Waiting for 3rd AE patch - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy

[castor troy]

Very intense round again... it´s really heating up...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/28/43

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1025
TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110


248 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Raleigh, Shell hits 3
CL Concord
CL Richmond, Shell hits 1
DD Voyager
MSW Cochin, Shell hits 3
CL Detroit

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
2032 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

my CD units are still firing it seems but without any effect on the landing ships... and as expected yesterday, this is the only TF that is unloading. Oh boy, Paul, that´s not a good atoll invasion... [&:]

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Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86 [X(]


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 6 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 5 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 4 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 7 destroyed
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed
PB2Y Coronado: 2 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 6 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Swordfish: 6 destroyed
TBF Avenger: 2 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Haguro
CA Maya
CA Atago


Allied ground losses:
2643 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Vehicles lost 10

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 121

and here you can see how much a dozen float planes on recon help... this was a nuke when looking at the damage done to the airfield... the Allied squadrons at Wyndham are pretty much wrecked now...

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Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
Swordfish: 2 destroyed
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 4 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Aoba
CA Chikuma


Allied ground losses:
937 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 40

another three cruisers go in and also destroy dozens of aircraft...

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1025
TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110


51 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Voyager
CL Richmond
CL Marblehead
CL Detroit


Allied ground losses:
869 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

and this TF is still unloading... Pago Pago will hold without problems and Miller has just wrecked half a dozen of his units, including a US Army div and a RCT...

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ASW attack near Pago Pago at 98,110

Japanese Ships
SS I-16, hits 5

Allied Ships
AK Empire Prairie
AK Empire Audacity
AK City of Rayville
AK Wallingford
AK Tennessean
MSW Cochin
MSW Skylark
MSW Requisite
MSW Pursuit
DD Vampire
DD Voyager
CL Marblehead

I-16 now is also forced to head home with moderate damage...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 22
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 152

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 93

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77 [X(]


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 8
B-17E Fortress x 60
B-24D Liberator x 90


Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 21 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 20 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 131

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

surprise attack out of Derby, the Allied 4E star destroyers nuke Dili... thank god my bombers were out bombing Lautern... 4 of the Allied bombers are lost...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 71
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 40
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 138
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 152

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 150

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 23
SBD Dauntless x 9
TBF Avenger x 11
Hurricane IIb x 14
P-36A Mohawk x 68


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 36
B-25C Mitchell x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet

I will never get my daitais out again... [:@] all ac will be destroyed and then my pilots will surrender when the enemy will take the base... not good, not good... that doesn´t happen really often to me and this is really bad news...

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6
TBF Avenger x 29
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 4


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 5 damaged
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 2 damaged

Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x TBF Avenger bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 68


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 3


Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 damaged



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Sub attack near Upolu at 97,109

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
AK Birminghan City, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Birmingham City was already burning when it got sunk by our sub...

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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 289344 troops, 3411 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 6423

Defending force 147512 troops, 1114 guns, 399 vehicles, Assault Value = 2873



Allied ground losses:
366 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10081 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 383

Defending force 28243 troops, 228 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 281



Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15594 troops, 176 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866

Defending force 272584 troops, 1459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6438



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22643 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3150

Defending force 186164 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5267



Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Allied Shock attack [:D]

Attacking force 23299 troops, 227 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 281

Defending force 15656 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 383

Allied max assault: 470 - adjusted assault: 12

Japanese max defense: 322 - adjusted defense: 607

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)


Japanese ground losses:
425 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
1686 casualties reported
Guns lost 56

as you can see, the enemy invasion has no chance at all to be succesful... I thought after the bloody landings on Midway early in the war Miller must have figuered out that the way he assaults atolls isn´t the way to go, but unfortunetely for him he hasn´t figured out how to do it correctly. The enemy has no chance and this will again buy us time... [:)]

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Ground combat at Thursday Island

Allied Shock attack [X(]

Attacking force 1600 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50

Defending force 6667 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Allied max assault: 42 - adjusted assault: 1

Japanese max defense: 146 - adjusted defense: 401

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


Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported

A hundred C-47 dropped parts of two USMC para btn on Thursday island right into the defensive lines of a nav guard unit and an IJN base force... no chance for the paras to achieve anything... all in all, a day that I would call disastrous for the Allied...

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An Avenger I spotted one of our subs 7 hexes North of Perth and that must mean that there is an Allied (British) carrier. This could mean that the Allied CVs are going around Australia, perhaps with a reinforcement convoy for the North coast? This could be seriously bad news...

