Waiting for 3rd AE patch - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy

[castor troy]

Here´s another intel screen that could be of interest, the aircraft production of the Japanese Empire. We´ve got the ability to produce some 824 aircraft of different types, focussing on the two fighter types A6M2 Zero and Ki-43-Ic Oscar. We do have enough ac in the pool of both types as well as of every other ac needed. At the moment we have shut down some 185 factories, which means we are currently producing a bit more than 600 aircraft each month in total. At this rate we would build some 7000+ aircraft which would be less than were built in reality in Japan in 1942 according to I-net sources that show 8,861 Japanese aircraft built.

Of course we have streamlined production and the appearance of the Tojo which is still 11/42 will increase total production a bit. But by then we will have completely stopped producing the Oscar. I guess we won´t produce more than 8.000 aircraft this year, so about 10% less than were produced in reality. I´m happy about that as this at least doesn´t mean I´m building numbers of aircraft that are totally off.

1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945

UK
7,940 15,049 20,094 23,672 26,263 26,461 12,070
US
2,141 6,086 19,433 47,836 85,898 96,318 46,001
USSR
10,382 10,565 15,735 25,436 34,900 40,300 20,900
Germany
8,295 10,826 12,401 15,409 24,807 40,593 7,540
Japan
4,467 4,768 5,088 8,861 16,693 28,180 8,263

it really sucks that I can´t get a table to be shown as it should be... [8|]

[castor troy]

It´s New Year in 3.5 hours and my GF MKI is already very unhappy seeing me still being in front of my PC! There won´t be any new turns done until Jannuary 2nd. I want to thank all readers and contributors of this AAR and wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!

BANZAI!!

[Ambassador]

Happy new year and Happy sinking in 2009 ![:)]

[bigbaba]

same to you, chris. hope to read more battles in this AAR in the new year.

[castor troy]

after one day pause, we´re back in action... [8D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/08/42

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-49 Helen x 31
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet

we only get 55 bombers to attack, that´s roughly 50% of the bombers at Yanam. We´ve got too many damaged bombers there and with those small numbers we can´t achieve much from that height with reduced bomb loads. Yanam is level 3 (39%) and it´s increasing by 7% each turn at the moment. We will take Hyderabad within the next three days I guess, this will give us another level 3(3) airfield, hopefully we will have it up to level 4 soon. To speed up the construction of the airfield at Hyderabad I will fly some Tabbies to Yanam to airlift eng rgts from Yanam to Hyderabad. Otherwise it takes two weeks to march there.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 120
D3A Val x 41
B5N Kate x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 107
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 126

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-48 Lily x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 53
Ki-48 Lily x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 29

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-48 Lily x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 9

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

WOW! We actually attack three different LCUs at Sian today!

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Day Air attack on 101st PA Division, at 41,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 13
Ki-49 Helen x 14

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14145 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3598

Defending force 125723 troops, 838 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3737



Allied ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Cagayan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15323 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 327

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

Japanese max assault: 260 - adjusted assault: 125

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 125 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cagayan base !!!

marching on Davao now...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8259 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2968

Defending force 41544 troops, 330 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 744



Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/09/42

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 107
D3A Val x 41
B5N Kate x 41
G3M Nell x 26
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 140
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 49
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 101st PA Division, at 41,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 14
Ki-49 Helen x 14

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


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 28

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 160

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 115

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x B5N Kate bombing at 26000 feet

without KB in the area we wouldn´t be able to keep Madras´ airfields surpressed at all. Unfortunately KB will have to leave within the next couple of days due to being low on fuel. In the meantime we hopefully will have seized Hyderabad, half of the assault forces have arrived there today, the rest will follow tomorrow. In two days we will order a shock attack with some 1300 assault points which will probably take the base. At the moment we spot three Allied units defending Hyderabad. Open terrain, probably not many forts.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14065 troops, 450 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3602

Defending force 125990 troops, 835 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3755



Allied ground losses:
184 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8259 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2974

