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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/30/2008 5:23:02 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/30/43

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TF 1139 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1139 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


Allied Ships
MSW Ipswitch

Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1139
66 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Ipswitch


Allied ground losses:
598 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

one more turn until all support troops are on the beach...

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TF 27 encounters mine field at Menado (39,67)

Japanese Ships
DD Sazanami

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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 15


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 42,73

Japanese Ships
AP La Plata Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS O24

my subs are now killing the damaged ships in small TFs going back to Menado...

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TF 1139 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1139 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


Allied Ships
MSW Ipswitch

Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1139
31 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
328 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Sub attack at 42,71

Japanese Ships
AP Izan Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

at least they try to kill the ships, torps missed...

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Day Air attack on Andaman Island , at 23,34


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 32


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sorong , at 42,74


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 52


No Allied losses

as you can see, no more ships and no more LRCAP at Sorong. But no doubt, we will get many more chances like we had in the last couple of days because there are at least 4 more bases in this region that will need reinforcements...

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 14

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 55
Hudson I x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 3 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 3 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 4 destroyed, 42 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

one attack, not a single bomber is operational anymore. Will take a week to bring them back into operational status, you can imagine how the morale looks like now - before this attack it mostly was 90+...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 13
P-39D Airacobra x 41
PV-1 Ventura x 21
PB4Y Liberator x 18


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 16
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 42,72


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Hotsukawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Jusan Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hokusho Maru

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

B-17s at long range from Darwin. You can see, 80+ exp B-17s on extended range are ten times more deadly than carrier based 80+ exp SBDs and TBFs...

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Here comes the show of the day...

Day Air attack on TF at 50,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 49
B5N Kate x 64

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
LST LST-17, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-25
LST LST-23, Bomb hits 1, on fire
LCI LCI-22, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-18
LST LST-24, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Whyalla
LCI LCI-62, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
LCI LCI-21, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-20, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-19, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wallaroo, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet

pls compare the hit rate to the hit rate of my carrier based bombers...

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another strike... why not?


Day Air attack on TF at 50,92

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 20
A6M3a Zero x 25
B5N Kate x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
LCI LCI-22, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wollongong, Bomb hits 1, on fire
LST LST-24, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-17, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-20, on fire, heavy damage
LCI LCI-23
LCI LCI-24, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
LCI LCI-63, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-18, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-19, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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hey, lets fly another strike...

Day Air attack on TF at 50,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 15
B5N Kate x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
MSW Wagga, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Whyalla, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
LCI LCI-63, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-23, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wallaroo, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wollongong, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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why not having 100% of the strike aircraft on KB in the air this turn?
Day Air attack on TF at 50,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 7
B5N Kate x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
LST LST-19, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet

okay... KB pops up 6 hexes NE of Cooktown (which is full of my aircraft) because Hortlund spotted my TF with LST/LCI going North, close to the coast, on transfer to Darwin. While he moved KB into bomber range before, at least he did it at the max distance possible, so to say at least he staid near the coast of New Guinea. Since a couple of turns, I have agreed to not to use my 4Es on nav attack anymore because they have such a high hit rate and they can fly out to 14 hexes (quote Hortlund).

Once again I was too dumb in my agreements! Itīs pretty much ridicoulos enough to limit the 300 4Es when I face 500 Betties that are 5 times more dangerous even up to 15 hexes. But what makes me really thinking about the agreements is the fact that my opponent immediately "exploits" them. No way would he moved so close to one of my level 6 bases when he knows that it is full of bombers (and HE KNOWS COOKTWON IS FULL OF BOMBERS) when my bombers would still be allowed to fly nav attacks. Now in real life those bombers never flew against KB, that was because IJN high command never was dumb enough to send them so close to 300 medium and heavy bombers. But my humble opponent now knows that if I would set my bombers to nav attack, I wouldnīt follow the hr Iīve just recently agreed to. So he could cry foul... As a result he just sails KB next to Australiaīs East Coast to hunt this TF... sorry, but this just sucks! You canīt ask your opponent to tie one hand on his back because "historical blah blah blah" and then 10 turns later you take total advantage of this. To repeat it again: in one and a half year of game time, KB never dared to go so close to one of my major bomber bases, now I agree to such a house rule and Iīm immediately punished for my idioticy of agreeing to it.

The loss of those ships isnīt severe at all and thatīs not what makes me upset, itīs the style this PBEM is going to be honest. The fact that KB can launch more aircraft in one turn (not just in one turn, this is in ONE PHASE of the turn as there were no strikes in the morning) than my equivalent of KB in several turns is another thing and I just shake my had. Not to start talking about the hit rates...

As a side note: NOT A SINGLE AIRCRAFT FROM THOSE KB STRIKES WAS LOST! Not to flak, not to ops...


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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13461 troops, 106 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 575

Defending force 21789 troops, 190 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 431



Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

I have flown in 200 medium bombers and have set them to low level nav attacks tomorrow... but if we even launch, we will face some 150 Zeroes on Cap... and Iīm not allowe to use my Libs...



< Message edited by castor troy -- 5/30/2008 5:28:22 PM >

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/30/2008 6:57:22 PM   
ny59giants


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Status: offline 		You have to decide what type of game you want to play!!  Are you going to play a game in which,"if it wasn't done IRL, then it CANNOT be done in your game OR we can use the historical forces that were available as long as we don't use them in ways that exploit the game engine limitations?" 

You seem determined to cut off your nose despite your face.

There is a part of me that wants to ask why you continue to play this particular PBEM??  Is it still fun for you??  Some of yours rants every few days about strikes not launching, super-Zeros, etc., tells me not.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/30/2008 7:18:16 PM   
castor troy


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quote:

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

You have to decide what type of game you want to play!!  Are you going to play a game in which,"if it wasn't done IRL, then it CANNOT be done in your game OR we can use the historical forces that were available as long as we don't use them in ways that exploit the game engine limitations?" 

You seem determined to cut off your nose despite your face.

There is a part of me that wants to ask why you continue to play this particular PBEM??  Is it still fun for you??  Some of yours rants every few days about strikes not launching, super-Zeros, etc., tells me not.



I will play on this game, as mentioned earlier, the "big picture" works. But this will still not make me happy or quiet when I see Zeroes achieving kill rates between 15 and 20:1 against 80 exp carrier based Wildcats, nor will I be happy when the game decides day after day not to launch my British torp bombers or only 10-20% of my carrier based strike aircraft against 50+ enemy ships 3 hexes away day after day or when I see KB popping up next to one of my bases because we now have a hr about heavy bombers not on nav attack and to top it off the strike routine then enables KB (which means all CVs in one TF) to launch three times the aircraft in one phase than my carriers do in one day to totally annihilate a convoy of a dozen ships.

The question about historical yes or no is easily explained. The recently brought up historical hr restricts me of using heavy bombers (except some Navy bombers and two B-17 BGs), but it also enables my opponent now to unhistorically sail next to my major airbases...

