PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:51 am

Must admit that sounds strange for me too... Forts are the reason why I
don't get a better odds and engineers are supposed to be the cure!?

The first deliberate attack against Lautern achieved a 2-1 odds and removed the
single fort there. Tomorrow we attempt to capture the base with a shock attack.

Another 20 enemy bombers were shot down today. They only managed to hit 2
transports. An enemy Avenger also put a torpedo in a destroyer. Should make
it home...

While I'm taking damage to many ships, very few of the actually sink. That's
a good thing and the advantage on fighting on home turf. The Ise is on her way to Shanghai,
15 sys damage. So it the Junyo with 35 sys damage. Still 3 fires left on the latter.

In China I have moved another 27 Zeros, 54 Kates and 27 Vals back to Japan after completing
their training. All units have an average of 70 exp. A few Chinese units have 'dissappeared' lately.
I still got a few targets to practice on though, and new air academies have been formed in India
and Burma [;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/17/42

Invasions

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 45 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78

Japanese Ships
PG Busho Maru
DD Nowaki

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 45
9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PG Busho Maru, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Sub/ASW Attacks

The USS Swordfish was reported sunk today - justice for torpedoing
my carrier [:)]

ASW attack near Dili at 31,77

Japanese Ships
MSW Hakata Maru #7
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Asahi Maru
MSW W.17
MSW W.11
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
SS Trout, hits 1, on fire
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
A6M3 Zero x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-48 Lily x 37
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 3 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed
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Day Air attack on Colombo Base Force, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-48 Lily x 13

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

Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 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 18th UK/C Division, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Jinsai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Iwaki Maru
APD APD-31
DD Hato

Aircraft Attacking:
All Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
MSW W.11

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 19,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
A6M3 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 4
A-20B Boston x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 32,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
PG Hirotama Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 10

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Mormacland, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
AK Steel Mariner

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 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
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Hato
AP Iwaki Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 7 destroyed

Japanese Ships
MSW Hakata Maru #7
MSW Atsu Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
1 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 33,74

Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Inazuma, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Anzan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 4

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Mobile City

Aircraft Attacking:
4 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 6

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Donald McKay

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 3

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Mormacland, on fire, heavy damage

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

Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 20573 troops, 192 guns, 7 vehicles

Defending force 22826 troops, 160 guns, 2 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22628 troops, 235 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 27569 troops, 213 guns, 79 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47464 troops, 376 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 20916 troops, 98 guns, 1 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Lautem

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12037 troops, 145 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 5324 troops, 76 guns, 6 vehicles

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
333 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Lautem

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2313 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 11552 troops, 131 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Dili

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1099 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1690 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:53 pm

Enemy ac tried to hit Lautern today but were turned away by my cv CAP!
An escorted B-17 raid against Rabaul was also turned back without losses.
In all 5 P38s were shot down without loss - guess that's not what David
was hoping for. He will probably concentrate increasingly large numbers
of the new fighter though...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/18/42

Surface Combat

A couple of PT boats went into Dili but were repulsed by the escorts..
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dili at 31,77

Japanese Ships
APD APD-31, Shell hits 2
DD Hato
MSW W.9, Shell hits 3
AP Hotsukawa Maru
AP Iwaki Maru
AP Jinsai Maru, on fire
AP Kaihei Maru
AP Kidokawa Maru
AP Kuroshio Maru

Allied Ships
PT PT-80
PT PT-81, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Air Combat

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Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 44

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 4
B-17E Fortress x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses [8D]
P-38G Lightning: 4 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged
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The following strikes shows the extent of the training operations in China and Burma!

Day Air attack on 38th Chinese Division, at 33,26

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 73
Ki-30 Ann x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
23 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
26 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
24 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on 55th Chinese Corps, at 43,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 52
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 36

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate attacking at 100 feet
36 x Ki-61 KAIc Tony attacking at 100 feet
12 x Ki-27 Nate attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Chinese/B Corps, at 46,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
D3A Val x 16
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 23
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo attacking at 100 feet
10 x Ki-27 Nate attacking at 100 feet
8 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
8 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
8 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
8 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
8 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
8 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on Colombo Base Force, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-48 Lily x 8

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

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 18th UK/C Division, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 11
Ki-48 Lily x 11

