RE: it goes on...
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:58 pm
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/01/42
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TF 1027 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)
Allied Ships
CL Achilles, Mine hits 2, on fire
Type 4 and Type 93 mine hit...
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ASW attack at 34,72
Japanese Ships
APD APD-38
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
APD APD-33
APD APD-32
APD APD-31
Allied Ships
SS Albacore
a pity none of the APDs in my premium ASW TF attacked...
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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77
Allied Ships
CL Leander
CL Detroit
CL Marblehead
CL Concord
CL Raleigh
CL Hobart
CL Perth
Japanese ground losses:
480 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 36
Port hits 18
Port supply hits 12
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Sub attack near Amboina at 39,73
Japanese Ships
ML Kurosaki
APD APD-2
Allied Ships
SS Grayback
MK14 torps failed to detonate...
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Sub attack at 33,79
Japanese Ships
SS RO-66
Allied Ships
AK Jeff Davis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
I´ve got my second class RO boats in this area. The short ranges from the homeport into the patrol area makes it possible to use those subs around Timor. And they are "expendable"...
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 209
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 79
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 34,23
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 20
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 32
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Sipirok, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Haraldsvang, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Robert Morris, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Liberty, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tasker H. Bliss, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Boero, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
it turns out now that it was very good to send my surface combat TFs into Lautern as they´ve forced out a couple of enemy TFs and two of them ended North West of Lautern last turn. This means they were still in range of my Betties (I´ve kept them at only 8 hexes which means one hex further than Koepang is away from Kendari). Miller told me he lost any joy of taking Koepang with the massacre of his ships already. Well, I would have preferred to hold Koepang and sink none of the ships.
In the end he really lost a lot of his APs and IMO he shouldn´t have used any APs in the landings as he needs his APs to ferry troops from the West Coast to Australia and he can use AKs for his invasions. And he used once again far too few ships for his landing. Would he have had three times more ships, he would have been away with them after one day or two, not staying in range with them for several days...
But that´s not really counting, 40 ships or so lost for taking Koepang is a good trade IMO...
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
G3M Nell x 33
G4M1 Betty x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Boero, on fire, heavy damage
AK Haraldsvang, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Liberty, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Robert Morris, on fire
AP Tasker H. Bliss, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sipirok, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
even though not a single bomber launched on the first day of the invasion, since then we always had most of the bombers taking off, not a single day when we had our bases clouded in...
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
G3M Nell x 24
G4M1 Betty x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Sinabang, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP American Legion, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Le Maire, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Johnson, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Exmoor, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 35,82
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
G3M Nell x 6
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 13 [X(]
P-40E Warhawk x 2 [X(]
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged
strike from Amboina, range 10, means we attack ships two hexes North of Darwin and we encounter leaking Cap. The Zeroes can´t do much and the bombers turn around immediately anyway... low morale can also help you... [;)]
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
G3M Nell x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Haraldsvang, on fire, heavy damage
AK Liberty, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
both ships were sunk already...
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 192873 troops, 1637 guns, 643 vehicles, Assault Value = 3581
Defending force 44096 troops, 234 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1267
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese max assault: 3418 - adjusted assault: 3128
Allied max defense: 1114 - adjusted defense: 659
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Yenen base !!! [&o]
Japanese ground losses:
2292 casualties reported
Guns lost 78
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
1097 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
finally, a little morale boost for the high command of the Japanese. While the Navy is blamed for not being able to defend Timor against the Allied counterattack, the Army shows that they still are the ruling party on the continent with finally taking Yenen in North China. We will now follow the retreating Chinese troops to the bases North of Sian and hope to thake those three bases there soon... then it´s time to kill the defending troops of Sian...
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Ground combat at Sian
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 14174 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2652
Defending force 116777 troops, 647 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3701
Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15880 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3366
Defending force 210767 troops, 624 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4718
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Ground combat at Kohima
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 876 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 28 - adjusted assault: 30
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kohima base !!!
Para drop into empty Kohima...
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TF 1027 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)
Allied Ships
CL Achilles, Mine hits 2, on fire
Type 4 and Type 93 mine hit...
