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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 3/14/2008 5:52:53 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/23/42

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Sub attack near Andaman Island at 23,34

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Kuretake
DD Hakaze
DD Ushio
DD Hayashio
DD Makigumo
CA Chokai

Allied Ships
SS S-28

S-28 missed with 4 torps! Hortlund is lucky here but we are too, because we have a small cruiser TF in position that was ordered to attack IJN shipping at Andaman. I have ordered them back to their homeport as a Lightning even spotted Musashi there...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 58


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 132


No Allied losses

Runway hits 6
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 32,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

Hortlund moved a construction btn next to Imphal, for what reason ever. We will kill it with air attacks...

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72152 troops, 909 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1549

Defending force 97259 troops, 932 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706



Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67638 troops, 790 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706

Defending force 91061 troops, 1002 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1549


Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 3



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 3/14/2008 6:03:44 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		we will see a couple of quiet weeks more...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/24/42

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TF 20 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.13
MSW W.11

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 144


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 32,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 77


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72099 troops, 913 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1547

Defending force 97239 troops, 927 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1708



Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67669 troops, 786 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1708

Defending force 90849 troops, 1005 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1547


Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 3/14/2008 6:05:27 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/25/42

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TF 8 encounters mine field at Andaman Island (23,34)

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 18

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TF 20 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.13
MSW W.11

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ASW attack near Andaman Island at 23,34

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 32
PC Ch 18

Allied Ships
SS S-28

two lonely PC are hunting my subs in this area, the Musashi group has left Andaman...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 48
B-26B Marauder x 70


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet

flak is just too strong...
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63


No Allied losses

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 46


No Allied losses

Hortlund has now 80 A6M3 on Cap at Pagan, don´t know what he´s up to...


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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72196 troops, 913 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1550

Defending force 97080 troops, 928 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1707



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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65310 troops, 785 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1707

Defending force 90749 troops, 1005 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1550


Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 3/14/2008 6:06:57 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/26/42

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TF 22 encounters mine field at Saipan (63,64)

Japanese Ships
PG Hirotama Maru

it´s time to see another ship hit one of my mines...

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TF 94 troops unloading over beach at Kai Island, 39,78


Japanese ground losses:
218 casualties reported

Hortlund decided to take the empty Kai Island, the Island far North of the three islands North of Darwin...

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 144


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 48


No Allied losses

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 32,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 81
Kittyhawk I x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
132 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 221 RAF Base Force, at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses


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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72043 troops, 915 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1547

Defending force 97009 troops, 927 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1701



Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65241 troops, 784 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1701

Defending force 90538 troops, 1006 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1547


Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 3/14/2008 6:23:18 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/27/42

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 48
Kittyhawk I x 32
CW-22 Falcon x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 24
B-26B Marauder x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 134
P-40B Tomahawk x 72


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 144


No Allied losses

Runway hits 13
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 48,91

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AR American, Bomb hits 3, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

the AR had a wrong home port and ended up one hex off Thursday Island when I recognized it... unfortunately the Japanese spotted the AR too...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 59


No Allied losses

thought the Zeroes would be on LRCAP Akyab today but they weren´t. Neither did we encounter leaky Cap...


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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72036 troops, 914 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1545

Defending force 96986 troops, 928 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706



Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kai Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 297 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

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

Japanese max assault: 14 - adjusted assault: 30

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kai Island base !!!



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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65316 troops, 786 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706

Defending force 90389 troops, 1003 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1545


Japanese ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 3/14/2008 8:05:10 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/28/42

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ASW attack near Andaman Island at 23,34

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 32
PC Ch 18

Allied Ships
SS Cachalot

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TF 26 encounters mine field at Saipan (63,64)

Japanese Ships
MSW Chitose Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Andaman Island (23,34)

Japanese Ships
AK Glasgow Maru, Mine hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

finally, one of our sub laid VH2 mines finds a victim... seems like reinforcements are going to Andaman Island...
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 140


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
46 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 58


No Allied losses

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
44 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 32,27

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 35

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 41
Hurricane IIb x 86
Kittyhawk I x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 8 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed, 25 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 7 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 9 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
161 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

well... we outnumber the enemy 2:1, have an average exp of 75+, bounce the defenders and still we lose 2:1... but that´s better than losing 15:1 when using Lightnings...

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Day Air attack on TF at 49,93

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AR American, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

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Sub attack at 26,34

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 32
PC Ch 18

Allied Ships
SS S-38, hits 5, on fire

of course we miss... the hit rate of my subs compared to the historical hit rates must be something like 10%... in return, we aren´t surprised either, two PC are enough to nearly sink my sub. 2 real hits and 3 near misses result in 64 flt damage...

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72008 troops, 913 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1545

Defending force 96874 troops, 934 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706



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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65328 troops, 790 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706

Defending force 90283 troops, 1002 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1545


Japanese ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 3/17/2008 10:00:48 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/29/42

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Sub attack near Andaman Island at 23,34

Japanese Ships
PC Shimushu
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo
APD APD-39

Allied Ships
SS S-28, hits 8

we miss... surprised? In return, our sub is of course seriously damaged...

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ASW attack at 26,34

Japanese Ships
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo
PC Shimushu
APD APD-39

Allied Ships
SS S-39

and another sub is attacked but the DC miss...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 69


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 48
B-26B Marauder x 79


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 126
P-40B Tomahawk x 48


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 13 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

we achieve 52 runway hits with 205 bombers and there´s no chance to go in lower...

