PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel

[castor troy]

Wasn´t that bug fixed with 1.4?

[tsimmonds]

I got a sub that should have arrived at Hiroshima/Kure several days ago..it still got '1 days remaining'!?
Anyone know the reason for this? All my other ship constructions are proceeding according to schedule and there
are 5 spare naval construction points left.

If you only have 5 points remaining, it is almost certainly because you are spending more naval construction points per turn than your naval construction yards are creating. When you try to spend more than you have available, the construction AI will pick one or more projects to put on hold. The status does not change, it just does not advance. It is usually one of the most expensive ships under construction.

Don't forget that when you have a ship accelerated, it is costing you 3X (not just 2X) its durability per day.

[kaiser73]

ORIGINAL: Lord_Calidor

I hope there's no enemy SigInt in this thread, or else this operation would be FUBAR'd. [:)]

This will be a classic example of diversion, distraction, destruction tactic. Seeing that David has quite a number of heavy bombers in Gilberts region, I suppose those bases are quite developed and well supplied. In other words, ripe for picking, while you still can.
I think that you shouldn't be satisfied with holding India and liberating Java again, as this doesn't give you much of a defensive perimeter. So go ahead and undertake another major, decisive operation before he gets too strong in half a year or so.
Gilberts are logical choice. Close to your well developed bases, yet far from his. Additionaly, his forces are tied up in Java and Solomons, also I guess he has considerable forces in Northern Oz, just to be sure.

So what I would suggest is this:
Divide your carriers in two groups - in one, smaller, put some carriers that were originally in KB - Akagi, Kaga or Shokaku for example, plus a few others, just to be safe from his carriers. Send this one in Java area. Put all others in second TF and send them to Marshalls.
Simultaneosly with commencing land operations on Java, go for a walk with your Java carriers just off North-western Oz. Assign some Vals & Kates to naval search, so he knows what's there. Let him think you'll hit his Oz bases or support Java operations. This will gain you 2 advantages - he will be reluctant to send reinforcements to Java, and also make him anxious about your carriers' moves as he'd probably think KB has come to play.
Wait a few days for him to react, than swing the katana full force on Gilberts - send in your second, larger carrier TF at flank speed from Marshalls area, moving at 10-12 hexes per turn, so he'll never knew what hit him. Unleash all your force on largest airfield, probably Tarawa. Put it out of action, then move on to another. Support them with LBA from Marshalls. If you spot his carriers, and there's a good probability you will, make them priority targets. After you give his local airforce some justice, move in with bombardment TFs. You just got Yamato, so put those 18" in action. Stay a while and reduce his LCUs combat power, and then, after a week or so from operation's start, go in with invasion TF. You should capture quite a pile of supplies/fuel, and destroy a sizeable chunk of his heavies. I presume he would also base some P38s there, so sending them to Sto'vo'Kor wouldn't hurt, too. Being exposed bases that they are, he almost certanly has some surface forces there, maybe a BB or two, so giving your Kates some torpedo practice would be nice.

In terms of LCUs, this shouldn't be costly, so your main force can still concentrate on Java and beyond. And with some veteran divisions from India, US troops on Java should become mosquito-food fairly quickly.

Also, if you don't achieve an autovictory by 01/43, or you agree to continue playing, dealing a blow in CenPac will give you big advantage in coming months.

So...whatcha think? I see this as a perfectly devious plan, spot-on with Japanse tactics and general doctrine. [:D]

it's late '42. Very late '42. This means Allies now have (or can have in a turn) massive airpower in the gilberts.
I don't know how accurate his Intel is about those bases, but i would expect by any decent player that if he developes a base and send there supplies/aircrafts that he moved also lot of engineers and also some land units. This means:
1) you can't hope to close down airfields for more than 1 or 2 days
2) if he has developed to lvl 4 all islands near tarawa, it means you have no chance to close down all gilberts
3) that if he brought 1 div or more in tarawa and with forts lvl 9 you need lot of stuff to win (they are atolls so shock attack rule applies here).

So it could be done. but a proper plan would require the whole navy/air and most of land units to not run any risk (and this assumed you do know how much land units he got there).
Obviously, if Pzb has a better intel then he can try both operations. Personally i think advancing in central pacific in october '42 is a little too risky for little gains.

My advice: take Java and then set for pro-active defence trying to be ready to react to his first attacks with massive force.

