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Posted: **Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:33 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/21/42

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dili at 31,77 [8|]

Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 8
CA Atago
CA Maya
CA Myoko
DD Kagero, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Yukikaze

Allied Ships
PT PT-76, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
PT PT-79
PT PT-80
PT PT-81
PT PT-82
PT PT-83

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported

A squadron of out of fuel PT boats attacks a fast transport TF... those PT boat crews must be good at paddling, they made it to 1000 yards of my cruisers, beating up CA Takao with cal. 50 and 20mm Oerlikons. So many aspects of this game are soooo poorly modelled, the devs seemed not to test their own game as otherwise it would have hurt them in the a$$...

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Sub attack near Maumere at 28,73

Japanese Ships
AK Uragami Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-32

my 6 APDs in the hex do nothing...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 139
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 38
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 95
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22371 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 22748 troops, 88 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 231

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14294 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2875

Defending force 98717 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3259

Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15892 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527

Defending force 223387 troops, 1606 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4185

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8446 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 31004 troops, 217 guns, 232 vehicles, Assault Value = 487

Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3442

Defending force 221993 troops, 824 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5731

Posted: **Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:09 pm**

The happy months are over, I guess we are lucky when there are days when we have good and bad results and not just bad ones. This was another day with lots of bad but also a good one...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/22/42

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Sub attack at 29,76

Japanese Ships
AK Shunsei Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-32

S-32 kills a second small AK after one was sunk yesterday... [:(]

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ASW attack at 12,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 4

Allied Ships
MSW Shepparton
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Kapunda
MSW Katoomba

I-1 takes 4 near misses... those MSWs are on the way to the Northern Australian bases...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 149
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 39
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 113

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
A-20B Boston x 32

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet

Miller has put up a training base in Alaska...

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Day Air attack on TF at 31,76

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4
SBD Dauntless x 20
Spitfire Vb x 17
Kittyhawk I x 77
P-40E Warhawk x 25

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Asama Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

we tried to sneak in a single AK to Dili but Miller has moved in Marine dive bombers that quickly finish off the merchant with 1000lb bomgs...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Roti Island at 28,76

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Taisei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Yosida Maru #3, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yubari Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

and B-17 from Derby kill a merchant North of Koepang...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77 [8|]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26 [&:][&:]
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 62 [&:][&:]

Allied aircraft
Albacore x 37
Kittyhawk I x 73
P-40E Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 22 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 39 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Makinami, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Takanami, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Kazegumo, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Albacore bombing at 5000 feet

wth? Out of 250+ undamaged fighters set to 80% Cap we see the amazing number of 88 in the air, not even 35%!!!! Looks like I´m fooling myself when thinking my radar equipped ships would help. What a joke. After the initial bounce phase for us, when we achieved something like a 20:1 kill rate, the bounce went to the Allied which then achieved nearly a 1:1. Again, the Tojo is a poor dogfighter. The escorts kept our fighters off the bombers of which we only took one down and then those bombers achieve quite a good hit rate on my fast, radar equipped DDs... what a crappy day... [:@]

Two days ago we took down 150 Allied fighters over Lautern and today 231 were on escort again... [8|]

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 34

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 9
B-24D Liberator x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Kazegumo, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Makinami, on fire
DD Takanami, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Makigumo, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

then of course more bomber attack my DDs, achieving more hits. As it looks now, one DD is lost, the other three could make it, if not attacked again... my Cap seems to be not existing anymore...

total losses of today:

doesn´t look that bad but again I have to wonder when people are saying they save more than 50% of their pilots being shot down over their bases. Out of the 24 fighters shot down over Koepang, 21 pilots were lost! So how can that be and what am I doing wrong then? One pilot bailed out wounded and was rescued so it would make "only" 20 pilots lost if this one comes back again...

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Sub attack at 12,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
CA Exeter, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage [&o]

this is the good news of the day, the unescorted Exeter is attacked by I-19 West of Broome and two out of six torps slammed into the already heavily damaged heavy cruiser. I hope this will be enough to sink the ship...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22380 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 22100 troops, 86 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 218

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14229 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2881

Defending force 98294 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3249

Allied ground losses:
148 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15892 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527

Defending force 223491 troops, 1605 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4188

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8438 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 30814 troops, 215 guns, 232 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3440

Defending force 222134 troops, 823 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5737

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Posted: **Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:59 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/23/42

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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ASW attack at 9,88

Japanese Ships
SS I-153, hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
MSW Burnie
MSW Goulburn
MSW Maryborough
MSW Bundaberg
MSW Poole

those MSWs keep being a pain... one real hit and the SS has to head home full speed...

