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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/24/2008 5:23:23 PM   
castor troy


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Sub attack near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese Ships
AP Hakozake Maru
PG Hashidate
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Ataka Maru
MSW Asahi Maru #2
MSW Aoi Maru
DD Akizuki
CA Aoba

Allied Ships
SS KXII

those 3500 dur subs arenīt worth alot as they can only fire salvoes of 2 torps. And the salvo missed...

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 10

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 8

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

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 46
B-26B Marauder x 28


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 15,23


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 17


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma
AP Kashiwa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Kuretake
AK Muroran Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 18,25


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Muro Maru
AP Rozan Maru
AP Saiho Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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

we sink a small AP with 3x1000lb bombs. Those are my high exp. Mauraders that have operated a looong time out of India already. They can sink everything up to CA class - like all my level bombers in India! Hortlund should be aware of that!

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Day Air attack on Trimcomalee , at 15,25

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged


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Ground combat at Mannargudi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1189 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

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

Japanese max assault: 28 - adjusted assault: 5

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mannargudi base !!!

a NLF unit akes Mannargudi. For what reason ever... just another training target for us! Excellent, thank you Steve!



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/24/2008 5:34:21 PM   
castor troy


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Day Air attack on 225 Group RAF , at 30,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 67

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 11 destroyed, 45 damaged


Allied ground losses:
181 casualties reported

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

I just donīt get it! Steve knows that HIS flak is a killer. He also knows that Allied flak is even stronger... and still he sends in his bombers at 11.000ft, where I see 150 out of 200 of my bombers being damaged when they attack at that height. Well, he suffers too! 23 bombers shot down by flak! Excellent work, in a couple of months, the Japanese pilot pools will be empty... 23 bombers lost and they disabled a dozen of my support squads...

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Ki-49 Helen x 8

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 10

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

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 24,8


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 40


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

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

a newly arrived B-25 BG that was upgraded to Marauders starts with a training run on the 50 paratroopers that were dropped into Ahmadabad. I try to use my Marauders mostly in India, with my Mitchels that have one hex more range in the Pacific.

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Sub attack near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese Ships
PC Ishigaki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo

Allied Ships
SS O19

O19 and O20, the Dutch mine layer subs, have proved to be real killers with both their torps and mines. On a minelaying mission to Rangoon, O19 sinks Ishigaki, one of the 8000 dur PCs with an ASW value of 8!!!


and hereīs a screenshot of India! As you can see most of the Japanese TFs are already turning back, after achieving N O T H I N G! Only KB seems to stay static in itīs hex. At the moment it even seems that the Japanese decided to leave the IJA division behind, for what reason ever. I expected them to load it again and head for Rangoon. What a disastrous mission... I didnīt like to use my full airpower against the invasion as I was not willing to lose a lot of fighters but with the full force of my bomber squadrons in India, this could have been a total disaster for the IJN. I guess the fact that I have no training targets can be also called a total disaster for my enemy! One important thing for the Japanese is to try to make it as hard as possible for the Allied to train up his fighters. As long as you are able to manage this, you have very good odds in Nikmod! Far better odds than in stock IMO, but Hortlund thinks the Japanese side is crippled in the mod. But heīs just crippling himself with those attacks. Nevertheless, our operations have provided a lot of fun in this PBEM!





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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/24/2008 7:01:31 PM   
castor troy


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Sub attack near Truk at 63,78

Japanese Ships
AK Shojin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack

torps fail to detonate and the small AK will live on...

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 10

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 47
B-26B Marauder x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

flak fire is acceptable at this height, but it will take a long time to wear down the one or two base forces there. Perhaps I should send some BBs along...

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
A6M3 Zero x 2
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 17,20


Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 14


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Mohawk IV bombing at 2000 feet
14 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet

training run... Hortlund started to move his small fragments of paras (some 50 troops each) around in India to create ZOCs and probably to take some more bases...

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8980 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 254

Defending force 5549 troops, 34 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 233


Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1


as you can see, more than 5000 men are left behind by the Japanese. I have problems to understand why he didnīt load them up again...

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/24/2008 8:57:40 PM   
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TF 113 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
AK Tamahoko Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

and another sub laid VH2 finds a victim...

