a question in context of this AAR, to anyone who'd know about this and is kind enough of reading my newbie AAR:
what has to happen to make the option of the 21st AirFlottilla concerning Torpedo Ordonance go up to more than 10? (I tried to increase the number but it won't let me to more than 10 - which is not even close to what I plan to get there!)
any help to figure this one out would be greatly appreciated -thanks!
Roland
PS: Supply shouldn't be a problem - there are over 4900 supplies there already.....with much more on the way!
You should be able to increase it 10 at a time. Just increase it by 10 for 10 or 12 times and you should have enough.
great intel - just tried it [:D] - that helps a lot in the future - thanks for the answer! [:D]
all in all rather quiet turns - a few sunk ships by SS on either side (the Dutch score for the Allies a bit, but no serious losses!)
very depressing results by our elite naval bombers.....until they get torpedoes I get the impression that the inexperienced Allied bombers in the DEI hit more than my elite Naval bombers stationed in Ambon and Manado.... [:(] - I wonder if I can really achieve my goal in cutting DEI off by just using Naval Bombers - if they don't start hitting soon I seriously doubt that! [:@]
here the situation in China:
my troops (all available PPs spent on heavy artillery out of Manchuko and Korea) have reached Chengchow and get nice bombardement results with usually around 260 to 400 Allied casualties - some squads are even "destroyed" [:)]
Sinyang will also be attacked as soon as the 20th Mixed Brigade emerges out of the jungle nearby.....as reported before - but its marching progress is slower than expected....
with those two towns taken the railway line is cleared and we should then get enough supplies to the front to start our major offensives in the coming years with the main goal of Chungking of course [8D] ((not that I seriously believe that we'll be able to take it [8D])
we have taken Ambon in a swift operation - almost no losses on our side - apart from one AP which was sunk by DEI bombers (Hudsons and that Dutch junk plane (not the Wildebeests....)
Since we have Ambon we've been flying Naval attack missions out of it daily and not a single bomber scored a hit yet!!!!! - any altitude between 5000 to 10000 metres - no luck.....as I won't be stationing a flotilla at Ambon this whole operations appears to have been a waste of time and men as we should have concentrated our efforts on Kendari (which was the second target and is being invaded as we speak, troops already ashore), as we will be sending the 23rd AirFlottilla there - and I seriously hope for better results once our Nells and Betties get some Torpedoes for Naval Attack at 5000feet!
this, totally unimportant, part of the map however looks very good - we'Ve made considerable progress and Manila will be ours (undefended) this turn - our troops have also reached Clark Field and the bombardment starts as we speak!
several units, which aren't used at the front at the moment have been tasked to take the rest of the Philippines step by step!
as in an campaign Burma will be the site of a large campaign in the near future...to provide us with the needed aircover and to have a base from which to conduct the offensive into Burma itself (before Rangoon has fallen) we've taken Moulmein in the last turn...only light resistance was met which leads us to the conclusion that our opponent has either retreated to defend Rangoon or even further into the plains of Burma! - we'll find out soon enough!
simple fact is that over 80% of our bombing and fighter missions get cancelled every day, even if the weather report states only "partly clouded"....this has cost us many opportunities - whereas the Allied seem to be taking off very well even if the weather is the same...
example: 18 Betties do not take off to bombard a TF around the CVL Hermes 5 hexes off Ambon (where the Betties started) but at the same time 4 Hudsons take off to bombard one of our APs off Ambon.... ????? - well I guess this is war!
a day which shall be remembered as the 1st day of the Battle in Bass Straits!
the final stage of Operation Tanikaze has started:
the sinking of ships off the coast of Australia! - and the first day of attacks, which included a port attack on Melbourne and the successful attack on 2 CAs, 1 CLs (all not sunk...YET) and the sinking of numerous AKs, AKLs, APs, and even of AKV Athene....all in all a very nice day - I shall post the exact results when I have watched the replay again (you gotta enjoy these moments at least twice [;)])
Combat reports for 30th and 31st December 1941 - focusing on the actions involving KB:
I think that the results are acceptable and make the raid with KB, which was very disappointing up to now, worth while after all:
30th December:
Morning Air attack on Melbourne , at 82,170
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
B5N2 Kate x 81
D3A1 Val x 71
Allied Ships xAP Maori, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Nairana, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Port hits 14
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2
Morning Air attack on TF, near Portsea at 81,171
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 21
D3A1 Val x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
xAK Dumosa
xAKL Darvel xAK Aroona, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Bloemfontein, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Cardross
xAK Suva, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AMc Samuel Benbow, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Kekerangu, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Fiona, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Morning Air attack on TF, near Melbourne at 82,170
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 13
D3A1 Val x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 4, on fire
AP W.A. Holbrook, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Morning Air attack on TF, near Canberra at 88,173
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships xAK Woolgar, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
KV Jasmine, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Sipirok, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AKV Athene
xAKL Parigi, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
Morning Air attack on TF, near Sydney at 90,167
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships CL Boise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Houston, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Morning Air attack on TF, near Canberra at 88,173
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships xAK Woolgar, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Soerabaja, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Schouten, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Melbourne at 82,170
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
B5N2 Kate x 17
D3A1 Val x 25
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships xAP Republic, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
AMc Korowa, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AMc Durraween, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Coast Farmer, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS Lamberton, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Admiral Halstead, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sydney at 90,167
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships CL Boise, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Houston, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Whipple
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Portsea at 81,171
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
D3A1 Val x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged
Allied Ships AMc Goolgwai, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Autolycus, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Aldinga, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Whyalla, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Salamaua, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
fternoon Air attack on TF, near Canberra at 88,173
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 14
D3A1 Val x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships AKV Athene, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
KV Jasmine, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
31st December:
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Melbourne at 82,170
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
B5N2 Kate x 48
D3A1 Val x 79
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships xAK Cardross, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk
xAKL Lorinna, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AM Wollongong, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Dumosa, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
xAKL Hamakua, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Darvel, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Corrimal, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Carlisle, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
AMc Goonambee, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Canopus, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
just a quick flash message with important info - more tomorrow: (including screens):
Kendari has fallen today - and its airfield is operational too - planes of several bomber and fighter squadrons have already been stationed there to make the straits of Merak the only possible evacuation route off Java! - submarines are supporting this effort of shutting down Soerabaja as a port and have been very successful so far (including 1 TK sunk today!) - I will be giving them new assignements soon, as our planes take over from now!
this is a very important step in our war effort I think - so the new year of '42 has started very well for the Japanese Empire!
