RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:01 pm
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 42
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Submarine attack near Christmas Island at 184,141
Japanese Ships
SS I-17
Allied Ships
xAK Zvir, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Zvir is sighted by SS I-17
SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Zvir
in the middle of the South East Pacific... from my feeling, it´s like as every third TF of mine going throught the Pacific meets an enemy sub at some point... this can´t just always be the lucky stumble over, seems like the subs are reacting around like wild to TFs that get mystically spotted... we´ve installed the latest hotfix with a max reaction of 1 for subs, but as long as the subs aren´t disbanded and put into a new TF the new routine isn´t working and so the subs will still react at what they´ve been set under the previous hotfix... but within the next one and a halve months there won´t be any subs with reaction more than 1 left and that´s good news...
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,110
Japanese Ships
PB Takunan Maru #5
Allied Ships
SS Pompano
SS Pompano is sighted by escort
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
no DCs dropped...
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ASW attack near Bara at 75,106
Japanese Ships
DD Nokaze
Allied Ships
SS KXVIII
SS KXVIII is sighted by escort
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
and then this combat... was quite funny as the DD had no DCs but still tried to attack the submerged sub...
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ASW attack near Jarvis Island at 164,146
Japanese Ships
SS I-7
Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
AP Henderson
xAP President Taylor
xAK Admiral Y. Williams
SS I-7 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Rathburne
I-7 diving deep ....
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne attacking submerged sub ....
DD Rathburne cannot reach attack position over SS I-7
DD Rathburne loses contact with SS I-7
DD Rathburne loses contact with SS I-7
Escort abandons search for sub
torps missed and again it was ONLY DD Rathburne that acted against the sub... grrr.... what are the other escorts doing all the time???
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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 14 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking 51st PA Infantry Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 4
No Allied losses
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
great number of Fortresses attacking... looks like getting them to fly off the small airfield is quite hard. Out of 32, only 4 took off... granted, a couple of them surely weren´t operational but seeing only four in the air was quite depressing... one more thing that really strikes me is the fact that while the aircraft replacement rates are absolutely not matching the needs to maintain our squadrons, halve of the aircraft are lost due to the squadrons withdrawing. So first you put the replacements into squadrons and two or three months later you lose all those aircraft again because the squadrons are withdrawn... so what to do? Not using the airforce at all until late 42??? [8|]
We get 15 B-17 for example and 3/4 of my B-17 squadrons will have to be withdrawn until 9/42 so in fat the 100+ bombers I get will all be withdrawn, which leaves you with not a single heavy bomber more in late 42 like you had at early 42. You gain nothing... Now you could shred all those squadrons with suicide attacks before withdrawing but this also cuts down your experienced pilots (which you can save before withdrawing). The situation with bombers is just depressing. Not even 25% of the US Army bomber squadrons can be used in ongoing frontline service as there are just not enough bombers around to replace losses of every 4th squadron if you leave the rest on the West Coast. Don´t know how I should deal with this, the bomber replacement is just a joke...
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Sub attack near Christmas Island at 185,137
Japanese Ships
SS I-17
Allied Ships
xAK Zvir, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
xAK Zvir is sighted by SS I-17
SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes
while the AK would have been lost after the first hit anyway I´m quite happy that the sub spends another salvo... it was an empty AK returning to Pearl...
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Ground combat at 65,105
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 960 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 81
Defending force 819 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25
Japanese adjusted assault: 20
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
596 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
Makassar Garrison Battalion
Makassar Base Force
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Ground combat at Dadjangas (78,93)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1204 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 389 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19
Japanese adjusted assault: 22
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Dadjangas !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Miura Det
Defending units:
1st /101st PA Battalion
2nd/101st PA Battalion
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Ground combat at Kolaka (68,105)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1184 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 403 troops, 10 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Japanese adjusted assault: 17
Allied adjusted defense: 4
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kolaka !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
217 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
III./4th Infantry Battalion
Defending units:
Kendari Garrison Battalion
Kendari Base Force
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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 831 troops, 80 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 1594
Defending force 40886 troops, 432 guns, 734 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256
Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Assaulting units:
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
11th PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
41st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
Far East USAAF
Asiatic Fleet
II Philippine Corps
1st PI Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force
I Philippine Corps
PAF Aviation
USAFFE
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Provisional GMC Gp
1st USMC AA Battalion
Manila USAAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
65th Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
the enemy is resting his troops, not even doing a bombardment which is quite surprising to me... not enough supplies or what´s the reason behind this?[&:]
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Submarine attack near Christmas Island at 184,141
Japanese Ships
SS I-17
Allied Ships
xAK Zvir, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Zvir is sighted by SS I-17
SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Zvir
in the middle of the South East Pacific... from my feeling, it´s like as every third TF of mine going throught the Pacific meets an enemy sub at some point... this can´t just always be the lucky stumble over, seems like the subs are reacting around like wild to TFs that get mystically spotted... we´ve installed the latest hotfix with a max reaction of 1 for subs, but as long as the subs aren´t disbanded and put into a new TF the new routine isn´t working and so the subs will still react at what they´ve been set under the previous hotfix... but within the next one and a halve months there won´t be any subs with reaction more than 1 left and that´s good news...
