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

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/18/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
B5N Kate x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 105

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 225

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged


Allied ground losses:
307 casualties reported

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 21
Runway hits 160

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

flak fire seems to become intense again... lose 3 Helens of an elite Sentai...

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,30


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Takao

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

a convoy is going to Akyab with this cruiser TF as escorts. The Brits spotted us today, being two hexes off Akyab. Tomorrow there will be 100 fighters at Akyab on 90% Cap and 300 fighters at Mandalay on LRCAP Akyab to scare away the Wellingtons. I´m not afraid of any Allied fighters but the bombers will most likely make it through if they get one bigger strike. Could be a blood bath if they attack my transports, even though the British bomber pilots should only be in the high 50s or low 60s...

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,30


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 29,30


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Maya

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 29,30


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Koshin Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 29,30


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Nihonkai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:@]
AP Kaijo Maru #2
AK Misaki Maru

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

one 500lb bomb hit is enough to sink the small AP. The ship is now at 69/32/39... she should make Akyab to unload the carried troops though...

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83722 troops, 966 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1805

Defending force 108392 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3085



Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5139 troops, 163 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7480

Defending force 126824 troops, 576 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3216



Allied ground losses:
425 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

now that is nice! Thos casualties are caused by O N E of my artillery units. 36x150mm guns. And there are a lot more art units coming on the roads to Kunming... nevertheless, it will be a tough nut to crack with level 8 forts. Probably the last real tough nut in China...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 130480 troops, 1258 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3635

Defending force 120723 troops, 1333 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2460


Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/19/42

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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 4
MSW Choun Maru #21
MSW Wa 5

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

the sub missed with 6 torps... what is a sub doing at Tokyo? Laying mines of course...

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TF 72 encounters mine field at Takao (48,45)

Japanese Ships
PG Eiko Maru

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TF 22 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29)

Japanese Ships
DD Nenohi
DD Satsuki
DD Shigure
DD Fumizuki

our surface combat TF entered Akyab and encounters sub laid mines. We were lucky non of our ships hit one...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5N Kate x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 144

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 76

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 14 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

then the Allied bombers are launching against our ships. I´m really amazed, it seems Swift is doing nothing. I wonder if he even gives orders... [&:] at all those Southern Indian bases there are those small numbers of fighters on Cap and also his bombers are spread out. He should have launched a BIG strike with all his bombers concentrated at one or two bases, but he didn´t. It´s too easy this way...

Nevertheless I was disappointed about the Cap number, considering I had 400 fighters on my airfields...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 76

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 7 destroyed

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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 73

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 11 destroyed

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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 73

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 destroyed

two mini strikes in the morning, two mini strikes in the afternoon and that´s it... we destroy a nice number of Wellingtons (replacement 30/month) and even more important, all those British pilots should be lost over Akyab... [:D]



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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83823 troops, 967 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1807

Defending force 108364 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3088



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7030 troops, 234 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7856

Defending force 126604 troops, 565 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3212



Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 130904 troops, 1269 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3662

Defending force 120712 troops, 1332 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2461


Japanese ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/20/42

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TF 97 encounters mine field at Aomori (69,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Toroshima Maru
MSW Tamozono Maru #2

this is an example where MSW clear an adjacent hex. Those MSW are at the Ominato and never entered Aomori...

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ASW attack near Ominato at 70,38

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

Allied Ships
SS Gar, hits 4

wow, we achieve 4 near misses...

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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
MSW Choun Maru #21
MSW Wa 5
MSW Wa 4

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack

and another sub at Tokyo...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5N Kate x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 142

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 30,29 [8|][8|][8|]

Japanese Ships
PG Kure Maru #5
PG Magan Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Myoken Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Seiko Maru
PG Santo Maru
PG Seisho Maru
PG Sozan Maru
PG Unkai Maru #1
PG Yoshida Maru
AP Kaijo Maru #2
AP Kaika Maru
AP Kaiko Maru
AP Kaishi Maru
AP Kaisho Maru
AP Kaito Maru
AP Kakyu Maru
AP Kanayamasan Maru
AP Karimo Maru
AP Kashima Maru
AP Kasuga Maru #2
AP Katsura Maru
AP Katsuragisan Maru
AP Kembu Maru
AP Kenshin Maru
AP Kensho Maru
AP Kidokawa Maru
AP Kogi Maru
AP Koshin Maru
AP Kuroshio Maru
AP Meisho Maru
AP Mikage Maru #2
AP Mikage Maru #20
AP Minowa Maru
AP Minryo Maru
AP Nichiryu Maru
AP Otori Maru
AP Shinai Maru
AP Tsunushima Maru
AK Showa Maru
AK Zogen Maru
AK Taisei Maru
AK Konei Maru
AK Kanzaki Maru
AK Tonegawa Maru
AK Yagi Maru
AK Mayachi Maru
AK Tokiwasan Maru
AK Hachirogata Maru
AK Tokuwa Maru
AK Gyoun Maru
AK Shinshu Maru
AK Misaki Maru
AK Risen Maru

