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I found a great way to kill time between turns at least for a day. This little movie kinda flew under the radar but i watched it and laughed so hard i cried. And Julia Stiles is always some of the best eye candy there is.

it's called A Guy Thing and it looks like it's available on demand at a lot of places right now. Ours is comcast. an adult beverage may be required.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIZEtbc67zY

Expect CAP Trap over Ledo, any moment.
According to rules, LRCAP over enemy base increase chance of damage during landing for enemy planes in that Base.You might try to put some ZEROs over there.

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

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.

I'll try to get a brigade up there in case.
I have been bombing with everything i have up there before each attack. I just didn't list them all because frankly they didn't look impressive at all and there were no defending AA or A/C.

ORIGINAL: inqistor

Expect CAP Trap over Ledo, any moment.
According to rules, LRCAP over enemy base increase chance of damage during landing for enemy planes in that Base.You might try to put some ZEROs over there.

Thanks. I have been sweeping with 100+ Tojo IIcs before all attacks and they haven't encountered anything. I just didn't post the attacks because they were totally uneventful.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 21, 42
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Night Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 7
B-24D Liberator x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
We're back to the night bombings. I don't have the AA reinforcements all the way up there yet.
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Night Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
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ASW attack near Baker Island at 149,136

Japanese Ships
SS I-16, hits 6

Allied Ships
xAK Ensley City
AM Skylark
looks like a buildup at Baker for something
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Morning Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
Sizeable wildcat unit there now
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 6
Not sure if this is the right thing to do. Thinking i'm reducing supplies in china as i push forward. Not much able to get through burma
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 14

No Japanese losses

Heavy Industry hits 11
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Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 12 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6
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Morning Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 11 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 damaged

Runway hits 6
tried to prevent Port Hedland from getting to AF 2 but failed.
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Morning Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
can't believe how lucky i was that more sallys weren't killed. Some sweeps failed to fly.
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Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 51472 troops, 505 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1367

Defending force 17761 troops, 524 guns, 566 vehicles, Assault Value = 299

Japanese adjusted assault: 860

Allied adjusted defense: 189

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2117 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 158 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
770 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 49 (8 destroyed, 41 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Assaulting units:
54th Division
52nd Division
7th Division
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion
Guards Mixed Brigade
53rd Division
Ichiki Det.
31st Air Defense AA Regiment
303rd Ind.Infantry Battalion
5th Fleet
16th JNAF AF Unit
9th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Air Army
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
51st Base Force

Defending units:
22nd Marine Regiment
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Division
813th Engineer Aviation Battalion
503rd Coast AA Regiment
13th USN Naval Construction Battalion
209th Field Artillery Battalion
210th Coast AA Regiment
87th Mountain Regiment
165th Field Artillery Battalion
353rd Construction Regiment
12th USN Naval Construction Battalion
more progress at Adak
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Ground combat at Kweilin (76,54)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 57150 troops, 648 guns, 863 vehicles, Assault Value = 2228

Defending force 49404 troops, 259 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1809

Japanese adjusted assault: 2432

Allied adjusted defense: 3465

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2957 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 455 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 38 disabled
Guns lost 25 (1 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 49 (5 destroyed, 44 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1830 casualties reported
Squads: 64 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 99 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 53 (15 destroyed, 38 disabled)

Assaulting units:
6th Guards Division
5th Guards Division
Guards Tank Division
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
4th Guards Division
5th Amphibious Brigade
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
21st Army

Defending units:
31st Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Base Force
8th New Chinese Corps
51st Chinese Corps
4th War Area
35th Group Army
2nd Chinese Base Force
16th Group Army
15th Chinese Corps
Lusu War Area
9th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force
wanted to try this out since i see forces retreating here and i didn't know what level the forts were at.