[castor troy]

I´ve counted the DD losses again and I didn´t lose 9 DDs, but 12...

[castor troy]

Here´s what Miller landed on Pago Pago. Absolutely wrong way to do an atoll landing and absolutely not enough troops at all. What did he think he would encounter there? 3 construction btn? And I can´t say that this island is super duper heavily defended. Why he includes MLE and CVE in his invasion TF and why he lands sea bee units with his combat troops isn´t understandable anyway...[&:]

[bigbaba]

oh chris...this nukes at Wyndham are classics 8espacialy the one with 13.000 allied casualties) and there is nothing wrong to do some recon before unleashing your big guns...just like miller did and still do.

the invasion of pago pago seems to run absolutly in your direction and maybe its time to let the KB pilots get some training there?[;)]

[Ambassador]

Oh yes, 12 DDs, that's a disaster.  You're doomed, you'd better surrender at once ![8|][:D]
 
 
Why didn't Miller simply go for Upolu alone, with enough escorts and CAP, neutralizing Pago Pago & Wallis Island, and bomb the hell out of the former before invading ?  Upolu was empty, right ?  With only one division and a few construction battalions, there was nothing more to do, especially as a good Intel and some recon flights should have given him a clear idea of what was the garrison of those bases.[:-]
 
The paras were a bold move, but risky.  And the timing is plain wrong for his various actions, this turn : a supposed big resupply convoy around Australia escorted by the CVs (a long way, so they're out of the picture for one or two weeks), a drop on Thursday Island, a 4E sneak attack, and an understrength amphibious assault.  Why not regroup all this in the same area ?[:(]
 
Your invasion of North Australia must really have made him dizzy, to show such a lack of coordination.  I hope for him he gets his mind before it's too late...

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Oh yes, 12 DDs, that's a disaster.  You're doomed, you'd better surrender at once ![8|][:D]


Why didn't Miller simply go for Upolu alone, with enough escorts and CAP, neutralizing Pago Pago & Wallis Island, and bomb the hell out of the former before invading ?  Upolu was empty, right ?  With only one division and a few construction battalions, there was nothing more to do, especially as a good Intel and some recon flights should have given him a clear idea of what was the garrison of those bases.[:-]

The paras were a bold move, but risky.  And the timing is plain wrong for his various actions, this turn : a supposed big resupply convoy around Australia escorted by the CVs (a long way, so they're out of the picture for one or two weeks), a drop on Thursday Island, a 4E sneak attack, and an understrength amphibious assault.  Why not regroup all this in the same area ?[:(]

Your invasion of North Australia must really have made him dizzy, to show such a lack of coordination.  I hope for him he gets his mind before it's too late...

No, Upolu wasn´t empty, I never took it and Miller airlifted troops in long ago and built it further up. I´m not interested in this area so I just let him do whatever he wanted. Fine with me when he attacks Pago Pago, a totally unimportant base for me at this date! [:D]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/01/43

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1025
TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110


79 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Empire Faith
CL Raleigh
MSW Cochin, Shell hits 1
DD Vampire


Allied ground losses:
290 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

the enemy is still unloading... [X(]

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ASW attack at 23,59

Japanese Ships
PC Oki
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo
APD APD-36
APD APD-33
APD APD-32

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo, hits 6

I have two of those ASW TFs available now. 3 of the ASW value 8 APDs and the new PCs with an ASW value between 5 and 8. APD-32 achieves 6 near misses...

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ASW attack at 97,111

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Selfridge
DD Edwards
DD Gillespie
DD Gansevoort
DD Frazier
DD Waller

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Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo


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

[8|]

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Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei


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

[8|]

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1025
TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110


49 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Empire Cougar
CL Raleigh
AK Alnitah, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Steel Engineer
AK Irenee Du Pont, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Detroit, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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TF 1005 encounters mine field at Noumea (68,113)

Allied Ships
DD Parrott, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

[:D] sub laid Type 88 mine, the DD was reported sunk at the end of the day. Must have been some really lucky die roll for me, usually one mine isn´t enough at all to sink anything bigger than a PT, even though Type 88 are the strongest Japanese mines...

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ASW attack at 97,111

Japanese Ships
SS I-10, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Selfridge
DD Edwards
DD Gillespie
DD Gansevoort

3 near misses but sys damage above 10 now, retiring to Kwajalein...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 56
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 151

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 105

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 138
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 152

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 152

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 27
SBD Dauntless x 6
TBF Avenger x 13
Hurricane IIb x 15
P-36A Mohawk x 70


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 damaged
TBF Avenger: 4 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet

could need more flak here, don´t like this training excercises...