[PzB74]

Nice plan Calidor [:)]
There is a lot of sense in the plan, but there are some problems! First of all I do not have enough ground troops
as most of my divisions are slated for Java, Ceylon and Timor. As Kaiser points out, David has developed the bases
in the Gilberts and it would be impossible for me to close them. (Take a look at the map I attached today!)
Yamato still got 40 sys damage and I only got a few fully operational battleships. I think 8 got more than 20 sys damage...

I do have a few plans of my own, but they do not involve any overly aggressive moves this late in the war.

Irrelevant: I thought that as long as there is a spare naval production capacity no ships will be delayed?
I accelerated the cl Agano and the available production points fell from 10 to 3 as far as I can remember.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/13/42

Air Combat

17 B-24s were shot down over Rabaul today, another great victory for the
few defending fighters!

Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 20

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 38 destroyed, 38 damaged
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Day Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
G4M1 Betty x 13

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Høegh Merchant, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mildura

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 66,96

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
SC SC-517, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
AK Empire Selwyn, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 22,2

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45305 troops, 226 guns, 3 vehicles

Defending force 1340 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 3038 to 1

Allied ground losses:
2265 casualties reported
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Situation Map: The Gilbert Islands

[Lord_Calidor]

ORIGINAL: PzB
Nice plan Calidor [:)]
There is a lot of sense in the plan, but there are some problems! First of all I do not have enough ground troops
as most of my divisions are slated for Java, Ceylon and Timor. As Kaiser points out, David has developed the bases
in the Gilberts and it would be impossible for me to close them. (Take a look at the map I attached today!)
Yamato still got 40 sys damage and I only got a few fully operational battleships. I think 8 got more than 20 sys damage...

I do have a few plans of my own, but they do not involve any overly aggressive moves this late in the war.

Judging from this image, most of his strike A/C are probably on Tarawa and Apamama, so an early and unexpected strike could catch most of them on ground. I doubt he would base bombers on Nauru or Makin, as that would incure them penalties, and even if he tries in subsequent turns, he'd have to pack them full of strike A/C to make a dent in your CAP - and that means they can be more easly destroyed on the ground.
If you don't have enough troops for invasion, I would still go ahead with air/bombardment strikes in hopes of catching his BBs/CVs, and destroying a piece of his airforce. Also, once you seriously damage those airfields, you could easily keep them damaged with Betties flying from Marshalls. If you don't react, you're facing a possible early Allied dash to Marshalls, and from there, it's open sea to Marianas.

[kaiser73]

ORIGINAL: Lord_Calidor

ORIGINAL: PzB
Nice plan Calidor [:)]
There is a lot of sense in the plan, but there are some problems! First of all I do not have enough ground troops
as most of my divisions are slated for Java, Ceylon and Timor. As Kaiser points out, David has developed the bases
in the Gilberts and it would be impossible for me to close them. (Take a look at the map I attached today!)
Yamato still got 40 sys damage and I only got a few fully operational battleships. I think 8 got more than 20 sys damage...

I do have a few plans of my own, but they do not involve any overly aggressive moves this late in the war.

Judging from this image, most of his strike A/C are probably on Tarawa and Apamama, so an early and unexpected strike could catch most of them on ground. I doubt he would base bombers on Nauru or Makin, as that would incure them penalties, and even if he tries in subsequent turns, he'd have to pack them full of strike A/C to make a dent in your CAP - and that means they can be more easly destroyed on the ground.
If you don't have enough troops for invasion, I would still go ahead with air/bombardment strikes in hopes of catching his BBs/CVs, and destroying a piece of his airforce. Also, once you seriously damage those airfields, you could easily keep them damaged with Betties flying from Marshalls. If you don't react, you're facing a possible early Allied dash to Marshalls, and from there, it's open sea to Marianas.

Any plan should be evaluated in gain and risk. Here the risk is high: he can lose some very valuable asset (a CV, a BB, many top notch pilots?) and the gain is low. yes, in the best scenario you can catch some aircrafts in the ground. so what? Allies at that date have already no problems refilling the squadrons.

If really tarawa is so important (but can't see why, he doesn't really need tarawa to invade north of tarawa, he can come from east), then delay Java and bring the full firepower of Japan Land and Navy. that is problably something David is not expecting (David is prolly expecting attack at Java).
I still think that's too risky though. if David is keeping Navy and air at tarawa, it means he feels confident there. this means you need to bring the whole thing to have some good chances to win.