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 131


No Allied losses

Runway hits 12
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
47 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 49,95

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AR American, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

the AR was still in range of the Vals (5 hexes) and was sunk...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Andaman Island at 23,34


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 33


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK France Maru
APD APD-35, Bomb hits 1, on fire
APD APD-36, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yudachi, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

but we strike back!! A big TF (probably supply and troops) was spotted at Akyab by my subs and a Lightning that was on a recon flight to the atoll. Then my LB-30s took off from Trimcomalee and they were able to achieve 5x500lb bomb hits. Hopefully the APD or the DD will sink. Perhaps one of our subs in the area can achieve a hit...

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71810 troops, 909 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1544

Defending force 96819 troops, 932 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65264 troops, 789 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706

Defending force 89824 troops, 996 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1544


Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 3/18/2008 8:41:42 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/30/42

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ASW attack near Andaman Island at 23,34

Japanese Ships
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo

Allied Ships
SS S-28, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

I have no clue why Hortlund´s ASW is so effective. Two PC and my sub sinks immediately. Never seen such an effective Japanese ASW like in this campaign ever before. Most encounters result in at least damaged subs, that isn´t usual... I have to be happy about him nearly not using his ships to hunt down my subs. Though the hundreds of Helens are enough also... and probably less work to do for him...

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 43

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 104
B-24D Liberator x 46

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed, 25 damaged
D3A Val: 4 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 65 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 87

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

we ordered a big bomber strike out of Australia attacking Thursday Island. First the 4Es, in the afternoon we will see 2Es also. 50% of our bombers are damaged, the morale of the crews dropped by 40 and the BGs are near inoperational status. That´s the bad news. The good news is the fact that 4E bombers are immune to everything in Nikmod and I only lose 2!!!! B-17E. Don´t know if I should be happy about it, or if I should think that this is totally strange. Hit rate was really satisfying also from that height, but the bomber crews are the best I can field.

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 127


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
45 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 126

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
D3A Val: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 28 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 21000 feet

and here are my Mitchells that were going in in the afternoon. Only one was shot down immediately but another 4 crashed on their way home. No biggy but if I look at the hit rate, then it wasn´t worth the 5 bombers lost. Those Mitchells dropped only 20% less bombs than the 4Es in the morning but achieve only 15% of the hits... all in all, the airfield is still operational and I guess until we can launch the next attack it will be 100% repaired.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Andaman Island at 23,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 19

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Glasgow Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Durban Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK France Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

excellent, our LB-30s attacked already again today. The Cap was avoided pretty fast and 2 of the big AKs should be in trouble after taking 3x500lb bombs. Looks like Hortlund is further reinforcing the atoll...

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71797 troops, 908 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1542

Defending force 96933 troops, 936 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712



Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65255 troops, 789 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712

Defending force 89757 troops, 993 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1542


Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported


today´s air losses...






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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 3/19/2008 8:47:41 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		lost two combat reports, don´t know what I did. Not much happened anyway...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/02/42

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Sub attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
AK Cheribon Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

Scorpion was on minelaying mission when she fired a salvo of 6 and 4 torps to achieve on hit on the small AK. Perhaps it will sink but it isn´t even heavily damaged...

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 15


No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
PBY Catalina x 5
Wellington III x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 9000 feet

Kiska has only a very small garisson but there are a couple of flak guns...

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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 32,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 88
Kittyhawk I x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Sub attack at 23,36

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

Allied Ships
SS Cachalot

another successful sub attack, must be my super lucky day today. Durban Maru was earlier hit by my LB-30s at Andaman Island. The big AK sunk...

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71682 troops, 909 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1539

Defending force 96997 troops, 939 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1713



Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65256 troops, 790 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712

Defending force 89331 troops, 991 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1539


Japanese ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 3/19/2008 8:51:55 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
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From: Austria
Status: offline 		the good news today: the Japanese APD36 was reported sunk at Rangoon after being heavily damaged from two 500lb bomb hits while under attack by my LB-30s at Andaman Island. Excellent, another one of the ASW value 10 APDs sunk... revenge for my S-class sub that has been sunk in this area recently...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/03/42

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Sub attack at 23,37

Japanese Ships
AK France Maru, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Cachalot

Cachalot missed the already heavily damaged AK with 4 torps...

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Sub attack at 23,38

Japanese Ships
AK France Maru, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Permit

then Permit missed the same AK with 4 torps. I really wonder how accurate the game handles torp hit rates of subs... Not only do subs always use something like 4-12 torps for small AKs they mostly only achieve one or two hits when they fire a dozen torps. That´s strange...

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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 32,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 90
Kittyhawk I x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71618 troops, 905 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1539

Defending force 96850 troops, 939 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1711



Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65266 troops, 789 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1711

Defending force 89254 troops, 988 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1539


Japanese ground losses:
271 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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Sub attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
AK Havana Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Tamo Maru #6
PG Takunan Maru #3
PG Oi Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXV

big AK is hit, but later in the day KXV is hit by a Helen and will probably sink. 49sys, 83 flt...

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TF 1001 encounters mine field at Dutch Harbor (103,36)

TF 1001 troops unloading over beach at Dutch Harbor, 103,36


Allied Ships
MSW Outarde
MSW Caraquet
MSW Kelowna
MSW Lockeport
MSW Guysborough
AK Sculptor, Mine hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
1614 casualties reported

our MSW sweept mines and the last mine hit the AK... after this hit, the mine symbol vanished. But what should I think about the casulties? I unloaded a RCT and it gets something like 95% disabled. Well, IMO this is completely BS, while my opponent thinks that I must be nuts to think that this isn´t ok. In his oppinion, this is an OPPOSED landing (note that NOT A SINGLE SHOT was fired) while I think that this is an unopposed landing. Even if it would be an opposed landing, 95% disablements is completely BS and I have no clue how the game can come up with such result that are just plain stupid. Do I need 100% preparation to disembark ships? When the enemy isn´t shooting a single shot at your RCT, how can it be that 95% of the soldiers and guns are disabled?

