shows me that single freighters going around unescorted are dead meat...

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ASW attack near Ominato at 117,51

Japanese Ships
xAK Norway Maru
PB Tokihime Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum is sighted by escort
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Truk at 110,112

Japanese Ships
DD Urakaze
CA Takao
DD Kasumi
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXIV



SS KXIV launches 4 torpedoes at DD Urakaze
KXIV diving deep ....
DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the Dutch sub missed... big TF moving out of Truk... what´s going on?

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Submarine attack near Karachi at 37,6[X(]

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
xAK Clan Lamont



xAK Clan Lamont is sighted by SS I-166
SS I-166 launches 4 torpedoes

now that was luck, the IJN sub missed... this bugger was waiting in the hex where shipping from Aden enters the map when going to Karachi... and those convoys always enter at the same hex... will have to use waypoints for the convoys right where they enter the map... losing this AK would have been really bad as it was carrying a squadron of Hurricanes...

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Submarine attack near Koggala at 28,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 3

Allied Ships
xAKL Washingtonian, Shell hits 8, heavy fires



xAKL Washingtonian is sighted by SS I-158
SS I-158 attacking on the surface
SS I-158 low on gun ammo, Nagaishi K. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

the damned I-158 kills another freighter today... no torp fired but the IJN subs are so much more potent in gunfighting than the US subs with their popguns that the small freighter went down right after the combat...

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Amphibious Assault at Batoe-eilanden

TF 26 troops unloading over beach at Batoe-eilanden, 43,82

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled





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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
xAKL Taganoura Maru
PB Choun Maru #8

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Taganoura Maru
Seadragon diving deep ....
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

our fleet subs keep on firing duds but they are hitting like wild... will be interesting how much was changed with the upcoming patch...

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Amphibious Assault at Enggano

TF 342 troops unloading over beach at Enggano, 44,94

Japanese ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)



17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

looks like the IJN amphib bonus has run out... that is good news...



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Amphibious Assault at Sawoe-eilanden

TF 350 troops unloading over beach at Sawoe-eilanden, 65,115

Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

same here, not normal for those mini units to suffer that many disablements when the amphib bonus would still be active... so any more IJN amphib operations have to be really planned now and no more unloading of halve a dozen divs in a port 1 in one day...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 333 troops, 12 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 2174

Defending force 36950 troops, 596 guns, 667 vehicles, Assault Value = 1009

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
Imperial Guards Division
38th Division
9th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
44th Indian Bde /1
45th Indian Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Rangoon BAF Battalion
BFF Brigade
26th Indian Bde /1
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
108th RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Burma Corps
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
101st RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
107th RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
1st South India Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
100th RAF Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

at least the Japanese art unit has stopped nuking our troops here...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1142 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1238

Defending force 15948 troops, 204 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 287


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


Assaulting units:
5th Division
18th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
MLD
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Soerabaja Base Force
Commandement Marine
Djojakarta Base Force
ABDA
Tjilitap Base Force
South Java Base Force
Malang Base Force


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1350 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1008

Defending force 63934 troops, 657 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 2174

Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
44th Indian Bde /1
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
Rangoon BAF Battalion
BFF Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Burma Division
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
26th Indian Bde /1
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
6th Medium Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
103rd RAF Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
21st Light AA Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
100th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
Burma Corps
102nd RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
108th RAF Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Division
48th Division
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment


wonder if Rainer will give up here or if he will try to take the base... will be a hard task with the troops already sieging Akyab and I´m not sure how much more he can bring in (well, there are 2000 av fighting in Java and that fighting will soon be over). We can move in more troops too so time is on our side I guess...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 03, 42
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Submarine attack near San Francisco at 215,70

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
xAKL Mauna Ala, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage



xAKL Mauna Ala is sighted by SS I-17
SS I-17 attacking on the surface
SS I-17 low on gun ammo, Akashiba O. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

god damn! Another sub (two have been spotted) is lurking just outside of San Francisco and a lonely going xAKL was sunk by gunfire... again, no torp fired and the 12 cm deck gun did a god job... got two ASW TFs operating in this area but without any success...

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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63

Japanese Ships
xAK Ume Maru
xAK Nittei Maru
xAK Nansin Maru
xAK Enju Maru
PB Eiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ume Maru
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

in return we scratch the paint of a freighter being hit by duds...

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ASW attack near Moppo at 99,53

Japanese Ships
xAK Tamon Maru
xAK Akiura Maru
E Hishu

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon, hits 1



SS Seadragon is sighted by escort
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu attacking submerged sub ....
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and are driven off by single escorts... a near miss...

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Morning Air attack on 27th JAAF AF Bn , at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 36,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x H81-A3 sweeping at 32400 feet

no sweep, escorts failing to meet the bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged


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


Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 17 damaged


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


Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 29
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
Hudson I x 21
P-38E Lightning x 10


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Hudson I: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 27th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 35th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 35th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 27th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 35th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 35th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...

even if it´s clear sky, our bombers can´t do anything... air to ground attacks are 100% useless in this patch version... going from nuklear to no effect and perhaps back again... it´s hard to find a reasonable setting unfortunately... P-38 equipped AVG1 joined this attack as escorts by accident, the enemy is now aware of our new fighters being in the area... as I already thought, Cox´s Bazar had a flak unit, therefore flak fire is quite strong... the Blenheims are hit hard... Two of my Indian divs are on the move into this hex to kick the Japanese out... with air to ground attacks complete waste of time and efforts I´m not sure we will have much of a chance with two of our divisions vs. the one superhuman Ind.Mixed Bgd and two support units... we´ll see...

