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RE: it goes on... - 11/21/2008 3:31:00 PM   
castor troy


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From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/31/42

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TF 1004 encounters mine field at Brisbane (46,114)

Allied Ships
MSW Finch
MSW Wollongong
MSW Whyalla
MSW Townsville
MSW Mildura
MSW Deloraine
MSW Cairns
MSW Bunbury

sub laid mines are cleared...

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TF 110 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 98,110


Japanese ground losses:
396 casualties reported

two Navy units are attacking, some 100 assault points. No shots fired by the defenders, will be easy to take the base...

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Sub attack at 43,49

Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #7
MSW W.15
MSW W.14
MSW Takashima Maru
MSW Senyu Maru #2
MSW Seki Maru
MSW Kyo Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Tuna

and the usual sub attack, torps missed, as did the MSW. This is a minesweeper TF heading to clear the mines at Bataan...

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 9
P-40B Tomahawk x 21
IL-4c x 6


No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet

Miller now switched over to do milk runs against the empty base of Lashio...

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

the second attack then always face leaking cap from Mandalay...

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Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 101
Ki-49 Helen x 25

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

we take op and flak losses with those attacks but I have to neutralize this base as I donīt want to have search planes helping the Allied subs in the Singapore area...

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Day Air attack on 81st Chinese Corps, at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 59

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

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Day Air attack on 51st Chinese Corps, at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5
Ki-21 Sally x 107

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 88
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 86

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37

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

with all the attacks weīre flying we suffered nearly a dozen op losses today...

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Day Air attack on Pago Pago , at 98,110

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 136

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 25000 feet

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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4532 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 136

Defending force 1355 troops, 9 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 284 - adjusted assault: 135

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 135 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pago Pago base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Singapore: 3 destroyed
C-47 Dakota: 8 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
1842 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

that was easy and our first defensive perimeter is growing South into the Pacific. The enemy surrendered, but what I again donīt understand is why Miller didnīt fly out his ac in one of the last turns because he must have been sure there is an invasion coming for the last couple of turns as both the KB and the invasion TF was spotted several turns...

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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11204 troops, 342 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3561

Defending force 53788 troops, 171 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1239



Allied ground losses:
528 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Teloekbetoeng

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1370 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Defending force 10256 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120


Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported



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RE: it goes on... - 11/21/2008 3:40:37 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
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TF 147 encounters mine field at Batavia (19,59)

Japanese Ships
PG Kanko Maru
PG Hayakafuku Maru
PG Akitsu Maru
PG Hashidate
PG Yachiyo Maru
AP Amakusa Maru, Mine hits 2, on fire
PG Kure Maru #5
PG Kongosan Maru
PG Hakkai Maru
PG Chitose Maru

If you have a TF without escorts it passes a hex with mines most times without anything happening. If you have escorts in it then those escorts try to kill mines on and on and then you most times get one of the transports hit one or two mines. Strange routine, always the same...

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TF 52 encounters mine field at Bataan (42,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #7
MSW Takashima Maru
MSW Senyu Maru #2
MSW Seki Maru
MSW Kyo Maru #5
MSW W.15
MSW W.14

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Sub attack at 89,104

Japanese Ships
AO Tsurumi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AO Ondo
DD Yuzuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

GOD DAMN! Iīve reached a point where I just canīt believe it. A) This is in the middle of nowhere in the South Pacific and we mange to meet a sub. B) The DDs canīt do anything. C) the MK14 hits and explodes. D) fuel loaden AO so this means high fires and the ship is 100% lost

just great, this is the replenishment TF following KB with some 15 hexes distance...

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 9


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 9
Hudson I x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 43,40

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42
B5N Kate x 12
Ki-27 Nate x 152
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Chinese Corps, at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 72

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

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Day Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7
Ki-21 Sally x 116

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

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Day Air attack on Tongatapu Island , at 94,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 136

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 89

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 25000 feet

this attack will already show Miller that Tongatapu is the next target. I only expect one understrenght base force here and one of my Navy units that took Pago Pago is on the way to this atoll...

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Sub attack at 89,104

Japanese Ships
AO Tsurumi, Shell hits 5, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 1

AO Tsurumi was separated after the first succesful attack and this time the fired torps missed but Pompano scores with itīs deck guns... the precious AO is lost anyway...

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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 187973 troops, 2196 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 3587

Defending force 53233 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1240

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 3558 - adjusted assault: 3477

Allied max defense: 1048 - adjusted defense: 441

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Changsha base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
1908 casualties reported
Guns lost 55
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
106976 casualties reported
Guns lost 272

To compensate the anger about the sub attacks, we make progress on the continent. Changsha is lost and over 100.000 Chinese troops surrender - worth some 800 victory points. Miller stated in his email that he was surprised that his troops didnīt retreat! This base got surrounded some 4 weeks ago! As are the other two bases in the South with another 200.000+ Chinese troops surrounded already I wonder what he will do now! Amazing...

Miller told me that ground warfare isnīt what heīs really good in, unfortunately for him, this will really make him pay in China. Iīm not planning on wiping the Chinese out completely but reduce them to only two or three bases to make them an unimportant factor...

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Ground combat at Teloekbetoeng

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1381 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 10217 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 119




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RE: it goes on... - 11/21/2008 3:43:33 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
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Sub attack at 72,96

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

Allied Ships
SS O16

hey, ho... Guess what! This is again in the middle of nowhere, somwhere in the South Pacific between Truk and New Caledonia. My TF wasnīt spotted but we meet a sub...

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Teloekbetoeng , at 19,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 43,40

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42
B5N Kate x 12
Ki-27 Nate x 146
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 69
Ki-49 Helen x 26

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 89
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 88

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 118

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

This base isnīt operational anymore... will wait for hopefully more Allied reinforcements, but I seriously doubt that Miller will bring in more troops...

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Ground combat at Teloekbetoeng

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10368 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Defending force 4275 troops, 48 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Japanese max assault: 116 - adjusted assault: 128

Allied max defense: 40 - adjusted defense: 8

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Teloekbetoeng base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
F.K.51: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
583 casualties reported
Guns lost 21
Vehicles lost 2

my support troops that were accidently landed here take the base and will be brought out to land on Java...

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Post #: 153
RE: it goes on... - 11/21/2008 3:55:02 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
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Sub attack at 71,94

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

Allied Ships
SS O16

lol! After yesterdays attack I thought that Miller will realize that this TF was directly heading towards Truk so I did set the original TF and the AP that was hit yesterday to a different destination to move from the direct shipping lane to Truk. Well, the enemy sub moved also away from the direct shipping lane to Truk... Luck or is Miller transcendental...

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 21
IL-4c x 7


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 5 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 39
Ki-49 Helen x 15

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Batavia

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45669 troops, 529 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1566

Defending force 10020 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 174



Allied ground losses:
325 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Batavia

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6264 troops, 85 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 174

Defending force 85338 troops, 800 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1566

Allied max assault: 157 - adjusted assault: 56

Japanese max defense: 1605 - adjusted defense: 1114

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
1058 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

whatīs now happening?? Miller spotted three of my units moving in yesterday and it seems he ordered an attack for today. Pretty surprising as he has to expect that Iīm not just moving in two small NLF with 20 assault points and there were another dozen units at Merak that could be expected to arrive today. Well, he met three full divisions and support, the Allied attack is shredded! Excellent, hopefully this has disrupted the Allied so much that my upcoming attack wonīt result in oil or resource centers destroyed by the Allied defender.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/21/2008 4:20:19 PM   
Lecivius


Posts: 4845
Joined: 8/5/2007
From: Denver
Status: offline 		I think Miller is new to this game, so you need to take that into account.