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 2
Blenheim IV x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

new training target for the Allied bomber at Karachi...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 148

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 19 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
386 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

Miller now attacks the port, don´t know why...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 158
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 48
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 69
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 99

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 51

Allied aircraft
Albacore x 18
Kittyhawk I x 44
P-40E Warhawk x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 14 destroyed, 19 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 32 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 14 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
MSW W.7
AK Hiyama Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Hankow Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yubari Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Albacore bombing at 5000 feet

my ships at Koepang are attacked again, again the fighters on Cap are a wet joke, we´re below 40% again, this time I´ve set them to 90%!!! [:@] The Kittyhawks had no chance but hey, the Warhawks got the bounce and achieved a kill ratio in their favour... We´re not getting our fighters airborne and we´re not even getting the bounce above our own base, even when our fighters are set to 15.000ft and the Allied escorts are flying at 8.000ft. Well working design...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 62
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 41
B-24D Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
MSW W.17
MSW W.7
AK Canton Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yubari Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

26 bombers manage to get through the Cap and sink another small AK... our fighters once again prove to be useless against the 4Es...

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,72

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Shinsei Maru
AK Sansei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Mayachi Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Muko Maru

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet

Miller now has moved Marauders to Lautern, attacking a troop convoy at max range. The ships should make it...

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Day Air attack on TF at 28,75

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 23

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Kazegumo, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet

Kazegumo is dead of course but the DD was already in sinking condition after the murderous attack yesterday...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 75
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 53

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
LB-30 Liberator x 23
B-24D Liberator x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Hiyama Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

slightly more fighters on Cap in the afternoon, the rate still keeps being a joke... an airfield attack could destroy 150+ undamaged fighters on the ground... I could just

total losses of today:

the last days have clearly showed what I knew the first day when Miller landed troops at Lautern, it will be impossible to do anything in this region as soon as he begins flying attacks out of his level 6 airfield of Lautern. Even though I take down more aircraft than I lose, I also lose precious pilots and I now I also have started losing ships. Soon the Allied Army will have marched to Dili, coming over 120 miles of trails and being very well supplied it seems. Then Dili will fall soon and with another level 5 airfield on Timor, there will then be 550 Allied aircraft on Timor that will lay waste up to an area around Java and South of Borneo! The fact that my fighters don´t get airborne will be the biggest issue and will make defense impossible.

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Sub attack at 11,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
MSW Latrobe
MSW Shepparton
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Kapunda
MSW Katoomba

2 torps miss Latrobe...

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ASW attack at 12,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 1

Allied Ships
MSW Burnie
MSW Goulburn
MSW Maryborough
MSW Bundaberg
MSW Poole

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Sub attack at 11,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
AK West Planter, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

but one out of two torps hit the already damaged big AK...

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and here comes the big joke of the day (as if the other happenings wouldn´t be ridicoulos enough...)

Day Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
MSW W.7
MSW W.17
AK Hankow Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Indus Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Yubari Maru, on fire
AK Hiyama Maru, on fire
AK Shoko Maru
AK Canton Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
PT PT-67
PT PT-78
PT PT-84
PT PT-116
PT PT-117
PT PT-161

Miller moved in his PTs! Next Allied base is 6 hexes away so I wonder how those PTs are expected to return to their home port? Paddling? Using drifts??? Using PTs offensively that end up out of fuel is away from my understanding... [8|] They sink an undamaged AK of course...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22362 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 21556 troops, 80 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 188

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 78476 troops, 927 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1668

Defending force 23990 troops, 137 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 715

Japanese max assault: 1654 - adjusted assault: 1952

Allied max defense: 738 - adjusted defense: 218

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
814 casualties reported
Guns lost 35

Allied ground losses:
824 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

trying to kill off the three units North of Sian...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14244 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2881

Defending force 98080 troops, 278 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3247

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15850 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1524

Defending force 223318 troops, 1605 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8446 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 30539 troops, 214 guns, 232 vehicles, Assault Value = 479

Allied ground losses:
264 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3438

Defending force 222028 troops, 819 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5731

Posted: **Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:21 pm**

another turn and another time I could cry... [:(]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/24/42

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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Sub attack near Brunei at 32,57

Japanese Ships
TK Funakawa Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PG Seiko Maru
PG Daido Maru
PG Hayakafuku Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Myoken Maru
PG Kure Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS S-42, hits 4, on fire

sub spotted last turn, an ASW TF sent out, a big escort, all doesn´t help...

