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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 07, 43
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ASW attack near Puerto Princesa at 73,85

Japanese Ships
E W-19
DD Kisaragi
E W-21

Allied Ships
SS Drum, hits 5, heavy damage

WOW! After dozens of unsuccesful attacks that didn't even damage enemy subs we finally sink one as DD Kisaragi manages to hit SS Drum with 4 direct hits...


SS Drum is located by E W-19
DD Kisaragi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-21 fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kisaragi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kisaragi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kisaragi attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near North Male at 21,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
DD Redoubt

SS I-165 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Redoubt
I-165 diving deep ....
DD Redoubt fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Redoubt fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Redoubt fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Redoubt fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Redoubt fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Woodlark Island at 104,132

Japanese Ships
APD Shiokaze
APD Nadakaze
APD Nokaze
APD Yakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-28

SS S-28 is sighted by escort
APD Nadakaze attacking submerged sub ....
APD Nokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
APD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Nadakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
APD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Calicut (29,38)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 92 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 7

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Calicut !!!

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

Assaulting units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /3

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 08, 43
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ASW attack near Kuroshima at 98,61

Japanese Ships
E W-9
DD Mikazuki
E W-11

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

we follow with another day of failure...


SS Thresher is located by E W-9
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
E Ukishima
E Shirakami
TK Mirii Maru
TK Omurosan Maru
E Saishu
E Takashima
E Ishizaki
E Hoko

Allied Ships
SS Lapon

SS Lapon launches 2 torpedoes at E Ukishima
Lapon diving deep ....
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Takashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko attacking submerged sub ....
E Saishu attacking submerged sub ....
E Takashima attacking submerged sub ....
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub and abandons search
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Ishizaki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Sandakan at 70,87

Japanese Ships
E W-1
DD Shinonome
E W-3

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

SS KXVI is sighted by escort
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-3 fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Mangalore (30,34)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 125 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 7

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mangalore !!!

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

Assaulting units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /4

ORIGINAL: castor troy

we pursued the fleeing base force which surrenders to our attack... Southwestern tip of India seems to be totally cleared of Allied units now, while Ceylon remains a big aircraft carrier with dozen of LCUs there and it looks like convoys have been bringing in more and more...

Can you establish a naval blockade of Ceylon or are you moving the IJN elsewhere?
There are a lot of points in that allied surface combat TF!

Not to mention a lot of VP in those units trapped on Ceylon.

Thanks for the input guys, I really appreciate that. But like I have mentioned before, I see the situation completely different. Ceylon is a fortress, the whole RN is there, something like 700+ aircraft of all different types and each base I could land has a strong garrison, even the inland bases have troops. Attacking Ceylon would be something of the worst I could do as it would mean inevitable losses, huge losses. Even if I would succeed, it would be crazy to lose all that stuff to seize Ceylon. Why? Because we have a situation pretty much every IJ fanboy is dreaming of. I might sound arrogant, perhaps way too arrogant, but I can't remember reading an AAR that came nearly to the situation we see in this game. I can remember the most famous PzB AAR where he missed the 4:1 and failed at Karachi to take India. Well, I can summarize the strategic situation in this PBEM again.

When 43 came around we achieved autovictory with way over 6.5:1 (how many games achieve this?). We took China. We took India. In India we have destroyed thousands and thousands of enemy assault value of Commonwealth troops. We seized some 1.5 mio tons of supply in India with all the industry producing there for us daily. In total we have 5+ mio supplies, 5+ mio fuel at the moment. 1 mio HI in the pool with 15,600 HI produced each day. We have seized all oilfields we could reach, all are fully producing. We have sunk all USN carriers early 42, only Wasp and Hornet were left at the end of 42. We have sunk more than two dozen CA/CL, four BB, dozens of DD, dozens of TK and I don't know how many freighters.

Most arrogantly speaking, we did this while we lost three fleet destroyers... There is no aspect where it isn't running perfectly for us and doing something crazy like attacking Ceylon would nothing else be like total victory desease. I could as well pick up six divs, take KB and the rest of the fleet and invade Hawaii. Why? No reason to do so. The enemy lost 26,700 points just for ground troops, scoring more points for grounds troops doesn't sound like a good reason to me to risk the whole war when going after Ceylon which would require most of my airforce, KB and pretty much the whole IJN. This would strip the rest of the map of pretty much all my assets and the enemy could even invade the Marianes with no chance for me to react. No, I won't attack Ceylon, the enemy might attack out of Ceylon and it will be costly for him but it would be ten times bloodier for us to attack that damn island.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 09, 43


that's the combat report for 9th April... nothing...

what did happen was the loss of 5 aircraft on ASW/nav search... this is getting so retarded and it pisses me off in each game as the Japanese as I lose more aircraft on nav search than I have bomber ops losses in combat missions as the Allied. Pilots aren't fatigued, they are all trained, flying from minimum lvl 5 airfield, no airfields are overstacked, normal range. And I lose 2 or 3 of them on average each day. Idiotic.

