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RE: it goes on... - 11/27/2008 8:04:04 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Ambassador

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.



no, he knew that KB was down around the Fidjis and he expected it to take 5 days for KB to show up (in fact it would have taken 10 days for KB to show up combat ready). So for the expected time the atoll assault takes, it would have been no problem at all to fly ground attacks or set his bombers at least to nav attack/port or airfield attack.

Like I´ve mentioned earlier, I´m not willing to take on the Allied carriers on a nearly 1:1 basis as this is Nikmod and KB would not be existing anymore if the Allied would launch a coordinated strike. Sooner or later I will be forced to take on the Allied carriers with my carriers, but if it is possible I will try to only do that if the Allied carriers are under attack from LBA also. Preferrable already two or three days under LBA attacks when KB will go in.

Yeah, it´s bad news. Not that it´s so bad to lose Midway, but the way it was lost. It looked like the assaults my forces are doing against 0 assault value base forces...

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RE: it goes on... - 11/27/2008 9:01:04 AM   
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maybe there is something wrong with the code of the NIK-MOD, chris?

the battle was very one-sided imho. i mean, we all know what loses the allied had to take tarawa and that was late 1943! now they capture midway after a very short fight with minimal loses.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/27/2008 11:56:13 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: bigbaba

maybe there is something wrong with the code of the NIK-MOD, chris?

the battle was very one-sided imho. i mean, we all know what loses the allied had to take tarawa and that was late 1943! now they capture midway after a very short fight with minimal loses.




Nikmod hasn´t any changes in ground combat. I´m pretty sure the most important factor were the nukes, so there was no resistance during the landings. When you look at the casulties during the landings, there were mostly only a couple of hundred, whereas the casualties can go up to thousands pretty fast if you see a lot of counterfire.

That I only had level 2 forts at this early stage of the war didn´t help either. I´m confident though that the Allied will take far more losses with the conquest of other atolls, at least at those I want to defend.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/28/2008 6:34:40 AM   
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Unless forts get high...Massive bombardments can really mess up island defenses...We can argue over how realistic it is...But in game terms atolls (unless supply and fort levels are high) can get nuked rather easily and
fall quickly.....

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RE: it goes on... - 11/28/2008 8:32:21 AM   
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Yes, the Allies were very lucky, better not take unnecessary risks with KB in these circumstances.  However I hope you have better defences at Marcus Island...

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RE: it goes on... - 11/28/2008 8:36:14 AM   
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Also, if he does not use that many transport ships, he is more vulnerable to mine hits..
If you have a division spread out over 20 ships, the loss of a single ship to a mine is not that big
a deal..But if he has a division over only 6 ships and he loses a ship...That is a big chunk dead before it hits the ground.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/28/2008 1:56:34 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Yes, the Allies were very lucky, better not take unnecessary risks with KB in these circumstances.  However I hope you have better defences at Marcus Island...



defenses at Marcus? LOL! Marcus now has a IJN base force with 8 assault points. Until yesterday it had no unit at all! Wake is top on my priority list and I´ve landed two more base forces and a dedicated CD unit. Though assault value on Wake is only 120 at the moment, forts level 1, af 3. If Miller wants he could make a quick grab but I doubt he will - unfortunately. If he would, I would counterland 6 divs 2 weeks later.

It´s February 42, means I´m not yet prepared to fend off an Allied advance! I´m the one who´s advancing!

Serioulsy, Miller could advance all the way to the Philipines and take out a couple of bases with only very few troops on them. I´ve lost more troops on Midway than are based in total on all other bases West from Midway to the Philipines. But one thing is for sure, he can´t hold them. So even if it would look like a great Allied offensive, in the end he would lose a couple of divisions and that´s all. Would be worse than starting his offensive in early 43 like usual.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/28/2008 1:58:07 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: jeffs

Also, if he does not use that many transport ships, he is more vulnerable to mine hits..
If you have a division spread out over 20 ships, the loss of a single ship to a mine is not that big
a deal..But if he has a division over only 6 ships and he loses a ship...That is a big chunk dead before it hits the ground.



that was another problem, there weren´t any mines at Midway, I´ve just started my mining operations. I took the atoll a couple of weeks ago, hard to have it a fortress four weeks later.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/28/2008 2:07:09 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/17/42

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ASW attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-169

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

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 63

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 1
Blenheim I x 6
Blenheim IV x 5

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

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
Blenheim I: 6 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 5 destroyed

Would be great if Miller continues to fight both in the air and on the ground in Burma...

