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Well, another day of attrition at port Moresby and Chungking. These are the two main battle-spots.
Allie activity naval activity at Baker and a lot of recon in the northern island (pamujuro Jima Sp'?!?!?). Decided to fortify in the north and sent a group of the Guard Mixed Brigade there. Some sonias and oscars are being trasfered in the north of Japan to provide a first air defence. Yamato arrived today. She'll be ready to fight as soon as the main fleet comes back from PM.
Some problems in keeping the fleet united at PM...the trasports seem to want to fade away asap as they run away as soon as they finished their unload.
Tomorrow a general attack at PM and another one at Chunking!

Gotta finish this work fast

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/21/42

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TF 1081 encounters mine field at Baker Island (94,92)[&:][&:]

Allied Ships
MSW Vireo

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Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 53,91

Japanese Ships
DD Arare
DD Hatsuharu
DD Hakaze
DD Nenohi
DD Tanikaze
CL Kashima

no ammo left

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Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 53,91

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Fuso
BB Hiei
BB Kongo
CA Aoba
CA Chokai
CA Nachi
CA Ashigara

same here[:(]

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Day Air attack on Tavoy , at 28,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 5 destroyed, 8 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 5000 feet
5 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 5000 feet
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 5000 feet
2 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 5000 feet
2 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 5000 feet

mmm... lost 2 zeros[:@]
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 12[8D]

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet

I'm really proud of Lae[:D]


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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G3M Nell x 23
G4M1 Betty x 81

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 51
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:

Now AF at 82 and Port at 80 damage[8D]
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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 235325 troops, 225 guns, 285 vehicles

Defending force 112453 troops, 598 guns, 0 vehicles

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


Japanese ground losses:
1143 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1058 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

Another bloody day in China
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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 134016 troops, 160 guns, 470 vehicles

Defending force 48932 troops, 419 guns, 34 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

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


Japanese ground losses:
1140 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
3492 casualties reported
Guns lost 77
Vehicles lost 7

The forts are coming down with heavy losses!
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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34788 troops, 278 guns, 17 vehicles

Defending force 182829 troops, 1800 guns, 504 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Forts are falling down at PM. Chunking holds for the moment.
At Lae another BIG strike by the B17s... again 175 monsters came to bomb my precious airfield. My zeros did quite good shooting down 17 of them and damaging a lot more, but didn't manage to avoid the bombing of the field. 50 runaway damage[:(]...33 Anns destroyed on the ground and 5 sallies. The bombers moved back to truk, while the zeros remained there to fight till the last man!!!!
LAe was hit hard, but he's starting to pay a high price for these raids!
the RN moved from India towards Oz.
My subs intercepted a HUGE convoys with BBs CAs and tons of DDs moving westwards of Sumatra.
45 Betties are placed at Palembang. Do not hope in a strike but ...maybe[:D]


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/22/42

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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 179[:@][:@]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 24 destroyed, 26 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 22 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
253 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
I gotta say i thought he could not manage to get togheder such a big air armada so fast after the losses of the last week....
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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 178510 troops, 1797 guns, 512 vehicles

Defending force 44453 troops, 321 guns, 22 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3


Japanese ground losses:
1954 casualties reported
Guns lost 81
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
4474 casualties reported
Guns lost 34
Vehicles lost 3

[8D]....we'll keep on attacking!
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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 125071 troops, 225 guns, 287 vehicles

Defending force 110913 troops, 569 guns, 0 vehicles

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


Japanese ground losses:
1144 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1291 casualties reported
Guns lost 22


mmmmm....Tough nut to crack

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The key of the newer defensive perimeter in the South Pacific is finally in Japanese Hands: Port Moresby fell today! 60,000 australian Pows are already being tranfered to the big prisoners camps in China, working for the Emperor!
But this was not the only news of this crucial day .
The Capitalists had begun to feel safe enough during daytime and started a HUGE bombing capaign all over the pacific theatre.
Lae was again badly hit and altough we've inflicted more than 20 A2A losses the AF has been pounded so badly that i had to close it.
What remains of my 3 zero daitais have been moved back to Wewak and Rabaul. They will try to LRCAP Lae for few days hoping to shoot down some more B-17s
in Burma Tavoy was hit hard and so Rangoon,Pagan and Mandalay. Now he knows that i cannot risk to place my planes further than Saigon, so he feels safe enough to bomb my AFs during the day.
the Big convoy of battleships was spotted again. Now 300 miles west of Sumatra.