No matter how you play it or what hrs you have, many game mechanics or routines will just lead to unhistorical and unrealistical results and the acting of players (I donīt exclude me) will do the rest. Many things will be cured with the Admiralīs edition, many things will stay the same.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/30/2008 7:25:43 PM   
castor troy


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Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/01/43

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TF 1139 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1139 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


Allied Ships
MSW Ipswitch

Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1139
107 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Mahimahi, Shell hits 1


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported

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Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 7


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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TF 1139 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1139 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


Allied Ships
MSW Ipswitch

Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1139
55 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Sub attack at 42,69

Japanese Ships
AP Huso Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

now my subs really come into play. 8 subs now begin to sink more ships than all my carriers together were able to do while they have been in range for 3 or 4 days...

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Sub attack at 42,70

Japanese Ships
AP Hotsukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Cachalot

another AP sunk... also a sub is hit by Helens every turn, though I must have been lucky the last turns as all those hits only resulted in medium damage, not enough to sink the subs. I guess some 40-45% (85% due to air ASW) of my subs are damaged at the moment. Damaged means sys damage above 10.

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Day Air attack on Andaman Island , at 23,34


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 2
LB-30 Liberator x 83


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24
B-24D Liberator x 180

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 76

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 26000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 24
SBD Dauntless x 32
TBF Avenger x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 41
PV-1 Ventura x 20
PB4Y Liberator x 20


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 43,70

Japanese Ships
AP Kuroshio Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Dolphin

third AP sunk today... I think it took three days until 540 carrier based ac were able to sink three ships...

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13431 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 574

Defending force 22893 troops, 219 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 435



Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

it seems there are no more Japanese troops flown in as their assault value is constant now. No need to fly in more anyway as Iīm lacking at least another 700 assault points to bring the defenders in serious danger. My carriers are now going back to Darwin, guess the game will become quiet again.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/30/2008 7:31:43 PM   
castor troy


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Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		next month we will start receiving Corsairs for our British carriers, this should boost our offensive capability a lot. Would be cool if the British torp bombers would launch then. In two months the Hellcat will enter production...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/02/43

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Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1058
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TF 1058 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1058 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77



Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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ASW attack at 43,70

Japanese Ships
PC Iki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yugure
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Dolphin

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TF 115 encounters mine field at Amboina (39,73)

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2085, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

the enemy has been losing 3 barges on average the last turns. All enemy convoys in this region are barge convoys now. We encounter the next problem. I have tried to send out a couple of PT TFs and like Iīve mentioned earlier, PT TF movement has some serious problems. Even at range 3 my PTs donīt arrive at night, no, they go in in daylight (when the barges left already), stay there and retire next turn. They are all fully fuled and they should arrive at night. This only seem to work one out of 10 times. Iīm trying to do historical things here, barge busting with PTs. The game sabotates me because the movement routine of the PTs is borked.

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ASW attack at 43,70

Japanese Ships
PC Iki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yugure
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS O21

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Sub attack near Morotai at 43,68

Japanese Ships
AP Hokusho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

and my subs hit another AP... while a Helen hit another O-class sub today...
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 16

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Andaman Island, at 23,34

Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CL Hobart
CL Perth
CL Achilles
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire
CA Shropshire

Japanese ground losses:
605 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 30
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 9

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Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1058
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TF 1058 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1058 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


92 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Washingtonian


Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

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Sub attack near Morotai at 43,68

Japanese Ships
AP Juko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

again!!! The subs now account for twice as many APs sunk as all my carriers here...

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13450 troops, 112 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 574

Defending force 23356 troops, 234 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 439



Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/30/2008 7:42:09 PM   
castor troy


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Status: offline 		The recently sunk CL Helena:


USS Helena (CL-50), 1939-1943

USS Helena, a 10,000-ton Saint Louis class light cruiser built at the New York Navy Yard, was commissioned in September 1939. After serving in the Atlantic in 1939-40, she was transferred to the Pacific, where she spent the rest of a short, eventful career. While tied up alongside 1010 dock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Helena was hit by a single torpedo during the Japanese raid of 7 December 1941, flooding an engine room and boiler room. Repair and modification work at the Pearl Harbor and Mare Island Navy Yards lasted through June 1942.

In the summer of 1942, Helena was sent to the South Pacific, where she participated actively in the Guadalcanal campaign. She rescued survivors of USS Wasp (CV-7) when that carrier was sunk by an enemy submarine on 15 September. Twice, in the 11-12 October Battle of Cape Esperance and the 13 November 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Helena engaged in night surface combat, making important contributions to thwarting Japanese bombardments of vital Henderson Field. In January 1943, late in the Guadalcanal campaign, she twice shelled Japanese bases on New Georgia and Kolombangara islands.

Following a quick overhaul at Sydney, Australia, Helena returned to the combat zone in March 1943. She again bombarded enemy positions before and during the invasion of New Georgia and Rendova. In the early morning of 6 July 1943, Helena was part of a task force that fought Japanese destroyers in the Battle of Kula Gulf. Hit by three torpedoes in that action, the cruiser was broken into three parts and sunk, with the loss of nearly 170 of her crewmen.




looks like Iīve had my mouth open to wide! Exactly what happened to my CL in the game, happened to CL Helena in real life! She took three torps in a surface engagement and sunk! Holy crap!

But I still think that Japanese naval forces have a far too high hit rate with long lances. Iīm still a JFB, even though I play the Allied side in this game and while it makes my favouritej side weaker I would still prefer to see more reasonable hit rates...





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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/30/2008 8:09:41 PM   
castor troy


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From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/03/43

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Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1058
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TF 1058 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1058 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

there was one AK that took 5 days longer to unload itīs complete load of troops than all the other...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Bulla at 40,75

Japanese Ships
AG AG-104, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-116
AG AG-5188
AG AG-5189
AG AG-2049, Shell hits 1
AG AG-2050
AG AG-2051, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AG AG-2052
AG AG-2053
AG AG-2054
AG AG-2055
AG AG-2056
AG AG-2057
AG AG-2058
AG AG-2059

Allied Ships
PT PT-228
PT PT-229
PT PT-230
PT PT-231
PT PT-232
PT PT-233

this time it worked, the PTs arrived at night. It seems itīs not worth sending them in though...

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Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1058
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TF 1058 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1058 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 23
B-24D Liberator x 157

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


Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 26000 feet

Libs on high alt attacks can suppress one big airfield. Impossible to suppress all three airfields on Timor though...