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TF 37 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW Choun Maru #21
MSW Choun Maru #18
MSW Banshu Maru #56
MSW Banshu Maru #52

unfortunately a second later 4 MSW also enter Rangoon...

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Ki-49 Helen x 7

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
8 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 37
B-26B Marauder x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

I would like to see disabled guns...

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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 17,20


Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 13


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Mohawk IV bombing at 2000 feet
13 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 17,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 191

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 39 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 24 destroyed

I have set my Marauders to max range naval attack and thought they would either not launch against KB or if so, they would all turn back. Their morale was only in the high 40s but it seems I passed exactly all die rolls I didnīt want to pass. Instead of killing themselfs against the KB cap I hoped to attack one of the other TFs. A pity... Imagine how Hortlund would have screamed if a bomber would have made it through Cap! Nearly 200 fighters on cap is far more than I had expected.

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Day Air attack on TF at 19,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 5 damaged

leaking cap 2 hexes away, now my bombers turn back... I lost a monthly replacement rate today...

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Day Air attack on TF at 18,30


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Saiho Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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

and this is all we get, we sink an already damaged small AP...

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Day Air attack on TF at 16,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged


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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9000 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 256

Defending force 5434 troops, 32 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 227


Japanese ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

donīt know if my opponent tries to pick up those troops with transports but the loss list shows 2 Mavis transport float planes lost to ops today.

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Ground combat at Hyderabad

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1560 troops, 0 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 74

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

Allied max assault: 56 - adjusted assault: 28

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Hyderabad base !!!


a small British TK regiment takes Hyderabad...

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/25/2008 2:04:48 PM   
castor troy


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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 7

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 99

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
D3A Val: 2 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 13 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet

due to lack of naval targets my B-17 crews became bored and so I sent them to bomb Lae as I guessed there wouldnīt be a lot of Cap. Well, there was no Cap at all! For the loss of 1 bomber to flak we torched 15 aircraft on the ground...

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M3 Zero x 3
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 17,20


Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 11
P-39D Airacobra x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Mohawk IV bombing at 2000 feet
15 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 24,8


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 36


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

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

now look at this! Hortlund is flying in fragments of the 33rd div to Ahmadabad to have another mini unit to create ZOCs deep into India...

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8968 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232

Defending force 5217 troops, 24 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 220


Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

I ordered transports to pick up the brigade from Trimcomalee again that I have flown in. And there are still Zeroes on LRCAP. Nothing than level 1 airfields in range and level 1 is not enough to fly LRCAP so it seems Hortlund has forgotten to switch back his KB Zeroes from LRCAP Trimcomalee.



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/25/2008 5:07:55 PM   
castor troy


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TF 42 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
PG Toyotsu Maru
PG Kanko Maru
PG Kaiun Maru

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TF 57 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo

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TF 105 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
PG Taiko Maru

unfortunately no mine hit at Rangoon today!

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 8

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 41
A-20B Boston x 61
B-26B Marauder x 27


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

wonder how long it will take until I can send my fighters in to bomb at 2000ft...

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M3 Zero x 3
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 17,20


Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 13
Hurricane IIb x 14


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8988 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232

Defending force 5145 troops, 23 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 220


Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/26/2008 9:57:13 PM   
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TF 174 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
AK Oita Maru, Mine hits 1

another mine hit at Rangoon... Hortlund sends so many ships there and even though he knows there are mines and that he has MSW in the area he doesnīt seem to care...

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Sub attack at 64,70

Japanese Ships
AP Daihachikyo Maru
PG Heijo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf, hits 1

not surprising, torps miss... something is wrong with my subs...

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 9

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 43
A-20B Boston x 63
B-26B Marauder x 25


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

not one casualty?

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M3 Zero x 3
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 24,8


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 34


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8976 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 231

Defending force 5057 troops, 23 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 216


Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Malir

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 73 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

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

Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 4

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Malir base !!!

Hortlund teleports another para fragment far into India... I just donīt want comment it anymore, people know that I find this more than dumb... just look at the numbers of paras dropped... but hey, with this absolutely wrong decision to attack me in India at this date, he has punished himself enough that I donīt have to comment this acting anyway... If we ever get that far into the game, he will see me dropping mini para units at every empty base I can reach with my Coronados...

