Defeating the Devil !!! ( aka Damian )

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:23 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/07/42

Mike, he tell me he changed a lot of his IJA LBA over to Bettys --- thus preserving his IJN Bettys for naval action.

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 24
D3A2 Val x 7
B5N2 Kate x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 27

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 30
D3A2 Val x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged

Runway hits 4

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Day Air attack on Ye [Burma] , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 131
Ki-44IIa Tojo x 10
Ki-109E Mike x 15

156 fighters from Tavoy try to close Ye.

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 4
Kittyhawk I x 6
Lancer x 11
Spitfire VB x 16
I-16 Type 24 x 9
LaGG-3 x 3
MiG-3 x 27
Yak-1 x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 56 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-44IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed
Ki-109E Mike: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 10 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 4 destroyed
Lancer: 9 destroyed
Spitfire VB: 7 destroyed
I-16 Type 24: 7 destroyed
LaGG-3: 3 destroyed
MiG-3: 20 destroyed
Yak-1: 14 destroyed

Losses are heavy on both sides but, again, over 60 enemy fighters and pilots are destroyed. It all adds up and with Rangoon due to fall in 2 days time the closure of Ye is no longer an important issue. At this stage it can close and my forces will still be perfectly capable of projecting power into the waters off Singapore.

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Day Air attack on Ye [Burma] , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 19
G4M1 Betty x 83
Ki-48-II Lily x 17
Ki-21-II Sally x 52
Ki-264 Angel x 2

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 1
Kittyhawk I x 2
Lancer x 2
Spitfire VB x 9
I-16 Type 24 x 2
MiG-3 x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Lancer: 1 destroyed
Spitfire VB: 2 destroyed
I-16 Type 24: 1 destroyed
MiG-3: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Swordfish I: 1 destroyed
TBM-1 Avenger: 4 destroyed
Pe-2: 19 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 5 destroyed

Hmm, I lost a month's worth of Pe-2s today. THIS is what he should have been doing from the start. THIS is the counter to the Pe-2s and B-17s.

Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 57

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Day Air attack on Tavoy [Burma] , at 28,37

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 46
B-17E Fortress x 72

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57 Topsy: 3 destroyed
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed
Ki-264-L: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Soon he will think of invading to close this forever.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 33
G3M2 Nell x 16
Ki-32 Mary x 17
Ki-48-I Lily x 42
Ki-48-II Lily x 17
Ki-21-II Sally x 49
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-II Lily: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 176

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 42
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-32 Mary x 30
Ki-48-I Lily x 56
Ki-48-II Lily x 12
Ki-15II Babs x 6
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-48-II Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 75
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 2

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Day Air attack on IJA 35th Heavy AA Battalion, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 10
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-25D Mitchell x 16
Wellington IC x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Ind Engineer Regiment, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 11
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-25D Mitchell x 15
Wellington IC x 7

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed
Wellington IC: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 4\

Preparing the way for another ground assault.

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Day Air attack on RTA 4th Division, at 35,30

Allied aircraft
Hurricane I x 6
IL-2 Shturmovik x 124
IL-2M Shturmovik x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on RTA 4th Division, at 35,30

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 63

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on RTAF 2nd Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 11
B-24D Liberator x 4
B-25D Mitchell x 19
Lancaster III x 3
Wellington IC x 9

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25D Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Lancaster III: 1 damaged
Wellington IC: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on ROC 9th Field Army , at 50,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KNIL 6th Regiment, at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Pamekasan Base Force, at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on TF at 28,35

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 3
Kittyhawk I x 3
Lancer x 6
Spitfire VB x 10
I-16 Type 24 x 4
LaGG-3 x 3
MiG-3 x 13
Pe-2 x 21
Yak-1 x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Atsuta Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kirishima Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,34

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 3
Kittyhawk I x 3
Lancer x 6
Spitfire VB x 9
I-16 Type 24 x 3
LaGG-3 x 3
MiG-3 x 10
Pe-2 x 6
Yak-1 x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Atuta Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Well, these ships won't get up to too much.

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 183283 troops, 2152 guns, 1201 vehicles, Assault Value = 3847

Defending force 101867 troops, 1519 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 3018

Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 80079 troops, 873 guns, 717 vehicles, Assault Value = 2189

Defending force 57195 troops, 1221 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 2188

Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15210 troops, 222 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 491

Defending force 4800 troops, 48 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 174

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Soerabaja [Java]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36602 troops, 713 guns, 621 vehicles, Assault Value = 919

Defending force 25539 troops, 165 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 390

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Ye [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10199 troops, 156 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 314

Defending force 20103 troops, 304 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 281

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21048 troops, 246 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 790

Defending force 25650 troops, 259 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1309

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9456 troops, 37 guns, 548 vehicles, Assault Value = 959

Defending force 17320 troops, 352 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 689

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Ondorhaan [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6056 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 267

Defending force 4450 troops, 21 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 117

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 35,40

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 34810 troops, 441 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1822

Defending force 11537 troops, 171 guns, 139 vehicles, Assault Value = 343

Allied max assault: 3084 - adjusted assault: 3398

Japanese max defense: 295 - adjusted defense: 153

Allied assault odds: 22 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
452 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
573 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

IJA ground losses are very high also. They've doubled in the last month from about 500 to over 1,000. In my games I try for a 20:1 exchange rate in ground points. So far the Japanese in this game are down to a 7:1 exchange rate and this is likely to shorten even more in coming weeks. The various invasion fleets are in good shape and swinging toward their targets---- slowly, ever so slowly.

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Ground combat at Taung Gyi [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13199 troops, 192 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 746

Defending force 13888 troops, 270 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 314

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:04 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/08/42

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Sub attack near Midway Island [USA] at 97,63

Japanese Ships
SS I-121

Allied Ships
AO Robert L Barnes, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

This AO is toast but overall I've gotten about 350 ships through sub-infested waters and this is the only one which has gotten spotted. We are go!!! I'm sure he'll be on to me before I get ashore but, hell, that's half the fun. The USN is about to get CREAMED but in the doing it will create an opportunity for the Australians.

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Runway hits 12

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 3 damaged

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Day Air attack on Ye [Burma] , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 88
Ki-44IIa Tojo x 5
Ki-109E Mike x 55

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 10
P-40B Tomahawk x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 6
Hurricane I x 44
Lancer x 9
Spitfire VB x 19
I-16 Type 24 x 6
LaGG-3 x 9
MiG-3 x 16
Yak-1 x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 37 destroyed
Ki-44IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed
Ki-109E Mike: 26 destroyed, 2 damaged

Another 68 Japanese pilots and planes go down.

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 10 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 9 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
Hurricane I: 27 destroyed
Lancer: 4 destroyed
Spitfire VB: 5 destroyed
I-16 Type 24: 1 destroyed
LaGG-3: 9 destroyed
MiG-3: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
Yak-1: 7 destroyed

My own losses are pretty serious though and soon I'll be forced to put Buffaloes back in the front line. As to british pilot pools; I'm fine, I have about 320 pilots in the pool which is pretty much the number I had when this all started.

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Day Air attack on Tavoy [Burma] , at 28,37

And here's what happens when the Allies in India decide a base absolutely MUST be closed today.

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 38
Beaufort VII x 31
Wellington IC x 17
IL-4C x 23

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported

Airbase hits 29
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 123

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Day Air attack on Tavoy [Burma] , at 28,37

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 64
B-17E Fortress x 105
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-25D Mitchell x 63
B-19A x 10
Lancaster III x 3
Wellington IC x 30
IL-4C x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 29
Airbase supply hits 17
Runway hits 393

Oh yeah, Tavoy is utterly and completely closed for business.