Defending force 41549 troops, 333 guns, 249 vehicles, Assault Value = 748



Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack [:D]

Attacking force 13429 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 409

Defending force 16671 troops, 146 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 436

Allied max assault: 740 - adjusted assault: 6

Japanese max defense: 412 - adjusted defense: 1605

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
2921 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Miller now is killing off his troops, he probably wants to get rid of them to start rebuilding a lot of them somewhere in Australia. Here you can see why I think it´s not worth attacking Manila at all if there are more than 200 assault points at the base when you arrive as you will just wear down your troops and that´s not worth it IMO. As soon the Allied are reduced to Manila in your assault, just put a couple of second class units (NLF, SNLF, all those small Navy units) there to keep the Allied in place and move out your divs in good shape to attack another target. After six months of starving, the Allied assault value has completely melted away! [8D] I have ordered 200 assault points to move out to Bataan today to be shipped somewhere in the Pacific to garrison one of my bases of the second line of defense. Manila will be further be seen as a POW-camp!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/10/42

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Naval bombardment of Madras, at 18,21 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Oi, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Kitakami
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
CA Mogami
BB Hyuga
BB Ise


Allied ground losses:
1032 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Vehicles lost 2

Runway hits 9
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 4

our last surface combat TF in the area went in to bombard the base, I´m not really satisfied with the result as this was quite a force. And the CD at Madras seems to be far from knocked out as it landed a penetrating hit on CL Oi! I forgot to take Oi and Kitakami out of the TF before sending them to bombard the enemy stronghold. I had the light cruisers included in this TF as this was my primary surface combat TF and I wanted those torpedo carrying CLs launching their loads at an enemy surface combat TF if it would show up. Other than the 4 PTs that sunk one of my DDs nothing showed up though.



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Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

spotted Cap here earlier, today the base was empty...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 122
D3A Val x 41
B5N Kate x 50
G3M Nell x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 144
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 118

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Indian Division, at 20,17

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 25
Ki-49 Helen x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet

this is at Hyderabad, want to do two A2G attacks before shock attacking tomorrow... another Allied unit seems to be moving in from the North... I expect the base to fall tomorrow though...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14128 troops, 451 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3607

Defending force 125954 troops, 842 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3765



Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8293 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2978

Defending force 41600 troops, 331 guns, 248 vehicles, Assault Value = 747



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 127165 troops, 1344 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3799

Defending force 101036 troops, 1075 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2036


Japanese ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 9133 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Defending force 4823 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 147

Allied max assault: 18 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 137 - adjusted defense: 341

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1



Allied ground losses:
245 casualties reported

another try to kill off his own troops! [:D] even one of my small NLF units would be enough to hold the base now... I will keep those troops here though as this seems more realistic to hold back those Allied troops...

[castor troy]

a day with excellent news!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/11/42

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 122
D3A Val x 41
B5N Kate x 50
G3M Nell x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 180
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 140
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 158

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B5N Kate bombing at 26000 feet

this is the last attack from KB´s bombers, the carriers are retiring to Rangoon to replenish. Hopefully we will only need them to escort supply convoys to India (if we don´t capture enough supplies [;)]). The ongoing fight of 5.000 av would be really hard to supply if we don´t seize any supplies. Fuel is also a big issue, we don´t have enough fuel to keep the whole IJN supplied at Rangoon. I´m bringing in a lot and keep it on the ships and unload them slowly when my TFs return as otherwise all the fuel is transferred out again by the smart AI. When all my TFs have returned to Rangoon they will have sucked up some 150.000 fuel!!! [X(]

At the moment I´m using my TKs and AKs to bring oil and resources to Japan and on the way back to Singapore they are carrying fuel.