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ASW attack at 43,69

Japanese Ships
PC Iki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yugure
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS O21


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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13477 troops, 110 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 573

Defending force 23708 troops, 239 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 439


KB is again spotted, now moving along the coast towards Port Moresby with at least one other TF. I guess this is an evac convoy or a resupply convoy but pretty sure itīs an evacuation attempt to bring those troops North. I also expect to see all those bases in the Pacific (especially New Caledonia and the Solomons) to be pretty much stripped of Japanese garrisson troops in the near future.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/30/2008 8:16:27 PM   
ny59giants


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Status: offline 		Will you be able to use the PB4Y Libs for naval attack?? 
If so, when do you get them??
How many per month??
Yes they are 4e, but they are naval vs army pilots.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/30/2008 8:28:18 PM   
castor troy


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quote:

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Will you be able to use the PB4Y Libs for naval attack?? 
If so, when do you get them??
How many per month??
Yes they are 4e, but they are naval vs army pilots.



yes, I insisted in the Navy PB4Y and the two B-17 BG (as at least B-17s did some nav attacks) I have as otherwise he could feel 100% secure as soon as he would be 8 hexes away from my bases. The downside is that I get only 10 Navy Libs a month...

< Message edited by castor troy -- 5/30/2008 8:29:02 PM >

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 5/30/2008 9:27:21 PM   
castor troy


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Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1058
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TF 1058 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1058 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Sub attack at 43,69

Japanese Ships
AP Nichiai Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Takuna Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS O21

say hello to another torp from a Dutch sub! The Dutch subs have achieved the most kills if we compare the numbers of Dutch subs with the numbers of other Allied subs.

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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 14

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet

Hortlund still has night fighters on LRCAP, still with no effect. We are still trying to achieve our first hit on the airfield... lol

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Sub attack near Wasile at 41,69

Japanese Ships
DD Nenohi
DD Nagatsuki
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami

Allied Ships
SS Dolphin, hits 2

Dolphinīs skipper is crazy enough to attack DD Nenohi with two torps but missed. In return Dolphin takes one hit and a near miss. Retiring with light damage...

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Sub attack at 39,79

Japanese Ships
SS I-34, hits 1

Allied Ships
AK Dakotan, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

If the Japanese would have the same number of subs we would be in real trouble. Guess this sub is out of torps now also...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
SBD Dauntless x 10
TBF Avenger x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 8
PB4Y Liberator x 8


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged

Runway hits 2

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

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13514 troops, 109 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 576

Defending force 24020 troops, 249 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 446



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 16

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet

when will the bombers achieve their first ground hit?

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Day Air attack on Andaman Island , at 23,34


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 1
LB-30 Liberator x 78
B-24D Liberator x 40


Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 18
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 6

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

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ASW attack at 24,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-22

Allied Ships
PG Tui
PG Moa
PG Warrego
PG Swan

two subs are sitting North of Derby in my shipping lanes (actually, they are one hex too far North ). This one getīs away, but the other was hit by a Sunderland today, as was SS Cachalot from a Helen, but thatīs nothing unusual anymore...

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13542 troops, 109 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 577

Defending force 24370 troops, 253 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 454



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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15888 troops, 229 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 454

Defending force 22351 troops, 131 guns, 123 vehicles, Assault Value = 577


Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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TF 67 encounters mine field at Amboina (39,73)

Japanese Ships
MSW Shonan Maru #8
MSW Ataka Maru

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ASW attack at 37,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-159, hits 6, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Ellet
DD Benham
DD Monssen
DD Taylor

one hit, 5 near misses, I guess the sub has to retire... this happened two hexes North of Darwin...

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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 14

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24
B-24D Liberator x 155

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


Japanese ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 69

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 26000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 24
SBD Dauntless x 77
TBF Avenger x 16
P-39D Airacobra x 46
PV-1 Ventura x 12
PB4Y Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack near Wasile at 41,69

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Asagiri
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 1, heavy damage

KXIV is the sub that today was hit by a Helen... one near miss, not sure that the sub will make it with 24 sys and 74 flt...

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13543 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 570

Defending force 24507 troops, 258 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 458



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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15939 troops, 232 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 458

Defending force 22259 troops, 130 guns, 121 vehicles, Assault Value = 570


Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 2



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ASW attack at 37,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-159

Allied Ships
DD Hull
DD Dewey
DD Farragut

I-159 didnīt move even though it received several DCs last turn. I do move my subs every turn...

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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Babo at 42,77

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5031
AG AG-5051
AG AG-5052
AG AG-5067
AG AG-5071
AG AG-5087
AG AG-5088
AG AG-5091
AG AG-5113
AG AG-5138
AG AG-5139
AG AG-5140
AG AG-5142
AG AG-5160
AG AG-5161
AG AG-5162
AG AG-5163

Allied Ships
PT PT-220
PT PT-221
PT PT-222
PT PT-223
PT PT-225
PT PT-226

the combat was over before a single shot was fired...

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Night Time Surface Combat at 42,78

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5031, Shell hits 1 <--- hit by 16 inch shell, sunk later in the day...
AG AG-5051
AG AG-5052, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
AG AG-5067
AG AG-5071
AG AG-5087
AG AG-5088
AG AG-5091, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-5113
AG AG-5138
AG AG-5139
AG AG-5140, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG AG-5142, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AG AG-5160
AG AG-5161
AG AG-5162
AG AG-5163

Allied Ships
BB Maryland
BB West Virginia
CL Boise
CL Columbia
DD Bache
DD LaVallette
DD O'Bannon
DD Strong
DD Nicholson
DD Dunlap
DD Mahan
DD Drayton
DD Shaw
DD Porter
DD Selfridge

the PTs didnīt engage the barges but they forced them out of the hex right into the hex with my surface combat TF... My BBs fired several salvoes of 16 inch shells at the barges. I would love to see such things fixed, not to see barges, PTs or small MSWs being shot at with the BBs main guns. Thatīs what the secondary armament was for...

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ASW attack at 42,69

Japanese Ships
PC Iki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yugure
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXVI, hits 3

light damage but the sub has to retire...

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ASW attack at 42,69

Japanese Ships
PC Iki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yugure
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXVI, hits 1

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 23
SBD Dauntless x 78
P-39D Airacobra x 43
PV-1 Ventura x 12
PB4Y Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 5
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Amboina at 39,73


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 34
Avenger I x 7
P-47C Thunderbolt x 32
PV-1 Ventura x 6
F4U-1 Corsair x 53


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Daifuku Maru, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Shonan Maru #8, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Ataka Maru
AP Kiyozumi Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Keisyo Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Enju Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Avenger I bombing at 5000 feet
2 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet

strike from Kai Island hits empty transports but kills 3 of them (medium size) and a MSW. This TF entered Amboina yesterday, so a full load of reinforcements arrived. Extreme escort, perhaps this scares Hortlund to move his fighters into the area again. This is at 5 hexes range and once again shows how valuable those Barracudas are at the moment.

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Sub attack at 36,47

Japanese Ships
AK Yamasimo Maru
AK Argun Maru
MSW Tama Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Tambor

East of Camranh bay, 4 torps missed. Hortlund must now use special shipping lanes, not the ones that are normally used by the AI when setting a target as my subs havenīt spotted TFs within the SRA for a long time already.

