AAR-The Italian Affair--Hoepner vs. mc3744

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:18 pm

ORIGINAL: String

With night bombing you might as well have hit some jungle several miles from the airfield. Getting to the target during a night with no moon means basically flying with a map and a stopper and then guessing when you are over the airfield. Provided that the AA guns and such don't open up from the base. Even then one can only guess the location of the airfield. Frankly i'm amazed that the early ww2 bombers could hit anything smaller than a large city ..

I totally agree mate! but try and take a look at the results my opponent is having hitting Rangoon's airfields and you'll understand why i get so pissed.
In less than a month i've lost , for night bombing , something like 100 planes at Rangoon, with 10 losses for him ( comprehending op. losses, AA losses and A2A losses). That's why i feel there's still something wrong with this game feature

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:15 pm

Well, while my AFs, from Burma to the solomons got smashed by allied night bombers, i suffer another big loss. I forgot to change the range of betties and nells based at Rangoon and they decide to attack the 20 hex far away Colombo harbour, where a AP convoy was loading something. I got slaughtered by his CAP and these losses are so serious that i'm considering to abbandon the Rangoon zone with my LRbombers.
South of Gili gili my mavis spotted a 4 ship convoy moving north east. An AP and 3 CAs are reported spotted. I do not trust these report,'cause he must be crazy to send an unescorted convoy so far...so probably his CVs are around. My 2 KBs moved together southwards and will cover the Buna waters, while another daitai of betties has been moved at Rabaul....we'll see what's going to happen...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/22/42

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 16
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 15
LB-30 Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 8 destroyed, 6 damaged[:@]

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported[:(] It's becomming impossible to defend Rangoon
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
9 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 16
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 11
Hudson I x 7
IL-4c x 4

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

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 5000 feet
7 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 4
Buffalo I x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 15

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Swordfish bombing at 2000 feet
15 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

He understood that if he plays at night he's gonna win
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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 28

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet

As foreseen....
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 45
Ki-48 Lily x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 10

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Medan , at 20,45

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 17

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
7 x A5M4 Claude bombing at 2000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 45,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
20 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 45,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 3
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Dutch Naval Base Force, at 20,45

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 18th DAF Base Force, at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-48 Lily x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Mixed/A Brigade, at 32,29

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 9

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-2c bombing at 5000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 24
G4M1 Betty x 18

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 13
Hurricane II x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Empire Pibroch
AK West Isleta, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Heywood
AK Empire Raleigh
AK Empire Cato, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire March, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Parsons

Aircraft Attacking:

[:@]I'm an idiot
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Russell Islands , at 66,96

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-30 Ann x 31

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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

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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 133573 troops, 1090 guns, 374 vehicles

Defending force 55243 troops, 480 guns, 566 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
515 casualties reported
Guns lost 19
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
1662 casualties reported
Guns lost 43
Vehicles lost 4

He buil back his forts up to 3.... it's gonna be a long battle

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Ground combat at Samarinda

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 953 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1815 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles

String · Post by **String** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:50 pm

This is why i try to have a house rule in every PBEM that i play that the night attacks are restricted to city and naval attacks only, unless the unit is night capable (night fighter)

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:25 am

String: thank you for the suggestion. I've suggest this proposal to my opponent. Let's see what we could do about it.

Today 14 planes destroyed at Rangoon[:@]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/23/42

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 17
LB-30 Liberator x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 2 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
5 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
8 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 18
Buffalo I x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
6 x Swordfish bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Swordfish bombing at 2000 feet
19 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
19 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 13

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 16

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 45

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 47
Ki-48 Lily x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Resources hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Medan , at 20,45

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 91st Chinese Corps, at 40,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 45,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 3
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 45,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
20 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-30 Ann x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
27 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 131523 troops, 1081 guns, 248 vehicles

Defending force 62109 troops, 546 guns, 566 vehicles

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

Japanese ground losses:
1122 casualties reported
Guns lost 42
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
1690 casualties reported
Guns lost 27

Ouch...my divisions are getting on high destruction levels....
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Ground combat at Samarinda

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1006 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1785 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:21 am

We agreed again that things must be left like they are right now. So let's go on with night bombings ( crossing my fingers)
Have to move some Nells back to Singapore due to their hige losses ( 16 planes destroyed today at Rangoon[:@])
At MAndalay it seems that i cannot hope to take those walls down without the help of the aviation...so i'll go on bombing as long as the sallies do not come back from thei refitting base at Tavoy.
He started to doing recon missions over Gili Gili. Along with the night mass bombings, this means that he wants to try something here....well: i'm ready! A CD regiment is moving towards Gili gili, and my KBs are ready to fight!
Nothing more to report...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/24/42

