Helpless (Allied) vs Castor Troy (Jpn) / BigB 1.3

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 3:46 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/12/42

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Sub attack at 70,131

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
AP President Johnson, Torpedo hits 1
APD McKean
APD Little
DD Aylwin
DD Perkins
DD Fanning
DD Grayson

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

we continue to attack the troop convoy. One torp out of a salvo of 6 hits the big AP, which won´t be enough to sink such a big ship.

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ASW attack at 69,131

Japanese Ships
SS I-3, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Stewart
DD Parrott
DD Smith
DD Cummings
DD Russell

ASW TF that is following the troop convoy one hex behind... one real hit...

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 192

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

Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 250

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

we lose the usual 4 Sallies again. 3 ops, 1 flak... 3 Dakota I are also lost to ops so I bet they are still flying supplies to Homan. Amazing how they do that to a completely wrecked airfield.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 24
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 164
Ki-27 Nate x 71

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 132

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 24

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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ASW attack at 69,131

Japanese Ships
SS I-3, hits 4, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Stewart
DD Parrott
DD Smith
DD Cummings
DD Russell

I-3 gets attacked again and is hit with another real hit. Damage is at 37/79 so this is probably the second sub lost during the operation on the troop convoy. Means 2 subs lost for 2 DDs and an AP damaged. Not really good for us...

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14193 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3171

Defending force 276611 troops, 888 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8329

Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 802 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Defending force 93 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese max assault: 21 - adjusted assault: 12

Allied max defense: 2 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Changsha

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 123609 troops, 416 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3740

Defending force 72427 troops, 950 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1523

Allied max assault: 4108 - adjusted assault: 1979

Japanese max defense: 1641 - adjusted defense: 1171

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1303 casualties reported
Guns lost 58

Allied ground losses:
3877 casualties reported
Guns lost 144

the expected attack. As hoped, we can withstand a deliberate attack, a shock attack would have kicked us out probably. Also the deliberate attack nearly achieved a 2:1. Only 50.000 Chinese troops more but 2500 assault points more... [X(]

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 227048 troops, 600 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7087

Defending force 202380 troops, 1556 guns, 761 vehicles, Assault Value = 3662

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:40 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/13/42

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Sub attack at 69,131

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
AO Guadalupe, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Rathburne
DD Lawrence
DD Humphreys
DD Scout
DD Van Ghent
DD Voyager

next round against the convoys East of New Zealand...

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Sub attack at 68,131

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
AO Guadalupe, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Rathburne
DD Lawrence
DD Humphreys
DD Scout
DD Van Ghent
DD Voyager

fuel cargo burning and two torps on the AO. Hopefully this will be enough...

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ASW attack at 67,131

Japanese Ships
SS I-18, hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
DD Lawrence
DD Humphreys
DD Scout

I-18 is sunk immediately. DD Scout is the one that sunk the sub on it´s own. Means I lost 3 subs for damaging 2 DDs, 1 AP and perhaps sinking one AO. Really amazing how heavily escorted those convoys were. If my opponent will escort all his convoys like this then all I can do is have my subs sitting in port somewhere in Japan. There were more than 20 DDs around... [8|]

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

sub laid mines last turn... all bases are covered by MSWs so not much to achieve for my four mine laying subs. 2 are in port for repairs and 2 are on mission all the time...
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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 164
Ki-27 Nate x 71

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 100

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 26

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14219 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3171

Defending force 276442 troops, 885 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8328

Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 145630 troops, 1427 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 2945

Defending force 30898 troops, 137 guns, 965 vehicles, Assault Value = 864

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 2

two big tank brigades (with 200+ assault value those brigades look more like divisions...), an Indian division, a base force and another understrenght Indian division are defending Myitkina. I bet the forts are already very high again... Wonder if we are able to achieve something with 3,5:1 advantage in assault strength...

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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 798 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Defending force 31 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese max assault: 21 - adjusted assault: 12

Allied max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Changsha

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118205 troops, 252 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3377

Defending force 70576 troops, 872 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1469

Japanese ground losses:
244 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 227576 troops, 596 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7126

Defending force 202298 troops, 1555 guns, 761 vehicles, Assault Value = 3661

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:57 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/14/42

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Sub attack at 37,63

Japanese Ships
AO Notoro

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

Thresher is also one of the evac subs going to and from Manila. Misses with it´s torps.

