Gensui jdsrae (J) vs SolInvictus (A). IJ War Council room

RangerJoe · Post by **RangerJoe** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:48 pm

Using the Akagi, you can supersize to at least 90. You have to manually input the 90.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:07 am

Here is an industry status report using data from the 1 Jun 42 save.

The summary from this is that I need to start trying to save fuel (by cutting back the IJN's steaming hours) and start trying to save a bit more supply.

I am rationing the export of supply out of the Home Islands, but China and Burma/NE India are still demanding more supply to maintain IJA operations there. The NW Australia operation might need a little more supply, but SEAF and 4th Fleet don't need any more for a little while.

Other than operations, Miri still needs 87k supply, Soerabaja needs 7k and Medan needs 5k before all captured oil wells are repaired.

My vehicle point forecast was out because I didn't factor in all the tank upgrades.
A lot of these vehicle points will be spent soon when the tank units arrive to form the 1st and 2nd Tank Divisions. My pre-war forecast suggests that they need about a 20k vehicle points, so I should have enough for them to arrive fully equipped.

I'm going to dial back some more aircraft production, so that will help the Heavy Industry pool continue to grow quicker than the pre-war forecast.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:19 am

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Using the Akagi, you can supersize to at least 90. You have to manually input the 90.

Thanks Joe, I'll do that and top them up with pilots when more finish their basic training over the next few months.

RangerJoe · Post by **RangerJoe** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:33 am

How much more will your oil increase when all repairs are complete? What, if any, effect will that have on your fuel?

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:47 am

99 oil wells left to repair x10 = 990 extra on map liquid oil points / turn when all repaired.
All refineries are operating so the extra oil won’t become extra fuel/day, it will just keep the refineries working for a little bit longer.
The only real way for me to save fuel now is to reduce movement of IJN big ships.
Even if I repaired more refineries, that would just bring forward the date when the Home Islands refineries run out of oil.

awaw · Post by **awaw** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:41 am

Will you be able to provide information on the Recon planes? I am interested in your loss & production rate, something similar to what you did for the other plane types.

There is also something I like to clarify, you mentioned that you are temporarily shuttling your zero production so as to not over-produce. But in another of your screenshot, Ominato Ku S-1 is lacking planes. Should I interpret that it is recently re-sized and the planes are not fully "topped up" yet?
I did a quick analysis before, if one were to supersize IJN squadrons aggressively, it is fairly difficult to fill all squadrons and keep enough planes to re-fill them after a big attack. Eg, 10 x 80 plane sqn make an attack (be it successful or not), it will almost result in needing 800 planes re-fill. What is your opinion on this?

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:57 am

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Using the Akagi, you can supersize to at least 90. You have to manually input the 90.

Thanks Joe, I'll do that and top them up with pilots when more finish their basic training over the next few months.

The unit on Akagi lets me set it to resize to 127.
If I try to set it to 128 it reverts to say “resize to fit ship”.
I don’t know of it would actually resize to 127 though.
If it did it would allow about 169 pilots to join the unit!

I really don’t need that many so after all that I think I’ll just leave them at 81 each for now, but if/when I need more training slots I’ll upsize them again later.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:47 am

ORIGINAL: awaw

Will you be able to provide information on the Recon planes? I am interested in your loss & production rate, something similar to what you did for the other plane types.

Here you go for recon aircraft.

IJA first:

2nd Air Div and CEA Air Div - mostly active recon with 20-30% rest, but no enemy CAP
Ki-15-II Babs: 36 ops losses. No production, 21 in the pool

51st Air DIv - recon training
Ki-46-I Dinah: 1 ops loss. No production, 9 in the pool.

3rd and 5th Air Divs - front line recon against enemy CAP with 20-30% rest
Ki-46-II Dinah: 23 losses, 2x A2A, 21 ops

Total IJA recon aircraft losses = 60, or 10/month.
Production = 20/month with 37 in the pool.

Interestingly, Babs has suffered a higher rate of ops losses than Dinah.
I checked durability ratings, and the ops loss rate is likely due to Babs 22 vs Dinah 32 durability rating.

Looking ahead, 2nd Air Div gets 1x 9 plane recon Chutai in about 40 days then no more IJA recon units until 1944.

IJN recon:

C5M2: 15 losses, 1x A2A, 14x ops = 3/month on average
Two units are on the front line in SEAF while one is training replacement pilots for them back in Japan.

Production was 10/month until recently but I switched it off as I noticed the pool was growing a lot faster than I needed it to, but I didn't check it in this much detail. I still have 38 IJN Babs in the pool, so that’s just over 12 months supply at this loss rate.