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 18
LB-30 Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged
G3M Nell: 11 destroyed, 6 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
11 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 5000 feet

[:(][:(][:(]
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 19
Hudson I x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
G3M Nell: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
9 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet

Can i cry?
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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 22
Buffalo I x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 13

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 damaged
Buffalo I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
5 x Swordfish bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
17 x Swordfish bombing at 2000 feet
13 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 12
Buffalo I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
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Night Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 11
B-17E Fortress x 29

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

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
11 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 45
Ki-48 Lily x 21
Ki-49 Helen x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Resources hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:

there are still resources to destroy here...
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Day Air attack on Medan , at 20,45

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Benkolen , at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-27 Nate x 7

No Japanese losses

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 24

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
7 x A5M4 Claude bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 45,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
19 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-30 Ann x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
26 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on Russell Islands , at 66,96

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-30 Ann x 31

No Japanese losses

Port supply hits 2

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

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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 132283 troops, 1022 guns, 363 vehicles

Defending force 66332 troops, 577 guns, 568 vehicles

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

Japanese ground losses:
2349 casualties reported
Guns lost 95
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
1982 casualties reported
Guns lost 48
Vehicles lost 2

AOUCH!!!...Mandalay is a damned tough nut to crack!
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Ground combat at Samarinda

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1070 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1734 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:48 pm

After long discussions we found a compromise which should satisfy both of us. The 4E bombers will be allowed only to night bomb cities, not AFs or Ports, while the 2E bombers of both sides will be free to night bomb whatever they want. Hope this will change a bit the situation.
Not much to note about this turn

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/25/42

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 13
LB-30 Liberator x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Oil hits 1
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
8 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 23

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

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
7 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 13

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-48 Lily x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 23

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
Hope to finish soon this boring mission here...
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 22

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
7 x A5M4 Claude bombing at 2000 feet
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on 2nd Parachute Regiment, at 37,30

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 14
P-40B Tomahawk x 19
I-16c x 45

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
21 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Lysander I bombing at 2000 feet
19 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet

LRCAP for tomorrow
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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 45,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Ki-27 Nate x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
19 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 61st PA Division, at 42,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Mixed/A Brigade, at 32,29

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 22

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 5000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 5000 feet
4 x SB-2c bombing at 5000 feet
6 x SB-2c bombing at 5000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 5000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 5000 feet

LRCAP for tomorrow
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Tomorrow i'll try to bomb Mandalay Back with my sallies. They got back to Rangoon after the agreement...let's hope
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 16[X(]
B-17E Fortress x 75[X(]

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
OH MY GOD! He's already sending 100 heavy bombers!!!!!!! [X(][X(][X(] He's gonna reduce gili gili to a mass of trash in few weeks

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Russell Islands , at 66,96

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-30 Ann x 30

No Japanese losses

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

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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 128053 troops, 892 guns, 360 vehicles

Defending force 64254 troops, 495 guns, 660 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
626 casualties reported
Guns lost 35

Allied ground losses:
1516 casualties reported
Guns lost 46
Vehicles lost 2

Forts are not comming down...i need my damned bombers to be here supporting my men!
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Ground combat at Samarinda

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1081 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1714 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:42 am

Being very busy with job in these days i did not have the time to post every day what happened in this match. I'll try to recollect tha last week of reports even if some days are missing.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/26/42

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TF 105 encounters mine field at Tarawa (85,91)

Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru #5
MSW Tama Maru #3

Another damned sub minelayer...
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 23
Hudson I x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
11 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet

Without the 4E bombers is defenetly better, but when the b-25/26 will reach India i'm gonna be in trouble again
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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 23
Buffalo I x 21
P-40E Warhawk x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 3 damaged
Buffalo I: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
7 x Swordfish bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
16 x Swordfish bombing at 2000 feet
15 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
21 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

Tomorrow we'll hit Mandalay...then i'll try to catch these bad guys on the ground
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Night Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 20

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Oil hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet

Nothing much to do here....i'll better forget the oilfields at Ambonia
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TF 103 troops unloading over beach at Samarinda, 31,63

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported

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TF 105 encounters mine field at Tarawa (85,91)

Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru #5
MSW Tama Maru #3

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 38
Ki-48 Lily x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:

HI? I wanted the resources!
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Benkolen , at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-27 Nate x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 13

No Japanese losses

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

My training program goes on. The PI is now my official training camp
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Day Air attack on 2nd Parachute Regiment, at 37,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 14
P-40B Tomahawk x 20
I-16c x 45

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander I: 2 destroyed
I-16c: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
21 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
13 x Lysander I bombing at 2000 feet
20 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet

could not pretend too much, but 5 planes shot down is better than nothing
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 45,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 3
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 4 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-30 Ann x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
26 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

these zeros that started one months ago at 56 exp now reached 75 which is enough to get thrown on the front line
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Day Air attack on 4th Chinese Air Base Force, at 45,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Ki-27 Nate x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
19 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 15
B-17E Fortress x 68

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
12 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet

Lost one zero in a2a combat:(
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 15
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 14000 feet
7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 14000 feet

the first raid over PM starting from Lae! I hope he will be forced to move his planes in!
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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 127616 troops, 861 guns, 360 vehicles

Defending force 62632 troops, 431 guns, 661 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

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

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

Allied ground losses:
1725 casualties reported
Guns lost 44
Vehicles lost 2

Finally level2!!
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Ground combat at Samarinda

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1120 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1664 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/27/42

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TF 105 encounters mine field at Tarawa (85,91)

Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru #5
MSW Tama Maru #3

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 26
Hudson I x 8
IL-4c x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 4 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 5000 feet
8 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet

Well, at least my ground losses are getting fewer
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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 19
Buffalo I x 24
P-40E Warhawk x 35

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

Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Swordfish bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
16 x Swordfish bombing at 2000 feet
15 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
20 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

Bad weather prevented my bombers at Rangoon to launch an attack over Mandalay...
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Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 18

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet

These bad plying tigers are looking for my zeros here
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Night Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 42
Ki-48 Lily x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Resources hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:

Com'on! more resources in the bag
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Medan , at 20,45

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 8

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
G3M Nell x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 25
Ki-21 Sally x 25

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 3
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:

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Day Air attack on Hansa , at 53,83

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 3

No Japanese losses

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet

Training some kates in NG
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-48 Lily x 15

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 12
Kittyhawk I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 5 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 14000 feet
5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 14000 feet

As predicted he moved some fighters in PM to defend his AFs. My zeros did a good job considering the numbers
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Ground combat at Samarinda

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4107 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1617 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 36 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Samarinda base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
3132 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

Oh...finally the southern Borneo has no more duch flags
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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 127251 troops, 845 guns, 356 vehicles

Defending force 60833 troops, 372 guns, 662 vehicles

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

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

Allied ground losses:
1533 casualties reported
Guns lost 45
Vehicles lost 4

grgrgrg...without my bombers every day the engeneers at Mandalay build back the fort

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/29/42

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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 12
Buffalo I x 30
P-40E Warhawk x 21

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Buffalo I: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
11 x Swordfish bombing at 2000 feet
21 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 12

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet

no ground losses[:)]
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 16
Ki-48 Lily x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
Reducing the last allied city in Java, while my huge army is in Jackarta
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23

No Japanese losses

i tried to sweep but he moved his planes back to Oz
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Day Air attack on 61st PA Division, at 42,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 16
B-17E Fortress x 44

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:

Gili Gili is not anymore a safe place for my planes
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-48 Lily x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 3 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet

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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 126616 troops, 805 guns, 357 vehicles

Defending force 58183 troops, 315 guns, 658 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3825 casualties reported
Guns lost 107
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
2476 casualties reported
Guns lost 31
Vehicles lost 10

A bloody battle but forts came down!
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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26910 troops, 267 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 129864 troops, 1423 guns, 154 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[:D] and now another battle in China is rising on the horizont

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 61355 troops, 534 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 96383 troops, 994 guns, 2 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

my armies are reaching Chungking from the north...
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Ground combat at Mandalay

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34013 troops, 239 guns, 551 vehicles

Defending force 128430 troops, 656 guns, 353 vehicles

pauk · Post by **pauk** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 12:54 pm

greetings...