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Ground combat at Liuchow (74,55)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3516 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 122

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 122 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Liuchow !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
102nd Infantry Regiment

Liuchow was evacuated when the Japs moved in... my Chinese troops are starving, still suffering from the first weeks of the war when all damaged industry was set to repair and we´ve spent ten thousands of supplies for repairs... again, be aware of the default settings when you start a campaign, they don´t make sense and if you notice too late, you are screwed and can lose a whole theatre as a result... I hope I noticed early enough, even if it looks very grim at the moment...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1152 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1262

Defending force 16075 troops, 204 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 299


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


Assaulting units:
18th Division
5th Division
8th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
Commandement Marine
1st KNIL AA Battalion
ABDA
Soerabaja Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
MLD
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Malang Base Force


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Ground combat at Batoe-eilanden (43,82)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 412 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 14

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Batoe-eilanden !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1360 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1036

Defending force 64137 troops, 657 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 2190

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


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


Assaulting units:
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
45th Indian Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
BFF Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
26th Indian Bde /1
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
RAF 221 Group Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
Burma Corps
95th Heavy AA Regiment
101st RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
106th RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
223 Group RAF
102nd RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
48th Division
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
9th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

seems like my bombardments are getting more and more contraproductive...[:(] hard to imagine as the Allied but I wish I had some of those heavy IJA artillery units... [8|]

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Ground combat at Enggano (44,94)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 359 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Enggano !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy /1


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Ground combat at Sawoe-eilanden (65,115)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 283 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sawoe-eilanden !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy /2

Do you believe your opponents have his surface TFs set to react? If so there is still a sneaky use for your PTs [:D]
I made 6 PTs in Soerebaja, had them remain, Soerebaja as homeport, no reaction, maximum threat acceptance.
The result - 2 CAs, 1 CL and 1 DD lost to the minefield at Soerebaja.

I also notice that you only count 16 hurricane replacements per month, is not that for the IIb only? I use both models and they do well against anything my opponents send against me.

ORIGINAL: terje439

Do you believe your opponents have his surface TFs set to react? If so there is still a sneaky use for your PTs [:D]
I made 6 PTs in Soerebaja, had them remain, Soerebaja as homeport, no reaction, maximum threat acceptance.
The result - 2 CAs, 1 CL and 1 DD lost to the minefield at Soerebaja.

I also notice that you only count 16 hurricane replacements per month, is not that for the IIb only? I use both models and they do well against anything my opponents send against me.

at the moment I´m using all four available models of the Hurricane, the I, IIa, IIb and IIc (four of them on the whole map). The only one that is produced at the moment is the IIb though, the I and IIa aren´t produced anymore and the IIa not yet.

No place where I could create PTs to make use of them and other than lurking the enemy into minefields I can´t see much use of them anyway so if not really a must I won´t create anymore PTs.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 04, 42
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ASW attack near Sapporo at 120,49

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-14
SC CHa-30
SC CHa-18

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel



SS Pickerel is located by SC CHa-14
SC CHa-30 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

been quite some time since we´ve sunk a freighter up North...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
xAKL Santa Ana, Shell hits 23, and is sunk



Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 82% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 2,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 2,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 2,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 4,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
xAKL Santa Ana sunk by DD Suzukaze at 2,000 yards
xAKL Santa Ana sunk by DD Suzukaze at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

so far I´ve never spotted any of those raiders coming in... my nav search just sucks... even worse, every enemy TF that is moving to Akyab has to pass over more than halve a dozen of my subs (all with working torps) but my subs are just as useless as more or less everything else...

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Amphibious Assault at Cocos Islands

TF 233 troops unloading over beach at Cocos Islands, 33,101

Japanese ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of III./4th Infantry Bn /1
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of III./4th Infantry Bn /1

my emergency refuel base for subs in the Indian Ocean is gone...

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ASW attack near Saishu To at 98,55

Japanese Ships
xAK Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon is sighted by escort
Sturgeon bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection


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Sub attack near Moppo at 99,54

Japanese Ships
xAK Kizan Maru
xAK Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kizan Maru
Sturgeon bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection

second try, this time duds...

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Sub attack near Sapporo at 120,49

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-25

Allied Ships
SS Thresher



SS Thresher launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-25
Thresher diving deep ....
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 30,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8



Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
11 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 28300 feet *

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Raid is overhead

I have moved my carriers unspotted to a position 6 hexes SW of Buna to launch a sweep against this base to clear the way for my heavy bombers... the carriers position themselve and of course launch a series of uncoordinated sweeps... just stupid uncoordination again... same target, same aircraft, same alt... I was amazed not to see a bigger Cap (it´s not even really bigger than the leaking Cap to PM) and our Wildcats have quite some problem taking down the Nicks and mostly damage them...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 32,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
12 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 28300 feet *

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

next sweep encounters some Zeroes that were leaking in from Lae...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged


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


Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 22


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Raid is overhead

the Lightnings only meet one leaking Oscar over this base, the Jap was damaged but not lost and the fight was over... would love to see halve a dozen leaking fighters...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 28,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
9 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 28300 feet *

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes

and our third squadron coming in on it´s sweep... I´ve put three Marine squadrons onto the US carriers as my carrier based squadrons seem not to resize to fit the ship size and my carriers are going around with a 70 ac complement while they could carry 90... another Zero was shot down...