If we would play with a bigger map, he would think itīs realistic to take every base with 50 paras until he ends up somewhere in Italy... it must be realistic, as Hortlund wouldnīt do something that is gamey... no! no!


Today I received my first Liberator group. Guess what! It was listed in the reinforcement list as B-24D and now I received 48 LB-30... my pool still has all LB-30 that accumulated over the months and I didnīt want to use them. Now I will use them... this costs me a monthly replacement of B-24Ds

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 1:33:55 AM   
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Hortlund teleports another para fragment far into India...


Are you sure they are fragments? Is there any HR against dropping whole units - do they have to be a minimum size?

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 12:28:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: witpqs

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Hortlund teleports another para fragment far into India...


Are you sure they are fragments? Is there any HR against dropping whole units - do they have to be a minimum size?



How would you call 73 men with an assault value of 2?? This is something Hortlund has been doing since day one of our PBEM. While I can live with the fact that he mops up bases on New Guinea with those mini paradrops I find it "strange", to stay polite, if he takes the whole sub continent with those 50-100 men paradrops that are now marching around in India to create ZOCs everywhere.

Hortlund says he never acts gamey and we all know the expression gameyness has a 100% different meaning for most people on the board. Like I said, what Hortlund is doing here would be the same if 1000 German paratroopers would have occupied thousands of sqare kilometers of Russia... perfectly realistic...

He thinks I should place combat units (or at least base forces with inf - problem is that 90% of my base forces have an assault value of 0 and there are 30 bases in India) in EVERY base on the map, not just at those bases 24 hexes away from his next base (Emily range). In EVERY base because the first day he drops into a base max 24 hexes away, flies in transports or patrols immediately and then he can drop again 24 hexes inland. Doing this with units of around 50 men. So with 200 paratroopers at the moment heīs going to create dozens of ZOCs in India now and moves around there. For me itīs "strange", for him itīs a good strategy. Well, also Trollelite thinks heīs a strategic genius. Iīm only glad he canīt drop paras into Continental USA as I donīt have an inf division everywhere there either. If people are crying about the abuse of the Japanese turn one movement bonus that sees invasions far away from what would have been possible in real life, what should I say about para invasions 70 hexes away from the next major Japanese base which is Rangoon?

But what am I talking about??? With this absolutely IMO amateurish invasion attempt he provided me with super training possibilities for my fighters and in 6 month at the latest he will scream about that, because his aircraft will be shot out of the sky by my Warhawk pilots with 80+ exp. But then the mod wonīt be working in his oppinion, while I think itīs okay for him to see his Zeroes killing the best I can field at 5:1+ kill rates. While we know that he doesnīt think itīs okay that he canīt take down my bombers!

And I have already loaded up 3 Marine F4F-3 squadrons that will train in India and then convert to Corsairs in early 43. What then? Perhaps the game will end. But like I said, the Japanese commander should always think about what heīs doing if that "might" be problematic, because the Allied commander can pay it back 10 times harder later on with his mighty force available.

At the moment my opponent reached the map edge in India, so there wonīt be that many of those paradrops anymore. Would the map be bigger then Japanese mini para units would seize the Suez Channel in the next couple of days...

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 1:16:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, they actually are not (the first landings anyway) fragments, but since he is using his Tina's at about the max range, they can only carry a very small portion of the unit. Tina's only have a load factor of 2,000 IIRC. But I do understand what you are saying. I never liked them either (I have played many times against Steve) but I never really sweat them either. Of course, I do garrison as much of India or every base (except dot base etc) I want against him. I save every single Dutch Garrison Bn I can lay my hands on and use these for my rear garrisons until my base forces have their infantry.

Dakotas, C46 and Tabby's have a load factor of 10,000. Of course these are the real workhorse transports and I do everything I can to secure a level 2 or larger base to mass lift airborne and then larger LCU's.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 1:50:45 PM   
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ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

Well, they actually are not (the first landings anyway) fragments, but since he is using his Tina's at about the max range, they can only carry a very small portion of the unit. Tina's only have a load factor of 2,000 IIRC. But I do understand what you are saying. I never liked them either (I have played many times against Steve) but I never really sweat them either. Of course, I do garrison as much of India or every base (except dot base etc) I want against him. I save every single Dutch Garrison Bn I can lay my hands on and use these for my rear garrisons until my base forces have their infantry.