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13472 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 561

Defending force 24718 troops, 259 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 467



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16022 troops, 232 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 467

Defending force 22193 troops, 125 guns, 119 vehicles, Assault Value = 561


Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Next turn could get interesting! We have spotted CA Maya and half a dozen CAs more with DD escorts going into position exactly 6 hexes from Kai Island. Hortlund has reconned this base daily with Irvings, so I guess this is an attempt to kill a lot of my first line aircraft. We have 2x6 PTs there and the surface combat TF that is going with my carriers will move to Kai also. I wanted to send in the reinforcements for the Babo invasion tomorrow but they have to wait a day now and will move with the carriers one hex to the North. Hortlund has spotted my carriers the last couple of days, so itīs highly careless to even have his cruisers there. Perhaps heīs very confident because of the bad hit rate of my carrier based bombers so far. The Barracudas could have reached them today already, but they decided to go after the empty transports. Oh well... we will see what happens tomorrow. Only reasonable order he could give would be to retreat his ships...




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ASW attack at 36,47

Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 damaged


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 36,47

Japanese Ships
AK Yamasimo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Tama Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

East of Camranh Bay... the fat AK should be finished but isnīt confirmed sunk...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24
B-24D Liberator x 168

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


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 26000 feet

would like to see more supply hits...

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Day Air attack on TF at 52,90


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 17
B-25C Mitchell x 92
PB4Y Liberator x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Bomb hits 4, on fire
AP Saipan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Fukko Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Kasuga Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Tone, Bomb hits 6, on fire
AP Nichiryo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Hakozake Maru, Bomb hits 1
DD Akigumo
DD Kuri
AP Argentina Maru
AP Tatsuta Maru
DD Maikaze
AP Kirishima Maru
AP Katori Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DD Makinami
DD Isonami

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
4 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

we attack the evac TF that came from Thursday Island, now 2 hexes West of PM. KB is one hex further South, so either Hortlundīs follow order didnīt work or he thought my bombers would attack KB. We achieve only a couple of bomb hits on big APs, none of them will sink. Of course the CAs were bomb prove, so the attack of 125 land based bombers with exp between 70 and 85 did no damage. Under that aspect and the fact that 125 Betties would annihilate such a TF, I again raise the question why an Allied player should limit his 4Es to any hr when it comes down to naval attacks.

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Day Air attack on TF at 41,75

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 6
A6M3a Zero x 8
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 33
TBF Avenger x 14
Avenger I x 7
P-47C Thunderbolt x 34
PV-1 Ventura x 9
F4U-1 Corsair x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 15 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 10 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Avenger I: 2 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 8 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed, 16 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio
DD Nenohi
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1
CA Takao, Bomb hits 1
DD Ariake
CA Chikuma
CL Yubari
CA Mikuma
CL Nagara

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Avenger I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet

Lucky Hortlund. Believe it or not, the enemy CAs are now parked two hexes North of 500+ carrier based ac! What is Hortlund thinking? The Zeroes are worthy opponents if used en masse, this time they get shot to pieces. Those daitais must have lost a lot of their high exp pilots in the fights in the last weeks as they are nowhere as competitive as they were 14 days ago. As you can see, my strike did no damage. One British torp hit CA Furutaka and was a DUD! LOL

But hey, my carriers will take care of this CA TF! Unfortunately my carriers are clouded in the morning phase, no problem, they will attack in the afternoon. And yes, no clouds in the afternoon... and then?? NOTHING!! Ladies and Gentlemen! I mentioned it before and I just have to say it again. The luck my opponent seems to have is ridicoulos, once again he pulls off a stunt that only can be couled highly careless, suicidical, unbelievable over-selfconfident! It seems Iīm playing the AI on super hard, when the enemy gets all kind of help to be somewhere competitive, but what has been happening in this PBEM is so far from anything Iīve seen before that Iīm starting to think Iīm dreaming. I remember Hortlund parking his BBs at Chandpur, in mini range of 300 high exp bombers, including 50 torp bombers and 400 fighters and while it was clear weather, nothing happened. Pffff I thought, pull off such a stunt again and you will pay. What did he do? The next day he parked his BBs at Diamond Harbour and again nothing happened. Today, he has a CA TF two hexes away from my carriers that have all orders right, are split into three TFs, have 100% sorties left and NOTHING happens. Iīve talked to Hortlund and I think he canīt really believe whatīs happening either, as he said he thinks Iīm managing my carriers wrong. Well, what can I do? Iīm not responsible for the weather, I canīt click on a button and say: "Launch 200 bombers and 100 fighters against this cruiser TF 120 miles away"...



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Day Air attack on TF, near Biak at 46,77


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 2
AK Kazuura Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

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

90 exp Venturas from Darwin on long range nav attack. Amazing hit rate, no doubt the big AK is finished...

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Day Air attack on TF at 41,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5
Ki-49 Helen x 3

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 46
F4F-4 Wildcat x 194

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 11 damaged

holy crap! 100% of my fighters must be in the air! 10 of the 11 damaged Wildcats were damaged by the Helens. Not bad for 3 bombers...

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Day Air attack on TF at 41,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 9

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 46
F4F-4 Wildcat x 194

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 9 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 6 damaged

another strike? Those strikes are coming from Biak, range 5. Hortlund should set his bombers on 4 hexes range as they would then only attack the TFs in the invasion hex and thatīs what Iīve feared the most so far. I didnīt attack Biak with Liberators as I didnīt want to point out how important this base was in the defense of Babo. Hortlund obviously overlooked that so far, good for us...

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Day Air attack on TF at 41,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 45
Ki-49 Helen x 28

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 46
F4F-4 Wildcat x 194

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 35 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 18 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire: 9 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed, 32 damaged

and this is the main strike, again aimed at my carriers. Look at the kill rate of my Wildcats. Neither Hortlund nor I do understand the outcomes of aerial engagements in Nikmod. While the 80 exp Zeroes take down my 80 exp Wildcats at a 15-20:1 kill rate, the (better) Tojos lose 16:1 and those Tojos arenīt 30 exp pilots. I canīt explain it, I do find those results as far off as the unbelievable kill rates of super Zeroes against equal skilled Wildcats. With what we were always told what would be important in A2A in the game, the Tojo would be far more dangerous than a Zero. The only ace the Zero has is a very high man rating and this seems to enable it to be so deadly against Wildcats. The faster Tojo but far less maneuverable loses just as Nates would lose...

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13430 troops, 104 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 559

Defending force 24968 troops, 261 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 469



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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16101 troops, 236 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 469

Defending force 22184 troops, 128 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 559


Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Guns lost 1





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TF 1136 encounters mine field at Bulla (40,75)

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

usual mine hit of a surface combat TF...

