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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/26/2008 2:00:59 PM   
castor troy


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Status: offline 		7 air attacks on my subs today, one sub hit twice, one hit once...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/20/43

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Sub attack at 63,74

Japanese Ships
AK Honan Maru
MSW Shonan Maru #7
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 7
MSW Wa 5

Allied Ships
SS Harder

torps missed...

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Sub attack at 56,95

Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus


torps missed...

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Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

39 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CL Hobart
CL Perth
CL Achilles, Shell hits 7
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 6
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire

Japanese ground losses:
506 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 4

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Sub attack at 46,45

Japanese Ships
AK Johore Maru

Allied Ships
SS Blackfish


torps missed...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 18
B-26B Marauder x 41


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 21000 feet

am trying to bomb Akyab for some time, perhaps the IJAAF will come out for a fight at some point - doubt it though...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 51
LB-30 Liberator x 25


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 8 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
18 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 147
Liberator VI x 35
F-5A Lightning x 4


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged
Liberator VI: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 21000 feet

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 107


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 228

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 17 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 89

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

8 Mitchells lost to the super flak base Thursday Island. Today I lost 24 bombers...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 45
TBF Avenger x 32
Wellington III x 28
PV-1 Ventura x 11
PB4Y Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 2 damaged
Wellington III: 7 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Runway hits 11
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
SBD Dauntless x 32


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 76
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 42
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/26/2008 3:28:58 PM   
castor troy


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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 12
A6M3a Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 75
B-24D Liberator x 118

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 6 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 21 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 15 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 91

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

Gili Gili only has a small Cap even though there are still some 100 aircraft at the base...

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 77
P-40E Warhawk x 18


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 44
Kittyhawk I x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 26,64

Japanese Ships
AK Singapore Maru

Allied Ships
SS Barb

torps missed... the last four sub attacks all failed because the torps missed... come on guys!

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/27/2008 5:49:00 PM   
castor troy


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Joined: 8/23/2004
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/22/43

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TF 20 encounters mine field at Lae (54,87)

Japanese Ships
MSW Chitose Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2

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TF 105 encounters mine field at Saipan (63,64)

Japanese Ships
AK Batopaha Maru, Mine hits 1

newly laid MK10...

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ASW attack at 22,54

Japanese Ships
PG Koei Maru
PG Santo Maru
PG Shoei Maru
PG Keijo Maru
DD Minegumo

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

all ships fail to locate our sub but again one was hit by a Helen today...

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Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow, Shell hits 2
CL Hobart
CL Perth
CL Achilles
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire

Japanese ground losses:
457 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 13
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 2

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TF 31 encounters mine field at Saipan (63,64)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 19
MSW Wa 13
MSW Wa 11

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 18
B-26B Marauder x 39


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Port supply hits 1

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


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 112
LB-30 Liberator x 36


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 10 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 9
Port supply hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
15 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 151
Liberator VI x 39
F-5A Lightning x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator VI bombing at 21000 feet

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 106


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 209

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 27 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 106

Aircraft Attacking:
39 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

guess all those attacks aren´t worth it, again we lost 26 aircraft in one day... and AE will even increase op losses.. this is Nikmod where I see fewer op losses than stock due to the higher durability and still I lose 100 aircraft in 3 or four days to ops...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 46
SBD Dauntless x 50
TBF Avenger x 32
Wellington III x 28
PV-1 Ventura x 12
PB4Y Liberator x 10


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Wellington III: 3 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
248 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 20
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

3 x TBF Avenger bombing at 14000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 67
P-40E Warhawk x 17


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 41
Kittyhawk I x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 23


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/28/2008 7:47:23 PM   
castor troy


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Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/23/43

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TF 95 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW Hinode Maru #18
MSW Banshu Maru #8

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Sub attack at 34,50

Japanese Ships
AK Awata Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Matsuwa

Allied Ships
SS Pogy

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported

South of Hong Kong, a troop convoy going towards Singapore...

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Sub attack at 40,68

Japanese Ships
AP Shinko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

Grampus is retiring to Darwin and hits a small AP... one sub hit by bombers today...

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TF 20 encounters mine field at Lae (54,87)

Japanese Ships
MSW Chitose Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 25
SBD Dauntless x 43
TBF Avenger x 30
Wellington III x 29
PV-1 Ventura x 12
PB4Y Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 5 damaged
Wellington III: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 63
P-40E Warhawk x 14


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 42
Kittyhawk I x 9
Beaufighter VIC x 19


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/28/2008 7:55:09 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/24/43

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TF 31 encounters mine field at Saipan (63,64)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 19
MSW Wa 13
MSW Wa 11

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TF 95 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW Hinode Maru #18
MSW Banshu Maru #8

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 26000 feet
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 26000 feet

we´re flying above the max ceiling of the enemy flak and still seem to achieve a couple of hits. Perhaps I switch all my heavy bombers to such high alt attacks. If we attack with 150 bombers we should achieve something like 40-50 hits on the runway which should be enough to keep an airfield closed.