Allied Ships
PT PT-38, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
PT PT-40

my SC TF reacted during the night to Chandpur (glitch, bug, call it how you like) for no reason. TF was set to follow the transport TF, reaction set to 0. This is nuts as TFs should only react to your base if the base is attacked, but this TF reacted to Chandpur where this PT TF was leaving during the night. The ship movements in this area are screwed anyway as those PTs surely should have attacked at night (range 4). I see the same sh*t in my game against PzJg Hortlund, in this area most times the ships get stuck or do crazy things, I don´t know why. So my SC TF isn´t in the hex anymore and we lose a PG... great...

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Sub attack near Ominato at 70,38

Japanese Ships
MSW Toroshima Maru
MSW Tamozono Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Gar

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ASW attack near Ominato at 70,38

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

Allied Ships
SS Gar


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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83985 troops, 966 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1811

Defending force 108143 troops, 97 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3089



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9967 troops, 323 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8211

Defending force 126936 troops, 570 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3218



Allied ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 131311 troops, 1270 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3694

Defending force 120631 troops, 1325 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2460


Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/21/42

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ASW attack near Ominato at 70,38

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

Allied Ships
SS Gar, hits 4

Gar is sitting in my port and takes 4 near misses...

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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 4
MSW Choun Maru #21
MSW Wa 5

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack

Amberjack missed again, this time a salvo of 4 torps...

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TF 97 encounters mine field at Aomori (69,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Toroshima Maru
MSW Tamozono Maru #2


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Ground combat at Cagayan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40322 troops, 405 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 823

Defending force 3103 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 82

Japanese max assault: 636 - adjusted assault: 441

Allied max defense: 65 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 88 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cagayan base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

the remaining Allied troops retreated over a jungle path into the last Allied base on Mindanao. There they will rot and starve to death...

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83883 troops, 968 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810

Defending force 107880 troops, 95 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3094



Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12588 troops, 410 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8245

Defending force 126896 troops, 573 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3233



Allied ground losses:
345 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Taytay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2451 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

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

Japanese max assault: 28 - adjusted assault: 8

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Taytay base !!!



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 131619 troops, 1272 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3721

Defending force 120641 troops, 1322 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2457


Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/22/42

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Maya
CA Mikuma
CL Sendai
CL Yura
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 3
CL Oi
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Shigure
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare
DD Hatsuharu
DD Nenohi
DD Satsuki
DD Fumizuki

Allied Ships
PT PT-40, Shell hits 175, and is sunk

with 175 holes of a diameter of 25mm (probably 350 holes if the shells went through the PT) the PT sunk... Kitakami lost one of her main armament mounts due to a 20mm Oerlikon hit...


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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5N Kate x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 144

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

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

no more Allied air attacks against my convoys at Akyab, but we spotted nearly 40 Hurricanes on Cap over Dacca today (3 times more as usual)...

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83882 troops, 970 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1806

Defending force 107628 troops, 91 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3088



Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14266 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8297

Defending force 126979 troops, 576 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3256



Allied ground losses:
175 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 131993 troops, 1275 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3750

Defending force 120712 troops, 1318 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455


Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/23/42

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ASW attack near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese Ships
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Samidare
DD Hatsuharu
DD Nenohi

Allied Ships
SS O19, hits 4

O19 means VH2 and MK10 mines at Akyab now. MSW from Rangoon are en route. O19 takes 4 near misses but is also hit by a search plane in the afternoon...

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Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 22 destroyed

We lose 9 fighters (with all pilots) but again we take down a good number of Hurricanes. Still, the kill rates get worse (but are of course still a WITP phenomenon)...