I can say in our PBEM, I did the same thing to him and put a sub in every port, as well as in every landing I can reach ( I'm Allies).  It has put a serious dent in his transport capacity over the last few days.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/22/2008 9:25:56 AM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
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Sub attack near Tongatapu Island at 94,114

Japanese Ships
AK Katsurahama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Tama Maru #5
MSW Tama Maru #3
MSW Tama Maru #2
MSW Shonan Maru #8
CL Yubari
CL Tatsuta

Allied Ships
SS Triton

it was obvious that my invasion TF that left Pago Pago would show up at Tongatapu so Iīm not surprised that I lose a small AK to a sub... MK14 hits and booooom....


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Sub attack near Tongatapu Island at 94,114

Japanese Ships
AK Katsurahama Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kowa Maru
MSW Tama Maru #5
MSW Tama Maru #3
MSW Tama Maru #2
MSW Shonan Maru #8

Allied Ships
SS Trout

At least Trout missed... the escorts once again couldnīt prevent the sub from attacking...

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TF 110 troops unloading over beach at Tongatapu Island, 94,114


Japanese ground losses:
140 casualties reported

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TF 150 encounters mine field at Batavia (19,59)

Japanese Ships
MSW Ranzan Maru
MSW Musashi Maru
MSW Choun Maru #21
MSW Choun Maru #8
MSW Choun Maru #7
MSW Choun Maru #6
MSW Banshu Maru #52
MSW Wa 3

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 51

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 12
P-40B Tomahawk x 41
IL-4c x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 13 destroyed, 15 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
7 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet

When Miller does his milkruns daily then he just has to expect my fighters from Mandalay to show up over Lashio. Even though the Allied fighters had the bounce (how this works is beyond me as the Allied fighters are at 9.000 ft and mine are at 15.000 ft ) the gap in experience is so big that the AVG once again gets pretty much slaughtered in Nikmod terms... this is a combined strike out of China and India...

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 14
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 7 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
Hudson I: 3 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

this strike comes from India, the Australian Buffalos arenīt doing any better than the American Tomahawks. But also here, the Allied fighters get the bounce, even though also the Buffs are flying 6.000 ft below our fighters on LRCAP... high hopes that AE will get this game routine right... in WITP it never worked... not a single time...

a good day for our fighters, the downside is that we lose 5 pilots out of the 6 Oscars lost, even though we were fighting over our own base...


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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 22 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

Miller will soon learn that Nik isnīt called flakfanboy for nothing. A long range strike from Australia comes in pretty low. Two Vals are destroyed (one pilot is dead... probably seppuku when he saw his plane going up in flames...) and two B-17C are shot down by the flak defense...




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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 30,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

a couple of Dutch units that retreated into the jungle have to be destroyed, I donīt want them to show up at my bases again...

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Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 90
Ki-49 Helen x 30

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Batavia

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 81702 troops, 802 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1918

Defending force 8125 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

Japanese max assault: 1523 - adjusted assault: 1112

Allied max defense: 33 - adjusted defense: 12

Japanese assault odds: 92 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Batavia base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
1937 casualties reported
Guns lost 17


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

after the shredded Allied attack yesterday itīs no surprise that our troops have no problem at all to take the base today. The absolutely good news is that the oil and ressource facilities are 100% undamaged!!!! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9444 troops, 279 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2401

Defending force 105162 troops, 657 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2536



Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported

Hengchow has a pretty strong enemy garisson but has been cut off for a couple of weeks already. Would guess that the defneders have some 7-10.000 supplies at the base. At the moment we have problems to get our troops in Southern China fully supplied, it seems our ongoing attacks at Changsha burnt A LOT of supplies. Bringing in 20-30k of supplies wonīt make it much different as the supply would soon be dispersed in all of China, we need at least 100.000 supplies to get our assaults on Hengchow and Wuchow in the South going (we need time for r&r of the divs anyway). In the meantime the enemy forts will be built up to level 9 I guess but also their supply levels will go down drastically. Nikmod has the Japanese industry starting at pretty low levels so I had to expand a lot of factories, especially aircraft and engines, but also arm and vehicle. This has put my supply levels in Japan to serioulsy low levels, which means that the supply for my offensives has to mostly come from my conquered territory already. Iīm happy that I was able to conquer nearly all of the important oil and ressource sites completely undamaged, which is something Iīm not used to. Itīs no problem for the assaults like in Java or the Pacific because there arenīt really huge armies involved, but the supply situation makes it pretty hard to fight further on in China for some time. IIRC the supply levels started out over 3.000.000 on day one of the war and Iīm now down to 1.800.000 (which isnīt much if you think about all the bases it is spread out). With the supply produced in the two months of the war you can see that weīve spent A LOT of supply to expand our industry. I expect the supply levels to grow from now on...

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Ground combat at Tongatapu Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1964 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 1638 troops, 12 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 66 - adjusted assault: 3

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 7

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


Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

wow! Iīve thought we would have no problem at all to take the base on the first attempt. At least the assault value 0 base force canīt inflict a lot of casualties. Our NLF unit has nearly 2000 supplies and is only at 18 disruption, Iīve ordered a deliberate attack for tomorrow. I doubt that the Allied base force can put up a prolonged fight...





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RE: it goes on... - 11/22/2008 9:44:21 AM   
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ASW attack near Tongatapu Island at 94,114

Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru #5
MSW Tama Maru #3
MSW Tama Maru #2
MSW Shonan Maru #8
CL Yubari

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus

Looks like even a third sub is at the atoll now. I guess the subs are also bringing out cadre units of the base force to rebuild the unit...

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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 30,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 85

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 41

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet

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ASW attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
AK Hiyori Maru
MSW Mejima Maru
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Kaiyo Maru #3
MSW Kaiyo Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS S-34, hits 1

must be my lucky day of the month. Sub at Midway and my escorts are able to guard the TF and they even achieve a near miss...

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Ground combat at Tongatapu Island

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1916 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51

Defending force 1612 troops, 6 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 47 - adjusted assault: 39

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tongatapu Island base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
1472 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

the deliberate attack is succesful and another atoll in the South Pacific is Japanese now!

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10367 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2402

Defending force 104912 troops, 653 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2539



Allied ground losses:
172 casualties reported



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RE: it goes on... - 11/22/2008 1:27:12 PM   
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TF 150 encounters mine field at Batavia (19,59)

Japanese Ships
MSW Ranzan Maru
MSW Musashi Maru
MSW Choun Maru #21
MSW Choun Maru #8
MSW Choun Maru #7
MSW Choun Maru #6
MSW Banshu Maru #52
MSW Wa 3

the last mines at Batavia are cleared now...

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Sub attack at 66,44

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 19, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 20
PC Ch 21
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 23

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

weīve spotted this sub sitting in this hex South of Tokyo for two days already and today the ASW TF arrived, resulting in CH19 sunk by two MK14 , the rest of the PC did nothing...

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Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Ki-21 Sally x 197
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

3 Sallies lost for no gain... also a Zero crashed from flying four hexes. 4 pilots lost in total... I guess in AE this will mean for such a strike you lose 25 aircraft including crews when they even increased op losses...