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Lautem [Port Timor] , at 33,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 64
G3M2 Nell x 18
Ki-32 Mary x 27
Ki-48-I Lily x 54
Ki-48-II Lily x 18
Ki-21-II Sally x 64

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 86

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 41
Ki-27 Nate x 46
Ki-32 Mary x 30
Ki-48-I Lily x 57
Ki-48-II Lily x 11
Ki-15II Babs x 4
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 4 destroyed
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 112
Port hits 2

I'm down to about 15,000 tons of supply but soon I'll have enough leeway to devote a number of four-engined bombers and Coronados to flying supply missions into Manilla. That ought to help eke the supplies out farther.

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Day Air attack on ROC 62nd Field Army , at 43,41

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon [Burma] at 29,33

Allied aircraft
B-26A Marauder x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Atsuta Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon [Burma] at 29,33

Allied aircraft
B-26A Marauder x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Atuta Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

It took me a while to realise these were two separate ships. Gees, the Japanese liked ships which sounded alike didn't they?

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Day Air attack on TF at 114,90

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 12

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

Allied Ships
AO Kaskaskia

This is a minor attack on the Oiler which accompanied my Royal Navy TF on the way to PH. I think I have faked Damian into thinking this is some sort of cunning ploy as it traipses past just 240 miles from Palmyra as opposed to being a necessary shortcut as it is COMPLETELY out of fuel. [:D] He has told me that he won't "sacrifice" his remaining Betties to such an obvious trap. *Chuckle* The man sees traps which aren't there. Let's hope he doesn't see traps which are there.

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 185936 troops, 2207 guns, 1204 vehicles, Assault Value = 3953

Defending force 102217 troops, 1527 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 3038

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 84606 troops, 889 guns, 846 vehicles, Assault Value = 2229

Defending force 57267 troops, 1227 guns, 380 vehicles, Assault Value = 2187

Japanese max assault: 2111 - adjusted assault: 2215

Allied max defense: 2157 - adjusted defense: 8181

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

Japanese ground losses:
6177 casualties reported
Guns lost 106
Vehicles lost 11

Allied ground losses:
617 casualties reported
Guns lost 36
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15315 troops, 225 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 495

Defending force 4786 troops, 47 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 174

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Soerabaja [Java]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37346 troops, 730 guns, 623 vehicles, Assault Value = 962

Defending force 25695 troops, 166 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 397

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Ye [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10320 troops, 157 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 320

Defending force 20146 troops, 305 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 283

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21228 troops, 249 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 799

Defending force 25626 troops, 259 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1307

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at Xuwen [C China]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 505 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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

Japanese max assault: 5 - adjusted assault: 4

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Xuwen [C China] base !!!

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9466 troops, 37 guns, 549 vehicles, Assault Value = 958

Defending force 17392 troops, 354 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 692

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Ground combat at Banyuwangi [Java]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 449 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Defending force 80 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

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Ground combat at Ondorhaan [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6101 troops, 115 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 270

Defending force 4400 troops, 21 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 115

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Ground combat at Lashio [Burma]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7014 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 372

Defending force 3054 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Allied max assault: 704 - adjusted assault: 514

Japanese max defense: 71 - adjusted defense: 105

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lashio [Burma] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
611 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

The Burma Road is re-opened and yet another IJA Division is pushed into the jungles of Burma and out of the war for the forseeable future.

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Ground combat at Taung Gyi [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13255 troops, 195 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 747

Defending force 13058 troops, 272 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 273

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15134 troops, 344 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 692

Defending force 36459 troops, 322 guns, 991 vehicles, Assault Value = 958

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

floydg · Post by **floydg** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:56 pm

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

Japanese Ships
AP Atsuta Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon [Burma] at 29,33

Allied aircraft
B-26A Marauder x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Atuta Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

It took me a while to realise these were two separate ships. Gees, the Japanese liked ships which sounded alike didn't they?

Actually, in Japanese, they would be the same name. "Tu" and "Tsu" are just romanization of the same Japanese sound.
My Japanese teachers would be so proud of me...

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:20 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/09/42

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TF 1087 encounters mine field at Midway Island [USA] (97,63)

Allied Ships
CA Portland, Mine hits 1

I've been rather cold-heartedly sending shipping into Midway ( which I know he has mined ) in order to generate a mine hit. Finally one did. I've sold this to him as the rotation of my surface combat TF at Midway with replacements. Obviously though there is no such thing and my fleet has already left Midway. It is important to try to pretend its presence though.

In the meantime Wasp is on a maximum speed sprint to San Francisco from Panama. It is unescorted and vulnerable but a 95% chance of having a ship in place to help with the battle ( and 5% chance of it being damaged in port ) is better than a 100% chance of it sitting 2,000 miles away from the battle in which far more than a single CV might be sunk.

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 24
D3A2 Val x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 2 damaged

Runway hits 11

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3
D3A2 Val x 22
Ki-27 Nate x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged

Runway hits 11

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Day Air attack on Haiphong [Tonkin] , at 37,38

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 23
Ki-32 Mary x 24

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2M Shturmovik: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

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Day Air attack on Akyab [Burma] , at 30,28

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 90
Ki-264 Angel x 3

Allied aircraft
Hurricane I x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane I: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Vildebeest IV: 1 destroyed
B-26A Marauder: 2 destroyed
Buffalo/F2A: 2 destroyed

Runway hits 8

Some got through but another 9 bombers went down.

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 9
Ki-21-II Sally x 20
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 22

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Day Air attack on Lautem [Port Timor] , at 33,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 35
G3M2 Nell x 18
Ki-32 Mary x 30
Ki-48-I Lily x 59
Ki-48-II Lily x 21
Ki-21-II Sally x 30

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 99

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 41
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-32 Mary x 30
Ki-48-I Lily x 56
Ki-48-II Lily x 11
Ki-15II Babs x 5
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 3

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 120
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on Wake Island [USA] , at 85,72

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 18

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Ind Engineer Regiment, at 29,33

I think the following series of raids actually scared Damian a bit as I uncovered some of my LBA in a co-ordinated fashion for the first time.

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 46
Beaufort VII x 30
Wellington IC x 25
IL-4C x 22

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Ind Engineer Regiment, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
B-19A x 6
Blenheim IV x 18
Hudson IV x 6
SB-2 x 3
SB-2M x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-19A: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Ind Engineer Regiment, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 18
B-17E Fortress x 26
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-25D Mitchell x 16
B-19A x 3
Lancaster III x 3
Wellington IC x 6
IL-4C x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

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Day Air attack on RTAF 2nd Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
B-19A x 10
Blenheim IV x 26
Hudson IV x 12
SB-2 x 3
SB-2M x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on RTAF 2nd Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 36
B-17E Fortress x 54
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-25D Mitchell x 30
B-19A x 6
Wellington IC x 12
IL-4C x 2

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on Red 98th Guerilla Regiment, at 48,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 55th Field Army , at 50,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 188513 troops, 2246 guns, 1204 vehicles, Assault Value = 4065

Defending force 102728 troops, 1545 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 3052

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15389 troops, 228 guns, 129 vehicles, Assault Value = 496

Defending force 4772 troops, 47 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 172

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Soerabaja [Java]

This will fall within the week.

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 40588 troops, 759 guns, 665 vehicles, Assault Value = 994

Defending force 25649 troops, 171 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 397

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 1850 - adjusted assault: 1163

Allied max defense: 356 - adjusted defense: 625

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Japanese ground losses:
2136 casualties reported
Guns lost 48
Vehicles lost 10

Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 2

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Ground combat at Ye [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10428 troops, 157 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 324

Defending force 20126 troops, 305 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 281

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 48,40

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4186 troops, 51 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 141

Defending force 970 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 62

Japanese max assault: 141 - adjusted assault: 246

Allied max defense: 58 - adjusted defense: 40

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

This is just a tiny little guerilla regiment and so its repulse is of no significance.