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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 14
Hurricane IIb x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22

Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 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:
23 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 42

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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Ground combat at Lashio

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 42306 troops, 434 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 883

Defending force 9885 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 316

Japanese max assault: 759 - adjusted assault: 695

Allied max defense: 305 - adjusted defense: 58

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
169 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Guns lost 7


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

more Chinese units entered Lashio, they were driven out immediately, retreating towards Myitkina. There are some 10 Chinese units in Burma. The Chinese units are out of supply but I guess there will be enough supply at Myitkina... Miller will surely regret that move when my China Command divisions will arrive in Burma also. As China is already a total victory for us (some additinal 250.000 Chinese troops are cut off and 100.000 already surrendered) so I have ordered already 4 China divisions to march towards Rangoon.

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Ground combat at Midway

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2293 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Defending force 30554 troops, 338 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 607


Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11256 troops, 354 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3128

Defending force 101315 troops, 615 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2557



Allied ground losses:
306 casualties reported

one of the bases that is surrounded...

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Ground combat at Djokjakarta

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1766 troops, 0 guns, 122 vehicles, Assault Value = 2335

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

Japanese max assault: 73 - adjusted assault: 35

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 35 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Djokjakarta base !!!

rushing through Java...


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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 30554 troops, 338 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 607

Defending force 11293 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Allied max assault: 908 - adjusted assault: 336

Japanese max defense: 56 - adjusted defense: 20

Allied assault odds: 16 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1203 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
503 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 2



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RE: it goes on... - 11/28/2008 2:08:29 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/18/42

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Night Time Surface Combat at 40,72

Japanese Ships
AK Yamasimo Maru, Torpedo hits 1
AK Yamayuri Maru
AK Eizan Maru, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
PT TM-4
PT TM-5

the last two Dutch PTs are still causing trouble! Mid ocean intercept and one of our big AKs takes a torp but suffers only minor damage and will surely make it...

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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 145

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 39

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 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

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 42

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11308 troops, 355 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3133

Defending force 101007 troops, 611 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2559



Allied ground losses:
547 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 30104 troops, 314 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 554

Defending force 10250 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50


Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 6



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RE: it goes on... - 11/28/2008 2:13:11 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/19/42

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 1
Blenheim IF x 12
P-40B Tomahawk x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
Blenheim IF: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 7 destroyed, 14 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Blenheim IF bombing at 2000 feet

Miller seems to be serious about fighting in Burma... great!

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 48
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

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 27
Ki-21 Sally x 171

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

lots of air to ground attacks, we will kick the Chinese Army back to Chungking soon...

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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 29,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

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
A6M2 Zero x 40
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 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 89

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


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

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 47

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

I guess Miller won´t be reinforcing PM anytime soon, the 10.000 troops there won´t be happy about that...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11272 troops, 355 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3137

Defending force 100356 troops, 603 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2563



Allied ground losses:
586 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Madioen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2299 troops, 5 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 2343

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

Japanese max assault: 77 - adjusted assault: 40

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Madioen base !!!



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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 32626 troops, 287 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1104

Defending force 25244 troops, 262 guns, 214 vehicles, Assault Value = 600

Japanese max assault: 435 - adjusted assault: 98

Allied max defense: 610 - adjusted defense: 505

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
404 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

damn, clicked the wrong button. I wanted to order one div to do a bombardment to see what the Allied moved in from Myitkina. Obviously I clicked on deliberate attack instead. Luckily, the losses aren´t that severe. Miller also has a UK!!!! division here! He´s not just trying to defend Myitkina, no, he even seems to go on the offense! In a couple of months, this is also something he will regret I guess, moving divs and bgds from India to Burma...

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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 30419 troops, 312 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 564

Defending force 9872 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Allied max assault: 964 - adjusted assault: 505

Japanese max defense: 25 - adjusted defense: 19

Allied assault odds: 26 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1760 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
306 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1

my troops are killed off pretty fast...


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RE: it goes on... - 11/28/2008 2:20:44 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/20/42

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ASW attack at 32,50

Japanese Ships
TK Nissho Maru
PG Kongosan Maru
PG Kaiun Maru
PG Kaikei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gato

Escorts attack before the sub?

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Sub attack at 32,50

Japanese Ships
TK Nisshin Maru
PG Kongosan Maru
PG Kaiun Maru
PG Kaikei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gato

the sub gets a shot too, torps missed...

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
AK Clevedon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD McKean


Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported

our sub at Midway hits a small AK...