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

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 18th UK/C Division, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 55

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 10 damaged

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on South Seas Det. , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M2 Zero x 27

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Day Air attack on TF at 32,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AO Ondo

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x CW-21B Demon bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground Combat

I'm just not getting the results I'm epecting from my ground troops.
A shock attack at Lautern only gives a 1-1 odds. Will rest a bit and
move in another few SNL units together with some paras. THEN we
will capture the place! [:'(]

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Ground combat at Lautem

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11558 troops, 134 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 5090 troops, 71 guns, 5 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) *annoyed*

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
366 casualties reported
Guns lost 39

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22662 troops, 237 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 27587 troops, 212 guns, 80 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47804 troops, 377 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 21232 troops, 102 guns, 2 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17726 troops, 169 guns, 7 vehicles

Defending force 23067 troops, 162 guns, 4 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Dili

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1109 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1810 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:59 pm

Another batch of Zeros arrived at Truk today. I'm slowly rebuilding my fighter strength
and now got 130 '0s' in the pool. David will find it increasingly difficult to find undefended bases
to bomb.

Within 1 week I will receive a new CVE and a CVL. The latter will replace the damage Junyo for
a few months. The 2nd Carrier Fleet will then field 1 cv and 4 cvls. In only 2 months the Taiho
will arrive and augment the already poweful 1st Carrier Fleet.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/19/42

Bombardments

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Naval bombardment of Soerabaja, at 22,65 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

107 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Shell hits 8
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Suzuya
BB Fuso
BB Mutsu
BB Haruna
BB Kongo, Shell hits 7

Allied ground losses:
530 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 2
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Sub/ASW Attacks

An enemy sub is spotted by ac west of Kwajalein - an ASW group
is directed in and subsequently sinks the sub!

My subs SW of Pearl Harbour are spotting a lot of ship but refuse to
attack the transports..the new sub doctrine settings!
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ASW attack at 77,79

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze
DD Yuzuki
DD Satsuki
DD Yayoi
DD Wakaba

Allied Ships
SS Tunny, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
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ASW attack at 108,75

Japanese Ships
SS I-22

Allied Ships
MSW Canso
MSW Bayfield
TK Talang Akar
AP Manunda
AP President Polk
AP President Adams
MSW Rockhampton
MSW Bowen
MSW Tamworth
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Air Combat

Bad weather grounds much of my CAP over Timor and Allied ac hits a number
of smaller vessel. Most of them will be retreating during the night.

I redirected my bombers against the airfields in Colombo and destroyed
12 Wellingtons and a few Catalinas on the ground.
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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-48 Lily x 25

Allied aircraft
no flights

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

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 101

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 destroyed
Catalina I: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
A6M3 Zero x 17
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-48 Lily x 51
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
no flights

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

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on South Seas Det. , at 33,78 - tjhis attack severly disrupted the unit!
A poweful CAP will be provided before the next deliberate attack.

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 33
B-24D Liberator x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
24 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 3

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 31

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Hakata Maru #7
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Asahi Maru
MSW W.11, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.17, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
All Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 16

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Jinsai Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kaihei Maru
APD APD-31

Aircraft Attacking:
All Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 22,65 - the Nates defeated this attack! Well done [:)]

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
A-20B Boston x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 3

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x CW-21B Demon bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x CW-21B Demon bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
MSW W.17, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground Combat

Finally the forts were reduced a level in Colombo. 'Only' 5 to go...
Will try a deliberate attack every second day from now on.

Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68217 troops, 383 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 21311 troops, 111 guns, 3 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese ground losses:
727 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
517 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
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Situation Map: Java

The map shows how the Marines in Soerabaja have been circled in.
All that remains is to march the newly arrived Army in and start reducing the
forts... It will be a tough struggle!

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:35 pm

The battle for Timor drags out...me not like! The troops in Lautern are low in
supplies, the small Bde at Dili got most of the 1600 supplies..grmf! I'll shot that
quartermaster! So I'll bring in supplies and another large SNLF unit - if necessary.

It's mostly a sideshow, but I just didn't manage to capture the place as quickly as I
hoped and now have to stay within LBA range and provide targets for enemy subs.

I decided to wait another day before attacking in Colombo again: disruption surges
to ca 75 after a single attack and it take two days to get it back down to their 20's
again. The troops attack much more efficiently then.