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Ground combat at Hyderabad [&o]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 55042 troops, 328 guns, 2025 vehicles, Assault Value = 1645

Defending force 26742 troops, 252 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 591

Japanese max assault: 2648 - adjusted assault: 1751

Allied max defense: 568 - adjusted defense: 178

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 3) [&o][&o][&o]

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hyderabad base !!! [:D][:D][:D]


Japanese ground losses:
1435 casualties reported
Guns lost 35
Vehicles lost 57

Allied ground losses:
3585 casualties reported
Guns lost 57


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

This is a VERY important happening! Not just that we were able to capture the so important second airfield in India we also have forced two Indian divisions, a UK bgd and an Indian base force to retreat South! The enemy has lost 129 points for ground losses today so those units really took a beating! This was the perfect terrain for my tanks and the enemy simply got overrun it seems. The TK rgts are in very good shape but only have 25% of the supplies needed at the moment, the inf div that also took part in the battle for Hyderabad got shot up and suffered 10% of the troops disabled. My TK rgts were set to shock attack / pursue and are now sitting with the retreating Allied units one hex South West on the rail. They will shock attack again tomorrow even though they are far from being optimal supplied. The Allied units should have lost 100% of their supply due to the retreat and should also have a very high disruption. I expect to kick them further back. I´m having a hr for myself of only using TK rgt/div to shock attack/PURSUE, all other units are not allowed to pursue.

Unfortunately the base only shows some 3500 supplies so we haven´t captured a lot of supplies here. Tabbies have transferred to Yanam flying an eng rgt to Hyderabad tomorrow to start building up the airfield. The division is 100% prepped for Hyderabad and will take position here for r&r and to hold back any Allied counteroffensive-attempts. We have a special base force here already and the bombers from Yanam transferred to this base already. A Zero daitai and a Helen sentai was transferred from Burma to Yanam.

This was an important victory and if we can force those Allied inf units to retreat a couple of times this will totally wreck them and should be a hard blow for the Allied defense of India.

At Madras we have spotted 13 units with over 30.000 troops already, could be a hard nut to crack and perhaps we will just siege the base.



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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14236 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3613

Defending force 126200 troops, 846 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3774



Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8256 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2977

Defending force 41573 troops, 329 guns, 248 vehicles, Assault Value = 746



Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 127190 troops, 1345 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3802

Defending force 100767 troops, 1072 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2027


Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7210 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Defending force 4835 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Allied max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 138 - adjusted defense: 293

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

the Allied don´t take much casualties with their attacks but I guess they won´t have much combat squads left to keep up these attacks...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/12/42

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 49
Ki-21 Sally x 29
Ki-49 Helen x 72
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged

Runway hits 4

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

As both Hyderabad and Yanam are four hexes from Madras we get combined strikes out of both bases now. We get over 100 bombers over the enemy base but only achieve an awful hit rate... going in lower is no option I fear as flak is too heavy at Madras, hopefully hit rate will get better when we launch from level 4 airfield in 7-14 days... if Madras gets operational again this could mean trouble. 3000 assault points should enter the town within the next four days.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 95
D3A Val x 41
B5N Kate x 50
G3M Nell x 26
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 180
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 134
Port hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 44
Ki-48 Lily x 5
Ki-49 Helen x 37

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-48 Lily x 4
Ki-49 Helen x 19

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 101st PA Division, at 41,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 17

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

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Ground combat at 20,18

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 30313 troops, 8 guns, 1963 vehicles, Assault Value = 1088

Defending force 15647 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 279

Japanese max assault: 1628 - adjusted assault: 300 [X(]

Allied max defense: 162 - adjusted defense: 33 [X(]

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
1300 casualties reported
Guns lost 17


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

yes! The enemy forces that were forced to retreat out of Hyderabad are again hit hard even though our adjusted av was horrible. But so was the enemy´s adjusted av, probably both sides were hit due to being nearly or totally out of supply. Our troops got supplies at the end of this turn though and the tanks are now sitting with the four enemy troops one hex further South. Shock attack tomorrow, then the enemy will retreat into a mountaineous hex East of Bangalore. I´m thinking about dropping a para rgt into Bangalore, the one that took Yanam at the beginning of our invasion. The paras are still sitting there, 100% combat ready.