Future IJN recon units are also few and far between and most withdraw before the end of the war.
I am planning to build the Judy recon at 10/month when it becomes available, but I haven't yet planned whether to resize up any of the recon groups.

If I do upsize some IJN recon units it will probably just be to size 24 so that they can be supported by a JNAF AFU, and fill in a naval search arc somewhere in between all the Mavis/Emily/Nell/Betty arcs.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:29 am

ORIGINAL: awaw
There is also something I like to clarify, you mentioned that you are temporarily shuttling your zero production so as to not over-produce. But in another of your screenshot, Ominato Ku S-1 is lacking planes. Should I interpret that it is recently re-sized and the planes are not fully "topped up" yet?

I'm increasing the size of those units for training purposes and haven't been filling my training units with full aircraft complements. Once the A6M5 arrives and starts replacing the A6M2 on CVs, those training units could fill themselves out with M2s released from the CVs.

ORIGINAL: awaw
I did a quick analysis before, if one were to supersize IJN squadrons aggressively, it is fairly difficult to fill all squadrons and keep enough planes to re-fill them after a big attack. Eg, 10 x 80 plane sqn make an attack (be it successful or not), it will almost result in needing 800 planes re-fill. What is your opinion on this?

I haven't planned on using resized units for strikes like that as the number of aircraft would be out of balance with available aviation support. I suppose you could use them like that as a "one hit wonder".
It would also be difficult to replace pilot losses on that sort of scale with trained pilots.

RangerJoe · Post by **RangerJoe** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 10:04 am

True, you may have a difficult time replacing the pilots but think of the defence. Think of how many planes and pilots the Allies will lose - especially the planes since that is even more limiting! Think of sweeping where he invades and knocking his CAP around before your torpedo planes arrive. [8D]

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 10:26 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 03, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Perth at 12,147, Range 11,000 Yards
AMC Aikoku Maru – I thought I’d try something new. I sent 2 x AMC into the Indian Ocean about 10-15 hexes apart from each other to see what they could find on the Cape Town – Perth convoy route. This was the western most AMC and it found 6 unescorted Dominion L cargos. Experience of this AMC is now 56/61 with a good but low aggression skipper.
Allied Ships
xAK Peshawur, Shell hits 2
xAK Shirina
xAK Yoma
xAK Clan Mactaggart
xAK City of Manchester, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage.
xAK Michael Goulandris, Shell hits 5, on fire
Improved night sighting under 78% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 78% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 11,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru fires at xAK City of Manchester at 11,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru fires at xAK Peshawur at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK City of Manchester at 8,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK City of Manchester at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK City of Manchester at 6,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK City of Manchester at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK City of Manchester at 2,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK Michael Goulandris at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK Michael Goulandris at 3,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK City of Manchester at 3,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 98,59
SC Ch 26
Allied Ships
SS Seawolf
SS Seawolf launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 26
Seawolf diving deep ....
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Perth at 13,146, Range 10,000 Yards
AMC Aikoku Maru – round 2
Allied Ships
xAK Peshawur
xAK Shirina, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAK Yoma, Shell hits 2
xAK Clan Mactaggart, Shell hits 3
Improved night sighting under 78% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 78% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK Clan Mactaggart at 10,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK Yoma at 10,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK Peshawur at 10,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK Yoma at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK Shirina at 9,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK Shirina at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK Clan Mactaggart at 7,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK Shirina at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
AMC Aikoku Maru engages xAK Clan Mactaggart at 11,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
SS Sculpin is located by SC CHa-12
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Sub attack near Christmas Island at 175,140
SS I-18
Allied Ships
DM Sicard
YP-283
AM Turkey
SS I-18 launches 4 torpedoes at DM Sicard
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Night Naval bombardment of Attu Island at 153,49
CA Chikuma
CA Tone
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Port hits 4
CA Chikuma firing at Attu Island
CA Tone firing at 2/151st Combat Engineer Battalion
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Perth at 13,147, Range 21,000 Yards
AMC Aikoku Maru – round 3
Allied Ships
xAK City of Manchester, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Michael Goulandris, on fire
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat – a bit low on ammunition so the CO must have decided to keep what is left in case this ship has to protect itself against something on the way to replenish.
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat
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Sub attack near Atka Island at 163,53
SS I-8
Allied Ships
KV Edmundston, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage, reported sunk
SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes
I-8 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection
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Morning Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
35 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38 – not many allied fighters on CAP, but I’ll keep hunting for them.
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Amchitka Island , at 158,52
A6M2-N Rufe x 9
A6M2-N Rufe: 3 destroyed – 1 KIA, 3 WIA. I need to try and extract these Rufes but I need to move a CS back over this way to do it. Amchitka is just out of range to fly them out to Paramushiro-jima… I’ve set them to naval search tomorrow to try and avoid these sweepers if they come back again.
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 14
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Kittyhawk I sweeping at 7000 feet
CAP engaged:
5th Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 2/9th Armoured Regiment, at 76,127 , near Katherine
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4
4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-32 Mary x 17
Ki-51 Sonia x 32
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 33
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 26
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12
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Morning Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
3 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Runway hits 5
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Morning Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 74,43 , near Neikiang
Ki-30 Ann x 20
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 17
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
3 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 5
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Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 76,46 , near Chungking
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 88,38 , near Yenan
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 75,47 , near Chungking
Ki-32 Mary x 10
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 24th Chinese Corps, at 81,40 , near Tienshui
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
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Morning Air attack on 38th Field AA Battalion, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 31st Road Const Co , at 158,52 (Amchitka Island)
A6M2-N Rufe x 5
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 8
B-18A Bolo x 9
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
5th Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15560 and 16560.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
Also attacking Maizuru 3rd SNLF ...
Also attacking 31st Road Const Co ...
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Afternoon Air attack on A/B Battery Heavy Coastal Artillery Regiment, at 76,124 (Darwin)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Runway hits 7
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Afternoon Air attack on Emery Point Fortress, at 76,124 (Darwin)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Barisan KNIL Regiment, at 57,105 (Pamekasan)
Ki-30 Ann x 13
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Afternoon Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 31075 troops, 246 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1127
Defending force 73354 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2562
Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13016 troops, 112 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
Defending force 44818 troops, 205 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 609
Defending force 38122 troops, 191 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1158
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5851 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 9921 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 364
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Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3722 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 490
Defending force 2463 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13
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Ground combat at Imphal (60,40)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7554 troops, 140 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 364
Defending force 30856 troops, 270 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1067
Assaulting units:
16th British Brigade
14th British Brigade
23rd British Brigade
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
53rd Division
54th Division
33rd/A Division

