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ASW attack near Sasebo at 58,41
Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
DD Namikaze
DD Nokaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
Allied Ships
SS Triton
base hex... [>:]
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Sub attack near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34
Japanese Ships
AP Peking Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Toshi Maru #5
MSW Toshi Maru #1
MSW Toroshima Maru
MSW Tamozono Maru #2
MSW Atsu Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-42, hits 1
base hex... [>:]
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ASW attack near Sasebo at 58,41
Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
DD Namikaze
DD Nokaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
Allied Ships
SS Triton
base hex... [>:]
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ASW attack near Sasebo at 58,41
Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
DD Namikaze
DD Nokaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 1
base hex... [>:] All those subs have been spotted before just sitting there. Once again I can only repeat myself: subs at base hexes or previously spotted subs are not more in danger of being attacked or hit than subs unspotted out in the wide ocean. This is my experience from thousands of turns with probably a thousand ASW attacks. If someone tells you a sub is a sitting duck in a base hex then he tells you just a myth, trying to make the game more realistic than it is...
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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 16
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 4 destroyed, 8 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
two AA rgts are defending Malir. They were coming in with my inf units as I knew Miller will begin a bombing campaign against this base to train some of his pilots. The slow and fragile Swordfish were an easy target...
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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 133
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 14 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 97
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
flak fire and the lack of Allied aircraft on Ceylon result in a stop of my air attacks now. No more convoys to India the next weeks so Ceylon is no threat...
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 71
Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 4
Blenheim IV x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 75
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 8 destroyed, 30 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 13 destroyed, 49 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
1 x Blenheim IV bombing at 10000 feet
I thought it would take longer to see the Allied bombers from Derby over Timor again. Go two messages of Mitchels failing to locate the target so I guess the strike should have been as big as the last one, with over 100 Mitchels. The defending Oscars do their best but we nearly lose one fighter on the ground for each bomber downed a2a. Around a dozen bombers turned back, some 50 dropped their bombs achieving a lousy hit rate. But 14 runway hits are enough to destroy 16 aircraft on the ground.
And just look at the amazing number of Allied bombers lost to ops once again... [8|] the high durability makes A2A better in Nikmod, but it also results in nearly no op losses for Allied bombers anymore. Those Mitchels are flying at max range and nearly all of them were damaged. [>:]
Op losses for Japanese medium bombers are the same as stock. Launch 100 of them to attack an undefended target two hexes away and you will lose 4 to ops...
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 117
D3A Val x 44
B5N Kate x 38
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 62
Port supply hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Sian
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 14274 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2639
Defending force 123400 troops, 828 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3776
Allied ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
for what reason ever, my bombers refuse to attack the enemy units at Sian...
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Ground combat at Myitkyina
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8355 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2520
Defending force 47682 troops, 323 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 951
Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
