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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 10, 43
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Ground combat at 72,47 (near Kweiyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10818 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 345

Defending force 3518 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 92

Japanese adjusted assault: 178

Allied adjusted defense: 25

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)

Allied ground losses:
377 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

that's the last Chinese unit in Central China, came out of the mountains and one of our divs is now going to kill it off...


Assaulting units:
69th Division

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at Denpasar (58,108)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 819 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Defending force 683 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Japanese adjusted assault: 24

Allied adjusted defense: 13

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


come on, two more points adjusted av and we would have been victorious...


Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF

Defending units:
Prajoeda Cdo


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Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6409 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 234

Defending force 6346 troops, 49 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 185

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
81st PA Infantry Division
Cebu Constabulary

Defending units:
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade


amphib task force is on the way to pick our bgd up again... that's a defeat, one of the few on the ground so far... [:D] we will be back, with more stuff... [;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 13, 43
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TF 216 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115)

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut, Mine hits 1

one of the things they just didn't get right in AE, minewarfare... crazy in WITP, as crazy in AE, both times not working... Argonaut hits a mine for a repeated time, as always the sub isn't even heavily damaged, lays her own mines and moves back to port... the sub would be even able to submerge, sink one of your carriers and move on... AFTER HITTING A MINE... sooo wrong... if you can't make something to work better just leave it out...


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Ground combat at 72,47 (near Kweiyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10818 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 345

Defending force 2663 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Japanese adjusted assault: 179

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 179 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)

Allied ground losses:
3435 casualties reported
Squads: 152 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 173 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

enemy Corps surrenders and there is nothing left in Central China, it's all Japanese...


Assaulting units:
69th Division

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 14, 43
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TF 89 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115)

Japanese Ships
AMc Koei Maru
AMc Tama Maru #3

5 mines cleared

as expected Argonaut even laid mines at Kwajalein after hitting one of our mines... pffff....[8|]


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TF 89 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115)

Japanese Ships
AMc Koei Maru
AMc Tama Maru #3

14 mines cleared


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TF 89 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115)

Japanese Ships
AMc Koei Maru
AMc Tama Maru #3

22 mines cleared


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Sub attack near Cape Gloucester at 101,124

Japanese Ships
xAKL Heiwa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kure Maru #5
xAKL Kanaiyama Maru
xAKL Kidokawa Maru
PB Odatsuki Maru
PB Urashio Maru

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo

Wahoo... spotted like a hundred times in the same spot...


SS Wahoo launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Heiwa Maru
Wahoo diving deep ....
PB Odatsuki Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Urashio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Urashio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Urashio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Urashio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Urashio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Afternoon Air attack on Goa , at 32,29

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 36

No Allied losses

Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Cape Gloucester at 101,124

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kanaiyama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kure Maru #5
xAKL Kidokawa Maru
PB Odatsuki Maru
PB Urashio Maru

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo

lol, got an escort for each small freighter but that doesn't stop Wahoo from killing another freighter... later in the turn Wahoo was reported being hit at least five times, by Judies, by Nells...


SS Wahoo launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Kanaiyama Maru
PB Odatsuki Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Urashio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Urashio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Urashio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Urashio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Urashio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 15, 43
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TF 89 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115)

Japanese Ships
AMc Koei Maru
AMc Tama Maru #3

7 mines cleared

Argonaut's mines are gone...


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Sub attack near Calayan at 82,71

Japanese Ships
TK Tonan Maru #2
E Kasasagi
TK Nisshin Maru
E Kari
E Sagi
E Hato

Allied Ships
SS Pollack, hits 5

that was a close one as Pollack missed one of our precious tanker... heavily escorted tanker convoy, earlier spotted sub... 4 near misses, 1 hit... several reports of air ASW hitting the sub too... all bullocks, the sub staid in place the next turn...