I have to worry about 3 paricular zones, from where he can launch the counter attack:
-Wake Island is a spear in my perimeter. already at size 3 this airport can close my routes to and from Truk
-Baker and Nanomea: from here he can bomb Tarawa to dust and begin to scrumble my defences
- Timor: if he fortifies here all the SRA-DEI will be in danger

For these reasons i'm planning to keep the ball and continue my offensive campaign.
The 54th division with the 1st heavy arty unit, the sasebo SNLF and the 21st Eng. Regiment will remain at PM with a lottle base force
The South Sea Det., the 35th Brigade with the 5th eng rgt and the 7th Tank Rgt will rest and be ready to invade Nanomea atoll within 3 weeks.
The 38th and the 48th Divisions, with the 14th Army HQ,the 65th Bde,2 arty units and 2 ang regiments will form the invasion force for Wake Island. In one 40 days they will attack.

what remains of the PM invasion force will rest at truk for some weeks and will be redeployed in different theatres.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/23/42

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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 12


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane II bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 33


No Allied losses

Resources hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
12 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 3
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 30
Ki-48 Lily x 10
Ki-49 Helen x 11

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

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:

Chungking is really a tough place to take
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Day Air attack on Tavoy , at 28,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 17
IL-4c x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 8 destroyed, 11 damaged
IL-4c: 17 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:

well, some enemy bombers have been shot down, but now a big danger lays on my AFs in Burma!
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 8
Martin 139 x 26
Hudson I x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged
Martin 139: 4 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:

Rangoon will be closed soon
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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 66
Hudson I x 17


No Allied losses

Resources hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 12
Beaufort I x 15
Beaufort V-IX x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:

Heavy ground losses all over Burma

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 15
Mohawk IV x 30
I-153c x 32


Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 144

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed, 14 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 12 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 30 destroyed, 77 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:

Another bad day for Lae AF, but his fortress are feeling some pain!
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
G3M Nell x 24
G4M1 Betty x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:

The last air attack over PM
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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 17

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed


Allied Ships
AK Empire Bay, Bomb hits 1
AK Barbara Olson, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Argus
AK Regulus

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet

He's fortifying wake....damned risky!
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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 170875 troops, 1669 guns, 519 vehicles

Defending force 38575 troops, 221 guns, 16 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
1147 casualties reported
Guns lost 52
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
56797 casualties reported[8D][8D][:D]
Guns lost 355
Vehicles lost 13

More 60,000 allied troops in my bag


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 354136 troops, 3846 guns, 308 vehicles

Defending force 109495 troops, 518 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

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


Japanese ground losses:
5515 casualties reported
Guns lost 215
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
3375 casualties reported
Guns lost 85


China is so bloody!!!!


The strategic map with enlighted the most dangerous place for my perimeter

Well, this was probably the last very big operation launched by the Japanese. the allied Air Power is growing up at a incredible rate and both my combat fleet and my carriers need some rest and repair. My Crak navy pilots are in bad shape. Lost so many planes and pilots in this last southern campaign.[:(]
I would really like to get on the defence and give the deserved rest to my crews, but my perimeter is still not safe.
As said, wake island will soon be a pain for my ship routes and Tarawa will be in mortla danger as soon as Nanoumea Atoll and Baker Island will get to size 4 AF.
So, my next goals will be the following:

-Conuqer Chunking and finish the chinese campaign
-Invade and conquer Wake Island
-Invade and conquer Nanoumea atoll
-Invade and conquer Timor
-Fortify my positions in the Northern pacific Theatre

At the same time i Must speed up the operations to secure what i've conquered till now.
in the southwest Pacific i will use Lunga,Tulagi,Lae,PM,Buna and Gili Gili only for defensive purposes.The main threat at the moment for these bases are the 4Ebombers operation from Lungaville and Cooktown. I'm planning to use Munda,Shortland and Buin to defend Lunga and Tulagi, placing there some zeros and some betties and wewak and Rabaul to defend New Guinea.
Tarawa is well fortified, but the main threat are, as said, enemy's bombers.
The Mariannas are already enough fortified.
In the next 4 weeks i will add more troops to Balikapan,Ambonia,Sansapor,Macassar and Bali. I have to secure my southern perimeter ,considering the option to invade Timor something quite utopystic at the moment.
But the main goal for the next days will be to reorganize the strenght of my carrier air groups ( especially for what concerns fighters).
Looking forward to have some Tonies in my arsenal...they will fight those nasty fortresses better than the zeros, freeing up them for escort role.

every day the allied air offensive encrease its power, and i'm not able to stop it, especially in Burma.
Night and day my airfields are scrumbled by his planes and i only have 2 reduced daitais of zeros in that theatre....[:(]

Today the entire Army that conquered PM has been loaded. At PM will remain the 54th division,a sasebo SNLF, 1 Heavy arty Unit and a 120 aviation support base force, along with an entire Engeneer Regiment.
The convoys will meet 60 miles west of PM and will sail with the aircover of the combined carrier fleet towards Tryk, where they will unload the troops to give them a week of rest.