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21439 troops, 250 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 809

Defending force 25651 troops, 254 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1315

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3216 troops, 145 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 1915

Defending force 56709 troops, 1191 guns, 380 vehicles, Assault Value = 2169

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9440 troops, 37 guns, 548 vehicles, Assault Value = 956

Defending force 17534 troops, 357 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 695

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Banyuwangi [Java]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 860 troops, 22 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Defending force 80 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 24

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Banyuwangi [Java] base !!!

Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Ondorhaan [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6123 troops, 115 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272

Defending force 4390 troops, 20 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 115

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Ground combat at 50,32

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68515 troops, 1249 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 3542

Defending force 11299 troops, 182 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 287

Allied max assault: 3554 - adjusted assault: 3646

Japanese max defense: 283 - adjusted defense: 44

Allied assault odds: 82 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1453 casualties reported
Guns lost 42
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Guns lost 27

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

In China one of the IJA divisions got a little ahead of itself so I Shock Attacked it back across the river and collected 20% of its weapons and squads as a routing bonus.

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Ground combat at Taung Gyi [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13328 troops, 197 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 753

Defending force 12116 troops, 272 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 227

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Ground combat at Rangoon [Burma]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 16074 troops, 325 guns, 285 vehicles, Assault Value = 1052

Defending force 5440 troops, 18 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Allied max assault: 1386 - adjusted assault: 1008

Japanese max defense: 27 - adjusted defense: 245

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Rangoon [Burma] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
154 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Excellent. I have many more Bdes and engineers on the way here and within a rather short period of time Rangoon should be fully serviceable and providing a base for my B-17s and other strategic bombers to rove far and wide.

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15208 troops, 347 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 694

Defending force 36429 troops, 321 guns, 989 vehicles, Assault Value = 956

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:44 pm

Floydg, thanks for that... Must be an error in the translations for the database.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/10/42

Well, it is time to unveil my next target........... Manchuria. It is time to push the Imperialist aggressors out of the Rodina and back from whence they came. Already Soviet Tank brigades are pushing across country behind the Imperialist forces besieging Borzya while one of our Workers' Rifle Divisions is slogging across country to Arshaan. If the first blow ( the one from Borzya to Hailar ) fails I still expect some measure of success from the attack through Arshaan.

Why concentrate on a deadlocked front like the Soviet Union?
Well, it was my target all along. If you look back at what I've done over the last month it has ALL had the effect of :
1. Eliminating really significant enemy ground combat formations in Burma ( as well a gaining a positional advantage etc ). I've basically removed 4 enemy divisions from his Order of Battle and tied down another 5 Divisional Equivalents.
2. Drawn his ready reserves from Burma and Western Japan in to battle both in Burma and Vietnam. I have identified 3 Division Equivalents facing my Chinese forces in vietnam and have rendered another Division Equivalent unsuitable for further combat without a period of rebuilding.
3. Drawn his ready reserves from Central Japan towards Marcus, Wake, the Marianas etc. I'm sure he has 1 to 2 division equivalents on each of these island chains by now.

The overall end result is that now, a couple of weeks before I unleash any major amphibious operations in the Pacific his ground forces are as stretched as his aerial forces. So now is the time to take a devastating chunk out of them as removing a substantial portion of his land forces could destabilise his entire front at a time when he no longer has either the PP or actual reserve formations available in Japan to set such a reverse right. I'm also quite sure that if anyone looked at his last 6 weeks of turns they would show an outflux of troops and supplies FROM Japan to Burma, Vietnam and Marcus/Wake, Marianas, Noumea with nothing going to Korea.

My intention is to remove some 3,000 AV from his forces in Manchuria, blow a hole in his front and rush through it and exploit deep into the Manchurian interior. This will tend to draw troops in the China Area Army eastward but, again, he won't have the PP to pay for this and will run the serious risk of enticing the Northern Chinese troops into stabbing him while his back is turned.

All in all this will serve to absolutely fully commit his ground forces and ensure that absolutely none are available when my major Australian and American invasion fleets splash ashore. In other words it should obviate the possibility of any amphibious counter-invasions during that period of time when my footholds will be weak.

Obviously it is all a matter of timing and if he retreats into a Fortified Region before I can encircle him my plan will come to naught but if it works then the Japanese position should just unravel ever more rapidly.

Not at all a bad turnaround from when I took over 6 weeks previously.

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 34
D3A2 Val x 22
Ki-27 Nate x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed
Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

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Day Air attack on Haiphong [Tonkin] , at 37,38

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 21
Ki-32 Mary x 23

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 17

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Day Air attack on Bangkok [Thailand] , at 29,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 19

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 69
B-17E Fortress x 98

Japanese aircraft losses
L3Y1 Tina: 3 destroyed
H6K2-L Mavis: 3 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 8 destroyed
Ki-264-L: 1 destroyed
Ki-57 Topsy: 11 destroyed
G5N2-L Liz: 1 destroyed

LOTS of transports. I think he is flying men out of Rangoon and the Taung Gyri pocket. So, time to eliminate that Taung Gyri pocket... Tomorrow my men will be ordered to attack there and push the Japanese into the jungle. They will then follow them and push through the trails into Thailand --- all the while threatening to come out behind the 3 IJA division equivalents forming a barrier at Moulmein. This ought to collapse the Moulmein position cheaply and allow me to add the Moulmein British and Indian troops to the attack whilst avoiding the ruinous losses of frontal assaults against an enemy with secure supply lines.

See, I'm not always bloody. When finesse is possible and preferable ( quicker, cheaper etc ) then it is employed. So here we have the indirect approach employed.

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 61

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Day Air attack on Palembang [Sumatra] , at 20,55

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
Wellington IC x 25

No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 5

So, now he'll have to disperse fighters to all his Heavy Industry centres and even fewer will be available to fight me effectively at the front.

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 9
Ki-21-II Sally x 18
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

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Day Air attack on Lautem [Port Timor] , at 33,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 57
G3M2 Nell x 18
Ki-32 Mary x 29
Ki-48-I Lily x 60
Ki-48-II Lily x 18
Ki-21-II Sally x 30

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina: 2 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 107

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Ind Engineer Regiment, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
B-26A Marauder x 40

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Ind Engineer Regiment, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 28
Beaufort VII x 23

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Ind Engineer Regiment, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
B-19A x 18
Blenheim IV x 51
Hudson IV x 27
SB-2 x 6
SB-2M x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 21st Field Army , at 49,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 59th Field Army , at 50,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on TF at 28,34

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 3
Buffalo/F2A x 5
Hurricane I x 5
Lancer x 3
Spitfire VB x 17
I-16 Type 24 x 9
IL-4C x 4
MiG-3 x 15
Yak-1 x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Atuta Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF at 121,93

Ah, he finally went after the Bingo'ed RN CVs.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 21
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
Martlet III x 8
Seafire II x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 13 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet III : 1 destroyed
Seafire II: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CVL Hermes
CL Birmingham

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Day Air attack on Wake Island [USA] , at 85,72

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 16

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on TF at 121,93

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 9
G4M1 Betty x 13

Allied aircraft
Martlet III x 7
Seafire II x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire II: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

This is good experience for the RN and, again, a favourable exchange rate.