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Sub attack at 9,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
AK Idaho, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

sinking an Allied AK doesn´t make me happy if we lose a big TK...

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 [:@][:@][:@]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 139

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 24
Hurricane IIb x 41
Hurricane IIc x 39
I-153c x 1
I-16c x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 19 destroyed, 16 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 17 destroyed, 98 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 7 destroyed, 10 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 9 destroyed, 24 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 9 destroyed, 22 damaged
I-153c: 1 destroyed
I-16c: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

I just don´t get this game and it´s routines... the last 4 weeks there were NEVER more than a couple dozen fighters on Cap over Chungking. Well, today saw probably 95% of the fighters on Cap in the air. Of course we were once again hit by the weather flaws of "advanced weather on". Again three bases should have attacked, again two were clouded including the sweep base of course. Weather forecast was good, we end up with thunderstorms that make flying impossible. [8|]

And hey, I don´t want to forget to mention that the Allied got 100% of the engagemen the allmighty B O U N C E... Allied radar...

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 2
Blenheim IV x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 154

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
509 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port hits 8
Port supply hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 80
Wellington III x 65
F-5A Lightning x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 14 damaged
Wellington III: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 10 [8|]
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 165
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 51
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 92
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

during the last weeks I´m losing my pilots ten times faster than they can be trained and I haven´t faced a better Allied fighter than the Warhawk...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 4
A-20B Boston x 31

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 80
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 50

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 10 destroyed, 7 damaged

I summed up the undamaged fighters at Koepang last turn: 273!!!! Set to 90% Cap. 130 in the air = 47,61%. Allied fighters in the air over Chungking? 90%? 95%? [8|]

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 80
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 50

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 8
B-26B Marauder x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 11 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 4 destroyed, 26 damaged

at least we didn´t take losses over Timor today. Doesn´t make the disaster over Chungking any better when two elite Zero daitais were shredded by the low exp British fighter bombers that get the mighty radar boost...

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Sub attack at 9,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
AK West Planter, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

another AK is sunk...

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Sub attack at 9,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-156, hits 14, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
MSW Kapunda
MSW Shepparton
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Katoomba

but we pay with a SS lost also today... those damned MSW have a better ASW ratig than my fleet DDs...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22378 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 21084 troops, 73 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 161

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 77357 troops, 888 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1617

Defending force 22873 troops, 106 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 659

Japanese max assault: 1476 - adjusted assault: 1176

Allied max defense: 583 - adjusted defense: 146

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
508 casualties reported
Guns lost 24

Allied ground losses:
718 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

hopefully those Chinese units surrender soon... I proved to be a stupid dork once again when I try to attack an Allied base today. No matter where it is on the map, the outcome at this stage of the war is a mess for us and I should just accept that attacking Allied bases that are defended by flak and fighters is just not worth it and should only be done if absolutely necessary and then only in force. Of course the weather can make using force impossible as seen today when two of three bases were clouded in...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14172 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2614

Defending force 97736 troops, 270 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3252

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15857 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1524

Defending force 223099 troops, 1603 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8460 troops, 291 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 30227 troops, 215 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 471

Allied ground losses:
270 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16032 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3439

Defending force 222178 troops, 821 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5739

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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 8079 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 136

Defending force 4903 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Allied max assault: 208 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 138 - adjusted defense: 273

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Allied ground losses:
818 casualties reported

Posted: **Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:35 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/25/42

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 3
Blenheim IV x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 151

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
226 casualties reported

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

my supply is getting lower and lower even though I have brought in thousands of tons of supply with barges in the last weeks. Those attacks really suck up my supply and they also kill all my support units...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 74
Wellington III x 56
P-38G Lightning x 2
F-5A Lightning x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 damaged
Wellington III: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 174
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 53
Ki-27 Nate x 70

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 137

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 4
A-20B Boston x 32

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 17
Ki-49 Helen x 33

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 13
Ki-49 Helen x 58

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22396 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 20540 troops, 65 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 135

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

not much left for my tanks to destroy when they will arrive in a couple of days...

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76464 troops, 855 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1538

Defending force 21807 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 609

Japanese max assault: 1482 - adjusted assault: 652

Allied max defense: 493 - adjusted defense: 61

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
663 casualties reported
Guns lost 30

Allied ground losses:
647 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

still no surrender...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14249 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2942

Defending force 97151 troops, 256 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3231

Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15877 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1524

Defending force 223247 troops, 1605 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8375 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 29836 troops, 215 guns, 231 vehicles, Assault Value = 452

Allied ground losses:
246 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3437

Defending force 222086 troops, 822 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5747

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Posted: **Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:25 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/26/42

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Sub attack at 50,44

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 23, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 8
PC Ch 3
PC Ch 2
PC Ch 1

Allied Ships
SS S-43

Sent out an ASW TF to attack a spotted sub, one PC down...