I don´t know how the oppinion about this is on the forum and I won´t create a new thread about it, but for me, it´s definetely stupid...

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TF 1001 troops unloading over beach at Dutch Harbor, 103,36



Allied ground losses:
448 casualties reported

the RCT that we´ve landed... I have to pick it up again...






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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 212


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 30


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 51,48

Japanese Ships
TK Hoyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin

we moved our subs into the enemy´s shipping lanes again and two days after going into position SS Sculpin hits a fuel (or oil) loaden big TK and the cargo is burning. A TF full of fuel is most times a sunk ship after being hit by a torp... excellent...

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71454 troops, 901 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1541

Defending force 97002 troops, 937 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712



Allied ground losses:
197 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65200 troops, 787 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1707

Defending force 89039 troops, 985 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1541


Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported





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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/05/42

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TF 1001 troops unloading over beach at Dutch Harbor, 103,36



Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported

forgot to pick up my RCT and one AK has still a fragment aboard that is unloading...

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Sub attack at 52,47

Japanese Ships
TK Daishin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

we get another chance to sink a small TK but the torps miss...

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TF 1001 troops unloading over beach at Dutch Harbor, 103,36


Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 37,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
DD Gwin
DD Meredith
DD Tucker

our ASW hasn´t been as good as the Japanese so far...

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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 138

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 31 damaged

Japanese Ships
SS I-160, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage sunk
SS I-153, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DD Numakaze, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage sunk
AR Akashi, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS I-11, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage sunk
PC Gamitsu Maru #1, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sanae, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AS Tsukushi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
AK Sanwa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kuwayama Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yunagi, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage sunk
MSW Choun Maru #18, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yudachi, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage sunk
AE Soya, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD APD-35, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sangetsu Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
MSW W.11, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MSW W.13, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage sunk
AD AD-3161, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Amatsukaze, Bomb hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
329 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

every day, a Lightning is doing recon flights over Rangoon, spotting dozens of ships in the harbour and all the last days, the CAP was only more or less a joke. First I thought about a trap to lure my bombers in with one day no CAP and the next day full CAP but that wasn´t the case. So I ordered my Wellingtons and LB-30 (they were grounded due to bad weather) to attack Rangoon. And we only find one Sentai on Cap which can´t stop our bombers and also the flak fire at Rangoon is "light" (for Nimod). We achieve a wonderful result for only a couple of aircraft lost today! I expect some more ships to sink and am glad there wasn´t a CA or BB in the port that would have acted as bullet prove bomb magnet.

I don´t know what Hortlund is thinking about putting ships into Rangoon´s port and not having a huge Cap umbrella there. Can´t understand it...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 24
B-26B Marauder x 96


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 23500 feet

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
PBY Catalina x 1
Wellington III x 61


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Sub attack at 38,50

Japanese Ships
AK Yamabiko Maru
PG Kanko Maru
PG Kaiun Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grunion

full salvo missed...

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Sub attack at 23,42

Japanese Ships
AK France Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-18

the already damaged France Maru is finished in the Malacca strait... three of my subs were attacked by Helens in this region today...

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71403 troops, 898 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1541

Defending force 96804 troops, 942 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1704



Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65209 troops, 790 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1704

Defending force 88931 troops, 981 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1541


Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Dutch Harbor

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 968 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

Defending force 1024 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

the assault value of my RCT dropped from nearly 200 to 12... excellent modelling of an UNOPPOSED LANDING...



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Congratulations on the RAF's version of Pearl Harbor.



thanks, it wasn´t much of an achievement from my part though! It was more the careless keeping of lots of shipping within range of my bombers.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Andaman Island at 23,34

Japanese Ships
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 21, on fire, heavy damage
DD Matsukaze, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AP Kasuga Maru #2
AP Uchide Maru
AP Seiwa Maru

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire
CA Hawkins
DD Stronghold, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Decoy, Shell hits 1
DD Electra
DD Encounter

the BB/CA group with Musashi was spotted twice in position two hexes South East of Andaman while this convoy was spotted at Andaman Island. I sent out my cruiser squadron from Trimcomale to go into position just to make sure we could take advantage if there´s a possibility to attack. Well, for what reason ever, the Musashi TF didn´t cover the convoy and so I decided to send my combat ready British cruisers in and they did a very good job! Another DD sunk and CL Abukuma will sink the next two turns for sure as she was hit by several 8 inch, 7,5 inch and a dozen 4,7 inch shells that penetrated her belt armor from short range. Our two DDs that were hit (one 5,5 inch shell and a 4,7 inch shell) are both below 10 sys damage and will be repaired at Trimcomale within no time! There aren´t many Japanese CLs left and while there was a short phase when Hortlund covered his convoys, that were going into dangerous waters, with CAs or BBs, he seems still not convinced about the fact that my surface combat TFs really have been hurting him all the war already. Especially in this case, it would have been no problem to just send the Musashi TF to Andaman Island and my cruisers would have turned back immediately as soon as I would have spotted the Japanese beast there. If I wouldn´t have spotted her, my cruisers would have been toast...