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Day Air attack on Cooktown , at 48,98

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 19
J1N1-R Irving x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Cooktown , at 48,98

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 242

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 10 destroyed, 63 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 41 destroyed
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed
Hudson I: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 118

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet

excellent attack by Hortlund! Those Betties were coming from Rabaul (18 hexes! ) and torch 82 Mitchells on the ground for the loss of 27 of their own. Hortlund has been flying recon for a long time already, so I was a bit alerted but I never spotted huge numbers of bombers on New Guinea so I felt kind of safe. As it seems now I have to fly my bombers in the day I do an attack and then fly them out to a base further South (Charter Towers, Townsville or Cairns) which are bigger bases where I can have 250 bombers and 150 fighters on Cap. Those Betties could have hit an empty base also as my bombers were set to attack Thursday Island but they stayed home unfortunately. It doesn´t really hurt us as there are more than enough Mitchells in the pool, not to talk about the 2500 USAAF pilots in the pool (lost half a dozen pilots today), but I don´t want to imagine if I would have had my 200 4E bombers at Cooktown and 82 of them would have been destroyed. If he has lost a dozen high exp Navy pilots then I don´t have a problem to trade those 80 Mitchells. Nevertheless, really a nice attack...




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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 43
SBD Dauntless x 38
TBF Avenger x 30
Wellington III x 26
PV-1 Ventura x 12
PB4Y Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 4 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 4 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 25
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 68
P-40E Warhawk x 16


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 42
Kittyhawk I x 10
Beaufighter VIC x 22


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 30,50

Japanese Ships
PC Matsuwa

Allied Ships
SS Trigger





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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/29/2008 9:03:14 PM   
castor troy


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Sub attack at 56,96

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 24, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 29
PC Takunan Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Pike

Pike kills an ASW vessel off South New Guinea, PC CH 24 sinks immediately...

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ASW attack at 56,96

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 29
PC Takunan Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal

the rest of the ASW TF tries to attack Narwhal but without success...

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ASW attack at 49,106

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64

Allied Ships
DD Bailey
DD Welles
DD Woodworth
DD Barton
DD Farenholt
DD McCalla

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Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

75 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CL Hobart, Shell hits 10
CL Perth
CL Achilles, Shell hits 16
CA Exeter, Shell hits 1
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 2
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 6

Japanese ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

CD and AA at Akyab is just ridicoulos...

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ASW attack at 49,106

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 11, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Bailey
DD Welles
DD Woodworth
DD Barton

a lot of subs are off Australia´s East coast. We have a couple of TFs operating there and we even have our CVs here which are operating as a fast reaction force near Rockhampton to attack supply convoys going to Thursday Island.

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Sub attack at 55,95

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 29, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Takunan Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Pike, hits 4

Pike kills another PC today, she takes 4 near misses and retires with 12 sys dam to Brisbane. Well done!

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ASW attack at 54,94

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 29, on fire, heavy damage
PC Takunan Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Perch

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ASW attack at 49,104

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
DD Flusser
DD Reid
DD Perkins
DD Cushing
DD Shaw
DD Case
DD Mahan
DD Fanning
CL Nashville
CLAA Oakland
CA New Orleans
CA Pensacola
CV Hornet

an unsuccessful ASW attack gives Hortlund the intel that we have CVs in this area. I don´t know where he has his CVs (guess they are at Truk) but today long range patrol aircraft have spotted a CA CA CA CA CA CA BB TF a couple of hexes South of Gili Gili! Probably only AKs but 5 hexes South of Gili Gili is strange. And with the free intel the game gives us (I see this spotted TF in the upper right corner, so this means there are more TFs in the hex) I´m really sceptical about what´s going on here. Gili Gili and PM have received HUNDREDS of fighters so it´s obvious that Hortlund is up to something. Probably it´s a resupply or even reinforcement convoy for PM or Thursday Island, but it´s still strange to see it a couple of hexes South of Gili Gili. We´ve got no intel on the heading of the TF but it "should" move North. He knows that my CVs are near Rockhampton so we probably will see the 250 Betties that attacked Cooktown yesterday on naval strike now. This is nothing I want to take on with 150 F4-F4 on Cap so the carriers are going South 4 hexes tomorrow but they will stay alerted. 3 or 4 of my carriers damaged or even sunk at this phase of the campaign could be a major problem.

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 18
B-26B Marauder x 38


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 18000 feet

nice hits...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 107
LB-30 Liberator x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 108


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 45

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

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 41
Kittyhawk I x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 23


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 49,104

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60, hits 4

Allied Ships
DD McCall
DD Gridley
DD Jarvis

RO-60 takes 4 near misses...

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ASW attack at 49,104

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
DD Flusser
DD Reid
DD Perkins
DD Cushing
DD Shaw



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/1/2008 5:26:04 AM   
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ORIGINAL: castor troy

While I have some problems with the mod too (probably far less thans with stock though) I think it´s like Nik said: the overall picture looks good, so again thanks for the work he puts into creating the mod!



aww......

If your havin fun, then it was worth the effort.


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/5/2008 6:38:43 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Nikademus


quote:

ORIGINAL: castor troy

While I have some problems with the mod too (probably far less thans with stock though) I think it´s like Nik said: the overall picture looks good, so again thanks for the work he puts into creating the mod!



aww......

If your havin fun, then it was worth the effort.




we´re now 15 months into the campaign and the longer we play I think that the overall picture definetely looks better than stock, while Hortlund seems to be of different oppinion! But I´m sure he´s enjoying the PBEM too. I think it has made the Japanese far stronger (just from the two facts that they get serious numbers of bombers trough Cap and that they have flak that can make bases nearly immune to air attacks), while Hortlund thinks it has CRIPPLED the Japanese (because of the fact that he can´t take down more than 5-10% of my attacking bombers with defending fighters - while he still can damage 100% and take down another 5% with his flak). But I think we´re both just ranting around!

again, thanks for the work you put into your mod!