[PzB74]

It's a really interesting discussion - thanx guys!

The Yanks really got so many pilots and ac that it is not worth attacking them unless the situation
is ideal! I already got 40400 points to 10400 and the fall of 30+k troops at Colombo will provide me with a 4-1 odds in early 43.
I don't give this much thought though - I'm certain that David wants to continue the game and bring the war to Japan.

What I want to do is to maintain my superiority in carriers as long as possible. If I am skilled and lucky it could be possible to
knock out so many US birdfarms that it will be 1944 before David finally achieves supremacy of the seas.

Over the next 8 months I will receive 4 cvs and 1 cvl - add my existing 6 cvs and 3 cvls to this force and you really got a force
to be reckoned with. I plan to hunt down enemy surface groups between PH and the Coral Sea when the opportunity shows itself.
Superior force will be a must in order to sustain as few casualties as possible.

I did something similar in an UV game and managed to destroy all of the Allied carriers by the end of 1943 without loosing a single
KB carrier. My amph ground troops will mostly be used in a defensive or counter attack role.

[coralsaw]

PzB,

Great AAR (both you and David BTW), I am learning a lot. Please keep it up.

One question: I see you have 2 SS in Nauru. Granted, it's level 2 port and yank ships are not protected, but isn't it dangerous to stay in shallow waters? Also, won't you be spotted/attacked by any escorts that enter? Last (phew!) do you usually operate SS in pairs, I thought it gave you a disadvantage in being spotted.

TIA

/coralsaw

[Lord_Calidor]

OK, if it comes down to choosing between CenPac & Java, you should probably go for Java. I haven't played any PBEMs yet, so I can't really determine what a human player can bring on at the moment. Maybe my expirience vs AI has clouded my judgement. [:)]

But seeing how David is very careful player, decisive action against a single point of interest should be succesfull. And in case of Tarawa, holding it would grant you a 1.800 mile circle of no-shipping zone, amidst a fairly busy lanes. Anything that goes beyond, towards Marianas, NG or PI, must either take a large swing or face a walk down a Betty alley.

[AmiralLaurent]

Regarding naval construction, my own experience is that the game engine will build the ships in the database order, like in the following example:

You have 350 points and are building in database order a BB (250 points), two CL (accelerated, 30 points x 2 each), a DD (12 points) and two submarines (25 points each).

First the game checks the BB. It has 350 points available and the BB needs 250. So it's built (one day less in the list) and date of release remains the same. 350-250 = 100 naval points remaining.

Then it checks the first CL. It has 100 points available and the ship needs 60. So it's built (two day less in the list, as it is accelerated) and date of release is advanced one day. 100 - 60 = 40 naval points remaining.

Then it checks the second CL. It has 40 points available and the ship needs 60. This ship won't be built this turn, not even at normal rate, and date of release is "repulsed" one day. Still 40 naval points remaining.

Then it checks the DD. It has 40points available and the DD needs 12. So it's built (one day less in the list) and date of release remains the same. 40-12 = 28 naval points remaining.

Then it checks the first SS. It has 28 points available and the ship needs 25. So it's built (one day less in the list) and date of release remains the same. 28 - 25 = 3 naval points remaining.

Then it checks the second SS. It has 3 points available and the ship needs 25. This ship won't be built this turn and date of release "repulsed" one day. 3 naval points remaining at the end of the turn, that may be used the next turn.

So you may see some naval points remaining while not all ships were built this turn. If the remaining points are above 50and growing, that means probably that all your ships were built this turn and you have an extra output of shipyard points and can accelerate or restart some ships.

AFAIK, CV are first in the DB, BB next and SS last. AUX and CVE ships use merchant ships points.

[tsimmonds]

Regarding naval construction, my own experience is that the game engine will build the ships in the database order

Now that I think about it more, I'm sure you are right (everything else in this game seems to happen in DB order!). I never had any of my own ships not advance; if I don't have enough points I halt something myself instead.

BTW, I use those excellent IJN ship spreadsheets you made all the time. They are what I based my shipbuilding management tools on.

[AmiralLaurent]

ORIGINAL: irrelevant

Regarding naval construction, my own experience is that the game engine will build the ships in the database order

Now that I think about it more, I'm sure you are right (everything else in this game seems to happen in DB order!). I never had any of my own ships not advance; if I don't have enough points I halt something myself instead.