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 81
Ki-49 Helen x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

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

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 65

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 45
Hurricane IIb x 12
Blenheim I x 6
Blenheim IV x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 25 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 6 destroyed
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

unbelievable, Miller still is attacking even though nothing so far could achieve something against my high exp (80+) Oscar sentais. We achieve a 33:0!!!! in A2A kills today! That´s pretty much off IMO... it´s not encouraging though if you set 144 fighters on 90% Cap and you constantly not even see half of them airborne when the Allied will constantly get 100% into the air in a couple of months...




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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 44
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on VII Garrison Battalion, at 29,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 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
A6M2 Zero x 40
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 73
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

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


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Ground combat at Suva

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13920 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 769

Defending force 9777 troops, 71 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 126


Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

my troops arrived from Nandi and we do a bombardment to see the enemy troop strenght... I´m confident to take the base...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11250 troops, 356 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3139

Defending force 99205 troops, 595 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2563



Allied ground losses:
423 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22459 troops, 263 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1072

Defending force 25182 troops, 264 guns, 216 vehicles, Assault Value = 591



Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

wonder why Miller moved those troops to Mandalay, he can´t achieve anything but is in danger to get kicked out...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 61579 troops, 501 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1920

Defending force 60565 troops, 542 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 845



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Ground combat at Mandalay

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25160 troops, 263 guns, 216 vehicles, Assault Value = 590

Defending force 74922 troops, 560 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 1072


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 30129 troops, 291 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 539

Defending force 8999 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

Allied max assault: 892 - adjusted assault: 691

Japanese max defense: 14 - adjusted defense: 10

Allied assault odds: 69 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
15971 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

so much about how hard it was to kill off my troops that lost the base... couple of days and all are lost... Now the expected bad thing. Out of the 10 units there, I was able to evac a fragment of all of them. BUT, 4 disappeared completely, 2 turned into ghost units , 1 stayed as fragment and 3 turned into the new parent unit. To make it worse, also the big base force (the most important unit) is lost...

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Kure 1st SNLF Wiped Out at Midway by attrition!!!





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RE: it goes on... - 11/28/2008 2:27:36 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/21/42

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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese Ships
PC Shonan Maru #2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonan Maru #7
PC Shonan Maru #6
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #12

Allied Ships
SS S-39, hits 1, on fire

nothing new, the Allied sub sits spotted for days under two ASW TFs and all that happens is that the sub picks off ASW ships as long as it has torps...

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Sub attack near Wake Island at 82,63

Japanese Ships
AP Katori Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
SS S-34

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

not that it would be different at Wake... base hexes, subs spotted, escorts... all that doesn´t matter...

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 78
Ki-49 Helen x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

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

I lose 10 ac to ops today... In AE this will be 20 ac lost then???

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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 83
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 164

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 77
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 83

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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ASW attack near Soerabaja at 22,65

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

Allied Ships
SS S-35, hits 1, heavy damage

this sub was hit by a search plane during the day, the DDs achieve only a near miss... lots of subs are going in and out at Soerabaja, clearly evac attempts. Can only hope that Miller is as unlucky as I am with his fragments turning into new units...


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Ground combat at Suva

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33044 troops, 289 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 771

Defending force 9766 troops, 71 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 125

Japanese max assault: 601 - adjusted assault: 281

Allied max defense: 127 - adjusted defense: 193

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2


Japanese ground losses:
534 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Allied ground losses:
315 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1

pretty bad adjusted av again... am sure that we will take the base nevertheles... would be good for our morale after losing the 15.000 troops on Midway...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11261 troops, 357 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2158

Defending force 98472 troops, 589 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2561



Allied ground losses:
658 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 61836 troops, 500 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1926

Defending force 60559 troops, 540 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 848


Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Samarinda

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 300 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

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

Allied max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 2

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Samarinda base !!!



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Ground combat at Andaman Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 318 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

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

Japanese max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 7

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Andaman Island base !!!


dropped the 3rd Yokosuka on Andaman...

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Post #: 193
RE: it goes on... - 11/28/2008 4:49:55 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/22/42

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ASW attack at 24,50

Japanese Ships
DD Nenohi
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Shiratsuyu

Allied Ships
SS Finback

one hex East of Singapore, I bet this sub will be sitting at Singapore next turn...

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Sub attack near Wake Island at 82,63

Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #7
PC Sonan Maru #6
PC Sonan Maru #5
PC Nichi Maru #1
PC Gamitsu Maru #1
PC Fumi Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS S-34, hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

this was two times surprising! First off, the sub of course hit one of my ASW ships but the MK10 torps failed to detonate... even more surprising the sub was hit twice and 7 near misses. Would surprise me a third time if it would sink...