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 03, 42
SS I-29 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
Damaged H6K4 Mavis from Toko Ku T-1 does not return - no pilots KIA, but one is WIA. Enemy task force spotted near Cuttack moving east towards Diamond Harbour. 1BB, 2CA, 2CL.
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Const Co to Kalemyo
12 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Luganville
21 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Kalemyo
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming
8 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
Paramushiro-jima expands fortifications to size 3
Toyohara expands airfield to size 4 – stopped, fort building started.
Amchitka Island expands airfield to size 2 – stopped, fort building started.
Cawnpore expands airfield to size 2
Nelson expands airfield to size 3
Aircraft A6M5 Zero advances R&D to 2/43
Oita JNAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Oita
Kanoya JNAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Kanoya
Previous report of sinking of SS KXIII incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Ominato Ku S-1 on CV Akagi converting to size 81 from 71
Loss of DMS W-8 on Feb 02, 1942 is admitted
xAP Teifu Maru arrives at Saigon
KV Edmundston is reported to have been sunk near Atka Island on Jun 03, 1942
Kashima-1 arrives at Tokyo – FP unit bought back after CL Kashima was sunk. I have no pilots to send to this unit unless I graduate some early from their 12 month basic course, but I won’t do that. This unit will get some rookies to train on 1 July.

RangerJoe · Post by **RangerJoe** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 10:34 am

If you put your air units on training, they won't get hit by the sweepers but may get caught up in the bombing attacks. [;)]

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:46 pm

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

If you put your air units on training, they won't get hit by the sweepers but may get caught up in the bombing attacks. [;)]