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 30,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6



Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
9 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 28300 feet *
9 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 28300 feet *

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

this is no sweep, this is an escort attempt of my carriers to escort the 4Es coming from Australia... the fighters missed them though and do another sweep over the base now encountering some Nicks again... even though those Nicks are sitting ducks, they are hard to down and it seems they´ve got a rear MG that has damaged quite a lot of my Wildcats... in the end 5 of my F4F-4 crash... [:(] a pathetic outcome...

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 15
B-17E Fortress x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled



Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 91

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

then the 4Es are going in, devastating the base (level 2 airfield)... recon was about 40+ ac at the base and lots have been damaged, only some were actually destroyed on the ground... Would I have known that the Cap over this base was so small I would have sent in the 4Es alone instead of sending my carriers in... unfortunately recon doesn´t give you any intel on Cap over the target anymore... [:(]

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

not that I would have thought to launch anything near a combined strike, not from the carriers, not from my OZ bases...

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

and the last one... in the end, 17 enemy ac were destroyed in the Buna attacks today and the base is wrecked too but the loss of 5 Wildcats, 1 heavy bomber and the fuel spent for our carrier TF wasn´t worth it IMO... it was a kind of anti boredome operation and that´s something you should never do anyway... at this date, I should keep my assets together and further building up instead of doing such operations that lead nowhere...



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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36223 troops, 438 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1286

Defending force 16102 troops, 204 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 304

Japanese adjusted assault: 1007

Allied adjusted defense: 1132

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
777 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (0 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1564 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 128 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
5th Division
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
25th Army
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
ABDA
South Java Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
MLD
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
Malang Base Force

amazingly, Malang still holds...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1378 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1057

Defending force 65661 troops, 691 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 2236

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
Rangoon BAF Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
44th Indian Brigade
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
BFF Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
26th Indian Bde /1
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
107th RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
102nd RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
100th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Burma Corps
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
RAF 221 Group Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
1st Madras Construction Battalion
223 Group RAF
104th RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
38th Division
9th Tank Regiment
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
35th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
27th JAAF AF Bn

will have to stop those artillery bombardments as halve a dozen Allied art units don´t have any effect other than using up precious supply...

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Ground combat at Cocos Islands (33,101)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 975 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 10

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cocos Islands !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
III./4th Infantry Bn /4

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 05, 42
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ASW attack near Moppo at 99,53

Japanese Ships
CM Sarushima
xAK Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at CM Sarushima
Sub escapes detection

the usual duds... another 8 months to go until the duds will drop for the first time... [:(]

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Sub attack near Diamond Harbour at 51,38

Japanese Ships
SS I-156, hits 1

Allied Ships
HDML 1104, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
HDML 1101
HDML 1103
HDML 1102



SS I-156 launches 8 torpedoes at HDML 1104
I-156 diving deep ....
HDML 1103 fails to find sub and abandons search
HDML 1102 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1102 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1102 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1102 attacking submerged sub ....
HDML 1102 is out of ASW ammo
HDML 1102 is out of ASW ammo
HDML 1102 is out of ASW ammo
HDML 1102 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1102 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Thought those HDML would be good for ASW until I realized they only have one shot for each of their DC racks... one of them was obliberated by the torp...

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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 99,136

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63, hits 1

Allied Ships
CV Hornet, Torpedo hits 1 [:@][:@][:@]
BC Repulse
CA Astoria
CA Houston
DD Patterson
DD Henley
DD Maury
DD McCall
DD Gridley
DD Craven



SS RO-63 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Hornet
DD Maury fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD McCall fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Gridley fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Craven fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Maury fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maury attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

it really starts to get me thinking if all is just about die rolls and why the enemy subs are so much more potent than mine... this TF has 10 destroyers and the CV TF is followed by another TWO!!! ASW TFs made up of four destroyers each... so in total we´re talking about 15 ships escorted by 18 destroyers... yet the sub again attacks and again a carrier is hit... every IJN sub attack against one of my capitol ships was a 100% success... on the other hand, the enemy BBs run over at least halve a dozen of my subs all the time when they are going to attack Akyab and they aren´t even shot at... could the Japanese run out of luck at some point please? Or at least have it more equally devided between us? Hornet suffers no follow on damage and is now at 18 sys and 18 flt (9 major)... with Yorktown using Sydneys shipyard for the next two months though I won´t be able to repair Hornet´s major flt damage there...

it just sucks... 18 escorts... a sub that more or less stumbles into our CV TF [8|] twice we had two dozen of our subs out to attack KB, both times without any success, we weren´t even near a success...