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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 30,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 88

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 51
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet

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ASW attack at 66,44

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 20
PC Ch 21
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 23

Allied Ships
SS Grampus, hits 1

one near miss... hey ho!

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10330 troops, 313 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2405

Defending force 104553 troops, 651 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2537



Allied ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: it goes on... - 11/22/2008 8:24:06 PM   
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ASW attack at 91,114

Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru #5
MSW Tama Maru #2
MSW Shonan Maru #8
CL Kashima

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon

we have spotted 4 subs around the Fidjis. KB is also in the area, as well as invasion TFs...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,110


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Minryo Maru
AP Meisho Maru
AP Tenzan Maru
AP Tsuiba Maru
AP Yamakisan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

even though KB was spotted, the AI is smart enough to send the bombers from Suva to attack our invasion transports...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,109


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kaijo Maru #2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 86,110


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 1


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Minto Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 87,113

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 100

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed

in the afternoon, a small Hudson strike tries to attack the Kido Butai but none of the light bombers return...

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Day Air attack on TF at 89,114


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Tatsuta

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 86,110


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Chifuku Maru, Bomb hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

and the last strike achieves a hit on one of my big APs inflicting medium sys damage, some fires and minor floatation...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10329 troops, 316 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2740

Defending force 104253 troops, 648 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2534



Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported



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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 4:48:37 PM   
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ASW attack at 66,44

Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #11
PC Ch 23
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 21
PC Ch 20

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

we continue the fight against the Allied subs... without success...

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TF 1037 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Allied Ships
DD Dent

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ASW attack at 87,113

Japanese Ships
DD Yuzuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish, hits 2

two HITS!!! This is the escort of my replenishment TF. The SS doesnīt show up as heavily damaged though, so I wonder if this isnīt FOW...

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Sub attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese Ships
SS I-18

Allied Ships
AK Steel Ranger, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Dorothy Luckenbach
DD Dent
DD Talbot


Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported

Johnston Island still gets reinforcements it seems...

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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 30,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 88

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yunan , at 38,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 93
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 18 destroyed

sweep coming from Mandalay, we achieve a 4,5:1 kill rate again. All my Oscar sentais involved in this attack had 80+ exp and the AVG had no chance. Miller isnīt happy at all with the performance of the AVG and I can understand him.




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Day Air attack on Suva , at 86,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 135

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 99

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 26000 feet

once again, the Kates seem to be dropping laser guided bombs. This attack makes it pretty obvious for Miller that the Fidjis are the next target on my list. Wonīt be surprising for him as he has spotted my invasion TFs a couple of times already...

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ASW attack at 86,115

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo
DD Arashio
DD Asashio
DD Hayashio
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Oyashio
DD Kuroshio
BB Haruna

Allied Ships
SS Plunger

Plunger ends up in the same hex as KB... at least the escorts prevented an attack...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10253 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2741

Defending force 104073 troops, 644 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2534



Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Taung Gyi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23023 troops, 280 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 481

Defending force 2780 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 74

Japanese max assault: 469 - adjusted assault: 464

Allied max defense: 73 - adjusted defense: 33

Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Burma bgd holding itīs position, thereīs no valid supply line and the unit wonīt retreat...



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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 6:39:49 PM   
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TF 9 troops unloading over beach at Sorong, 42,74


Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported

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TF 111 troops unloading over beach at Nandi, 85,114


Japanese ground losses:
533 casualties reported

the invasion of the Fidjis goes in... only one enemy unit spotted here we should storm the base without much problem, the majority of our assault troops will go in when we have the port secured. We had also some 100 assault points prepped for a landing at Suva if the expected New Zealand bgd would have been spotted sitting at Nandi... We expect to see the Fidjis being under our control within the next 7 days...

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TF 111 troops unloading over beach at Nandi, 85,114


Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5
Ki-21 Sally x 142
Ki-15 Babs x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

unfortunately Miller is smart enough not building up any of his front line airfields and hitting a level 1 airfield is hard...

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Day Air attack on Nandi , at 85,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 135

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 26000 feet

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Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 82295 troops, 799 guns, 927 vehicles, Assault Value = 2162

Defending force 1768 troops, 13 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese max assault: 1922 - adjusted assault: 2179

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 2179 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandoeng base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
667 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 5


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

I canīt see any problem in the conquest of Java... the enemy airforce has long be destroyed and one third of the ground troops have already been forced to retreat...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10250 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2744

Defending force 103872 troops, 639 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2533



Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Taung Gyi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22993 troops, 278 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 480

Defending force 2594 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67

Japanese max assault: 460 - adjusted assault: 225

Allied max defense: 65 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 45 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

what is very interesting is the fact that Miller is reinforcing Myitkina out of India AND heīs moving Chinese units (weīve spotted 10 units !!!) towards Lashio... what does he think how he will supply those troops? Serves me well, IMO he would be better off trying to fend off the hopeless situation in China, not moving his Chinese troops into Burma over a trail which wonīt bring any supplies to his troops when he doesnīt even have enough supplies in China...

but itīs nevertheless very interesting, none of my former Allied opponents tried something like that...


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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 6:49:05 PM   
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Day Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
8 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet

Miller finally decided to send a couple, to be more precise, he sends 5 units down the road coming from Chungking. Probably he wants to establish a supply path to Hengchow again. 5 units is nothing... I have over 1500 assault points sitting at the crossroad, so whatīs he thinking those 5 units can achieve? Air to ground attacks in preparation of a ground assault...

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Day Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 202

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

this unit should be totally disrupted when we attack...

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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 30,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 83
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack near Batavia at 19,59

Japanese Ships
PG Busho Maru
PG Shosei Maru
PG Nishho Maru
PG Myoken Maru
PG Magan Maru
PG Chiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-39

the usual unsuccesful ASW attack...

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Ground combat at Nandi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8624 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 262

Defending force 1538 troops, 12 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 246 - adjusted assault: 124

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Nandi base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 4 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

the Allied base force had no chance and retreated to Suva. The rest of our troops will start unloading tomorrow. The only thing I can see with a chance to inflict some losses to our invasion are the 4 subs lurking around in this area, so I expect to see at least two or three ships torpedoed...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10201 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2746

Defending force 103781 troops, 633 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2540



Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

enemy assault value is going up so the supply situation in Hengchow must be pretty good...
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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 89340 troops, 1049 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1901

Defending force 10125 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 326

Japanese max assault: 1938 - adjusted assault: 1224

Allied max defense: 179 - adjusted defense: 109

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
452 casualties reported
Guns lost 15


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

and here comes the attack on the pitiful Chinese corps that entered the crossroad hex West of Changsha. The unit had no chance and retreated West towards Kweiyang. What makes those retreats really a pain is not just the fact that you lose up to 30% of your troops but also all the supply. With the desperate supply situation in China it will take some time until this unit gets from 0 supply to an acceptable supply situation again...

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Ground combat at Taung Gyi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22992 troops, 277 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 479

Defending force 2336 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50

Japanese max assault: 458 - adjusted assault: 908

Allied max defense: 45 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 302 to 1



Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Sorong

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 686 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

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

Japanese max assault: 23 - adjusted assault: 13

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sorong base !!!