The light carrier Zuiho was hit by a searchplane (Catalina) - I was afraid she had
again suffered heavy damage, but 12 sys damage wasn't too bad. Also got 6 fires
to put out. It is the very same ship that got hit twice by Dutch Do-24s during the
first invasion of the DEI. A really, really unlucky 'boat'... Will probably be torpedoed
soon [:'(]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/20/42

Surface Combat

A fast transport mission carrying 2 NLF units killed a lone PT boat...unfortunately
the spine less Captain turned back to Kendari [:@] He's been ordered to turn 180
degrees and unload tomorrow or report to the Special Warfare Unit of the Navy!

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Haguro
CA Ashigara
CA Mogami
CL Yura
CL Kuma
DD Makigumo
DD Makinami
DD Kuroshio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Arashi
DD Arashio
DD Asagumo
DD Yugure
DD Ikazuchi

Allied Ships
PT PT-80, Shell hits 41, and is sunk
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Bombardments

Going to retire my battleships now - they're in need of a long R&R!

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Naval bombardment of Soerabaja, at 22,65 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

185 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6
CA Aoba
CA Suzuya
BB Fuso, Shell hits 14
BB Mutsu
BB Haruna, Shell hits 4
BB Kongo, Shell hits 7

Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Sub ASW Combat

A lot of sub acitivity today...
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Sub attack at 67,44 - again US torpedoes hit something...

Japanese Ships
DD Nenohi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonan Maru #17
PC Shonan Maru #6
PC Shonan Maru #2
PC Shonan Maru #1
DD Naganami

Allied Ships - the DD will live and the Barb got a bad shaking in return!
SS Barb, hits 1, on fire
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Sub attack at 33,77 - I don't like to hang around in sub infected waters...therefore
the delay in capturing Lautern is most annoying!

Japanese Ships
CS Nisshin
DD Hatakaze
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
CA Nachi

Allied Ships
SS O23
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ASW attack at 65,44

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 9
PC Ch 7
PC Ch 6
PC Takunan Maru #5
PC Takuna Maru #7
DD Hatsushima

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 26

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 destroyed

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 102

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 98

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
A6M3 Zero x 17
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 52
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 89

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Division, at 33,78

Ordered my carriers to pound the garrison at Lautern...with
reasonably good results. Disruption will now soar in the Oz div [:)]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
D3A Val x 19
B5N Kate x 56

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All B5N Kate bombing at 8000 feet
19 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 33,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 5
A6M2 Zero x 53

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 14
B-26B Marauder x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

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

Ground Combat

Ground combat at Lautem

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5404 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 4893 troops, 64 guns, 5 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22754 troops, 237 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 27613 troops, 214 guns, 83 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47706 troops, 374 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 20902 troops, 106 guns, 3 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17983 troops, 171 guns, 8 vehicles

Defending force 22378 troops, 149 guns, 3 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:03 am

The turn started rather badly as subs hit two of my fleet oilers *fuel cargo catches fire*
is NOT a pleasent message to get!

Anyway - the day was saved - mostly by chance:
Thought I had cancelled the shock attacks at Lautern...must have goofed it up
cause my troops attacked again today: and captured the base [:)] 5000 Oz PoWs
were taken...

A large CAP prevented Allied bombers from intervening and another
carrier strike further suppressed the defenders. Now I can finally turn my
Cv Fleet and head away from the cursed place.

Dili still remains with a garrison of 5000 troops, but the size 1 af can't
threaten me. In a week or so I will have bombers ready in Macassar
and blast the place into rubble before landing reinforcements.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/21/42

Invasions

My fast transports finally delivers their load...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TF 33 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 33 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78

Japanese Ships
DD Arashi
DD Hatsukaze
DD Ikazuchi
DD Yugure
DD Makinami

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 33
272 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Arashi, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
397 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Sub/ASW Combat

A nice departing present from the Dutch subs around Timor...not one, but
two fleet oilers were torched today - and oh how they burn! [8|]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 32,77

Japanese Ships
AO Iro, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Showa Maru #3
PC Seki Maru #2
PG Hirotama Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXVI
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 33,77

Japanese Ships
AO Iro, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS O23
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 32,77