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 157

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported

Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 77

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 15
A-20B Boston x 16

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

the empty Mandalay is bombed again... we have a house rule about NOT bombing empty bases on a regular basis...

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 55

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 3
Liberator III x 54
B-17E Fortress x 22
B-24D Liberator x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 38 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 3 destroyed
Liberator III: 7 destroyed, 34 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
538 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Liberator III bombing at 16000 feet
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 21000 feet
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 14000 feet

55 out of 103 Tojos scramble. Seems impossible to get more than 50% of the fighters in the air. 55 Tojos are no match for the bombers it seems. What was really surprising is the fact that only one out of 48 grounded fighters was destroyed. Must have been a very unlucky die roll for the Allied as "normally" I would expect min. 30 destroyed on the ground, bringing up the kill/deatch ratio of the 4Es to at least 2:1...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2-N Rufe strafing at 100 feet

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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 21
Wellington III x 11
Hudson I x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 9 damaged
Wellington III: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
Wellington III x 6
Hudson I x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 42

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hudson I bombing at 14000 feet

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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 4
Wellington III x 7
IL-4c x 4

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
IL-4c: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet

attacks on three different divisions again...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 7
Ki-21 Sally x 93
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 79

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 164
Ki-27 Nate x 72

No Japanese losses

Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 25
G4M1 Betty x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14232 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3167

Defending force 276185 troops, 887 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8325

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5172 troops, 177 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2961

Defending force 30600 troops, 132 guns, 958 vehicles, Assault Value = 851

Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

shock attack tomorrow...

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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 802 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Defending force 20 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 13

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1

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Ground combat at Changsha

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118406 troops, 264 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3388

Defending force 70541 troops, 866 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1468

Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 227852 troops, 597 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7143

Defending force 202282 troops, 1553 guns, 762 vehicles, Assault Value = 3661

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:28 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/15/42

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 74
Ki-21 Sally x 232

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 29
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 234

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 21

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 27
Liberator III x 40
B-17E Fortress x 17
LB-30 Liberator x 9
B-24D Liberator x 18
IL-4c x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 23 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Liberator III: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
IL-4c: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
671 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 141

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet
8 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

nice alt to attack a super defense base with a 100% success rate... last turn 14-21.000 ft (one plane destroyed on the ground), this turn ALL 6000 ft (everything destroyed on the ground). This turn again showed that this PBEM won´t go for long anymore. There´s just no sense in playing it through the long run (really cool that I´ve got two stock games in late 43 and early 44). More than 70 fighters were undamaged after the last turn, with 90% cap I see a LAUGHABLE number of 21 in the air... this with the last patch implemented randomness of radar must mean for the Japanese that don´t have a radar at all to never bring up more cap than 50% at best. Going down with the randomness to 10-15% what I´ve seen so far in the game. What really is funny to me is that my Allied opponent kind of complained about the last turn when he lost a dozen bombers to only 3 of my fighters. Now the kill rate of the UNESCORTED bombers is at 3 or 4:1 again... which has been the overall kill rate of unescorted Allied bombers for the last 8 months. The FIRST 8 months of the war so it can just go worse.... hahahaha

The really ridicoulos fact is that with a better A2A model like we have it here you get completely off situations (like I see them in other AARs playing the same campaign too). The A2A works just perfect but it doesn´t fit all the other factors of the game. There´s no flak, no matter how many bombers you damage, they are back the next day, instead of inoperational for a week, FAR too many available that do far too many damage (if I think about my 50 - 60.000 ground casualties so far then the smiling goes on...) and so on...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M2 Zero x 80
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 178
Ki-27 Nate x 70

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 96

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 14

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14266 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3164

Defending force 275961 troops, 872 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8325

Allied ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 146275 troops, 1445 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 2985

Defending force 30488 troops, 127 guns, 958 vehicles, Assault Value = 844

Japanese max assault: 4926 - adjusted assault: 2402

Allied max defense: 847 - adjusted defense: 1185

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
4252 casualties reported
Guns lost 57
Vehicles lost 16

Allied ground losses:
1032 casualties reported
Guns lost 42
Vehicles lost 3

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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 802 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Defending force 20 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 12

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Changsha

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118675 troops, 278 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3402

Defending force 70500 troops, 862 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1467

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 228228 troops, 596 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7163

Defending force 202105 troops, 1553 guns, 762 vehicles, Assault Value = 3660

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:42 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/16/42

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

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Day Air attack on Canton , at 43,41

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 22

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet

I can´t cover every base on the map with 100 fighters that is in range of Allied bombers... happy that not the ressources were the target...