SS Pollack launches 4 torpedoes at TK Tonan Maru #2
E Kari fails to find sub and abandons search
E Sagi attacking submerged sub ....
E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sagi fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 96,79

Japanese Ships
xAK Tuyama Maru
xAK Alaska Maru
PB Taiko Maru
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

wth is going on? From one day to the next we have sub attacks all over the map...


SS Halibut launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Tuyama Maru
Halibut diving deep ....
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,124

Japanese Ships
APD Minekaze
APD Tachikaze
APD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS KXV

SS KXV is sighted by escort
KXV diving deep ....
APD Tachikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
APD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 96,79

Japanese Ships
xAK Tuyama Maru
xAK Alaska Maru
PB Taiko Maru
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

SS Halibut launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tuyama Maru
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Goa , at 32,29

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15

No Allied losses

Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Goa , at 32,29

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Goa , at 32,29

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Urumchi (79,11)



Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65698 troops, 510 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 2094

Defending force 10397 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 285

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 2833

Allied adjusted defense: 61

Japanese assault odds: 46 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Urumchi !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
217 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Allied ground losses:
5140 casualties reported
Squads: 163 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 125 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 65 (23 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Units retreated 7

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

today's highlight as we take the last enemy oil field on the map which we could reach... out of 50 oil only 1 is damaged... question now is will the oil start to flow South?


Assaulting units:
6th Division
13th Division
34th Division
104th Division
36th Division
11th Army

Defending units:
2nd Chinese Corps
17th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Base Force
8th War Area
21st Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Mysore (31,37)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 104 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 14

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mysore !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)

Assaulting units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /1

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 16, 43
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Sub attack near Mussau Island at 104,119

Japanese Ships
xAK Hakusika Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Meiu Maru
PB Toshi Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

lol what a laugh... after something like a dozen (reported [8|]) hits from air ASW the sub retired most likely due to damage and on the way to the NE Wahoo found another heavily escorted convoy sinking the third freighter in two days...


SS Wahoo launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Hakusika Maru
Wahoo diving deep ....
PB Toshi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 102,63

Japanese Ships
PB Kosin Maru #3
PB Myoken Maru
PB Suyozai Maru
PB Okuyo Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel

SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes at PB Kosin Maru #3
PB Suyozai Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Hyderabad (Sindh) (42,10)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19988 troops, 333 guns, 1163 vehicles, Assault Value = 989

Defending force 969 troops, 12 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese adjusted assault: 711

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 355 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hyderabad (Sindh) !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
929 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

our three tank divisions were moving overland to Hyderabad (Sindh) which is the base two hexes to the SE of Karachi... recon reports three enemy units at Karachi, 10000 troops and some guns... don't expect much more than a base force or two and an inf unit to meet the garrison requirement there... have no doubts our tank "Army" will take the town in a blitz, will be interesting if we find some big fuel or supply stockpiles...

Mundy doesn't seem to be seriously defending the subcontinent anymore, well, guess there isn't all that much left that actually could be used to defend it... we've received our Dinah III recons and equipped some units already which have been flying recon over Ceylon... all bases there are garrisoned, Colombo and Trimcomale got huge contingents of troops and recon shows some 1000 aircraft on the island so there have to be several hundred... looks like Ceylon is the fall back position of what the Commonwealth have left, I also expect the emergency reinforcements Mundy received to be going there as there is no place left in India he could really use them...


Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Division
1st Tank Division
2nd Tank Division

Defending units:
2nd NW Frontier Base Force

ORIGINAL: castor troy



Ground combat at Urumchi (79,11)


Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65698 troops, 510 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 2094

Defending force 10397 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 285

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 2833

Allied adjusted defense: 61

Japanese assault odds: 46 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Urumchi !!!



today's highlight as we take the last enemy oil field on the map which we could reach... out of 50 oil only 1 is damaged... question now is will the oil start to flow South?