Japanese Ships
AO Naruto, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
PC Showa Maru #3
PC Seki Maru #2
PG Hirotama Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXVI
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Air Combat

Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 23
Ki-48 Lily x 23

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 68

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
A6M3 Zero x 17
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 50
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 93

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Maloelap , at 82,81

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 39

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 25000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 25000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Division, at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 19
B5N Kate x 56

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 2
Brewster 339D x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
All B5N Kate bombing at 8000 feet
19 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 32,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
A6M2 Zero x 52

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 6 destroyed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 32,73

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Jinsai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 33,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 2

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AO Iro, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x CW-21B Demon bombing at 2000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ground Combat

Ground combat at Lautem

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 10765 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 4725 troops, 59 guns, 6 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lautem base !!! YES! [&o]

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
222 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
5570 casualties reported [8D]
Guns lost 55
Vehicles lost 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47875 troops, 382 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 21130 troops, 111 guns, 3 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:48 am

John, you're not really thinking about getting a *** job ****. [:D]

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:35 pm

Hi Ken, long time [:)]
Yeah, it may be an unavoidable...destiny! Need a few $$ to fund my warmongering!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/22/42

Air Combat

Destroyed 12 ac at the ruined air field at Colombo today. It's a kind of magic
that new ac can continue to appear there...

At Rabaul 32 P38's escorted in a heavy bomber raid! 10 enemy fighters were
shot down for 7 Jap ones, but another 10 heavies followed suit and half the
force was turned away. I've now moved in another 40 fighters. Will be
*costly* to bomb Rabaul....

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 25
Ki-48 Lily x 31

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22
Ki-21 Sally x 90

Allied aircraft
no flights

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

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed
Wellington III: 6 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 80

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
A6M3 Zero x 16
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 52
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 - here comes the welcome committee...

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 7
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 39

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 56

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 32
B-17E Fortress x 33
B-24D Liberator x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 10 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 6 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 25000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 25000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 25000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 36

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ground Combat

We ground down another fort today - it's slow going but the enemy
is taking more and more casualties. Going to rest for another 2 days
now before the next assault goes in.

Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68526 troops, 384 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 21315 troops, 115 guns, 3 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4 [:)]

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese ground losses:
526 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
571 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22800 troops, 240 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 27598 troops, 217 guns, 83 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 18269 troops, 172 guns, 7 vehicles

Defending force 22641 troops, 157 guns, 4 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:24 pm

The most quiet turn for a while... Only the 'routine' bombing missions.
A large army is now pooring into Soerabaja and the first deliberate
attack will take place in 2 days.

My navy really needs 2-3 months for R&R now - a full scale offensive has
been going on for almost a whole year!!! That's a long time, but in a few
short months all of the objectives will have been met and the long defensive
struggle can begin.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/23/42

Air Combat

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-48 Lily x 28

Allied aircraft
no flights

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

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 86

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Madioen , at 21,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
A6M3 Zero x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 25
Ki-48 Lily x 53
Ki-49 Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 71

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 - look at this massive strike...

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 5
B-17E Fortress x 98
B-24D Liberator x 45

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 123

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ground Combat

Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23608 troops, 245 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 27581 troops, 216 guns, 84 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47966 troops, 373 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 20799 troops, 99 guns, 1 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 18395 troops, 173 guns, 7 vehicles

Defending force 22682 troops, 158 guns, 4 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:54 pm

Another quiet turn!

For tomorrow I have ordered another deliberate attack against
Colombo as well as Soerabaja. In the latter I now have 130k troops
against ca 30k Allies. I hope it is possible to overwhelm the garrison..
that depends on how many forts that have been dug there. Quite a few
I guess, cause that's a supply producing base....

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/24/42

Air Combat

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Madioen , at 21,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-48 Lily x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 22
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Jaluit , at 81,84

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 41

No Allied losses

Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24
B-26B Marauder x 18

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

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

Ground Combat

The bulk of the Army has now arrived at Soerabaja! The bombardment attacks
are taking an increasingly heavy toll of the defenders - and I still have 3 arty
units enroute!

Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72976 troops, 673 guns, 9 vehicles

Defending force 22904 troops, 163 guns, 5 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23627 troops, 247 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 27625 troops, 217 guns, 84 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:26 pm

The 3rd Marines and supporting units came under heavy pressure today
as a large Japanese Army started assaulting their position in Soerabaja.
A 2-1 odds was achieved and forts reduced to level 5! How longe can they
hold out?