Usual messages:

Ki-49-IIa Helen from 92nd Sentai crashes on landing
E13A1 Jake from Yokosuka Ku T-3/A crashes on landing

daily...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 10, 43
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Sub attack near Shimushiri-jima at 131,51

Japanese Ships
xAKL Shoyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-7
xAKL Tamaki Maru
PB Aoi Maru
PB Wa 12
PB Wa 11

Allied Ships
SS Runner

1 pt xAKL lost to a sub isn't a tragedy but today just proves again that Allied subs are becoming more and more a problem... and for each sub sunk by air ASW it feels like I lose 100 Helens to ops, quite a bad trade...


SS Runner launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Shoyu Maru
Runner diving deep ....
PB Aoi Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Wa 12 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Wa 11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Wa 11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Wa 11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Wa 11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Wa 11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Wa 11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Roi-Namur at 131,113

Japanese Ships
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Taikei Maru
xAK Shirashika Maru
PB Uchide Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

another freighter goes down, also an expandable one...


SS Searaven launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Sumiyoshi Maru
PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub



lol, when I was bitching about 5 aircraft lost on ASW/nav search yesterday, we lose no less than 8 today...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 11, 43
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Sub attack near Shimushiri-jima at 130,49

Japanese Ships
PB Bunzan Maru
AMC Kongo Maru
AK Yodogawa Maru
AK Yamazuki Maru
AK Yamagiri Maru
xAK Meiu Maru
xAK Mitimei Maru
xAK Argun Maru
E Wakataka
E Aotaka
E Hatsutaka
E Tsubame

Allied Ships
SS Runner

at least this time an escort was targetted... that convoy has a dozen escorts, mostly E, not a single DC hit was scored, not even a near miss... and Runner was spotted earlier...


SS Runner launches 2 torpedoes at PB Bunzan Maru
Runner diving deep ....
E Wakataka fails to find sub and abandons search
E Aotaka fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hatsutaka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsubame fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hatsutaka fails to find sub and abandons search
E Tsubame fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsubame fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsubame fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsubame fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsubame attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

What are your percentages and range for ASW?

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 12, 43
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,105

Japanese Ships
xAKL P-92, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAKL P-15
PB Senyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Mingo

that 100 ton freighter wasn't worth the torps but it's only a matter of time when a sub gets a shot at one of my really precious ships...


SS Mingo launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL P-92
Mingo diving deep ....
PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 14, 43
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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 126,109

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamafuku Maru
xAK Shirashika Maru
PB Uchide Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

crazy how short the combat reports are each day, only recon, nav search and some sub attacks happen...


SS Albacore is sighted by escort
Albacore diving deep ....
PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near Addu at 13,49

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
xAP Harmonides, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

we took some revenge on an unescorted tansport going to Ceylon...


xAP Harmonides is sighted by SS I-23
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Harmonides

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 15, 43
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Sub attack near Balabac at 71,84

Japanese Ships
AO Nippon Maru
E Ishigaki
E Kunashiri
AO Toho Maru
AO Shinkoku Maru
TK Tatekawa Maru
TK Gen'yo Maru
E Tomozuru
E Manazuru
E Chidori
E Matsuwa

Allied Ships
SS Finback

little heart attack here when Finback hits a 11600 ton AO with a dud torp... this high value convoy consists of 10 AO/TK and is escorted by 12 E... [8|]


SS Finback launches 4 torpedoes at AO Nippon Maru
Finback diving deep ....
E Tomozuru attacking submerged sub ....
E Manazuru fails to find sub and abandons search
E Chidori fails to find sub and abandons search
E Matsuwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub and abandons search
E Matsuwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Matsuwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Matsuwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Matsuwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Matsuwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub



the earlier reported enemy stack of troops that was reported in Northern Australia is nearing Darwin, the first bunch of troops should arrive there within the next three or four days I guess... in total recon shows 28 enemy units, over 80,000 troops reported, lots of vehicles and guns... will be interesting...

I wonder how he is going to supply all of that? That long leg from Alice Springs makes it challenging to get supply to support offensive ops.

