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RE: War Report - 19th of August, 1922

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/19/22


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 149768 troops, 950 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 41201 troops, 240 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported

Okay then - anyone hazard to guess how long I will last in Manila - supply is low but not out, disruption and fatigue is obviously high, leaders are the best available


Wow.. 19th of August, 1922... In our 1926 PBEM game I captured Manila by 30th of June..

Men were stronger in the past [:D]
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RE: War Report - 19th of August, 1922

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Wow.. 19th of August, 1922... In our 1926 PBEM game I captured Manila by 30th of June..

Men were stronger in the past

Or had smaller guns[:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/28/22

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TF 12 troops unloading over beach at San Jose, 41,53


Japanese ground losses:
209 casualties reported

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TF 12 troops unloading over beach at San Jose, 41,53


Japanese ground losses:
198 casualties reported
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RE: War Report - 29th of August, 1922

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Hey, nobody was more surprised than me at how long this took. I did, however, commit some mistakes in this battle, most notably failing to bring in proper HQ support from the start. Still, it's done now, and I'm getting ready to implement the next phase of my plan.
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RE: War Report - 29th of August, 1922

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/29/22


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Ground combat at San Jose

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2037 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 48 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE San Jose base !!!



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RE: War Report - 30th of August, 1922

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Just sailing around a bit, looking for something to do, enjoying all the fuel they have to use. A bombardment followed, and this time I actually remembered to turn off "escorts bombard". Below is the most heavily damaged of my ships after his CD response:


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RE: War Report - 30th of August, 1922

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/30/22

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Naval bombardment of Midway, at 95,61 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

180 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Oi
BB Tosa, Shell hits 2
CL Yahagi, Shell hits 3
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 3
BB Fuso, Shell hits 3
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 3
BB Ise, Shell hits 1


Allied ground losses:
279 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

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Naval bombardment of Midway, at 95,61 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

65 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 3
CL Hirado, Shell hits 7
BC Haruna
BC Hiei


Allied ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Sub attack at 92,63

Japanese Ships
BC Haruna

Allied Ships
SS R-2

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura
DD Nashi
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
SS L-1

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Sub attack at 91,63

Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami

Allied Ships
SS R-26

Just wait until these babies reach the front line[:D][:D]


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RE: War Report - 31st of August, 1922

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GASP OF HORROR! The Argus and her Camels are here! Where's that Instrument of Surrender?[:D]
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RE: War Report - 31st of August, 1922

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GASP OF HORROR! The Argus and her Camels are here! Where's that Instrument of Surrender?
[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/31/22

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ASW attack at 96,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 35

Allied Ships
DD Robert Smith
DD Reno
DD Percival
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RE: War Report - 1st of September, 1922

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As the fourth month of war begins, US ASW forces at Midway got lucky. Imperial submarine No. 34 executed a successful attack on the American destroyer Sinclair, only to be pummelled into the ocean floor by depth charges. That makes a grand total of TWO submarines sunk in three months of fighting. At this rate, the last submarines will be sunk sometime in late 1955!

Elsewhere, Imperial troops landed at Roxas.



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RE: War Report - 1st of September, 1922

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/01/22

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ASW attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 34

Allied Ships
DD Hull
DD Doyen
DD Meyer
DD Henshaw
DD Sinclair
DD Meade
DD Tingey
DD Thornton
DD Shubrick
DD Ballard
DD Greene
DD Edwards
DD McLanahan
DD Laub
DD McDermut

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 34, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Sinclair, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Hull
DD Doyen
DD Meyer
DD Henshaw
DD Meade

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TF 27 troops unloading over beach at Roxas, 42,55


Japanese ground losses:
154 casualties reported



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RE: War Report - 2nd of September, 1922

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Imperial Rikusentai took control of the town of Roxas today. Elsewhere, American destroyers hounded our submarines at Midway heavily, but unsuccessfully through the day.
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RE: War Report - 2nd of September, 1922

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/02/22

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ASW attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 24