I could have flown them to one of the 5 capacity CAs if I’d not already sent the turn back...
Those CAs will be out of range next turn but I’ll get them back in range the day after.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 1:18 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 04, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Perth at 15,147, Range 9,000 Yards
AMC Aikoku Maru
Allied Ships
xAK Michael Goulandris, on fire
Improved night sighting under 71% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 71% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Perth at 12,147, Range 12,000 Yards
AMC Aikoku Maru
Allied Ships
xAK Shirina, on fire, heavy damage
Improved night sighting under 71% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 71% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat
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ASW attack near Christmas Island at 175,140
SS I-18
Allied Ships
YP-283
DM Sicard
AM Turkey
SS I-18 is located by YP-283
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
SS Sculpin is located by SC CHa-12
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
SS Sculpin is sighted by escort
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Amphibious Assault at Port Hedland (57,129)
Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 15,000 Yards
DMS W-13
DMS W-14
DMS W-15
Allied Ships
xAKL Pulganbar, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DMS W-15 engages xAKL Pulganbar at 7,000 yards
xAKL Pulganbar sunk by DMS W-14 at 7,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Sub attack near Perth at 43,147
SS I-22
Allied Ships
DD Norman
DD Le Triomphant
SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Norman
I-22 diving deep ....
DD Le Triomphant attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-22 eludes DD Le Triomphant by diving deep
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Perth at 14,147, Range 21,000 Yards
AMC Aikoku Maru
Allied Ships
xAK Michael Goulandris, on fire
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Sub attack near Christmas Island at 175,139
SS I-18
Allied Ships
YP-284
YP-283
DM Sicard
AM Turkey
SS I-18 launches 2 torpedoes at YP-284
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Morning Air attack on Amchitka Island , at 158,52
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 10
10 x Kittyhawk I sweeping at 7000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Katherine , at 76,128
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 6th Aus Cav Brigade, at 76,128 (Katherine)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Also attacking 19th Australian Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on NW Australia Base Force, at 75,129 , near Katherine
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on 8th Australian Division, at 76,124 (Darwin)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 31
Ki-51 Sonia: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 47
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-32 Mary x 12
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged
Runway hits 5
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 38
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 14
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 37
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 8
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
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Morning Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 74,43 , near Neikiang
Ki-30 Ann x 20
Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-36 Ida x 20
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 37
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 88,38 , near Yenan
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22
Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 95th Chinese Corps, at 81,40 , near Tienshui
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Maizuru 3rd SNLF, at 158,52 (Amchitka Island)
Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 12
B-26 Marauder x 3
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 303rd Ind.Infantry Battalion ...
Also attacking B./50th JNAF Coy ...
Also attacking Maizuru 3rd SNLF ...
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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
35 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on 4th Chinese Corps, at 76,46 , near Chungking
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 76,46 (near Chungking)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 37711 troops, 455 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1183
Defending force 20755 troops, 98 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 583
Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 31084 troops, 246 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1208
Defending force 73344 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2554
Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13021 troops, 112 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
Defending force 44856 troops, 205 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 88,38 (near Yenan)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 11680 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 421
Defending force 12790 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 401
Japanese adjusted assault: 458
Allied adjusted defense: 97
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 – this was a surprise win as I was expecting a 1:1 result at best. I might leave one Bde to guard Yenan and move the other to Sian to replace the 110th/C RCT that is currently the garrison there. 110th Div will then be able to reform at the Battle of the Mountain Hex in NCAA.
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
367 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
3874 casualties reported
Squads: 153 destroyed, 82 disabled
Non Combat: 161 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 11 (5 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units retreated 5 – across the river to Yenan, one unit stayed, probably a HQ.
Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
19th Chinese Corps
23rd Chinese Corps
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
6th Group Army
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 444
Defending force 38153 troops, 191 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1166
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5851 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 9902 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 365
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Ground combat at 83,46 (near Ichang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3196 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122
Defending force 4513 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60
Japanese adjusted assault: 118
Allied adjusted defense: 85
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
54th Infantry Brigade
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2167 troops, 145 guns, 157 vehicles, Assault Value = 1042 – almost ready to attack again here.
Defending force 17841 troops, 194 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 489
Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Katherine (76,128)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 28286 troops, 342 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 955 – with this raw AV ratio I will let supply flow in then try a deliberate attack to see how many forts are here. It is open terrain so the only doubt I have is how effective the Aussie anti-tank and armoured units will be. Do the tank Regts even have real tanks yet, or are they still driving improvised training vehicles? The IJA recon scouts can’t tell me, so I’ll have to try a deliberate attack and see what happens.
Defending force 6497 troops, 94 guns, 274 vehicles, Assault Value = 283
Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (6 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Assaulting units:
38th Division
2nd Division
2nd Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
16th Army
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion
Defending units:
2/9th Armoured Regiment – I’m not sure what sort of “tanks” these units have at this point of the war.
6th Aus Cav Brigade
2/10th Armoured Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment
2/6th Armoured Regiment
19th Australian Battalion
108th Tank Attack Regiment – these two AT Regts could be dangerous. I have 2 x Tank Regts on the road north and south of Katherine that I will move in for the attack.
109th Tank Attack Regiment
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Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3722 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 489
Defending force 2448 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13
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Ground combat at Imphal (60,40)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7554 troops, 140 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 363
Defending force 30876 troops, 270 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1069
Assaulting units:
16th British Brigade
14th British Brigade
23rd British Brigade
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
54th Division
53rd Division
33rd/A Division