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Sub attack at 35,50

Japanese Ships
AK Thames Maru
PG Kanko Maru
PG Kaiun Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sargo

next salvo that misses a slow AK...

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Day Air attack on TF at 32,83

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Gwin
DD Tucker

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

oops, forgot about my DDs a couple of hexes off Wyndham. Thank god, they were agile enough to evade the Japanese torpedoes...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 1
Wellington III x 61


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 63
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 32,83

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Tucker

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

only 2 Betties show up in the afternoon and our DDs will go back to Wyndham tomorrow...

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71422 troops, 900 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1542

Defending force 96704 troops, 944 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1703



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65185 troops, 791 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1703

Defending force 88951 troops, 980 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1542


Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



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IJN Abukuma was a Nagara-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after the Abukuma River in the T¨­hoku region of Japan.

Background
Abukuma was the sixth (and final) vessel completed in the Nagara-class of light cruisers, and like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla, and it was in that role that she participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor.


Service Career

Early career
Abukuma was completed at the Uraga Dock Company on 26 May 1925, its commissioning having been delayed due to the Great Kanto Earthquake. In 1932, it was assigned to the Japanese Third Fleet and assigned to patrols off the coast of northern China after the Manchurian Incident. As the war situation with China continued to deteriorate, Abukuma was assigned to provide coverage for Japanese transports during the Battle of Shanghai, and remained on station patrolling the China coast and the Yangtze River through 1938.


The Pearl Harbor raid
Abukuma set sail from Hitokappu Bay in the Kurile Islands on 26 November 1941 with Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo's Carrier Striking Force. She served as the flagship of Rear Admiral Sentaro Omori's Destroyer Squadron 1 ("DesRon1"), consisting of the destroyers Shiranuhi, Arare, Kagero, Kasumi, Tanikaze, Hamakaze, Isokaze, and Urakaze.

DesRon1 served as the anti-submarine escort for the six aircraft carriers (Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, Zuikaku), two battleships (Hiei and Kirishima) and two heavy cruisers (Tone and Chikuma) that carried the offensive power of the Carrier Striking Force. Nearly 360 aircraft were launched against Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 inflicting terrible damage: sinking four American battleships, damaging three others, destroying more than 100 aircraft, and killing 2,335 American servicemen in one morning.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Abukuma led DesRon1 with most of the Carrier Striking Force in the return to Japan, and received a hero's welcome on 23 December 1941.


Actions in the South Pacific
In January 1942, DesRon1 escorted invasion fleet for Rabaul, New Britain and Kavieng, New Guinea from its new base at Truk in the Caroline Islands.

In early February, DesRon1 accompanied the Carrier Striking Force in an unsuccessful pursuit of Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr¡¯s Task Force 8, after the USS Enterprise (CV-6) raided Kwajalein and Wotje in the Marshall Islands. Abukuma was then ordered to Palau, from which it accompanied the Carrier Striking Force on the attack on Port Darwin, Australia.

At the end of February and into April, DesRon1 escorted the Carrier Striking Force in attacks on Java in the Dutch East Indies, and Columbo and Trincomalee in Ceylon and against other targets in the Indian Ocean, including the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes. The fleet returned to Singapore on 11 April 1942.


Battle of the Aleutian Islands
In May, Abukuma and its destroyer squadron were re-assigned to the Northern Force under Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya, and escorted the light aircraft carriers Ryujo and Junyo, supporting the invasion of Attu and Kiska in the Battle of the Aleutian Islands.

In June and July, DesRon1 returned to Japan to escort a convoy of reinforcements to the two freshly captured islands in the Aleutians. After uneventful patrolling in the Aleutian Islands and Kurile Islands, DesRon1 escorted three more reinforcement and supply convoys to the Aleutians in October, November and December.

The Abukuma returned to Sasebo Navy Yard for refit on 12 December 1942, during which time two triple-mount Type 96 25 mm AA guns were installed, and its No. 5 140 mm gun and the quad 13.2 mm machine gun mount in front of the bridge were replaced by a twin 13.2 mm machine gun mount. After refit, Abukuma returned to northern waters to continue reinforcement operations to Attu and Kiska in January, February and March 1943.

Abukuma participated in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands on 26 March 1943. Abukuma was undamaged, but the heavy cruiser Nachi was badly damaged and the Japanese Fifth Fleet was forced to abort its supply mission to the Aleutians. The fleet commander, Vice Admiral Hosogaya, disgraced because he had been forced to withdraw by the weaker American fleet, was forced to retire. Abukuma was then re-assigned to the Japanese Fifth Fleet under Vice Admiral Shiro Kawase.

From April through May 1943, Abukuma underwent refit at the Maizuru Navy Yard, during which time a Type 21 air-search radar was installed, and it was thus not present during "Operation Landcrab", during which US forces recaptured Attu.

In July, Abukuma and DesRon1 provided support for the evacuation of Kiska. On 26 July 1943, the kaibokan Kunashiri collided with the Abukuma, hitting her starboard quarter, but causing little damage. On 12 September 1943, while cruising off Paramushiro, Abukuma suffered slight damage by near misses by bombs from USAAF B-24 Liberator and B-25 Mitchell aircraft.

In dry dock once again from October through November 1943, Abukuma¡¯s No. 7 gun mount was removed, and a twin mount of 40 caliber Type 89 127 mm HA guns (unshielded) was fitted, as was a triple-mount Type 96 25 mm AA gun and four single-mount 25 mm AA guns. After refit, Abukuma returned to northern waters in December for antisubmarine patrol off Hokkaid¨­ and the Kurile islands to June.