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 44
B-26B Marauder x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 3 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 46

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

in the end I will have five dozen pilots on the atoll without a single ac but won´t be able to move them out... [:(]

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 4


Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 4 damaged

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6
TBF Avenger x 31


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x TBF Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 1
PB2Y Coronado x 1


Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 289669 troops, 3419 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 6464

Defending force 147665 troops, 1125 guns, 398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2869



Allied ground losses:
371 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9624 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 355

Defending force 27911 troops, 232 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 87



Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15560 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865

Defending force 271574 troops, 1449 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6418



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22681 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3153

Defending force 185911 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5262



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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 5925 troops, 170 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Defending force 15220 troops, 56 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 355

Allied max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 295 - adjusted defense: 572

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)


Japanese ground losses:
765 casualties reported [:@][:@]
Guns lost 15

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

f*cking land combat routine... The Allied shock attack, get 0 adjusted av and we lose nearly 800 troops...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/02/43

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1025
TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110


20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
AK Irenee Du Pont, Shell hits 2, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

and the enemy still unloads... either I should give Miller advice about how to perform atoll assaults or he reads one of the threads in the must read threads. The way he´s doing it is just not the right way...


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TF 11 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Japanese Ships
DD Sawakaze, Mine hits 1, on fire

and we keep on hitting mines... [8|]

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Sub attack near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34

Japanese Ships
AK Kaimei Maru
MSW Wa 104
MSW Wa 11
MSW Wa 8

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish

this sub has been spotted for weeks already... nevertheless it gets a shot at a resuplly convoy arriving in the base hex... base hex? Torps failed to detonate...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Derby at 24,85

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Myoko
CA Kumano
DD Urakaze
DD Hagikaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Kasumi
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SC SC-641, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

one 5 inch hit and the subchaser is history...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Derby at 24,85

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Myoko, Shell hits 1
CA Kumano
DD Urakaze
DD Hagikaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Kasumi
DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 1
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
ML Weehawken, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk [:D]
ML Prins van Oranje, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Miller told me he had 50 PBYs on nav search but my TF was unspotted. No more minelaying at Derby! [:D] Seeing the big ML Weehawken going down was nice! My TF managed to go out again without being attacked by enemy LBA and my recon tells me that there are only some 4 or 5 dozen bombers left at Derby and Broome together. Also Wyndham has been evacuated, only some damaged ac left that are flown out as soon as they get repaired...

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Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86

Japanese Ships
BB Musashi
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

[8|] god, what would I give to achieve the same bombardment results as Miller does... oh boy, looks like I really have to keep using float planes en masse for reconning...

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1025
TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110


27 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Irenee Du Pont, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Richmond

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

still unloading?

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Sub attack at 25,84 [X(]

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
DD Suzukaze
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Kasumi
DD Yamagumo
DD Hagikaze
DD Urakaze

Allied Ships
SS Tunny, hits 1

wow, here´s our lucky happening of the day! Tone was hit by MK14 torps but they failed to detonate... this is one hex North of Derby and really could have ruined my day...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 59
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 34

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 147

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 105

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 135
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 150

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 198

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 39
B-26B Marauder x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 5 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 24

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

not that much left that could be destroyed on the ground...

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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6346 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 315

Defending force 28709 troops, 276 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 91



Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15564 troops, 175 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1863

Defending force 270605 troops, 1437 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6402



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22618 troops, 267 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3152

Defending force 185862 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5263



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Allied Shock attack [8|]

Attacking force 5789 troops, 155 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 91

Defending force 14482 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 315

Allied max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 256 - adjusted defense: 611

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)


Japanese ground losses:
691 casualties reported [:@][:@][:@]
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

looks like it´s normal now to get shredded by 0 adjusted av attacks... [8|]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/03/43

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1025
TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110


24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Alnitah
AK Steel Age


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

lol Paul, what are you doing? He stated in his last email that no matter if he uses 5x20 or 1x100 ship TFs, it takes forever to unload... well, the way he´s doing it it surely takes forever...

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TF 110 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami, Mine hits 1, on fire

I´m getting sick of it...

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ASW attack near Wyndham at 30,86

Japanese Ships
DD Yuzuki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yugiri
DD Yamakaze
DD Samidare
DD Harusame

Allied Ships
SS O20, hits 2

two near misses... No PTs left in Northern Australia and so the Allied use subs to guard their bases... PTs and mines are far more dangerous than two dozen subs though...