1. as for resource bombing: you are doing quite a well, but please keep in mind that some chinese cities have additional supply source (it shows on the base sceren: example...
Supply 3000/2000

3000 coming from resource and when you destroy it these supply will not be active, but 2000 will always. When you destroy resource, use AF bombing for reducing supply (supply hits+supply needed for repairing AF)

2. invasion of PM can be tricky - it seems that just one division will not be enough. Those troops are Aussies. I would suggest to you a detailed "recon" + classic recon... "detailed recon" means ground attack (air bombing), so you can find out which units defending PM:)

just my liras

[;)]

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:29 pm

Hi pauk,

you're probably right about PM. My recon shows 33,000 men at PM. Probably the strenght of an Australian Division. In fact i'm already considering sending there 3 divisions ( one taken from China and 2 from Java when that campaign will be over ). My carriers are already at Truk, waiting for this epic battle and my BBs are refitting at Hong Kong, Singapore and Osaka. What is good is that he's unsable to reinforce PM, due to my air superiority in that Area. If he brings in bombers and fighters i'm quite confindent i can close his AFs at PM in one week of fighting.
I'm pretty sure his carriers will join in as soon as he'll notice my movements...it's gonna be a decisive battle!

pauk · Post by **pauk** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:57 pm

good[:)]

In my first PBEM i get my ... kicked, so i have new motto:

"if you need one division - send 3, if you think that you will need 3 division than send 6" [:D]

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:59 pm

Yes i do agree. In this match i've always tried to manage "safe invasions". The key will be the use of BBs in reducing the initial oppositions during landings. If i will keep my BBs safe and if mines won't hurt too much i will probably bomb the heck out of PM before the first japanese private will be on the beaches.
He's using dakotas to keep PM supplied. I'll probably use some LRcap from Lae in the next days

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:33 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/30/42

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TF 105 encounters mine field at Tarawa (85,91)

Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru #5
MSW Tama Maru #3

He keeps sending sub minelayers here...what is he preparing for the Gilberts?
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 15
LB-30 Liberator x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 2 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Oil hits 4
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

It's a pain...isn't it?
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 22
Hudson I x 16
IL-4c x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x IL-4c bombing at 5000 feet
5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
15 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
8 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 13
Buffalo I x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
13 x Swordfish bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 7

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 67
Ki-48 Lily x 23
Ki-49 Helen x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 60

as my units moved into Kweiyang i shifted the orders for my bombers based at Changsha....these guys are already in their 80s exp level....not that bad!

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 22
Ki-48 Lily x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 5 damaged

Runway hits 8
Port hits 3

My army should be at Sosarbja in 2 more days
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Day Air attack on 21st Mixed Brigade, at 32,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 11
SB-2c x 23

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:

Not a sngle bomber was intercepted....my oscars need r&r
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Day Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 56,94

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 6
B-17E Fortress x 23

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 30
AK Noborikawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Yamayuri Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Takaosan Maru
AK Tien Lee
PC Ch 24

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
2 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet

grgrgr[:@]...I need some CAP over Gili, but at the same time the Af is so badly daily hit that any zero daitai will be easily depleted if based here....
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 15
B-17E Fortress x 38

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

Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
6 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
5 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet

1000 supplies left here....it's so depressing
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF at 53,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
B5N Kate x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DM Gamble

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet

what seems to be a mining TF is moving away from PM....must remember this when the time for an invasion of PM will come...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 130497 troops, 1508 guns, 24 vehicles

Defending force 43165 troops, 267 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
328 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

If Kweiyang will fall and Chungking will follow then the Cinese war will be ended for what it concerns japanese interests
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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 94398 troops, 1056 guns, 2 vehicles

Defending force 82605 troops, 565 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

no engeneers here....it's gonna be damned hard to conquer this city
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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 121781 troops, 664 guns, 355 vehicles

Defending force 55942 troops, 265 guns, 647 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
535 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
1691 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 7

Every day my bombers at Rangoon stay on the ground due to weather conditions....and every day those damned forts rise up ....[:(]
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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26994 troops, 264 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 183292 troops, 2057 guns, 154 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 61538 troops, 534 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 203320 troops, 2258 guns, 14 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Mandalay

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 30700 troops, 202 guns, 552 vehicles

Defending force 128193 troops, 636 guns, 348 vehicles

anarchyintheuk · Post by **anarchyintheuk** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:14 pm

Sounds like a pretty sensible compromise on night bombing. I still think its overpowered, but as a Allied Fanboy, I'm fine with it (afterall, it's about all they have at the beginning) [;)] . BTW, I know this has been asked before but is there still a penalty for 2-4 engine bombers attacking below 6k feet?

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:38 pm

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Sounds like a pretty sensible compromise on night bombing. I still think its overpowered, but as a Allied Fanboy, I'm fine with it (afterall, it's about all they have at the beginning) [;)] . BTW, I know this has been asked before but is there still a penalty for 2-4 engine bombers attacking below 6k feet?

