castor troy
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Weīre back in synch again and see heavy fighting immediately...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/03/42
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ASW attack near Labao at 29,74
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 2
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #12
PC Kyo Maru #11
PC Kyo Maru #2
Allied Ships
SS KXVII
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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Minegumo
DD Minazuki
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
Allied Ships
SS Snapper, hits 1
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Sub attack at 30,75
Japanese Ships
AP Konzan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
AP Kisogawa Maru
DD Natsugumo
DD Oshio
Allied Ships
SS Sealion
Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
a troop convoy retreating from Koepang is hit. KB and all the BB TFs have retired North, last TF spotted was around 6 hexes North of Koepang...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77  
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 3
Albacore x 22
Martlet II x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 16
SBD Dauntless x 126
Swordfish x 28
TBD Devastator x 66
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Bomb hits 23, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 24, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Columbia Maru
AK Hide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kasyu Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AK Momoha Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamagiri Maru
AK Hirota Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Syozin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x TBD Devastator bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
we brought also the US carriers to the party, but once again we were only a couple of days late and Hortlund is really happy about that. We have now the British torp bombers and the US aircraft available to hurt anything that is within range. As mentioned before, KB (or better say incomplete KB as Kaga and Akagi seem to be missing) has already retired as well as the IJN battlewaggons so we attack an empty convoy but CA Kinugusa and CL Yura were included there to act as a bomb magnet against LBA attacks. Well, they acted good and Kinugusa canīt be penetrated by the 500lb bombs dropped by the SBDs and TBDs. That was amazing as I thought 500lb bombs would hurt CAs in Nikmod... Even CL Yura was hit by several 500lb bombs that couldnīt penetrate the belt armor. But in the end the British torp bombers made short process of the 2 cruisers! And we bag another half a dozen transports. 
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 14
Hudson I x 19
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-17E Fortress x 8
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Meizan Maru, Bomb hits 3
AK Komaki Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AP Teikei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Keiyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AP Niitaka Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Ehime Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
Also in the morning my LBA from Derby is attacking an empty troop convoy at Koepang and does some damage. Iīm happy with the hit rate as Iīm used to far worse hit rates so far...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Teikei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Niitaka Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Ehime Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
and some Hudsons from Wyndham join the party...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 2
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,84
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Foam, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
a damn IJN CS is beating up some AKs carrying fuel to Northern Australia. This is happening some 12 hexes West of Broome...  the precious fuel of the AKs is lost to the small bomb hits as all goes up in flames...
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,84
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Foam, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Albacore x 19
SBD Dauntless x 88
Swordfish x 28
TBD Devastator x 31
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Keiyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Meizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Niitaka Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Ehime Maru, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AP Teikei Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Komaki Maru, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
in the afternoon our carriers attack the already damaged troop convoy at Koepang and afterwards thereīs no ship left that would make it back to a safe port. Itīs a pity, thereīs also a 3DD, 2APD TF in the Koepang hex that would be a more valuable target but I can live with that...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 8
Hudson I x 12
B-17E Fortress x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Ehime Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Meizan Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AP Keiyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Komaki Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Niitaka Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 8
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Niitaka Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenoa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
DD Minegumo
APD APD-2
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
only a couple of Fortresses is attacking the DD/APD TF... 
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
and some Hudsons from Wyndham, all without success against the agile targets... what was really amazing is the fact that we lost 0 aircraft today!!!! 
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,84
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Lynx, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 31,75
Japanese Ships
AP Kasuga Maru #2
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
the sub misses...
I donīt know if I can consider my Koepang operation as a success as in the end I lost the base, seeing 2 Aus bgds, half a dozen base forces and 3 small Aus inf units surrender, all in all some 30.000 troops. And I lost BC Repulse to KB. I came late with my carriers to do real damage, the 2 cruisers and the dozen transports today is a consolation prize. My carriers are now 4 hexes South of Koepang and my recon told me that there are already some 200 aircraft at the base but the base should be HEAVILY damaged. It was at 100 port, 100 airbase and 80+ airfield dam when I lost it and perhaps my eng increased the airfield damage even more. Nevertheless Hortlund has flown in an armada of fighters and probably torpedoe bombers. I told him I would be amazed if his aircraft could take off such an airfield, Iīm already amazed that they can land there. Nearly no op losses to the Japanese, WITP has something wrong here - try to land 200 aircraft at an airfield that is 80+ damaged... 
So I had the choice to retire my carriers to Darwin (8 hexes) where we would have also 100+ land based fighters on Cap or stay in the Koepang area to either attack more shipping OR torch the Japanese aircraft on the ground if they canīt launch. I decided to attack the airfield! I guess this is a fault and Iīm toast tomorrow but I really think it shouldnīt be possible to launch a strike from such an airfield. But probably we will see 100% of the aircraft launch in a perfectly coordinated strike...
A rough guess about the Japanese losses so far:
1 CA, 1 CL, a dozen+ DDs/APDs, some 20 transports and 50+ aircraft. If I also count the 30 Nells shot down over Darwin then it would be 80+ aircraft.
We lost some 30.000 men, BC Repulse, 40 aircraft and 1 sub. I would call that a real Allied disaster in the real war, as losing 30.000 men was devastating I think.
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 
Why should I? I told you before, there wasnīt yet a situation in our campaign that made me feel desperate. You took your objectives in the SRA, not much I could do about it I was happy with the damage done. You took empty bases in the Pacific, not much I could do about it at that time. You stopped in the Pacific, so those bases arenīt doing you any good IMO and you donīt really effect my plans there now the rest of the Pacific is safe. Then we came to the point where I told you that there are no easy targets left and when I look at Koepang at the moment then Iīm more than happy that you lost something like a dozen DDs (I hate losing DDs as the Japanese) and the base hasnīt fallen yet. It will fall, no doubt but it was surely not an easy target and your losses will be not nice just to take a base on Timor. 
urban warfare is a mess in WITP... 
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