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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 10

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Bulla at 40,75

Japanese Ships
AG AG-116
AG AG-5188
AG AG-5189
AG AG-2049, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
AG AG-2050
AG AG-2052
AG AG-2053
AG AG-2054
AG AG-2055, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AG AG-2056
AG AG-2057, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AG AG-2058, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
AG AG-2059

Allied Ships
DD Farragut
DD Dewey, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hull

a heavily damaged DD isnīt worth 4 sunken barges. The DDs fired all their torps against the barges. As with the main guns of BBs/CAs, I think torps shouldnīt be used against barges...

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TF 116 encounters mine field at Namlea (38,73)

AG AG-2096, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

how long do barges take to respawn? 30 days?

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Day Air attack on Andaman Island , at 23,34


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 24


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
SBD Dauntless x 66
P-39D Airacobra x 42
PV-1 Ventura x 12
PB4Y Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5
Port supply hits 1

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

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13385 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 557

Defending force 25283 troops, 264 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 471



Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16238 troops, 238 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 471

Defending force 22092 troops, 127 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 557


Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported



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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 12


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet

still no hits, but Hortlund gave it up to send night fighters on LRCAP...

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TF 1108 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1108 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


Allied Ships
MSW Warrnambool
MSW Gympie
MSW Geelong
MSW Deloraine
MSW Cowra
AK Nora Moller, Mine hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1108
1115 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Warrnambool, Shell hits 6
CL Detroit
CL Richmond
CL Concord, Shell hits 3
AK Honomu, Shell hits 1
AK Steel Navigator


Allied ground losses:
4529 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

the second wave of my Babo invasion is thrown onto the beaches... two Australian divs (very low preparation are landing). At the end, they still only have 20% disablements... a HQ and a naval base force for more support are landed also...

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Day Air attack on Andaman Island , at 23,34


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 5
LB-30 Liberator x 92


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20
B-17E Fortress x 106


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 26000 feet
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Day Air attack on Biak , at 46,77


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 168


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 68

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

moved all available Libs to Darwin (range 14) and attacked Biak today. Yesterday the bombers didnīt fly, the airfield is empty though. Would need another attack to close the airfield but I guess with the recent horrendous air losses, he wonīt try to attack my carriers again. I just donīt understand why he didnīt fill up all those airfields in this area with bombers and fighters to crush my carriers when the first invasion took place. It now seems to be already too late. Kai Ilsand reached level 5 airfield btw, from level 1(2) to 5(2) in three weeks. Babo is also level 1(2) and then we can base 500 aircraft on the two airfields in this area, will be hard for enemy shipping in this region then.

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 21
SBD Dauntless x 52
P-39D Airacobra x 32
PV-1 Ventura x 3
PB4Y Liberator x 5


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Port hits 2

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

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13353 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 557

Defending force 48441 troops, 347 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 1023



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16297 troops, 239 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022

Defending force 22000 troops, 124 guns, 121 vehicles, Assault Value = 557


Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported

we now nearly have twice the assault value and Iīve ordered bombers on ground attack, I guess it will now be possible to take the base...

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TF 1108 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1108 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


Allied Ships
MSW Warrnambool
MSW Gympie
MSW Geelong
MSW Deloraine
MSW Cowra

Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1108
755 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Haraldsvang, Shell hits 29
CL Richmond, Shell hits 2
CL Concord
CL Detroit

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
1427 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 18


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Kiska Island, at 92,35

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada

Japanese ground losses:
642 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port hits 1

perhaps the BBs can finally silence the flak guns... Iīm not sure if I should even take Kiska back, thereīs no real reason to do it. I could just let the enemy troops starve to death...

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TF 1108 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1108 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


Allied Ships
MSW Warrnambool
MSW Gympie
MSW Geelong
MSW Deloraine
MSW Cowra

Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1108
24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Detroit


Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on Andaman Island , at 23,34


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 2
LB-30 Liberator x 73


Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31
Port supply hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 23
PV-1 Ventura x 4
PB4Y Liberator x 25


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Fukko Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nichiryo Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kasuga Maru, Bomb hits 17, on fire, heavy damage
AP Katori Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

Hortlund has brought the damaged APs from the Thursday Island evacuation to Port Moresby but has no Cap here at all. Two sentais of Tojos would do wonders I guess. That way, two APs are already confirmed sunk, the other two will also probably sink with the damaged theyīve received earlier.

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13217 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 573

Defending force 53831 troops, 456 guns, 121 vehicles, Assault Value = 1045



Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16505 troops, 239 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1045

Defending force 22262 troops, 125 guns, 117 vehicles, Assault Value = 573


Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



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Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1084
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TF 1084 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1084 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77



Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

the last two AKs have completely unloaded today...

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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 13


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1084
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TF 1084 encounters mine field at Babo (42,77)

TF 1084 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77


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Day Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 42,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 42
F4U-1 Corsair x 17


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

we start flying ground attacks...

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Day Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 42,77


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 106


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

unfortunately our bombers from two different bases targeted the same target...

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 16
F4U-1 Corsair x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Akagisan Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

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

the Zeroes performed quite good but the battle was over before they could reach the bombers which then killed a small AK probably bringing supplies to Lautern...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 46
PV-1 Ventura x 41


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Toyooka Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sansei Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Syunsei Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
PG Kanko Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Toei Maru

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

another supply convoy (at least I think itīs a supply convoy) that arrived at Dili yesterday, so the AKs, a mix of big and small AKs, had one and a half days time to unload. I guess this means theyīve unloaded some 2000 tons of supply, thatīs not really a lot. Today, our bombers had a field day...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 8
B-17E Fortress x 65


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Kaiun Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tokusima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Toyooka Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Akasisan Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sansei Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Toei Maru
PG Kanko Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Syunsei Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
4 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet

the bombers from Derby joined the party and the B-17 were able to put a couple of 2000lb bombs into the transports. No more supplies for Dili and half a dozen AKs lost for the Japanese...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 43
PV-1 Ventura x 40


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Tokusima Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 8


No Allied losses

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


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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13695 troops, 98 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 591

Defending force 54656 troops, 475 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 1044


enemy troop strenght is going up, Hortlund is flying in more troops. A para unit has been spotted. Thatīs fine with me, the more troops he will bring, the more he will lose there and I doubt an air bridge will save Babo. 500 troops a day can be flown in, I thought about putting my carriers into the base hex to see my Cap taking down a dozen transports.

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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 27992 troops, 340 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1044

Defending force 22430 troops, 119 guns, 117 vehicles, Assault Value = 591


Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1



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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 14


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dili at 31,77

Japanese Ships
ML Katsuriki, Shell hits 17, and is sunk
ML Ishizaki, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
ML Takashima
ML Wakatake

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
DD Taylor
DD Monssen
DD Clark

Excellent!!! But again, this was just pure luck on my part as I havenīt spotted the MLs before. My SC TF was ordered to go in to finish off the transports that were damaged by my airforce and they meet four ML first, surprising the enemy and sinking two MLs.