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/5/2008 6:49:21 PM   
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ASW attack at 55,96

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Akatsuki
DD Yugure
DD Wakaba
DD Suzukaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Takanami
DD Akizuki
CL Jintsu

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal

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ASW attack at 54,95

Japanese Ships
PC Takunan Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus

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ASW attack at 54,95

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Ariake
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu
DD Kawakaze
DD Samidare
DD Shigure
DD Oshio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Kagero

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 1

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Sub attack at 55,96

Japanese Ships
AK Okitu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Nachisan Maru
AP Haguro Maru
DD Naganami
CL Agano

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported

big numbers of huge TFs (including KB) are going towards PM. Narwhal scores a hit on the troop loaden Okitu Maru.

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ASW attack at 54,95

Japanese Ships
AP Teiyo Maru
AP Tatumiya Maru
AP Tacoma Maru
AK Shinyubari Maru
AK Nissin Maru
DD Naganami
CL Agano

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus

but she´s also attacked by the angry escorts...

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Sub attack at 53,93

Japanese Ships
AK Sanyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Perch

torps miss...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 137
Liberator VI x 39
F-5A Lightning x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator VI bombing at 26000 feet
12 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

not much hits...

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 85


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 34

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

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1
A6M3 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 46
B-24D Liberator x 136

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed
D3A Val: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 109

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 26000 feet
30 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 26000 feet

Thursday Island has been reinforced with aircraft (base must be 100% damaged, airfield between 60 and 80%). We torch more than a dozen aircraft on the ground for the loss of 2 B-24. With the high exp bomber crews it seems to work to attack bases above effective flak altitude. This is the way to go against those bases where Hortlund has stacked several AA units. Even if only a couple of bombers is damaged by fighters during the attack, the number of operational bombers went down by another 30, so if you want to keep up a decent number of operational bombers you shouldn´t fly more than 2 attacks per week, better would be only one per week, but that would then be not enough to keep an airfield surpressed. It will take another 6-10 months until I will have 400 4Es on the map to fly constant long range airattacks (against uncapped targets).

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 45
SBD Dauntless x 48
TBF Avenger x 32
Wellington III x 23
PV-1 Ventura x 12
PB4Y Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Wellington III: 4 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 70
P-40E Warhawk x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 39
Kittyhawk I x 12
Beaufighter VIC x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 54,95

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Akatsuki
DD Yugure
DD Wakaba
DD Suzukaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Takanami
DD Akizuki
CL Oi

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus

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Sub attack at 53,92

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 29, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

Pollack missed the already damaged ASW vessel...

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ASW attack at 54,95

Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 1

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ASW attack at 54,95

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Akatsuki
DD Yugure
DD Wakaba
DD Suzukaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Takanami
DD Akizuki
CA Takao

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 2, on fire

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ASW attack at 54,95

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Akatsuki
DD Yugure
DD Wakaba
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Nautilus has been attacked several times today and this final attack immediately sinks the sub with 2 hits...

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TF 20 encounters mine field at Goodenough island (56,93)

Japanese Ships
MSW Chitose Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2

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Sub attack at 54,94

Japanese Ships
AK Pacific Maru
DD Naganami
CL Agano

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal

torps hit but failed to detonate...

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Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

39 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow, Shell hits 8
CL Hobart
CL Perth
CL Achilles
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 15
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire

Japanese ground losses:
188 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 1

the enemy coast defense stays more dangerous than our cruisers... the sys damage that our ships accumulate isn´t worth the damage the cruisers have done so far...

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Sub attack at 53,93

Japanese Ships
AK Kotoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kashi Maru
DD Naganami
CL Agano

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise, hits 2

Porpoise hits a big AK, probably loaded with 5500 tons of supply for Port Moresby. The enemy TFs are moving towards PM and will arrive there in two days...

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Sub attack at 53,93

Japanese Ships
AK Okitu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported

Porpoise hits another big AK that sinks immediately, taking down parts of the 18th division with her. Seems like Hortlund is massively reinforcing Port Moresby. With another division going there and the daily recon we have been flying I expect some 700-1000 assault points there. Means I would have to bring 3000 to overcome the defender...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 18
B-26B Marauder x 30


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

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


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 111
LB-30 Liberator x 35


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
30 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 42
SBD Dauntless x 42
TBF Avenger x 30
Wellington III x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 9
PB4Y Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
120 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 22
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 68
P-40E Warhawk x 18


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 39
Kittyhawk I x 13
Beaufighter VIC x 26


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


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TF 20 encounters mine field at Goodenough island (56,93)

Japanese Ships
MSW Chitose Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2

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TF 32 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (53,91)

Japanese Ships
DD Kuri

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TF 95 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Hinode Maru #18
MSW Banshu Maru #8

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Sub attack at 53,92

Japanese Ships
CV Hiyo
DD Kikuzuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Ariake
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu
DD Kawakaze
DD Samidare
DD Shigure
DD Oshio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Pollack, hits 10

torps failed to detonate... no matter what Hortlund thinks, when it comes down to being lucky than he surely leads 3:1 in this campaign...

Interesting, it seems the big convoys aren´t going to PM, they seem to be heading towards Thursday Island. Well, Thursday Island is more or less a death trap as this base can only be supplied via convoys, whereas PM could draw supplies over the trails from Buna, which means it can never really be starved.