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Sub attack near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese Ships
AK Hokkai Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII

that´s not surprising anymore, a sub sitting in one of my bases, just waiting. If you´re not 100% dumb you can easily figure out when a TF will arrive somewhere... AK is dead, too far away from a bigger port...

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 80
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

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

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Ground combat at Suva

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 32321 troops, 261 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 793

Defending force 9279 troops, 54 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Japanese max assault: 569 - adjusted assault: 421

Allied max defense: 94 - adjusted defense: 123

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1


Japanese ground losses:
244 casualties reported
Guns lost 18

Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

guess the base will fall tomorrow...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11295 troops, 358 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2128

Defending force 97551 troops, 585 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2562



Allied ground losses:
312 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 61917 troops, 500 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1932

Defending force 60636 troops, 539 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 851


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported



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RE: it goes on... - 11/29/2008 12:16:19 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/23/42

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 85

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 35th Heavy AA Battalion, at 35,30


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 6


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

Miller still has his Chinese bombers ordered to attack my positions at Lashio. Those IL-4c are his BEST long range bombers that he has at the moment so I wouldn´t waste them with such strikes. They carry 10x250 kg AP!!! bombs so they could be lethal anti ship weapons if employed properly. I won´t tell him...

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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 10

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

aha! The AVG is back in business in China, flying LRCAP from Chungking. That´s the difference between my 80 exp and 65 exp Oscars flying escort. Here we had 65 exp Oscars and they can´t stand against the Tomahawks. Am glad that there are not many fighters within the AVG left, otherwise this could have become bloodily...

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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-21 Sally x 144

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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

Here we have 77 exp Zeroes on escort and they make short process of the attacking fighters...

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 40

No Japanese losses

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


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Ground combat at Suva

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34543 troops, 267 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 768

Defending force 8948 troops, 45 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 95

Japanese max assault: 607 - adjusted assault: 470

Allied max defense: 87 - adjusted defense: 81

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Suva base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
256 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
9937 casualties reported
Guns lost 37
Vehicles lost 2

The Fidjis are Japanese now. Little revenge for the defeat at Midway, the Allied are nearing 7000 victory points for ground losses...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11348 troops, 356 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3037

Defending force 96612 troops, 583 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2563



Allied ground losses:
338 casualties reported

Am unsure how the Chinese situation at Henghow looks like at the moment. The number of Chinese troops defending here went down nearly 1000 troops from last turn but the assault value is still growing... Doesn´t matter, those troops are lost as I can´t see a chance to see this base liberated again as the moves of Miller in China are semi optimal at the moment. Moving those 10 Chinese units to Burma doesn´t help him either I guess.

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2105 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 850

Defending force 73451 troops, 522 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1931



Allied ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62062 troops, 499 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1927

Defending force 60658 troops, 541 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 850



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Ground combat at Kragen

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2517 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 65

Defending force 6671 troops, 5 guns, 434 vehicles, Assault Value = 242

Allied max assault: 63 - adjusted assault: 18

Japanese max defense: 231 - adjusted defense: 177

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

An understrenght Dutch bgd was ordered to attack three of our TK rgts. This will make my deliberate attack tomorrow much more easy I guess and I expect the base to fall tomorrow and the Dutch defenders to surrender...


These are my normal op losses for a normal day with bombing activity at very short range... My 75-85 exp pilots crash all the time just from taking off...





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Post #: 195
RE: it goes on... - 11/29/2008 1:52:13 PM   
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heh, in my UV games as the japanese (juli 1943 now) my pilots flow half the mission number of the allied and have 2x higher Op lose rate. it seems to be the same in WITP and even higher in AE.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/29/2008 8:20:19 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/24/42

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ASW attack at 82,64

Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
SS S-23, hits 2

near Wake... one near miss, one hit... hopefully enough to force the sub to return to Hawai...

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 76
Ki-49 Helen x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 21

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

good to see those supply hits...

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Day Air attack on Imphal , at 33,26

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23

No Japanese losses

oops! Transferred a Zero daitai to Rangoon yesterday and accidently set it to sweep instead of escort...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 57

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 29

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 132

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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

have got 2700 assault points in this hex, crossroad West of Changsha and have ordered a deliberate attack tomorrow. Expect to drive the enemy out... there are five Chinese units...