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 75
Ki-21 Sally x 236

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
154 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 321

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

never seen so many runway hits as the Japanese. Transports are still flying supplies to Homan as LRCAP intercepts them. Though none of the transports was shot down. A Dakota I and a C-47 was lost to ops... The runway and airbase is 100% damaged as you can imagine with such results. That doesn´t hinder the transports though. I´ve lost two dozen fighters so far that are flying LRCAP (3 hexes and I´m rotating them every turn...) and the LRCAP was able to take perhaps 5-6 transports down... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 15
A-20B Boston x 16

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
10 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet

house rule about not constantly bombing of empty bases seems not in effect anymore... it´s allowed to bomb empty bases now and then to bring the damage up to 100% again as the "native" engineers are repairing the bases, slowly, but they are repairing. NO CONSTANT bombing allowed though...

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
Wellington III x 35
Hudson I x 12
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 59

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
572 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 140

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

a dozen base forces are able to damage 5 out of 100+ bombers. Not even 5%... outside a base the same number of units was able to damage (or take down) 39 out of 45 bombers... hey, is there something wrong??? No, there´s nothing wrong with the game... [>:] 6 Tojos torched on the ground brings the total losses of Tojos to 50 (out of 108) for the loss of perhaps 20-25 bombers... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 176
Ki-27 Nate x 36

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 105

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 24
G4M1 Betty x 26

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14337 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3167

Defending force 275527 troops, 863 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8318

Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5302 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2710

Defending force 28793 troops, 71 guns, 947 vehicles, Assault Value = 773

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
328 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 10

our shock attack lowered our assault value around 270 while the Allied lost around 70. Shock attack again in two turns... our super effective flak (means flak outside of friendly base) seems to interdict Allied ground attacks...

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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 822 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Defending force 11 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 22

Allied max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

hopefully this unit is wiped out or surrenders soon... not many troops left it seems...

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Ground combat at Changsha

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 119061 troops, 291 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3419

Defending force 70407 troops, 851 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1467

Japanese ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

My Dinah IIs report one guerilla unit North and one South obviously marching towards hexes to cut off my troops at Changsha. Mmmmmm, we have a house rule about only using "real" combat units to create ZOCs to cut off enemy troops. If the Allied use those 5-10 assault point guerilly units then I will use Japanese construction battailons too. Next house rule without effect it seems...[:(]

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 228432 troops, 595 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7186

Defending force 201941 troops, 1554 guns, 762 vehicles, Assault Value = 3659

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:19 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/17/42

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 13
A-20B Boston x 10

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

every day bombing of the unoccupied base....[8|]

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 21
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 11

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 13
Wellington III x 37
Hudson I x 7
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 57

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 13 damaged
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Wellington III: 6 destroyed, 16 damaged
Hudson I: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 destroyed, 18 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
8 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

we fly LRCAP from Rahaeng (3 hexes again) and catch some 2Es...

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 10
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 5

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 26
Liberator III x 44
B-17E Fortress x 20
LB-30 Liberator x 10
B-24D Liberator x 21
IL-4c x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 10 damaged
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Liberator III: 4 destroyed, 14 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 8 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
333 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 132

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet

after the 2Es the hammer follows... would love to see more fighters but it is not possible... so the damage is minor... looks like the damage kill rate of B-17 and B-24 is somewhere around 10:1... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Liberator III x 31
Hudson I x 15
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-17E Fortress x 63
B-24D Liberator x 74

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 295

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet
12 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet
12 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