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 192084 troops, 2294 guns, 1239 vehicles, Assault Value = 4182

Defending force 103024 troops, 1554 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 3063

Japanese max assault: 4078 - adjusted assault: 2397

Allied max defense: 3232 - adjusted defense: 15385

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

Japanese ground losses:
10908 casualties reported
Guns lost 217
Vehicles lost 16

Allied ground losses:
1914 casualties reported
Guns lost 52
Vehicles lost 4

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15400 troops, 229 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 495

Defending force 4717 troops, 47 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 170

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Ground combat at Soerabaja [Java]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 38227 troops, 683 guns, 654 vehicles, Assault Value = 901

Defending force 24954 troops, 152 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 364

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 754 - adjusted assault: 708

Allied max defense: 329 - adjusted defense: 489

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Japanese ground losses:
898 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
549 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Ye [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10572 troops, 161 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 328

Defending force 20241 troops, 307 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 282

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21571 troops, 253 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 813

Defending force 25588 troops, 255 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1313

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3213 troops, 144 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 1970

Defending force 57108 troops, 1206 guns, 384 vehicles, Assault Value = 2183

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9428 troops, 38 guns, 547 vehicles, Assault Value = 956

Defending force 17652 troops, 360 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 700

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Ondorhaan [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6134 troops, 115 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 273

Defending force 4373 troops, 19 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 115

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Ground combat at Taung Gyi [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13417 troops, 200 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 760

Defending force 11272 troops, 274 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 189

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Ground combat at Rangoon [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22791 troops, 412 guns, 636 vehicles, Assault Value = 1191

Defending force 4230 troops, 0 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15319 troops, 349 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 700

Defending force 36341 troops, 320 guns, 985 vehicles, Assault Value = 956

Since I do think that one of the prime purposes behind AARs should be exposition of thought, doctrine and planning etc I would like to state again that if anyone has any questions at all or counter-arguments etc then please feel free to ask them or make them here. After all, this Soviet attack might be something Damian has not only foreseen but also prepared for. I've shuffled forces around a lot recently to make it look like I'm reinforcing Skovorodino at the expense of Borzya but really I was just pulling them out of contact and prepping them for this attack BUT it may not have fooled Damian at all.

Anyways, I'm always happy to answer questions, criticism etc.... or if someone just wants the turn files to look at themselves feel free to ask....

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:53 pm

Allied Shock attack Attacking force 16074 troops, 325 guns, 285 vehicles, Assault Value = 1052 Defending force 5440 troops, 18 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 40 Allied max assault: 1386 - adjusted assault: 1008 Japanese max defense: 27 - adjusted defense: 245 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Rangoon [Burma] base !!!

Surprisingly small IJA garrison for such an important objective. After all, you yourself pointed out that this makes the huge effort to close Ye essentially wasted -- Allied air forces can now project power over all of Malaya. Do you think this was due to your "shaping the battlefield" or did you simply catch Damian on the back foot with his forces unable to react in time?

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:03 pm

I think it was due to several things:
 
1. He brought most of his forces from Rangoon to Moulmein to try to close that and when it came to making a choice between keeping them at Moulmein or sending them to Rangoon in the sure knowledge that whatever he sent there I could send a couple of thousand AV in if push came to shove he decided to keep his troops at Moulmein so they could retreat through the jungle to Thailand when the time came.
 
2. He did have elements of two divisions at Rangoon but had airlifted out most of those troops. I've shot down some 60 or 70 transports in the air over Rangoon over the past week.
 
3. I think Shaping also had a role to play as it prevented him from assessing the threats correctly and apportioning forces properly.
 
But really I think it boils down to the fact that with the surprise of the operation and its multi-axial approach he decided to accept the loss of Rangoon rather than lose a couple of more divisions. As I said, I've got 5 of his divisions trapped in jungles or in pockets they can't escape from in Burma so I'm sure he didn't have another 2 divisions to throw away just to delay me for another week or two. This is another reason why I think his IJA reserves are at breaking point:
a) he didn't sacrifice a couple of divs for Rangoon because he didn't have them and
b) his committment of 3 divisions to Thailand and another division to Canton has to have written his reserves down a lot. If he'd had those troops available I think he'd hae tried to delay me at Rangoon.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:01 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/11/42

So, today I decided to put Damian out of his misery and told him my next attack will be through Hailar and Arshaan. I think he's still expecting me to land momentarily in the Pacific ( at least that's what he tells me ) and while I am at sea my recent testing and TF composition shaping seems to have had the desired effect in terms of keeping my TFs unspotted. At my closest I was within 12 hexes of one of his searching land bases without being spotted. Now I'm withdrawing, refuelling and then I'll return along this scouted route and stab him in the vitals.

Why is the time not right yet? Well, Damian has been waiting for major reinforcements for some time now and he's due to get them. He is getting about 1500 AV of reinforcements over the next few days and there's no point in attacking BEFORE he has sent those reinforcements to Manchuria. No, far better to attack after he has committed this newly constituted reserve. About 1 week should be sufficient time for this reserve to be bought out and shipped to Manchuria on an emergency basis. He may have them already, I didn't take notes but I did note that a big reinforcement was due in the middle of the month so I'm not attacking big-time until a bit after the middle of the month.

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ASW attack near Palau [Nanyo] at 51,68

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
DD Yukaze
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

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Sub attack near Camranh Bay [COCHNC] at 34,45

Japanese Ships
AK Komaki Maru
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 24
D3A2 Val x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 3

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 6

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Haiphong [Tonkin] , at 37,38

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 17

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Runway hits 15

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi [Burma] , at 33,31

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 54
IL-2M Shturmovik x 6

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 42

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Day Air attack on Miri [Sarawak] , at 32,56

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9
Wellington IC x 14

No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 2

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Day Air attack on Wake Island [USA] , at 85,72

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 18

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA 55th "Division" Brigade, at 33,31

Allied aircraft
SB-2 x 35

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on IJA 55th "Division" Brigade, at 33,31

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 11
Beaufort VII x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on RTA 2nd Division, at 33,31

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 21
Beaufort VII x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on ROC 52nd Field Army , at 43,41

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on TF, near Bangkok [Thailand] at 29,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 15

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 82

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Totai Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tatuno Maru, Bomb hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
AK Penang Maru, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AK Toyokawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Glug, glug, glug.

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Sub attack near Camranh Bay [COCHNC] at 34,45

Japanese Ships
AK Suwa Maru
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII

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ASW attack near Palau [Nanyo] at 51,68

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 173882 troops, 1983 guns, 1174 vehicles, Assault Value = 3429

Defending force 100602 troops, 1483 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 2970

Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 64997 troops, 649 guns, 728 vehicles, Assault Value = 2020

Defending force 57319 troops, 1210 guns, 384 vehicles, Assault Value = 2192

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15442 troops, 231 guns, 126 vehicles, Assault Value = 493

Defending force 4690 troops, 46 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 171

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Ground combat at Soerabaja [Java]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 39115 troops, 664 guns, 658 vehicles, Assault Value = 877

Defending force 24214 troops, 131 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 336

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese max assault: 753 - adjusted assault: 680

Allied max defense: 301 - adjusted defense: 460

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Japanese ground losses:
905 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
647 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Ye [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10711 troops, 167 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 331

Defending force 20299 troops, 308 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 284

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21734 troops, 258 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 818

Defending force 25569 troops, 255 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1312

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9452 troops, 38 guns, 548 vehicles, Assault Value = 956

Defending force 17729 troops, 369 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 700

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Ground combat at Ondorhaan [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6128 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 273

Defending force 4353 troops, 19 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 115

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Ground combat at Taung Gyi [Burma]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 13491 troops, 203 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 766

Defending force 10211 troops, 264 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 156

Allied max assault: 1522 - adjusted assault: 784

Japanese max defense: 123 - adjusted defense: 207

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Taung Gyi [Burma] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
313 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Allied ground losses:
631 casualties reported
Guns lost 19
Vehicles lost 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

The Chinese push remnants of the Japanese forces out of Taung Gyi. All of Burma has now been re-occupied save for Moulmein.