The answer is that I have never failed to get the oil to flow south to PA and/or Fusan. But, you will need to induce it; that is for sure.

in all my games the oil from Urumchin only went South if the refineries in China/Korea were running low/out of oil. As long as those refineries were supplied with oil Urumchi just stopped producing when reaching max oil. I don't want my refineries in China/Korea being low on oil as this usually is a bigger disadvantage than the advantage of having Urumchi's oil flowing South.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 22, 43
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Sub attack near Rabaul at 105,124

Japanese Ships
DD Urakaze
DD Isokaze
DD Arashi

Allied Ships
SS KXV

SS KXV launches 4 torpedoes at DD Urakaze
KXV diving deep ....
DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Arashi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Urakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Urakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Urakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Urakaze is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 99,64

Japanese Ships
E W-11
E W-10

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

SS Seadragon launches 2 torpedoes at E W-11
Seadragon diving deep ....
E W-11 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near North Male at 19,48



Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
TK Iris, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

thought it would only be the Allied subs finding targets again today but we also found something when a tanker convoy showed up near Ceylon... much of the ordered fuel for Ceylon won't reach the island...


TK Iris is sighted by SS I-30
SS I-30 launches 4 torpedoes at TK Iris


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Sub attack near North Male at 20,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-173

Allied Ships
TK Vivi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

SS I-173 attacking TK Vivi on the surface

one of those strange behaviours of the game or better say totally idiotic when subs attack on the surface and fire torp salvo after torp salvo... I-173 used ALL her torpedos on that tanker... ALL!!!!! No sub would have ever done that, it's just bullocks... and no, I'm not talking about USN subs firing one defective MK-14 torp after another...


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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Division, at 40,8 (Karachi)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Lysander II x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander II: 1 damaged
Lysander II: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

our tank divisions have reached Karachi and the enemy launches airstrikes with some fighter bombers... intrinsic flak scores some hits...


Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Lysander II bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Division, at 40,8 (Karachi)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane FR.IIb x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane FR.IIb: 1 damaged
Hurricane FR.IIb: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane FR.IIb bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Division, at 40,8 (Karachi)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane FR.IIb x 2

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane FR.IIb: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane FR.IIb bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Division, at 40,8 (Karachi)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Lysander II x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander II: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Lysander II bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Karachi (40,8)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19895 troops, 333 guns, 1176 vehicles, Assault Value = 978

Defending force 7778 troops, 84 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 128

Allied adjusted defense: 85

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
826 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled

Karachi is really only lightly defended and our tank units won't have much of a problem to take the base... actually I'm quite surprised by the shitty adjusted av we had in this combat and I don't know why our troops get a (-) for supply when they were fully supplied last turn when I ordered the deliberate attack...


Assaulting units:
1st Tank Division
3rd Tank Division
2nd Tank Division

Defending units:
Karachi Fortress
1st NW Frontier Base Force
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Bangalore (32,37)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 56967 troops, 402 guns, 1111 vehicles, Assault Value = 2220

Defending force 14556 troops, 153 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 455

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese adjusted assault: 1228

Allied adjusted defense: 796

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
354 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 79 (12 destroyed, 67 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
979 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 94 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

decided to further attack South in India as we spotted some enemy ground units sitting there... as the assault on Bangalore begins we find another Indian Division... nice! Means we're going to wreck yet another major Commonwealth combat unit... level 6 forts and bad terrain make up for a good defensive position but I have no doubts we will take the place... two tank rgts took a beating, the rest of the units is in perfect shape and we will do back to back deliberate attacks until the base falls which is most likely in three or four days...


Assaulting units:
23rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
46th Division
61st Division
2nd Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
4th Division
53rd Division
3rd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
11th Air Defense AA Regiment
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
12th Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
20th Indian Division
Tippu Fortress
3rd Hyderabad Base Force

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 23, 43
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,107

Japanese Ships
xAK Toyooka Maru
xAK Meiu Maru
PB Toshi Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS Pompon

SS Pompon launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Toyooka Maru
PB Toshi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #1 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Toshi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near North Male at 21,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
TK British Sovereign, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

we keep attacking that tanker convoy to Colombo and sink another 6000 ton tanker... we have sunk exceptionally many tankers in this game, something Mundy is going to feel as soon as he starts operating his whole fleet... playing as the Allied I usually have only lost a fraction of the Allied tanker losses here and I miss every tanker...