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TF 1019 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Allied Ships
PT PT-78, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

The best way to kill enemy PTs is when they run on a sub laid mine... kill half a dozen and half a dozen pop up at Darwin again...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 59

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 21
Wellington III x 12
F-5A Lightning x 2

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 189
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 166
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 45

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

lots of unimportant attacks...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22396 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 665

Defending force 19980 troops, 52 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 129

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

how is this decrease in assault value possible? This can´t be from starving only, the Rangoon CD unit that is here also dropped to 0 av this turn. There must be Allied transports doing an evacuation. Doesn´t matter, my tanks have arrived and will attack in two days to kill off the remaining units.

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75511 troops, 815 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1497

Defending force 20556 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548

Japanese max assault: 1478 - adjusted assault: 1922

Allied max defense: 404 - adjusted defense: 68

Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
386 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Allied ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

The Chinese refuse to surrender...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14141 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2943

Defending force 96484 troops, 251 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3208

Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported

in a couple of weeks the assault on Sian will begin. I expect the base to fall after 5 or 6 deliberate attacks at best. I expect the enemy will lose 100.000 troops destroyed and we will lose 5.000 dead and 25.000 disabled.

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15860 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1521

Defending force 223413 troops, 1608 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8415 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 29286 troops, 210 guns, 230 vehicles, Assault Value = 445

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

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3435

Defending force 222213 troops, 811 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5754

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Ground combat at Dili

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 28497 troops, 257 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 849

Defending force 57025 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1093

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

a nice statement of Paul: [:)]

Well you have certainly stalled my advance in Timor......I had hoped to have the whole Island taken by now.

This gives a little hope but doesn´t change the overall situation, the invasion of Timor is putting us in a desperate situation already.

Posted: **Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:31 pm**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/27/42

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Sub attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
AK Don Jose, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

a single big AK probably brings supply to Lautern and I-155 only scores one hit out of six torps fired. Means the ship will probably make it, but even worse, there will surely arrive 3.000+ supplies at Lautern.

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 3
Blenheim IV x 7

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 103

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 70
Wellington III x 42
F-5A Lightning x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

Miller is flying those attacks at max range day after day now, his losses aren´t worth mentioning... [8|]

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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 21
Ki-49 Helen x 70

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

The Allied are attacking Timor with 210 bombers or more daily and they lose 4 bombers today, flying at max range against a flak defended target. Their fat must be somewhere around 40. We fly 2 hexes against an undefended target with fatigue 2 and also lose 3 bombers. Is there something strange?

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ASW attack at 15,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
MSW Shepparton
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Kapunda
MSW Katoomba

the damn MSW are further heading towards Broome...

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75004 troops, 791 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1476

Defending force 19912 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 512

Japanese max assault: 1420 - adjusted assault: 1505

Allied max defense: 366 - adjusted defense: 24

Japanese assault odds: 62 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
459 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

how many more attacks will we need to see those three Chinese units surrender? At least our losses due to the attacks are declining...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14183 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2943

Defending force 95828 troops, 247 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3187

Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported

with the enemy´s av going down between 10 and 20 points every day, the Allied defenders can be sure that their end is nearing as soon as my divisions from the North will have arrived...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15895 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1525

Defending force 223428 troops, 1610 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4182

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8367 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 28682 troops, 204 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 431

Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

also the British defenders of Myitkina are starving big style...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3439

Defending force 222260 troops, 811 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5764

Posted: **Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:35 am**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/28/42

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 3
Blenheim IV x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 123

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

there´s a big base force with a full complement of DP and flak guns but it seems this and other units are just sleeping... op losses from flying daily at extended range is something that the Allied player doesn´t have to worry about in Nikmod.

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 72
Wellington III x 55
F-5A Lightning x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 damaged
Wellington III: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

a Blenheim crashes sometimes but that´s it...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 196
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 53
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 147
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 12
Hurricane IIc x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 11

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 10
Ki-49 Helen x 34

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 29
Ki-49 Helen x 75

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37632 troops, 12 guns, 1623 vehicles, Assault Value = 971

Defending force 18060 troops, 52 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 128

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 6

Japanese max assault: 887 - adjusted assault: 807

Allied max defense: 136 - adjusted defense: 325

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 6

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
699 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 2

looks like the defender of this urban hex has no chance against our tanks. One of the phenomena of WITP, tanks work best in urban warfare... [8|] Seeing those results I regret not having attacked Karachi with tanks only months ago. The tanks would have been probably enough to take the town...