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ASW attack near Mussau Island at 104,120

Japanese Ships
TB Sagi
DD Ariake

Allied Ships
SS KXVII



SS KXVII is sighted by escort
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Sapporo at 119,50

Japanese Ships
DD Wakatake
DD Kuretake

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise



SS Porpoise launches 2 torpedoes at DD Wakatake
Porpoise diving deep ....
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we either fire torps, don´t fire at all or are driven off... but hey, in 44 this will have changed... I can´t see any improvement in our attacks since we´ve upgraded the subs with radar sets... these were duds of course...

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Sub attack near Diamond Harbour at 51,38

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
HDML 1103, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
HDML 1100
HDML 1101



SS I-156 launches 8 torpedoes at HDML 1103
I-156 diving deep ....
HDML 1101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

one of the subs with a wrong torp tube entry in the db kills it´s second HDML today... hey, the sub has run out of torps now... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 17
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Hudson I x 12
P-38E Lightning x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

clear sky, we don´t even cause a single casualty... what a joke...

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Morning Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 11
Hudson I x 8
P-400 Airacobra x 12
P-40B Warhawk x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

next attack, 5 casualties...

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Afternoon Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

and the Lightnings set on escort by accident missing the bombers...

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Afternoon Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 33,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x H81-A3 sweeping at 32400 feet

same as the other AVG fighters...

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Afternoon Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 13
Blenheim IV x 28
Hurricane IIb Trop x 15
Wellington Ic x 16
P-400 Airacobra x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
13 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

more attacks, the bgd takes a nuke...

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Afternoon Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 14


No Allied losses

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



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

some 100 highly skilled bombers caused not even 50 casualties in a daylight attack and clear sky... my ground attacks have no effect...

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Amphibious Assault at Babar

TF 309 troops unloading over beach at Babar, 76,117

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled





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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1144 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1248

Defending force 14998 troops, 203 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 250


Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Soerabaja Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
ABDA
Djojakarta Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
MLD
Commandement Marine
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
South Java Base Force
Malang Base Force


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Ground combat at 43,71

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3366 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 2155 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88

Japanese adjusted assault: 105

Allied adjusted defense: 19

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Korps Marechausee Battalion
Sabang Garrison Battalion
2nd Garrison Battalion
Sabang Base Force
Langsa Base Force


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1366 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078

Defending force 66012 troops, 691 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 2257

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


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Railway BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Rangoon BAF Battalion
1st Burma Division
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
45th Indian Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
BFF Brigade
26th Indian Bde /1
RAF 223 Group Wing
95th Heavy AA Regiment
1st South India Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
4th NW Frontier Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
108th RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
102nd RAF Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
Burma Corps
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
101st RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Division
38th Division
9th Tank Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
27th JAAF AF Bn


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Ground combat at 55,44

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 9145 troops, 109 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 627

Defending force 3854 troops, 42 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Allied adjusted assault: 137 [8|]

Japanese adjusted defense: 89

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 [8|]

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
324 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
181 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
26th Indian Division

Defending units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade


my two divisions weren´t able to kick out the bgd, not even after 100 bombers attacked the enemy unit... our base av looks ok, the attacking troops don´t, not sure if really both units were attacking, it doesn´t look like... well, another chance to hurt an enemy unit passed because next turn the bgd entered Akyab... hey, great!

"so far I´ve never spotted any of those raiders coming in... my nav search just sucks... even worse, every enemy TF that is moving to Akyab has to pass over more than halve a dozen of my subs (all with working torps) but my subs are just as useless as more or less everything else... "
 
Man that's nothing.  My other PBEM, I setup a line of subs from Peleliu to Sorebaja(sp)... probably 20 of them.  The Mini-Kb travelled this route three times, and never once did I sniff an attack, my less actually fire a torp, at this juicy target.

ORIGINAL: AcePylut

"so far I´ve never spotted any of those raiders coming in... my nav search just sucks... even worse, every enemy TF that is moving to Akyab has to pass over more than halve a dozen of my subs (all with working torps) but my subs are just as useless as more or less everything else... "
 
Man that's nothing.  My other PBEM, I setup a line of subs from Peleliu to Sorebaja(sp)... probably 20 of them.  The Mini-Kb travelled this route three times, and never once did I sniff an attack, my less actually fire a torp, at this juicy target.

unfortunetely most of the times the IJN subs got a (succesful) shot at my capitol ships everytime they just stumbled over them. [&:] oh the dice...

ORIGINAL: AcePylut

"so far I´ve never spotted any of those raiders coming in... my nav search just sucks... even worse, every enemy TF that is moving to Akyab has to pass over more than halve a dozen of my subs (all with working torps) but my subs are just as useless as more or less everything else... "
 
Man that's nothing.  My other PBEM, I setup a line of subs from Peleliu to Sorebaja(sp)... probably 20 of them.  The Mini-Kb travelled this route three times, and never once did I sniff an attack, my less actually fire a torp, at this juicy target.

I'm seing the same in my games.
Have any of you managed to put the upgraded subs out (the ones with radars installed) and seen if that increases the chance of attack? I was shocked to see KB run over close to 40 allied subs (all types) and not be shot at once!
And I also see the fact that escorts does not seem to help. It almost seems like the capitol ships take up position outside in a convoy with the DDs running in the middle...[:(]
Those HDMLs I've found no use for, best I managed was to "sweep" four mines with four HDMLs [:D]

Terje

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: AcePylut

"so far I´ve never spotted any of those raiders coming in... my nav search just sucks... even worse, every enemy TF that is moving to Akyab has to pass over more than halve a dozen of my subs (all with working torps) but my subs are just as useless as more or less everything else... "
 
Man that's nothing.  My other PBEM, I setup a line of subs from Peleliu to Sorebaja(sp)... probably 20 of them.  The Mini-Kb travelled this route three times, and never once did I sniff an attack, my less actually fire a torp, at this juicy target.