Dakotas, C46 and Tabby's have a load factor of 10,000. Of course these are the real workhorse transports and I do everything I can to secure a level 2 or larger base to mass lift airborne and then larger LCU's.



why arenīt they fragments? If itīs not a whole unit (and with 50-100 men they are surely not the whole btn) what is it, if not a fragment?

I want to point out one more time: I have no problems with the use of paras in general, but what my opponent is doing are operations like "sub invasions" that are unacceptable for most people on the board. Hell, if I would do a sub invasion then there would be more men involved. And a sub invasion is nothing compared to the sh*t that I have now marching around in India creating ZOCs...

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 2:23:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well I asked because I know that paras get disabled quite a bit, attack without supply (IIRC), and disabled troops don't show up in the attack count. 2nd ACR also pointed out maybe the whole units didn't get airlifted. BTW, I would airlift whole unit when doing airborne assaults (if they came up short it would be unintentional).

I agree that leapfrogging without actual support would be bogus. Has anyone actually done that?

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 2:38:36 PM   
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Well I asked because I know that paras get disabled quite a bit, attack without supply (IIRC), and disabled troops don't show up in the attack count. 2nd ACR also pointed out maybe the whole units didn't get airlifted. BTW, I would airlift whole unit when doing airborne assaults (if they came up short it would be unintentional).

I agree that leapfrogging without actual support would be bogus. Has anyone actually done that?



There are NOT the whole units, not even 10% of a unit. What you see are paras that have been dropped by something like 12 Tinas...

Like you say, I would have no problems with whole units. But Hortlund isnīt even interested in bringing in more. The 100 soldiers are enough to create ZOCs in every hex in India.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 2:46:38 PM   
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TF 46 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW Eguchi Maru
MSW Choun Maru #7

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TF 105 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
PG Taiko Maru

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 8

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 30
A-20B Boston x 57
B-26B Marauder x 24


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

flak fire is getting less effective already. Soon we will see our fighters attack too!

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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 15,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 8

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

Hortlund must be a genius, no doubt! There are A6M3 on LRCAP over Trimcomalee. Now tell me how this is possible. He only owns level 1 airfields that are in range for the A6M3 with a range of 8 but still he can fly LRCAP. But this shouldnīt be possible from a level 1 airfield...

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M3 Zero x 4
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 8
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

our enemy tried to pick off leaking Cap from Calcutta. We wouldnīt have a chance if he directly attacks Calcutta but even less of a chance if he goes after our leaking Cap. Thank god most of the Japanese fighters failed to locate the target...

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8976 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 231

Defending force 4980 troops, 22 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 212


Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 3:47:17 PM   
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Hortlund must be a genius, no doubt! There are A6M3 on LRCAP over Trimcomalee. Now tell me how this is possible. He only owns level 1 airfields that are in range for the A6M3 with a range of 8 but still he can fly LRCAP. But this shouldnīt be possible from a level 1 airfield...



IIRC LRCAP counts as CAP rather than a strike missions and is therefore available to fighters at a size 1 airfiled

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 4:14:22 PM   
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quote:

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Hortlund must be a genius, no doubt! There are A6M3 on LRCAP over Trimcomalee. Now tell me how this is possible. He only owns level 1 airfields that are in range for the A6M3 with a range of 8 but still he can fly LRCAP. But this shouldnīt be possible from a level 1 airfield...



IIRC LRCAP counts as CAP rather than a strike missions and is therefore available to fighters at a size 1 airfiled



hmm, youīre probably right. Donīt understand it though as you canīt fly sweeps from a level 1 airfield. So I thought you couldnīt LRCAP either. Not logical to me. Just looked it up in the manual and LRCAP isnīt in the limitations of size 1 airfields.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 5:22:41 PM   
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Hortlund must be a genius, no doubt! There are A6M3 on LRCAP over Trimcomalee. Now tell me how this is possible. He only owns level 1 airfields that are in range for the A6M3 with a range of 8 but still he can fly LRCAP. But this shouldnīt be possible from a level 1 airfield...