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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dili at 31,77

Japanese Ships
PG Kaiun Maru, and is sunk
AK Sansei Maru, and is sunk
AK Syunko Maru, Shell hits 20, on fire, heavy damage
AK Toei Maru
AK Tokusima Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
DD Taylor
DD Monssen
DD Clark

then the AKs got attacked, thereīs still one small AK left undamaged...

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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 21
SBD Dauntless x 50
P-39D Airacobra x 47
PV-1 Ventura x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 60


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
199 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 18

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

we switched to ground attacks at Kiska now. The visit of my two old BBs has silenced the enemy flak, not a single shot was fired at my attacking aircraft.

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Day Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 42,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 46
F4U-1 Corsair x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 42,77


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 82


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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

would like to see my bombers attack different targets at Babo. There are 8 units, all nearly with the same assault value, so it doesnīt really help us if we always attack this regiment. Itīs a wise decision (deliberately or by accident) that the enemy has a couple of units there, bringing the total av to the equivalent of a division than to have one division there. A2G attacks against the division would reduce itīs adjusted av to 20 or 25% due to disruption, the attack on just one small unit doesnīt harm the total av at all...

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


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 42
PV-1 Ventura x 13
F4U-1 Corsair x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Akagisan Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 32,77


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Tokusima Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Syunko Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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

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Day Air attack on TF at 32,77


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Toei Maru

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

all but one small AK has been sunk today. Itīs total suicide to send ships to Timor and thatīs good news for us! There are sitting some 120-150.000 troops on Timor and they canīt be supplied anymore...

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Day Air attack on TF at 33,76

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 38
PV-1 Ventura x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
ML Takashima

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

the Zeroes did a good job but werenīt able to harm the bombers. Unfortunately we only launch this tiny strike against the remaining two ML...

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11121 troops, 93 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 600

Defending force 55174 troops, 483 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 1052



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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40599 troops, 449 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 1052

Defending force 22549 troops, 113 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 600

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8

Allied max assault: 1002 - adjusted assault: 651

Japanese max defense: 456 - adjusted defense: 787

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


Japanese ground losses:
344 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
870 casualties reported
Guns lost 31

first deliberate attack and Iīm amazed and surprised to see level 9 forts! I expected level 6 forts max but I guess EVERY base that will be attacked in future has the usual level 9 forts. Weīre not that far from a 1:1 but I guess we will need at least another 6 or 7 attacks to see the base surrender and it also means I will need some more reinforcements. The TK units that assaulted Kai Island are all at 100/100 again and they will be brought in to Babo as well as another Australian division. Every unit that will be 50% disabled will be brought back to Darwin for r&r and prep for another target further North.



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TF 42 encounters mine field at Buna (55,90)

Japanese Ships
MSW Kaiyo Maru #3
MSW Tasei Maru
MSW W.15
PC Sonan Maru #5
PG Chiyo Maru
AP Seiwa Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

sub laid mine... this must be another evac convoy taking out troops from Southern New Guinea. The bases there are now only light defended, so my plan has worked perfectly. I can now attack those bases with only a fourth of the troops I would have needed against the strongholds before. I guess my landing at Kai Island and Babo has brought me at least something like 8-12 months if I have had to fight my way through all those level 9 forts, 1000 assault point bases.

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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 11


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Kiska Island, at 92,35 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Shell hits 2
BB Nevada

Japanese ground losses:
495 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Runway hits 3
Port hits 1

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB California

Japanese ground losses:
1803 casualties reported
Guns lost 45

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

perhaps I can wear down the defending base forces so much that my Mitchells can take over airfield suppressing... a good start...

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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 21
SBD Dauntless x 60
P-39D Airacobra x 48
PV-1 Ventura x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 52


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 7

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

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11167 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 581

Defending force 54410 troops, 447 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 988

the deliberate attack has cost us 64 assault points and the enemy has lost 19...

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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 38443 troops, 411 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 988

Defending force 22210 troops, 116 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 581


Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1



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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 14


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 41,72

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5162, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

due to lack of other targets, my subs are now hunting barges...

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Naval bombardment of Babo, at 42,77

Allied Ships
CL Columbia
CL Boise
BB West Virginia
BB Maryland

Japanese ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 13

thereīs only one base force, so Iīm not surprised that the bombardment did no damage. At least we destroyed some supplies...

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TF 115 encounters mine field at Namlea (38,73)

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2068, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

MK16 claims another barge, one was hit during the day by a Ventura. We kill on average 2 barges a day...

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ASW attack at 39,79

Japanese Ships
SS I-34

Allied Ships
DD Porter
DD Shaw
DD Mahan
DD Dunlap
DD Strong

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 19


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Andaman Island , at 23,34


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 2
LB-30 Liberator x 92
B-24D Liberator x 39


Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 41
Port supply hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 18
SBD Dauntless x 47
P-39D Airacobra x 45
PV-1 Ventura x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 49


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 42,77


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 56


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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ASW attack at 39,79

Japanese Ships
SS I-34

Allied Ships
DD Nicholson
DD O'Bannon
DD Selfridge
DD Drayton
DD LaVallette
DD Bache


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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10962 troops, 93 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 575

Defending force 54839 troops, 450 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 1001

Iīm amazed to see my assault value going up by 20 a day, thatīs more than I thought. Enemy assault value went up by 6 points...

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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2940 troops, 78 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1001

Defending force 21908 troops, 108 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 575




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TF 42 encounters mine field at Gili Gili (56,94)

Japanese Ships
MSW Kaiyo Maru #3
MSW Tasei Maru
MSW W.15
PC Sonan Maru #5
PG Chiyo Maru

convoy at Gili Gili. Thanks to our intel mines we have perfect intel how the escort looks like. Weīre flying recon also over the base so we would have spotted the convoy anyway but wouldnīt have had such accurate info. Pretty sure this is an evac convoy pulling out most of the inf units. Like at Thursday Island and Port Moresby where only a small garrisson (compared to the 70.000 troops before) is stationed. Our plan to draw Japanese troops further North worked so well, it couldnīt have worked better. I still donīt get why a) Hortlund didnīt throw in the kitchen sink in terms of aircraft against my two invasions and b) why Hortlund now really strips his defense in the South as he MUST know that I have to take those bases. Otherwise I would never have a secure supply line. But like I said, my plan worked so well, it couldnīt work better. I still have 2000 assault points prepped for Gili Gili, PM and Thursday so we will soon see an attack down there also. I guess I will first finish the Babo assault, then turn my attention further South again. After that, my carriers will retire to Sydney for their next upgrade, to reduce the sys damage (many ships are nearing 10 sys damage) and to upgrade the Wildcats to Hellcats in summer 43. Not to forget the upgrade of Seafires to Corsairs!