In Japan a new escort carrier with radar got its air wing: 27 Kates with an
average of 70 exp - fresh out of China! Tomorrow a light carrier will also
arrive from its shakedown cruise.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/25/42

Surface Combat

The surviving HMS Indestructible showed up off Timor and launched a puny
attack against my garrison there - just beyond range of my naval bombers.

My msw's were also out of range from Allied bombers, sweeping the newly
captured harbour of Lautern!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TF 9 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Japanese Ships
MSW Hakata Maru #7
MSW Ataka Maru
MSW Asahi Maru

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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 - now this was a more suitable amount of enemy bombers [;)]

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 2
B-17E Fortress x 3

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 37

No Allied losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 9
TBF Avenger x 9

No Allied losses

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBF Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 30
B-26B Marauder x 49

No Allied losses

Port supply hits 1

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

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 15
B-26B Marauder x 42

No Allied losses

Port supply hits 1

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

Ground Combat

The patient process of reducing the forts at Colombo is working..down
to 3 fort levels now!

Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68587 troops, 387 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 21641 troops, 110 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese ground losses:
663 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
547 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 118685 troops, 1062 guns, 12 vehicles

Defending force 22699 troops, 150 guns, 3 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 5) [8D]

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Japanese ground losses:
1449 casualties reported
Guns lost 36
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
1054 casualties reported
Guns lost 36
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23671 troops, 246 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 22563 troops, 200 guns, 78 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:31 pm

A little correction: It's of course the 2nd Marine Div that's trapped at
Soerabaja, not the 3rd!

Today a 4-1 odds was achieved while the forts were reduced to lvl 4!
That means that a full scale shock attack should defeat the defenders [8D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/26/42

Bombardments

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Naval bombardment of Soerabaja, at 22,65

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
CA Myoko
CA Chokai

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Air Combat

Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 12
Ki-48 Lily x 10

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
All Lily and Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 99

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 73

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Maloelap , at 82,81

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 27

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
16 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 37

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 27

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
All B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 14
B-25C Mitchell x 53

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
45 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 44

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
All Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 14
B-26B Marauder x 48

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

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

Ground Combat

Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 122297 troops, 1022 guns, 9 vehicles

Defending force 21220 troops, 97 guns, 2 vehicles

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Japanese ground losses:
1128 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Allied ground losses:
1022 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23678 troops, 240 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 20069 troops, 199 guns, 78 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:29 pm

Soerabaja gave in for a heavy shock attack today and more than
20000 enemy troops were marched into captivity!

The enemy units included the 2nd Marine Div, a US RCT and 2 base forces.
The Army will now march on Madion!

It looks like the enemy is pulling back for a final stand at Tjilitjap!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/27/42

Air Combat

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Nanning , at 40,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-27 Nate x 9
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 18

Allied aircraft - suicide squadron!?-)
SB-2c x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 6 destroyed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-48 Lily x 35

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

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 101

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 24

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ground Combat

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 122110 troops, 1044 guns, 10 vehicles

Defending force 20137 troops, 74 guns, 2 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerabaja base !!! [8D]

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 3 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
1239 casualties reported
Guns lost 32
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses: [:D]
22933 casualties reported
Guns lost 125
Vehicles lost 5
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Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48120 troops, 387 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 21221 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Erik Rutins · Post by **Erik Rutins** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:32 pm

Wow, surrender of a full marine division. Yikes, well done.

Regards,

- Erik

LittleJoe · Post by **LittleJoe** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:47 pm

That'll hurt the allies losing the 2ND USMC, unless he evacuated a cadre on a sub somewhere..

Amazing to see you still kicking ass in Late Late 42 [:D]

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:47 pm

Thanx guys! [:)]
The Marines were really doomed after the Allied fleet got destroyed/chased away and India fell.
They've just been awaiting their doom....

Madion and other Allied strongholds on Java are now being abandoned and troops are moving towards
Tjilitjap! I got another 2 large troop convoys enroute to Batavia from India. Two powerful pincers will
close around Bandoeng and Tjilitjap within 10 days!