At the end of May phase 1 can be considered finished.Only China is left.
Phase 2 will begin at mid June.
Now i wait for his counterattack, and i know he's going to hurt me in my weakest angle
I'm really suffering for the lack of good pilots in these days.



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/24/42

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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 14


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane II bombing at 2000 feet

Akyab must be closed. It's too close to Saigon!
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Night Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 32


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
5 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Night Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 11
Martin 139 x 28
Hudson I x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
If i only could provide some cap here....[:(]
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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 72
Hudson I x 18


No Allied losses

Resources hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 10
Beaufort I x 14
Beaufort V-IX x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 14
Mohawk IV x 29
I-153c x 30


Allied aircraft losses
Lysander I: 1 damaged
Mohawk IV: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
I-153c: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 367182 troops, 3811 guns, 314 vehicles

Defending force 104693 troops, 403 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

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


Japanese ground losses:
7577 casualties reported
Guns lost 141
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
3152 casualties reported
Guns lost 57

Every level is a damned high price to pay!

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48816 troops, 393 guns, 2 vehicles

Defending force 15556 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
627 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Allied ground losses:
199 casualties reported

I HATE THESE CHINESE!

You must be running really low on pilots! The Chungking battle is epic. Are you going to conquer any more of China after Chungking is taken? If I was you, I'd start moving units to the Pacific and start digging in. Time for Japanese offensives is running out. Where do you think he will counterattack?

How are your CVs doing? Are your carrier pilots well trained?

ORIGINAL: Alikchi

You must be running really low on pilots! The Chungking battle is epic. Are you going to conquer any more of China after Chungking is taken? If I was you, I'd start moving units to the Pacific and start digging in. Time for Japanese offensives is running out. Where do you think he will counterattack?

How are your CVs doing? Are your carrier pilots well trained?

Hi Alikchi,


in China i'm planning to conquer only one more base for the moment. Do not remember the name but is just above Chungking. When this will be done i will have free hands to decide what to do with those troops.

I guess he will attack in the north (paramuro Jima -Sp???) and from Baker-Nanoumea Towards Tarawa. That's why i do not want to wait for his counteroffensive. I Will keep on attacking for the next 3 months.

My CVs? Zuikaku needs some R&R (12 syst damage) and so needs the Akagi. The others are in good shape.
My Dive bombers and Torp bombers are really in good conditions! My problem is with fighter pilots....every single group has a strenght of 70% of average...which is bad. Gotta disband some carrier capable groups into them, but the exp will fall down a bit ( average 75 i guess).

I'm nearly the 4-1 ratio in VP....2350 vs.6100....with Chunking i'll be ok!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/25/42

No Replay today.

BTW nothing new on from the fronts.
At Chungking forts are down to level 1, but today i lost 6500 men Vs his 3000...shock attack planned for tomorrow
The convoys are moving from PM towards Truk.
25 zeros are placed at Pm on CAP....i know they are not enough but for the moment is what i have[:(]
In Burma the allied air offensive is growing stronger . Some LRCAP for tomorrow over some bases.
I bet his B-17s are moving towards Lungaville to pound lunga.............we'll see

As espected Lunga is now in the line of fire. His 4E bombers are beginning to smash Henderson Field. In 2 days i'm going to have some LRCAp from Munda
BTW today was a good day for my fighters in Burma. Even if the enemy outnumbers us 20 to 1, today 17 allied bombers were shot down and none of ours.
At Chungking there has been a stop[:(]. 12,000 casualities are too much to handle. I have to rest them for a while now.....
His Subs place all over the coast of New Guinea are trying to hit my main fleet. My ASW capabilities are too low to face this threat....some more Bombers placed on ASW mission...let's hope no surprise will arise here




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/26/42

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ASW attack at 53,92

Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze
DD Hatsushima
DD Kamo
DD Akebono
DD Ushio
DD Nagatsuki
DD Minazuki
DD Satsuki

Allied Ships
SS Salmon

grgrgrgr...no hits
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Sub attack at 53,92