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Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Haguro
CA Maya
CA Atago


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

[8|][8|][8|]

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Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Aoba
CA Chikuma


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[8|][8|][8|]

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Naval bombardment of Pago Pago, at 98,110

Allied Ships
BB California
BB Arizona
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada
BB West Virginia
BB Colorado
BB Maryland

Japanese ground losses:
1165 casualties reported
Guns lost 31

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 59
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 4

but hey, the Allied nuke my base again... hurrey and thanks to the Kingfishers enabling them to do that...

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Naval bombardment of Pago Pago, at 98,110

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher
CA Hawkins
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
BB Tennessee
BB Pennsylvania

Japanese ground losses:
679 casualties reported

Runway hits 53
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

what would I give to achieve such results... so far, the enemy bombardments work 10 times better than mine as we have to be lucky to get a single hit on the airfield every now and then... but... we also achieved half a dozen nukes during the game already... a dozen nukes out one and a half dozen bombardments for the Allied, half a dozen nukes out of 10 dozen bombardments for us...

and I´m waiting for the next thread to be posted that says that the IJN is hardcoded to do nukes every time in the game while the Allied can´t ever do that... lol


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ASW attack at 84,88

Japanese Ships
MSW Chitose Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2
MSW Bisan Maru
MSW Banshu Maru #8
MSW Ataka Maru
MSW Asahi Maru
MSW Wa 20
MSW Wa 14

Allied Ships
SS Plunger

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1015
TF 1015 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110



Allied ground losses:
350 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 59
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 138
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 68
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 152

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 71

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 30
SBD Dauntless x 11
TBF Avenger x 12
Hurricane IIb x 14
P-36A Mohawk x 88


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 91

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 6
PB2Y Coronado x 5
A-20B Boston x 44
PV-1 Ventura x 55
B-25C Mitchell x 13


No Allied losses

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 25,85


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 20
Beaufort I x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Beaufort I: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufort I bombing at 5000 feet

my tank units are one hex East of Derby now... I have ordered them to move into the town and attack. 12 units, some 31.000 troops spotted there. Smells like a big stack of base forces. If it is what I expect it to be then we will have a chance to achieve something with the tanks here, worth 1400 assault points. Supply is an issue for me and we will have to bring something in by ship, will try to do that with fast transport TFs made up by cruisers and destroyers. Couple of high speed runs should bring in enough supplies from Koepang to see my tanks being double supplied...

As you can see, Miller has torp bombers in the area (those are coming from Broome). This means every ship that is slower than 5 hexes is not allowed to enter this area as it would then be in torp range.

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3
TBF Avenger x 32


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x TBF Avenger bombing at 5000 feet

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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 325044 troops, 3433 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 6766

Defending force 148247 troops, 1150 guns, 399 vehicles, Assault Value = 2874

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8

Japanese max assault: 6297 - adjusted assault: 2815

Allied max defense: 2994 - adjusted defense: 4720

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


Japanese ground losses:
12058 casualties reported [:(]
Guns lost 377
Vehicles lost 10

Allied ground losses:
3453 casualties reported
Guns lost 72
Vehicles lost 7

ouch! I have to start my attacks as we don´t have months of time. The losses we suffered aren´t surprising, in fact they are in the lower range of what we expected. Our adjusted av looks horrible though, the enemy´s adjusted av isn´t as high as expected, I guess supply could be an issue already? Thank god we knocked a fort down at least, hopefully the enemy will run out of supply after the third attack. I thought my leading divisions would be totally shredded, but to my surprise the losses are nicely divided between a lot of troops and that´s good as this way my divs stay combat ready and recover disabled squads faster. One bgd was ordered to move out though, it will be replaced by a div coming from Darwin.

Miller has decided to now move his divs North of Alice Springs North again, they are spotted moving North on the road and are now 1 hex South of the railline connection. Wonder what he wants to do... make me nervous? March on Darwin? Try to march on Wyndham? Well, he surely won´t make me nervous as he would need something like 6-10 divs to achieve that. If he marches on Darwin, I can easily cut him off as I can move out 3000 assault points from Wyndham and still keep the Allied in place there. Then his divs at Darwin would be lost (another four! [:D]). Marching on Wyndham would have the same result, I can move out 7 divs from Wyndham and cut him off with another three coming from Darwin.

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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4848 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 264

Defending force 29839 troops, 288 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 100



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15570 troops, 176 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862

Defending force 269912 troops, 1420 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6386



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22623 troops, 268 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3150

Defending force 185894 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5257



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/04/43

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1025
TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

lol and he still unloads...

