Attenzione (Achtung)!: Il Pauk schools Speedy in Med!

[Nikademus]

the tired 7th Armored.

[Nikademus]

Moving on to Palastine (Haifa) we have several more units rebuilding / working up

[Nikademus]

10th Armored.

[Nikademus]

50th Inf

[Nikademus]

The UK's strongest rear area force (reserve) is 5th Indian currently garrisoning an island base. I suppose this unit is the best candident for a "rush forward" defense

[pauk]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/04/42

Enemy ac spoted our TF south of Crete and i have to cancel their mission - bombarding of Tobruk. The good thing is my recon spoted enemy TF at Tobruk so we just avoided a major dissaster...other than that no big news...


Day Air attack on Benghazi , at 45,128

Japanese aircraft
Z-1007 Bis x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Z-1007 Bis: 7 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Z-1007 Bis bombing at 15000 feet
6 x Z-1007 Bis bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malta , at 35,120

Japanese aircraft
Bf-109F-4 x 19
Ju-88A-4 x 20
Bf-109F-4 R2 Recon x 2

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ju-88A-4: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Bf-109F-4 R2 Recon: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ju-88A-4 bombing at 26900 feet
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Day Air attack on Malta , at 35,120

Japanese aircraft
SM 79 x 8
IMAM Ro-37 x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
SM 79 : 8 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SM 79 bombing at 23000 feet
3 x SM 79 bombing at 23000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malta , at 35,120

Japanese aircraft
SM 84 x 18

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
SM 84: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed
Spitfire Vc: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x SM 84 bombing at 25900 feet
4 x SM 84 bombing at 25900 feet
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Day Air attack on 15th Panzer , at 45,130


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 21
Spitfire Vc x 3
Blenheim IV x 12
Hudson I x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 8000 feet
11 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 8000 feet
8 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 8000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 8000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on 9th Indian Brigade, at 44,129

Japanese aircraft
Z-1007 Bis x 13

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Z-1007 Bis bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 9th Indian Brigade, at 44,129

Japanese aircraft
MC-202 x 15
Bf-109F-4 Trop x 31
Ju-87 D (Ger) x 20

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ju-87 D (Ger) bombing at 2000 feet
13 x Bf-109F-4 Trop bombing at 2000 feet
15 x MC-202 bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 9th Indian Brigade, at 44,129

Japanese aircraft
SM 79 x 15
MC-200 x 47
Ju-88A-4 x 14

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ju-88A-4 bombing at 15000 feet
3 x SM 79 bombing at 15000 feet
4 x SM 79 bombing at 15000 feet
21 x MC-200 bombing at 2000 feet
20 x MC-200 bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SM 79 bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ju-88A-4 bombing at 15000 feet
4 x SM 79 bombing at 15000 feet
3 x MC-200 bombing at 2000 feet
3 x MC-200 bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malta , at 35,120

Japanese aircraft
BR 20 M x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
BR 20 M: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x BR 20 M bombing at 15000 feet

[Rob Brennan UK]

Been keeping an eye on this mod , looks like fun and Nik's ability to add more (him being able to travel back in time and spend 72 hours work in one day is invaluable [;)]).

Just for the record it;ll take a LOT for me to be an italian fanboy , come on the brits, don't let O'connor get captured (whoops too late )[;)]

have fun u 2 ..

[DuckofTindalos]

Erm Nik, why haven't you added the "division" suffix to the 7th and 10th Armoured? That doesn't turn them into infantry units...

[Nikademus]

hmm....looks like a boo boo on my part. removed the redundant tank suffix...forgot to add the division. good catch.

[Cap Mandrake]

I have no doubt that Allied interdiction of Axis convoys had an impact on Rommel's supply. I am able to say this because Avalon Hill's Afika Korps had a little table to roll for Axis supply each turn. [:)]

[Nikademus]

Douglas Porch, author of "The Path to Victory: The Med. Theater in WWII" agrees with you too. [;)]

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Erm Nik, why haven't you added the "division" suffix to the 7th and 10th Armoured? That doesn't turn them into infantry units...

The TO&E's still worry me. They don't match in many cases.

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Erm Nik, why haven't you added the "division" suffix to the 7th and 10th Armoured? That doesn't turn them into infantry units...

The TO&E's still worry me. They don't match in many cases.

Not surprising, unfortunately...

[Nikademus]

Less familiar with this area of the editor though building the new land devices and creating the German LCU's was intuitive enough. I didn't see off the bat a way to match up the TO&E. Have you done this for your mod? Fremen? any advice?

[DuckofTindalos]

Why can't you just modify the TO&E?

[Nikademus]

because to be honest, the TOE template setup in the wpl.pws (location) file confused me a bit. I'd not worked it before. I can see the TOE templates, but didn't see in the editor where you "connected" them to actual LCU units. Does that makes sense?

Been working so many angles of the mod its easy to get confused. I recently discovered that some of the base locations retained values i think left over from WitP....example,.......Tobruk, listed as "Jungle/Forest" I think that might be causing movement snafu's. Fremen can correct me if i'm wrong...

[DuckofTindalos]

In the official editor, there's a textbox called "Formation". That's where you enter the slot number of the TO&E you want to link the LCU to.

[Nikademus]

ah....thx. For some reason my eyes kept passing over it.

[DuckofTindalos]

Either too much coffee, or not enough...[;)]

[Nikademus]

well there was alot of plates i was juggling. It was all very complicated...... [:)]