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ASW attack at 51,102

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
DD Hammann
DD Anderson
DD Hughes
DD Edwards
DD Meade
DD Gansevoort

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ASW attack at 51,102

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
DD Hammann
DD Anderson
DD Hughes
DD Edwards
DD Meade
DD Gansevoort

again, of course our DDs don´t even drop a single DC...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 18
B-26B Marauder x 30


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Port hits 1

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


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 95
LB-30 Liberator x 28


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 8 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
18 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 133
Liberator VI x 35
F-5A Lightning x 4


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 26000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 50
B-24D Liberator x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
50 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 26000 feet

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 42
SBD Dauntless x 45
TBF Avenger x 25
Wellington III x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 11
PB4Y Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 18
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 71
P-40E Warhawk x 19


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 26
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

most of those attacks are completely useless as Hortlund just sits there looking his flak taking down my bombers... the fact that he abandoned or overstacked his bases with fighters makes his bases more or less imune to attacks and so the front is just like a brickwall. When I look at the front line bases then it normally looks like this: 100.000 troops, with hundreds of flak guns and 150 fighters on Cap, of course behind level 9 forts. Go ahead and send 5 divisions against such a base. With 80% of the bombers going through Cap and our stacking limit of 550 carrier based aircraft/hex an invasion against such bases can only fail.

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ASW attack at 54,94

Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

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Sub attack at 55,54

Japanese Ships
TK Tatekawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Ch 10
PG Hayakafuku Maru
MSW W.17

Allied Ships
SS Hake

the only positive happening this turn. 12 hexes East of the Southern Philipines is a oil loaden big TK hit. That one should be 90% sunk even though it doesn´t show up as heavily damaged. Interesting to find an oil loaden TK TF here. Seems like Hortlund uses very uncommon shipping lanes. Will despatch some subs into this area, far away from Helens on ASW...

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Ground combat at Rossel Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 198 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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

Japanese max assault: 12 - adjusted assault: 14

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rossel Island base !!!

Japanese paras are dropped onto the dot base...

tomorrow will be a turn that will be very important and can either give me another setback for a month or more or it will mean that we will make progress. I have flown my 96 operational Corsairs to Tenimbar and they will sweep Lautern (Eastern Timor) where we have spotted 136!!! Tojos on Cap today. My Marine squadrons are between 55 and 63 exp and they will meet IJAAF sentais with 75-82 exp so Hortlund will probably have another happening to cheer about when my Corsairs are shot out of the sky BUT they will be followed by 72 Lightnings (79 exp) and 180 Mitchells from Darwin (range 6 = normal range = full bomb load) AND another 24 Lightnings (63 exp) and 150 B17/B24 from Wyndham. At the end of the day I expect to have destroyed at least 150 IJAAF fighters in the air and on the ground for the loss of 50-60 fighters and 20 bombers. And I expect Lautern (level 6 af) to be closed. Then we will take out Timors bases in the next weeks or hopefully destroy a lot more Japanese fighters if Hortlund decides to fight it out. Goal would be to draw in Zero daitais to take out the 80+ exp pilots. As soon as those Zero pilots with 80+ exp are dead we will come closer to the collapse of the Japanese Empire as without those high exp Zero pilots he can´t do much against my upcoming invasions. As long he has some IJN pilot in the pool (I guess there are around 100 left) he will get 65 exp pilots as replacement but as soon as the pool is dry, he will surely regret that he wanted a hr about no fighter pilot ground attack training. His 35 exp pilots in inferior aircraft won´t have much of a chance against my 55 exp pilots. The problem I have now is that I think (and I told him before) that I doubt that the game will go on as soon as I regularly achieve 8-10:1 kill rates.

If he keeps them in reserve and waits for my invasions then we will have to pay a heavy price in the near future.





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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/01/43

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Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

39 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CL Hobart, Shell hits 17
CL Perth, Shell hits 8
CL Achilles
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

the usual result of my bombardments at Akyab...

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Sub attack at 25,62

Japanese Ships
AK Yasukawa Maru
AK Norfolk Maru
MSW W.21

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish, hits 1

West of Borneo, the sub missed...

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ASW attack at 51,90

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Akatsuki
DD Yugure
DD Wakaba
DD Suzukaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Takanami
DD Akizuki
CA Takao

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
Kittyhawk I x 17
B-26B Marauder x 35


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 79
LB-30 Liberator x 13


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
15 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 130
Liberator VI x 35
F-5A Lightning x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Liberator VI bombing at 26000 feet
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The air battles over Timor begin...

Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 119

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 93

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 57 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 14 destroyed, 34 damaged

93 out of 96 Corsairs are flying the ordered sweep and the battle begins with the IJAAF fighters having the bounce, hitting VMF-111 hard, downing 11 Corsairs pretty fast for only 2 or 3 Tojos shot down. This was the moment when I thought we would get our ass kicked. The Japanese bounce phase was over when the Marines got the upper hand, downing more and more enemy aircraft. Then our fighters gained tactical advantage and bounced the defenders when it turned out to become a massacre. The Tojos had not a single chance anymore and their formations were shot down in no time. The battle ended and half of the enemy Cap was no more. The Corsair proved to be a killer, even if our pilots are only in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Excellent work Marines!

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 28

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 70
B-25C Mitchell x 171

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 51 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 14 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
457 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 157

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

Today, everything seems to work as ordered. After the Corsairs have left the scene the bombers from Darwin go in with a high experienced Lightning escort. Right from the beginning our FG was able to bounce the defending Cap and it was no problem for the fast fighters to take down nearly all of the remaining fighters on Cap. Unbelievable for me at this point. Then the bombers achieve an excellent hit rate on the airfield. Flak isn´t as heavy as expected.