You can't depend upon sweeps so use a few Oscars for escorts.

i was reading castor troys AAR and i was amazed at how far they had progressed. I thought that they started after we did. So i went back and double checked. They started 2 months after we did and they are in January of 1944 while we are in October of 1942. I don't know how that happened.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 22, 42
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Sub attack near Carnarvon at 47,135

Japanese Ships
SS I-158

Allied Ships
DD Electra
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Sub attack near Carnarvon at 47,136

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
DD Electra
Can't touch that Electra. I think that's 8 torpedoes that missed herin the last few days and she killed I-166.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Hedland at 57,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 24
B5N2 Kate x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Craven

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
Got a few Kates down near Port Hedland. Don't know why so few flew and why they chose a DD.
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Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50045 troops, 504 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1241

Defending force 17131 troops, 511 guns, 561 vehicles, Assault Value = 279

Japanese adjusted assault: 1486

Allied adjusted defense: 153

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
572 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 82 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
340 casualties reported
Squads: 52 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 57 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 73 (54 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (1 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Guards Mixed Brigade
7th Division
52nd Division
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion
54th Division
53rd Division
Ichiki Det.
1st Air Army
303rd Ind.Infantry Battalion
16th JNAF AF Unit
9th Ind. Engineer Regiment
31st Air Defense AA Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
5th Fleet
51st Base Force

Defending units:
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
41st Infantry Division
813th Engineer Aviation Battalion
503rd Coast AA Regiment
87th Mountain Regiment
13th USN Naval Construction Battalion
353rd Construction Regiment
209th Field Artillery Battalion
210th Coast AA Regiment
165th Field Artillery Battalion
12th USN Naval Construction Battalion
Decent allied losses at Adak this time. That was quite a few guns destroyed.

With disruption and supply (-) morale must be dropping.
Won’t be long until that stack surrenders.

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

With disruption and supply (-) morale must be dropping.
Won’t be long until that stack surrenders.

it's funny i skipped over that -supply because it was on the next line. Thanks for pointing that out.

just 2 side notes for anybody reading.

First. I don't consider this MY AAR so i would encourage anybody reading to feel free to post anything even remotely related. I don't watch TV and i haven't watched a movie for a long time so family friends books and WITP are about all my entertainment.

2nd. For any of you younger folks or people here that didn't grow up with american TV in the 60s - the picture i chose is that of Jethro Bodine from the Beverly Hillbillies who's rich uncle could buy him anything he wanted including a tank and a general's uniform. Jethro was a genius (in his own mind) and wanted to be a brain surgeon (or a double knot spy (like 007)) but usually just messed everything up. I chose it because i will very likely end up messing everything up in this game. Oh, and i certainly don't have a rich uncle to buy me a tank or even an aircraft carrier.

Just marry rich without a prenuptial contract. [:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 23, 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:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Night Exp still gaining for these ships even w/o any damage to enemy
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Morning Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
seems to be quite a difference between an F4F-3 and F4F-4
Not much else going on

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 24, 42
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 55,128

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
AVP Pollux
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 55,128

Japanese Ships
SS I-159

Allied Ships
AVP Pollux
AVP coming in to Port Hedland for PBYs?
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 57,128

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

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

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
I-155 was persistent
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Hedland at 57,128, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
DD Kisaragi
DD Yayoi, Shell hits 1
DD Uzuki
DD Minazuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires

Allied Ships
DD Inconstant, Shell hits 1
xAKL De Haan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Lematang
xAKL Meroendoeng, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Bordvik, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAKL Proteus, Shell hits 5, on fire
Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 11,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence
Ok, so that was how may Torps launced before they knew we were here and how many hits??????
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Hedland at 57,129, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
DD Kisaragi
DD Yayoi, on fire
DD Uzuki
DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
DD Craven, Shell hits 1
xAP Khedive Ismail, Shell hits 1
xAK Catrine, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAP Van Overstraten, Shell hits 3
AVP Pollux, Shell hits 4, on fire

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...
Managed to get two destroyer squadrons to interupt things but results were not that great.
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Night Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8
B-17F Fortress x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
more night bombing
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Night Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
dang
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Night Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 4

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
I don't think the medium bombers have ever achieved anything at night but the heavies do
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Night Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 5

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,128

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
xAK Catrine, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
buy that sub crew a saki!
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Morning Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 42

No Japanese losses
thought my newer zeros would clean up on those F4Fs but they wouldn't come out to play
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Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 18 damaged

Refinery hits 7
switched from airbase bombing to destroying the refinery - reduce supplies to china? more permanent? harder to repair than airfield?
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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 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 35

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 damaged
Martlet II: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
maybe i can close that airbase for a while
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Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50145 troops, 504 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1252

Defending force 16438 troops, 469 guns, 557 vehicles, Assault Value = 276

Japanese adjusted assault: 895

Allied adjusted defense: 45

Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1575 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 106 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
692 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 97 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 31 (6 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Vehicles lost 41 (12 destroyed, 29 disabled)
may be getting close here
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Ground combat at Kweilin (76,54)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67068 troops, 863 guns, 954 vehicles, Assault Value = 4120

