Having never made it this far i did not realize how difficult it is to empty Palembang,Medan,Miri,Tarakan,Balikpapan of fuel!! It keeps pooling up! I already have every TK working on it. I'll have to use my AOs too. And my AKs?
Meh, fuel is not a problem. If there is too much of it, turn off local refineries.
Just send some large ships there with empty fuel tanks. Disband them in port and refuel. BBs/CVs are best. You can also use large xAKs for this. Empty their fuel tanks by moving fuel into DDs or something, and reroute slightly during return trip to Japan.
You can also fill AOs while disbanded. That way, Pier Size is not a problem for fuel loading.
Having never made it this far i did not realize how difficult it is to empty Palembang,Medan,Miri,Tarakan,Balikpapan of fuel!! It keeps pooling up! I already have every TK working on it. I'll have to use my AOs too. And my AKs?
Meh, fuel is not a problem. If there is too much of it, turn off local refineries.
Just send some large ships there with empty fuel tanks. Disband them in port and refuel. BBs/CVs are best. You can also use large xAKs for this. Empty their fuel tanks by moving fuel into DDs or something, and reroute slightly during return trip to Japan.
You can also fill AOs while disbanded. That way, Pier Size is not a problem for fuel loading.
I like that idea about filling up other ships and disbanding AOs there to fill.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 13, 42
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,129
Japanese Ships
SS I-166
Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
DD Witte de With Some destroyers still hanging around Port Hedland and i haven't really done enough to discourage it
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,129
Japanese Ships
SS I-164, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Witte de With, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Van Nes that might do it
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ASW attack near Carnarvon at 47,133
Japanese Ships
SS I-154
Allied Ships
xAP Marella
xAP Zealandia
xAP Largs Bay
DD Norman port hedland invasion forces on their way back to Perth?
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,129
Japanese Ships
SS I-164, hits 3
Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
DD Van Nes is out of ASW ammo
DD Van Nes is out of ASW ammo
DD Van Nes is out of ASW ammo
DD Van Nes is out of ASW ammo Dutch destroyer got the better of them this time but more ammo is a ways off
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Morning Air attack on 2/5th Armoured Regiment, at 58,130 , near Port Hedland
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb i have a bunch of Nick pilots trained for low ground attack. Maybe they can be tank busters? in the North African desert? Umm how about North Australian desert.
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Sub attack near Kodiak at 181,42
Japanese Ships
SS I-169, hits 7
Allied Ships
AVD Casco, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AVD Chincoteague good turn for the underwater navy
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Ground combat at 80,54 (near Hengyang)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 91928 troops, 860 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 2935
Defending force 997 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Defending units:
63rd Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Base Force this is probably another one of those times i shouldn't destroy them but it is pretty satisfying in the short run.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 14, 42
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Morning Air attack on 2/5th Armoured Regiment, at 57,131 (Corunna Downs)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Am i supposed to switch this to Sweep at 100 feet? Ground attack doesn't seem to do much? Or do i just need more planes?
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Pago Pago at 149,161
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
Allied Ships
DMS Chandler, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK K.I. Luckenbach, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK K.I. Luckenbach
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DMS Chandler I've had Pago Pago isolated for about 3 months. This might have been an attempt to resupply? I've got nearby Savaii built up to a size 2 AF and might just go to size 4 and base Nells and an extra Air HQ that is coming. I'm not sure i could really take Pago Pago (Of if I should at this point?)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 15, 42
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 56,128
Japanese Ships
SS I-166, hits 5
Allied Ships
xAP Marella
xAP Zealandia
xAP Largs Bay
DD Norman I was wrong - those were reinforcements heading for N. Australia. I sure underestimated that move. Better get going on countering this.
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Sub attack near Exmouth at 52,128
Japanese Ships
SS I-156, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Voyager not a good day for the underwater fleet.....
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Sub vs Sub: SS I-123 attacking SS Truant at 52,48 - near Ramree Island
Japanese Ships
SS I-123
Allied Ships
SS Truant, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SS I-123 launches 2 torpedoes at 2,000 yards EXCEPT, up near Burma. I've lost a IJN sub to a dutch sub before but this is the first i've seen an IJN sub get a US sub.
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Sub attack near Kodiak at 181,42
Japanese Ships
SS I-171
Allied Ships
AVD Casco, heavy damage
AVD Chincoteague
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Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 55028 troops, 504 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 1640
Defending force 19987 troops, 572 guns, 574 vehicles, Assault Value = 432
Assaulting units:
Guards Mixed Brigade
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion
52nd Division
53rd Division
303rd Ind.Infantry Battalion
54th Division
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
7th Division
Ichiki Det.
1st Air Army
16th JNAF AF Unit
5th Fleet
9th Ind. Engineer Regiment
31st Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Base Force
Defending units:
87th Mountain Regiment
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
41st Infantry Division
503rd Coast AA Regiment
353rd Construction Regiment
165th Field Artillery Battalion
13th USN Naval Construction Battalion
813th Engineer Aviation Battalion
210th Coast AA Regiment
209th Field Artillery Battalion
12th USN Naval Construction Battalion i rested these units until dis under 10 but they still didn't do well. Last attack was 6 to 1
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Ground combat at Hengyang (80,53)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 220447 troops, 2328 guns, 1119 vehicles, Assault Value = 6346
Defending force 1575 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending units:
11th Chinese Base Force
13th Chinese Base Force
11th Construction Regiment crossed the river NW of Changsha - should have the rail line taken care of soon. Way behind all the other japanese AARs in china still.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 16, 42
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,128
Japanese Ships
SS I-156, hits 1
Allied Ships
CA Dorsetshire, Torpedo hits 1
DD Voyager Nice, but 1 hit out of 6 Torpedoes launched?