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 04, 42
Task Force 310 lays defensive minefield at Amchitka Island ( 158 , 52) and sets course for Hakodate
SS I-29 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
Search H6K4 Mavis destroyed by CAP
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Const Co to Kalemyo
12 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Luganville
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Kalemyo
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming
9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
Kushiro expands fortifications to size 1
Toyohara expands fortifications to size 1
Seishin expands fortifications to size 2
Victoria Point expands fortifications to size 1
Goa expands airfield to size 3
Lopei expands airfield to size 1
Device NE turbojet advances R&D
CV Shokaku beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka – air search radars installed
CV Zuikaku beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
Ominato Ku T-1 on CV Akagi converting to size 81 from 71
Takao-2 converting to E13A1 Jake
xAKL Pulganbar is reported to have been sunk near Darwin on Jun 04, 1942

awaw · Post by **awaw** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:37 am

Interestingly, Babs has suffered a higher rate of ops losses than Dinah.

Are you using babs differently from dinahs:
1. Longer range
2. Lower XP pilots
etc

The ops losses are really skewed esp after one take into account that the Babs have been flying against CAPless targets.
Thanks for the information on the recon losses. It is mightily helpful as calibration for my forward planning.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:50 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 05, 42
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ASW attack near Karachi at 39,8
SS I-175
Allied Ships
ML No. 200
ML No. 202
ML No. 201
SS I-175 is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Tulagi at 114,137
DMS W-5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage, sunk. Allied subs seem to be untouchable at the moment. This happened in the Tulagi hex. Shallow water, defensive minefield, Jakes searching night and day.
DMS W-6
Allied Ships
SS S-31
SS S-31 launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-5
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Morning Air attack on Efate , at 120,154
A6M2 Zero x 22
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
10 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft – reinforcements have arrived, all VMF units.
F4F-3A Wildcat x 11
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
VMF-111 with F4F-3A Wildcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
VMF-211 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
VMF-221 with F4F-4 Wildcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 24
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed – looks like a new USAAF fighter unit has arrived, 23rd FG.
CAP engaged:
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
23rd FG/74th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40E Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Efate , at 120,154
A6M2 Zero x 3 – stragglers from the earlier sweep. The Zeros are outnumbered here so I will put them back on defensive CAP over Ndeni.
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 6
F4F-3 Wildcat x 5
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
CAP engaged:
VMF-111 with F4F-3A Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 71 minutes
VMF-211 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VMF-221 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 78 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Emery Point Fortress, at 76,124 (Darwin)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14
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Morning Air attack on A/B Battery Heavy Coastal Artillery Regiment, at 76,124 (Darwin)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on Barisan KNIL Regiment, at 57,105 (Pamekasan)
Ki-30 Ann x 19
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 74,43 , near Neikiang
Ki-30 Ann x 20
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 37
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 76,46 , near Chungking
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 12th Chinese Base Force, at 88,37 (Yenan)
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 75,47 , near Chungking
Ki-32 Mary x 10
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 24th Chinese Corps, at 81,40 , near Tienshui
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ndeni at 120,143
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 5
Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
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Afternoon Air attack on Kiska Island , at 157,51
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 10
10 x Kittyhawk I sweeping at 7000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville)
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville)
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ndeni at 120,143
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
Japanese Ships
CL Naka
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 183,101
SS I-157
Allied Ships
BB Arizona – damn, missed with all 6 torpedoes. The sub reported it moving SW towards Pearl Harbour so I have vectored three other subs onto the path to try and intercept.
SS I-157 launches 6 torpedoes
Escort abandons search for sub
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Ground combat at Fenton (76,126)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 960 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 81
Defending force 170 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Japanese adjusted assault: 82
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 82 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Fenton !!!
Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment – will now move south to Katherine to join the attack there and potentially pursue any routed units further south.
Defending units:
2/1 NAOU Det.
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 31075 troops, 246 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1207
Defending force 73478 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2556
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at 76,46 (near Chungking)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1020 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1192
Defending force 20641 troops, 97 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 572
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15602 troops, 122 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 584
Defending force 22027 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 747
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13021 troops, 112 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016
Defending force 44873 troops, 204 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1345
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 444
Defending force 38131 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1169
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Deliberate attack – just a probing attack but it gets 1:1.
Attacking force 5856 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 9846 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 361
Japanese adjusted assault: 171
Allied adjusted defense: 160
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
311 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
169 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3722 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 489
Defending force 2453 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 05, 42
Port Hedland is occupied by the Japanese – SNLF Coy captures 290k resources here, and will move inland to occupy Corunna Downs. I don’t need these resources and it would be risky to send xAK here to move that much of a stockpile, so I will probably just leave it all here untouched.
Repairs completed on DD Shirayuki at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service – a large proportion of the Combined Fleet is in port for minor repairs as they have been at size almost continuously since 7 Dec 41.
Repairs completed on DD Isonami at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Umikaze at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
SS I-160 detects possible enemy submarine at 177, 104 but is unable to close within attack range
PO2 Kawabata K. of 3rd Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Fujimatsu O. of 3rd Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
2LT Ogawa, M. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Takenaka M. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Ayanori U. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
2LT Takenaka A. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
1LT Kanai, M. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Eto P. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Notomi O. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Seino, E. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Miyauchi L. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Kawai G. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Ito, T. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Gushi F. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Yoshioka, Y. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Hiramoto K. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Kalemyo
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Const Co to Kalemyo
12 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Luganville
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 2nd Mortar – supplies are being dropped into 16th Army at Katherine, from Dili.
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 20th Ind. Mtn Gun
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 38th
8 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming
9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
Repairs completed on DD Yugure at Tokyo, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Nenohi at Tokyo, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Harusame at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Fenton !!!
Mukden expands airfield to size 8
Santa Barbara expands airfield to size 4
Tacoma expands airfield to size 8
Amchitka Island expands fortifications to size 2
Baker Island expands fortifications to size 2
Tienshui expands airfield to size 2
Palembang expands fortifications to size 5
Kalemyo expands fortifications to size 2
Ace pilot Inuzuka O. of 59th Sentai is promoted to 1LT – he’s not the most experienced or the top ace, so these promotions must just be random. There are three 1LTs in this unit now.
Yokosuka Ku K-3 on CV Akagi converting to size 81 from 71
E Shirataka beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka, this is a CM to E upgrade giving it depth charges.
Saeki Ku T-1 converting to size 27 from 12 – a baked in size increase, but I had to move it to Sasebo to take effect.
Loss of DMS W-5 on Jun 05, 1942 is admitted
xAK Katsukawa Maru arrives at Tokyo – converted to Std-C TK 