In Colombo forts are down to lvl 2 - still 0-1 odds and my troops are fatigued. Almost time to shock attack,
but some R&R first. I'm confident that the bulk of enemy troops on Ceylon and Java can be captured in time
for the Emperors victory parade on January 1st [:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/28/42

Air Combat

Almost 20 ac lost in crashes and shot down by flak today - the mediums are
really working overtime these days. Have to keep the enemy suppressed and
from building more forts...

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-48 Lily x 32

Allied aircraft
no flights

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

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 90

Allied aircraft
no flights

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

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
A6M3 Zero x 16
Ki-21 Sally x 54
Ki-48 Lily x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 27
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 13 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported

Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 78
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 10000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 14
B-17E Fortress x 98
B-24D Liberator x 45

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 136

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Kwajalein , at 79,79 The first raid against this stronghold - some of the bombers were bombing from a higher altitude than my fighters
could reach. Damage to the base was minimal... I've now raised CAP level to 90% on Kwajalein.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-17E Fortress x 37
B-24D Liberator x 20

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
All B-24D Liberator bombing at 32000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ground Combat

I sincerely look forward to the fall of Colombo...what a stubborn
garrison [:'(]

Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68601 troops, 392 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 21394 troops, 109 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese ground losses:
548 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
828 casualties reported
Guns lost 19
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Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22900 troops, 240 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 20112 troops, 203 guns, 77 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:49 pm

Today saw a lot of heavy air to air combat over Rabaul as more than 50 Lightnings
escorted the heavies. Fighter losses were roughly on a 1-1 scale, but another 20 bombers
also went down. (Some of these were shot down over Kendari which was also hit)

David has put his B-17s to bomb from 35k feet, my Zeros can't reach this
altitude - but they don't bomb very accurately from this height either.

I've moved in another batch of high altitude Tony interceptors... I don't think the US produce
more than 50-60 P-38s each month, so it's limited how many of these attacks that can be
mounted - yet!

A more accurate loss description is provided at the bottom of todays report!

Several enemy transports were also observed heading east towards Java.
Suicide squad?

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/29/42

Air Combat

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Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
A6M3 Zero x 14
Ki-21 Sally x 42
Ki-48 Lily x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 20
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 9 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
A6M3 Zero x 22
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 5

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 6
B-17E Fortress x 92
B-24D Liberator x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 9 destroyed, 20 damaged

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking: (As you can see most of the B-24s were turned back while the B-17s could not be reached by the Zeros)
24 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 32000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 64
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 5

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 58
B-17E Fortress x 47
B-24D Liberator x 46

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 18 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 25 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
18 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 32000 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 29th UK Brigade, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 14
Ki-48 Lily x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 29th UK Brigade, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Colombo Base Force, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 46

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 18th UK/C Division, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 6
Ki-48 Lily x 9

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

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ground Combat

Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22985 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 17111 troops, 204 guns, 77 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48039 troops, 386 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 20230 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Air losses 29 November 1942

Todays losses in details:

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:52 pm

David has moved a P38 group to Java - and of course my Zeros decided to stay
home while my Sallys went to the slaughter..again [8|] I lost 25 medium bombers today.
We managed to shoot down another 13 Forts though. As soon as Colombo and Java have
been captured I will rest my medium bomber force and rebuild a stock of reserve ac.

A whole fleet of transports are moving into Tjilitjap now - I really don't understand what's
the meaning of this combined suicide attack! The Second Carrier Fleet will rip them apart
tomorrow. If that doesn't close the case 2 cruiser divisions will also arrive to barricade Tjilitjap
tomorrow. There is no escape! [;)]

Tomorrow we will attack and capture Madion - only a small enemy force left here. A shock
attack will also be attempted at Colombo - I expect this to fail, mostly because that place has
always been such a bloody PITA!

Oscar II production will also be put into gear tomorrow at 190 ac pr month - a number that will
increase to over 250. This will make it possible to upgrade hundreds of outdated Nates over the next
few days.