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

I wonder how he is going to supply all of that? That long leg from Alice Springs makes it challenging to get supply to support offensive ops.

exactly my thought, the last thing I was expecting was an overland campaign against Darwin. My first bet would have been an invasion against Port Moresby with limited carrier support but not an attack on Darwin.

OK, good, I'm not missing anything obvious. So, with luck you will spank him pretty hard … Ozzie replacements are just fair across the board. Hurt him hard enough, he might not recover in this game ….

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 17, 43
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TF 162 encounters mine field at Diamond Harbour (52,38)

Allied Ships
SS Truant, Mine hits 1, heavy damage


First time an enemy sub hit a mine and was actually shown as heavily damaged... doubt that the sub will sink though...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 19, 43
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ASW attack near Ulithi at 102,94

Japanese Ships
PB Keiko Maru
xAP Kobe Maru
xAP Kongo Maru
xAK Ryoyo Maru
PB Kosin Maru #3
PB Taiko Maru
PB Myoken Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

good work by the escorts as this could have gone uggly, the convoy is carrying an IJA division...


SS Pompano is sighted by escort
PB Kosin Maru #3 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Myoken Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


enemy units finally reached Darwin where we have three Infantry divs, three Tank divs just arrived from India, artillery and support... I would be very surprised if the enemy Army was able to achieve anything here as the forts at Darwin reached level 6 just today [:)] the plan is to cut the enemy off and destroy them, this is why the Tank divisions are here...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 20, 43
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Amphibious Assault at Tawi Tawi (72,90)

TF 91 troops unloading over beach at Tawi Tawi, 72,90

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

bringing a small part of a para unit with an APD to Tawi Tawi to take the empty base which is the last enemy base in the DEI just in case a damaged sub decides to disband in the lvl 1 port...



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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 98,59

Japanese Ships
DD Yuzuki
E W-22

Allied Ships
SS Sawfish

ASW group reacts and attacks, at least some DC were dropped today... W-22 drops the full load of Type 2 DC and fails to score even a single near miss...


SS Sawfish is sighted by escort
Sawfish diving deep ....
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-22 attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-22 attacking submerged sub ....
E W-22 is out of ASW ammo
E W-22 is out of ASW ammo
E W-22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34520 troops, 487 guns, 453 vehicles, Assault Value = 1262

Defending force 83644 troops, 1030 guns, 1496 vehicles, Assault Value = 2477

Allied ground losses:
2477 casualties reported
Squads: 38 destroyed, 114 disabled
Non Combat: 89 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 63 (22 destroyed, 41 disabled)
Vehicles lost 90 (79 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

just have a look at this... [X(][8|] that's the moment where I have to bitch about some non working routines or code in the game... has been there since release and never has been something done against it, the so called stupid counter bombardment... Mundy's Army finally reached Darwin yesterday and he ordered a bombardment to see what I have there just to have his units be hit by a nuke... I've said it so often but unlike the silly strato sweeps it never got attention, there must be something wrong when the damage done by counterbombardment is 100 times higher than what you do when you order the same units to bombard... IDIOCY... [8|]

it's a very optimistic operation to move overland to Darwin with such a force (5 more units in the hex SE of Darwin) as I had ample time to react to that move... my tanks have been ordered to move SW on the road then head E to cut off any retreat path, the three Divs at Darwin will have to deliberate attack in one or two days so the enemy is pinned...


Assaulting units:
2/9th Armoured Regiment
2nd Cav Recce Regiment
14th Australian Brigade
2nd Australian Brigade
6th Cav Recce Regiment
3rd Tank Battalion
21st Cav Recce Regiment
15th LH MG Regiment
32nd Infantry Division
6th Australian Brigade
10th LH Cav Regiment
1st Australian Brigade
11th Australian Brigade
Broome RAN Stn Base Force
Aus I Corps
197th Coast AA Regiment
10th RAAF Base Wing
North Territory Cmd
16th Fld RAA Regiment
Darwin RAAF Base Force
2nd Aus Hvy AA Regiment
Townsville RAN Base Force
13th Aus Hvy AA Regiment

Defending units:
1st Tank Division
3rd Division
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
32nd Division
15th Division
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
33rd Ind Engineer Regiment
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
30th Ind Engineer Regiment
34th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Mortar Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
19th Field Construction Battalion
33rd Ind.AA Gun Co
5th Field Construction Battalion
24th JAAF AF Bn
31st Ind.AA Gun Co
34th Ind.AA Gun Co
18th JAAF AF Bn
1st Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
13th Air Flotilla
8th Field Construction Battalion
2nd Army
2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
32nd Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd RF Gun Battalion
15th Base Force
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Raiding Rgt /3


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Ground combat at Sawahloento (45,85)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 119 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sawahloento !!!