168 4Es out of Darwin... [8|] they attack at a range of 13 and guess what! NOT A SINGLE 4E FROM THIS ATTACK IS LOST TO OPS (not a single 4E out of 260+ is lost to ops today, all operating at looong range). I´m not saying Japanese medium bombers should be compared with Allied 4Es but when I see 260+ Allied 4Es attacking on and on and on at looong range taking 0 op losses most times but my Sallies attacking at a range of 3 and they take 5+ op losses all the time then I think there is something wrong (within other things... [8|]). At least 20%+ of those 4Es flying 1560 miles for the attack on Koepang should be NOT ready for action tomorrow... though in the game 99% can fly again tomorrow, again suffering NO losses... [>:] There should just be one of those famous die rolls that make a BIG number of planes not operational after such an attack for 3 days+. I bet in the game the Allied drop FAR MORE bombs into the jungle than in real life were dropped on Germany...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 180
Ki-27 Nate x 36

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 135

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14334 troops, 464 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3166

Defending force 275437 troops, 858 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8319

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5295 troops, 178 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2737

Defending force 28296 troops, 61 guns, 933 vehicles, Assault Value = 742

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

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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 822 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

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

Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 22

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1

0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles defending but the unit isn´t surrendering, nor is it wiped out...

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Ground combat at Changsha

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 119347 troops, 298 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3439

Defending force 31885 troops, 404 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 669

Japanese ground losses:
188 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 228780 troops, 596 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7210

Defending force 201844 troops, 1556 guns, 760 vehicles, Assault Value = 3662

Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:23 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/18/42

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 13
A-20B Boston x 16

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

empty Mandalay...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 214

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Mixed Regiment, at 43,40

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 9

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
6 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Wellington III x 6
Hudson I x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 13
Liberator III x 17
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-17E Fortress x 9
LB-30 Liberator x 2
B-24D Liberator x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Liberator III: 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3
Liberator III x 18
B-17E Fortress x 13
LB-30 Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator x 11

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 6 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet

4 different divisions are bombed today... the Allied lose 2 B25 and 2 Hurris. No 4E is lost...

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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 23

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14277 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3164

Defending force 275270 troops, 854 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8318

Allied ground losses:
165 casualties reported

for two turns my bombers don´t launch any attacks on Homan. 108 are ordered on ground attack, rest on airfield attack...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 141049 troops, 1264 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2748

Defending force 28210 troops, 60 guns, 934 vehicles, Assault Value = 736

Japanese max assault: 3240 - adjusted assault: 1367

Allied max defense: 684 - adjusted defense: 423

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Myitkyina base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
2282 casualties reported
Guns lost 48
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
737 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 5

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

the short time of Allied bomber attacks couldn´t really harm our ground units and we kick the Allied out with our second shock attack. We achieve nearly 200 points in ground losses, so a couple of squads should have been destroyed. We will probably see a huge bomber attack on the airbase next turn which will take out 2000-3000 of our support troops. All units are ordered to march out of the base immediately...

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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 822 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

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

Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 23

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 233058 troops, 597 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7228

Defending force 199666 troops, 1557 guns, 619 vehicles, Assault Value = 3582

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 45565 troops, 14 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1123

Defending force 24754 troops, 241 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 539

Allied max assault: 1806 - adjusted assault: 154

Japanese max defense: 521 - adjusted defense: 1749

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
181 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
3389 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 2

will take still a long time for the sub transports to evac all those troops. At least a year we will still have a target for our training squadrons.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:07 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/19/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 45
Ki-21 Sally x 156

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 34
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 94

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

this turn we get another airfield attack, no chance to get the ground attacks take off... at a range of 3 still problems to get Japanese air to ground attacks...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 2

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

as expected, the airfield attacks begin... 2 Hurricanes, 68 casualties... lol, as said before, it´s so well designed that the casualties are going up if you put more support troops in a base, the more you put, the more casualties you suffer....

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 3
Blenheim IV x 14
B-17E Fortress x 19
LB-30 Liberator x 5
IL-4c x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1084 casualties reported
Guns lost 28

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet

3 dozen bombers, 1084 casualties...

note the complete INEFFECTIVE flak...

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Allied aircraft
Liberator III x 18
B-24D Liberator x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
521 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 214

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 43,40

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 11

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet

when a ground unit is attacked the flak works the same as it would be outside a base... whenever there´s an airfield attack, flak is cut back to 10% effeciency... dumb design, that´s my real honest oppinion about it...

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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14297 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3165

Defending force 274830 troops, 847 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8319

Allied ground losses:
163 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 822 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

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

Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 22

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1

this is getting highly ridicoulos as well...