On 21 June 1944, during yet another refit at Yokosuka, a Type 22 surface-search radar was fitted, together with ten more single-mount Type 96 25 mm AA guns. Five single-mount Type 93 13.2 mm machine guns were also added. Repairs were completed by 13 July 1944.


Battle of Surigao Strait
Abukuma remained in Japanese home waters through the middle of October, when it is reassigned to sortie with its seven destroyers against the US fleet off Taiwan in October 1944. However, it is re-directed from Mako in the Pescadores to Manila to support Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura against the American Navy in the Philippines. Abukuma was joined by the heavy cruisers Nachi and Ashigara. During October 15-22, this flotilla was spotted by six different American submarines, but only one was able to maneuver close enough to fire torpedoes: the USS Seadragon (SS-194). The flotilla was cruising at 19 knots and zigzagging through the Luzon Strait on October 22. The Seadragon fired four torpedoes through her stern tubes, but all missed. All six submarines reported the flotilla's course, position and speed to American fleet units approaching the area.

On October 25, Abukuma met her fate in the Battle of the Surigao Strait, part of the overall campaign of four naval battles collectively referred to as the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In the pre-dawn hours, the flotilla was attacked by a squadron of American PT Boats. Lieutenant (jg) Mike Kovar's PT-137 fired a torpedo at a destroyer, but it ran deep and passed beneath the target to strike Abukuma at 3:25 AM in the No. 1 boiler room, killing 30 crewmen.

Abukuma was disabled and fell behind the rest of the flotilla, but after emergency repairs, was able to get under way and by 4:45 AM, she was making 20 knots. By 5:35 AM, Abukuma had caught up to the rest of the flotilla. However, she was down at the bow and shipping at least 500 tons of seawater; at 8:30 AM she was ordered to Dapitan for repairs, escorted by the destroyer Ushio.

On October 26, Abukuma was spotted and attacked repeatedly by B-24 Liberator bombers of the 5th Group, 13th Air Force armed with 500-lb (227 kg) bombs. At 10:06 AM she took a direct hit near the No. 3 140 mm turret; at 10:20 two more hits by B-24 bombers of the 33rd Squadron, 22nd Group, 5th Air Force were scored further aft that started fires. The fire spread to the engine rooms and aft torpedo rooms. Power was lost and the ship's speed declined. At 10:37 AM, four Type 93 Long Lance torpedoes in the aft torpedo room exploded with devastating effect. Between 11:00 and 11:30 AM off Negros Island, the crew abandoned ship. At 11:42 AM, she sank by the stern at 09¡ã20¡äN, 122¡ã32¡äE with 250 of her crewmen. Ushio rescued her captain and 283 crewmen.

Abukuma was removed from the Navy List on 20 December 1944.






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Sub attack at 32,50

Japanese Ships
AK Yahiko Maru
PG Kanko Maru
PG Kaiun Maru

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish

third day in a row that we attack an AK in this TF and third time we miss... today we miss with 6 torps... hit rates of subs in WITP = As a player, what can I do more than to anticipate the heading of the enemy TF and guess right all three days? All three days I have a sub shadowing this TF and all three days one of my subs attacked. We expanded 16 torps against 3 AKs for no hit... is this something to laugh about because there´s obviously something strange or is it something to shake the head and cry??

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TF 79 encounters mine field at Georgetown (23,44)

Japanese Ships
PC Takunan Maru #5
PC Shonan Maru #2
PG Eiko Maru

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 216


No Allied losses

Runway hits 23
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet

as our RCT was completely disabled from the so called opposed landing (at least Hortlund calls it like that) we will just bomb this base for months until the poopy fragment of the nav guard unit will be starved to death and then the base will autoconvert... He tells me that there was a bloody ground war during the landing as the THOUSANDS of defenders (remember 20 assault points!) were shooting with small arms that don´t show up in the combat report...

Hortlund keeps insisting in his emails what super duper strong base I attacked and that it was a bloodily opposed landing against a defender that is armed to the teeth and very well dug in... well, remember there wasn´t a single shot fired in the replay, this is just a poopy fragment (with 20 assault points) of a nav guard unit, the base and unit was bombed for months and I landed a full RCT. Result: my RCT was 95% disabled. That´s okay for Hortlund...

On the other hand, remember the last major invasion of the Japanese. He really did an OPPOSED landing at Trimcomale, with one div against two of my brigades, a full CD unit with 2x9,2 inch CD guns and 18x6 inch CD guns, level 6 forts and his unit was no way nearly as much disabled as he did land only around 70% of his div and still had 200 assault points (out of 400). That´s okay for him also. Remember! If something is working in your favour when you do it, then it´s good and working perfectly! If your opponent is doing the same thing and then the result is completely loopsided again in your favour, it´s also good and working perfectly...

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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 32,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 87
Kittyhawk I x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 48,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 46

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Bomb hits 3
DD Akikaze

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

we attack the TF that was spotted earlier going North from Thursday Island. Today it was heading South again and was attacked one hex North of Thursday Island. Unfortunately only one bomb hit (500lb) penetrated the deck armor, so the overall result of this attack was poor. The 5 Zeroes are leaky cap from Thursday Island where we spot some 70 fighters on Cap. One B-17 was lost.

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71326 troops, 904 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1543

Defending force 96739 troops, 944 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706



Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65180 troops, 791 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706

Defending force 88759 troops, 982 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1543


Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



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Status: offline 		IRL a lack of fire onto the ships that carried the troops does not mean the landing was unopposed. Troops and (abstracted) landing craft can still be very badly shot up.