I'm seing the same in my games.
Have any of you managed to put the upgraded subs out (the ones with radars installed) and seen if that increases the chance of attack? I was shocked to see KB run over close to 40 allied subs (all types) and not be shot at once!
And I also see the fact that escorts does not seem to help. It almost seems like the capitol ships take up position outside in a convoy with the DDs running in the middle...[:(]
Those HDMLs I've found no use for, best I managed was to "sweep" four mines with four HDMLs [:D]

Terje

Most of my subs have radar now (the US ones) and many of them are operating against the enemy already. Haven´t seen an increase in attacks so far but that´s hard to measure and only a subjective observation. The HDMLs are best kept in port and that´s their purpose anyway as those are used by the AI to create "harbour defenses". Never seen one of those harbour defenses actually do something so I´m not sure this is WAD and so those vessels are nothing but free victory points for my opponent.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 06, 42
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Submarine attack near Perth at 47,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
xAK Hunan



xAK Hunan is sighted by SS I-162
SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Hunan

this bugger missed... I´ve got enemy subs near all my major ports now...

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Amphibious Assault at Kiriwina Island

TF 129 troops unloading over beach at Kiriwina Island, 102,131

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)





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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,46

Japanese Ships
xAK Sinkoku Maru
PB Saishu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise



SS Porpoise launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Sinkoku Maru
Porpoise bottoming out ....
PB Saishu Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we fire some duds...

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,107

Japanese Ships
xAK Toko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Marei Maru

Allied Ships
SS O24

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



SS O24 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Toko Maru
O24 diving deep ....
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

but a Dutch sub scores today... very close to Truk so not sure this is a kill...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged


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


Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 15
B-17E Fortress x 26


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

the heavy bombers get better and better now...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead


if they could also fly together they would be quite a devastating weapon...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead


still a long way to go to see combined strikes... if possible at all...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36666 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1274

Defending force 15059 troops, 203 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 256

Japanese adjusted assault: 618

Allied adjusted defense: 412

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
925 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
785 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 77 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Djojakarta Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
MLD
1st KNIL AA Battalion
South Java Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
ABDA
Malang Base Force

the Dutch hold again and kill a couple of drunk Japanese...

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Ground combat at 43,71

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3311 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122

Defending force 1975 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 71

Japanese adjusted assault: 11

Allied adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Korps Marechausee Battalion
Sabang Garrison Battalion
2nd Garrison Battalion
Sabang Base Force
Langsa Base Force


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Ground combat at 75,137

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Defending force 798 troops, 8 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Japanese adjusted assault: 33

Allied adjusted defense: 10

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-)
Attacker:

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


Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment

Defending units:
1st RAN Base Force
4th RAAF Base Force


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1353 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1102

Defending force 69818 troops, 733 guns, 335 vehicles, Assault Value = 2387

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
7th Armoured Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
1st Burma Division
Rangoon BAF Battalion
BFF Brigade
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
44th Indian Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
26th Indian Bde /1
100th RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
101st RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
107th RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
RAF 221 Group Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st Madras Construction Battalion
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
Imperial Guards Division
9th Division
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Guards Division
35th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
27th JAAF AF Bn


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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 330 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 11

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Babar !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
I/81st Nav Gd /1

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 07, 42
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58

Japanese Ships
xAK Taizin Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Kosin Maru
xAK Yuzan Maru
xAK Kosei Maru
xAK Siraha Maru
xAK Ohio Maru
E Tomozuru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Taizin Maru
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru attacking submerged sub ....
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru attacking submerged sub ....
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a resource freighter shuttling between Port Arthur and Japan is hit...

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ASW attack near Bassein at 51,51

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CL Tama
CL Yura
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Sendai
DD Samidare
DD Hagikaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXIII



SS KXIII is sighted by escort
DD Umikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Akyab is in danger again... my subs are driven off all the time or fire at DDs at best... we´ve got plenty of chances to hit an enemy capitol ship but nothing happened so far...

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ASW attack near Ramree Island at 53,48

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CL Tama
CL Yura
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Sendai
DD Samidare
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII



SS KXVIII is sighted by escort
DD Umikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Umikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and the next sub is screened from the same TF...

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58

Japanese Ships
xAK Taizin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



xAK Taizin Maru is sighted by SS Seadragon
SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes

then some more duds...

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Pre-Invasion action off Akyab - Coastal Guns Fire Back! [X(][X(]
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

82 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
CL Tama
CL Yura, Shell hits 1
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Sendai
DD Umikaze
DD Samidare, Shell hits 1
DD Arashi, Shell hits 3, on fire


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


CA Ashigara firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CA Nachi firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CA Haguro firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Myoko firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Tama firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Yura firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Natori firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Isuzu firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CL Sendai firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
DD Umikaze firing at 103rd RN Base Force
DD Samidare firing at 103rd RN Base Force
DD Arashi firing at 103rd RN Base Force
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Arashi at 10,000 yards
CA Ashigara fires to suppress enemy guns at 10,000 yards
DD Umikaze firing at enemy troops
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Umikaze at 3,000 yards
DD Samidare firing at enemy troops
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Samidare at 3,000 yards

what´s that? A fast transport TF? Guess so... two enemy DDs are hit by 6 inch gunfire... only our naval base force is firing and our CD unit stays quiet all the time...