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 74679 troops, 775 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463

Defending force 19097 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 473

Japanese max assault: 1447 - adjusted assault: 1303

Allied max defense: 313 - adjusted defense: 14

Japanese assault odds: 93 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
367 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
785 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14223 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2944

Defending force 95209 troops, 240 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3174

Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15878 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1524

Defending force 223372 troops, 1609 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4182

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8335 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1526

Defending force 28331 troops, 204 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 422

Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3439

Defending force 222545 troops, 806 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5774

Posted: **Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:37 am**

boring turns...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/29/42

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 3
Blenheim IV x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 216
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 49
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 108
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 4
A-20B Boston x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 12
Hurricane IIc x 17

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 9
Hurricane IIc x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34001 troops, 12 guns, 1621 vehicles, Assault Value = 1131

Defending force 16014 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 83

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 907 - adjusted assault: 811

Allied max defense: 71 - adjusted defense: 177

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
868 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

as you can see, the tanks nearly take no losses at all... one more attack and Delhi has fallen without putting up any resistance...

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 74260 troops, 774 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1443

Defending force 17445 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 399

Japanese max assault: 1433 - adjusted assault: 1057

Allied max defense: 268 - adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 96 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
346 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Allied ground losses:
663 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

even the cut off Chinese units are putting up a better fight, but they are fighting my inf divisions and not a motorized army...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14314 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2945

Defending force 94653 troops, 236 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3164

Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15858 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527

Defending force 223226 troops, 1606 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4186

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8378 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 28117 troops, 202 guns, 226 vehicles, Assault Value = 413

Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3440

Defending force 222504 troops, 804 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5797

Posted: **Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:45 am**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/30/42

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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TF 1013 encounters mine field at Maumere (28,73)

Allied Ships
SS S-47, Mine hits 1, on fire

S-47 hits a type 4 mine, the sub now needs some fresh paint but that´s it...

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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TF 1051 encounters mine field at Derby (24,85)

Allied Ships
MSW Shepparton
MSW Lismore, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Katoomba
MSW Kapunda

lol, that´s a nice one... type 88 sub laid mine, a really rare ocassion...

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 15
Hurricane IIc x 16

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 7
Ki-49 Helen x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-49 Helen x 77

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Delhi [8D]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38688 troops, 18 guns, 1914 vehicles, Assault Value = 1179

Defending force 14212 troops, 9 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 47

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 1056 - adjusted assault: 775

Allied max defense: 34 - adjusted defense: 77

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Delhi base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
20787 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1

as expected, Delhi falls easily today. Miller was able to evacuate a lot of troops but that doesn´t matter, they are now sitting at Karachi to be built up again and I don´t care if Karachi gets 200 av more or not, there will be thousands of av within the next year and then they will still not be able to force me out of the urban hex. Only way will be to get them out with convoys and that´s what Miller will probably do.

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 73877 troops, 759 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1429

Defending force 16573 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 351

Japanese max assault: 1422 - adjusted assault: 1019

Allied max defense: 239 - adjusted defense: 14

Japanese assault odds: 72 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
274 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
8302 casualties reported
Guns lost 43

a successful day for our ground forces. First Delhi falls and now the first corps of the Chinese units North of Sian surrenders. We score 352 points for ground losses and went through the 15.000 points mark being at 15.049 now! [:D] I don´t know for sure but I guess I will break my all time record for Allied ground losses in this game. Nearly half of my total victory points from Allied ground losses. [8D]

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14248 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2942

Defending force 94097 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3151

Allied ground losses:
214 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8372 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 27988 troops, 202 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 413

Allied ground losses:
222 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3440

Defending force 222457 troops, 799 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5802

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Ground combat at Dili

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2972 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1085

Defending force 46565 troops, 501 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 1284

Miller´s troop strenght at Dili is further increasing, another division has arrived. Will be interesting how many he will bring in the end and if I will be able to inflict losses in our wooden hex.