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

IRL a lack of fire onto the ships that carried the troops does not mean the landing was unopposed. Troops and (abstracted) landing craft can still be very badly shot up.



so, months of bombing... a dozen BB bombardments... no or surely nearly no supply... 20 assault points for the defender... a full RCT that is being unloaded... the RCT is 95% disabled on turn one? Okay?

This means I would only need 100 divisions unloaded in one turn to take out an enemy bgd...

well, a friend told me that John Rambo also killed 283 men... there must be a lot of John Rambos on that island... I find it as realistic as this stupid film.

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ASW attack at 22,39

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 32
PC Ch 18

Allied Ships
SS Permit, hits 2, on fire

one real hit, one near miss... 6 weeks of repairs...

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ASW attack at 61,44

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Suzukaze
DD Uranami
DD Wakaba
DD Yamakaze
DD Yugure

Allied Ships
SS Stingray

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ASW attack at 61,44

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro
DD Shikinami
DD Murakumo
DD Ariake
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Stingray

those ASW attacks are near Japan. Hortlund sent out a lot of DDs to hunt down my subs of which I have A LOT in this area... he doesn´t have to guess where my subs are, there are so many, he just has to go up and down the shipping lanes and will find a dozen every turn...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 69


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 94
P-40B Tomahawk x 45


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
TBF Avenger x 13
PBY Catalina x 1
Wellington III x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 46
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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ASW attack at 58,44

Japanese Ships
TK Nisshin Maru
PG Santo Maru
DD Minegumo

Allied Ships
SS Tuna


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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71376 troops, 901 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1543

Defending force 96699 troops, 945 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1707



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65179 troops, 791 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1707

Defending force 88644 troops, 977 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1543


Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported



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Status: offline 		Have you asked your opponent how many supplies he has on-hand? What are the various leaders' ratings? All the units' experience ratings? Did they unload from LST and small landing craft, or from AP's? The combined assault ratings of the opposing forces?

I don't know if 95% disablement is a realistic outcome or not, but there is a lot more to it. I was only answering your concern about the landing being unopposed. If there are troops there, the landing is opposed, although I'm not sure about the game's internals.

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

Have you asked your opponent how many supplies he has on-hand? What are the various leaders' ratings? All the units' experience ratings? Did they unload from LST and small landing craft, or from AP's? The combined assault ratings of the opposing forces?

I don't know if 95% disablement is a realistic outcome or not, but there is a lot more to it. I was only answering your concern about the landing being unopposed. If there are troops there, the landing is opposed, although I'm not sure about the game's internals.



don´t know how the supplies look like there, for sure not good after months of constant bombing and naval bombardments. I just don´t know how this small fragment with 20 assault points can completely wreck a whole RCT... this is a mistery for me...

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ASW attack at 60,44

Japanese Ships
DD Arashio
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Makinami
DD Kazegumo
DD Akigumo
DD Yugumo

Allied Ships
SS Grouper

all DDs fail to locate my subs. Interesting enough that his PG/PC do better than his DDs...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 47


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 45
B-26B Marauder x 83


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 23500 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 117
P-40B Tomahawk x 65
LB-30 Liberator x 37


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

11 aircraft lost today, don´t know if it really makes much sense to even use my bombers against anything else than ships...

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 216


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 32,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 87
Kittyhawk I x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 1
Wellington III x 59

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 46
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71341 troops, 905 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1541

Defending force 96713 troops, 945 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712



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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65175 troops, 792 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712

Defending force 88433 troops, 981 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1541


Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



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Status: offline 		95% disruption is reasonable. 95% disablement is not.

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95% disruption is reasonable. 95% disablement is not.



something I could agree to...

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ASW attack at 58,44

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro
DD Shikinami
DD Murakumo
DD Ariake
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Stingray

all DDs fail to locate our sub...

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TF 1116 encounters mine field at Gili Gili (56,94)

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

surface combat TF hits a mine... nothing new in this campaign... Monssen is dead, retiring with 49/72/20 from the mine hit...

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ASW attack at 59,44

Japanese Ships
DD Kawakaze
DD Samidare
DD Shigure
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Natsugumo

Allied Ships
SS Stingray, hits 8

another sub has to retire home... 8 near misses... within a week or so, the Japanese air ASW and a couple of DDs will force a dozen subs to retire with a couple of them being probably sunk. Air attacks by Helens on a daily basis...

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ASW attack at 59,44

Japanese Ships
DD Kawakaze
DD Samidare
DD Shigure
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Natsugumo

Allied Ships
SS Stingray

Stingray gets attacked again but the couple of DCs all missed...

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Sub attack at 58,44

Japanese Ships
DD Shikinami
DD Oboro
DD Murakumo
DD Ariake
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Grouper

Hey! GREAT! We achieve a hit with a torp... and it fails to detonate...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 56,94

Japanese Ships
AK Gosyu Maru, Shell hits 18, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shinyu Maru
AP Shoan Maru, Shell hits 57, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AP Surabaya Maru
AP Tazan Maru
AK Toa Maru #2
AK Kachisan Maru
AK Shiganoura Maru, Shell hits 15, on fire
AK Hiyori Maru

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Grayson, Shell hits 2
DD Monssen, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Hortlund keeps up sending his unescorted convoys to front line bases that can be attacked by my surface combat TFs within two days and has to pay the price for it. I don´t understand it but hey, it serves me well. Even though we will lose Monssen due to the usual mine hit we achieve to sink an AP and a big AK. The dozens of hits are result of a battle from 2000 yards and instead of using the main armament, the ships are shooting at the merchants with AA weapons...