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Amphibious Assault at Akyab

TF 334 troops unloading over beach at Akyab, 54,45

troops unloading over beach? To me this looks like a resupply mission for the Japanese... no troops seem to come ashore... would be good news if the Japanese have supply issues...[:D]

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Invasion Support action off Akyab - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

66 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko, Shell hits 1
CL Tama
CL Yura, Shell hits 1
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Sendai
DD Kawakaze
DD Arashi, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage



CA Ashigara firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Nachi firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Haguro firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Myoko firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Tama firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CL Yura firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Natori firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CL Isuzu firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Sendai firing at 103rd RN Base Force
DD Kawakaze firing at 103rd RN Base Force
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Arashi at 10,000 yards
CA Ashigara fires to suppress enemy troops at 10,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Arashi at 10,000 yards
CA Ashigara fires to suppress enemy guns at 10,000 yards
DD Kawakaze firing at enemy troops
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Kawakaze at 3,000 yards

one more 6 inch shell put into the destroyer and the ship is in trouble now...

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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
PB Tokihime Maru
xAK Hohuku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise



SS Porpoise launches 2 torpedoes at PB Tokihime Maru
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 32,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 11


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 32400 feet

escorts missing the bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Extreme overcast

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 27


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

no leaking Oscar Cap here...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

looks like Rainer only wants to keep my troops here in place to use the base as a training target... no more ground attacks so far...

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 14 damaged


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


Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
Swordfish I x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
CA Ashigara
CL Isuzu



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

our most dangerous anti shipping weapon in India but all torps missed...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 13
Beaufort I x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CL Isuzu



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

then the only 8 Beaufort I on the map attack and one is shot down immedietely... pretty strong IJN flak... won´t get replacements for the Beafort I until late 42... [:(] and to top our performance, not one more of the 150 bombers in India dared to attack today... hurrey, excellent performance once again...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

if the IJA armored unit won´t be back at Tennant Creek soon it will be bombed to dust... [:D] unless in India where the enemy is sitting in jungle hexes we can harm the enemy if the units are in open terrain... couple of such attacks and this small unit would be history...

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Amphibious Assault at Buka

TF 209 troops unloading over beach at Buka, 109,128

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled





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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36141 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1242

Defending force 13924 troops, 202 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 213

Japanese adjusted assault: 486

Allied adjusted defense: 658

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
433 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1663 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 103 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
5th Division
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
MLD
Tjilitap Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
ABDA
Malang Base Force

just hurts to see us not doing any real damage to the attacker... delaying is all you can hope for but not KIA within your enemy...

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Ground combat at 43,71

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3302 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Defending force 1720 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Japanese adjusted assault: 89

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
951 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 2


Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Korps Marechausee Battalion
Sabang Garrison Battalion
2nd Garrison Battalion
Sabang Base Force
Langsa Base Force

two units surrendered here... won´t take much longer and all Dutch troops on Sumatra and Java will be wiped out...

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Ground combat at Kiriwina Island (102,131)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 369 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 5

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kiriwina Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
III/84th Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 20094 troops, 283 guns, 160 vehicles, Assault Value = 1139

Defending force 69970 troops, 733 guns, 335 vehicles, Assault Value = 2399

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


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


Assaulting units:
45th Indian Brigade
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
Rangoon BAF Battalion
1st Burma Division
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
BFF Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
26th Indian Bde /1
104th RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
1st South India Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
103rd RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
107th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Division
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
5th Guards Division
35th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
27th JAAF AF Bn

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 42
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
xAKL Tihuku Maru
PB Choun Maru #8

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Tihuku Maru
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

you won´t be surprised... duds...

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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 77,94

Japanese Ships
xAP Kamakura Maru
xAK Ryotaku Maru
PB Tatsumi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pollack



SS Pollack launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Kamakura Maru
Pollack diving deep ....
PB Tatsumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds...

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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,55

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
DD Ikazuchi
DD Ayanami
DD Shikinami

Allied Ships
SS KXIII, hits 1



SS KXIII is sighted by escort
KXIII bottoming out ....
DD Ayanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ayanami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shikinami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

looks like Rainer tries to hunt down my subs between Akyab and Rangoon now... guess that´s an ASW TF... a near miss is all he gets...

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ASW attack near Brisbane at 97,162

Japanese Ships
SS I-171, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Meredith
DD Fanning
DD Dunlap



SS I-171 is located by DD Meredith
DD Fanning attacking submerged sub ....
DD Fanning loses contact with SS I-171
DD Dunlap fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

one of our ASW TFs on the axis Brisbane - Sydney engages an enemy sub but scores just a near miss...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged



Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

still Zeroes in the air over Buna, must be leaking in from Lae... I´m thinking about deploying my 4Es to bomb Lae, but I´m not sure about the resistance we could meet there...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

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



Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

and with not combining strikes this could lead to not affordable losses...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 20


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

as soon as there are lots of disablements there will also be more destroyed squads/vehicles...