TK British Sovereign is sighted by SS I-165
SS I-165 launches 4 torpedoes at TK British Sovereign


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Sub attack near Davao at 84,94

Japanese Ships
PB Syozui Maru
PB Shinkyo Maru
AO Shiretoko
PB Teimei Maru
PB Sansei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Runner

lots of sub action today, way too much for my taste...


SS Runner launches 2 torpedoes at PB Syozui Maru
Runner diving deep ....
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sansei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near North Male at 22,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
TK Clydebank

would have been the fourth tanker out of this convoy but I-165 missed...


TK Clydebank is sighted by SS I-165
SS I-165 launches 2 torpedoes at TK Clydebank


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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 40,8 (Karachi)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane FR.IIb x 8
Lysander II x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander II: 2 damaged
Lysander II: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Lysander II bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 lb GP Bomb
8 x Hurricane FR.IIb bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 80,94

Japanese Ships
AO Shiretoko
PB Syozui Maru
PB Shinkyo Maru
PB Teimei Maru
PB Sansei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Runner

really don't like that... luckily duds... having more escorts than oilers in the convoy doesn't help...


SS Runner launches 4 torpedoes at AO Shiretoko [X(]
Runner diving deep ....
PB Teimei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Karachi (40,8)



Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19853 troops, 333 guns, 1176 vehicles, Assault Value = 972

Defending force 7283 troops, 84 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 503

Allied adjusted defense: 81

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Karachi !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander II: 4 destroyed
Hurricane FR.IIb: 8 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
7276 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 481 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 69 (67 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1

our tank divs attack a second time and Karachi and take the base! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI! How many times does a Japanese player see Karachi, Bombay and Chungking falling? [:)] Karachi being more or less undefended tells me the enemy doesn't have any real Commonwealth Army left that could put up a serious fight on the subcontinent... all that is left seems to be defending Ceylon now, including hundreds of aircraft... industry at Karachi was taken intact but we didn't find any real fuel depots and "only" 60,000 tons of supply... with this success the victory point ratio has gone up to over 6.5:1 in favour of the Japanese, Allied ground losses nearly 26,000 now...


Assaulting units:
1st Tank Division
3rd Tank Division
2nd Tank Division

Defending units:
Karachi Fortress
1st NW Frontier Base Force
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Bangalore (32,37)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 55441 troops, 402 guns, 878 vehicles, Assault Value = 2138

Defending force 13922 troops, 152 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 387

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 1319

Allied adjusted defense: 970

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), op mode(-), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1054 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 111 (5 destroyed, 106 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
503 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 21 (2 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Bangalore's defenders fend off another attack but in terms of combat squads the losses are pretty much equal so this won't take long...


Assaulting units:
18th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
61st Division
22nd Tank Regiment
4th Division
14th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
53rd Division
19th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
46th Division
11th Tank Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
12th Air Defense AA Regiment
11th Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
20th Indian Division
Tippu Fortress
3rd Hyderabad Base Force


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Ground combat at 64,38 (near Ledo)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4707 troops, 40 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 138

Defending force 678 troops, 0 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 124

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 41 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

that unit was fleeing out of China and instead of being destroyed now manages to retreat towards an Indian base in the far North...


Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
China Air TaskForce


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Ground combat at Bangalore (32,37)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12297 troops, 140 guns, 139 vehicles, Assault Value = 296

Defending force 57625 troops, 528 guns, 1132 vehicles, Assault Value = 1992

Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
Tippu Fortress
3rd Hyderabad Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
53rd Division
12th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
61st Division
4th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
46th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
4th Division
11th Tank Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
12th Air Defense AA Regiment
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
11th Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion

British command in India surrenders to the Japanese in the city of Karachi! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!