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 7
P-38G Lightning x 21
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-17E Fortress x 48
B-24D Liberator x 80

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 59

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 26000 feet
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 26000 feet

And the last to show up are the heavies from Wyndham with another Lightning squadron as escorts (exp mid 60s). Only half a dozen enemy fighters were left that could be shot down. At the end of the day we have destroyed 123 enemy fighters on Timor for the loss of only 19 fighters and 7 bombers. A result I couldn´t even dream about. As there were so many shot down A2A I´m sure Hortlund has also lost A LOT of his pilots, for sure 60+. After this completely devastating attack Hortlund has moved all his aircraft out from Timor, leaving only some recon aircraft behind (at least this is what my recon tells me). This also means I can now start to knock out Timor with my bombers that can go in against any opposition. If the enemy will show up again my Corsairs (or the Lightnings if out of Corsair range) will take care of the enemy fighters. Ships going to Timor are now in real danger...




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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 41
SBD Dauntless x 42
TBF Avenger x 29
Wellington III x 18
PV-1 Ventura x 11
PB4Y Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 19
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 76
P-40E Warhawk x 18


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 24
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 20


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


It´s the same situation like in Burma before. As soon as we were able to do one big strike the area is abandoned by the enemy airforce. In Burma it´s a wise decision as there are enough ground troops on the continent that can defend Burma easily, but Timor is different. In fact, when looking at those results of today, the enemy can´t fight for airsuperiority over Timor, perhaps in the far West where only my P-38 can fly escort but for sure not on the Eastern part of the island where my Corsairs now rule the sky. With this excellent result, I´m now seriously thinking about taking the route via Timor straight into the SRA, something I´ve never done before. With the appearance of the Corsair, every enemy base within a level 2 airfield is now really hard to defend.





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The question now is how many of your Corsairs are damaged??
How soon do you start getting your P-47s??

Does he have any A6M3a Zeros?? They were doing well against my Corsairs.
Then he had Jacks meet my B-24s and finally, they were not indestructible.

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KUDOS!!

The question now is how many of your Corsairs are damaged??
How soon do you start getting your P-47s??

Does he have any A6M3a Zeros?? They were doing well against my Corsairs.
Then he had Jacks meet my B-24s and finally, they were not indestructible.



85% of my Corsairs were operational after this sweep, this is excellent. I´m getting P-47C from now on 3/43 But they have only 6 hexes range so this isn´t that much of help. He already has A6M3a but they surely won´t do much better than the ones he already has A6M3, at least not against Corsairs I guess. And there won´t be any Jacks before early 44 in Nimod! By then, the standard IJNAF pilot will have an experience of 35...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/02/43

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ASW attack near Thursday Island at 49,90

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Akatsuki
DD Yugure
DD Wakaba
DD Suzukaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Takanami
DD Akizuki

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf, hits 2

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ASW attack near Thursday Island at 49,90

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Akatsuki
DD Yugure
DD Wakaba
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf, hits 3

Seawolf needs one month in the repair yards now...

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Sub attack at 54,94

Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #7, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Runner

Runner sends an ASW vessel to hell. 3 out of 4 torps hit. Needless to say that the ship sank immediately...

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Sub attack at 57,54

Japanese Ships
TK Kaijo Maru
PC Ch 10
PG Hayakafuku Maru
MSW W.17

Allied Ships
SS Pompon

a small TK is attacked but missed. This is the TF that lost a big TK two days ago...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 46
SBD Dauntless x 24
TBF Avenger x 14
Wellington III x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 11
PB4Y Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 42,78


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19
B-17E Fortress x 43


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
ML Ishizaki
ML Shirakami
ML Kamome
ML Saishu
ML Hirashima
ML Naryu

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

hmmmmmmm seems like Hortlund hit the lucky side of the coin. 43 B-17 (average exp 83!!!) attack a TF consisting of big IJN minelayers from Darwin and score not a single hit. Normal range. Could only be the fatigue which was somewhere around 10 but that´s not really a lot. Damn it...


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Day Air attack on TF at 50,108

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 27
A6M3a Zero x 15
B5N Kate x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 8 damaged
B5N Kate: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Gansevoort
DD Anderson
DD Hughes, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
DD Edwards, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hammann, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Meade, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
1 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet

three carriers popped up 12 hexes North East of Brisbane! Hortlund really takes some risk, he could run either into all my carriers or into 100+ 4Es on naval attack. He told me that there´s ALL of KB!! I have spotted parts of KB around Thursday Island, Kaga (or was it Akagi) hit an MK10 mine at Truk not so long ago and with the intel the game gives us, we identified only 3 different CV squadrons in this attack so I´m pretty sure this is something like Shokaku, Zuikaku and perhaps a CVL. I haven´t looked up the CV squadron´s designations though.

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Day Air attack on TF at 50,108

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 17
A6M3a Zero x 4
B5N Kate x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 4 damaged
B5N Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Hammann, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hughes, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Gansevoort
DD Edwards, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Anderson

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

if I would have been lucky, my DDs would have moved one hex further and would be out of range. Oh well. 2 DDs sank immediately, 2 are undamaged and the other two will head to Rockhampton and have a 50-60% chance to make it. So, no biggy.