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15383 troops, 359 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 700

Defending force 36346 troops, 321 guns, 985 vehicles, Assault Value = 956

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:13 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/12/42

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 23
D3A2 Val x 6

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 9

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 33
Ki-27 Nate x 25
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Runway hits 17

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Day Air attack on Haiphong [Tonkin] , at 37,38

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 23
Ki-48-I Lily x 5

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

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Day Air attack on Victoria Point [BMA] , at 25,39

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 51
B-17E Fortress x 70

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57 Topsy: 10 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 130

It all looks very much like another bombing raid to kill transports but it isn't. This is part of the preparation for the next great wave of amphibious invasions. Hyperwar is, very shortly, going to be introduced into the IJA's lexicon. This time the presence of fighter cover will allow me to achieve my goals at significantly lower cost.

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Day Air attack on Bangkok [Thailand] , at 29,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 22

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 77
TBM-1 Avenger x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 5 destroyed, 9 damaged
TBM-1 Avenger: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 14

LOTS of FlAK at Bangkok. Amazingly these 14 hits caused the destruction of 60 HI points. Weird. Damian has complained about it and I agreed that the current modelling of HI damage from bombing is unfair to the victim as repairs cost too much and are too slow, especially when compared to the findings of the USSBS. The Pe-2s are stood down and I think that, voluntarily, I will refrain from sending them against HI in the future.

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Day Air attack on Wake Island [USA] , at 85,72

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 18

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Ind Engineer Regiment, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 35
Beaufort VII x 25

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Ind Engineer Regiment, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-19A x 19
Blenheim IV x 54
Hudson IV x 29
Wellington IC x 18
SB-2 x 7
SB-2M x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 176262 troops, 2035 guns, 1171 vehicles, Assault Value = 3528

Defending force 101210 troops, 1496 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 2991

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65684 troops, 660 guns, 727 vehicles, Assault Value = 1736

Defending force 57535 troops, 1220 guns, 385 vehicles, Assault Value = 2197

Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15509 troops, 229 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 497

Defending force 4689 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172

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Ground combat at Soerabaja [Java]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 38670 troops, 646 guns, 659 vehicles, Assault Value = 859

Defending force 23379 troops, 113 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 303

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese max assault: 769 - adjusted assault: 762

Allied max defense: 268 - adjusted defense: 254

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerabaja [Java] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
695 casualties reported
Guns lost 22
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
35931 casualties reported
Guns lost 171
Vehicles lost 33

Ah well, it had to happen. Such is life.

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Ground combat at Ye [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10859 troops, 168 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 339

Defending force 20351 troops, 310 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 285

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Sinyang [Cent China]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 67414 troops, 968 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 1773

Defending force 447 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Japanese max assault: 3766 - adjusted assault: 6066

Allied max defense: 24 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 6066 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
309 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Hmm, that's a pretty overwhelming force to be sitting there doing nothing.

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21962 troops, 261 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 829

Defending force 25654 troops, 256 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1318

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9459 troops, 38 guns, 549 vehicles, Assault Value = 959

Defending force 22302 troops, 483 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 909

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 63,20

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 125027 troops, 2161 guns, 358 vehicles, Assault Value = 4180

Defending force 138710 troops, 2146 guns, 440 vehicles, Assault Value = 3734

Allied max assault: 164 - adjusted assault: 2

Japanese max defense: 3881 - adjusted defense: 2499

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
2978 casualties reported
Guns lost 97
Vehicles lost 3

I ordered 1 Bde to conduct a probe to see the adjusted AV the Japanese can muster. Amazingly it is only 2500. Hmm, if I Shock Attacked I could generate a lot more than that.... Must resist temptation. No, I'll stick to the plan and slip the 3 Tank brigades around between the Japanese troops and Hailar whilst pinning these 12 division equivalent with a 2-division pinning attack tomorrow. If it all works out then in 2 days time I'll have my breakthrough.

It is also almost time to move most of my troops from the Eastern blocking position. I figure I need about 1,500 troops to defend that position and can free the rest up for offensive action through Hailar.

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Ground combat at Ondorhaan [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6116 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272

Defending force 4275 troops, 17 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

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Ground combat at Port Blair [Andaman]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 6389 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 364

Defending force 639 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Allied max assault: 674 - adjusted assault: 362

Japanese max defense: 18 - adjusted defense: 9

Allied assault odds: 40 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Rangoon [Burma]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27437 troops, 456 guns, 959 vehicles, Assault Value = 1207

Defending force 3880 troops, 0 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Allied max assault: 1163 - adjusted assault: 1422

Japanese max defense: 30 - adjusted defense: 185

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

It looks to me like the enemy is evacuating these guys by sub. I can see LOADS of subs ( at least 6 sub TFs ) in the Rangoon hex and lots more subs at Victoria Point.

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Ground combat at Tatung [Cent China]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 13504 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 743

Defending force 15461 troops, 228 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 396

Allied max assault: 1252 - adjusted assault: 117

Japanese max defense: 404 - adjusted defense: 737

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

Japanese ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
504 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Oops.

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Ground combat at Haiphong [Tonkin]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7304 troops, 105 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 387

Defending force 8448 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35

Allied max assault: 850 - adjusted assault: 334

Japanese max defense: 31 - adjusted defense: 120

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

This is mainly in order to gain experience.

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15458 troops, 367 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 909

Defending force 36368 troops, 321 guns, 983 vehicles, Assault Value = 959

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

I'm beginning to move fighters into Ye again with a view to making unobtrusive preparations to provide protection for the next wave of amphibious TFs.

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:24 pm

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 67414 troops, 968 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 1773

Defending force 447 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Japanese max assault: 3766 - adjusted assault: 6066

Allied max defense: 24 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 6066 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
309 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Hmm, that's a pretty overwhelming force to be sitting there doing nothing.

Especially if Damien's IJA forces are as thin as you believe because of the Burma situation. (And I have no reason to doubt your calculations.) I wonder if he's short of Political Points to move forces around?

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:47 pm

Harlock,

Oh I think he is very short on PPs to move forces around... Here's my math. In 45 days since the game restarted he will have gained roughly 5,625 political points. An IJA infantry division costs about 1,000 PP to re-assign. I forced him to send one division to bolster Canton ( 1,000 PP used ) and then to send 3 divisions to Hue to hold off my Chinese troops ( now re-assigned to UK South-East Asia... not entirely but we're getting there since it was something I offered to do only after the fact as I hadn't realised Damian would view an ROC command invasion of Vietnam as questionable).... That's another 3,000 PP used. So, I've counted 4,000 PP which he has definitely used to counter my Chinese thrusts. Between airgroups, engineer units, HQs, support units etc I'm sure he's accounted for the other 1600 PP.

So, I think he must be crucially short on PP. He may have enough to move the reinforcements he either has just gotten or is just about to get and that's why I want to hit him in the Pacific only AFTER he has committed those forces to combatting one of my other thrusts.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/13/42
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TF 104 encounters mine field at Wake Island [USA] (85,72)

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi
DD Hatakaze

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ASW attack at 93,55

Damn, I ran over one of his subs. He now knows where I am... My forces are returning to Midway to refuel and reprovision ( Midway is about to become a Level 3 Port ) and by the time that is all done the Manchurian front should be ripped open. *Fingers crossed*

Japanese Ships
SS I-166, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Phelps
DD Selfridge
DD Porter
DD Preston
DD Perkins
DD Lamson
DD Drayton
DD Cummings
DD Ellet
DD Benham
DD Maury
DD Gridley
DD Jarvis
DD Patterson
DD Henley

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Sub attack at 93,55

Japanese Ships
SS I-166, hits 2

Allied Ships
AK Hamakua, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AK Tjikandi
AK Modjekerto
AK Empire Selwyn
AK Kansan
AP Wahine
AP Canberra
AVD Swan
AVD Avocet
AVD Ballard
AVD Chincoteague
AVD Mackinac
AVD Casco
PC Aurora
PC Atalanta
PC Nemaha
PC McLane
PC Tiger
PC Reliance
MSW Kelowna
MSW Guysborough
MSW Caraquet
MSW Bayfield
MSW Bellechasse
MSW Mirimichi
MSW Chignecto
MSW Quatsino
MSW Outarde
MSW Seagull
MSW Bobolink

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ASW attack at 93,55

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
DD Kane
DD Monaghan
DD Dale
DD Worden
DD Hull
DD Dewey
DD Farragut
DD Cassin
CL Honolulu
CA Chicago
CV Hornet
CV Enterprise

CVs!!!