I know this pic was taken at Singapore, couldn't find one from the real surrender at Karachi... [;)][:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 24, 43
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ASW attack near Cape Gloucester at 101,124

Japanese Ships
DD Shiranui
DD Isokaze
DD Arashi

Allied Ships
SS O19, hits 3

an exceptionally high number of sub encounters lately... O19 misses Shiranui and takes two direct hits from Type 2 DCs... no effect... the sub will surely retire but that's it... in the last 10 days this sub was probably reported hit by air ASW like two dozen times...


SS O19 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Shiranui
O19 diving deep ....
DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 77,93

Japanese Ships
PB Syozui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AO Shiriya
PB Teimei Maru
PB Sansei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum

then Drum hits an escort... at least the oilers got away...


SS Drum launches 2 torpedoes at PB Syozui Maru
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Kuroshima at 98,61

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-5

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon launches 2 torpedoes
Sturgeon diving deep ....
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Addu at 17,49

Japanese Ships
SS I-30, hits 1

Allied Ships
AM Oudh
DD Van Galen

SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Oudh
I-30 diving deep ....
DD Van Galen fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Van Galen attacking submerged sub ....
DD Van Galen fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Van Galen fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Van Galen fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 77,93

Japanese Ships
PB Syozui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Teimei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Barb

Barb also operates in the area and finishes Syozui Maru...


SS Barb launches 2 torpedoes at PB Syozui Maru
Barb diving deep ....
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Bangalore (32,37)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 55900 troops, 402 guns, 1096 vehicles, Assault Value = 2025

Defending force 13207 troops, 152 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 306

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 1069

Allied adjusted defense: 472

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
502 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 61 (22 destroyed, 39 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1390 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 158 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 38 (8 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

20th Indian Div still holds at Bangalore but has pretty much no combat worthy troops left, expect the base to fall tomorrow which will leave 20th Indian Div trashed...



Assaulting units:
18th Tank Regiment
46th Division
8th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
53rd Division
3rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
4th Division
61st Division
11th Tank Regiment
12th Air Defense AA Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
11th Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
20th Indian Division
Tippu Fortress
3rd Hyderabad Base Force


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Ground combat at Bangalore (32,37)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11064 troops, 138 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 163

Defending force 57155 troops, 527 guns, 1116 vehicles, Assault Value = 1938

Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
3rd Hyderabad Base Force
Tippu Fortress

Defending units:
12th Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
46th Division
61st Division
14th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
53rd Division
4th Division
11th Tank Regiment
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
11th Air Defense AA Regiment
12th Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 25, 43
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-5

Allied Ships
SS Hoe

we get a lot of those slow subchasers in the coming weeks, they will end up escorting xAKL...


SS Hoe is sighted by escort
Hoe diving deep ....
SC CHa-5 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 79,94

Japanese Ships
PB Higashiyama Maru
xAKL Yosyu Maru
xAKL Sunten Maru
xAKL Ryoyu Maru #21
PB Jokuja Maru
PB Kiko Maru
PB Karimo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

Captain of SS Pompano elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Pompano diving deep ....
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Karimo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Karimo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Karimo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Karimo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Karimo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Karimo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Karimo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Bangalore (32,37)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50303 troops, 401 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 1971

Defending force 11143 troops, 138 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 169

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 856

Allied adjusted defense: 256

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
668 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 123 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
728 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 17 (6 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

fourth attack and we still couldn't take Bangalore but the attack the next day did... 20th Indian Div was retreatin East towards Madras and my tank units were pursuing, forcing the unit to retreat two more times, leaving it completely shattered... the Army that took Bangalore is now moving on Madras which seems to be an evacuation port of units that are left on the subcontinent... some ships spotted there now and then and also 5 dozen fighters...