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Ground combat at 43,71

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3277 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Defending force 1266 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Japanese adjusted assault: 90

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 90 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
2646 casualties reported
Squads: 114 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 115 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3


Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Korps Marechausee Battalion
2nd Garrison Battalion
Sabang Base Force

all three remaining units surrendered... same here, we could not kill Japanese troops in expectable numbers during the fights on Sumatra... it´s been another cakewalk for the Japanese...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1343 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1142

Defending force 70196 troops, 733 guns, 334 vehicles, Assault Value = 2411

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
BFF Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Rangoon BAF Battalion
44th Indian Brigade
1st Burma Division
Railway BAF Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
26th Indian Bde /1
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
RAF 221 Group Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
95th Heavy AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
108th RAF Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
21st Light AA Regiment
1st South India Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
100th RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
9th Division
38th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Guards Division
35th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
27th JAAF AF Bn

and the bombardment of our halve dozen art units hurts us just like it hurts the enemy... pathetic...

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Ground combat at Buka (109,128)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 316 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 3

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Buka !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
III/66th Nav Gd /1

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 09, 42
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Submarine attack near Rangoon at 51,55

Japanese Ships
DD Arashi, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Truant



DD Arashi is sighted by SS Truant
SS Truant launches 6 torpedoes

after being hit by 6 inch shells from our CD guns at Akyab, Arashi was finished by SS Truant today... at least some success against the IJN around Rangoon...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged


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


Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 12 damaged


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


Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (0 destroyed, 11 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Tennant Creek is a level 1 airfield and I´m not sure if there´s aviation support so Rainer won´t be able to do much against my strikes from Alice Springs... when 2nd Recon Rgt enters Tennant Creek we´ll keep bombing the units there as I want to force Rainer to retreat... doubt he has substantial force there anyway...

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes

our sweeps seem to work perfectly, the only thing that is missing is more leaking Cap... [:D]

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Ground combat at Oroquieta (78,88)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 690 troops, 0 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 57

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 57 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Oroquieta !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36259 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1260

Defending force 12940 troops, 199 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 151

Japanese adjusted assault: 514

Allied adjusted defense: 616

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
503 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1555 casualties reported
Squads: 63 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 75 destroyed, 94 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Assaulting units:
5th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
Commandement Marine
ABDA
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
MLD
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Malang Base Force


not one Japanese KIA... not even one... IJA superhumans...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 10, 42
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 52,55

Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS O21



SS O21 is sighted by escort
O21 bottoming out ....
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

looks like a single DD going to raid Akyab to prevent me from bringing supplies there... no or not even nearly enough supplies are coming in via the trail...

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Sub attack near Brisbane at 97,162

Japanese Ships
SS I-19, hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Canberra, Torpedo hits 1 [&o][&o][&o][&o] [8|]
CA Australia
DD La Triomphant
DD Flusser



SS I-19 launches 6 torpedoes at CA Canberra
I-19 diving deep ....
DD La Triomphant attacking submerged sub ....
DD Flusser fails to find sub and abandons search
DD La Triomphant fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD La Triomphant fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD La Triomphant fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD La Triomphant fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD La Triomphant attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

it just stays the same... single IJN escorts most times work better than the oh so cherished Allied escorts... 6 DDs covering two Australian cruisers but again the enemy sub has no problem to put a torp into one of my ships... same as the ground troops, IJN subs are manned by superhumans too... I can´t compete the enemy with the crap I´m given... just another example of our TF stumbling over a sub that results in one of my capitol ships being torpedoed... happens 3 out of 4 times, no matter how many DDs I put into the TFs... but hey, the sub takes a near miss in return...

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Sub attack near Brisbane at 97,162

Japanese Ships
SS I-19, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Flusser



SS I-19 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Flusser
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

hey, why not hitting the destroyer also? [8|] Another near miss, boy, the sub now needs 1.5 hours in a shipyard...

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 17 damaged


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


Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-17E Fortress x 4
B-26 Marauder x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (9 destroyed, 9 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

replacing the heavies with medium bombers, they do just as good and I can use the heavies for our attacks on NG again... looks like a lot of disablements within the unit already as it now takes substantial losses... very good...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


No Allied losses

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



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

same here of course, we can´t launch a combined strike...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 52 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N1 Kate x 9



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Kalgan, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Kalgan caught transferring cargo ...
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Kalgan

mini KB sinks a small freighter bringing supplies to Akyab´s defenders... doubt that Rainer dares to move his baby carriers further North...