Japanese Ships
TK Shinkoku Maru
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
SS Salmon

Torp misses
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Night Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 32


No Allied losses

Resources hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
8 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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ASW attack at 53,93

Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Minegumo
MSW W.9
MSW Hagoromo Maru
PG Tamo Maru #6
PG Kyo Maru #8
PG Shoei Maru
PG Santo Maru
PG Seikai Maru
PG Kyo Maru #10
MSW Toshi Maru #1
MSW Tamozono Maru #2
MSW Tamozono Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS Snapper

If only i could have some more ASW ships....
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Sub attack at 53,93

Japanese Ships
DD Natsushio
DD Shikinami
DD Asagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Kagero
DD Hatsukaze
DD Uranami
CL Kitakami

Allied Ships
SS Snapper

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ASW attack at 53,93

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 14
PC Ch 16
PG Busho Maru
PG Uji
PG Saga
MSW W.19
MSW W.4
MSW W.2
MSW W.1
DD Murasame
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Kasumi

Allied Ships
SS Snapper, hits 1, on fire

Finally!

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ASW attack at 53,93

Japanese Ships
MSW Hinode Maru #20
MSW Fukeui Maru #7
MSW Banshu Maru #52
MSW W.12
MSW W.11
MSW W.6
MSW W.5
DD Kikuzuki

Allied Ships
SS Snapper

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ASW attack at 53,93

Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze
DD Hatsushima
DD Akebono
DD Ushio
DD Nagatsuki
DD Minazuki
DD Satsuki

Allied Ships
SS Snapper, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage* sinks*

Incredible...

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-48 Lily x 13
Ki-49 Helen x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 12
Martin 139 x 32
Hudson I x 9

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

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
244 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:

With these useless oscars i can only hope to damage some of them
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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 59
Hudson I x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 16 destroyed, 3 damaged
Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Resources hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:

Good day for my men!
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 22
Wirraway x 7
Buffalo I x 44
Blenheim IF x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 42
SB-2c x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:

Auch![:@]
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 12
Beaufort I x 16
Beaufort V-IX x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 2
Mohawk IV x 2


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Mohawk IV bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Lysander I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 15
B-17E Fortress x 44


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:

My AA scored some Hit...but cannot hold for too long

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 353484 troops, 3448 guns, 290 vehicles

Defending force 95459 troops, 244 guns, 0 vehicles

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


Japanese ground losses:
12504 casualties reported[:(][:(][:(][:(]
Guns lost 186
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
3717 casualties reported
Guns lost 50

A Mistake the shock attack. Now i have to give at least 1 week of rest to my troops
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Ground combat at 49,22

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9473 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2863 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
546 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

my mongolian divisions are doing a good job in the north of china

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I'm trying to defend Burma with teeth and nails, but it's very tough to do so only with 50 zeros available.
While my fleet is getting close to gili gili, PM recieved the attention of the fortresses for the first time. But my fighters manage to protect the Airfields. The Rufes did a great job shoting down 3 b-17s!!!!![:)]
Nothing much more to report.
At Chunking i'm resting my troops
At Wewak i'm trying to train some more zeros to use in the southern theatre.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/27/42

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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 10


No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane II bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 28


No Allied losses

Resources hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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ASW attack at 54,94

Japanese Ships
MSW Hinode Maru #20
MSW Fukeui Maru #7
MSW Banshu Maru #52
MSW W.12
MSW W.11
MSW W.6
MSW W.5
DD Kikuzuki

Allied Ships
SS O24

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ASW attack at 54,94

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shirayuki
DD Isonami
DD Shirakumo
DD Asagumo
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Isokaze
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS O24, hits 4, on fire*sinks*
He's trying to get my CVs with his subs

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Day Air attack on Moulmein , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 33
IL-4c x 12

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

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
well, my oscars did a good job
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 6
Martin 139 x 30
Hudson I x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:

need some CAP here
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 22
Wirraway x 7
Buffalo I x 45
Blenheim IF x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 64
SB-2c x 26


Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 damaged
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:


And here too
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 12
Beaufort I x 14
Beaufort V-IX x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
8 x Beaufort I bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Beaufort I bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Beaufort I bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 15
Mohawk IV x 28
I-153c x 31


Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:


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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 69
Hudson I x 26


No Allied losses

Resources hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
A6M2 Zero x 38

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 destroyed, 24 damaged

YES![8D]

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6999 troops, 252 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 90845 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
204 casualties reported

greetings...

you mentioned "partisans" in the China. Isn't good idea to bring there your low exp level ac groups and train them in the ground combat? It is fast way to do it, and it seems you don't have to afraid of allied ac in the China.