Assaulting units:
19th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
4th Division
12th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
53rd Division
61st Division
4th Tank Regiment
46th Division
8th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
12th Air Defense AA Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
11th Air Defense AA Regiment
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
20th Indian Division
Tippu Fortress


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Ground combat at Kweisui (92,35)




Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 98124 troops, 726 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 3118

Defending force 38587 troops, 166 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1103

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 3677

Allied adjusted defense: 532

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweisui !!! [&o]

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
5404 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 617 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 39 disabled

Allied ground losses:
49391 casualties reported
Squads: 1928 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1066 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 227 (227 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 9

WOW! Didn't expect Kweisui to fall on the first attack but 6:1 adjusted av is quite devastating... we took a lot disabled combat squads but that doesn't matter much and the enemy lost over 3000 squads today as the last Chinese Army surrendered... all that is left in China is the last base at the map edge in the North where we try to pursue three trashed Chinese units, in total the whole Chinese "Army" consist of roughly 4000 troops now...

Assaulting units:
70th Division
51st Division
116th Division
58th Division
22nd Division
40th Division
68th Division
35th Division
13th Army
12th Army
23rd Army

Defending units:
83rd Chinese Corps
11th Chinese Corps
35th Chinese Corps
9th Separate Brigade
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
34th Separate Brigade
13th Group Army
17th Group Army


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Ground combat at Bangalore (32,37)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10583 troops, 133 guns, 137 vehicles, Assault Value = 115

Defending force 56247 troops, 526 guns, 1116 vehicles, Assault Value = 1861

Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
Tippu Fortress

Defending units:
46th Division
53rd Division
3rd Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
4th Division
18th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
61st Division
11th Tank Regiment
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
11th Air Defense AA Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
12th Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion

ORIGINAL: castor troy

British command in India surrenders to the Japanese in the city of Karachi! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!



I know this pic was taken at Singapore, couldn't find one from the real surrender at Karachi... [;)][:D]

Wow!!!

Great job. VERY few AAR's where Karachi is taken … Bravo!!!!

Now you know what the Allies felt like late in the ETO when there bombers were running out of valid targets to bomb with their thousand plane raids. Your massive land Army has very few worthy targets left unless you decide to swing for the fences and attack the West Coast so Tojo can sign the surrender in the White House.

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

ORIGINAL: castor troy

British command in India surrenders to the Japanese in the city of Karachi! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!



I know this pic was taken at Singapore, couldn't find one from the real surrender at Karachi... [;)][:D]

Wow!!!

Great job. VERY few AAR's where Karachi is taken … Bravo!!!!

thanks Pax, though I have to admit that taking Karachi wasn't really an achievement anymore as Mundy didn't have much left to defend it. Recon shows Ceylon being a huge pileup of troops and aircraft now so everything that is left and everything that was brought in as reinforcements was going there it seems. Unfortunately this is exactly the right thing he could do. If he had brought some 1000 or even 2000 av to Karachi, I would have just brought the hammer again, fielding 6-7000 av and no doubt, Karachi would fall and we would bag yet another big stack of Allied troops.

ORIGINAL: Bif1961

Now you know what the Allies felt like late in the ETO when there bombers were running out of valid targets to bomb with their thousand plane raids. Your massive land Army has very few worthy targets left unless you decide to swing for the fences and attack the West Coast so Tojo can sign the surrender in the White House.

Weeks ago, both ingame and real time, I was thinking about what to do next and while I am surely dominating the Seas at the moment I don't see a target that would be worth it. Hawaii or the West Coast, this would all be totally crazy. Russia? Thought about it, but to what gain other than more points? We already have a 6.7:1 victory point ratio!! [X(] We would free up a couple of thousand av more from Kwangtung but that isn't worth the risk. The supply there? AFAIK from my Allied games, the Russian hardly have enough to even build up real stocks.

What's left then? Australia. In NE Australia Mundy has some 700-1000 aircraft according to recon, so probably something like 500. He surely has more in total in Australia, there must be Australian Divs as well as US Divs. I don't see much of a chance nor a reason to attack Australia at this point, I've already taken Darwin and the Northern bases. Just imagine what it takes to bring 6-7000 av plus all the support and supply to attack Australia! And then it's not a sure win.