At Truk the carriers Akagi and Zuikaku set sail for Japan under heavy escort in order to undertake
their 08/42 upgrades. Sys damage is down to 4 and 2 while their sister still have 10 sys damage points.
So I have decided to rotate them in and out. In less than 2 months I will put together a large carrier fleet
around Truk. I don't expect any major enemy invasion attempts before that.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/30/42

Air Combat

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Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 74

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 15 destroyed, 14 damaged [:(]

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 6 damaged

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
A6M3 Zero x 20
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 6

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-17E Fortress x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
All B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Paramushiro Jima , at 82,34

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Kwajalein , at 79,79

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31

Allied aircraft - all 90 bombers were turned back!!!
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 90

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 destroyed, 22 damaged
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 15
B-26B Marauder x 58

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
43 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
15 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 29th UK Brigade, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 14
Ki-48 Lily x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Colombo Base Force, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 18th UK/C Division, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 18,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
A6M3 Zero x 11
Ki-48 Lily x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Robert Luckenbach, Bomb hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 18,63

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Kainalu, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Waipo

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62 - dang those lazy Zeros....

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 14
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Jaluit , at 81,84

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 43

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
42 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Gasmata , at 59,90

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20
B-26B Marauder x 41

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
8 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 18,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-48 Lily x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Lihue, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ground Combat

Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22994 troops, 240 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 17126 troops, 205 guns, 75 vehicles
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48333 troops, 391 guns, 3 vehicles

Defending force 20113 troops, 92 guns, 1 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Situation Map: Java relief operation?

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:18 pm

David has started to bomb Paramushiro from the Aleutians... I had all but forgotten about
that place. Had a plan about invading an island me thinks, but forgot about it. Seems like there are
sizeable US bases in the area now. Well, I can't see much harm coming from that direction in quite a while
yet. Better put more troops on my flank over the next year or so though!

Otherwise the heavy air attacks all over the Pacific continues - even an enemy carrier has showed up south
of the Marshalls and launched a small strike. Moved in some naval bomber squadrons today as well as some Zeros.

The shock attack at Colombo reduced the forts to lvl 1 - but as expected - failed to capture the base. I achieved a 1-1
odds with 5 forts and can't get a 2-1 with only 1 fort remaining [:'(]

Madion was captured though and we continue the march towards Tjilitjap and its 60k defenders. There are still 20k enemy
troops at Bandoeng.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/01/42

Surface Combat

5 enemy transports were sunk of Tjilitjap today!

Day Time Surface Combat, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Yudachi
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
AK Katrina Luckenbach, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Yudachi
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
AK Lena Luckenbach, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Yudachi
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
AK Kainalu, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Yudachi
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
AK Lihue, Shell hits 37, and is sunk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Yudachi
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
AK Nabesna, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Air Combat

Those P38's over Tjilitjap were crewed by skilled pilots...
Quite a few ships wer hit and sunk and the relief attempt has been stopped cold

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
A6M3 Zero x 18
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 7

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

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
A6M3 Zero x 20
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 7

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-17E Fortress x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 damaged

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

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
16 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Paramushiro Jima , at 82,34

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wotje , at 82,79

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-24D Liberator x 36

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 30000 feet
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 30000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88 - all of the enemy ac were turned back and a large number of P38's shot down! [8D]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 47
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 21

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 32
B-17E Fortress x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 19 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on 18th UK/C Division, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 16
Ki-48 Lily x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 25

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Robert Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
All B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 17,64

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK William Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
All B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 16,65

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
G3M Nell x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Waipo, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
All G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Jaluit , at 81,84

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
TBF Avenger x 11

Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 3 damaged

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x TBF Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Jaluit , at 81,84

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 56

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
55 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M Nell x 7

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Kainalu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Lihue

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 49
B5N Kate x 18

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
B5N Kate: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
All B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 17

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AK Nabesna, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 69174 troops, 397 guns, 3 vehicles

Defending force 20114 troops, 91 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1463 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
938 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
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Ground combat at Madioen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 112688 troops, 1179 guns, 139 vehicles

Defending force 4672 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese assault odds: 59 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Madioen base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
326 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
530 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:01 pm

Not many enemy ships left outside of Java now..a few enemy medium bombers sortied
from Tjilitjap but didn't inflict much damage. Tomorrow several battleships will hammer the
place.

Yesterdays bombardment attack against Dili showed that only a base force remained and
todays attack captured the base easily together with a few transports. I got my own problems
as the fast transport bug has eaten my South Seas Detachment [:o] The bulk of the unit that
was picked up at Lautern never arrived at Kendari and I now only got a small fragment left.
Darned bugs...