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 232440 troops, 594 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7243

Defending force 206634 troops, 1733 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 3589

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported

spence · Post by **spence** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:58 pm

3 dozen bombers, 1084 casualties... note the complete INEFFECTIVE flak...

At least your mud strip in the jungle is still operational. The result is hardly any more ridiculous than the PH strike which knocks out 5 different well developed airfields on Oahu for 4 days with a total of about 60 bombs from 2 carriers' Kates.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:47 am

ORIGINAL: spence

3 dozen bombers, 1084 casualties... note the complete INEFFECTIVE flak...

At least your mud strip in the jungle is still operational. The result is hardly any more ridiculous than the PH strike which knocks out 5 different well developed airfields on Oahu for 4 days with a total of about 60 bombs from 2 carriers' Kates.

yeah that´s the same, but it doesn´t make it any better. Not at all, if you compare the perhaps three days of pearl harbour with the following 4 years... [8|]

and I have yet to find a reason why flak (Japanese flak) is 10 times more effective if NOT the base is the target...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:23 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/20/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 161

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 172

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 5
Wellington III x 7
Hudson I x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 17

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
326 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 14th Central Army Corps, at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 60

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

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 35th Central Army Corps, at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 10
Ki-21 Sally x 25

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

yipieehhhh, ground strikes today... we lose 3 Sallies including 2 pilots to ops today... 2 Allied bombers are lost to flak today...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 24

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2-N Rufe strafing at 100 feet

the Rufes are strafing the airfield but the rest of the 300 fighters stayed home...

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14334 troops, 464 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3169

Defending force 274430 troops, 838 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8315

Allied ground losses:
182 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 822 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

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

Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 12

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1

this goes just on....

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Ground combat at Sian [X(][X(]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 246327 troops, 654 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7228

Defending force 206525 troops, 1732 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 3583

Allied max assault: 7921 - adjusted assault: 3709

Japanese max defense: 3735 - adjusted defense: 2867

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
5952 casualties reported
Guns lost 132
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
13212 casualties reported
Guns lost 300

after two failed attacks weeks ago, the Allied are attacking again and our heartbeat goes up for a moment. 1:1 and far from 2:1 with heavy losses to the Chinese again. While our losses seem severe too, in fact "only" the five HQs that are the first units in the stack are completely wrecked... [8|] Don´t want to write about that again, I just don´t understand it why HQs in the rear area of the front should be the nummero uno target during a ground combat and not the inf units lying in the trenches... Grigsby knows best... [;)]

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:20 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/21/42

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ASW attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
DD Oite
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze
DD Uzuki
DD Ariake
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish, hits 9

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Cuttlefish had to go through Bataan when leaving Manila where it had picked up another fragment. My DDs were waiting already and 2 of them actually engaged the sub and achieved 8 near misses and a real hit. Not much damage it seems though... perhaps another FOW thing...

USS Cuttlefish (SS-171), 1934-1947
USS Cuttlefish, a 1130-ton Cachalot class submarine built at Groton, Connecticut, was commissioned in June 1934. Following initial service in the Atlantic area, she went to the Pacific in June 1935 and operated along the West Coast and in Hawaiian waters until late June 1937. Based at Groton, Connecticut, Cuttlefish spent more than a year on experimental and training duties at the Naval Submarine School. From October 1938 to March 1939 she performed similar functions at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone. The submarine operated out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after June 1939, participating in combat readiness exercises and making cruises to Samoa and the U.S. Pacific coast.

When the Pacific war began in December 1941 Cuttlefish was completing an overhaul at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California. Following her return to Pearl Harbor, she began her first war patrol in January 1942. This took her into the north central Pacific, where she gathered information on Japanese-held islands. Her second war patrol, into the Marianas in May 1942, included three encounters with enemy forces that subjected her to depth charge and bombing attacks. While returning to Pearl Harbor in early June, Cuttlefish was assigned picket duty well to the west of Midway Atoll. In the early stages of what became the Battle of Midway, she detected and reported part of the Japanese fleet advancing to attack that U.S. forward base.