Carrier-capable planes flying LRCAP don't neccessarily have to be airfield-based...

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 5:24:44 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: castor troy

Hortlund must be a genius, no doubt! There are A6M3 on LRCAP over Trimcomalee. Now tell me how this is possible. He only owns level 1 airfields that are in range for the A6M3 with a range of 8 but still he can fly LRCAP. But this shouldnīt be possible from a level 1 airfield...



Carrier-capable planes flying LRCAP don't neccessarily have to be airfield-based...




A6M3 isnīt carrier capable! The A6M3a would be! And there are 100% no carriers in the near as my 100 search planes would have spotted them at some point.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 6:38:49 PM   
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Sub attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
AK Bordeaux Maru

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

Hallibut missed with 4 torps...

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Sub attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
AK Tenposan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

but gets another chance at Saipan and hits a big AK. Lots of shipping at Saipan at the moment...

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 11

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
A6M3 Zero x 39

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 17,20


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 31
Hurricane IIc x 28


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 15,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 8

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

looks like I have to stop those attacks...

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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 20,11


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 4
B-26B Marauder x 35


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 27,17


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 99


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 30
A-20B Boston x 51
B-26B Marauder x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged
A-20B Boston: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 73

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8964 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 230

Defending force 4687 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 203


Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Lahore

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1250 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 98

Defending force 99 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied max assault: 164 - adjusted assault: 75

Japanese max defense: 3 - adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 37 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 6:51:23 PM   
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TF 1100 encounters mine field at Dutch Harbor (103,36) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

233 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Kelowna
MSW Courtenay, Shell hits 34, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Lockeport
MSW Guysborough
MSW Caraquet
MSW Bayfield, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Bellechasse, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wasaga, Shell hits 16, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Ungava, Shell hits 30, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Quatsino, Shell hits 25, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Outarde
MSW Nipigon, Shell hits 22, on fire, heavy damage

itīs obvious that it was dumb to send MSWs to clear mines at Dutch Harbour... all that are hit are dead...


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Sub attack at 63,65

Japanese Ships
TK Nissan Maru, Torpedo hits 1
PG Tamo Maru #6
PG Takunan Maru #3
PG Oi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish

the positive of this turn, if itīs not FOW...

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 18

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

holy crap, flak is still too effective...

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2
A6M3 Zero x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 20,11


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 3
B-26B Marauder x 46


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 27
A-20B Boston x 50
B-26B Marauder x 23


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 55

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

compared to last turn we have a very effective flak here again... have to adjust the attack height again. Canīt send in BBs to take out the base forces as Iīm sure the mines would kill my ships...

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8976 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 231

Defending force 4684 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 205


Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 7:39:21 PM   
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Day Air attack on Sasebo 1st SNLF, at 14,22


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 42
P-39D Airacobra x 21
Hurricane IIc x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sasebo 1st SNLF, at 14,22


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 21,11


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 44


No Allied losses

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

how should I get rid of those mini units if 44 bombers donīt inflict a single casualty...

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 22
A-20B Boston x 36
B-26B Marauder x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
A-20B Boston: 2 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

same here, we canīt fight down the base forces it seems. Not a single casualty...

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8964 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 230

Defending force 4684 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 206


Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Ahmadabad

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1104 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Defending force 58 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied max assault: 17 - adjusted assault: 16

Japanese max defense: 2 - adjusted defense: 2

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Ahmadabad base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

great, now the mini unit moved off the rail...

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Ground combat at Trivandrum

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13504 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 352

Defending force 3264 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 99

Allied max assault: 321 - adjusted assault: 132

Japanese max defense: 71 - adjusted defense: 47

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Trivandrum base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

looks like I underestimated the strenght of the enemy here, but still we take the base...

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Ground combat at 27,7

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1154 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 95

Defending force 79 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied max assault: 162 - adjusted assault: 41

Japanese max defense: 3 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 41 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 8:33:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		About the only way is to chase them down with your units. Airpower does not much good against small units. Use the daylights out of your armor brigades. Give them something to do.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 8:44:42 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/19/42

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M3 Zero x 32

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 15,25


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 25


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

no mor LRCAP so it came from Trivandrum that we took yesterday...