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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 379529 troops, 4812 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 8306

Defending force 127299 troops, 582 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3258



Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83917 troops, 966 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1809

Defending force 107129 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3082



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 132180 troops, 1278 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3764

Defending force 120801 troops, 1320 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2456


Japanese ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/24/42

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Takao (48,45)

Japanese Ships
MSW Fukeui Maru #7
MSW Banshu Maru #51

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Takao (48,45)

Japanese Ships
MSW Fukeui Maru #7
MSW Banshu Maru #51

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5N Kate x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 144

No Japanese losses

Port supply hits 2

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

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83891 troops, 966 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810

Defending force 106975 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3087



Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14186 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8301

Defending force 127682 troops, 585 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3281



Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

soon we will order a deliberate attack here. Swift moved in a couple of base forces more, so our bombers have to go in higher in future attacks...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 132479 troops, 1281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4469

Defending force 120798 troops, 1318 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2461


Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/25/42

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Takao (48,45)

Japanese Ships
MSW Fukeui Maru #7
MSW Banshu Maru #51

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Sub attack near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 9
PC Ch 7
PC Ch 2
PC Ch 1
PC Kyo Maru #13

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

mine laying sub kills one of the ships I sent out to hunt the sub... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5N Kate x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 107

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 260

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 26000 feet

not much to hit from that height...

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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 425043 troops, 4809 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 8312

Defending force 127967 troops, 580 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3290

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Japanese max assault: 7839 - adjusted assault: 3471

Allied max defense: 3525 - adjusted defense: 4132

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


Japanese ground losses:
13058 casualties reported ouch...
Guns lost 327
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
7775 casualties reported
Guns lost 84

we suffer a lot of disablements, but also the Chinese take heavy losses so I´m somewhat confident to take the base within the next month...

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83984 troops, 968 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1811

Defending force 106924 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3094



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 132528 troops, 1284 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4478

Defending force 120673 troops, 1321 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2460


Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/26/42

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Takao (48,45)

Japanese Ships
MSW Fukeui Maru #7
MSW Banshu Maru #51

this is the last spotted sub laid mine field and it was cleared today. After spotting a dozen Allied subs around our bases, they have all left again, which means they were only on mine laying duty. They achieved to sink one PC and the time going to and from their target took them surely more than a month. That´s fine with me, hopefully my opponent will keep concentrating on his mine laying in the future also! [:D]

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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 72

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet

70% of our bombers failed to locate the target today...

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83988 troops, 968 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1809

Defending force 106947 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3108



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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14114 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7358

Defending force 118494 troops, 424 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2953



Allied ground losses:
168 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Deliberate attack [X(][X(][X(]

Attacking force 168869 troops, 1480 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 4497

Defending force 120683 troops, 1320 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2460

Allied max assault: 4719 - adjusted assault: 3366

Japanese max defense: 2548 - adjusted defense: 12417

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
764 casualties reported
Guns lost 24
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
10193 casualties reported
Guns lost 294
Vehicles lost 18

I have no clue why Swift ordered another deliberate attack here, when he suffered horrendous losses last time already. Impossible to dislodge 6 IJA divisions from this urban hex. The few losses we took were mostly within the HQ unit in the lead, our combat units took nearly no losses at all... The Chinese were able to cut our troops in Chungking off, as they marched two units into the road hex South of Chungking. Being aware of this move and with plenty of time anyway I moved two IJA divs to the hex two hexes South of Chungking and ordered them to move North. They will arrive in their target hex within a week and will open the supply path again. In the meantime I have ordered 200+ IJA bombers to attack the two Chinese units that cut our supply route.

Meanwhile in Australia, my troops are marching South. The majority is marching on the rail towards Townsville and around 1000 assault points are marching towards Alice Springs. I don´t know where the 1500 Australian assault points were marching when they left the North, but I guess I will meet most of them in Townsville. Here´s the current intel screen. I thought we will destroy a lot of Allied ground troops in Northern Australia and would go through a 8:1 score but as the Allied decided to retreat we haven´t achieved that yet. 7:1 is excellent, I have never achieved a 8:1 though and we will see how the fight in Australia will go on. For the moment we are very satisfied with the situation on the whole map and we´re looking forward to receiving the Tojo in late 42 which will make us ready to take on the next Allied fighter generations.