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Sub attack at 93,55

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
TK Victor H Kelly
TK Hagan
TK Dilworth
TK J.C. Fitzsimmons
TK Robert E Hopkins
TK Byron D Benson
MSW Robin
MSW Vireo
DM Pruitt

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Sub attack at 93,55

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
AK Nebraskan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Sawokla
AK Memphis City
AK Henry S Grove
AP Mormacwren
AP Canberra
AP Bantam
AVD Swan
AVD Avocet
AVD Ballard
AVD Chincoteague
AVD Mackinac
AVD Casco
AV Pocomoke
PC Aurora
PC Atalanta
PC Nemaha
PC McLane
PC Tiger
PC Reliance
PC Navajo
MSW Kelowna
MSW Guysborough
MSW Caraquet
MSW Bayfield
MSW Bellechasse
MSW Chignecto
MSW Quatsino
MSW Outarde
MSW Seagull
MSW Bobolink

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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ASW attack at 93,55

Japanese Ships
SS I-166, hits 10, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
AK Admiral Nulton
AK Mokihana
AK Lahaina
AK City of Rayville
AP Van Riebeek
AP Van Rees
AP Rooseboom
AP Pijnacker Hordijk
AP Meigs
AP Van Overstraten
AP Empire Tamar
AP Holbrook
DD Russell
DD Mustin
DD Hammann
DD Anderson
DD Hughes
DD Sims
DD Warrington
DD Bailey
DD Woodworth
DD Laffey

Well, there won't be any doubt that this is major invasion force.

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 23
D3A2 Val x 6

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 13

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 35
D3A2 Val x 21
Ki-27 Nate x 30
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

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Day Air attack on Ye [Burma] , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 28
Ki-43-I Oscar x 29

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 7
Kittyhawk I x 28
Spitfire VB x 5
I-16 Type 24 x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 12 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-I Oscar: 17 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Runway hits 1

Nates and Oscars.... Talk about running out of first-line fighters.

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Day Air attack on Tavoy [Burma] , at 28,37

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 9
IL-2 Shturmovik x 81

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 62

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Closing down Level 2 airbases from which Damian could send Mike sweeps against Ye in the coming phase of operations.

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-19A x 16
Hudson IV x 30
Wellington IC x 22
SB-2M x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 41

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 70
B-17E Fortress x 110
B-25D Mitchell x 63
B-19A x 10
Lancaster III x 3
Wellington IC x 30
IL-4C x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 339

And I think that rather closes Rahaeng for the forseeable future.

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 23
Ki-48-I Lily x 46
Ki-48-II Lily x 15
Ki-21-II Sally x 52
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 19
P-40B Tomahawk x 56
Kittyhawk I x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 4 destroyed
Ki-32 Mary: 3 destroyed
Ki-48-I Lily: 14 destroyed
Ki-48-II Lily: 5 destroyed
Ki-21-II Sally: 14 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed, 9 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed, 18 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 26

He gave me an opening in terms of letting up on Koepang and today it costs him 40 planes and pilots.

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Day Air attack on Wake Island [USA] , at 85,72

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 18

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Ind Engineer Regiment, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 42
Beaufort VII x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 21st Field Army , at 49,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15II Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 179128 troops, 2083 guns, 1180 vehicles, Assault Value = 3657

Defending force 101619 troops, 1505 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 3011

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68516 troops, 667 guns, 791 vehicles, Assault Value = 1788

Defending force 57588 troops, 1225 guns, 385 vehicles, Assault Value = 2196

Japanese max assault: 9 - adjusted assault: 0

Allied max defense: 2394 - adjusted defense: 10169

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

Japanese ground losses:
492 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Damian has learnt to use small unit attacks to waste supplies at a reasonable cost.

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15578 troops, 234 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 499

Defending force 4690 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 173

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Ground combat at Ye [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10921 troops, 168 guns, 117 vehicles, Assault Value = 343

Defending force 20398 troops, 313 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 284

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22065 troops, 262 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 834

Defending force 25683 troops, 255 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1322

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9455 troops, 38 guns, 549 vehicles, Assault Value = 958

Defending force 23847 troops, 484 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 916

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Ground combat at 63,20

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 121029 troops, 2058 guns, 355 vehicles, Assault Value = 4069

Defending force 138492 troops, 2139 guns, 439 vehicles, Assault Value = 3729

Allied max assault: 462 - adjusted assault: 32

Japanese max defense: 3849 - adjusted defense: 2510

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
4656 casualties reported
Guns lost 80
Vehicles lost 4

2 Divisions pin the Japanese in place while the first Tank brigade cuts the road behind them.

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Ground combat at Ondorhaan [MON]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 6127 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 273

Defending force 4187 troops, 16 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 109

Allied max assault: 552 - adjusted assault: 245

Japanese max defense: 101 - adjusted defense: 9

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Rangoon [Burma]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 31141 troops, 473 guns, 969 vehicles, Assault Value = 1215

Defending force 3415 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Allied max assault: 1196 - adjusted assault: 2379

Japanese max defense: 24 - adjusted defense: 121

Allied assault odds: 19 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at 46,36

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 45308 troops, 699 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2376

Defending force 20942 troops, 340 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 582

Allied max assault: 4840 - adjusted assault: 1303

Japanese max defense: 603 - adjusted defense: 1072

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
361 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
2902 casualties reported
Guns lost 75
Vehicles lost 7

I thought there might be an opportunity to smash a couple more IJA divisions in China but the Allies got good defensive bonuses. C'est la guerre.

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Ground combat at Haiphong [Tonkin]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7182 troops, 101 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 379

Defending force 8469 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Allied max assault: 832 - adjusted assault: 640

Japanese max defense: 35 - adjusted defense: 97

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15540 troops, 372 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 916

Defending force 36334 troops, 321 guns, 981 vehicles, Assault Value = 958

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Andy Mac · Post by **Andy Mac** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:40 am

I thought it was 2500+ PP's per Japanese Div ?

2ndACR · Post by **2ndACR** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:19 pm

Not in EA........the average for a IJA division is about 1400 PP's.

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:02 pm

Ground combat at 46,36

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 45308 troops, 699 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2376

Defending force 20942 troops, 340 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 582

Allied max assault: 4840 - adjusted assault: 1303

Japanese max defense: 603 - adjusted defense: 1072

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
361 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
2902 casualties reported
Guns lost 75
Vehicles lost 7

I thought there might be an opportunity to smash a couple more IJA divisions in China but the Allies got good defensive bonuses. C'est la guerre.