I´m not sure yet as this could then mean that the enemy troops will have to retreat into the mountains North of Madras and I´m not sure I like that. I would preferre to kill them off at a base they can´t further retreat.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14255 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3616

Defending force 126113 troops, 840 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3764



Allied ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8326 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2974

Defending force 41575 troops, 335 guns, 247 vehicles, Assault Value = 745



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3167 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

Defending force 4852 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 150

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/13/42

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Naval bombardment of Madras, at 18,21 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Chokai
CA Maya, Shell hits 2
CA Takao


Allied ground losses:
566 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 4

Runway hits 9
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 2

CD still fires back and we seem to hit less with every attack. Can only hope this is due to the enemy units (support units) are becoming more and more disabled. When looking at the flak fire they put up then I can´t confirm that...

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Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 86
Ki-49 Helen x 72

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 2 destroyed
I-153c: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 35

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

we have spotted over 100 enemy aircraft at Chengtu recently and decided to hit the base at max range. Unfortunately we don´t torch as many ac on the ground as we have thought and we lose 4 bombers in this attack...

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-21 Sally x 28
Ki-49 Helen x 69
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Runway hits 3

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

hit rate stays horrible, I could halt those attacks as they don´t seem to make any sense... attacking at 16.000 ft would result in my bomber sentais being 50%+ damaged though...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 95
D3A Val x 41
B5N Kate x 44
G3M Nell x 26
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 180
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 136

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at 19,19

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 29978 troops, 9 guns, 1937 vehicles, Assault Value = 1068

Defending force 10295 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 164

Japanese max assault: 1620 - adjusted assault: 1273

Allied max defense: 93 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 424 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 9

Allied ground losses:
1280 casualties reported
Guns lost 14


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

there won´t be much left of those units when my tanks are ordered to focus on another target... the tanks are fully supplied and we get excellent adjusted av... with every attack, the enemy loses (disabled/destroyed) some 5.000 troops I guess...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14260 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3617

Defending force 126395 troops, 849 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3780



Allied ground losses:
233 casualties reported

we won´t achieve anything before Sian isn´t totally encircled. Chinese troops from the North are now heading towards Sian...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8306 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2976

Defending force 41538 troops, 334 guns, 246 vehicles, Assault Value = 744



Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7079 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Defending force 4834 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

Allied max assault: 4 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 137 - adjusted defense: 245

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported

[castor troy]

due to Miller´s totally passive play we´re back into an absolutely boring game... well, I´m advancing without interference and I should be glad about it but it´s boring...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/14/42

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Naval bombardment of Madras, at 18,21

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Chikuma


Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

now that is a disappointing bombardment! [:(] my first division entered Madras today...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 95
D3A Val x 41
B5N Kate x 50
G3M Nell x 25
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 180
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 133
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32

No Japanese losses

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

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Ground combat at 18,19

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 30010 troops, 8 guns, 1940 vehicles, Assault Value = 1069

Defending force 6384 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88

Japanese max assault: 1696 - adjusted assault: 1216

Allied max defense: 49 - adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 93 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
810 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

only some 6.500 troops are able to defend, they started out with nearly 27.000. Nothing left that could put up a fight. Tomorrow we will take Bangalore, hopefully with some supplies. There is also a resource center which we would like to capture undamaged...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14315 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3619

Defending force 126547 troops, 858 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3787



Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8333 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2979

Defending force 41514 troops, 336 guns, 246 vehicles, Assault Value = 747



Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3144 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Defending force 4811 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 145

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/15/42

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TF 95 troops unloading over beach at Bali, 24,68


Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported

Japanese troops land at the holiday paradise of Bali! We will establish a nice holiday resort for our top pilots of the IJNAF/IJAAF... [8D]

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TF 95 troops unloading over beach at Bali, 24,68


Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 33
Ki-49 Helen x 73
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Runway hits 3

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

tomorrow Yanam should turn into a level 4 airfield, hopefully this will bring better results then. We will move some 150 bombers to Yanam then...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 95
D3A Val x 41
B5N Kate x 50
G3M Nell x 26
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 177
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 100
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 119th USN Base Force, at 41,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 101st PA Division, at 41,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-49 Helen x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 48,46

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi
DD Hayate
DD Oite
DD Hatakaze
DD Asakaze
DD Kamikaze

Allied Ships
SS Tambor, hits 1

we have spotted two enemy subs being moved into the SRA and we have sent out three ASW TFs. One engages SS Tambor and achieves the result we´re used to: one near miss...