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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 6


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Kiska Island, at 92,35 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Shell hits 1
BB Nevada

Japanese ground losses:
244 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Kiskaīs CD is pretty much finished. Guess I will retreat the battlewaggons again...

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TF 78 encounters mine field at Namlea (38,73)

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5160, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

MK16 claims a barge. Those mines are laid by the single DM I have left that is operating out of Darwin. Now I really regret losing those DMs against KB long ago...

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Sub attack near Morotai at 43,68

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut, hits 1

why subs on mine laying mission donīt go in during the night but stay in the target hex also during the day is something that was broken with one of the later patches... one near miss...

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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 19


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 9 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 42,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 54
F4U-1 Corsair x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 42,77


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 47


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Div , at 42,77


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 51


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9
Hudson I x 6
P-40N Warhawk x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 44
PB4Y Liberator x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed


Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 26000 feet
13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 21200 feet

not a single flak burst during the replay over Thursday Island anymore! Hortlund must have moved out all his AA units. Perhaps thereīs a base force left but compared to the flak base Thursday was before... Guess it wonīt be that hard to take those bases. Same goes for the Pacific atolls. Sooner or later do we have to shorten our way from the West Coast to Australia as our ships really go a loooooong way. And what is even worse, today an Alf spotted one of my TFs in the shipping lanes far NorthEast of Canton Island!!!! Alf? I hope Hortlund hasnīt upgraded his Glens to Alfs (no hr about that but this would really be off) so I would guess that a TF with either some CS and probably one or two carriers is operating there or perhaps the whole KB is there. I think itīs a smaller TF with only a couple of float planes and not many attack aircraft as the TF that was spotted consisted of two CVLs of mine!! Would have been typically, Hortlund raids my shipping lanes and the first target he encounters would be two more or less helpless CVLs that have just left the West Coast with a couple of DDs as escorts. Ordered the CVLs on full speed to leave the area. Not much I can do against such raids as long as we havenīt invaded Johnston and even more important Palmyra to close the gap of my patrol aircraft. So far those raids werenīt a problem. Of course I could place a couple of "picket AKs" in this area but this is just gamey to me and I donīt like this idea of WITP players. Even though there were picket ships in real life, how they are used in the game is totally different.

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ASW attack near Morotai at 43,68

Japanese Ships
PC Iki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yugure
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut, hits 1, heavy damage

Damn! Argonaut was the sub that was hit by Helens today. Every, every, every day, a sub is hit by a Helen. To make the situation worse, she takes a Type 91 DC hit also and now retires to Darwin. Chances arenīt that good, the sub is at 62 sys and 73 flt.


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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10626 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 557

Defending force 55257 troops, 453 guns, 150 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016

Within a week we will land 800 assault points more. This will be overkill and will only result in more units that arenīt combat ready afterwards but I want to take this base asap to make the retreat of my carriers possible. The units will then be brought back to Darwin for rest and prepare for their next target. As soon as Babo is built up to level 5 airfield it means pretty much game over for IJN shipping in this area. Will be interesting then how Hortlund will supply his bases up there. He has lost a too high number of ships already IMO and the situation South of Kendari will only get worse for him. He failed stalling my offensive here when he still had the chance to do so, but I really guess that the invasion of Kai Island and the follow on landing at Babo right afterwards must have come by total surprise to him.


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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2960 troops, 78 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016

Defending force 21289 troops, 107 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 557


Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 6/9/2008 4:35:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		The most logical explanation for an evac of Thursday, PM, and Gili Gili (Milne Bay) are they are only of tactical importance while the Kendari area is of strategic importance - i.e. Oil and Resources. However, it does shorten your supplies lines needing to go around all of Australia to feed your major offensive into the SRA. He will have to defend the base hoping up the northern coast of New Guinea after PM and Gili Gili fall. Good for you, bad for him.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 6/11/2008 5:00:32 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

The most logical explanation for an evac of Thursday, PM, and Gili Gili (Milne Bay) are they are only of tactical importance while the Kendari area is of strategic importance - i.e. Oil and Resources. However, it does shorten your supplies lines needing to go around all of Australia to feed your major offensive into the SRA. He will have to defend the base hoping up the northern coast of New Guinea after PM and Gili Gili fall. Good for you, bad for him.



You are correct but defending Thursday, PM and Gili Gili at this stage is at least as important as to strongly defend those bases South of Kendari, if not even more important. When I can transfer between Brisbane and Darwin without having to fear anything, then this will highly influence the actions North of Darwin and Iīm absolutely amazed that Hortlund seems not to realize this. The number one reason for my invasion of Kai was more or less a feint to draw his troops away from Gili Gili, PM and Thursday and I thought the chances wouldnīt be good to see Hortlund exactly doing this. But it seems he was exactly doing this... Like you say, good for me...

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 6/11/2008 5:30:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think that the main reason for such evacuation is that he simply needs these troops elswehere. Holding PM, Gili Gili and Thursday Is is nice, but holding SRA is vital. He canīt have enough troops for both tasks. Besides that the resupplying of these bases costs him dozens of ships already and it will be only worse and soon impossible. Allowing you to advance via northern NG will cause him headache in the long term, but at this moment securing SRA at a the cost of loosing PM and Gili Gili is a wise decision. There is no point in holding PM at the costs of loosing SRA. I would do the same..

BTW I think every "japanese" player dream about that allies will try to fight through NG/Solomons. It is good place to fight, far away from vital supplies with many bases to fall back. Maybe it is HIM who is trying to feint you to get involved in this area rather then attacking Kendari..

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 6/11/2008 5:45:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/17/43

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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 17


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 92,35


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 47
P-39D Airacobra x 48
PV-1 Ventura x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 44


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 42,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 37
F4U-1 Corsair x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 42,77


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 100


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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

would really like to attack also the other units here, not just the part of the 6th division....

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Day Air attack on TF at 121,97

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 9

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 8 destroyed


Allied Ships
CVL Cowpens

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet

As Iīve mentioned yesterday, my two CVLs were spotted by an Alf but yesterday no strikes have been flown. I feard being in range of IJN fleet carriers so I have set my CVLs on full speed South but they only moved 5 hexes!! So we have been in range of the enemy "CV" TF today also as the IJN moved the same direction. And what strike goes in against our CVLs? 9 Jakes from CS Nissin! 7 are downed by the Wildcats and 1 by the flak. Donīt know what Hortlund wants to achieve with one CS in my shipping lanes East of Palmyra. Even if he would sink an AK (hard to achieve with 30 or 60kg bombs from a dozen float planes), this is no serious threat, this isnīt a threat at all. The only reason for the Japanese to take those far out Pacific atolls is to make the shipping lanes for the Allied longer and to enable them to raid the shipping. Hortlund only attempted one raid that sunk a couple of transports. So I thought this time would be a raid with at least three CVs but all he sends is a CS. Serves me well...