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:56 am

ORIGINAL: awaw

Are you using babs differently from dinahs:
1. Longer range
2. Lower XP pilots
etc

The ops losses are really skewed esp after one take into account that the Babs have been flying against CAPless targets.
Thanks for the information on the recon losses. It is mightily helpful as calibration for my forward planning.

Not using them differently as far as I can tell.
Both are flying up to the same max normal range (11).
Babs are flying at 25k' while Dinah are at 30k'.

My guess is that the main factors are the durability difference, plus the Babs single engine v Dinah twin engine.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:00 am

Here's a random detail I noticed today.
The stats for the CMDR of this Mavis unit were not up to scratch so he was just replaced by a LT.
It cost 15 PP though, that seems a bit steep for a 6 plane det!

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:22 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 06, 42
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Sub vs Sub: SS I-165 attacking SS S-40 at 121,146 - near Vanikoro
SS I-165
Allied Ships
SS S-40
SS I-165 launches 2 torpedoes at 3,000 yards
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Sub attack near Tulagi at 114,137
TK Zuiyo Maru
TK Mitu Maru
PB Tama Maru #8
Allied Ships
SS S-31
SS S-31 launches 4 torpedoes at TK Zuiyo Maru – one dud, my turn for a bit of luck
S-31 bottoming out ....
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ASW attack near Tulagi at 114,137
AMc Kaito Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-31
SS S-31 is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
SS Sculpin is located by SC CHa-13
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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97
TK Matsumoto Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage, sunk. This is a small TK that was moving small amounts of fuel to nearby bases. Not a critical loss but whenever a TK is in the sub cross-hairs the heart rate goes up.
PB Sonan Maru #6
Allied Ships
SS Sailfish
SS Sailfish launches 2 torpedoes at TK Matsumoto Maru – then the allies get an exploding torpedo
Sailfish diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Pagan at 112,89
xAP Hakone Maru
PB Shinkyo Maru
Allied Ships
SS Sargo
SS Sargo launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Hakone Maru
Sargo diving deep ....
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Morning Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38 – P-40s come up to play today
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Katherine , at 76,128
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 6th Aus Cav Brigade, at 76,128 (Katherine)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 19th Australian Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on NW Australia Base Force, at 75,129 , near Katherine – the allies seem to be withdrawing a lot of their base forces south for use later in the war. I don’t have enough Tank Regts here to try and trap them.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 2
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 2nd RAN Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on NW Aus Aviation Rgt , at 76,133 , near Daly Waters – lots of Aviation support at Daly Waters. The pub there would be doing a roaring trade, but it is probably out of beer by now.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 1st Fgtr RAAF Wing ...
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 – bombing from 5k’ here, still getting a bit of flak but very few destroyed, even the light bombers.
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 21
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 34
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-32 Mary x 12
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 – bombing at 10k’ here as the flak is a bit more intense than at Changsha.
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 26
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9
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Morning Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
3 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 41
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5
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Morning Air attack on Barisan KNIL Regiment, at 57,105 (Pamekasan)
Ki-30 Ann x 19
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 20
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 76,46 , near Chungking
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7
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Morning Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 88,37 (Yenan)
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22 – this is a 2nd Air Div bomber unit flying from Jehol in Manchukuo at 10/11 of max extended range as part of their advanced training course. 31x Lily in the unit, at 20% rest, 5k’ bombing altitude. Out of 42 pilots, one gained experience and three gained ground bombing skill today. Average experience is 51 with 64 average ground bombing skill.
22 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 19th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 35th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 75,47 , near Chungking
Ki-32 Mary x 10
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Amchitka Island , at 158,52
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 10
10 x Kittyhawk I sweeping at 7000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on Maizuru 3rd SNLF, at 158,52 (Amchitka Island) – I have more aviation support moving here to reform 50th JNAF AFU. I will then get some local CAP back over the base to counter the Kittyhawks and these bombers. BB Yamato has just temporarily joined BB Div 2 (Ise and Hyuga) so once some CVLs/CVEs are ready I will send them all NE with 7th Div invasion force to attack Adak Island.
Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 4
B-26 Marauder x 3
Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking B./50th JNAF Coy ...
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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97
PB Sonan Maru #6
Allied Ships
SS Sailfish
SS Sailfish launches 2 torpedoes
Sailfish diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Tulagi at 114,137
AMc Kaito Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-18
SS S-18 is sighted by escort
S-18 bottoming out ....
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Pre-Invasion action off Luganville (120,150) – I was wrong about Luganville. Allied invasion comes in and Tulagi based Bettys do nothing about trying to stop it today. All settings look good so it must have just been weather or some other random die roll fail.
1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania
CA Vincennes
CL Boise
CL Nashville
DD Walke
APD Kilty
DD Stuart
Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
BB Pennsylvania firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit – I have some of 89th NG at Tulagi but this is the major portion of it. I will try to extract a few more squads by Mavis transport but the rest are doomed.
CA Vincennes firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit
CL Boise firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit
CL Nashville firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit
DD Walke firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit
DD Walke fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
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Amphibious Assault at Luganville (120,150)
Allied ground losses: 2x units spotted with 2440 troops ashore. Probably an Infantry or Marine Regt plus change. I’ll find out tomorrow when they attack.
95 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Deliberate attack – the slow grind in the NCAA Mountain Hex continues.
Attacking force 34403 troops, 427 guns, 397 vehicles, Assault Value = 1224
Defending force 17889 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 496
Japanese adjusted assault: 855
Allied adjusted defense: 694
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1205 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
878 casualties reported
Squads: 49 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Assaulting units:
North China Area Army
27th Division
35th/A Division
35th/B Division – just arrived with 147 fresh AV that didn’t join this attack. 35th/C is two hexes away near Ankang but will move to join and reform 35th Div here.
110th/A Division – 110th/B is currently providing the Sian garrison but will be relieved by a Bde from 1st Army that is currently near Yenan. 110th/C is two hexes SE of Ankang after clearing Chinese units from the rough terrain. It will move north shortly once the 59th DIv (in two separate Bdes) make sure that the Chinese won’t try to advance east again to interfere with supply lines. 110th Div will move to reform over coming weeks.
12th Tank Regiment
12th Army
32nd Division
NCAA Reserves (attachments from 3rd and 4th Armies)
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
50th Field AA Battalion
52nd Field AA Battalion
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
22nd Field AA Machinecannon Company
26th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
Defending units: One of these Corps has about 330 AV in it and is the one holding this defence together. Watching the combat replays, I just can’t seem to damage it.
21st Group Army
48th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
24th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 76,46 (near Chungking)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 37813 troops, 455 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1195
Defending force 20632 troops, 97 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 573
Japanese adjusted assault: 480
Allied adjusted defense: 736
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2287 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 121 disabled – 3rd Div takes the brunt here so I will switch them to reserve and let them have a bit of a rest in place. I can still move 13th Div here to join in, but it is currently keeping the Chinese units that were kicked out of Changteh off the road and forcing them to move cross country to get back to Chungking.
1st, 10th, 11th and 12th Divs are still moving to join 20th Army west of Chungking, so once they have used the roads in this area to move I will be able to let 13th Div re-join the 11th Army stack.
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Allied ground losses:
709 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 5 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Division
6th Division
34th Division
11th Army
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
Defending units:
15th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
19th Group Army
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 31075 troops, 246 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1207
Defending force 73596 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2570
Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
39th Division
40th Division
51st Infantry Brigade
24th RGC Temp. Division – will move to “garrison” the Changteh-Chihkiang Road as there are still some Chinese units just to the north of it that don’t seem to be moving. I suspect that they are waiting to try and cut supply lines. These RGC units will replace 10th Div RCTs that I’ve just ordered to move west.
25th RGC Temp. Division – as above
1st RGC Route Brigade - as above
Defending units:
5th Construction Regiment
74th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
14th Construction Regiment
27th Group Army
29th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15602 troops, 122 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 584