Cuttlefish's third war patrol, off Japan in July-September 1942, included several attacks on enemy shipping but apparantly generated no sinkings. Like most U.S. submarines of her generation, she suffered from chronic mechanical problems and, at the end of that cruise, was ordered to the Atlantic for training service. She spent the rest of World War II assigned to the Groton Submarine School, helping to prepare submarine officers and men for combat. USS Cuttlefish was decommissioned in October 1945 and sold for scrapping in February 1947.

hopefully USS Cuttlefish in the game won´t see action the whole war... [:D]

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 154

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 204

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 25
A-20B Boston x 16

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 143

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
Port hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Central Army Corps, at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 47

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Central Army Corps, at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 23

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 20
G4M1 Betty x 17

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14248 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3171

Defending force 273695 troops, 824 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8309

Allied ground losses:
176 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 802 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

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

Japanese max assault: 21 - adjusted assault: 22

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1

wonder if this will ever have an end... [8|]

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:44 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/22/42

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 21
Liberator III x 49
B-17E Fortress x 27
LB-30 Liberator x 6
B-24D Liberator x 28
IL-4c x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1038 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 20
Runway hits 134

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 143

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 27
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 90
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

did cost me 4 Sallies, 2 pilots... av exp is 80+ [8|] strike is coming from Rangoon at good weather from a big airfield... those medium IJA bombers are falling out of the sky because of nothing...

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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 26

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14276 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3171

Defending force 273281 troops, 823 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8310

Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 795 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

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

Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 13

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1

this has no sense... moving my unit back to Cagayan... would think that this 0/0/0 Allied unit won´t be able to take a base, though I bet it can and soon I will see it moving into an unoccupied base on Mindanao and the deliberate attack will take the base... [8|]

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:05 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/23/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 134

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 125

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

not good to see that my first strike (airfield attack) seems to always go in without escort when I have also ordered ground attacks that go in second. The ground strike gets all the fighters which could lead to a disaster... IF only one strike get´s escort then the only logic would be to give it to the FIRST strike... dumb

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Here comes todays surprise...

Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 31

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 26
A-20B Boston x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 7 destroyed, 12 damaged
A-20B Boston: 9 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

moved a 12 plane Tony chutai to Taung Gyi (cap 90) to have the aircraft symbol pop up on the map knowing that this will IMMEDIATELY attract a huge bomber strike with all the Allies have... they thought they could again destroy dozens of fighters on the ground for only losing 10 bombers... this time my opponent thought wrong as I have only this small group there but am flying LRCAP with 72 Tonies from Rahaeng also. The first wave is met by 31 Tonies and is shot up pretty good.

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no surprise, the next wave...

Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 16

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16
Wellington III x 24
Hudson I x 12
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 56

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Wellington III: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
Hudson I: 6 destroyed
F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 80

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
12 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

The clue is to always send in the smallest wave first, because no matter if it´s small it damages A LOT of fighters and the next (bigger wave) has to face far less fighter, while the last (biggest) wave is in no trouble at all then... [8|]

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no surprise either, the hammer goes in as the last wave... funny to see that this kind of coordination is just perfectly working. Probably it´s just luck that this order of attacks is happening but it´s really working perfect for the Allied...

Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 14

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 25
Liberator III x 45
B-17E Fortress x 25
LB-30 Liberator x 7
B-24D Liberator x 26
IL-4c x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Liberator III: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 152

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet
15 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet

whenever there is an aircraft symbol over my base, the Allied bombers all are coming in at 6000 ft as this is the perfect altitude to destroy between 60 and 90% of the grounded planes that don´t fly cap. At 15.000+ ft they still achieve a lot of hits but the destroyed planes are going down to very low numbers it seems. Of course the 14 Tonies left are no match for the 4Es and not much is happening. The base is out of action again of course... While the Allied lost 47 planes today all in all and we only lost 12 which still is not really encrouraging as only 3 of the 4Es were lost, which are our primary target. 3 is just a joke as the Allied get 5 [8|][8|] every day and they are just immune to everything and are repaired at the same rate as my Tonies/Tojos. I tested it and while I get an average of 4 IJA fighters in a daitai repaired every day, I also get 3 4E bombers repaired in every squadron... [X(][X(][X(] Why this is like this, I don´t know... Thought with more than twice the durability of the 4Es compared to my fighters they SHOULD repair at a far LOWER rate which really surprised me, it is not like this. I thought this would be common sense that it takes longer to repair and maintain such a 4E bomber than it takes to repair and maintain a fighter...