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ASW attack near Pago Pago at 98,110

Japanese Ships
SS I-30, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage [8|]

Allied Ships
DD Van Ghent
DD Piet Hein
DD Evertsen
DD Banckert
AK Empire Heath
AK Empire Cougar
AK Empire Success
AK Admiral Chase
AK Kainalu
AK Kailua
AK Edgar Luckenbach
MSW Cochin
MSW Skylark
MSW Requisite
MSW Pursuit
DD Vampire
DD Voyager
CL Raleigh

sub is sunk... another one... how long ago was it when Miller said that due to the changes in Nikmod (that I haven´t noticed and still don´t notice) my subs are impossible to be hit and hurt? Well, in the last couple of days I´ve lost more subs than in the first year of the war and I can´t say that my subs are victims of half a dozen dedicated ASW TFs... this sub was killed by MSWs, that dropped one depth charge at a time but still achieved three hits... I-30 immediately sunk... the fourth sub that is sunk in this area? And three or four more limping back heavily damaged... another two or three with moderate damaged... so nearly a dozen subs knocked out in a weeks time by the oh so weak Allied ASW (quote Miller [;)]).

Glad that I kill Allied subs in the dozen when they sit spotted in my bases for weeks below a dozen ASW ships...

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1025
TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

how can you do an atoll assault when it takes more than a week to unload your troops?

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 57
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 146

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 85

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 137
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 152

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 172

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 41
B-26B Marauder x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
39 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 6
PB2Y Coronado x 6
A-20B Boston x 39
PV-1 Ventura x 58
B-25C Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Div , at 25,85


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 16
Beaufort I x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Beaufort I: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufort I bombing at 5000 feet

those bombers are attacking too low...

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Day Air attack on 3rd Tank Div , at 25,85


Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufort I bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Beaufort I bombing at 5000 feet

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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8585 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272

Defending force 30669 troops, 331 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 108



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15558 troops, 177 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1863

Defending force 269002 troops, 1407 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6367



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22640 troops, 268 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3149

Defending force 185626 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5259



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21692 troops, 235 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 5736

Defending force 144728 troops, 1092 guns, 394 vehicles, Assault Value = 2796



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25138 troops, 330 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

Defending force 12364 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272


Japanese ground losses:
1461 casualties reported [:@][:@][:@]
Guns lost 11


this land combat routine really sucks hard... the enemy is now doing bombardments with two USMC def btn and two more CD gun units... we now have two nav guard units in the lead that are shredded due to the last three Allied 0 adjusted av shock attacks and this nuclear bombardment... very well done Mr. Grigsby, bombardments on heavily entrenched and fortified troops... stupid... but I shouldn´t complain, stupid enough that I can build level 9 forts on this atoll...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/05/43

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1025
TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110


16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Ravnaas


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

this is still the same TF that has been unloading here for a week now... [X(]

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TF 59 troops unloading over beach at Bulla, 40,75


Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported

this is my TF unloading at Bulla. Want to clear that base that was used as base for enemy patrol aircraft...

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Coastal Guns at Pago Pago, 98,110, firing at TF 1025
TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110


2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 148

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 97

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 138
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 151

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 138
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 37
SBD Dauntless x 14
TBF Avenger x 16
Hurricane IIb x 13
P-36A Mohawk x 69


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 36
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 4
B-26B Marauder x 13


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 3 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Port fuel hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 7
PB2Y Coronado x 6
A-20B Boston x 69
PV-1 Ventura x 57
B-25C Mitchell x 14


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 25,85


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 17


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Swordfish bombing at 10000 feet
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and here´s the joke of the day... [:@][:@][:@]

Day Air attack on TF at 25,83


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 15
SBD Dauntless x 45
TBF Avenger x 6
Spitfire Vb x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 52


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 8 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CL Tenryu
CL Kinu, Bomb hits 1
CL Isuzu
CL Tatsuta
CL Abukuma

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet

this game will never bem nearly in a state without serious bugs. I´m not talking about some minor glitches but bugs that just ruin every fun playing this crap. Guess where this fast transport TF ended up today! 2 (in words: T W O) hexes North of Derby!!!! It is supposed to move in and out at night, go into position the day before (means 6 hexes off the target). Well, the borked movement routine (as borked as the crappy programmed routine that´s responsible for the ground movement) just place it two hexes off Derby, a base that is full of Allied LBA. The only reason we didn´t lose the whole damned TF was the fact that the bombers at Broome were set to ground attacks and Derby was clouded in in the morning.