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Ground combat at Bangalore

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 30232 troops, 9 guns, 1957 vehicles, Assault Value = 1084

Defending force 4001 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36

Japanese max assault: 1730 - adjusted assault: 1287

Allied max defense: 19 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 1287 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bangalore base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
572 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

we take Bangalore, the enemy was forced to retreat towards Trivandrum on the West tip of India. We have dispatched two of our TK rgts to pursue the enemy next turn, the rest will move on Madras. Tomorrow our para rgt will drop into Manargudi, the base South West of Madras which is empty I guess. This means the defenders of Madras will be cut off.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14254 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3619

Defending force 127051 troops, 871 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3799



Allied ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8351 troops, 285 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2979

Defending force 41544 troops, 332 guns, 247 vehicles, Assault Value = 750



Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Madras

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22785 troops, 256 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1487

Defending force 36210 troops, 306 guns, 381 vehicles, Assault Value = 624



Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

bad news, bad news... [:(] There is a UK division, an Indian TK btn (the one that was earlier forced to retreat), a couple of UK art rgts and base forces at Madras, totalling 600+ assault points. This will really be a tough nut to crack. I´m just no fan of urban warfare, this can wreck your divisions in no time. I don´t even want to think about the fort levels yet. We will use 150 bombers from Yanam to keep on attacking the airfield (with hopefully better results soon) and the bombers from Hyderabad will switch over to ground attacks, hopefully this time they will concentrate their attacks only on the UK division. I guess when I would like to see only one unit being attacked they will disperse their attacks! [;)]

If the UK div gets disrupted enough I see a chance to take the base without too many casualties. When we will start the assault we will have some 3.700 assault points to attack which would be a 6:1 troop ratio against the enemy. I have high hopes that my tk rgts will be a major factor, although tanks should not perform good in urban assaults.

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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7114 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Defending force 4837 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 147

Allied max assault: 8 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 138 - adjusted defense: 513

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported


and here the interesting news!!!!!

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 06/15/42

H6K4 Mavis sighting report: 2 Allied ships at 80,61 , Speed 6 , Moving East
H6K4 Mavis attacking Silversides at 80,61
Sighting report: 2 Japanese ships at 24,68 , Speed 6 , Moving Southwest
Hudson I sighting report: 5 Japanese ships at 29,34 , Speed 13 , Moving East
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Kunming
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Chengtu
SB-2c takes recon photos of Lashio
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Madras
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Madras
Hudson I takes recon photos of Lautem
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Davao
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Davao
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Davao
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Davao
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Manila
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Manila
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Manila
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Manila
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Manila
C5M Babs takes recon photos of Port Moresby
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Darwin
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of 41st PA Division
Hudson I sighting report: 9 Japanese ships at 29,34 , Speed 11 , Moving East
Hudson I has spotted Awa Maru at 29,34
TBD Devastator reports submarine at 112,102
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Yenen
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Sian
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Kungchang
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Dacca
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Diamond Harbor
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Madras
H8K Emily takes recon photos of Madras
H8K Emily takes recon photos of Madras
Catalina I takes recon photos of Yanam
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Davao
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of San Jose
C5M Babs takes recon photos of Port Moresby
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Darwin
Chengting expands airfield to size 5


this sub is stationed some 600 miles East of Canton Island. So what are US carriers doing in this region? I have allerted all my troops and anti shipping daitais as this could be another attempt to attack one of my atolls, although I really doubt it as this would be just far too early with far too few CVs I guess. Perhaps it´s just a high value convoy that is going to Australia that gets CV escort. We will see...