[castor troy]

The good news today is that the Tojo research paid off and the production date has moved one month to 10/42! [8D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/27/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5N Kate x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 107

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 30
Spitfire Vb x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 17 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed

one of IMO Swift´s faults (besides putting up this kind of Cap) is the fact that he totally dispersed his base forces into more than a dozen bases in Southern India. This was he hasn´t the radar coverage he would need and the Allied fighters don´t get the bounce they need to perform at least a little better. First there was no bounce at all, when the Zeroes engaged in battle they bounced from 30.000ft and had a field day, taking down a dozen British fighters including the first two Spits shot down.

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 3
B-17E Fortress x 76

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 25 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

the B-17s are back. Two are lost A2A for no Zero lost today...

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Day Air attack on 1st Chinese Temp. Division, at 43,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 237

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

one of the two units that cut our supply line South of Chungking. Not even a corps... my two IJA divs should be able to open our supply line again...

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83967 troops, 964 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1808

Defending force 106502 troops, 74 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3102



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14123 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7214

Defending force 118435 troops, 431 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2971



Allied ground losses:
225 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 139185 troops, 987 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3325 [X(]

Defending force 119073 troops, 1265 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2421


Japanese ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

compared to the last bombardment attack, the Chinese lost 1100 assault points due to their completely failed deliberate attack yesterday!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/28/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5N Kate x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 105

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Chinese Temp. Division, at 43,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 158

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
165 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on 2nd Chinese Temp. Division, at 43,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 72

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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

only two understrenght divisions are blocking our supply path to Chungking. Even if they are in a mountainous hex, I doubt they have a chance against my two divs coming in...

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83911 troops, 966 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1811

Defending force 106408 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14178 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7275

Defending force 118377 troops, 436 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2990



Allied ground losses:
311 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 139945 troops, 1016 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3389

Defending force 118998 troops, 1258 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2418


Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Here´s the strategic map. Most of those green dots inside my "empire" are dot bases...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/29/42

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Sub attack near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese Ships
MSW Shawa Maru #10
MSW Musashi Maru
MSW Kyo Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

as usual, a mine laying sub attacks our ships waiting in the base hex...

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Naval bombardment of Johnston Island, at 102,74 [X(][X(][X(]

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CLAA Atlanta
CLAA Juneau
CLAA San Diego
CA Minneapolis
CA San Francisco
CA Quincy
CA Vincennes
BB Maryland
BB West Virginia
BB Oklahoma
BB California

Japanese ground losses:
1569 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 42 [8|]

Airbase hits 42 [8|][8|]
Airbase supply hits 24 [8|][8|][8|][8|][8|][8|]
Runway hits 269 [>:][>:][>:][>:]

well, this big TF moved in without being spotted. Must have been in range of some 5 dozen aircraft set to search... bad luck. But what about the result? I guess this result pretty much shows that the common thinking on the forum about Allied naval bombardments is totally wrong. The Allied side is just as easily able to nuke bases like the Japanese. No, they can even nuke 10 times more bases, due to 5 times more BBs, dozens of CA/CL more...

My support units are completely shredded despite sitting behind level 9 forts. This again proves that the common thinking about forts against naval bombardments is wrong also and I have seen this since beginning to do PBEMs. If the detection level is high enough, then there´s a nuke and even if there would be a fort level 3000, it wouldn´t help you. My support units are 90%+ disabled after one attack. [8|]

But the absolute worst fact is that 24 supply hits resulted in more than 8000 supplies being destroyed. [:(]


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ASW attack near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese Ships
APD APD-35
APD APD-34
APD APD-32
APD APD-31
DD Ariake
DD Hatsushima

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 4

Sub sitting at Rangoon. 4 near misses...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 108

No Japanese losses

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

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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 256

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
302 casualties reported

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 85

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 3
B-17E Fortress x 89
LB-30 Liberator x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

flak fire wasn´t existing anymore. The Allied destroyed nearly all my aircraft on Johnston today. [8|] Not a single aircraft was operational.

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ASW attack near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese Ships
APD APD-35
APD APD-34
APD APD-32
APD APD-31
DD Ariake
DD Hatsushima

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 10, on fire, heavy damage

1 real hit and another 9 near misses, this sub should be in trouble...

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 84006 troops, 968 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810

Defending force 106191 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3105



Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14165 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6953

Defending force 117871 troops, 440 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3008



Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at 43,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22768 troops, 264 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 488

Defending force 6176 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198



Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

here you see the two Chinese divs sitting South of Chungking on the road. Their assault value during the bombardment wasn´t above 50...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 140586 troops, 1041 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3445

Defending force 119281 troops, 1267 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2429


Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


Best turn for the Allied since a looong time...