But this once again shows me that it will be important to take Palmyra to close the gap in my search aircraft line. I doubt that Palmyra has a lot of troops and two of my divs are prepping for it (with some base forces for support). But I need carrier support as I donīt want to see 100 Betties being transferred in to sink my supporting BBs or the invasion transports. The main carrier force will stay around Australia but I will receive two CVs and another CVL within the next 80 days, those will be used to cover the invasion. 99 fighters wonīt be a lot but with 90% Cap I expect to see some 80 - at that date - Hellcats in the air to meet any incoming strike. And as it is an atoll, the fight should be over soon, no matter if we succeed or will only wreck the two divs.

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Day Air attack on TF at 121,97

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed


Allied Ships
CVL Cowpens

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet

afternoon strike, bringing the total of Jakes lost to 11 today. 11 IJN pilots to be drawn from the pool... I guess we are nearing the time when the Japanese pools are empty, if they even still have pilots in the pool.

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Ground combat at Babo

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10457 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 585

Defending force 55611 troops, 460 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 1029



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Ground combat at Babo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2990 troops, 78 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1029

Defending force 21614 troops, 103 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 585

the reinforcement for Babo was ordered to leave Darwin today. Then we will have landed 2000 assault points at this base, which is twice as much as I like to take ONE base. While the troops at the base already would be probably enough to take it in the long run, I want to retreat my carriers and wonīt do that before Babo is Allied so I want to speed up the fall of Babo.



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 6/11/2008 6:03:31 PM   
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ORIGINAL: jumper

I think that the main reason for such evacuation is that he simply needs these troops elswehere. Holding PM, Gili Gili and Thursday Is is nice, but holding SRA is vital. He canīt have enough troops for both tasks. Besides that the resupplying of these bases costs him dozens of ships already and it will be only worse and soon impossible. Allowing you to advance via northern NG will cause him headache in the long term, but at this moment securing SRA at a the cost of loosing PM and Gili Gili is a wise decision. There is no point in holding PM at the costs of loosing SRA. I would do the same..

BTW I think every "japanese" player dream about that allies will try to fight through NG/Solomons. It is good place to fight, far away from vital supplies with many bases to fall back. Maybe it is HIM who is trying to feint you to get involved in this area rather then attacking Kendari..



No matter what heīs trying to do, he will not see me committing major forces to grind up the way through the Solomons or the coast of NG. I will take those bases, but not with real force. If I would need a lot of troops, I will just bypass it. But as I have said before, with PM, Gili Gili and Thursday Island strongly defended (means some 700 assault points) he can totally blocade the sea lane from Brisbane to Darwin, making an ongoing assault further North from Darwin more or less IMPOSSIBLE! This means he weakens his strategic position in the SRA more with not trying to blocade the way to Darwin (the way around Australia is just no option in the long run) than he would do in not bringing those - I guess - 1200 assault points from the South further North. And if the Japaneseīs only hopes are those assault points worth 3 divisions than heīs in trouble anyway. He should have enough Southern Area divisions and bgds to defend both areas. And it would be even better to strip the whole Pacific to a line Rabaul - Truk - Wake - Macus (which would bring him surely 2000+ assault points, than not to defend Thursday, PM and Gili Gili. Holding Johnston, Palmyra, Baker, New Caledonia... is worth nothing but victory points, holding those three bases on Southern New Guinea is ESSENTIAL. But Iīm glad that he thinks different.

The resupply issue isnīt much of an issue in this area, he can use barges from PM to bring thousands supply points to Thursday, Gili Gili is out of my fighter range so he can bring supplies there with ships under a Cap umbrella and PM can draw supplies from Buna over the trails. Why do you think that I havenīt attacked this three bases already? A) because there were so many troops and B) because itīs so hard to grind them down with lots of flak at the base and enough fighters in the air to cause severe losses to my bombers if they go in unescorted.

The loss of PM, Thursday and Gili Gili will speed up the loss of the SRA by MONTHS! This of course only with the situation we have in the game. If someone decides to go through the Pacific, then those bases arenīt worth a lot, but in our case, those three bases are the most important. I CANīT ATTACK THE SRA OUT OF DARWIN AS LONG AS HORTLUND WOULD BLOCADE THE SEA LANE FROM BRISBANE TO DARWIN (BY HOLDING THOSE THREE BASES)! Better say I canīt attack further! So far I have used some 200.000!!!! supplies and all my bases in Northern Australia are low on supplies and nearly no supply is drawn to those bases (which is ok for me as Darwin didnīt have this rail road in real life anyway).



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 6/12/2008 12:12:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hmm, I disagree here with you. But I have played NikMod only a few days long time ago and maybe it makes the game too different. In my other game Iīm in similar situation like you (talking about this particular area) and my northern Australia bases are swimming in supplies brought from Karachi. It would be certainly more comfortable to have the Darwin-Brisbane supply line open, but as long as it ties up 3+ japanese divisions and a few hundrets of japanese fighters I can live with it.
Barges are fine for resuplying smaller bases, but are hardly capable to supply 2-3 strongholds with 80k troops and dozens of planes far away from supply source. It is too risky to leave the destiny of 2-3 divisions in hands of barges. From his point of view it might be "get them away now or never".

Btw you are not shipping supplies from Karachi? Do you have a HR against it or does he guard the way with CVs? Iīm just curious..




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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 6/12/2008 2:04:14 PM   
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ORIGINAL: jumper

Hmm, I disagree here with you. But I have played NikMod only a few days long time ago and maybe it makes the game too different. In my other game Iīm in similar situation like you (talking about this particular area) and my northern Australia bases are swimming in supplies brought from Karachi. It would be certainly more comfortable to have the Darwin-Brisbane supply line open, but as long as it ties up 3+ japanese divisions and a few hundrets of japanese fighters I can live with it.
Barges are fine for resuplying smaller bases, but are hardly capable to supply 2-3 strongholds with 80k troops and dozens of planes far away from supply source. It is too risky to leave the destiny of 2-3 divisions in hands of barges. From his point of view it might be "get them away now or never".

Btw you are not shipping supplies from Karachi? Do you have a HR against it or does he guard the way with CVs? Iīm just curious..



The Japanese have enough barges at this date to deliver 4000 supply points within 3 days from PM to Thursday. So in a month you can deliver something like 30-40000 supplies! How many do you need? 10 barges are nothing, 100 are a perfect supply source and you can deliver as many supplies as needed.

Iīm shipping supply from India to Australia but only very limited amounts, surely not the 1.000.000 supplies I need in the next months as I consider it at least "semi gamey" to supply all my troops, ships, aircraft (which are 90% US) with supply and fuel from India. But thereīs no hr against it, itīs just not my taste...

Of course if do that, then those three bases on New Guinea are not that important. But still, all troop convoys would have to go around Australia.



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