I have no problems losing ships due to my faults or stupidity, but losing a light cruiser due to a fridging game bug is just a f*cking joke... [:@][:@][:@]

Yubari lies dead in the water with 99 sys, 64 flt and 43 fire. It doesn´t even take more air attacks, the ship is dead anyway... guess it will be finished off tomorrow... the first cruiser I lose in the war... lost due to a bug... [:@][:@][:@][:@]


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15546 troops, 178 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1864

Defending force 268302 troops, 1401 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6356



Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22638 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3154

Defending force 185512 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5253



Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21777 troops, 237 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 5785

Defending force 145674 troops, 1121 guns, 396 vehicles, Assault Value = 2817



Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3433 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 193

Defending force 31236 troops, 358 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 120



Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25596 troops, 358 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

Defending force 11076 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 193


Japanese ground losses:
376 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

[Rainer79]

What was the mission of that FT squadron?

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Rainer79

What was the mission of that FT squadron?

fast transport... and fast transports do the same as surface combat and naval bombardment TFs: they stay off their destination at their max range and then go in at night to be out of LBA range during the day again. In this case the TF just parked itself off a base with major LBA without any reason to do so. Fully fueled the day before and all orders were correctly given. Wasn´t my fault to lose Yubari... [:@]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/06/43

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Naval bombardment of Pago Pago, at 98,110

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher
CA Hawkins
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
BB Tennessee
BB Pennsylvania

Japanese ground losses:
370 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 18
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 5

not much left to be destroyed...

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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 106

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M3a Zero x 135
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 152

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 114
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
SBD Dauntless x 2
TBF Avenger x 15
Hurricane IIb x 13
P-36A Mohawk x 93


Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 7 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 4
PB2Y Coronado x 5
A-20B Boston x 63
PV-1 Ventura x 58
B-25C Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 26,81


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 9
Beaufort I x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage [8|]

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet

that´s it...

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Day Air attack on TF at 26,81


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 9
SBD Dauntless x 35
Swordfish x 11
TBF Avenger x 4
Spitfire Vb x 14
Beaufort I x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet

the light cruiser was already sunk...

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Ground combat at Bulla

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1437 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Defending force 576 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18



Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

shock attack tomorrow...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15574 troops, 178 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1863

Defending force 267818 troops, 1398 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6341



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22634 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3154

Defending force 185039 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5248



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24515 troops, 323 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 5831

Defending force 146689 troops, 1137 guns, 397 vehicles, Assault Value = 2838



Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3438 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 174

Defending force 31576 troops, 368 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 132



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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25916 troops, 368 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Defending force 10138 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 174


Japanese ground losses:
566 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

the enemy will kick us off the island with bombardments only... looks like it would be best to just land a dozen art units to kill the enemy with Verdun style artillery attacks...

[Rainer79]

ORIGINAL: castor troy
fast transport... and fast transports do the same as surface combat and naval bombardment TFs: they stay off their destination at their max range and then go in at night to be out of LBA range during the day again. In this case the TF just parked itself off a base with major LBA without any reason to do so. Fully fueled the day before and all orders were correctly given. Wasn´t my fault to lose Yubari... [:@]

With the front at Wyndham and the allied bomber stacks at the other bases there I was actually just wondering where these ships were headed.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Rainer79

ORIGINAL: castor troy
fast transport... and fast transports do the same as surface combat and naval bombardment TFs: they stay off their destination at their max range and then go in at night to be out of LBA range during the day again. In this case the TF just parked itself off a base with major LBA without any reason to do so. Fully fueled the day before and all orders were correctly given. Wasn´t my fault to lose Yubari... [:@]

With the front at Wyndham and the allied bomber stacks at the other bases there I was actually just wondering where these ships were headed.

They were heading to Derby to drop off some supply for my tank units.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/07/43

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TF 84 encounters mine field at Derby (24,85)

Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze, Mine hits 1, on fire [8|]
DD Shiratsuyu, Mine hits 1, on fire [8|]
DD Yamagumo, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [8|]

how many times my opponent entered hexes with ten thousand of mines and hit nothing is unbelievable... as unbelievable as what happens to my surface combat and bombardment TFs all the time... I could looks like Miller is the master of die rolls... [8|]

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Sub attack at 7,91

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
AK Empire Launcelot, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Miller spotted KB moving West from Koepang to intercept a probable supply convoy (that was spotted by my subs North of Perth) to Northern Australia and therefore he sent them full speed back towards Perth. This small AK is sunk with two torps...