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Ground combat at Lashio

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1420 troops, 0 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 53

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

Allied max assault: 45 - adjusted assault: 7

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lashio base !!!

Lol! When we spotted the Chinese units moving towards Lashio we ordered two divs to move there also, but they come late. A Chinese tank rgt takes the empty base and opens up the Burma road again! Wonīt stay open long as my troops are already moving in and if you look at the adjusted assault value of the TK rgt then this can only mean that it is VERY LOW on supply...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 55972 troops, 470 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1780

Defending force 59930 troops, 539 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 825


Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Why Miller orders his troops to do bombardments is something I also donīt understand as this just eats up supply of the sieged troops. Wuchow is also 100% cut off...



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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 6:54:15 PM   
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ASW attack near Palembang at 20,55

Japanese Ships
PG Daido Maru
PG Chohakusan Maru
PG Chokai Maru
PG Chitose Maru

Allied Ships
SS O24, hits 3, on fire

wow, we actually achieve a real hit on O24. This is the escort of a TK TF...

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ASW attack near Truk at 63,78

Japanese Ships
DD Asagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Shirayuki
DD Isonami
DD Shirakumo
DD Usugumo

Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 1

one near miss here. We have 18 DDs in 3 different TFs hunting this sub sitting at Truk...

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ASW attack near Truk at 63,78

Japanese Ships
DD Nowaki
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Maikaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Yugumo

Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 2, on fire

this time a real hit and a near miss... the sub should be damaged enough to at least be forced to return to itīs home port...

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Sub attack near Truk at 63,78

Japanese Ships
DD Yukikaze
DD Nowaki
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Maikaze
DD Yugumo

Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 3

another attack, this time three near misses... must be a real good day for my ASW forces...

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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 30,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 102,71

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
DD Preston
DD Smith
DD Morris
DD Walke
DD Hammann

The Allied are also trying to hunt down our subs, this is in the Johnston island area...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10255 troops, 317 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2748

Defending force 103667 troops, 630 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2539



Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Taung Gyi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22997 troops, 278 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 479

Defending force 2127 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Japanese max assault: 454 - adjusted assault: 456

Allied max defense: 30 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 456 to 1



Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

as the Chinese TK rgt took Lashio, the Burma bgd here had a supply line and retreated... am happy about that as it takes forever to kill off a unit that has no path to retreat...

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Ground combat at Thursday Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 237 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

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

Japanese max assault: 18 - adjusted assault: 20

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Thursday Island base !!!

We have dropped the 3rd Yokosuka on Thursday Island. This is the unit that Iīve thought that had disappeared on turn one but it didnīt disappear, it "just" teleported to another base...



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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 7:18:25 PM   
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ASW attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese Ships
SS I-2

Allied Ships
DD Maury
DD McCall
DD Russell
DD Mustin
DD Hughes
DD Sims

the enemy ASW forces engage our subs in the Johnston Island area, that wasnīt surprising and everything was ok...

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ASW attack at 103,70

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Selfridge
DD Ellet
DD Benham

the US DDs arenīt sub killers yet...

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TF 9 troops unloading over beach at Amboina, 39,73


Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported

we land a SNLF at Amboina just to find out that Amboina isnīt empty.... the mini unit wonīt be enough to take the base...

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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 34,30


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 5
Blenheim IV x 7


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 60

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
86 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

three Chinese units entered the crossroad hex West of Changsha, will be a hard place for them to be...

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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 100

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

we fly three attacks but only on two of the units instead against all three... this will have a major impact, more about that later on...

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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 30,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 63

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 66

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Here comes the action!!!!

Day Air attack on TF at 101,63

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Maine
DD Hatfield

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

Out of a sudden, our Mavisī, Alfs, Nells and Betties start spotting a hell of a lot TFs near Midway!!!! MIDWAY??????? This was the moment I poured out my coffee all over my desk! What the heck! Why do we spot TFs around MIDWAY? Before I really realized whatīs going on, the first of my bombers took off to engage the enemy TFs. First strike goes in against a TF which is probably an invasion TF... Miller is flying LRCAP from French Frigate Schoal...

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Day Air attack on TF at 101,63

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 9

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Concord
DD Sands
DD Ward

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

a CL and DDs? Probably part of another invasion TF....

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Here comes our main strike in the morning...

Day Air attack on TF at 101,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
G3M Nell x 16
G4M1 Betty x 29

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 19 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 25 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma
BB West Virginia
BB Maryland
BB Nevada
BB Colorado, Torpedo hits 2
CA Indianapolis

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

and Iīm totally disappointed!! The defense of the Tomahawks was pretty much a joke and they were eaten alive by my high exp Zeroes but what the hell are my bombers doing? This must be the worst hit rate Iīve seen in the last couple of months. Weīre talking about high exp IJN pilots that had no fatigue at all and we achieve only ONE torp hit. No, not two, the second was only FOW. Am sure about that because there was no "belt armor penetration" message after the "torp hit BB Colorado". One bomber out of 45 achieves a hit on the old and slow moving BBs... depressing...

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Day Air attack on TF at 101,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BB California
BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 1

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

another attack, this was succesful. Amazing that thereīs another TF with BBs in it. So weīve spotted already 7 BBs... there are also cruisers, the Allied CVs - yes the CVs!!! - DDs and surely over 100 APs/AKs... in fact, we are seeing the whole US Navy going into position to retake Midway!

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Day Air attack on TF, near Midway at 95,61


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 15
F4F-3 Wildcat x 13
SBD Dauntless x 106
TBD Devastator x 51


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Morioka Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Italy Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sansho Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bengal Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Busan Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AK Melbourne Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kokoku Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Montreal Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shinei Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK India Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Matumoto Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tottori Maru, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
2082 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x TBD Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet

and this is what makes me thinking that I just lack the right portion of luck in the right moments. Our bombers are performing more than lousy and to top the ****ty situation off, this TF of 12 big AKs just arrived TODAY!! One day later... and nothing happens... two days earlier... and nothing happens as the TF only needs three day/night phases to unload... would my 40-50 aircraft on nav search have spotted something yesterday... nothing would have happened...

no, the enemy TFs consisting of something like 400 ships manage to sail into position just next to Midway and they arenīt spotted... My TF was ordered to bring in 6 construction rgts... needless to say that the whole TF of 12 ships is lost. This just sucks, I hate losing ships that way...

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Day Air attack on TF at 101,63

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 2

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
MSW Nipigon

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

senseless attacks in the afternoon...
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Day Air attack on TF at 101,63

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged


Allied Ships
CL Detroit

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 101,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G4M1 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Royal T. Frank

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 101,63

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged


Allied Ships
BB Colorado

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 101,63

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged


Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 97,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 54
F4F-3 Wildcat x 55

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 14 destroyed, 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 9 destroyed, 23 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 4 destroyed, 13 damaged

here comes the afternoon strike against the CVs! Miller is using a lot of Marine fighters on his CVs so he probably swapped out his TBDs with Marine fighter squadrons. We donīt have a hr about it, canīt say that Iīm happy about something like this though. Itīs not a complete fighter death star and he hasnīt overabused it so I can surely live with it. Using something like 60-70% fighters or even a complete complement of fighters would be too much for my taste though... against the numerical superiority of the defenders that were able to bounce us all the fight there was not much my high exp Zeroes could do... far too many Zero pilots lost and not a single bomber made it through as they immediately turned around - which saved their live...