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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 22,11


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 48


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 28,16


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 100


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet

hope to see those training runs daily now. Then we will have some competitive fighter pilots when we enter 43...

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8976 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 231

Defending force 4546 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 201


Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at 17,20

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10336 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied max assault: 177 - adjusted assault: 170

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 170 to 1



Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Lucknow

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2996 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 93 troops, 2 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied max assault: 41 - adjusted assault: 22

Japanese max defense: 2 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 22 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

working against the tiny units in all of India...

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Ground combat at 26,7

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1132 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Defending force 53 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied max assault: 82 - adjusted assault: 43

Japanese max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 43 to 1



Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!


good news today is the fact that bombers on naval search sunk the IJN mine layer sub I-122 at Chandpur... havenīt recieved a message so far that CL Sendai is sunk. She was heavily damaged at Trimcomalee and later hit with a bomb from a Wellington on search... perhaps FOW and the damn cruiser will show up in the sunken ship list in a month or so...



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 8:45:51 PM   
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About the only way is to chase them down with your units. Airpower does not much good against small units. Use the daylights out of your armor brigades. Give them something to do.



I have a unit operating against every small enemy unit at the moment but unfortunately they have yet to be wiped out...

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 9:03:10 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/20/42

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ASW attack at 3,102

Japanese Ships
SS I-32

Allied Ships
DD Phelps
DD Selfridge
DD Cushing
DD Shaw
DD Jarvis
DD Patterson

This is a couple of hexes West of Perth where an enemy sub has been sitting for weeks...

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Sub attack at 55,89

Japanese Ships
AK Brazil Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-27

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

the skipper thought he would command a light cruiser and pumped the AK full of 4 inch shells before he launched a torp... wasnīt the other way around normal in real life?

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Sub attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
AK Tenposan Maru, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Peto

Peto on mine laying mission while on transfer to Australia attacks the already damaged AK with 4 torps but missed of course... but this again shows that Hortlund doesnīt care about his ships. This ship was hit at Saipan which is a level 3 port but he didnīt care and didnīt disband it into port. Wouldnīt surprise me if I see the AK sinking half way to Tokyo...

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 37

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 31
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 8
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 16,21


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 38
Hurricane IIc x 28


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

no casualties...

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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 23,11


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 31


No Allied losses

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

no casualties...
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Day Air attack on 23rd Aviation Unit , at 21,18


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 27,17


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 104


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 225 Group RAF , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 32
A-20B Boston x 45
B-26B Marauder x 22


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

will switch half of my bombers to port attack, perhaps we see then some casualties within the base forces...

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8988 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232

Defending force 4472 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 200


Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/27/2008 10:44:04 PM   
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Sub attack at 3,102

Japanese Ships
SS I-32

Allied Ships
DD Cushing
DD Phelps
DD Selfridge
DD Shaw
DD Jarvis
DD Patterson

Hortlund didnīt move his sub and it dares to fire a salvo of 6 torps at Cushing. Torps miss, as do all our attempts to locate the sub...

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Day Air attack on 225 Group RAF , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 22

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 15,25


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 28


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 5
A6M3 Zero x 23
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 3
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 16,21


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 40
Hurricane IIc x 27


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 27,17


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 110


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet

nearly all air attacks are just training raids from both sides...

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Day Air attack on TF at 32,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Kokuyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Ganges Maru
AK Indus Maru
PG Kongosan Maru

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

3 times I get a message of our bombers unable to locate the TF... then we achieve only two hits. The small AK should have enough with 2x500lb bombs though...

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Day Air attack on 225 Group RAF , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 23
A-20B Boston x 45
B-26B Marauder x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 42
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

at least one gun is hit...

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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 77768 troops, 780 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712

Defending force 97597 troops, 979 guns, 327 vehicles, Assault Value = 1720


Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

this is the situation at Akyab. We have enough troops that the Japanese canīt kick us out of the hex. Three AA btn in the hex, base forces, eng rgt, a CD unit and lots of infantry. A lot of Japanese material brought in that will get bombed to dust at some point. We wonīt bring more troops as this wonīt make much sense, we only need enough that Akyab is in danger. The most important thing will be air superiority in early 43 and Iīm sure we will be able to achieve this with our training camps now. The ordered bombardment hurts us more than the defender... I thouhgt I bring all my arti from India but it seems this doesnīt help...