Do not think so. If you look at the statistics of this match it seems that at 5,000 they do not suffer any penalties (morale,fatigue/op losses or AA fire)
It's a good compromise, but not perfect. As you can see the allies can easily put togheder 250 2E bombers and destroy my air fleet on the ground without risking any single aircraft by night CAP or AA. I'll live with that, but i'm not happy about the idea of having all the burma oilfields reduced at 0 production because of strategic night bombing

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:39 am

March is almost gone. April is comming. The last month of Zero bonus. Time for som considerations about the overall situation.
Altough the combo Bad weather/Night bombing has prevented me from reducing Mandalay with my bombers at Rangoon in the last month, i'm still quite confident that Mandalay will fall within 2 weeks. If i manage to clear the Burma zone by the end of April the offensive operations in this area will be stopped and a general redeployment of my troops will be made.
In China when ChungKing will fall.,..probably by the end of April , i will stop my operations and save some supplies. With ChungKing and Kweyang in my hands China will be cut in two and he's not going to have any forward base from where to launch any bombers towards my homelans. More: with the 2500 VP of Chungking i'll be surely in a 4-1 VP situation!
Java will capitualte withing 2 weeks. No surprises here.
The only theatres where i'm planning any further advances are PM and Timor.
PM is a must, because i do not want him to ruin my days in South pacific with his heavy bombers. I'll probably need 1 month to set up the operation for PM. I've decided to use 4 divisions + 2 eng regiments + 5 arty units and 3 tank regiments. Hope this will be enough. The transports are waiting at Singapore to load all those guys after sosarbja has fallen.
Timor...well timor is a damned problem. Cannot handle two big invasion at the same time, due to his ability to smash my ships with his LBbombers at Cooktown and Darwin. At the same time i cannot wait too long for timor 'cause every day i give him he has time to fortify and resupply Timor bases. I've been an idiot not to have taken Timor in Jan when it was an easy hunt.
Starting from April i'll have my first A6M3s. Let's see if some better planes will be usefull.
I'm also considering a bombing raid against nanomea Atoll. This base is already at Size 2 AF and i know he wants to get level 4 to start bombing to stone age Tarawa...cannot let him do this!
In the end, if i manage to take PM without too many losses by the end of summer he'll be forced to speed up things if he wants to stop me from winning by the end of 42.

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:34 am

I had some problems related with a food intoxication that prevented me from posting.
Now more than 5 days of war have been accumulated and it's time to summerize them up.

I do not have the combat reports, so i'll try to simplify the results.

On the 1st of April my brave divisions took Mandalay, pushing back towards Lashio what remains of the English Burma Army. Now my men are advancing towards Mykitina(sp?) and Lashio, to close the exit door to those damned british. All my Burma bases are strafed every night by hordes of british bombers and fighters. I had to move back to Saigon the bulk of my air forces ....now i'll wait untill Mandalay gets level 4 AF and then i'll bomb the hell out of those nasty british bases!!

Sosarbja and Java were liberated on the 1st of Aprill too. Now 3 divisions at Sosarjbya are waiting for the transports comming from Singapore to be moved towards Truk, and from there to PM!

In NG and Solomons nothing special happened. He managed to pass trough my air recon 2 big fast trasport convoys and bring supplies and men to Port Moresby. Now my recon says there are 50,000 men down there....[:(] It's gonna be damned hard! Unlucly it was storming over Rabaul for 5 days and my betties could not take off and smash those cowards!....
In China Kweilling( sp?!?!?)( south of Chungking) fell and now my men are already marching towards the Burma Road, while Chungking has being sieged ....got so many supply problems in China, but i won't give up the fight here...Want to connect China with Burma!!!

My Cvs are still waiting at Truk.....no signs of his

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 10:58 am

Ok, the first units have been loaded at Sosarbja. the 48th and the 38th Divisions plus the 35th Brigade are already moving towards Truk. 3 Eng regiments , 5 arty units and 4 tank rgts will follow.
The operation for Port Moresby will be called "MOUSE TRAP".
One brand new CV has arrived at Tokyo and is already moving towards Truk.
55,000 men are reported at PM, so i must commit whatever i have for this gamble.
The south sea det, 3 divisions ( probably the 5th will be the other one) and some small SNLF units.
My whole fleet will join the operations here.
250 land based bombers and 200 land based zeros will give air support from Rabaul, Lunga, Lae Lae, Buna and Gili Gili.
He knows i'm comming and he's fortifying his positions like a little bee.
It's gonna be the decisive battle for this year. Quite sure about that. If i lose i can easily say that the war will be at a turning point.
If i win i will concentrate myself in defending the perimeter.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/07/42