In Tokyo the Yamato and the Junyo have arrived in order to speed up their repair (38 and 35 sys damage).
I've upgraded a small 12 ac squadron of Nates - will test out the new Oscar IIs. They have a long range (8 hexes),
carries 30kg bombs and can climb to 36k feet. At least they will be versatile ac [:)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/02/42

Bombardments

Got some heavy firepower coming into Tjilitjap now...

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Naval bombardment of Tjilitjap, at 19,62

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
CA Myoko
CA Chokai

Allied ground losses:
204 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1

Air Combat

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Day Air attack on Kwajalein , at 79,79

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 24

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-17E Fortress x 47
B-24D Liberator x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 32000 feet
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 32000 feet
30 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 35000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 32000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Shigure, Shell hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 19,59

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Hakusan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 19,59

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Rakuto Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 15,65

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
D3A Val x 18
B5N Kate x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK William Luckenbach, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses: - evacuees...now swimmers!
119 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 19,59

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 4

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 19,59

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Tatuho Maru
AP Taigen Maru
AP Kokuryu Maru, Shell hits 4

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
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Ground Combat

Some engineers were still ordered to shock attack...nothing positive
can come from this place [:'(]

Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 67313 troops, 373 guns, 2 vehicles

Defending force 19420 troops, 81 guns, 1 vehicles

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

Japanese ground losses:
490 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
700 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
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Ground combat at Dili

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2334 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 406 troops, 4 guns, 2 vehicles

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dili base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Dakota I: 4 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
561 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:32 am

Another 2 divisions and 2 tank regiments have now unloaded at Batavia and are
marching towards Bandoeng. In all 230k troops will mass on Tjilitjap in order to
crush the enemy as quickly as possible.

In Kwantung the final regiment of a division is moving to a port to get shipped to Guam.
The other two regiments have already been released.

Today it is 50 days until I get the carrier Taiho! The Musashi is still running trials in the western Inland Sea
and should be ready in about a month or so.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/03/42

Bombardments

It is perhaps the high ground fortification levels that prevents my bombardment
groups from causing the usual high casualties during bombarmdents....almost 50k
enemy troops in Tjilitjap now.

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Naval bombardment of Tjilitjap, at 19,62 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Ushio
DD Fubuki
DD Shiranuhi
DD Yukikaze
CA Kako
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Suzuya
BB Fuso, Shell hits 5
BB Mutsu
BB Haruna

Allied ground losses:
436 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 3
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Sub/ASW Attacks

The old S-class boat scores 2 hits and seriously damages a supply transport that will
try to struggle into an emergency harbour.

Sub attack at 62,84

Japanese Ships
AP Haruna Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nichiran Maru
AP Daigen Maru
MSW Takashima Maru
MSW Shonan Maru #8
MSW Noshiro Maru #2
APD APD-34

Allied Ships
SS S-23
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Air Combat

Only a few air raids all over the Pacific today..never seen it before - and will most
likely never see it again!-)

Day Air attack on 55th Chinese Corps, at 43,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 54
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 36

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate attacking at 100 feet
36 x Ki-61 KAIc Tony attacking at 100 feet
12 x Ki-27 Nate attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Chinese/B Corps, at 46,32

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 59

No Allied losses

Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
All Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22992 troops, 239 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 17175 troops, 208 guns, 74 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47438 troops, 378 guns, 2 vehicles

Defending force 18891 troops, 73 guns, 3 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel

RE: The carrier Junyo is torpedoed!

RE: The carrier Junyo is torpedoed!

RE: The carrier Junyo is torpedoed!

RE: The carrier Junyo is torpedoed!

Lautern falls!

RE: Lautern falls!

RE: Lautern falls!

RE: Lautern falls!

RE: Lautern falls!

3rd Marines under heavy pressure!

RE: 2nd Marines under heavy pressure!

Soerabaja recaptured - 22k troops surrender!

RE: Soerabaja recaptured - 22k troops surrender!

RE: Soerabaja recaptured - 22k troops surrender!

RE: Soerabaja recaptured - 22k troops surrender!

Heavy air 2 air combat over Rabaul!

P38s over Tjilitjap!

Relief attempt crushed...

RE: Relief attempt crushed...

RE: Relief attempt crushed...