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And here we go.. definitively an enjoyable turn.. at least for me..
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/09/43
For some reason Joe launched nigh attack against PM:
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Allied aircraft
P-70A Havoc x 13
No Allied losses
I consider it as a mistake. These planes will cause no significant damage (PM AF is empty except 1 chutai of "Alf" planes) and they just use the space he could use for some much more effective planes. Like some LRCAP of his poor ships which arribed at Port Moresby:
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Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 1141
TF 1141 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91
445 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Steel Worker, Shell hits 3
APD Ward, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Panaman, Shell hits 14
AK Nevadan, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
APD Dickerson, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
APD Manley, Shell hits 1
Allied ground losses:
1014 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Some part of 9th Australian divison got ashore, but when the sun rises, good part of it was still on the ships. Without ANY aircover those transport were sitting ducks. My pilots were dreaming about that and their dreams came true today. Wave after wave attacked US transports during the whole day:
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
J2M Jack x 10
G4M1 Betty x 16
G4M2 Betty x 76
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 140
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 25
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
APD Manley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
APD Dickerson, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Trento, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nevadan, on fire, heavy damage
AK Challenger, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Thomas Jefferson, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
APD Ward, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP George Clymer, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nebraskan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Panaman
Allied ground losses:
364 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Steel Worker, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nebraskan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nevadan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 61
J2M Jack x 36
D3A Val x 46
B5N Kate x 35
G4M1 Betty x 21
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 109
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 8
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 59
Ki-49 Helen x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Challenger, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Panaman, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK Steel Worker, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP George Clymer, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Minnesotan, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 11
G4M2 Betty x 26
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 131
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Minnesotan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 23
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Steel Worker, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
LCT LCT-149, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-138
LCT LCT-364, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
All three bases (Lae, Rabaul and Munda) were operational for the whole day and all planes launched. The result is clear. All ships were sunk except one last damaged AK and several LCTs. Hundreds of australian men ended in water and many of them was lost. 9th Australian division joined the allied forces besieging Port Moresby, but it can be hardly considered as combat effective and a valuable reinforcement:
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Ground combat at Port Moresby
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 55370 troops, 262 guns, 222 vehicles, Assault Value = 1288
Defending force 32645 troops, 298 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 579
Allied max assault: 887 - adjusted assault: 1041
Japanese max defense: 578 - adjusted defense: 3715
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8)
Japanese ground losses:
748 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
754 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 2
A this rate I can hold forever. Barges are now delivering 1000-1500 suplies every two weeks..
And the fight of japanese 2E nigh fighters in Timoeka against allied airmen from Merauke continues again:
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Day Air attack on Timoeka , at 45,81
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Allied aircraft
Empire x 3
Wellington III x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 7 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 12 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9
India is slowly becoming very active theatre now..  Joe is now attacking my forces all round without any clear pattern or effect and leaking CAP from Ahmadabad serves me well:
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Day Air attack on 4th Mixed Brigade, at 23,9
Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 22
Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 2
Liberator VI x 13
A-36A Apache x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 2 damaged
Liberator VI: 3 damaged
A-36A Apache: 2 damaged
I was amazed how well those A-36A handled my elite fighters.. But they were reinforced and the 2nd wave was massacred:
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Day Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 23,9
Japanese aircraft
J2M Jack x 8
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 25
Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 1
Liberator VI x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed
Liberator VI: 4 destroyed
This is the only place he should be attack with all availible forces:
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Day Air attack on 110th/B Division, at 25,6
Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 9
Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 62
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 11 destroyed, 2 damaged
All his planes were set on ground attack. He didn´t expect to meet any oposition here. Fortunately for him only few planes arrived to cover my troops. And there were even less when the 2nd wave arrived:
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Day Air attack on 110th/B Division, at 25,6
Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 4
Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 3
Liberator VI x 38
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
All in all another good day for Imperial airmen in India. And to make things interesting even more I have decided to "reoccupy" Bombay again. Its airfield was closed for several weeks, but Joe become lazy and switched most of his bombers to ground attack. Bombay garrison is suffering really badly, but it allowed me to repair the AF. Several fighter groups were rebased there and those unescorted allied milk runs should receive warm welcome tommorrow. Besides that my recon planes spotted some TF heading from Karachi to Bombay. I suppose is is just some sub reported as 2 AKs, but I don´t want to risk anything and 2 Kate daitais flying training missins in Ahmadabad were send to Bombay and set to naval attack.
OPERATION TROUBLEBOY I:
26th division and 2 tank regiments arrived and enemy army group "A" is now officialy surrounded. Parts of 110th divisions are still on the march and should arrive in about 4 days. Now all I have to do is to hold!
My main todays losses were caused by US subs which scored tree times!
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Sub attack at 58,47
Japanese Ships
AO Takasaki, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Seal
brand new AO just left HI to join the fleet in Truk. It first voyage ended after 3 days..
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Sub attack at 51,47
Japanese Ships
AP Meigen Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Cero
Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
5th engineer regiment is now 1/3rd weaker.. great..
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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43
Japanese Ships
MSW W.33, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.15
MSW W.12
MSW W.3
PC Hirado
Allied Ships
SS Batfish
And these ships were supposed to prevent those two above attacks happen..
< Message edited by jumper -- 11/2/2008 1:23:35 PM >
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And it is going to be worse.. 
Well, despite this ship saved half the division yesterday, all men managed to get ashore during the night. Well, that is quite achievement.. At least all heavy equipment is lost and IIRC as long as they will share the hex with japanese troops, there is no chance to retrieve it.. 
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