I assume you meant the Japanese rather than the Allies.[;)] Yes, it looked like a good idea -- but Bombardment attacks are looking better now.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:07 pm

Andy, no in EA those divisions are a bit smaller. In return the Japs get more Bdes and suchlike out of the leftovers.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/14/42

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TF 1016 encounters mine field at Midway Island [USA] (97,63)

Allied Ships
DD Hatfield
DD Lawrence
DD Sands
DD Gilmer, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Kilty
DD Kennison
DD Crosby
DD Dent
DD Chew
DD King
DD Paul Jones

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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TF 1021 encounters mine field at Midway Island [USA] (97,63)

Allied Ships
DD Fanning
DD Dunlap
DD Tucker
DD Mahan
DD Meredith

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TF 1049 encounters mine field at Midway Island [USA] (97,63)

Allied Ships
DD Flusser
DD Cushing
DD Aaron Ward

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TF 1050 encounters mine field at Midway Island [USA] (97,63)

Allied Ships
DD Dale
DD Worden
DD Cassin

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TF 1104 encounters mine field at Midway Island [USA] (97,63)

Allied Ships
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Chandler
DMS Perry
DMS Dorsey
DMS Lamberton
DMS Boggs
DMS Trevor
DMS Zane
DMS Hopkins
DMS Long
DMS Hovey
DMS Southard
DMS Elliot
DD Rathburne, Mine hits 1
DD Fox

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Any reasonable person watching this would see my ships anchoring off Midway waiting for it to become a Level 3 Port ( as it should do in about 7 days). That's all entirely reasonable and sensible.... which is why it is a fake-out. I've told Damian that I need to refuel and so on and so forth at Midway and also send my damaged ships back to PH. Instead, now that Wasp has sprinted to Midway from Panama and my CV strength is now 6 full-strength USN CVs, it is time to move out quickly and certainly to the next series of targets. Where are those targets? Well, I'm going to take out the Aleutians and Kuriles and then, if things go well, I might land a couple of divisions on the Sakhalin Islands. I'm not too hopeful of taking Sakhalin though as my USAAF fighter pool is currently pretty low and I don't want to expose my USAAF fighters to excessive loss right now. Better to take what I can, fortify it and apply gradual pressure westward.

Now that Burma/Malaysia is going so well there's no need to risk the BBOSS in a strike at Shikula etc when I can achieve the first phase of such an operation so easily and cheaply right now. If I were him I'd resist this attack on the Aleutians with everything he has as once I take them and encroach on the Kuriles I can island hop under LRCAP all the way to the Home Islands.

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

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Day Air attack on Saigon [Cochin Ch] , at 31,45

Japanese aircraft
Ki-109E Mike x 37

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 51
B-17E Fortress x 99

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 3
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Day Air attack on Tavoy [Burma] , at 28,37

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 12
IL-2 Shturmovik x 99

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 86

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Day Air attack on Kendari [Celebes] , at 33,71

I gambled that he had most of his fighters on escort duties and it looks like I got lucky.

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 59

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 25

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 39
G4M1 Betty x 13
Ki-32 Mary x 19
Ki-48-I Lily x 36
Ki-48-II Lily x 4
Ki-21-II Sally x 37
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 9
P-40B Tomahawk x 36
Kittyhawk I x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 19 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 2 destroyed
Ki-48-II Lily: 1 destroyed
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 6 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 16 destroyed, 5 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 62

He really seems to think this raiding at Koepang signifies a major thrust on my part.... Not at all, its just a chance to blood my pilots and kill a few of his.

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Day Air attack on Wake Island [USA] , at 85,72

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 17

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 21st Field Army , at 49,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 27th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15II Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 158630 troops, 1884 guns, 1124 vehicles, Assault Value = 3459

Defending force 73253 troops, 1014 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 1994

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68801 troops, 666 guns, 791 vehicles, Assault Value = 1800

Defending force 57583 troops, 1221 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 2195

Japanese max assault: 41 - adjusted assault: 4

Allied max defense: 2398 - adjusted defense: 10137

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

Japanese ground losses:
709 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15579 troops, 236 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 498

Defending force 4685 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 170

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Ye [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10999 troops, 169 guns, 117 vehicles, Assault Value = 344

Defending force 20432 troops, 314 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 285

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22197 troops, 264 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 841

Defending force 25730 troops, 259 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1321

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9448 troops, 38 guns, 548 vehicles, Assault Value = 956

Defending force 23973 troops, 484 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 925

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Ground combat at Rangoon [Burma]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 31193 troops, 483 guns, 971 vehicles, Assault Value = 1276

Defending force 3201 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Allied max assault: 1214 - adjusted assault: 1949

Japanese max defense: 18 - adjusted defense: 81

Allied assault odds: 24 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
193 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Ground combat at Haiphong [Tonkin]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7222 troops, 100 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 380

Defending force 8598 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Allied max assault: 836 - adjusted assault: 452

Japanese max defense: 39 - adjusted defense: 73

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1

Allied ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15652 troops, 374 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 925

Defending force 36307 troops, 324 guns, 978 vehicles, Assault Value = 956

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:13 pm

Harlock... Oops, the dangers of playing a different side in each of your two PBEMs raises its ugly head.
 
No bombardment... I'm trying to husband my supplies in China... The Chinese normally have about 1600 resource centres which give them some 1600 tons of supply per day. I've opened the Burma Road so that's an extra 500 tons and I've also taken Hanoi which gives me another 1,000 resource centres. So, my Chinese have about 3,100 tons of supplies per day. Add to that the fact that I've bought almost 1,000 AV out of China and am buying more and sending it to Burma as fast as I can in order to reduce the supply requirements in China.... I work on the basis that 3 fully-supplied Armies do a better job than 4 Armies with 75% supply... and I think my supply situation is good but there's no point getting cavalier and ruining it all with loads of bombardments.
 
Some would but bombardments are unlikely to be decisive unless the enemy's supply lines are cut and since the Jap supply lines here are in good shape I amn't about to waste supplies on anything indecisive.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:27 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/15/42

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TF 1047 encounters mine field at Rangoon [Burma] (29,33)

And now he sees shipping off Rangoon. Will he respond? Not in strength... I think he is just target-fixated on Java right now. He has completely bought the dummy. In the meantime my Ozzies are going to appear off the coast of Burma in about a month's time just in time to really, really mess him up in Malaysia.

I'd be happier if they were there now but the realities of time and space conspired against me.

Allied Ships
MSW Aroe
MSW Alor
MSW Eland Dubois
MSW Pieter de Bitter
MSW Jan van Amstel
MSW Rampur
MSW Maryborough
MSW Goulburn
MSW Burnie
MSW Bendigo
MSW Whyalla
MSW Warnambool
MSW Toowoomba
MSW Lithgow
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceston
MSW Latrobe
MSW Colac
MSW Bathurst
PG Grasshopper
PC Beneb
PC Pansy
PG Asheville
AK Matang, Mine hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 35
D3A2 Val x 19
Ki-27 Nate x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

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Day Air attack on Padang [Sumatra] , at 18,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27
Ki-43-I Oscar x 12

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Kendari [Celebes] , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 24

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D Mitchell: 17 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Ouch, forgot to cancel this raid.

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 57
G4M1 Betty x 19
Ki-32 Mary x 25
Ki-48-I Lily x 37
Ki-48-II Lily x 14
Ki-21-II Sally x 47
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40B Tomahawk x 28
Kittyhawk I x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 9 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 24 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 6 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 68

Time to begin pulling out. Losses have become disproportionate.

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Day Air attack on Red 27th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15II Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Wake Island [USA] , at 85,72

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

No Allied losses

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Sub attack near Rangoon [Burma] at 29,33

Japanese Ships
SS I-3, hits 6

Allied Ships
AK Empire Strength, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Lycaon
AP Ranchi
PC Eridanus
PC Beneb
PC Parvati
PC Sonavati
PC Pansy
MSW Eland Dubois
MSW Pieter de Bitter
MSW Jan van Amstel

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Ground combat at 35,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 50033 troops, 663 guns, 236 vehicles, Assault Value = 1414

Defending force 44301 troops, 543 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2219

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 161781 troops, 1927 guns, 1152 vehicles, Assault Value = 3350

Defending force 73461 troops, 1022 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 1999

Japanese max assault: 3258 - adjusted assault: 3492

Allied max defense: 2081 - adjusted defense: 13941

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8)

Japanese ground losses:
4154 casualties reported
Guns lost 95
Vehicles lost 18

Allied ground losses:
594 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 1

Soviet forces here are falling. Why? Well, I'm sending 1,000+ AV into Borzya to flank around the Japanese and keep the pressure on Hailar.