And, one more thing. I'm curious about your ac research. Do you pay attention on this or just halted and wait till arrival date comes closly? Does Oscar II arrival date moved earlier?

keep the good work!

Hi Pauk,

I'm already training my crews in Manila,Mindanao,Wewak and China. I just do not post the results 'cause i find them boring[;)]

Yes, i'm reasearching a lot! Tonies and Zekes mainly. BTW the next turn i get i'll post some screenshots so that you can check it out!

Thanks for reading[:)]

As asked, i'll post a screen shot of my Air-production situation( i'll comment it at the end of the report)
Another quite day.
He keepd on attacking my combined fleet with his subs,but his torpedoes are prooving their Dudeness[:D]
Hi 4E bombers did not show up today in South Pacific. I think i've found a way to manage with them, or at least to cause some troubles to them
In Burma we keep on playing cat&mouse, but i need to give some rest to my zeros as the op.losses are getting higher, so this turn i did not provide any LRCAP.
It's scaring me a bit the oil/res situation. Too many damaged oilfelds in the DEI are making my life hard to provide a costant flow of res to the homeland. I hope once China will be secured i could take some oil and res there....



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/28/42

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Sub attack at 55,95

Japanese Ships
DD Isokaze
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shirayuki
DD Isonami
DD Shirakumo
DD Asagumo
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

Torp failed to detonate[:D]

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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 10


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane II bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 27


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
8 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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ASW attack at 55,95

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 20
Wirraway x 8
Buffalo I x 44
Blenheim IF x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 44
SB-2c x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
trying to think a way to provide some CAP here...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 16
Mohawk IV x 27
I-153c x 30


Allied aircraft losses
Lysander I: 2 damaged
Mohawk IV: 1 damaged
I-153c: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 62
Hudson I x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Resources hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:

This is a good result...tomorrow i'll rest this daitai
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The A/C prodution :

As you can see i'm strongly concentrating on tonies. I should manage to get them on July instead of August. Consider that we're playing with Tanaka's mod that changes the upgrade path for the oscarsI from Oscars II to Tonies Ki.61. This should let me put in the first line of action a lot of army fighters, freeing up the navy pilots for naval warfare only.
When the ki.61 will arrive i wil swith my main researches on the Zekes.
Any comments or suggestion about this will be REALLY appreciated!

ah, Tanaka's mod. That explain why you are hardly concentrace on the Tony's. Do you know if arrival date is moved for month, can you see it in screen or arrival date stay at august 42? I have no clue....(i hardly research Oscar II, now they are at 140 rd points, but so far i can not see any progress - problably dice role failed to speed arrival)

As for a Zeke: from my experience (with O II) and other guys experience, there is no sense to research ac with arrival date more than one year later. I belive that arrival is blocked if you research ac with such arrival date. So, my suggestion would be, keep rd zeke factory for research, but dont expand/change factories for zeke r&d for now. You can do it latter, 6-8 months before historical arrival date. Then you will have bigger chance for repairing r&d and r&d should repair faster as arrival date is approaching.

Aslo, keep in mind that bigger r&d factory have bigger chance for repair rd points then smaller.
so, (120)0 rd factory will repair more rd points then 20(0)....

hope this helps...

ORIGINAL: pauk

ah, Tanaka's mod. That explain why you are hardly concentrace on the Tony's. Do you know if arrival date is moved for month, can you see it in screen or arrival date stay at august 42? I have no clue....(i hardly research Oscar II, now they are at 140 rd points, but so far i can not see any progress - problably dice role failed to speed arrival)

As for a Zeke: from my experience (with O II) and other guys experience, there is no sense to research ac with arrival date more than one year later. I belive that arrival is blocked if you research ac with such arrival date. So, my suggestion would be, keep rd zeke factory for research, but dont expand/change factories for zeke r&d for now. You can do it latter, 6-8 months before historical arrival date. Then you will have bigger chance for repairing r&d and r&d should repair faster as arrival date is approaching.

Aslo, keep in mind that bigger r&d factory have bigger chance for repair rd points then smaller.
so, (120)0 rd factory will repair more rd points then 20(0)....

hope this helps...

Thanks for the input Pauk! Very useful. I believe i'll expand a bit the Sallies production and decrease a bit the sonias one.
So where should i concentrate for my researches? Jills? Oscars II?.....do not know what can be really usefull...