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ASW attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese Ships
SS I-2

Allied Ships
DD Maury
DD McCall
DD Russell
DD Mustin
DD Hughes
DD Sims


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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10271 troops, 318 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2754

Defending force 103255 troops, 631 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2539



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 38,37

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21962 troops, 265 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 488

Defending force 10219 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 255



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 83551 troops, 1010 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1889

Defending force 28569 troops, 207 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 913

Japanese max assault: 1845 - adjusted assault: 748

Allied max defense: 659 - adjusted defense: 381

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1339 casualties reported
Guns lost 52
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
271 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

this is at the crossroads... As you can see, we have a pretty bad adjusted av but still, we only missed the 2:1 by 14!!! assault points... well, if you remember my statement about three units in the hex and three air attacks concentrating on TWO units instead of dispersing them on all three. One small air attack often is enough to disrupt the enemy so much that the assault value is halfed or even worse. Unfortunately this didnīt happen and our assault failed...

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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 7:20:16 PM   
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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 7:47:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		And hereīs the situation around Midway! As you can see, the Allied CV TFs (probably four carriers in two TFs) popped up just two hexes next to Midway with the invasion TFs coming from the East. I expect to see the first naval bombardment in two turns if the bombardment group is in the same hex as the invasion, or Miller could also split off his cruisers from the carrier TFs and bombard already tomorrow as he stated in an email that he thinks Midway will be full of bombers tomorrow. In fact, I have moved out everything that was able to fly, thereīs no reason to fight a fight I donīt want to fight.

Midway has nearly 300 assault points and whatīs the plus on our side is the big base force there. 8x5,5 and 16x4,7 inch CD guns could put a lot of holes into his invasion transports. We have level two forts and 24.000 supplies. Still, this counterattack comes totally surprising for me and kudos to Miller, this is a very bold and excellent move. Bold in every case, excellent if this invasion will be a success. Our defense isnīt looking what I expected it to look like when the Allied attack goes in (expected in four months at the earliest). We have another reinforcement convoy heading towards Midway with a real CD unit and another Navy unit to bring up the assault value to 350 but it was already redirected to Wake. The CD unit, the big base force, 350 assault points, supported by another IJN and IJNAF base force behind level 9 forts and with 30.000 supplies, that was how the defense was expected to look like. This was my plan how "fortress Midway" should have looked like. Thatīs the reason Iīve brought in the construction btn also, they would have been moved out again when the forts were ready.

Well, the enemy brings on the fight and we canīt change it. Iīm curios though how the troop strenght of the attack will look like. What can he bring after two months of war? Iīm pretty sure (no, Iīm not sure, itīs only a guess) that at least one division and perhaps a RCT is divided between Johnston Island and Palmyra. So whatīs left? IIRC there are three divs ready for deployment at this stage of the war and perhaps another two RCTs. Two divs should be only at 70% strenght with a lot of squads disabled. I would be really amazed if he could land more than 600-700 assault points. And what preparation will those troops have? 30? Perhaps 40?

KB is far down in the South Pacific (Miller told me thatīs the reason he started his invasion) and I wonīt order it to go North, as itīs just to far and the battle would be over anyway. Miller stated that he thinks it will take KB at least 5-7 turns to show up but that is far from what would be doable. With full speed runs it would still take us 10 turns minimum as we also would have to refuel somewhere. And Iīm not at all willing to take on 4 US carriers with KB that can field something like 420 aircraft. The US CVs can field some 300+ aircraft also and if you look at the attack on my TF at Midway this turn, they managed to launch a fully coordinated strike. This would be the end of KB, so far from the next major port, such a strike could mean the total loss of all my carriers, wheras the US carriers would only lose two carriers, means one of their CV TFs. If the Allied carriers only get damaged, itīs just 15 hexes to Pearl Harbour. That arenīt the odds I want to fight...

IMO everything will depend on the number of Allied ships with troops and my CD guns. If he canīt land ALL his troops in one turn and my CD guns will put up a good counterfire, then the invasion is doomed, no matter if he will bring 1000 assault points. And thatīs the major factor at the moment that makes me confident. The number of available Allied ships. I just canīt believe the enemy will have enough ships to land 1000 assault points in one turn. Iīm not even sure he has enough to land 600 in one turn, but I could be wrong. I donīt know if Miller is really experienced in atoll assaults but as heīs a veteran UV player, he should be aware of the problems of an atoll assault. Very exciting at the moment. Very interesting move by Miller, something I would have never expected. No matter if this invasion will be a success or not - and I guess it will be very narrow, no matter how it will turn out - this shows that Miller is a pretty bold player that serioulsly deserves a lot of respect. This operation clearly shows me that I shouldnīt underestimate him.




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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 8:08:33 PM   
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Amboina at 39,73

Japanese Ships
AP Jusan Maru
AP Kaimyo Maru

Allied Ships
PT TM-4
PT TM-5

The remaining two Dutch PTs attack our two small APs, fired a salvo of torps that missed and then they turned back... could have been the next AP lost...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
AK Bengal Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK India Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Matumoto Maru, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
AK Montreal Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tottori Maru, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
AK Kokoku Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shinei Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sansho Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans
CA Astoria
CA Minneapolis
CA San Francisco
CL St. Louis
CL Helena
CL Phoenix
CL Honolulu
DD Patterson
DD Downes

Japanese ground losses:
187 casualties reported

With my heavily damaged AKs sitting at Midway Iīve expected some enemy warships showing up, but not something like this TF. Looks really strange to me! I know that there are at least 12 enemy DDs in ASW TFs around Johnston so I wonder why this TF only has two DDs as escorts. Would be a juicy target for a sub to land a lucky shot. I guess these are the cruisers that normally are with the Allied carriers and most of the DDs stayed with the carriers. In fact, those must be ALL the cruisers that normall accompany the carriers. All my AKs were in sinking condition after last turns carrier based air attack so this doesnīt matter at all...

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Naval bombardment of Midway, at 95,61 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

67 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Patterson
DD Downes
CL Helena, Shell hits 5
CL St. Louis, Shell hits 6
CL Honolulu, Shell hits 11
CL Phoenix
CA Astoria, Shell hits 3
CA New Orleans
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis

Japanese ground losses:
2989 casualties reported
Guns lost 21

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 30
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 13
Port supply hits 16

This is what matters. I would more or less have bet on a bombardment next turn but the first one already goes in this turn. Oh well, itīs a nuke... Without doing real recon the Allied cruisers knock out everything they could knock out, Iīve lost over 5000 supplies alone, my base forces are 85% disrupted with 15% of their guns lost already. This after just one attack. Iīm no fan of the nuke bombardments, not Japanese nor Allied, but I canīt understand why Allied fanboys alway keep bringing up the myth that nukes only work for the Japanese. Without any real recon this base is nearly knocked out...

With all the BBs that weīve spotted I think there will be another BB bombardment tomorrow another one following in two days. Perhaps there will even be a third bombardment. With the short distance to Hawai, the Allied heavy ships could do nearly permanent bombardments. This could be a major factor also, especially if they nuke the base all the time. A 5 BB bombardment that does 250 casualties with 3 guns knocked out and no hits on the base is rather what I expected without having the base reconned. There was a PBY squadron flying twice a day to Midway but patrols donīt really raise the detection level...

bad die rolls for me, very good ones for Miller I gues...