Posted: **Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:55 am**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/31/42

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 84
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 23
Hurricane IIc x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 9 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 13 destroyed
Hurricane IIc: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged

this time I´ve set two bases to attack Chungking and thank god my sweep goes in today... needless to say that our sentais were bounced for the whole duration of the engagement. The fact that I again used my best sentais available produces still a "good" result for us, would I have sent 70 exp pilots, the kill rate would probably be 2,5:1 for the Allied. Ridicoulos when you see 50 Hurricanes endlessly bouncing 84 Oscars. Guess I´ve seen the "Hurricane squadron bounces Oscar sentai" a hundred times+ this turn. [>:] Reason for this are 5 radar equipped base forces. And hey, not to forget the fact that two of my sentais were coming in higher than the Hurricane max altitude is, but I know that alt doesn´t matter anyway. Still funny when radar magically increases the max alt of an aircraft by a couple of thousand feet.

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
Ki-21 Sally x 53
Ki-49 Helen x 133

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 7
Hurricane IIc x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 7 destroyed
Hurricane IIc: 8 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

then the bomber strike goes in and the second strike always kills off the Cap at will. I would have been better off just sending another sweep because as you can see, we did not destroy any significant numbers of ac on the ground. And what does this mean? This means the radar equipped Chinese base forces enabled the Allied to launch 99% of their fighters on Cap. Guess it was 100% and the destroyed ac was damaged before. Not bad eh? When I look at the fighters over Koepang that take off and I get 100 fighters out of 290 undamaged fighters then this is just depressing.

Not the Corsair, not the Thunderbolt, not the Lightning are uber weapons, Allied radar makes them absolutely uber in the game.

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 168

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 14 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
421 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 7
Port supply hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 14
Hurricane IIc x 13

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Ind. Brigade, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

I can only be happy about those fighter bombers attacking my units at Chungking, otherwise those would have also launched 100% to engage my incoming strikes. Hopefully there isn´t a base in China left that has 20.000 supplies, this would mean that the British and Australian squadrons in China don´t get any reinforcements.

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Day Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 4
Ki-49 Helen x 38

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 9

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 73776 troops, 755 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1425

Defending force 11720 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 305

Japanese max assault: 1417 - adjusted assault: 1369

Allied max defense: 211 - adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 195 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
292 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
843 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14175 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2939

Defending force 93374 troops, 218 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3133

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8410 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 27602 troops, 200 guns, 225 vehicles, Assault Value = 405

Allied ground losses:
230 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3440

Defending force 222442 troops, 794 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5805

Posted: **Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:05 pm**

Hi Castor
 
SOmething that occurs to me about the bounce you are seeing - bounce is based on detection levels.  The defender gets the bonus of any sound detector/radar.  You can improve your detection level before you go in by reconning the base with a couple of squadrons for a couple of days before the sweep/bombing raid.  You will still find you get bounced at the start, but after a couple of rounds you should see the battle even out and even get the bounce towards the end.  If you already are reconning......well then things are buggered!

Posted: **Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:33 pm**

Hi , no update tonight? [:(]

I am utterly dissapointed!

Posted: **Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:57 am**

Really low detection=bounce? Well I guess that might be why my sweeps on bases like Manila and Singapore saw no bounces, since they have no detection right now, and I have been reconning constantly.

Posted: **Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:31 am**

ORIGINAL: Zond

Hi , no update tonight? [:(]

I am utterly dissapointed!

Hi Zond

Once in a while there´s a life other than WITP too [;)] Two turns done yesterday evening, update soon, weren´t nice turns.

Posted: **Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:33 am**

ORIGINAL: Yakface

Hi Castor

SOmething that occurs to me about the bounce you are seeing - bounce is based on detection levels. The defender gets the bonus of any sound detector/radar. You can improve your detection level before you go in by reconning the base with a couple of squadrons for a couple of days before the sweep/bombing raid. You will still find you get bounced at the start, but after a couple of rounds you should see the battle even out and even get the bounce towards the end. If you already are reconning......well then things are buggered!

Hi

Recon unfortunately never helped me. It´s good for increasing bombing accuracy and nukes of course but I´ve never experienced a difference in a2a. I know that radar does make the difference though. And I don´t have radar while the Allied cover the whole map with their radar sets and AWACS.

Posted: **Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:09 am**

Ok, here we go. Two depressing days...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/02/42

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TF 1057 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Allied Ships
MSW Maryborough
MSW Goulburn
MSW Burnie
MSW Poole
MSW Bundaberg

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 66

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 5
PB2Y Coronado x 6
B-17E Fortress x 127
LB-30 Liberator x 33
B-24D Liberator x 91

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed, 49 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 13 destroyed, 41 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
PB2Y Coronado: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 7 destroyed, 113 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 4 destroyed, 25 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 15 destroyed, 61 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet

We have 290 undamaged fighters at Koepang set to 90% Cap. This means 44,83% engage the enemy bombers. Most of the bombers turn back, only very few are lost and 40 bombers dropping their bombs are enough to kill as many fighters on the ground as we take down enemy bombers. [8|] I don´t want to see all my fighters engaging the enemy but having 55%+ all the time sitting on the ground waiting to get bombed is a joke. Unfortunately this game doesn´t know something like fighter took off but wasn´t able to engage the enemy. Would still be better than sitting on the ground, rowed up and bombed.