Common sense is nothing that brings you further in this game... I already mentioned in the past the relation between common sense and programmers... [:D]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 167

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 34th Central Army Corps, at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 48
Ki-21 Sally x 111

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

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

the second strike on Homan gets 100% of the escort...

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14314 troops, 464 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3170

Defending force 272761 troops, 817 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8298

Allied ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:02 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/24/42

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #2
MSW Rokko Maru
MSW Musashi Maru
MSW Hinode Maru #20
MSW Fukeui Maru #7
MSW Fuji Maru

Allied Ships
SS Silversides

evac sub from Manila (one out of 7 reported) misses with it´s torps...

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
AP Argentina Maru

Allied Ships
SS Silversides

evac sub attacks again, misses again... The 6 IJN DDs in the hex are doing nothing...

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 129

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 158

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

luxury day, I get 2 fighters to escort the first strike...

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here we go, here we go, here we go.... here we go again...

Day Air attack on Rahaeng , at 31,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 21
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 21

Allied aircraft
Liberator III x 39
B-17E Fortress x 21
LB-30 Liberator x 6
B-24D Liberator x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 15 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 3 destroyed, 23 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Liberator III bombing at 12000 feet
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 13000 feet
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet

89 unescorted 4Es are coming in, range 13. Out of around 90 undamaged IJA fighters 42 are in the air. [8|] They manage to take down 8 Liberator III today. Nothing more... [8|] We lose 41 aircraft today, 2 Sallies and 39 Tojo/Tony at Rahaeng. A2A kill rate of the 4Es today was 6 kills for 8 losses, 33 [8|] fighters were destroyed on the ground. Means the kill rate of the 4Es is once again around 5:1 laugh, cough, laugh, cough, laugh, cough, cough.... [8|][8|][8|] As you can see, with 9 damaged B-24 the fighters are not able to take one down. The ratio between killed and damaged 4E is somewhere around 10. Not saying this is unrealistic but you see how it effects the game with all the UNREALISTIC side effects of the availability of B-52s... Those bomber pilots must have a fatigue somewhere between 40 and 50 now, still not a single is lost to ops. When I would use a Sally datai with a fatigue of 50 and transferr them 3 hexes then 15 would be lost to ops... 3 dozen 4Es are damaged, they will be repaired in 3 or 4 days again... probably I will see 60-70 4Es again tomorrow... cough, cough...

If the availability of the 4Es would be 100% more than it was in real life (not replacement rate, availability for operations) then it would be perfectly realistic coupled with the very good working A2A model of the mod. The only problem is that nearly the same number of 4Es can destroy another 40 fighters on the ground tomorrow. The day after tomorrow again, in three days again....

You can see a nearly 100% availability of the B-17 and B-24 squadrons. Those are bomber groups with a max of 24 planes. While all the time there are a lot damaged this turn 23 of 24 B-24 and 21 of 24 B-17 attacked again. I took notes and those are not bomber groups that are rotated, they are always the same... [8|][8|][8|]

The article about the 5th airforce that denisohn posted some time ago really opened my eyes, we are just playing an Alice in the bunny land game... we are so far from reality (not just the 4Es, a lot of what I´m having available too) that this game is as realistic as the often mentioned World of Warcraft... wonder what is more realistic though...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 204

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Central Army Corps, at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 10
Ki-21 Sally x 48

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 14th Central Army Corps, at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 57

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 25

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14320 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3171

Defending force 272069 troops, 806 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8282

Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 219916 troops, 367 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6147

Defending force 222910 troops, 1882 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 3885

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported

anarchyintheuk · Post by **anarchyintheuk** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:37 pm

ORIGINAL: castor troy

and I have yet to find a reason why flak (Japanese flak) is 10 times more effective if NOT the base is the target...

One of GG's mysteries.

Don't know if you played UV, but one of the earlier versions had a pretty realistic rate of damage/repair/rate of availibility for all aircraft, especially the multi-engined ones. Due to the damage and lack of repair it made it hard to transfer squadrons. Most people didn't like it and it was changed. Personally, I liked it.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:53 pm

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

ORIGINAL: castor troy

and I have yet to find a reason why flak (Japanese flak) is 10 times more effective if NOT the base is the target...