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ASW attack at 34,72
Japanese Ships
APD APD-38
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
APD APD-33
APD APD-32
APD APD-31
Allied Ships
SS Albacore
a pity none of the APDs in my premium ASW TF attacked...
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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77
Allied Ships
CL Leander
CL Detroit
CL Marblehead
CL Concord
CL Raleigh
CL Hobart
CL Perth
Japanese ground losses:
480 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 36
Port hits 18
Port supply hits 12
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Sub attack near Amboina at 39,73
Japanese Ships
ML Kurosaki
APD APD-2
Allied Ships
SS Grayback
MK14 torps failed to detonate...
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Sub attack at 33,79
Japanese Ships
SS RO-66
Allied Ships
AK Jeff Davis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
I´ve got my second class RO boats in this area. The short ranges from the homeport into the patrol area makes it possible to use those subs around Timor. And they are "expendable"...
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 209
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 79
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 34,23
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 20
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 32
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Sipirok, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Haraldsvang, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Robert Morris, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Liberty, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tasker H. Bliss, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Boero, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
it turns out now that it was very good to send my surface combat TFs into Lautern as they´ve forced out a couple of enemy TFs and two of them ended North West of Lautern last turn. This means they were still in range of my Betties (I´ve kept them at only 8 hexes which means one hex further than Koepang is away from Kendari). Miller told me he lost any joy of taking Koepang with the massacre of his ships already. Well, I would have preferred to hold Koepang and sink none of the ships.
In the end he really lost a lot of his APs and IMO he shouldn´t have used any APs in the landings as he needs his APs to ferry troops from the West Coast to Australia and he can use AKs for his invasions. And he used once again far too few ships for his landing. Would he have had three times more ships, he would have been away with them after one day or two, not staying in range with them for several days...
But that´s not really counting, 40 ships or so lost for taking Koepang is a good trade IMO...
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
G3M Nell x 33
G4M1 Betty x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Boero, on fire, heavy damage
AK Haraldsvang, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Liberty, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Robert Morris, on fire
AP Tasker H. Bliss, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sipirok, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
even though not a single bomber launched on the first day of the invasion, since then we always had most of the bombers taking off, not a single day when we had our bases clouded in...
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
G3M Nell x 24
G4M1 Betty x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Sinabang, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP American Legion, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Le Maire, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Johnson, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Exmoor, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 35,82
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
G3M Nell x 6
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 13 [X(]
P-40E Warhawk x 2 [X(]
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged
strike from Amboina, range 10, means we attack ships two hexes North of Darwin and we encounter leaking Cap. The Zeroes can´t do much and the bombers turn around immediately anyway... low morale can also help you... [;)]
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
G3M Nell x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Haraldsvang, on fire, heavy damage
AK Liberty, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
both ships were sunk already...
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 192873 troops, 1637 guns, 643 vehicles, Assault Value = 3581
Defending force 44096 troops, 234 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1267
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese max assault: 3418 - adjusted assault: 3128
Allied max defense: 1114 - adjusted defense: 659
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Yenen base !!! [&o]
Japanese ground losses:
2292 casualties reported
Guns lost 78
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
1097 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
finally, a little morale boost for the high command of the Japanese. While the Navy is blamed for not being able to defend Timor against the Allied counterattack, the Army shows that they still are the ruling party on the continent with finally taking Yenen in North China. We will now follow the retreating Chinese troops to the bases North of Sian and hope to thake those three bases there soon... then it´s time to kill the defending troops of Sian...
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Ground combat at Sian
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 14174 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2652
Defending force 116777 troops, 647 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3701
Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15880 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3366
Defending force 210767 troops, 624 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4718
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Ground combat at Kohima
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 876 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 28 - adjusted assault: 30
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kohima base !!!
Para drop into empty Kohima...
We have spotted Martlets and Seafires flying Cap over Wyndham and we got recon about CVs being in port. There´s no doubt I guess that there are two or three British carriers disbanded in the level 4 port of Wyndham with nearly no Cap over the base. Nearly no Cap is something like 50 fighters. Seems very careless to me, or Miller feels absolutely safe it seems. He also didn´t keep up the constant bombing of Lautern and so our base is ready for 200 ac to be moved in and strike tomorrow. 