While the IJN still rules the Seas due to the disastrous loss of four USN CVs in mid 42 there's no reason to attempt anything really crazy. As it stands now, we have a perfect situation, we have literally no losses, own all of China, India and we took way over 1,000,000 tons of supplies in India, bringing our supply stocks to nearly 5 mio tons at the moment. What more would a IJ commander dream of in 3/43?

Mundy currently has Wasp and Hornet, some British CVs (no idea which or how many) and probably some odd CVL/CVE. This force isn't nearly enough to seriously start an amphibious operation. He might grab a base or two in my far outer defensive perimeter but that's it. The real fight is most likely to start in late 43, by then I will field all Georges and Franks, that's not going to be a cakewalk for any Allied offensive operations. I have not lost any carrier, worst losses so far are 5 DDs, 3 of them were one I care about. So far I received probably a dozen new ones. No BB, no CA/CL was lost so far, in total we've lost some 102 ships for a whopping 600 victory points so you can imagine which ships we have lost.

While typing this it comes to my mind that this all might sound as if it was easy going but it wasn't. Nor did I expect to achieve all this by losing that few. Mundy perfectly matched me (WITP AE Tinder [:D]) when it comes down to what I didn offensively and what he did defensively. He thought it was great to make a stand at Rabaul, I thought that would be great too! Result was a horribly beaten up Allied Navy with four carriers, over a dozen cruisers and I don't know how many DDs destroyed. Still took Rabaul without much of a problem in the end destroying enemy troops there. Port Moresby was a little tougher on the ground but no difference in the end. Port Blair against the Commonwealth, same story. He was defending forward, it perfectly matched my offensive thinking. He lost a BB, countless aircraft and hundreds of tanks on the islands which he could have used in India. Actually I was attacking India before I even took Port Blair, it all just turned into a big POW camp without supplies that was in range of my cruisers to be bombarded at will.

Everytime we had an encounter it was a good force on the Allied side and it was the hammer on the Japanese side. Everytime it resulted in devastating defeats for the Allied. At some point it turned into a steamroller, when I took what I wanted to take and then even more, see India where the initial plan was the area around Calcutta plus destroying as many Commonwealth troops as possible. Now we have a shattered Commonwealth Army that won't be able to do a serious ground offensive into Burma in mid 43 as it usually starts. And then again, it's not easy going, everything is stretched. I have troops from Karachi, to Singapore, Darwin and all the way to Tarawa. And I have to move those troops! I also have to move the needed fuel and even more so the supply. I never have enough ships, I never have enough air units or at least not as many as I would like. PILOTS! I only received a good hundred IJN pilots each month as replacements in 42, this going up now in 43. By 7/42 I had totally drained the IJNAF pilot pool, this without a real attrional airwar against the Allied as I just didn't do that. I have lost 2000 aircraft so far, 1500 were ops, mostly naval search. Leaves us with 500 aircraft lost to air and flak. This shows how light the losses were so far and I still had no IJNAF pilots in the pool that I could even train. Again, it's not easy and my AAR might make it sound easier than it was or than it felt to me.

Perfect storm. Sometimes the game just clicks for Japan, I know it did in my auto victory.

I would look at taking Alaska, as something to do, and to keep whittling away at the USN which is your main opponent.

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Perfect storm. Sometimes the game just clicks for Japan, I know it did in my auto victory.

I would look at taking Alaska, as something to do, and to keep whittling away at the USN which is your main opponent.

Thanks.

I doubt the USN would show up when I would go against Alaska as the Royal Navy didn't even show up when I was going for India. And then there's nothing in Alaska that would do me any good. It's 3/43 and IMO it's time to prepare for the defense, especially with the given perfect situation.