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Naval bombardment of Derby, at 24,85


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 5 destroyed
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
PB2Y Coronado: 1 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed
C-47 Dakota: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Myoko
CA Tone


Allied ground losses:
1987 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 19

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 70

for the loss of 3 DDs [8|] we do at least some damage with our bombardment...

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Naval bombardment of Pago Pago, at 98,110

Allied Ships
BB California
BB Arizona
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada
BB West Virginia
BB Colorado
BB Maryland

Japanese ground losses:
614 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Sub attack at 7,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
AK Empire Launcelot, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Empire Launcelot takes another two torps... ridicoulos, I-19 used up all her torps to finish ONE small AK...

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Sub attack at 7,93

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
AK Empire Valour, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

another attack on this convoy, small AK Empire Valour goes down also...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 59
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 111

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3a Zero x 138
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 152

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 106
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 37
SBD Dauntless x 16
TBF Avenger x 14
Hurricane IIb x 13
P-36A Mohawk x 63


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 66

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 6
PB2Y Coronado x 6
A-20B Boston x 43
PV-1 Ventura x 56
B-25C Mitchell x 10


No Allied losses

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 27,79

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Takao

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

Attack out of WYNDHAM! [X(] Miller puts 200 bombers back into the base! [X(] Looks like he doesn´t care at all about his supply there... serves me well. Leaking Cap from Koepang...

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Day Air attack on TF at 27,79

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Kumano

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

another strike on my bombardment TF that is returning to Timor... at the end of the day, one British Liberator is accounted for being shot down A2A...

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Day Air attack on TF at 26,82 [8|][8|][8|]


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
SBD Dauntless x 35
TBF Avenger x 2
Spitfire Vb x 7
Beaufort I x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 34


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Beaufort I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Yamagumo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Suzukaze, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet

like I´ve said, Miller seems to be the master of die rolls... first three of my DDs hit mines at Derby and then, well, they are all moderately damaged and end up in the SAME TF... and those three DDs are SUNK. [:@] DD losses at 15 now. Guess at least a dozen of them are lost because they originally either hit a mine or were torped by a PT...



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Ground combat at Bulla

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1483 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Defending force 585 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Japanese max assault: 74 - adjusted assault: 70

Allied max defense: 13 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bulla base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
1380 casualties reported

the two unit fragments didn´t have much of a chance... good example of the myth that you don´t have to capture oil/resources early because they are stored by the Allied for you. They AREN´T! Bulla has 70 resources and was producing resources for 15 months now. So there should be over 30.000 resources now. How many did we capture? 2800! That´s a myth folks, capture your resources and oil asap, the Allied don´t store them for you... and no, Miller did NOT move them out...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15579 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867

Defending force 272131 troops, 1424 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6321



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22654 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3154

Defending force 184428 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5237



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5300 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5871

Defending force 147260 troops, 1154 guns, 399 vehicles, Assault Value = 2841



Allied ground losses:
247 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Derby

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12551 troops, 78 guns, 561 vehicles, Assault Value = 1807

Defending force 36690 troops, 209 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 604



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26113 troops, 381 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 134

Defending force 8720 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 130


Japanese ground losses:
724 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 235 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 98

Defending force 31853 troops, 381 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 134



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/08/43

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Naval bombardment of Derby, at 24,85


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
C-47 Dakota: 6 destroyed
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 3 destroyed
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Beaufort I: 2 destroyed
TBF Avenger: 2 destroyed
PB2Y Coronado: 1 destroyed
Dakota I: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Nachi
CA Takao


Allied ground losses:
1654 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 9

Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 115

going to knock out Derby and Wyndham. We will keep using our CAs (as long as they can move 6 hexes at least), then we will switch over to using the fast BBs together with the cruisers (when they can only move 5 hexes due to sys damage). And when the enemy´s airfields at Broome and Derby are knocked out we can also use KB´s Kates to keep them damaged. This could enable us to move in AKs to drop off supplies for our tanks. Mines are the biggest threat at the moment, they damage our ships and the SBDs and torp bombers kill our ships afterwards...