Nothing more to report for the 29th of May.
Heavy rains in Burma prevented the allies the usual mass bombing raids.
Some bombs hit the fields at Lunga, but nothing serious
Still resting at Chunking.
The main fleet has passed gili gili and is heading towards Truk.
b-26s striked one ML from Canton island at Baker Island
4 units spotted at Wake for 5000 men.

My opponent has announced a big operation called "SMARONATION" for June.
I have many weak spots in my perimeter...gotta pay attention!

Elaborated the two twin operations for June: SHO 1 and SHO 2 (Wake Island and Nanumea Atoll )
The invasion of Timor has been postponed to August

ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner

Thanks for the input Pauk! Very useful. I believe i'll expand a bit the Sallies production and decrease a bit the sonias one.
So where should i concentrate for my researches? Jills? Oscars II?.....do not know what can be really usefull...

Oscar II certantly not, because you will upgrade outclassed O I and Nates to the Tony...

You should concetrate research on the planes which:
a) arrival date is app. one year
b) you have lot's of group of rd plane type (ie....jill, grace, frank... but there is no sence to research them yet since you are in the middle of '42.

Do you have WitP Japanese ac production sheet? (in excel)? i've found it very useful.

i can send you via e-mail if you dont have it. Just leave me your e-mail via PM.

Yes Pauk, i have it ( Thanks spooky!), thanks

I find quite hard to decide because there are several planes that won't have any real impact in the war effort.
I'd strongly need night fighters, but it's useless to research on them 'cause you have t wait unitl the dedicated group arrive and can't swicth to them manually.
So i probably concentrate my efforts over Tonies,Zekes and Betties (second version) for the next 6 months.
When i'll be able to upgrade all those nates/oscarsI groups to Tonies i'll be in a quite good position to conduct a defensive warfare.
I'll try to research something more Jills and Judy too.
Then i'll save my supplies for the upcomming meatgrinder[:(]

In the meanwhile i'll keep on training my Army fighter pilots, so that in August i will begin to send some tonies on the first line of fire( Burma,Lunga,PM)

Still thanks for your support[;)]

30th May 42

Tunderstorms all over Burma,China and Japan prevent any big air operations.
At chunking the forts are reduced to 0...FINALLY. The cost was 5500 men exchanged with 4500 chinese...not that bad.Another attempt planned for tomorrow.
At Lunga a Bombing raid made by 30 hudson was repulsed by 13 A6M3s with 3 enemy bombers shot down.
The Yamato is moving toward Truk. Will give its help in the upcomming operation SHO 1 and 2
7500 men spotted at Wake. I guess an entire Regiment of US Army....it's gonna be tough!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/30/42


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Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 345765 troops, 3200 guns, 297 vehicles

Defending force 92028 troops, 193 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0[:D][:D][:D]


Japanese ground losses:
5871 casualties reported
Guns lost 69

Allied ground losses:
4551 casualties reported
Guns lost 61

Another base just north of Mitikyna( Burma ) got at level 5 AF. That means that from now on more bases in China and Burma are threatened by his 4E monsters....and i fear Akyab the most...from there he can devastate everything from Hanoi to Bankok and victoria....really a pain.
He's reinforcing Nanoumea Atoll...another bad news. I caught a BIG cargo TF there today. My zeros got 3 losses vs those bastards P-40 and 4 betties did not come home.
Some ships were sunk and some more damaged but the tide is changing...it's in the air





AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/31/42

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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 12
Martin 139 x 31
Hudson I x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 5 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 89

Aircraft Attacking:

My oscars could not do anything more than this...
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It's been a while since i do not see any B-24 in burma....for sure he's massing them up for a powerfull STRIKE....I just can defend Bankok for the moment...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Nanomea Atoll at 87,101

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
G4M1 Betty x 50

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 11 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Corrales, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sea Thrush, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Red Jacket
AK San Lucas, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Admiral Laws, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Lillian Luckenbach
AK San Simeon, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:

Supplies and planes i guess.....really a bad news

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Day Air attack on TF, near Nanomea Atoll at 87,101

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
G4M1 Betty x 32

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Admiral Wood
AK Corrales, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Liloa
AK Mormachawk
AK Empire Rainbow
AK Sage Brush, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:

It will take at least 3 more weeks for SHO 1....so nanoumea can grow even stronger...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 320761 troops, 3040 guns, 10 vehicles

Defending force 87216 troops, 112 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
253 casualties reported

I NEED THIS DAMNED PLACE