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Sub attack near Thursday Island at 49,90

Japanese Ships
DD Wakaba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shinonome
DD Akatsuki
DD Yugure
DD Suzukaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Takanami
DD Akizuki
CA Takao

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut, hits 3

it´s amazing but subs on minelaying mission tend to attack ships in the base hex more often than subs on patrol... Wakaba should be in trouble, Argonaut takes 3 near misses and retires with 14 sys damage to Brisbane for full repairs...

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Sub attack at 60,50

Japanese Ships
AK Kyokko Maru
DD Kasasagi

Allied Ships
SS Harder

Harder´s torps missed...

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Sub attack at 60,48

Japanese Ships
AP Yosyu Maru
AP Tohuku Maru
MSW Toshi Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo

as did Wahoo´s torps...

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ASW attack at 48,90

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Ariake

Allied Ships
SS Perch, hits 4

Perch is out of action after 1 hit and 3 near misses....

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 25
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


the enemy carriers near Brisbane have sprinted NE again. A lot of subs around in this area but no real danger.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/9/2008 10:30:59 AM   
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Sub attack at 48,90

Japanese Ships
DD Shigure
DD Kikuzuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Ariake
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu
DD Kawakaze
DD Samidare
DD Oshio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Runner

torps missed...

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ASW attack at 48,90

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Ariake

Allied Ships
SS Runner, hits 4

then runner takes 4 near misses and ends up with 11 sys dam...

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ASW attack at 48,90

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Ariake
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu
DD Kawakaze
DD Samidare
DD Shigure
DD Oshio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Kagero
DD Onami
DD Hatsuzuki
CA Maya
CVL Ryujo
CV Hiyo

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 1

Narwhal now sits in the hex with KB. I really don´t understand my opponent. He knows that I have 250 4Es (of which 150 have an exp of 80+) and that I have 96 P-38 (72 with exp 80+ that just have killed his Tojos in droves for nearly no losses on their own) and I could base 300 of those aircraft at Cooktown (level 6 af, lots of air support, 60.000 supplies, in range of air HQ) to set them all on nav attack 10.000 ft. If they would launch, my 96 P-38 would meet some 140 Zeroes on Cap (mostly around 80 exp) and I guess we would trade 1 Lightning for 2 Zeroes and then 95% of my bombers would attack the target. SO, if the target would be KB and not some ASW TF in the same hex I would guess that this attack would be devastating! Nevertheless, Hortlund keeps his carriers sitting 8 hexes off my base.

There are two reasons why I don´t set my armada on nav attack:

1. I would probably lose two months of replacements of Lightnings and I need them for my offensive against the enemy airfields in the near future.

2. It would be 100% sure that Hortlund wouldn´t be "happy" to see a couple of carriers sunk or heavily damaged by 200 attacking (very durable) 4Es on nav attack and surely he would cry foul and who knows if the game would go on.

So I made the decision NOT to fly in my bombers to attack KB. But still, it´s very strange IMO to park his carriers within LBA range, especially if you know that you CAN´T stop the attacking bombers - something he said a hundred times already in this campaign. So he deliberately ignores his own knowledge...



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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 27
SBD Dauntless x 49
TBF Avenger x 16
Wellington III x 22
PV-1 Ventura x 12
PB4Y Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
169 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

in the meantime we keep on losing dozens of aircraft every turn...

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Day Air attack on 15th Mortar Battalion, at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 27
Beaufighter VIC x 25


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged
Beaufighter VIC: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

the damn unit we wanted to attack moved into Myitkina where flak was waiting...

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/9/2008 10:45:03 AM   
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TF 20 encounters mine field at Goodenough island (56,93)

Japanese Ships
MSW Chitose Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2

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ASW attack near Thursday Island at 49,90

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Akatsuki
DD Yugure
DD Suzukaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Takanami
DD Akizuki

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 3

Narwhal is now out of action also...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 108

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed
J1N1-R Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 19000 feet

at extended range, the hit rate isn´t impressing. We´ve only lost 2 bombers, that was surprising...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 48
SBD Dauntless x 32
TBF Avenger x 15
Wellington III x 23
PV-1 Ventura x 10
PB4Y Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 19
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

whereas the cut off and bombed for months units on Kiska are killing half a dozen aircraft every turn... the only reason I use my SBDs is that they gain exp, then they will be shipped to Australia where they then will act as anti ship platforms as soon as we have grabbed our first base on New Guinea or Timor. But with their short range, the main anti shipping platform will be my Mitchells, but they mostly still have to gain around 10 exp points to become real killers. If needed I will also use my high exp 4Es, but at the moment I´m planning on using them for airfield attacks above effective flak range.

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 77
P-40E Warhawk x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 destroyed, 16 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

damn, I still have set some fighter bombers on ground attack and I lose 4 of them during the attack on the LCU at Myitkina. All ground attacks are cancelled now, there´s no enemy unit on the trails anymore (I don´t know anyway what Hortlund was thinking when he semt them onto the trails in Northern Burma).

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Day Air attack on TF at 36,75


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 31
B-24D Liberator x 51


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
ML Hirashima
ML Shirakami
ML Kyosai
ML Saishu
ML Sarushima, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
ML Sokuten, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
ML Katsuriki

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet


today we had a second chance to attack the minelayer TF in this region. 8 hexes from Darwin, at least we have killed one of the big MLs, the other one could be in trouble also. Interesting again, we saw a couple of 2000lb GP bomb hits on Sarushima (combined with 500lb bomb hits) while Sokuten was hit by a single 500lb bomb. Hopefully Hortlund notes those 2000lb bomb hits too, as those bombs are also dangerous for his BBs (or am I wrong?? ). Don´t know the penetration value of those bombs in Nik mod but hopefully those can also penetrate the deck armor of the enemy BBs. But as he doesn´t care about parking whole KB 8 hexes from one of my major bases, he won´t care much about parking BBs in range of heavy bombers dropping 2000lb GP bombs either.