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67574 troops, 653 guns, 762 vehicles, Assault Value = 1779

Defending force 57691 troops, 1225 guns, 387 vehicles, Assault Value = 2203

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15613 troops, 238 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 499

Defending force 4674 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 169

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Ground combat at Ye [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11082 troops, 173 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 346

Defending force 20468 troops, 314 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 286

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22403 troops, 266 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 851

Defending force 25759 troops, 260 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1323

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9465 troops, 38 guns, 548 vehicles, Assault Value = 956

Defending force 24041 troops, 485 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 929

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Hailar [Manchukuo]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2135 troops, 10 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Defending force 9713 troops, 95 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 62

Allied max assault: 92 - adjusted assault: 4

Japanese max defense: 63 - adjusted defense: 255

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied ground losses:
185 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 20

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Ground combat at Rangoon [Burma]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 31387 troops, 487 guns, 973 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 2872 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Allied max assault: 1243 - adjusted assault: 1920

Japanese max defense: 13 - adjusted defense: 81

Allied assault odds: 23 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Haiphong [Tonkin]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7122 troops, 99 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 370

Defending force 8659 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Allied max assault: 319 - adjusted assault: 139

Japanese max defense: 39 - adjusted defense: 87

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15690 troops, 376 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 929

Defending force 36260 troops, 323 guns, 978 vehicles, Assault Value = 956

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Ye [Burma]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 10184 troops, 233 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 286

Defending force 11082 troops, 173 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 346

Allied max assault: 538 - adjusted assault: 728

Japanese max defense: 337 - adjusted defense: 100

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
141 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Well, well Ye is finally and incontestably mine. Definitely time to kick off the base-hopping campaign. I can only lift 1 division per bae at the moment so I'll have to conduct the campaign in series as opposed to parallel ---- hich is what I would really prefer) .

Today I tol Damian that Midway would be Level 3 soon and assured him that I wouldn't replenish there until it did.... Thus anchoring the belief that I WILL replenish there when it reaches Level 3... I've told him it could take up to 1 week as I'm frustrated with the slow pace of repairs.

This is all pretty true except for the fact that I won't wait around to refuel. No, instead my fleet is already steaming north toward its real targets. I am willing to bet though that the IJN CVs are all heading back to port right now and this should give me a couple of days advantage oer the Aleutians.

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:24 pm

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 161781 troops, 1927 guns, 1152 vehicles, Assault Value = 3350

Defending force 73461 troops, 1022 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 1999

Japanese max assault: 3258 - adjusted assault: 3492

Allied max defense: 2081 - adjusted defense: 13941

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8)

Japanese ground losses:
4154 casualties reported
Guns lost 95
Vehicles lost 18

Allied ground losses:
594 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 1

Soviet forces here are falling. Why? Well, I'm sending 1,000+ AV into Borzya to flank around the Japanese and keep the pressure on Hailar.

You'll pardon me for remarking that the troops you still have look well able to hold the place -- the Japanese attack didn't even lower the fort level.

Nice maskirovka concerning your dash to the Aleutians![;)]

anarchyintheuk · Post by **anarchyintheuk** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:21 pm

Either he has no combat engineers or, more likely, they've bought the farm. Can't remember if 0 to 1 means 0 to 1 in all cases or if there's a threshold where the odds are so bad (like the 1 to 4 here) where even engineers won't bring down the fort level.

Nemo,

You mention your current lack of supply in China. How long do you think you'll need before you can launch another diversionary/holding attack from there?

As always, enjoying the aar.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:22 pm

Harlock.... Absolutely. I've pulled out about 1500 troops and left 1800 to hold the Japs. This should be enough especially since the Japanese are sure to be sending a lot of troops to Hailar.

Anarchy: I don't have a supply problem in China at present. In fact I'm at least 50% up on what most people have in China BUT I am always very cautious with the supply situation in China as it is very easy to get seduced into "being aggressive", burn through 30,000 tons of supply in 1 month and then find that when the Japanese really have a go at you all of your AVs are downgraded by 75% due to poor supplies. Once I have a secure line of supply running from China, through Vietnam and into Thailand ( I have forces on the jungle trails in between Vietnam and Thailand) then I can be a little more free with the supplies in China and expend them in offensive action --- and it will serve a purpose then in pinning forces in China and not allowing them to redeploy to other theatres - but not now.

I think that most people just see the big offensives and massive loss rates ( although I would still argue that these high loss rates result in lower overall losses by keeping the duration of offensives down ) and think that it is all about "attack, attack, attack". I think that most people fail to see how much effort goes into using seemingly quiescent theatres to shape the success of the attacking areas and prevent the enemy from successfully countering the attacks.

It is like watching a martial arts match and just looking at the flashy blows and posturing etc but never seeing the footwork etc. ANYWAYS...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/16/42

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TF 65 encounters mine field at Marcus Island [JP] (76,62)

Japanese Ships
DMS Hachijo

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 23
D3A2 Val x 6

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 34
D3A2 Val x 19
Ki-27 Nate x 28
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 32
G4M1 Betty x 18
Ki-32 Mary x 22
Ki-48-I Lily x 41
Ki-48-II Lily x 15
Ki-21-II Sally x 49
Ki-46-II Dinah x 7

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
Sunderland III: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 145

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 42
Ki-27 Nate x 37
Ki-32 Mary x 41
Ki-48-I Lily x 57
Ki-48-II Lily x 12
Ki-15II Babs x 5
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 4

Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 79

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 18
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-264 Angel x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33

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Day Air attack on IJA 49th Ind Construction Battalion, at 61,25

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 26

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Ind Engineer Regiment, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 3
Buffalo/F2A x 5
Hurricane I x 8
Lancer x 8
Spitfire VB x 11
I-16 Type 24 x 12
LaGG-3 x 18
MiG-3 x 9

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 52nd Field Army , at 43,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on ROC 21st Field Army , at 49,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Red 27th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15II Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Sub attack near Rangoon [Burma] at 29,33

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64

Allied Ships
AK Empire Strength, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Ground combat at 35,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 50208 troops, 668 guns, 238 vehicles, Assault Value = 1418

Defending force 44350 troops, 547 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2221

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 149773 troops, 1665 guns, 1105 vehicles, Assault Value = 2947

Defending force 72588 troops, 1002 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 1970

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68448 troops, 671 guns, 759 vehicles, Assault Value = 1819

Defending force 57538 troops, 1230 guns, 381 vehicles, Assault Value = 2201

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15610 troops, 240 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 499

Defending force 4623 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 169

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22506 troops, 270 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 853

Defending force 25768 troops, 257 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1328

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9489 troops, 38 guns, 549 vehicles, Assault Value = 957

Defending force 25479 troops, 470 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1002

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Hailar [Manchukuo]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2250 troops, 10 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 124

Defending force 11573 troops, 106 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Allied max assault: 92 - adjusted assault: 6

Japanese max defense: 96 - adjusted defense: 399

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 9

Oops.

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Ground combat at Haiphong [Tonkin]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7138 troops, 99 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 370

Defending force 8562 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Allied max assault: 377 - adjusted assault: 292

Japanese max defense: 32 - adjusted defense: 74

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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