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,110
Japanese Ships
PB Takunan Maru #5
Allied Ships
SS Pompano
SS Pompano is sighted by escort
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
no DCs dropped...
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ASW attack near Bara at 75,106
Japanese Ships
DD Nokaze
Allied Ships
SS KXVIII
SS KXVIII is sighted by escort
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
and then this combat... was quite funny as the DD had no DCs but still tried to attack the submerged sub...
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ASW attack near Jarvis Island at 164,146
Japanese Ships
SS I-7
Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
AP Henderson
xAP President Taylor
xAK Admiral Y. Williams
SS I-7 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Rathburne
I-7 diving deep ....
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne attacking submerged sub ....
DD Rathburne cannot reach attack position over SS I-7
DD Rathburne loses contact with SS I-7
DD Rathburne loses contact with SS I-7
Escort abandons search for sub
torps missed and again it was ONLY DD Rathburne that acted against the sub... grrr.... what are the other escorts doing all the time???
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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 14 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking 51st PA Infantry Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 4
No Allied losses
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
great number of Fortresses attacking... looks like getting them to fly off the small airfield is quite hard. Out of 32, only 4 took off... granted, a couple of them surely weren´t operational but seeing only four in the air was quite depressing... one more thing that really strikes me is the fact that while the aircraft replacement rates are absolutely not matching the needs to maintain our squadrons, halve of the aircraft are lost due to the squadrons withdrawing. So first you put the replacements into squadrons and two or three months later you lose all those aircraft again because the squadrons are withdrawn... so what to do? Not using the airforce at all until late 42??? [8|]
We get 15 B-17 for example and 3/4 of my B-17 squadrons will have to be withdrawn until 9/42 so in fat the 100+ bombers I get will all be withdrawn, which leaves you with not a single heavy bomber more in late 42 like you had at early 42. You gain nothing... Now you could shred all those squadrons with suicide attacks before withdrawing but this also cuts down your experienced pilots (which you can save before withdrawing). The situation with bombers is just depressing. Not even 25% of the US Army bomber squadrons can be used in ongoing frontline service as there are just not enough bombers around to replace losses of every 4th squadron if you leave the rest on the West Coast. Don´t know how I should deal with this, the bomber replacement is just a joke...
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Sub attack near Christmas Island at 185,137
Japanese Ships
SS I-17
Allied Ships
xAK Zvir, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
xAK Zvir is sighted by SS I-17
SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes
while the AK would have been lost after the first hit anyway I´m quite happy that the sub spends another salvo... it was an empty AK returning to Pearl...
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Ground combat at 65,105
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 960 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 81
Defending force 819 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25
Japanese adjusted assault: 20
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
596 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
Makassar Garrison Battalion
Makassar Base Force
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Ground combat at Dadjangas (78,93)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1204 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 389 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19
Japanese adjusted assault: 22
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Dadjangas !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Miura Det
Defending units:
1st /101st PA Battalion
2nd/101st PA Battalion
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Ground combat at Kolaka (68,105)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1184 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 403 troops, 10 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Japanese adjusted assault: 17
Allied adjusted defense: 4
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kolaka !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
217 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
III./4th Infantry Battalion
Defending units:
Kendari Garrison Battalion
Kendari Base Force
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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 831 troops, 80 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 1594
Defending force 40886 troops, 432 guns, 734 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256
Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Assaulting units:
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
11th PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
41st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
Far East USAAF
Asiatic Fleet
II Philippine Corps
1st PI Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force
I Philippine Corps
PAF Aviation
USAFFE
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Provisional GMC Gp
1st USMC AA Battalion
Manila USAAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
65th Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
the enemy is resting his troops, not even doing a bombardment which is quite surprising to me... not enough supplies or what´s the reason behind this?[&:]
We´re back in WITP where flak seems not to be existing. So far I´ve thought using divebombers against bases would result in at least some immediete losses, this attack proved me wrong. I kept those ships in port as I just didn´t care about them. I´ve moved out an AS and an AG which made it out without being spotted. A very small escort, would have been nice to see 50 Warhawks in the air, but there´s only one fridging fighter squadron in Australia at this date. Will receive two more Warhawk squadrons (not combat worthy as thei´re completely untrained) tomorrow (and two more the next week). But those five squadrons will be withdrawn 15th March again, so filling them up with aircraft from the pool seems to be complete waste, the same goes for all my bomber squadrons. 90% of them will be withdrawn in the next 6 months, so giving them precious bombers seems like a waste. But this would mean we would not have any bomber sqaudrons for attacks until early 43. Great eh?