[castor troy]

To boost my morale, I took a look at our "major" naval losses. Well, have a look yourself! So far we´re doing really great! [:D]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/30/42

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Naval bombardment of Johnston Island, at 102,74 [X(]

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CLAA Atlanta
CLAA Juneau
CLAA San Diego
CA Minneapolis
CA San Francisco
CA Quincy
CA Vincennes
BB Maryland
BB West Virginia
BB Oklahoma
BB California

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 40
Port hits 13
Port fuel hits 9
Port supply hits 21 [&:]

wow, the BB TF from yesterday went in again achieving another nuke on my supply depots... not bad, destroying another 6000 supplies with all the main ammo expanded already yesterday... [8|]


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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83969 troops, 970 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1807

Defending force 105808 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112



Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14273 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7321

Defending force 118134 troops, 448 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3020



Allied ground losses:
172 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 43,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22751 troops, 264 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 487

Defending force 6127 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 195



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 141129 troops, 1068 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3498

Defending force 119221 troops, 1266 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2427


Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/31/42

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TF 68 encounters mine field at Etorofo Jima (76,37)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.22
MSW W.21

sub laid mine field...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 250

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 3
B-17E Fortress x 95
LB-30 Liberator x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

I´m lucky that Swift still keeps his B-17 at high attack alt. He could also go in at 6000ft at the moment...

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Day Air attack on 1st Chinese Temp. Division, at 43,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 211

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported

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

attack on the unit South of Chungking that will be attacked by our div today...

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83971 troops, 969 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 1806

Defending force 105551 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3116



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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14274 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7853

Defending force 118408 troops, 450 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3031



Allied ground losses:
121 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 43,33

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 22694 troops, 261 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 967

Defending force 5864 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 182

Japanese max assault: 914 - adjusted assault: 119

Allied max defense: 117 - adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
211 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

this is on the road South of Chungking. The two Chinese units were nothing to worry about, even though our adjusted av was completely shredded... my troops in Chungking are fully supplied again and I can´t see much of a chance for Swift to ever dislodge them again or to seriously threat the supply path to Chungking. China is lost for the Allied already...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 141675 troops, 1105 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3539

Defending force 119231 troops, 1265 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2429


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

[castor troy]

Unfortunately, the game is very slowly. After ten days I received another turn, not even knowing anymore what the situation looks like.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/01/42

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TF 68 encounters mine field at Etorofo Jima (76,37)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.22
MSW W.21

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Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 71

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 20
Spitfire Vb x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 20 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed

like the 10 month so far, the Allied figthers are worth nothing. Wonder when this will change. In late 44? Then I will have thousands of Franks... Wonder if my excellent pilots can deal with the Corsair when they are all flying Tojos. I think so, as Oscars can easily deal with Spitfires and the Spitfire should be clearly superior to an Oscar.



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Day Air attack on 2nd Chinese Temp. Division, at 42,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 204

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 84033 troops, 967 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1811

Defending force 105639 troops, 64 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3116



Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14252 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8279

Defending force 118372 troops, 454 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3035



Allied ground losses:
139 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 142122 troops, 1130 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3570

Defending force 119164 troops, 1266 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2431


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/02/42

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Maya
CA Mikuma
CL Sendai
CL Yura
CL Kitakami
CL Oi
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Shigure
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare
DD Hatsuharu
DD Nenohi
DD Satsuki
DD Fumizuki

Allied Ships
PT PT-36, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

the last Allied PT in this region is sunk after being hit by a 5inch shell...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 252

No Japanese losses

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 3
B-17E Fortress x 59
LB-30 Liberator x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

airfield and service damage at 100%, no chance to get the 9 damaged Emilies out...

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83881 troops, 969 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1809

Defending force 105303 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3115



Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 394042 troops, 4831 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 8335

Defending force 118578 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3048



Allied ground losses:
443 casualties reported

we will soon try another deliberate attack here... I want those resources!

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 142621 troops, 1149 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3614

Defending force 119392 troops, 1270 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2436


Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

quiet day...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/03/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 251

No Japanese losses

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 245

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 59

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

bad weather and the hit rate is poor...