[Zond]

Just a short support post.

The pace of this game is simply amazing. Good luck! 

[Ambassador]

Well, Madras looks good as a second POW camp.[:D]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Zond

Just a short support post.

The pace of this game is simply amazing. Good luck! 

Thanks!

Miller and I were on holiday and we did get a lot of turns done and as it is now, a turn only takes perhaps 20 min if you want to do it carefully as there isn´t much happening.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Well, Madras looks good as a second POW camp.[:D]

Unfortunately Madras is far more important to me than Manila is. I don´t need Manila at all, I really do need Madras. Without Madras I can´t surpress Ceylon and Ceylon´s airfields are threatening my supply line and I don´t want to keep KB in this area forever, not to think about how much fuel I need to have KB on station all the time as KB also means one or two surface combat TFs around and also ASW TFs. At the moment Rangoon has no more fuel, it takes 3 weeks to bring in the next bigger fuel delivery.

Not to forget that Madras itself is also dangerous, not that I´m afraid of the troops breaking out there (one bgd is easily enough to keep them in place) but again, the airfield is a major threat. Those Wellingtons can lay waste to all my bases in this region and as it stands now, I can´t surpress the airfield with my medium bombers as the flak is just too strong (amazing eh, there is the Madras base force and an RAF base force only and they´re putting up flak like five dozen ZSU 23).

You see, without Madras my India adventure is in danger of failing, even though the more or less destruction of this UK div and the two Indian bgd with my tanks was a major success already.

[Ambassador]

Then, it's gonna be bloody.
 
OTOH, one UK div in Burma, and one in India.  There're only indian divs & brigades left at other places, and a few tanks.  Why don't you go east, to Calcutta area, or north to Bombay/Karachi ?  there're more supply centers there, and more bases to defend from your assault.[&:]
 
(I'm still not used to the weird geography of WitP's map - I'm losing my north...)

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Then, it's gonna be bloody.

OTOH, one UK div in Burma, and one in India.  There're only indian divs & brigades left at other places, and a few tanks.  Why don't you go east, to Calcutta area, or north to Bombay/Karachi ?  there're more supply centers there, and more bases to defend from your assault.[&:]

(I'm still not used to the weird geography of WitP's map - I'm losing my north...)

I AM going North! [;)] I have 2000 assault points marching towards Bombay at the moment. There are four reported enemy units and it´s again an urban hex, so no easy target. Moving East isn´t necessary at the moment, it would just further disperse my troop strenght and Í´m still going with my plan of attacking one or two targets with more or less brute force than to attack 5 or 6 targets with insufficient troops that then could get wrecked. I´m not that much in a hurry, I know that the Allied get reinforcements in India but not thousands of assault points every month so I won´t focus on too many targets at once.

Most important target is Madras at the moment, followed by bases that can provide me with supply.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/16/42

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TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Sampit, 26,62


Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported

empty base on Borneo, only invaded to cut Banjamarsin (three hexes South) off and so those Dutch troops there can´t retreat... I´m using a couple of small IJN units to mop up all those bases in the SRA now...

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TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Sampit, 26,62


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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 29
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged

Runway hits 1

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

as you can see, no change in our hit rate, Madras is repairing the airfields at some 25% every turn... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 65
D3A Val x 41
B5N Kate x 47
G3M Nell x 25
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 214
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 143

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 119th USN Base Force, at 41,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 5

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


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 101st PA Division, at 41,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 14
Ki-49 Helen x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Mannargudi

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1286 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

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

Japanese max assault: 70 - adjusted assault: 36

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mannargudi base !!!

this is my paradrop into Mannargudi, the whole btn was airlifted. The base was empty, we don´t seize any supplies but Madras is now cut off and the troops there have to surrender if I will be able to take the base...