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 153

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
336 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 208
B5N Kate x 16
G3M Nell x 53
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 78

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 139
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 4
A-20B Boston x 23

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 32

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 96
Wellington III x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed, 22 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 23 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 26 destroyed, 44 damaged
Wellington III: 6 destroyed, 60 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

the British attack in the afternoon, the Wellingtons are as hard to down as a B-17. What a depressing day. Miller told me he ordered a 200+ fighter sweep from Lautern to go in first but weather kept them from flying.

The Blenheim are absolutely obsolete and will soon be faced out, I´m sure about that. Then it would have been a 1:1 in bombers for fighters lost. Tomorrow will 100% sure see a follow on attack by hundreds of Allied bombers again and then the kill rate will got up to 3:1, 4:1 or 5:1 in favour of the bombers.

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 73620 troops, 747 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1422

Defending force 3185 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

Japanese max assault: 1411 - adjusted assault: 2186

Allied max defense: 55 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 2186 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
2495 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

the only positive today, the Hopei militia division surrendered North of Sian and there´s no enemy resistance left in Northern China than Sian and this base will fall soon. But that doesn´t help me when Allied 4Es will soon rule the area up to Borneo and central Java... [:(]

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14237 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2939

Defending force 92730 troops, 204 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3125

Allied ground losses:
262 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8418 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 26698 troops, 194 guns, 220 vehicles, Assault Value = 389

Allied ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16035 troops, 199 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3438

Defending force 222430 troops, 794 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5807

Posted: **Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:41 am**

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/03/42

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TF 1040 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)

Allied Ships
PT PT-83, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Type 93 mine kills a PT, the rest of the PT squadron will now paddle back to Lautern as they are out of fuel... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 [8|]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 66
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 25

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 148
P-38G Lightning x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 17 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 22 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 61 destroyed, 26 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged

a totally ridicoulos result. Why? Not because the overall kill rate is off but the kill rates of the different combatants. Well, the Oscar holds his own, killing a Warhawk and damaging 7 more for 1 Oscar killed. The Tojo lost 11:1 against the Warhawks

, this was totally crazy and again proves that the Tojo seems to be that bad that it can´t be used at all in Nikmod as soon as enemy fighters are near. Don´t forget that my pilots are still in the 80 exp range and the Warhawks at 60 (according to info from Paul). The Zero was more or less unbeatable and killed the Warhawks 8:1 or better. Well, the first appearance of the Lightning was depressing also, kill rate was 7:1 in favour of the Lightning. With the given aircraft stats, Nikmod seems to be producing some radical results.

The most depressing fact is really the underperformance of the Tojo in Nikmod. The problem about it is the totally LOW maneuveribility, it´s performing like a light bomber but not like a fighter. And this will put us in big problems because what can I do now? Forget about hundreds of IJA fighters because they are 100% crap? I could also use Nates, against Allied figthers, wouldn´t make much difference. And all this when my Tojos are flown by ELITE pilots. Ridicoulos. And the Tony comes in in 9/43, by then the whole SRA will be lost already, I guess the same goes for the war by then as I won´t be able to ship out oil by then.

The Tojo can only be used outside of Allied fighter range it seems, so as it stands now this would mean using it NORTH of Kendari only! [8|] Waiting for the bombers now...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
PB2Y Coronado x 5
B-17E Fortress x 79
LB-30 Liberator x 11
B-24D Liberator x 69

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 30 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 10 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 19 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 9 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 30 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 101

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 12000 feet

and here they come. Yesterday we damaged nearly 100% of the 4Es and today there are still 160 coming from Derby...

Op losses yesterday and today? Nothing more to say...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 147

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

Allied bombers don´t even suffer when they fly day after day at MAX range.