BTW, I use those excellent IJN ship spreadsheets you made all the time. They are what I based my shipbuilding management tools on.

You're welcome. My own method is first letting both pools grow up to 500 points and then increase/decrease production of ships to stay around this number. I use my Excel sheets only for checking wich ships are currently building.

[PzB74]

Thx for the updates Laurent and Irrelevant! I must have misunderstood the concept of naval construction points.
I do get more points every day so it still doesn't make sence. Not easy to know which ships that will be delayed with
this far from intuitive arrangement [:(]

Hi Coralsaw - thx for the praise [:)] I had 2 subs in the vicinity of Nauru, then I spotted an enemy tf and ordered both of my subs
to intercept. This led them both to the island proper but they were moved out again yesterday. It is dangerous to move your boats
into shallow water but if you spot a weakly escorted convoy or valuable targets, it may be worth the risk.

Usually I only got one sub in one hex, but I have started an experiment were I have based 6 subs around a sub that is equipped with a
floatplane. When an enemy tf is spotted all of the subs will attempt to intercept.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/14/42

Air Combat

In 3 weeks or so my troops will attack Colombo so I continue to suppress
the base.

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 75
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 22
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Bali at 24,68 - a few bombers from Soerabaja fails to hit
a transport tf of Bali!

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 2
Beaufort V-IX x 2
A-20B Boston x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Tenzan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 68,96

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Admiral Williams

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 5

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Joan Moller
AK Mabella, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 64,90 - whaow - David has put all his green B-26 on naval attack!
One of my small minelayers suffers a hit.

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 47

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
ML Naryu
ML Yaeyama
ML Shirataka
ML Takashima, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
All B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97 - another small formation of Betties
penetrates the enemy CAP over Lunga and hits a modern battleship [8D] Bingo!

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Washington, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Munda at 64,95

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 12

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
MSW Bowen
AK Diomed
AK Missourian
AP Empire Pride, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Situation Map: The Washington is hit!

[PzB74]

My Betties are very effective according to David [;)] This turned reported that 2 msw and 1 ak sank.
Another msw was torpedoed and sunk today.

17 enemy bombers were shot down in a2a combat as well. In general I'm enjoying myself these days.
It will probably not last, but for now things are not too bad.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/15/42

Air Combat

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G3M Nell x 25
G4M1 Betty x 81

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
All Nell and G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sorong , at 42,74

Japanese aircraft - I just recently moved this group in
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 22

Allied aircraft - most of the Forts were damaged and 5 were reported lost today
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 25th USA Division, at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
A6M3 Zero x 13
Ki-48 Lily x 19
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 7 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 32nd USA Division, at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 137
Ki-49 Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Aircraft Attacking:
All Helen and Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Malang at 22,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 2
A-20B Boston x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 5 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AP Montoiru Maru
PG Aso Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Taan , at 37,41

Japanese aircraft - a highly experienced Nate group was moved to Taan. They didn't perform too badly
against the unescorted bombers..
Ki-27 Nate x 24

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 5
Hudson I x 5
IL-4c x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Taan , at 37,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 18

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 destroyed, 20 damaged

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 19
Kittyhawk I x 9
B-26B Marauder x 45

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
14 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 20
B-26B Marauder x 38


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
G4M1 Betty x 10

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
MSW Inverell, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground Combat

I'm moving my troops to the next 'batch' of Allied stragglers outside of Karachi.
Another 7000 in this hex...

Ground combat at 22,3

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2281 troops, 5 guns, 140 vehicles

Defending force 7066 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles

[PzB74]

We have installed the new V1.5 patch and things are looking good [8D]
David has finally managed to turn the Allied sub doctrine OFF! Guess I better prepare for unrestricted sub warfare....

A lot of air units with the wrong type of leaders (e.g. fighter unit with bomber leader) have to be changed. This will be done
a little by little.

I've started to ship troops out of Karachi: 75 transports have formed into 4 TF's. Will take a while to get most of my men back
to Singapore, but in 3-4 weeks we should be ready to move against Timor and Java.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/16/42

Air Combat

The Tonys at Sorong bit greedily into an extremely heavy bomber stream
made up of 110 ac! 16 were shot down and numerous others damaged. Only slight
damage to the base. Perhaps it will be possible to fight of unescorted daylight raids?