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

Assaulting units:
3rd Raiding Rgt /1

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 21, 43
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45850 troops, 633 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 1410

Defending force 43099 troops, 616 guns, 681 vehicles, Assault Value = 1084

Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)

see... follow up turn when all my units were ordered to bombard, it's nothing compared to the silly counterbombardment result of yesterday... I'm perfectly ok with this turn's result, but yesterday's is so wrong, someone should have look at it ten years ago when it was brought up again and again and again... and again and again it was ignored... "all is working as designed"...[8|]


Assaulting units:
32nd Division
15th Division
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
30th Ind Engineer Regiment
3rd Division
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
33rd Ind Engineer Regiment
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
34th Ind Engineer Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
34th Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
18th JAAF AF Bn
8th Field Construction Battalion
2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
5th Field Construction Battalion
33rd Ind.AA Gun Co
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
24th JAAF AF Bn
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
31st Ind.AA Gun Co
5th RF Gun Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Army
15th Base Force
19th Field Construction Battalion
13th Air Flotilla
32nd Ind.AA Gun Co
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Raiding Rgt /3

Defending units:
21st Cav Recce Regiment
15th LH MG Regiment
2/9th Armoured Regiment
6th Cav Recce Regiment
3rd Tank Battalion
14th Australian Brigade
6th Australian Brigade
10th LH Cav Regiment
32nd Infantry Division
1st Australian Brigade
2nd Australian Brigade
11th Australian Brigade
Broome RAN Stn Base Force
2nd Aus Hvy AA Regiment
10th RAAF Base Wing
North Territory Cmd
Darwin RAAF Base Force
Townsville RAN Base Force
197th Coast AA Regiment
16th Fld RAA Regiment
Aus I Corps
13th Aus Hvy AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Pakanbaroe (46,83)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 122 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pakanbaroe !!!

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

Assaulting units:
3rd Raiding Rgt /3



today's highlight was the Ki-84a Frank enters production...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 22, 43
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 47708 troops, 645 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 1413

Defending force 42921 troops, 613 guns, 678 vehicles, Assault Value = 1063

Japanese adjusted assault: 1409

Allied adjusted defense: 894

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
4964 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 417 disabled [X(]
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled
Guns lost 32 (1 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
985 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 143 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 56 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 71 (1 destroyed, 70 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (5 destroyed, 27 disabled)

oh damn... my tank divs moved out of Darwin and try to cut the enemy off to the South East where he's trying to retreat to already so I had to order my three divs to attack to reset the enemy's movement... I know from previous land engagements that Mundy is moving his units in reserve mode usually as they always were able to retreat faster than my units could follow them and to be honest, I don't even know if land attacks reset the movement if the defender is in reserve as air attacks aren't resetting the moving units into combat mode nor are they slowing them down... all in all I was quite shocked by the result of this attack though because I either expected a 2:1 as I was sure the enemy would not be fully supplied or at least we would cause equal losses but causing only 150 disabled av while we lose way over 400 is a really bad result when we also miss the needed 2:1 by several hundred adjusted av...

it's going to be a race now, most likely decided by only a day, either being late or not... if we make it the enemy will suffer as he will most likely end up being cut off, if we are late it was a big mistake because if I had left my tanks in Darwin they would have been sufficient to force a retreat of the enemy today... I already fear it was the wrong decision...


Assaulting units:
15th Division
3rd Division
30th Ind Engineer Regiment
33rd Ind Engineer Regiment
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
32nd Division
34th Ind Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
5th Field Construction Battalion
31st Ind.AA Gun Co
13th Air Flotilla
18th JAAF AF Bn
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
32nd Ind.AA Gun Co
19th Field Construction Battalion
15th Base Force
21st Mortar Battalion
34th Ind.AA Gun Co
24th JAAF AF Bn
5th RF Gun Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Army
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd RF Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
33rd Ind.AA Gun Co
8th Field Construction Battalion
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Raiding Rgt /3

Defending units:
2nd Australian Brigade
6th Australian Brigade
1st Australian Brigade
10th LH Cav Regiment
2/9th Armoured Regiment
15th LH MG Regiment
14th Australian Brigade
21st Cav Recce Regiment
32nd Infantry Division
6th Cav Recce Regiment
3rd Tank Battalion
11th Australian Brigade
10th RAAF Base Wing
2nd Aus Hvy AA Regiment
North Territory Cmd
Townsville RAN Base Force
Aus I Corps
16th Fld RAA Regiment
197th Coast AA Regiment
Broome RAN Stn Base Force
Darwin RAAF Base Force
13th Aus Hvy AA Regiment