All shipping in range of my bombers from Darwin is in real danger now, especially merchants as those can be hit more easily. I have upgraded a lot of high exp RAAF Hudsons to Venuturas, those will also act as special trained anti ship squadrons. Range 13, bomb load 6x500 lb bombs for normal range and they have an exp of mostly 80+ just from flying recon and nav search the last couple of months.



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/9/2008 5:03:43 PM   
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 44
SBD Dauntless x 42
TBF Avenger x 2
Wellington III x 19
PV-1 Ventura x 12
PB4Y Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 13
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

wonder how many month and how many more aircraft lost it will take until the flak defense of this base is silenced...

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Day Air attack on TF at 42,78


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 12
B-17E Fortress x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK India Maru
AK Daishu Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 6
AK Toten Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kinrei Maru
AK Tsukikawa Maru

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

Hortlund sends a big convoy South along the West Coast of New Guinea (so on the South coast in real life ) right into range of my 4Es. Again only 15% of my bombers launch and they achieve a hit rate of 16%. Those two small AKs are in trouble after 500lb bomb hits. If weather is fine tomorrow, we will have another chance to launch a bigger strike.


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/9/2008 5:50:50 PM   
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TF 67 encounters mine field at Thursday Island (49,90)

Japanese Ships
MSW Toroshima Maru
MSW Wa 10
PC Hachijo
AK Heimei Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

sub laid mines causes some trouble. Present from Argonaut...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Amboina at 39,73

Japanese Ships
MSW Choun Maru #8, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
PG Hakkaisan Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
PG Shinko Maru #3, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
AK Akashi Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
AK Taichu Maru
AK Gyokurei Maru
AK Matsutan Maru
AK Fuki Maru
AK Nittatsu Maru, Shell hits 1
AK Shingetsu Maru
AK Shun Yuan, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Shinshu Maru

Allied Ships
DD Meredith, Shell hits 2
DD Gwin

we send in two Cowboys coming from Darwin and I´m quite happy with their performance... Meredith retires with 9 sys dam...




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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 91

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-R Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39

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

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 48
SBD Dauntless x 37
TBF Avenger x 14
Wellington III x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 23
PB4Y Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Runway hits 30
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 40,76

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 10
P-38G Lightning x 21
B-17E Fortress x 26
B-24D Liberator x 55

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 10 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Kasumi
AK Sumatra Maru
AP Tainichi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sunten Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Shawa Maru #10, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tenryu Maru
AP Taian Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yamakisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Igasa Maru
AP Sanura Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Ryuyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Tenzan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

first we got messages of two big strikes failing to locate two TFs when finally this strike went in against an empty troop transport. Again this is North East of Darwin. Can someone answer me why Hortlund sends those TFs into this region when they could just go South on the other side of New Guinea? Well, I shouldn´t wonder...

Unfortunately for us, our Lightnings were bounced by the Tojos and we lost 5 A2A today, it would have been again better for us to send the bombers unescorted. 2 bombers were lost, we expect only one or two ships to sink as the bomb hits were spread out over the whole convoy. We spotted two more big TFs in this area but Darwin was clouded in the afternoon... the only base that was clouded in this part of the map...



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/9/2008 6:53:14 PM   
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Sub attack at 52,115

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
DD Bancroft
DD Anderson
DD Gansevoort
DD Frazier
DD Caldwell
DD Waller

Hortlund has employed min a dozen subs off Australia´s East coast to spot my TFs actively with Glens or passively when he gets a message of Kingfisher or Seagull spotting sub. Once again I sent out an ASW force just to see my DDs acting as targets. We´re not even nearly as effective as the Japanese are... Once again all DDs fail to locate the sub...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 42
SBD Dauntless x 41
TBF Avenger x 14
Wellington III x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 19
PB4Y Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 28
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Bulla at 40,75


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
P-38G Lightning x 19
PV-1 Ventura x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Daishu Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Toten Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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

Hortlund has moved two of the previous damaged small AKs to Bulla where they were sunk by very high exp bomber crews. No prob for the bombers to hit previously damaged merchants.

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Day Air attack on TF at 42,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 4

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

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK India Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire

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

I´m sure Hortlun will get very upset when he sees my bombers going through his Cap, he surely insists that everything than 4 shot down bombers is complete BS! Those crews are around 90 exp and even after being damaged they put 3 500lb bombs into the big AK...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Amboina at 39,73

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 30

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 4

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Nittatsu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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

lots of small attacks by high experienced crews on the damaged ships that were split of their convoys today. I think this will make my opponent even more angry, 30 Tojos no B-17 shot down immediately. 3 bombs into the small AK - another one sunk...

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Day Air attack on TF at 39,74

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 19

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

and a medium sized, already damaged AP is sunk! Again the bombers were going in against enemy fighters, none is shot down during the combat. At the end we lost 7 aircraft of those attacks today, so they´re not that immune... another 5 were lost on the rest of the map.

Perhaps my opponent will recognize at some point that it´s not that smart to send his TFs South on the wrong side of New Guinea, but I won´t tell him...