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Sub attack at 26,64

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

Allied Ships
SS S-35

I hate subs... West of Borneo...

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Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 206
Ki-15 Babs x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 71
Ki-49 Helen x 36

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 30,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 72

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 96,62


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 4
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7
SBD Dauntless x 54


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Bengal Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kokoku Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK India Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sansho Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shinei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

nothing left of my AKs. My construction btn are mostly 50% lost, the rest that is on the atoll is 90% disabled after the nuke...

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Day Air attack on TF at 96,62


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 4
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
SBD Dauntless x 36


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Montreal Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kokoku Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 96,62


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 52


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Sansho Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 96,62


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 18


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

the carriers took position with the invasion TFs three hexes East of Midway. Would be great if they would go in tomorrow, going three hexes and land troops would be a mistake. I expect to see the invasion in two days, at least one bombardment tomorrow night, this could be the end of my CD units...

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ASW attack at 23,53

Japanese Ships
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
APD APD-34
APD APD-33
APD APD-32
APD APD-31

Allied Ships
SS KXV, hits 3

not even my high ASW value APDs achieve more than three near misses...

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Ground combat at Tjilitjap

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 99689 troops, 803 guns, 1204 vehicles, Assault Value = 2320

Defending force 11504 troops, 97 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 212

Japanese max assault: 2185 - adjusted assault: 1966

Allied max defense: 208 - adjusted defense: 59

Japanese assault odds: 33 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tjilitjap base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
497 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
3118 casualties reported
Guns lost 48
Vehicles lost 9


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

the Dutch troops on Java are forced to retreat. Looks like the enemy isnīt moving fast enough away from my spearhead...

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Ground combat at Lashio

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 42489 troops, 437 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 885

Defending force 4704 troops, 21 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 161

Japanese max assault: 839 - adjusted assault: 775

Allied max defense: 156 - adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 70 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lashio base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Guns lost 11


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

the Chinese TK rgt and an understrenght division that moved in today are forced to retreat. The enemy adjusted av looks awful, this is the result of sending them over the trail without having supply for them... thatīs definetely a bad move... and there are 7 more units to come!

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11092 troops, 347 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2317

Defending force 102981 troops, 628 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2545



Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported

enemy av went up by 6 points this turn...

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Ground combat at 38,37

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22022 troops, 267 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 489

Defending force 10233 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 255

Japanese max assault: 494 - adjusted assault: 930

Allied max defense: 245 - adjusted defense: 143

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Miller also moved a Chinese corps and a HQ onto the railline between Hanoi and Canton to block my supply line here. I moved a full strenght Chinese division to clear the railline again and it wasnīt much of a problem, again the Chinese corps must have been nearly without supplies. Fighting in a wooden hex didnīt help a lot. As Miller is moving at least 10 Chinese units over the trail from China to Burma, Iīve ordered this Chinese division also to march to Rangoon and am thinking about another two divs to do the same. When the Allied commander sends the Chinese to Burma, the Japanese high command has to think about sending China command divisions to Burma also. This will mean in the end that it will become harder for the British and Indian forces to mount an offensive into Burma later in the war and Iīm not sure that Miller is aware of this. Later in the war means of course if Iīm able to take Myitkina!

Would be the first time that I wouldnīt be able to take all of Burma...

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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 8:16:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		as i said, miller is a damnd good opponent. he "pops up" there and when you dont expect him.:)

nice AAR and nice fight, gentlemen.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 8:46:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Wow, what a turn of events !!!  Just when I was starting to get worried you were becoming overconfident.

Don't be so sure only two divs are available.  He does not appear to have reinforced the South Pacific.  This would net at least one USMC Div, speaking from memory*.  Maybe the Americal too, if he was quick to ferry it.  No less than three US Div start assigned to CenPac, and at least one more arrives early.  Plus numerous RCTs, including NorPac's RCTs and Canadian Brigades (with PP for the latter).  This could make much AV, especially as some of the starting divs have very high XP.  And I don't even count the West Coast Div he could have transferred if he sparingly used PPs (I don't think so, you ran into many empty dutch bases).

Anyway, I'll watch with attention and much anticipation.  Kill him, sink him, shot him, destroy him !  Banzai !




* I've played several times the opening six months of Scen15 now, and it's amazing the huge assets you can muster if you concentrate on one operation, and don't care about HQ assignment, as soon as KB is far away and without leaving the IJN time enough to regroup the Betties.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 8:51:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		As Iīve said, itīs an atoll, so if he wants to land 3 or even more divisions then he will need a lot of ships also. We will see... With 60 days into the war there are surely not enough pp around to free a WC division and transport it to Midway. So perhaps there will be 3 divs and 3 RCTs, with the divs not being fully combat ready, this would make some 900-1000 assault points. This would be sufficient.

New turn arrived... have a look!

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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 8:52:31 PM   
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RE: it goes on... - 11/24/2008 9:19:35 PM   
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Sub attack at 84,115

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
DD Natsugumo
DD Arashio
DD Asashio
DD Hayashio
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Oyashio
DD Kuroshio

Allied Ships
SS Trout, hits 1

Wth am I supposed to do? My escorts are worth nothing and Iīm not speaking of sinking the enemy subs, but preventing them from attacking my ships! Thank god, the torps missed! One near hit in return, the Allied sub commanders laugh about the Japanese inability to properly act against the agressors...

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Naval bombardment of Midway, at 95,61

Allied Ships
CA Chicago
CA Chester
CA Northampton
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada
BB West Virginia
BB Maryland

Japanese ground losses:
2109 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 19
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 6
Port supply hits 10

why, just why shouldnīt there be another nuke following the first one yesterday... the big base force, the IJN and IJNAF base force are no longer existing... nukes like this one makes it pretty easy to storm an atoll...

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-2

Allied Ships
AK Toendjoek, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Siantar
AK Boero
AK Makua
AP Henderson
AP President Adams
AP President Garfield
MSW Bobolink
DD Lawrence
DD Kennison
DD Crosby

no casualties? We must have hit a big AK with supplies... the old flushdeckers couldnīt locate the sub...

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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 30,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 74

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

the Allied carriers launched a lot of SBDs to bomb Midway but they failed to locate the target... wonder how that works from 120 miles distance and 300 Allied ships around the atoll...

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Naval bombardment of Midway, at 95,61

Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis
CA Portland
CA Salt Lake City
BB Arizona
BB California
BB Tennessee
BB Mississippi

Japanese ground losses:
790 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 6

well, this can be considered a nuke also, as this killed of the rest of the little that was left after the first two 15 mega tons of TNT that hit Midway...

With not even 15.000 defenders on the atoll and over 5.000 disabled/destroyed due to the three nuke bombardments it will all be a success of the Allied BB/CA if the Army can take the base...


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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese Ships
TK Akatsuki Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Hayakafuku Maru
PG Hakkaisan Maru
PG Hakkai Maru
PG Fukui Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-36

I canīt describe how my feelings are... I canīt put much more effort in ASW and Iīm surely not doing bad in what I can do in game terms. Well, no matter what I do, no matter how "bad" Miller does (in game terms, or game myths, itīs bad to put subs into base hexes with search planes and two ASW TFs sitting undocked there) his subs still score. Sub spotted, 6 PC and 6 DD waiting undocked at Balikpapan, the sub enters the base hex, a TK convoy with 4 PG as escorts also enters the hex, the sub is spotted during the day twice by search planes, then... the skipper orders an attack and sinks a fat TK... the escorts did nothing...

one sub, a base hex, 16 ASW vessels, only 4 TK, 27 ac on search... the result: a TK sunk...