Defending force 46885 troops, 248 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1630

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 1032

Allied adjusted defense: 1767

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
4816 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 401 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 58 disabled
Guns lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)
Vehicles lost 43 (1 destroyed, 42 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2823 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 150 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 90 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
17th Division
104th Division
5th Guards Division
6th Guards Division
116th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
15th Division
Guards Tank Division
4th Guards Division
22nd/B Division
22nd/A Division
70th Division
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Amphibious Brigade
22nd/C Division
21st Mortar Battalion
13th Army
23rd Army
4th Mortar Battalion
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
21st Army

Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Base Force
51st Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Base Force
8th New Chinese Corps
9th Group Army
4th War Area
15th Chinese Corps
Lusu War Area
16th Group Army
35th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force
Not great but rail line should be clear soon

oil is pooling up at singapore - i'm worried it's going to overflow or something - is that all coming from Magwe? Is there any chance to draw it back to Shanghai or Port Arthur or Fusan when the rail line in china is free?

The oil will move on its own if you have rail and grey road IF the refinery needs it.

The F4F-3 and the F4F4 have different weapons layout. The F-3 has 4 M2s while the F4 has 6 M2s but less ammo. It was also heavier with all that entails, and some pilots did not like it as much. They figured that if 4 machine guns did not work then 6 were not needed. At least against unarmoured Japanese aircraft.

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

The oil will move on its own if you have rail and grey road IF the refinery needs it.

thanks joe. The only refinery i see along the way is at port arthur. should i take a chance on draining the oil from there via a cargo TF in order for it to run low and draw oil from singapore. It seems like an awful long way.????

Well, you do need to ship oil to Japan. I think that there are also other refineries in Manchuria. If nothing else, send some tankers to Port Arthur and load oil, possible fuel as well, then see what happens. If you have a utility that can track the movement of the oil, fuel, resources, and supplies, then make sure that you check that to see the results as well. Just make sure that there is enough oil (even just barely) to run the refinery for one turn.

If that does not work, then you know that you have to ship the oil out. Depending upon how you set up your stockpiles of the oil for your bases, you may just have to ship it to Indochina. Then, if the oil can't get back to Singapore, then it will move elsewhere.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 26, 42
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Sub attack near Reef Islands at 120,140

Japanese Ships
xAKL Nigitsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

SS Albacore attacking on the surface
Lake, R.C. decides to submerge SS Albacore due to damage
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Sub attack near Reef Islands at 120,139

Japanese Ships
xAKL Nigitsu Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Albacore, hits 2

SS Albacore attacking on the surface
SS Albacore low on gun ammo, Lake, R.C. breaks off surface engagement and submerges
i'm thinking the crew threatened R.C. Lake with mutiny for ducking a damaged xAKL in the middle of nowhere
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Morning Air attack on Pago Pago , at 148,161

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
A6M3 seems to hold it's own against both F4Fs
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Morning Air attack on Pago Pago , at 148,161

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x A6M3 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 12 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Oil hits 3
Refinery hits 7
working over Ledo still. Meant for 10,000 ft not 6,000. dang.
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Morning Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 15 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
looks like all the aircraft are gone except the PBYs.
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 23
Working on HI at Chunking. Should only take a few days i think. Sweeping with 100 zeros and oscars
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 10
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Runway hits 9
forgot to cancel my betty attacks now that planes are gone i can take my time and just use army bombers
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 7 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48907 troops, 502 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1152

Defending force 14449 troops, 446 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 194

Japanese adjusted assault: 818

Allied adjusted defense: 19

Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
730 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled

Allied ground losses:
876 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 62 disabled
Non Combat: 66 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 66 (21 destroyed, 45 disabled)
Vehicles lost 59 (55 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
still looking good.

quick question if anybody can help

I will have 21 new ARs in a little while. I'm thinking about the best use for them. I have been keeping a number of Nav HQs at my larger forward ports to help with repairs. They also help with loading and unloading but that hasn't been as important lately and i don't know how important they will be in the future. I was considering sending 2 or more to these forward bases and moving the Nav HQs to my fuel/oil centers to add to the ones already there. It just keeps piling up. As i understand it a Nav HQ of 240 Nav support = about 110 repair points while each AR is worth 83.