Allied Ships
DD Claxton

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ASW attack at 96,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 35, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Delphy
DD Gillis
DD Welles
DD McFarland
DD Stansbury
DD Roper
DD Greer
DD Hamilton

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Numakaze
DD Hakaze
DD Yanagi
DD Tachikaze

Allied Ships
SS L-1

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 24, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Kennison
DD Claxton


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Ground combat at Roxas

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1106 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 98 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Roxas base !!!
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RE: War Report - 3rd of September, 1922

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Our troops landed at Ormoc today; other than that, nothing to report.
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RE: War Report - 4th of September, 1922

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Under the thunderous barrage of the guns of half a dozen Imperial battleships, Army troops today began coming ashore at Canton. It has turned out that the city is rather more heavily garrisoned than previously believed by Intelligence, but our troops, many of them combat-hardened veterans from the Phillipines campaign, shall prevail over the Chinese forces.

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Soldiers of the <censored> Division wading ashore at Canton.

Elsewhere, Ormoc was seized by Navy Rikusentai after yesterday's landing.

On the submarine front, Royal Navy submarine L-1 continues to make a nuisance of herself in the waters around Bataan, and aircraft were used for ASW for the first time, when a Navy flying boat attacked a US submarine at Wake.



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RE: War Report - 4th of September, 1922

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/04/22

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
DD Hakaze
DD Urukaze
DD Yanagi
DD Tachikaze

Allied Ships
SS L-1

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Naval bombardment of Canton, at 43,41 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

176 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
CA Adzuma, Shell hits 2
CA Nisshin
BB Fuji, Shell hits 15
BB Shikishima, Shell hits 18
BB Hizen, Shell hits 11
BB Satsuma, Shell hits 11


Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Coastal Guns at Canton, 43,41, firing at TF 50
TF 50 troops unloading over beach at Canton, 43,41


350 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
ML Katsuriki, Shell hits 14
AK Holland Maru, Shell hits 17
DD Yayoi, Shell hits 11

Japanese ground losses:
578 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Ormoc

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1082 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ormoc base !!!



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Ground combat at Canton

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 50224 troops, 427 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 3352 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
It has turned out that the city is rather more heavily garrisoned than previously believed by Intelligence, but our troops, many of them combat-hardened veterans from the Phillipines campaign, shall prevail over the Chinese forces.


Pass this to your Intelligence chaps - I'm sure they will be interested[;)]

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RE: War Report - 4th of September, 1922

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ASW attack at 96,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 35, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Delphy
DD Gillis
DD Welles
DD McFarland
DD Stansbury
DD Roper
DD Greer
DD Hamilton

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 24, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Kennison
DD Claxton

With these subs hit and the others sunk, does it mean the ASW effectiveness is greatly improving weeks after weeks of fight, or is it rather the result of some new tactics, or a new patch? [&:]

Anyway enjoying much, keep up the good work [:)]
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RE: War Report - 4th of September, 1922

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ORIGINAL: Fishbed

With these subs hit and the others sunk, does it mean the ASW effectiveness is greatly improving weeks after weeks of fight, or is it rather the result of some new tactics, or a new patch? [&:]

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RE: War Report - 5th of September, 1922

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A good day for the Navy's submarine branch. Royal Navy cruiser Dartmouth, US Navy cruiser Salem, and Chinese destroyer Yu Chang were all torpedoed, the British cruiser subsequently sinking about 60 miles east of Singapore. Additionally, the American destroyer Sinclair sank southeast of Midway.

Southeast of Canton, the Chinese cruiser squadron attempted to intercept a transport task force going to the city and failed utterly.

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RE: War Report - 5th of September, 1922

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how exactly do countries "enter war"? In WPO? If I am not mistaken, until the japs attacked Canton, China was not at war with japan yes? Neither was britain?
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RE: War Report - 5th of September, 1922

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It's house rules. In the scenario set-up, it's Japan vs. everybody else, but several of the other PBEM's in the AAR section have more or less elaborate house rules on when nations other than the US can go to war with Japan. No such thing here.
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