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14243 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3620

Defending force 126820 troops, 878 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3810



Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at 16,19

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4483 troops, 2 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 1084

Defending force 2136 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Japanese max assault: 246 - adjusted assault: 148

Allied max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 148 to 1



Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

my tanks keep attacking and the helpless Allied units retreating and suffering...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8393 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2978

Defending force 41619 troops, 330 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 751



Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Madras

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22795 troops, 256 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489

Defending force 36534 troops, 317 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 630



Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Madras

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25594 troops, 288 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 630

Defending force 120889 troops, 1371 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2393 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

Defending force 4824 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 146

Allied max assault: 4 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 137 - adjusted defense: 313

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/17/42

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TF 103 encounters mine field at Gili Gili (56,94)

Japanese Ships
AK Ganges Maru, Mine hits 1

Ganges Maru hits a VH2, looks like a Dutch mine layer sub visited Gili Gili. The small AK is nowhere near danger of sinking, needs a couple of weeks in the repair yards though and lost 30% of the supply it was carrying...

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 34
Ki-49 Helen x 51
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 6

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

I fear we have to go in lower sooner than later. But this will totally wreck my bomber force. The flak of two Allied base forces is just too strong, even after half a dozen succesful naval bombardments... [8|] This is already showing me for what I can use my bombers in future: naval attacks only! Attacking bases is suicide considering the power of Allied flak... [:(]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
D3A Val x 41
B5N Kate x 50
G3M Nell x 26
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 208
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 112
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 101st PA Division, at 41,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 14
Ki-49 Helen x 20

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 23
Ki-49 Helen x 20

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


Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet

first attack on the UK division at Madras, as expected without any effects... we lose 8 bombers today... [8|][8|][8|] for no gain...

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Day Air attack on Madras Naval Base Force, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 18

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

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


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Ground combat at Bali

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2667 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88

Defending force 480 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 89 - adjusted assault: 180

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 180 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bali base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
F.K.51: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
849 casualties reported

Bali conquered, we can now establish our holiday resort!
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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14205 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3626

Defending force 145335 troops, 1018 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4414



Allied ground losses:
262 casualties reported

more and more Allied troops are pooring into Sian! Miller is making a big mistake here... no need to put all those troops into Sian, he would be better off defending the surroundings also, he needs at least one supply path. At the moment I´m working on surrounding the base with sufficient force to block any attempts to open the supply line again. This will mean the death of over 145.000 troops and it´s the biggest concentration of trapped troops so far. As soon as they will run out of supply they are lost... the first couple of deliberate attacks will be absolutely bloody for my troops though...

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Ground combat at Madras

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 117263 troops, 1371 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 3945

Defending force 36780 troops, 325 guns, 385 vehicles, Assault Value = 632



Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

nearly all my troops have entered Madras but I can´t attack! Yes, we have supply issues!!!! [X(] So far I´ve brought over 150.000 supplies to India thinking that this would be sufficient to at least fight an ongoing war for two months, I was wrong again. You don´t need 75.000, not 150.000, well, you probably need 400-500.000 supplies! [X(][X(]

I have no idea where all my supplies have gone to, but my bases show some 30.000 supplies at the moment alltogether and none is going to my troops at Madras as the bases are already showing "orange" supply. My troops at Madras are at 50% supply at the moment, an attack would be suicide! God damn, I can´t afford this supply demands. I´m desperately trying to bring fuel and supplies to Rangoon, both are more than a big problem! KB has left Rangoon with only 80% fuel levels and another supply convoy is also heading towards Yanam, bringing again some 35.000 supplies there. Hopefully that will be enough to launch the attack on Madras. But that´s it then, it will take weeks to see the fuel and supply stocks at Rangoon meet more or less sufficient levels again. I totally underestimated the demands of both of them, I wonder what I have done in my other games, probably I was lucky enough to capture huge amounts so quickly that I didn´t notice the huge demands of my troops and ships.

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8383 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2979

Defending force 41713 troops, 330 guns, 251 vehicles, Assault Value = 753



Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Sampit

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 520 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

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

Japanese max assault: 16 - adjusted assault: 34

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 34 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sampit base !!!