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 15
LB-30 Liberator x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Oil hits 2
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:

same old story
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 23
Hudson I x 6
IL-4c x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x IL-4c bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
9 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 16
Wirraway x 7
Buffalo I x 38
P-40B Tomahawk x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 45

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:

Now Mitykina is manaced,....but he has 19 units there!!!![:@]
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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 19
Beaufort V-IX x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
14 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
10 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 9

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 8000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 destroyed, 9 damaged

Oil hits 2

Lost 1 zero vs 4 b-17....not that bad

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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
G3M Nell x 20
Ki-51 Sonia x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 22

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:

2 more zero daitais will be training here in 1 week
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Day Air attack on Hansa , at 53,83

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 34,28

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 9
I-153c x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Lysander I bombing at 2000 feet
3 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 41,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 33

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Nanomea Atoll at 87,101

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Coast Trader, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Dorothy Philips
AK Cynthia Olson, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Clevedon, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
195 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

mmm...a regiment of the 40th US divsion....was landing here....i've ordered to 4 BBs and 5CAs to bomb the hell out of Nanomea!
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Russell Islands , at 66,96

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Nanomea Atoll at 87,101

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Crane
AK Cynthia Olson, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 227575 troops, 2695 guns, 18 vehicles

Defending force 82274 troops, 575 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
115 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62724 troops, 545 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 231115 troops, 2695 guns, 18 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

AUCH...chinese guns are beginning to hurt

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:51 am

I'm thinking about the Mouse Trap operation. He's clearly reinforcing PM . More that 55,000 allied troops are courrently there. No planes at the moment execpt for 8 catalinas. How many divisions will i need to a successfull invasion of PM? 3, 4 or more? I'll deploy my whole naval assets, but i still fear his land based bombers from Oz...more tha 60 B-17 are ready there and i'm quite sure his 5 CVs will spring up right in the moment i put my nose beyond Gili gili....Is it worth?....dunno...but at the same time if i let Pm stands and fortify i'll soon have to face the threat of his bombers attacking Rabaul, Lae and my bases in the Bismark....
What do you think?

pauk · Post by **pauk** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:33 pm

Hmmmm... it is really hard to say... first of all, you should use "force recon" (ground attack on PM with bombers - you dont need send then in great numbers, only to see how many LCU units are in PM - maybe he has a lots of second line troops in PM (eng, base force...), but i doubt...

although he hasn't got air power in PM he can easily transfer them in one turn, so beware of beauforts (they are really nasty b-stads).

But, if you well organise your invasion (BB bombardments -closing PM airport- providing aircover (from Lae, CV tf) to your BB - disabling enemy lcu units)...it could work. Dont forget bring supply...

It's all depend what you want from the game. If you are looking for auto-victory, you need to strike somewhere and force your opponent for "decisive CV battle"[:D], but if you looking for fighting the war you should consider other solutions...

i'm not expert for invasions, so i would also like to hear from other players what they suggest. Has enyone invaded fortified PM yet?

Gen.Hoepner · Post by **Gen.Hoepner** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 2:12 pm

By the end of April PM will be invaded.
Everything is getting ready for Mouse Trap.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/09/42

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 10
LB-30 Liberator x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 43
Hudson I x 4
IL-4c x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:

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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 9

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 12
Beaufort V-IX x 10

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
10 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet

Mandalay will soon reach level 4 AF...then i'll place zeros and Sallies there and smash those bastard bases from where he keeps on pounding my airfields
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Day Air attack on 4th War Area , at 42,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 28

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 28
Ki-48 Lily x 23
Ki-49 Helen x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 15
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
I'm waiting for my troops to sourrond the city...then we'll attack

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 11
B-17E Fortress x 62

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 37000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
8 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 37000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet

Too high for my planes...

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Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 35,28

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 16
I-153c x 5
I-16c x 41

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
21 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
5 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
16 x Lysander I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 22

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 46,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 20

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Russell Islands , at 66,96

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 27

No Japanese losses

Port supply hits 1

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

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 227940 troops, 2721 guns, 18 vehicles

Defending force 82072 troops, 571 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
338 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62871 troops, 541 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 231420 troops, 2721 guns, 18 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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