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/9/2008 9:14:14 PM   
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ORIGINAL: castor troy

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 42
SBD Dauntless x 41
TBF Avenger x 14
Wellington III x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 19
PB4Y Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 28
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Seemed like your casualties were lower a month ago. Maybe he ran some supply in.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/9/2008 11:08:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sorry, if PJH is pi**ed off for being stupid its his problem (if really true)

He can´t play the "if my plans work i play, if not i drop"-game. If he cry because you "cheat" - okay. He can discuss such things or want "redo" the turn.
But if you play after the rules and kick some backyards of him - his guilt. Otherwise you can give up (not because you loose but because you win)

I hadn´t thought about him to be so victory-orientated (at last as japanese).

In your situation, i would do my best that he drop (cause if he drop he drop cause his gameplay was bad)

Does 300 heavies or even mediums operating from one base sound normal? Nope. But for him it is no problem playing the allies. So it sounds right for him at the reciving end. hehe

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/9/2008 11:09:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		doubt that he ran in supply, my 48 search aircraft would have spotted something I guess. At the latest the TF would show up on the map when my bombers attack the base. The difference is that I have lowered the attack height to achieve at least a couple of losses within the defending base forces and to hit the supply depots (which seems to be nearly impossible). And I have brought in SBDs, which are hardcoded to attack at 2000 ft. In fact, dive bombers are near useless in Nikmod (well they are useful on the carriers, but not for base attacks) due to the immense increase of flak effects.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/9/2008 11:15:32 PM   
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Sorry, if PJH is pi**ed off for being stupid its his problem (if really true)

He can´t play the "if my plans work i play, if not i drop"-game. If he cry because you "cheat" - okay. He can discuss such things or want "redo" the turn.
But if you play after the rules and kick some backyards of him - his guilt. Otherwise you can give up (not because you loose but because you win)

I hadn´t thought about him to be so victory-orientated (at last as japanese).

In your situation, i would do my best that he drop (cause if he drop he drop cause his gameplay was bad)

Does 300 heavies or even mediums operating from one base sound normal? Nope. But for him it is no problem playing the allies. So it sounds right for him at the reciving end. hehe



well, he didn´t say anything today while we exchanged turns, but I know what he thinks about the durability of Allied bombers so I´m sure he doesn´t like seeing my bombers going through his Cap. Of course he won´t have problems (and didn´t have in the past) if his bombers are going through my Cap!

I would only operate some 200 bombers from Cooktown, escorted by 100 Lightnings! Perhaps someone can explain me why he parks KB for a week one hex West of Thursday Island... I can´t explain it... but I won´t order an attack, due to the reasons I stated above. I want this game to go on, as I won´t start a new one before AE comes out and so it´s just like against the AI. If you recognize it´s not working as designed, do something to help it. In this case I think it´s almost certain that 150 Zeroes could not stop an attack from Cooktown against KB, so placing KB in harms way so long isn´t a smart decision, but I´m also sure that the game would end as soon as KB is hit hard.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/10/2008 1:40:53 AM   
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you could launch a small raid on KB, like 25-40 bombers, escorted by a ****load of fighters to kill off a bunch of his 80+ exp Zero pilots and then curse in an e-mail that more bombers should have launched but didn't, ought to scare him off

*lurking mode on*

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/10/2008 1:45:11 AM   
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*lurking mode off*

you could launch a small raid on KB, like 25-40 bombers, escorted by a ****load of fighters to kill off a bunch of his 80+ exp Zero pilots and then curse in an e-mail that more bombers should have launched but didn't, ought to scare him off

*lurking mode on*


He could do this but the loss of so many P-38's may force the delay of other ideas, plus might there be the threat of land based cap reinforcing the CV CAP?

P.S. I am enjoying the AAR, thanks for the effort

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/10/2008 11:55:18 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Johan_Banér

*lurking mode off*

you could launch a small raid on KB, like 25-40 bombers, escorted by a ****load of fighters to kill off a bunch of his 80+ exp Zero pilots and then curse in an e-mail that more bombers should have launched but didn't, ought to scare him off

*lurking mode on*




not a bad idea, but I would lose too many P-38s and I only get 35 a month and those are the most important aircraft at the moment.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/10/2008 11:57:11 AM   
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ORIGINAL: thegreatwent


quote:

ORIGINAL: Johan_Banér

*lurking mode off*

you could launch a small raid on KB, like 25-40 bombers, escorted by a ****load of fighters to kill off a bunch of his 80+ exp Zero pilots and then curse in an e-mail that more bombers should have launched but didn't, ought to scare him off

*lurking mode on*


He could do this but the loss of so many P-38's may force the delay of other ideas, plus might there be the threat of land based cap reinforcing the CV CAP?

P.S. I am enjoying the AAR, thanks for the effort



yes, exactly my thouhgts. Thursday Island has some 200 fighters now and KB parks next to it so there will surely be leaking Cap also. And if I want to launch an offensive anytime soon, then I need the "few" P-38s I have. Even the five I lost two days ago hurt because of the low replacement AND because I lost 4 high exp pilots that are replaced with total crap in the low 50s.

I´m glad someone reads and enjoys the AAR, thanks.



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/10/2008 2:46:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		If KB is lurking off of Thursday Island, what are the chances he makes a run towards Darwin?? He may be waiting for something to happen there before making a move in that direction.

I would set your 4e bombers to a restricted range that launch if he moved past PM and back towards Rabaul. The lose of P-38s may be worth it if he acts a little bit irrational.

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