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Sub attack near Kodiak at 181,42
Japanese Ships
SS I-171
Allied Ships
AVD Chincoteague still trying
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Morning Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed I'm thinking they still have the Brit carrier hanging around.
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,129
Japanese Ships
SS I-154
Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
DD Banckert I've still got virtually nothing at port hedland yet
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ta'u at 150,162
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
SC-702, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Nebraskan, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Vincent, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Susana, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Mauna Ala, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Kahuku, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Lahaina, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires looks like another attempt to resupply Pago Pago. I got some Vals in nearby to try to stop them.
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Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 53643 troops, 517 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 1477
Defending force 19270 troops, 561 guns, 574 vehicles, Assault Value = 389
Assaulting units:
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
54th Division
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion
Guards Mixed Brigade
303rd Ind.Infantry Battalion
53rd Division
7th Division
52nd Division
Ichiki Det.
9th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Fleet
1st Air Army
16th JNAF AF Unit
31st Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Base Force
Defending units:
87th Mountain Regiment
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
41st Infantry Division
353rd Construction Regiment
209th Field Artillery Battalion
813th Engineer Aviation Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
503rd Coast AA Regiment
210th Coast AA Regiment
13th USN Naval Construction Battalion
12th USN Naval Construction Battalion Slowly making headway at Adak. Nice to seem some of their guns destroyed but i'm not sure why i had so many vehicles destroyed.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 18, 42
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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,161
Japanese Ships
SS I-20
Allied Ships
xAKL Lahaina, heavy fires, heavy damage
Captain of SS I-20 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,161
Japanese Ships
SS I-20
Allied Ships
xAKL Lahaina, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
SS I-20 launches 2 torpedoes Skipper - "ah, what the heck fire a couple at it and see what happens"
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Ground combat at Siangtan (81,52)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8677 troops, 103 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 234
Defending force 585 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 19, 42
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 56,128
APD Matsukaze fired at enemy troops
APD Asakaze fired at enemy troops
APD Kamikaze fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards Vava'u was unoccupied but japanese high command neglected to recon Wallis island and found troops that fire back.
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Amphibious Assault at Wallis Island (142,156)
TF 242 troops unloading over beach at Wallis Island, 142,156
Japanese ground losses:
206 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (0 destroyed, 10 disabled)
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ASW attack near Port Hedland at 55,128
Japanese Ships
SS I-166, hits 16, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Electra OUCH, she is probably a goner?
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Morning Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 12
F4F-3 Wildcat x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
No Allied losses can't upgrade all my zeros yet but these are getting outdated
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 23
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15 Going to start to work on Chunking flying from Nanyang which is a size 4 AF now.
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Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 46
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34 Trying to stop the flow of supplies from India too
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Morning Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 35
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8 and trying to keep hedland to a size 1 before i can counter
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Morning Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 60 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 1
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed at least these old oscars still worked
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Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 52706 troops, 512 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1439
Defending force 18568 troops, 530 guns, 571 vehicles, Assault Value = 363
Assaulting units:
53rd Division
303rd Ind.Infantry Battalion
54th Division
Guards Mixed Brigade
52nd Division
7th Division
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion
Ichiki Det.
1st Air Army
5th Fleet
31st Air Defense AA Regiment
16th JNAF AF Unit
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
9th Ind. Engineer Regiment
51st Base Force
Defending units:
22nd Marine Regiment
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Division
210th Coast AA Regiment
503rd Coast AA Regiment
813th Engineer Aviation Battalion
87th Mountain Regiment
209th Field Artillery Battalion
353rd Construction Regiment
13th USN Naval Construction Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
12th USN Naval Construction Battalion still a tough nut to crack I better be very careful. Nothing BAD has happened in a while. That's just about the time all hell breaks loose somewhere.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 20, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Adak Island at 162,52
Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CL Kitakami
DD Shirayuki
DD Shinonome
DD Fubuki
DD Inazuma
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Daily Adak bombardments continue for now
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ASW attack near Exmouth at 49,130
Japanese Ships
SS I-159
Allied Ships
DD Inconstant
xAKL Proteus
xAKL Bordvik
xAKL Meroendoeng
xAKL Lematang
xAKL De Haan
SS I-159 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Inconstant Port Hedland Invasion returning to Perth?
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ASW attack near Exmouth at 49,130
SS I-158 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Inconstant
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Submarine attack near Carnarvon at 48,131
Japanese Ships
SS I-154
Allied Ships
xAK Itria, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Actually it's probably a reinforcement TF?
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Submarine attack near Carnarvon at 48,131
Japanese Ships
SS I-155
Allied Ships
xAK Itola, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
xAK Itola is sighted by SS I-155
SS I-155 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Itola well at least my subs are in the right place at the right time - the rest is up to them
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 3
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 33
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Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged
Assaulting units:
17th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
76th Chinese Corps I like attacking chinese corps with tanks 1 to 6 odds but...
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Ground combat at Kweilin (76,54)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 55747 troops, 636 guns, 671 vehicles, Assault Value = 2222
Defending force 49597 troops, 259 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1831
Defending units:
48th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
Lusu War Area
9th Group Army
4th War Area
51st Chinese Corps
16th Group Army
8th New Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Base Force
2nd Chinese Base Force
15th Chinese Corps
35th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force this doesn't look like much but it looks like at least part of the stack is retreating.
You won't lose much attacking the Chinese with tanks but you may want to have at least a mixed brigade there for defense in case the Chinese get frisky. Bomb the unit with as many different strikes as is possible to use up the supplies, keep the fatigue and disruption up. Use different bases, different types of bombers, and different altitudes to do so. Even fighters carrying bombs will work but keep their altitude up so they are less likely to get shot down. Even Nates will work at Normal range.
Seek peace but keep your gun handy.
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).” ; Julia Child
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