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 52
Wellington III x 36

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

wonder why the British didn´t attack Koepang. They could have additionally destroyed a couple of dozen fighters on the ground, but I´ve lost enough anyway...[>:]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 208
B5N Kate x 16
G3M Nell x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 32
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 81

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 98
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 28

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Allied aircraft
Albacore x 42
SBD Dauntless x 48

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 4 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
21 x Albacore bombing at 10000 feet

Japanese flak in this version of Nikmod isn´t any more dangerous (when it comes down to kills) than in stock it seems. Dili should be a deadly place for low bombing aircraft...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14244 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2937

Defending force 92227 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3110

Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8432 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 26383 troops, 191 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 382

Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16056 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3440

Defending force 222294 troops, 790 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5807

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Ground combat at Dili

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48825 troops, 632 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 1292

Defending force 76502 troops, 537 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1552

Japanese ground losses:
347 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Allied bombardments will be enough to wear down our troops. Wonder how the enemy gets enough supply over 120 miles of trails for this Army.

and here are th losses for today:

whereas even Chinese base forces at this date are enough to launch 100% of the Allied fighters on Cap and having ENGAGE them my strikes, we are stuck with 45% at best and this always means that we will lose a couple of times more ac than the enemy. And there´s nothing I can do about that, Japanese fighters just don´t take off and 55% are always staying on the ground to get bombed. And of course 130 fighters in the air are far from sufficient to scare the Allied when your opponent knows that 130 fighters wouldn´t take down more than 40 Allied bombers anyway.

IMO the kill rate of Japanese fighters vs Allied bombers isn´t that bad or totally off, for 4 attacking fighters you get one bomber shot down. I don´t know how that looked like in real life but it seems reasonable for me. The overall fighter kill rate was ok IMO, the kill rates of the involved combatants was totally off, I doubt a 80+ exp Tojo sentai shouldn´t lose 22:2 against Warhawks with 60 exp pilots. The biggest issue I have are the fighters that are just sitting on the ground. I don´t know how the historical Cap levels that engaged incoming strikes looked like, 40 or 45% ENGAGING the enemy doesn´t sound strange to me, but I wonder if 55 - 60% wasn´t even taking off. I don´t know, in every case, this makes my defenses impossible and Miller can cheer about hundreds of undamaged fighters on the ground for the next 14 months. Then Japanese base forces will receive 40 Type 13 radar sets / month and this should get more ac in the air. I only doubt that the campaign will last that long. I´m pretty sure the game will see a surrender of my forces earlier than 1/44. I´m now looking forward to a fighter that comes in in mid 43 at best - the Tony - so this again reflects my desperate situation at the moment.

Posted: **Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:46 pm**

ORIGINAL: castor troy
Once in a while there´s a life other than WITP too

Rubbish! Pure myth

After all these turns, hope you have some kind of punch bag near the computer? And it's not going to get any nicer. [:D]

Why for the love of God you decided to play this mod? Were you obliged to play it (replay match) or you voluntereed?

Regarding these constant attacks on Koepang, wouldn't it be better to LRCAP it from near by bases? Can you post some screenshots (SRA, China & India situation)?

Posted: **Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:34 am**

ORIGINAL: Zond

ORIGINAL: castor troy
Once in a while there´s a life other than WITP too

Rubbish! Pure myth

After all these turns, hope you have some kind of punch bag near the computer? And it's not going to get any nicer. [:D]

Why for the love of God you decided to play this mod? Were you obliged to play it (replay match) or you voluntereed?

Regarding these constant attacks on Koepang, wouldn't it be better to LRCAP it from near by bases? Can you post some screenshots (SRA, China & India situation)?

no, I came up with the idea to play NM again! [;)] There are some problems with the mod IMO but the overall situation is still better than playing stock. I´ve never tried CHS or RHS, I had BigB games and stock campaigns going.

some things that I´m not happy about aren´t related to the mod as this is just how the game engine works, the mod increases the defficiences of the engine in some cases though. For example: Japanese fighters vs Allied bombers is far more realistic than stock but of course this then means you lose far more Japanese fighters on the ground because far more Allied bombers get through. The performance of the Tojo, well that´s only a mod thing...

The only real issue I have is the fact that normally 55% of my undamaged fighters sit on the ground and get torched.

I could LRCAP Koepang from Waingapu (sp?), the base three hexes North of it or from Maumere, 5 hexes North. Waingapu is a level 2 airfield at the moment so I could set 100 fighters on LRCAP, would mean perhaps 25-35 over Koepang but that wouldn´t be anything else than annoying for Miller. A 200 4E attack every third or fourth day is enough to keep the base closed and he could fly a 150 fighter sweep from Lautern before every attack so it wouldn´t really hurt him I guess. But I have had this in mind too.

I wasn´t able to do a turn yesterday (which is quite a rare occassion [;)]) but I will do some screenshots today and will post them tomorrow.

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