Defending force 22023 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 745
Assaulting units:
22nd Division
56th Infantry Brigade
Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
3rd War Area
10th Group Army
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack – reviewing these numbers gave me an idea. I will move HQ 1st Army and 37th Div west then NW, as I now own all hex sides here except the NW one. It will then come back around to try and clear the hex NW of Tsiatso and close the back door on this hex. It might not work due to the terrain, but at least I will be trying something new here. If it does work, it will free up HQ 1st Army and two more good Divisions for the NCAA axis.
Attacking force 13021 troops, 112 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016
Defending force 44893 troops, 203 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1346
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
37th Division
36th Division
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade
1st Army
Defending units:
34th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
9th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
39th Group Army
7th Group Army
14th Group Army
15th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 88,38 (near Yenan)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11113 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 361
Defending force 200 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 310
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 310 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
292 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade – this unit can become 62nd Div when another Bde arrives in about a year, but it will try to capture Yenan first to get the 40 x resource centres there.
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade – this unit will become the Sian garrison, after they try an attack on Yenan.
Defending units:
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 445
Defending force 38141 troops, 187 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1170 – this is the stack that I want to try and clear with HQ 1st Army and 37th Div. It is a large raw AV in Wooded Rough terrain, but the defenders have been out of supply for months now. 4th IMB could also move here if Yenan is captured as the 4th Mongol Cav Div could garrison Yenan. That would give me roughly 1:1 raw AV so would be worth an attempt.
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
47th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
8th Group Army
4th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 83,46 (near Ichang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3177 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120
Defending force 4525 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60
Japanese adjusted assault: 106
Allied adjusted defense: 82
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
54th Infantry Brigade
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army
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Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3722 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131
Defending force 2436 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13
Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Korea Army
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
3rd JAAF AF Coy
7th JAAF AF Coy
Defending units:
11th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 06, 42
Repairs completed on CL Yubari at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Yunagi at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CVL Shoho at Tokyo, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CS Chitose at Tokyo, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hatsushima at Tokyo, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Wakaba at Tokyo, ship returned to service
SS I-29 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
Repairs completed on CM Okinoshima at Singapore, ship returned to service
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Kalemyo
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Const Co to Kalemyo
12 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Luganville
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 38th
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 38th
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 38th
8 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard SS I-166
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard SS I-166
Repairs completed on CS Nisshin at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Kamikaze at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Samidare at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Shiratsuyu at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CV Junyo at Tokyo, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hatsuharu at Tokyo, ship returned to service
Fresno expands airfield to size 4
Stockton expands airfield to size 4
Naga expands airfield to size 2
Hong Kong expands airfield to size 5
Port Blair expands fortifications to size 3
Prince Rupert expands airfield to size 4
Kuibyshevka expands airfield to size 6
SS I-23 available for service in damaged state at Truk – has to return to Yokosuka for repairs to major damage.
Loss of TK Kaizyo Maru on May 18, 1942 is admitted
Loss of TK Matsumoto Maru on Jun 06, 1942 is admitted 

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Mon Mar 09, 2020 12:44 am

I got a 10 yr anniversary voucher from Matrix/Slitherine on 1 March and just downloaded it.
35% off my next purchase, nice one.

Seeing as I cant remember when I bought a game other than WITPAE, and my current PBEM might take about another 4 years to finish, I wonder how long the voucher will stay valid for!

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