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Day Air attack on Sorong , at 42,74

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 24

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-17E Fortress x 70
B-24D Liberator x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 7 destroyed, 16 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking: - notice that only 62 out of 110 bombers actually dropped their loads! At least 3 formations were turned back
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 30000 feet
21 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 30000 feet
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 30000 feet
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 30000 feet
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 30000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 30000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 30000 feet
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 30000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 20
Kittyhawk I x 9
B-26B Marauder x 45

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
40 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
5 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Malang at 22,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 16

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
PG Kongosan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Munda at 64,95 - another successful Betty strike!

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 12

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Diomed
AK Missourian, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Benalla, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground Combat

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Ground combat at 22,3

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24944 troops, 73 guns, 140 vehicles

Defending force 6966 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 34 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
408 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
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[Tom Hunter]

In our last game Blackwatch chewed up a couple of my B17 raids with Tony's as well. So I think this was possible in 1.4 too.

Either way this is the second game where I have seen Tonys do some damage to the 4 engine bombers.

[PzB74]

Been busy lately, not had time to upgrade the AAR - so here you got 4 days in one!
Only 3 more weeks and school's out forever [8D]

My Tonys are doing short process of the unescorted bomber streams Tom, I'm moving more and more of the
to the perimeter bases and I've covered my resource rich bases in the DEI and northern Guinea now. I'm building af's and forts
all over the pacific now. Just released another engineer regiment, this one will dig in at Hansa.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/17/42

Sub/ASW Attacks

A lot of good asw results over the next few days!

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ASW attack at 62,79

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze

Allied Ships
SS Gurnard, hits 7, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on TF, near Malang at 22,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
A6M3 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
PG Myoken Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Munda at 64,95

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G4M1 Betty x 12

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 8

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

Allied Ships
AK Diomed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 20
Kittyhawk I x 9
B-26B Marauder x 40

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
18 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Malang at 22,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
A6M3 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Day Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 4

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AK Mabella, heavy damage
AK Høegh Merchant, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage - Høegh Merchant must be another Norwegian transport...

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 4

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Trieste

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 22,1

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18290 troops, 177 guns, 3 vehicles

Defending force 1440 troops, 0 guns, 10 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 404 to 1

Allied ground losses:
1948 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 16
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Ground combat at 22,3

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24962 troops, 77 guns, 140 vehicles

Defending force 6373 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 80 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/18/42

Sub/ASW Attacks

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Sub attack at 61,84

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
APD APD-39
APD APD-36
APD APD-2

Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
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Air Combat

Several heavy air strikes were ordered against Colombo and Java today!

Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 120
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 9 damaged

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 33
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 90
Ki-49 Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Admiral Wood, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
Port supply hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
All Helen and Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-24D Liberator x 31

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 25th USA Division, at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 9 damaged


Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Colombo Base Force, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-48 Lily x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malang , at 22,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
A6M3 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 2

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 54

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
All B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground Combat

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Ground combat at 22,3

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25057 troops, 77 guns, 142 vehicles

Defending force 5960 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
1175 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/19/42

Sub/ASW Attacks

The Allied subs have become more aggressive after we finally managed to turn of the Allied sub doctrine
with V1.5 - fortunately for me the US torpedoes are still faulty!

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Sub attack at 61,85

Japanese Ships
ML Takashima, heavy damage - hit by dud torpedo!

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

Air Combat


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Day Air attack on 32nd USA Division, at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 44

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,68 - the few bombers at Soerabaja finds an opening and manages to
hit a few of my empty transports!

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kembu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Montoiru Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,68

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Myoken Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage *scuttled*

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Munda at 64,95

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Diomed, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW Bowen

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground Combat

Another large Allied troop contingent surrenfers in India. These were the last
ones around Karachi!

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Ground combat at 22,3

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25154 troops, 83 guns, 142 vehicles

Defending force 4802 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 235 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
8058 casualties reported
Guns lost 29


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/20/42

Sub/ASW Attacks

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Sub attack at 67,96

Japanese Ships
SS RO-65

Allied Ships
AK Carolinian, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Bowen
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Air Combat

7 Forts were destroyed today, 5 in A2A and 2 by Flak!
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 20

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-17E Fortress x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 destroyed

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Maloelap , at 82,81 - I will move in some Tojos to the Marshalls soon!