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ASW attack at 25,83

Japanese Ships
DD Fubuki
DD Akatsuki
DD Ariake
DD Shigure
DD Asagumo
DD Oshio
DD Amatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Runner

escorts of our bombardment TF... all fail to locate the sub...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 59
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 30
B-17E Fortress x 70
B-24D Liberator x 94

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 195

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
26 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

200 4Es attack the more or less empty (only the Dinah III Chutai there) airfield of Dili and nuke it... Unbelievable what damage those bastards do in one attack. Flak is ueless, the insane number of ONE bomber is lost... ridicoulos...

but hey, Miller should fly more attacks like this one, it came from Wyndham! How much supply is being used by 200 4Es for an attack? 400? 600? 800? If I were Miller, I would not burn my precious supply in Wyndham for absolutely senseless attacks on an empty airfield on Timor.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
A6M3a Zero x 137
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 152

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 116
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 45
Kittyhawk I x 5


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x TBF Avenger bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 6
PB2Y Coronado x 6
A-20B Boston x 73
PV-1 Ventura x 56
B-25C Mitchell x 10


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 40th USA Division, at 36,89

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 69
Ki-46-III Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

40th USA div is now one hex below the junction to Wyndham... one more div is following two hexes South...



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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 311006 troops, 3123 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 5914

Defending force 150104 troops, 1200 guns, 402 vehicles, Assault Value = 2959

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Japanese max assault: 5449 - adjusted assault: 2501

Allied max defense: 3192 - adjusted defense: 4977

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


Japanese ground losses:
13042 casualties reported
Guns lost 224
Vehicles lost 23

Allied ground losses:
3961 casualties reported
Guns lost 62
Vehicles lost 6

another devastating attack, we suffer even slightly more losses than last time. Seems that supply isn´t an issue for the Allied yet. Our adjusted av once again looks horrible... two divs will be moved out and fresh ones in...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15584 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866

Defending force 271438 troops, 1412 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6297



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22662 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2820

Defending force 184065 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5225



Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Derby

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12645 troops, 78 guns, 564 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810

Defending force 35561 troops, 203 guns, 124 vehicles, Assault Value = 596



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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26381 troops, 383 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Defending force 8254 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 105


Japanese ground losses:
453 casualties reported
Guns lost 7


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 235 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 92

Defending force 32221 troops, 383 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

[castor troy]

And here are the enemy troops at Derby. It doesn´t look that bad, especially the fact that two of the Allied bgd are in the lead of the troop stack, so my attack will hit those two bgds hard. All we need are supplies, if we get supplies to our tanks we will finish off Derby, even if the enemy is sitting behind level 9 forts. At least I hope so... [;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/09/43

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
MSW Ranzan Maru
MSW Misago Maru #11
MSW Kyo Maru #3
MSW Kyo Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS Seal

sub in base hex... [>:]

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 59
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
A6M3a Zero x 138
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 152

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 150
Port hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 38
SBD Dauntless x 16
TBF Avenger x 16
Hurricane IIb x 13
P-36A Mohawk x 91


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 2 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 89

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 43
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 2
Kittyhawk I x 9


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 damaged

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x TBF Avenger bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 84th Naval Guard Unit, at 98,110


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 40
PV-1 Ventura x 37
B-25C Mitchell x 7


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet

no need to fly ground attacks, the enemy bombardments (and only the bombardments!) have totally wrecked our inf units...

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Day Air attack on 134th IJN Base Force, at 98,110


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 18
B-25C Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 13
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 120

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed

Expected Miller to set his bombers at Wyndham on nav attack again and as Darwin is only 7 hexes away (closer than my ships going to Derby or the ships at Koepang) the bombers show up unescorted to meet a crappy Cap. I´ve got 289 fighters on Cap there, we see 133 in the air (Cap is set to 90% [8|]). Again not even 50% and this really starts to suck...

The enemy bomber crews´ morale is low and all turn back. This was amazing as they had quite some time to rest.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 13
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 120

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 10
B-24D Liberator x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 7 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 26 damaged

the Brits had a higher morale and suffered...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 13
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 120

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged

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Day Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 13
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 120

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

the US crews seem to be no threat for the moment if they go in against capped targets. What I really need is the Tony (gun value 10) and radar. The Tony is still at 9/43 [:(] and I won´t get radar until 1/44... and by then it will be too late...



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15664 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865

Defending force 270689 troops, 1400 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6279



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22662 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2820

Defending force 183931 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5215



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8316 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4788

Defending force 147095 troops, 1137 guns, 399 vehicles, Assault Value = 2935



Allied ground losses:
232 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 4


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Ground combat at Derby

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12722 troops, 78 guns, 567 vehicles, Assault Value = 1812

Defending force 37112 troops, 207 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 598



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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26719 troops, 392 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 162

Defending force 7867 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 95


Japanese ground losses:
262 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 235 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Defending force 32679 troops, 392 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 162