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Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged



Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rossel Island at 105,137

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 10
B-17E Fortress x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kotobuki Maru #5, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kaijo Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kuraido Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Kanaiyama Maru

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kotobuki Maru #5

we take revenge for our xAKL though as Cairns´ and Townsville´s heavy bombers strike an enemy amphibious TF off Rossel... the TF was spotted yesterday already and I´ve set all my patrols to search in this area today... bingo, the TF is hit hard... a xAKL is in serious trouble after being hit by a 500lb bomb and the same goes for a xAK after being hit by two of those bombs... the heavies do quite good now in anti shipping strikes...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Totai Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Ujigawa Maru
xAKL Bichu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

Training flight from 3rd Ku S-1 has been caught up in attack
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Totai Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Bichu Maru

an unexpected strike against Lae occured too... first moment I was shocked to see the bombers going to Lae as I expected far more Cap there but we only met 8 Zeroes covering the transports there... more than halve of our bombers were damaged but they still were able to heavily damage two of the freighters... excellent in two ways, we probably sunk two freighters and I know now that Lae has not heavy Cap covering the base... 4Es will soon visit the airfield...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rossel Island at 105,137

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kuraido Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Kotobuki Maru #5, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kuraido Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kotobuki Maru #5

more strikes flown against the TF at Rossel and more bomb hits... we definetely took revenge for our xAKL lost at Akyab today... [:D]

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Amphibious Assault at Manokwari

TF 318 troops unloading over beach at Manokwari, 85,109

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)





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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 69321 troops, 699 guns, 248 vehicles, Assault Value = 2433

Defending force 40248 troops, 616 guns, 665 vehicles, Assault Value = 1160

Japanese adjusted assault: 595

Allied adjusted defense: 1985

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
2697 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 79 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 217 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (0 destroyed, 15 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2505 casualties reported
Squads: 42 destroyed, 90 disabled [8|]
Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 189 disabled [8|]
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 13 (8 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 111 (13 destroyed, 98 disabled) [8|]


Assaulting units:
48th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
38th Division
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
27th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
Rangoon BAF Battalion
44th Indian Brigade
1st Burma Division
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
45th Indian Brigade
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
BFF Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
26th Indian Brigade
Burma Corps
103rd RN Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
95th Heavy AA Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st South India Base Force
223 Group RAF
101st RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

pretty sure the enemy received supplies via fast transport... Tokyo express North of Rangoon... [:D] the losses once more make me shaking my head... the assault is repulsed, we´re sitting behind forts in a jungle hex (where halve a dozen of our artillery can do nothing against the sieging troops) and yet again we suffer a hell a lot of KIA while the enemy again mostly suffers disablements that can be recovered easily... just a joke nothing else... and it has always been the same in WITP, it´s the entrenched defender that suffers the most, even though it should be different...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1181 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1235

Defending force 11786 troops, 195 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 134


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


Assaulting units:
18th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Djojakarta Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
ABDA
South Java Base Force
Commandement Marine
MLD
Malang Base Force




not one heavy bomber was lost today, but we lost two PBYs again... still losing more PBYs than I get as replacements and other players are reporting the same... PBY loss rate is ridicoulos and can´t be sustained at the given replacement rate... but hey, who cares...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 11, 42
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Sub attack near Saipan at 112,95

Japanese Ships
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Torpedo hits 1
PB Nanei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trout



SS Trout launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Hokuroku Maru
PB Nanei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

far off of a bigger port, this big freighter is in trouble now...

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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45

Japanese Ships
DD Amatsukaze
BB Fuso
DD Shinonome
DD Nowaki

Allied Ships
SS KXIII



SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Amatsukaze
KXIII bottoming out ....
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nowaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nowaki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and we keep on firing at the enemy´s escorts instead on one of the numerous capitol ships... should probably be happy that we fire at all? Torps missed and the enemy can just keep on moving over my 8 subs... going back and forth all the time without anywhere near being in danger... good to know that my heavily escorted TFs suffered three torp hits on carriers and one on a heavy cruiser... we don´t even fire at the BBs... interesting how much more effective the IJN escorts are considering the fact that the couldn´t help in real life... but it´s all about the dice I guess and the fact that the enemy DDs got a much higher exp than mine... must be due to fun gamewise...

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Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
BB Fuso


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


BB Yamashiro firing at 103rd RN Base Force
BB Fuso firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment

at least the bombardement completely missed... wonder what´s the difference between the nukes some time ago and the now completely useless bombardments...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-26 Marauder x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

2nd Recon still not reached Tennant Creek and is really hit hard today... looks like most of the unit is already disabled and now really suffers...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


No Allied losses

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



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36240 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1260

Defending force 11909 troops, 193 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 820

Allied adjusted defense: 283

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Malang !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
369 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
14556 casualties reported
Squads: 344 destroyed, 141 disabled
Non Combat: 1430 destroyed, 557 disabled
Engineers: 118 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 201 (201 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 38 (37 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 13


Assaulting units:
5th Division
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Commandement Marine
South Java Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
ABDA
MLD
Djojakarta Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force
Malang Base Force

bad news of the day, the last stronghold on Java surrendered today... the IJA took the base without suffering 200 KIA... another victory that clearly is shown in the victory point ratio...



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Ground combat at Manokwari (85,109)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 346 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manokwari !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
I/19th Nav Gd /1

ORIGINAL: castor troy

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 10, 42
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not one heavy bomber was lost today, but we lost two PBYs again... still losing more PBYs than I get as replacements and other players are reporting the same... PBY loss rate is ridicoulos and can´t be sustained at the given replacement rate... but hey, who cares...

It's way too much micromanagement to keep your PBYs squadrons full but I never fly them when it rains and keep a 8 hex max until they're in their 70s. Look on the bright side, they weren't spotting anything anyway. [;)]