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 39

Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 15 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 32nd USA Division, at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-48 Lily x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses: - a rather good result!
108 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
14 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
19 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malang , at 22,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
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Situation Report

Tomorrow my battleships will start hitting Colombo! 2 full divisions will reach Trimcomalee within
a week. I have sent more AP's to Karachi as there are still 2 divisions and several supportive units awaiting transportation.

My search plane equipped sub spotted an enemy Cv tf heading east below PH yesterday, my wolf pack failed to intercept.
David will be going for vacation tomorrow, so there will only be one more update for a time to come....

[PzB74]

A quick reply from David..guess he's all packed and waiting for his missus [;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/21/42

Sub/ASW Attacks

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
PG Choko Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Herring, hits 1
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Air Combat

I moved 2 semi trained Zero untis back into the damaged fields at Kendari.
Lost a few ac on the ground but again the heavy bombers were shot up pretty badly.
I'm going to try to win this battle, lots of fighters in the area now and more are enroute!

Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
A6M3 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-17E Fortress x 40
B-24D Liberator x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed, 26 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
All Liberators and B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Maloelap , at 82,81

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 44


Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
20 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 14,24 - see,s like David spotted my ships, a lot of medium and heavy bombers struck out against
my battleships today and scored a few hits!

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 8
Wellington III x 27


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Haruna
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2, on fire
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All Blenheims and Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Maloelap at 82,81 - a supply convoy of Maloelap arrived without
me noticing it. The B-25 were accurate - tomorrow I'll have some CAP in place!

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 18

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Florida Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Naples Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Canberra Maru
AK Iwashiro Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 14,24

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
Wellington III x 16
Hudson I x 2


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 2
BB Mutsu
BB Kongo, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 20,24

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships (A replenishment group is moving into Madras to provide fuel for my battlegroup!
TK Rikko Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Bombardments

Ahhhh...and finally my battlegroup hit Colombo in the afternoon!
The loss report stated that 19 Wellingtons were destroyed on the ground today. No less than 50 Allied
ac were destroyed today against 17 Japanese.

Naval bombardment of Colombo, at 14,24

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 2 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 1 destroyed
Wellington III: 9 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 5 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Suzuya
BB Fuso
BB Mutsu
BB Haruna
BB Kongo, on fire

Allied ground losses:
4436 casualties reported [:D] - this felt soo good! I really hate this place. It's been a thorn in my side since I had to bypass it.
Guns lost 45
Vehicles lost 4

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 113
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Ground Combat

Another small combat group appeared of Karachi and is now under 'treatment'!

Ground combat at 22,5

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19187 troops, 96 guns, 6 vehicles

Defending force 2860 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 72 to 1

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
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[Hornblower]

PZB, Sorry I am playing catch-up or is it Catsup? If you can, could you post a screen print of India?[:(]

[PzB74]

Certainly Hornblower, couldn't fit all of India into one screenshot, but there's nothing to see but Jap bases [:D]

David wondered why his coastal arty didn't fire on my bombardment group today.
I've never had coastal guns fire back on battleships before, the same happened in Karachi!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/22/42

Sub/ASW Attacks

The bombardent groups escort got a Dutch sub today!

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ASW attack near Colombo at 14,24

Japanese Ships
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
SS KVIII, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
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Bombardments

I let my battlegroup deliver another round of shells today. Tomorrow they will
visit again before heading to Trimcomalee for more shells [;)]

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Naval bombardment of Colombo, at 14,24

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Suzuya
BB Fuso
BB Mutsu
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
1085 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2
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Air Combat

In all another 20 ac were destroyed on the ground in Colombo today!
Around 250 Japanese medium bombers were in action today, the highest number
thus far in the war.

Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 113
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 121
Ki-49 Helen x 23

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 21 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Admiral Wood, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 50
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71 - a Dutch sweep?

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
A6M3 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71 - one of the bomber groups were turned back today!

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
A6M3 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Maloelap , at 82,81

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet
16 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 32nd USA Division, at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
18 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 22,5

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19234 troops, 98 guns, 6 vehicles

Defending force 2840 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
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Ground combat at 34,23 - helped a shattered indian tank unit on its way back towards Mandalay-)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2394 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 140 troops, 0 guns, 7 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 45 to 1

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Situation Map: India 10/42