I have no clue where most of the US LCUs are sitting, nor do I know where the USN got all the assets. I'm sure Mundy is steadily preparing his first real offensive move but as mentioned before, I doubt he will be able to do something big before autumn 43. Of course he could do something crazy like creating a couple of hundred ship TFs going Kamikaze to the Philipines or even the home islands. But that would be too off IMO and ultimately lead into the destruction of most of his assets as I have A) a huge, undefeated airforce, B) an undefeated Navy with a really strong carrier force and C) dozens of divisions I could muster against any crazy move. It could also lead to the PBEM come to an absurd halt at some point and that would be a real pity. This isn't one of those Nemo-style Kamikaze games, so I doubt something really off will happen and I think when the Allied start to attack it will be somewhere in my outer perimeters, just like it should go. I also started the attack on India at Calcutta and not Karachi.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 02, 43
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ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,65

Japanese Ships
DD Yuzuki
E W-23

Allied Ships
SS Finback

several ASW TFs all over the map hunting subs... hunting is a real exaggeration here as my ASW totally sucks all over...


SS Finback launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yuzuki
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-17F Fortress x 15

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 7 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Mundy is getting active again plastering Port Moresby with lots of bombers coming out of NE Australia...


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18
B-17F Fortress x 9
B-26 Marauder x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 45

when you consider that there are as many heavy flak guns at Port Moresby like the Japanese had at a major city in late war one has to wonder why the enemy only loses 1 bomber to ops when the bombers attack at 8000ft... I know IJ flak sucks but 8000ft? The same turn I lose the usual 4 aircraft (2 Jakes, 2 Helen) flying naval search and ASW... [8|]


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 24
B-26 Marauder x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at 34,38 (near Madras)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5382 troops, 0 guns, 1009 vehicles, Assault Value = 2004

Defending force 4797 troops, 76 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Japanese adjusted assault: 346

Allied adjusted defense: 37

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(-), disruption(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Allied ground losses:
1688 casualties reported
Squads: 90 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 65 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 37 (35 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (7 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

20th Indian Division is like destroyed...


Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
61st Division
12th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
4th Division
15th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
46th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
53rd Division
22nd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
12th Air Defense AA Regiment
11th Air Defense AA Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
20th Indian Division
3rd Hyderabad Base Force


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Ground combat at Cochin (28,40)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 123 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Defending force 2370 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 5

Allied adjusted defense: 35

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 7 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

damn it, same mistake I did earlier already, dropping paras on a base I thought it would be empty just because I was to lazy to fly a recon mission the day before...[8|]


Assaulting units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /2

Defending units:
Cochin Fortress

ORIGINAL: castor troy

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Perfect storm. Sometimes the game just clicks for Japan, I know it did in my auto victory.

I would look at taking Alaska, as something to do, and to keep whittling away at the USN which is your main opponent.

Thanks.

I doubt the USN would show up when I would go against Alaska as the Royal Navy didn't even show up when I was going for India. And then there's nothing in Alaska that would do me any good. It's 3/43 and IMO it's time to prepare for the defense, especially with the given perfect situation.

I have no clue where most of the US LCUs are sitting, nor do I know where the USN got all the assets. I'm sure Mundy is steadily preparing his first real offensive move but as mentioned before, I doubt he will be able to do something big before autumn 43. Of course he could do something crazy like creating a couple of hundred ship TFs going Kamikaze to the Philipines or even the home islands. But that would be too off IMO and ultimately lead into the destruction of most of his assets as I have A) a huge, undefeated airforce, B) an undefeated Navy with a really strong carrier force and C) dozens of divisions I could muster against any crazy move. It could also lead to the PBEM come to an absurd halt at some point and that would be a real pity. This isn't one of those Nemo-style Kamikaze games, so I doubt something really off will happen and I think when the Allied start to attack it will be somewhere in my outer perimeters, just like it should go. I also started the attack on India at Calcutta and not Karachi.

I agree there isn't much there in Alaska, but you aren't looking for points, but rather to keep the initiative. But if he is unlikely to fight for it, well no point going there then as that is the point of the exercise.

But it could keep the Allies farther away from Hokkaido unless he wants enemy bases in his rear. Depending upon how far you go, some night manpower raids into Seattle might be possible.