One of GG's mysteries.

Don't know if you played UV, but one of the earlier versions had a pretty realistic rate of damage/repair/rate of availibility for all aircraft, especially the multi-engined ones. Due to the damage and lack of repair it made it hard to transfer squadrons. Most people didn't like it and it was changed. Personally, I liked it.

never played UV, if I would, perhaps I wouldn´t have bought WITP! [:D]

Would love to see a realistic damage/repair/rate of availability! Get this done and probably half of the problems in WITP are solved... that´s the problem of game designers, they have to follow the wishes of their customers. If they don´t want a more or less realistic game but instead a game that has 10 times more planes available for strikes then the designers follow those wish - unfortunately.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:59 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/25/42

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Sub attack at 40,68

Japanese Ships
AK Tihuku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Grouper

those evac subs are really lucky, they stumble over my convoys (which there aren´t many) on their path from and to Manila. Tihuku Maru is ordered to Davao (port 4, 7 hexes) but it will be critical as floatation dam is already 67... I still can´t believe that this damn US carrier didn´t sink after 4 torps and 2 bombs with the next harbour a week away...

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 15
Ki-21 Sally x 131

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 113

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 18
A-20B Boston x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

14 AA or base forces damage 1 bomber at 6000 ft.

Outside of the base, the same AA and base forces would damage/destroy 90% of the bombers... GG I love you!

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-24D Liberator x 10

No Allied losses

Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

A new bomber squadron is upgraded to B-24D... More than 250 4Es in Northern Australia... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 206

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Central Army Corps, at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 55

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14330 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3166

Defending force 271660 troops, 795 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8268

Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:15 pm

very short combat report today...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/26/42

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TF 1054 encounters mine field at Wallis Island (93,107)

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Mine hits 1 Type 88

now that was something I was happy to see about. No biggy the cruiser isn´t heavily damaged, it isn´t even on fire, though perhaps it has to spend some time in the repair yards on the West coast. With the dozen CAs the Allied lost so far this is surely not something the Allied commander likes to see. Those mines were layed two turns ago! [:D]

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16
Wellington III x 27
Hudson I x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 36

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 130

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

empty Mandalay is bombed again... at least 2 B-25 are lost to ops today...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 207

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14265 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3170

Defending force 271391 troops, 793 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8261

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:03 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/27/42

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TF 1007 encounters mine field at Wallis Island (93,107)

Allied Ships
MSW Cuttack
MSW Cochin
MSW Baroda

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TF 1007 encounters mine field at Wallis Island (93,107)

Allied Ships
MSW Cuttack
MSW Cochin
MSW Baroda

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 36

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

at Chungking there are reported 45 transports (those who fly supply to Homan). I ordered 300 Sallies to attack the airfield which should have gone in AFTER this sweep. However just before this sweep, "Sally not able to find target". The sweep was supposed to clear the skies BEFORE the bombers are going in... why should I think that this works? So I would have been really lucky to see my bombers fail to find target if there were a bigger cap...

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 83

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 1 damaged
Dakota I: 7 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

The small rest of the big strikes now goes in on Chungking airfield. We destroy 15 Dakota I on the ground today...

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 37
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 8

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 23
A-20B Boston x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 6 destroyed, 11 damaged
A-20B Boston: 7 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

here we go at Taung Gyi again! 90+ fighters, not even half of them in the air... surprising? Not anymore... the next strikes will surely follow, meeting an even smaller cap...

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 19
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 6

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
367 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

only the fighters are suffering, not the bombers... 3 destroyed on the ground means in reality 6...

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 19
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 6

Allied aircraft
Liberator III x 40
B-17E Fortress x 24
B-24D Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
306 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet
21 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet

of course the hammer ALWAYS comes as the last wave meeting just more than 25% of the fighters at the airfield on cap... [8|] The kill rate of the bombers today is again somewhere above 3:1... more will 100% follow tomorrow... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 215

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 24

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14312 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3174

Defending force 271231 troops, 791 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8259

Allied ground losses:
192 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 222625 troops, 426 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6323

Defending force 224480 troops, 1916 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 3944

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Helpless (Allied) vs Castor Troy (Jpn) / BigB 1.3

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