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ASW attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-2, hits 8

Allied Ships
DMS Lamberton
DMS Zane

in return, two DMS are enough to heavily damage I-2. 8 near misses result in 37 sys and 9 flt damage. This is again something I wonder about. Common knowledge of the forum members says that near misses mostly only do one or two sys points of damage. In my games I see near misses constantly doing 4 or more points of sys dam

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Iīve mentioned last turn that the Allied invasion TF is sitting THREE hexes East of Midway and it would be great if the TF is ordered to go in directly to the atoll to start unloading today. Miller stated in his email that his troops would go in and I already started to smile... here we go! This is at the END OF THE TURN!!!!!!!!!

Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1003
TF 1003 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
324 casualties reported

Can I say more about 3 shots fired in defense? Itīs unbelievable that Miller really goes in with his invasion TF instead of waiting one hex from Midway to go in tomorrow or move the TFs in and set it to do not unload and set them to unload tomorrow. Thatīs a BIG mistake, seems like he hasnīt experienced a lot of bloody atoll assaults so far. And still, donīt know what is going wrong for me... the CD is wrecked, no wonder of three nukes. But, there are 4 spotted TFs and only ONE starts unloading???

Miller expected his TFs unloading THIS turn, so what the heck is now helping him that it doesnīt happen???? You canīt make a bigger mistake than having your invasion start unloading at the end of a turn and this is exactly what happens. But only with, donīt know, 5% of his invasion!

All available guardian angels must be with him. At this stage of this fight, everything could already be a 100% disaster for my opponent. While bold and a very good move, it seems he can 100% rely on luck because how this invasion is carried out looks rather poor. The scenario could also look like this (yes, I know Iīm only dreaming, feeling like Hitler in his bunker in 4/45 already ):

my 45 Betties/Nells that attacked his slow BBs achieve 8 torp hits instead of 2 which would be a nice amount of damage, we wouldnīt see three nukes in a row (which wasnīt expected without recon anyway) and my CD guns stay ready, his invasion goes in like this turn because of bad planning (the only that really happened) and instead of starting to unload only one small TF all TFs start to unload and get shot up badly by the base force with 24 CD guns.

All that stormed ashore are parts of a regiment of a US Army division... guess the unloading will work tomorrow and with my CD units wrecked there wonīt happen a lot... I donīt want to look up again how many shots the USMC def btn fired when I took Midway after a bombardment and close air support. And the def btn started understrenght and had not as many guns...

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Ground combat at Midway

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5627 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 229

Defending force 2443 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 98


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11060 troops, 346 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1840

Defending force 102765 troops, 627 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2549



Allied ground losses:
262 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2380 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Defending force 14154 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 229

Allied max assault: 68 - adjusted assault: 6

Japanese max defense: 175 - adjusted defense: 161

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


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
482 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

look at what was landed... Our adjusted defense isnīt encouraging. With 161 and the real invasion going in tomorrow, the enemy would only need some 500 assault points to take the base with his first real attack tomorrow... if thereīs another bombardment then it doesnīt matter as our base forces arenīt really existing anymore and the inf units arenīt hit at all by the bombardment. Yesterday the leading inf unit had 0!!!!! disruption and 5 fatigue after the nuke. Today it had 2 disruption and 8 fatigue, this after three nukes and the attack by the Allied infantry.

Itīs just like Iīve mentioned in my first couple of posts, Midway always was and will always be a nightmare for me. While it would be somewhat historic if this would apply for me as the Japanese commander, I always experience the same as the Allied commander...



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RE: it goes on... - 11/25/2008 12:43:38 AM   
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RE: it goes on... - 11/26/2008 3:13:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		As Iīve mentioned, Miller wanted to start unloading his troops at the end of last turn. Unlucky as we seem, most of his TF didnīt...

Iīve asked him:

Donīt know if this is how you expected your invasion…

and he replied:

Lol.....not quite! I hope a LOT more troops get ashore this turn........


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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1003
TF 1003 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


28 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Fox
DD Litchfield


Allied ground losses:
413 casualties reported

my CD units are doing nothing, they donīt exist anymore...

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1021
TF 1021 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
378 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1029
TF 1029 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61



Allied ground losses:
352 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1030
TF 1030 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
544 casualties reported

Seems like he has a TF for each of his units! Well, there is this hr:

no exploit of dozens invasion TFs going at one base, means: if you need 300 ships for an invasion, put them into 5, 6 or 7 TFs but not in 60 TFs with 5 ships each

he didnīt use dozens of TFs but this is going in this direction already as there is no need to use 6 TFs for his invasion forces that are sitting on some 90 ships it seems. No overabuse though, so we will see how his bigger invasions will look like. My invasion of Java that involved 100.000+ troops came in on two TFs...


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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese Ships
DD Shikinami
DD Uranami
DD Murakumo
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shinonome
DD Fubuki

Allied Ships
SS S-36, hits 1, on fire

no chance to really damage enemy subs in our base hexes...

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-18, hits 1

Allied Ships
AK Neleus
AK Challenger
DD Kane
DD King
DD Sands
DD Gilmer
DD Ward
AK Prusa
AK Nisqually
AK Atlanta City

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Sub attack near Batavia at 19,59

Japanese Ships
PG Chiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1
PG Shosei Maru
PG Nishho Maru
PG Myoken Maru
PG Magan Maru
PG Busho Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-39

Chiyo Maru will surprisingly live on... Still, another sub sitting in a base hex under two ASW TFs taking out one of the hunters...

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ASW attack at 97,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-15, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Selfridge
DD Ellet
DD Benham

one hit but unfortunately a real hit. I-15 has to retire and is out of the war for 4-6 weeks...

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1003
TF 1003 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported

unbelievable but the enemy TFs are still unloading...

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1021
TF 1021 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Gilmer, Shell hits 1


Allied ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1029
TF 1029 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Detroit

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
501 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1030
TF 1030 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61



Allied ground losses:
554 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 30,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 74

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack near Batavia at 19,59

Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
DD Satsuki
DD Ariake
DD Yugure
DD Hatsushima
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS S-39

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ASW attack at 96,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
DD Preston
DD Smith
DD Morris
DD Walke
DD Hammann

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ASW attack near Batavia at 19,59

Japanese Ships
PG Shosei Maru
PG Nishho Maru
PG Myoken Maru
PG Magan Maru
PG Chiyo Maru
PG Busho Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-39

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-18

Allied Ships
AK Shooting Star, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
MSW Nipigon
DD Hatfield
DD Litchfield
DD Fox

lots of sub action of both sides this turn...

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ASW attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-18, hits 3

Allied Ships
AK Prusa
DD Kane
DD King
DD Sands

I-18 is also out of action....