Our TF had two tasks: sink a couple of ships (achieved) and force the enemy convoy out of the hex, away from Cap (achieved). So now this TF is South of Gili Gili and we wait for our bombers to attack in the morning...

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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 32,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 87
Kittyhawk I x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 56,95


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Toa Maru #2, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK Kachisan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Hiyori Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

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

this is the attack on the TF we forced out of Gili Gili! In the morning our base was clouded and this strike goes in in the afternoon. We see 16 bombers out of 140 attacking. Still, the small numbers achieve a very good hit rate, even though the big AKs aren´t even heavily damaged, which really is surprising. Nevertheless, perhaps we kill another one, so this combined effort of the Navy and Army airforce is seen as a success.

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Sub attack at 55,45

Japanese Ships
DD Ariake
DD Oboro
DD Shikinami
DD Murakumo
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Tambor

Hey! Great again! We hit with a torp and again it fails to detonate... The dices are still on Hortlunds side, no doubt...

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71227 troops, 905 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1538

Defending force 96875 troops, 946 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1711



Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65205 troops, 792 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1711

Defending force 88310 troops, 980 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1538


Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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Night Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Ise
CA Nachi

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Catalina I bombing at 6000 feet

first I was amazed to see my Cats attacking! Then I was shocked to see they drop bombs... They are based at Wyndham and are attacking the IJN BBs at Lautern, which means 8 hexes range. The bad news is that the normal range of the Catalina I is 7 hexes so we only dropped a couple of bombs that all missed. Still, perhaps we scared Hortlund and he takes back his BBs. I moved the Cats to Darwin (range 6 to Lautern) so if they attack again, then the next time with torps. It took only three days to see them attacking, so it seems not impossible to get them to fly.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dili at 31,77

Japanese Ships
PG Kogyoku Maru, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Hague Maru
AK Shinnan Maru
AK Sumatra Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
AK Wales Maru

Allied Ships
DD Tucker, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

We sent DD Tucker to raid the Japanese supply lines and we encounter a juicy target at Dili. Unfortunately the PG proves to be a better combatant than our DD and while we are shooting at the patrol craft with our AA weapons , the PG hits Tucker with 5x4,7 inch shells, leaving the destroyer behind as a floating wreck. With a bit of luck, the DD managed to hit with a torp in the end and at least sinks the PG. At this time, the DD already was doomed I gues...

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ASW attack at 58,44

Japanese Ships
DD Arashio
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Makinami
DD Kazegumo
DD Akigumo
DD Yugumo

Allied Ships
SS Gato, hits 1

one real hit, but probaly FOW as the sub only has 3 sys and 4 float...

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Sub attack at 37,60

Japanese Ships
AK Clyde Maru
PG Kantori Maru
PG Akitsu Maru
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

this is East of Tarakan, where we have also a Wolfpack operating. 4 torps, all miss... I´m sorry but in the last couple of months the HIT rate of my subs is so wrong, it coudn´t get much wronger. The last 50 torps achieved perhaps 2 hits that resulted in an exploding torp. While not the defect torps are a problem, the hit rate is a problem. Don´t know if it´s somewhere realistic when you look at all the years the game goes, but so far the hit rate is just a joke and far from being realistic at all. Not to talk about the fact, that subs use a dozen torps and more against a single AK - and still miss...

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27
Spitfire Vb x 16
Kittyhawk I x 30


No Allied losses

the last days we saw a Sentai of Oscars on Cap over Mandalay. Today we send our fighters and the Oscars are away... good timing Steve. Rangoon has hundreds of fighters again...

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 168


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 33,77

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Tucker, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

DD Tucker was only able to move one hex after the PG at Dili shot the sh*t out of it and in the morning the Betties had no problem to sink Tucker... mission failed... one DD lost and another one heavily damaged and in sinking condition in the last two days. Not good...

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71392 troops, 904 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1540

Defending force 96767 troops, 944 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712



Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65287 troops, 791 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712

Defending force 88454 troops, 980 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1540


Japanese ground losses:
208 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



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USS Tucker (DD-374), 1936-1942

USS Tucker, a 1500-ton Mahan class destroyer, was built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia. Commissioned in July 1936, she spent the next year working up in the western Atlantic before going to the Pacific to join the Battle Fleet. During the rest of the decade Tucker mainly operated off the West Coast and in Hawaiian waters, with a trip into the Caribbean in early 1939 to participate in Fleet Problem XX. In 1941 she visited New Zealand as part of the Navy's efforts to demonstrate its presence in the region at a time of rising tensions with Japan.

Tucker was moored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when Japan's surprise attack on the Pacific Fleet abruptly brought the United States into World War II on 7 December 1941. For the next several months she was engaged in patrol and escort duties between Hawaii and the West Coast. Sent to the south Pacific in the spring of 1942, Tucker operated between Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. On 3 August 1942, while escorting a freighter, she entered a defensive minefield near Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides and struck a mine amidships. With her back broken, Tucker gradually sank despite attempts to tow her ashore. This tragic accident, the result of a communications failure, cost the lives of six of her crew and deprived the Allies of a badly needed destroyer on the eve of the long and costly Guadalcanal campaign.






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Sub attack at 28,66

Japanese Ships
AK Asuka Maru
AK Hakodate Maru
MSW W.20

Allied Ships
SS Snapper

4 torps, all miss...