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 2
B-17E Fortress x 47
LB-30 Liberator x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

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Ground combat at 43,102

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 180378 troops, 1704 guns, 1258 vehicles, Assault Value = 3897

Defending force 907 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Japanese max assault: 3580 - adjusted assault: 4198

Allied max defense: 27 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 4198 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
568 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Australia, this is on the railroad a couple of hexes West of Charter Towers. Our troops encountered a single Dutch bgd. One hex East there are 11 units in position at the moment and Swift complained that he has problems to launch ground attacks with his bombers. Not a single attack so far, can´t figuere out why... [&:]

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 84064 troops, 971 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810

Defending force 105200 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3109



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14276 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8365

Defending force 118330 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3055



Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported

deliberate attack here tomorrow...


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 142978 troops, 1161 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3647

Defending force 119566 troops, 1274 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2439


Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/04/42

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Naval bombardment of Johnston Island, at 102,74 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CLAA Atlanta
CLAA Juneau, Shell hits 2
CLAA San Diego
CA Minneapolis
CA San Francisco
CA Quincy
CA Vincennes
BB Maryland, Shell hits 2
BB West Virginia
BB Oklahoma
BB California

Japanese ground losses:
243 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 48
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 11

the slow BB TF goes in again, again we didn´t spot them... I guess we will see an invasion here in the next couple of weeks.

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 249

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 2
B-17E Fortress x 46
LB-30 Liberator x 29
B-24D Liberator x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

wonder why the bombers are still going in so high, flak fire isn´t worth mentioning anymore...

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83995 troops, 967 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1807

Defending force 105218 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3111



Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 434390 troops, 4880 guns, 55 vehicles, Assault Value = 8419

Defending force 118395 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3067

Japanese max assault: 8175 - adjusted assault: 4322

Allied max defense: 3209 - adjusted defense: 3530

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 6


Japanese ground losses:
6423 casualties reported
Guns lost 373
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
6125 casualties reported
Guns lost 89

with over 400.000 troops attacking we already achieve a 1:1 but again we are hit hard (as are the defenders). Our 6 eng regiments are 97% disabled on average and our av dropped from 7250 to 6165 while we lost 15 points for ground losses. The Allied lost 8 points for ground losses today. Level 6 forts, so I expect the base to fall after the next 5 or 6 attacks, which will mean another 30.000+ casualties and about 1,5-2 months of fighting here.

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 143325 troops, 1184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3679

Defending force 119672 troops, 1274 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444


Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/05/42

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Day Air attack on Asansol , at 31,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 11
Hurricane IIb x 38
Spitfire Vb x 4
Hurricane IIc x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Mohawk IV: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 16 destroyed, 6 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 4 destroyed
Hurricane IIc: 3 destroyed

this is the first sweep we launched from Akyab. Asansol seems to be the BIG airbase in India as it is the only one that has hundreds of aircraft accomodated (if I can trust my recon). Also there must be a lot of radar in this area, as the Allied fighters had the bounce through nearly the whole engament hitting one of our daitais hard. While we are still clearly victorious, the bounce is the difference between losing 8:1 and this time 3,5:1.

Our most succesful daitai with the most aces in it lost one of the best pilots of the war so far... [:(]

WO Chiyoshima L. of F2/3rd Daitai is credited with kill number 14
WO Chiyoshima L. of F2/3rd Daitai is KILLED



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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 250

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 4
B-17E Fortress x 51
LB-30 Liberator x 29
B-24D Liberator x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 30
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

the Allied long range bombers are attacking daily now, knowing that they don´t have to fear the defense...
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Day Air attack on Yokosuka Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment, at 102,74


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 36


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

here you can see once again that bombers on ground attack are NOT hardcoded to attack the LCU with the highest assault value. That´s just another myth. They attack a unit with 0 assault value in this case.

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Sub attack at 127,57

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
AO Kankakee, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Lawrence
DD Hull
DD Downes
DD Lardner
DD Laffey
AP Zeilin
AP Fuller
AK Aroostook
AS Tennessean
AK James Schureman
AV Nabesna
AK American Builder
TK La Purisima
SC SC-706
SC SC-703
SC SC-702
SC SC-699
SC SC-641
SC SC-520
SC SC-517
PC Tiger

wow, a Glen equipped sub sinks a fuel loaden AO between the West Coast and Hawai. A huge escort but our sub gets away unspotted! Banzai!

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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83962 troops, 966 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810

Defending force 105218 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3121



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13939 troops, 444 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7337

Defending force 109074 troops, 306 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2717



Allied ground losses:
129 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 143455 troops, 1199 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3706

Defending force 119629 troops, 1274 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444


Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 5