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8988 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232

Defending force 4386 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198


Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 23,8

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1104 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Defending force 6 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied max assault: 36 - adjusted assault: 38

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 38 to 1



Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at 14,22

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 13344 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 343

Defending force 2311 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 70

Allied max assault: 616 - adjusted assault: 544

Japanese max defense: 50 - adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 272 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
204 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!


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TF 1040 encounters mine field at Baker Island (94,92)

Allied Ships
DD Chew, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

All 6 DDs I had at Canton and which I have sent to Baker Island have been either sunk or heavily damaged due to mine hits... Chew, the last reamining DD is now sunk also...

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Day Air attack on 225 Group RAF , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 21

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 110

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 8 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 46 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
247 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 72

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet

Only a small Cap spotted over Gili Gili as most of the fighters there are flying training attacks. Ordered this attack to force the Japanese to put up more Cap instead of flying training and to destroy some aircraft on the ground. Well, the result is mixed. We torch 19 aircraft on the ground today and lose 3 B-17 to flak and 1 A2A but looking at my BGs, 50% of the aircraft are now inoperational again. This after only one attack against a very small Cap. Looks like 16.000ft is still too low against airfields. Will have to go up to 21.000ft at least. Soon we will have to fly at the same heights like in Europe when we go after a jungle base like Gili Gili.

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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M3 Zero x 30
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 16,21


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 40
Hurricane IIc x 28


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 22,8


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 34


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 23rd Aviation Unit , at 20,19


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet

itīs a pity that the B-24D BG arrived as LB-30. Those bombers are unarmored and have a max attack height of 20.000ft. Could be a problem against the Japanese flak bases...

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 26
A-20B Boston x 46
B-26B Marauder x 22


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

again, not a single casualty. Will it take months to silent the flak here?

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8980 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 233

Defending force 4229 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 190


Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2849 troops, 111 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1713

Defending force 99723 troops, 978 guns, 472 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797


Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3175 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Defending force 73 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied max assault: 26 - adjusted assault: 8

Japanese max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/28/2008 3:00:05 PM   
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Sub attack at 56,88

Japanese Ships
AK Kagu Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-38

Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported

a big AK was sunk with parts of the 148 IJA base force two hexes East of Lae...

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Day Air attack on 225 Group RAF , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 21

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 15,25


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 14


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 15,25


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 28
P-39D Airacobra x 21
Hurricane IIc x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

first time that my fighter bombers from Colombo launched against the stranded IJA div at Trimcomalee...

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Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 16,21


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 41
Hurricane IIc x 27


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 225 Group RAF , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged


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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8980 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 233

Defending force 4175 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 188


Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2842 troops, 110 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1714

Defending force 99745 troops, 983 guns, 473 vehicles, Assault Value = 1798

I have brought ALL the artillery units from India and donīt cause a single casualty. Thatīs depressing, really. I guess Iīm attacking a Maginot line like fortification at Akyab already. If there arenīt level 9 forts already then it wonīt take long until they reach level 9. This way we will never wear down the enemy troops here... so much about the Allied art units...


hereīs the intel. Doesnīt look bad, except the ground losses...






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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 2/28/2008 3:20:49 PM   
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Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 96
Hurricane IIc x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

all my fighters and fighter bombers in India are ordered to do training runs against the stranded IJA troops or against bases occupied by our enemy...

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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 15,25


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 14
Kittyhawk I x 4


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 15,25


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 28
Kittyhawk I x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 21
Hurricane IIc x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 255th Indian Tank Brigade, at 30,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27
Ki-30 Ann x 40

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 28
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 22,8


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 36


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 23rd Aviation Unit , at 21,20


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 19


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 39
A-20B Boston x 53
B-26B Marauder x 26


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
A-20B Boston: 2 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Runway hits 13
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

if we donīt disable guns, the flak fire will be as effective as ever...

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9000 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 233

Defending force 3966 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 183


Japanese ground losses:
212 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3486 troops, 134 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1714

Defending force 99753 troops, 985 guns, 473 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported


it will only take 20 years to disable all enemy troops with my super effective artillery...

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