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Sub attack at 28,66

Japanese Ships
AK Hakodate Maru
MSW W.20

Allied Ships
SS Snapper

another attack of Snapper... 4 torps, all miss. sorry Mr. Programmer, the programme you created is science fiction and has nothing to do with WW2...

this hit rate is plain STUPID!! Using 80 torps to see 1 or 2 AKs sinking is pretty much off...

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Night Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 17


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
DD Asagiri
BB Ise
CA Nachi

Allied Ships
SS Snapper ---> isn´t in the hex... Snapper is near Borneo, 15 hexes away.

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PBY Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet

this time my Cats from Darwin launched and attacked the BB TF. The combat report says that all launched torps but I haven´t heard a single "splash" so I wonder if it worked... what can go wrong, goes wrong...

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Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29

Allied Ships
CLAA Caradoc
CL Dauntless
CL Durban
CL Dragon
CL Danae

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

what a joke... we hit 16 out of the 70.000 men at Akyab. Daily recon of recon planes and hundreds of bombers attacking this base twice a week... I have to look at the positive: we didn´t hit a mine...

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 216


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 32,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 87
Kittyhawk I x 14


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
TBF Avenger x 16
PBY Catalina x 1
Wellington III x 57


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported

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

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71286 troops, 900 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1540

Defending force 96919 troops, 938 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712



Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65325 troops, 786 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712

Defending force 88127 troops, 975 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1540


Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


all in all, totally depressing turn... once again... I get my subs to attack, they have a hit rate of 0,000024%... I even seem to easily get my Catalinas to attack, then I don´t even hear the splash from the torpedo attacks... excellent. What am I doing wrong?

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 216


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71198 troops, 901 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1537

Defending force 96906 troops, 942 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1710



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65297 troops, 787 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1710

Defending force 87831 troops, 975 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1537


Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


very quiet turn, not much happening except that my subs are in trouble as soon as they leave port. Have a look:


OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 12/13/42

Ki-49 Helen reports diving submarine at 33, 78
Ki-49 Helen reports suspected submarine at 58, 46
Ki-49 Helen sighting report: 1 Allied ship at 75,78 , Speed 9 , Moving West
Ki-49 Helen attacking Hake at 75,78
Ki-49 Helen sighting report: 1 Allied ship at 52,47 , Speed 8 , Moving West
Ki-49 Helen sighting report: 2 Allied ships at 54,47 , Speed 9 , Moving East
Ki-49 Helen sighting report: 1 Allied ship at 51,47 , Speed 12 , Moving Northeast
Ki-49 Helen reports shadow in water at 57, 46
Ki-49 Helen attacking Swordfish at 58,46
Ki-49 Helen reports diving submarine at 58, 46
D3A Val reports radio transmissions at 33, 78
E7K2 Alf reports shadow in water at 58, 46
F1M2 Pete reports suspected submarine at 33, 78
E8N Dave reports shadow in water at 33, 78
E8N Dave reports suspected submarine at 33, 78
PB2Y Coronado has spotted Kongo at 33,78
PB2Y Coronado sighting report: 6 Japanese ships at 33,78 , Speed 7 , Moving Southwest
PB2Y Coronado sighting report: 1 Japanese ship at 33,78 , Speed 4 , Moving Southeast
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Kunming
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Rangoon
A-20B Boston takes recon photos of Mandalay
A-20B Boston takes recon photos of Mandalay
IL-4c takes recon photos of Mandalay
SB-2c takes recon photos of Akyab
CW-22 Falcon takes recon photos of Akyab
SB-2c takes recon photos of Myitkyina
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Imphal
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Imphal
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Ledo
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Jorhat
J1N1-R Irving takes recon photos of Diamond Harbor
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Andaman Island
Hudson I takes recon photos of Koepang
Hudson I takes recon photos of Lautem
Hudson I takes recon photos of Lautem
Hudson I takes recon photos of Port Moresby
Hudson I takes recon photos of Thursday Island
B-25C Mitchell takes recon photos of Thursday Island
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Darwin
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Darwin
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Kiska Island
Ki-15 Babs takes recon photos of 55th Chinese Corps
Ki-49 Helen reports shadow in water at 33, 78
Ki-49 Helen reports diving submarine at 58, 46
Ki-49 Helen reports shadow in water at 54, 47
Ki-49 Helen reports radio transmissions at 58, 46
Ki-49 Helen attacking Tambor at 58,46
G4M1 Betty reports radio transmissions at 39, 56
E8N Dave reports periscope at 33, 78Hudson I has spotted Ise at 33,78
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Rangoon
A-20B Boston takes recon photos of Mandalay
A-20B Boston takes recon photos of Mandalay
IL-4c takes recon photos of Mandalay
CW-22 Falcon takes recon photos of Akyab
SB-2c takes recon photos of Myitkyina
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Jorhat
J1N1-R Irving takes recon photos of Diamond Harbor
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Andaman Island
Hudson I takes recon photos of Koepang
Hudson I takes recon photos of Koepang
Hudson I takes recon photos of Port Moresby
Hudson I takes recon photos of Thursday Island
B-25C Mitchell takes recon photos of Thursday Island
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Darwin
Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Darwin
Ki-15 Babs takes recon photos of 55th Chinese Corps
Nagoya expands port to size 9
Aomori expands airfield to size 5
Karachi expands airfield to size 4

I move my subs every turn, with the result that EVERY turn 90% of my subs are spotted again, attacked on a daily basis, to point out the situation: if the Japanese player uses hundreds of IJA bombers for anti sub warfare then Allied subs are useless... even more than they already are with a hit rate that is ridicoulos if it takes 40 torps to finally sink one merchant...



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