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Ground combat at Midway

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5626 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 236

Defending force 16231 troops, 257 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 632



Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11210 troops, 349 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3121

Defending force 102334 troops, 618 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2555



Allied ground losses:
351 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 16131 troops, 253 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 629

Defending force 14475 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 236

Allied max assault: 560 - adjusted assault: 120

Japanese max defense: 196 - adjusted defense: 79

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1196 casualties reported
Guns lost 18

Allied ground losses:
639 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 4

If someone could enlighten me why my adjusted av looks so terrible... oh well. Midway is already lost. The defenders achieved nothing. The only thing that we achieved is to lose 12 AKs that arrived by accident the same turn as the Allied invasion and the loss of 15.000 troops.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/26/2008 3:42:09 PM   
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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1021
TF 1021 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Adelong, Shell hits 2, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

lol, I canīt believe the enemy invasion TFs are STILL unloading! This is an atoll assault and Millerīs TFs are unloading for the third day! Everyone will tell you that you have to unload your troops within one turn on an atoll as otherwise you get slaughtered. Well, the only one that got slaughtered are my troops. CD unit is coming down with disruption and is now also firing on ships... for the first time...

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1029
TF 1029 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AP Harris, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Humphreys


Allied ground losses:
458 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1030
TF 1030 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AP Henderson


Allied ground losses:
675 casualties reported

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese Ships
DD Shikinami
DD Uranami
DD Murakumo
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shinonome
DD Fubuki

Allied Ships
SS O23, hits 2

a new sub arrived at Balikpapan... My ports are attracting the enemy subs like honey attracts bears...

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-15, hits 4

Allied Ships
AK Empire Moorhen, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Hartebeeste
DD Humphreys
DD Brooks
DD Crane

looks like this is the only loss of the Allied troops. They will retake Midway for the loss of one AK. We will lose 12 AKs and 15.000 troops...

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese Ships
DD Shikinami
DD Uranami
DD Murakumo
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shinonome
DD Fubuki

Allied Ships
SS O23, hits 2

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1021
TF 1021 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Sands
DD Gilmer, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Murada, Shell hits 2
DD Ward, Shell hits 2


Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

perhaps the enemy will also lose an old, obsolete DD. mmmm... what could have happened if the enemy would not have achieved the nuke bombardments...

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1029
TF 1029 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


38 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Humphreys, Shell hits 1


Allied ground losses:
381 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 1030
TF 1030 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


31 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Kennison


Allied ground losses:
435 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 46
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 91

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 63

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 30,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 74

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at Midway

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2687 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 177

Defending force 28214 troops, 334 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 638



Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11217 troops, 351 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3125

Defending force 101795 troops, 617 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2551



Allied ground losses:
425 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 28184 troops, 332 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 638

Defending force 13772 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 177

Allied max assault: 496 - adjusted assault: 139

Japanese max defense: 125 - adjusted defense: 24

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Midway base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
1327 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
387 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 2





as expected last turn, Midway fell today. Unbelievable how this all went off. I have to admit that the operation was a very bold and excellent move of Miller, I also have to say that it was absolutely poor performed though. Even though it looks like it was performed perfectly as he didnīt take any losses, in the "how to do atoll invasion guidelines" he seems to have done everything that you should NOT do:

He started unloading at the end of a turn (he was lucky that only one out of 5 TFs started unloading - this was unexpected for him)
He didnīt fly any ground support with his carriers (turned out to be no problem as the nuke bombardments took out EVERYTHING on the island)
He used far too few ships for his troops, so it took him THREE days to unload!
There were no support troops it seems, without enough support and three shock attacks in a row, this alone could have wrecked his invasion
He did not include any cruisers in his invasion TFs! Imagine what my CD guns could have done to his AKs/APs if they have no cruisers to do counterfire

and still, it could not have gone any better for him. I have lost far more in taking Midway with 200 assault points vs. 30 Allied av as Miller did with 600 assault points vs 300 av with over 30 CD guns...

I can only hope that he will perform his atoll assaults exactly the same in future because he wonīt be anytime as lucky as he seems to have been here. Iīm totally sure that this invasion would have gone real bad if there would not have been the nukes to completely take out my CD units. But Iīm repeating myself. As it stands now, he could advance with his troops to Iwo Jima or even further! There is of course nowhere a real defense as I donīt even have the troops at the moment to really garrison places like Marcus Island, Iwo, Saipan, etc. But he has to be aware of one thing: I have 5.000 assault points in total marching through Java and waiting on the Philipines, so if he will advance just one atoll further (would be Wake then), then I will throw up to 10 div/bgd at his troops. KB will then also be around so this would be leading to a couple of Allied units destroyed.

I doubt that he will attack further West, so his operation was a full success! KUDOS Paul!







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RE: it goes on... - 11/26/2008 4:22:47 PM   
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its like in real life.

the US had more luck at midway, then someone has in his entire life.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/26/2008 4:43:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Scattershooting re Midway:

In 2/42 it's hard to get enough assault shipping to unload 2+ divisions in one-day.

Nuke bombardments. Wonder if the nav attacks on your transports the day before the invasion raised the recon/detection level of Midway for bombardment purposes?

As far as losses were concerned, maybe lcu exp plays a big role than I thought. Miller's invasion force is pretty much the US a-team (iirc all above 80+exp) vs. 50 exp? snlf and nav gds. It would be interesting to see how much those units had prepped for Midway.

Maybe you can snag some cadre out for the construction battalions. It's been a while since I played the Japanese so I'm not too familiar w/ their oob, is losing 6 construction battalions significant?

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RE: it goes on... - 11/26/2008 5:13:33 PM   
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ORIGINAL: bigbaba

well chris,

its like in real life.

the US had more luck at midway, then someone has in his entire life.




yeah, like mentioned earlier, Midway is my WITP ingame nightmare....

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RE: it goes on... - 11/26/2008 5:25:16 PM   
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ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Scattershooting re Midway:

In 2/42 it's hard to get enough assault shipping to unload 2+ divisions in one-day.

Nuke bombardments. Wonder if the nav attacks on your transports the day before the invasion raised the recon/detection level of Midway for bombardment purposes?

As far as losses were concerned, maybe lcu exp plays a big role than I thought. Miller's invasion force is pretty much the US a-team (iirc all above 80+exp) vs. 50 exp? snlf and nav gds. It would be interesting to see how much those units had prepped for Midway.

Maybe you can snag some cadre out for the construction battalions. It's been a while since I played the Japanese so I'm not too familiar w/ their oob, is losing 6 construction battalions significant?



yes I know itīs hard to have enough shipping, that was one of the pros on my side when I was thinking about his upcoming invasion. But it didnīt turn out to be a disadvantage at all.

Good thought about the nav attacks. Exactly the night after the first nuke - the CA bombardment - went in and took out half of the CD units. The day after the BBs took out the rest of the CD.

The biggest problem (besides that that my CD was destroyed) is the fact that those nav guard units have no heavy weapons. When you look at the hundreds of shots fired when you land against working CD and inf units with heavy weapons then you see a lot of losses. The losses the Allied have suffered landing on Midway are comparable to the losses of a landing at an empty base.

I have already brought out a cadre unit of EVERY unit on Midway, in total 10 units. Have used my subs in this area and from Kwajalein. Will be interesting how many and which of those units will turn into the parent unit when the main body of the unit is destroyed. Couple will probably just stay a fragment and others will turn into ghosts. The most important would be the big base force and the naval guard unit with 100+ assault points (without any heavy weapon though).

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RE: it goes on... - 11/26/2008 9:13:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		One reason that he did not continue to bomb your LCUs with his dive bombers could be that he waited for KB to come, hoping that the exchange between the two carrier forces would be at least equal (which is already an Allied-favorable rate) if not to his advantage.

But it's bad news anyway.

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