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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki
DD Mochizuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Yayoi
DD Kisaragi
DD Mutsuki

Allied Ships
SS Grayback, hits 1

Grayback has already been sitting four days under my DDs and today the sub decides to attack. Torps miss, the DDs achieve one near miss...

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Ground combat at Kragen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6659 troops, 5 guns, 432 vehicles, Assault Value = 239

Defending force 2329 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

Japanese max assault: 210 - adjusted assault: 97

Allied max defense: 33 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kragen base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
3522 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

as expected, the Dutch bgd at Kragen had no chance...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11312 troops, 359 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3044

Defending force 96292 troops, 577 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2568



Allied ground losses:
415 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

am uncertain if I should order a deliberate attack soon or if I should just starve the enemy for the next 2 months...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2076 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 854

Defending force 73242 troops, 524 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1929



Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

have ordered another bgd to this position, an unlucky die roll could be enough to force my troops out of the hex again. Wooden terrain, so it could be narrow...

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46047 troops, 532 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2108

Defending force 17621 troops, 96 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 150



Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported

with the unsuccesful defense of Java there are only some 150 assault points at Soerabaja. The base will fall tomorrow, hopefully the resource and oil centers will be undamaged...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65228 troops, 541 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2184

Defending force 74836 troops, 771 guns, 750 vehicles, Assault Value = 1807

Allied max assault: 2071 - adjusted assault: 673

Japanese max defense: 1738 - adjusted defense: 2279

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
225 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 7

Allied ground losses:
3600 casualties reported
Guns lost 106

Moved in my troops yesterday, this should prevent Chinese units moving down South to free the two sieged bases of Wuchow and Hengchow where we have trapped hundred thousands of Chinese troops. Seems like a bad habit of Miller to order deliberate attacks immediately when my troops enter one of his hexes. He would be better off ordering a bombardment first to see what he faces. It´s a wooden hex, so with near parity in assault points, the enemy attack is shredded!

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62001 troops, 497 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1926

Defending force 60704 troops, 535 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 854


Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported



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Post #: 197
RE: it goes on... - 11/30/2008 2:08:57 PM   
castor troy


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/25/42

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Sub attack at 90,106

Japanese Ships
AP Sasago Maru
PC Shonon Maru #10
PC Shonon Maru #3
PC Kyo Maru #6

Allied Ships
SS S-18

Lol, Mk10 torps one again failed to detonate. In this campaign, I´ve seen more Mk10 torps fail to detonate than MK14...

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 78
Ki-49 Helen x 51

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

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

the two Chinese base forces there cause me some headache as we constantly lose bombers for little to no gain...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 60

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 29

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 46
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-21 Sally x 128

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 96519 troops, 793 guns, 839 vehicles, Assault Value = 2110

Defending force 17606 troops, 98 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 151

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese max assault: 1986 - adjusted assault: 1169

Allied max defense: 150 - adjusted defense: 115

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerabaja base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
340 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
5132 casualties reported
Guns lost 55
Vehicles lost 6

Soerabaja is part of the Japanese Empire now! And the best thing is: oil and resource centers 100% undamaged! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI! So far we have been really lucky with the die rolls when it comes to capturing oil / resources...

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 154283 troops, 1809 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 3411

Defending force 29404 troops, 156 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 835

Japanese max assault: 3285 - adjusted assault: 2784

Allied max defense: 521 - adjusted defense: 171

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
951 casualties reported
Guns lost 32
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
1389 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

this is the crossroad hex West of Changsha. Not much of a problem to force the Chinese units to retreat, one damned unit moved out to the West exactly this turn... the rest was forced to retreat North towards Chungking...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11223 troops, 357 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3063

Defending force 95528 troops, 572 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2564



Allied ground losses:
377 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2076 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 855

Defending force 73200 troops, 518 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1926



Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67086 troops, 421 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1842

Defending force 74521 troops, 755 guns, 734 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797


Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2



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RE: it goes on... - 11/30/2008 2:13:21 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/26/42

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ASW attack near Wake Island at 82,63

Japanese Ships
ML Saishu
ML Takashima
ML Ishizaki
ML Hoko
ML Hirashima
ML Naryu
ML Tsubame
ML Kamome

Allied Ships
SS S-23

moved in a big TF of ML to mine Wake, unfortunately there is a sub sitting and so it´s obvious for Miller that there are a lot of mines at Wake now. I thought Midway would be more or less a fortress when the Allied invasion began, I will put so much effort into building up Wake that it REALLY will be a fortress if Miller decides to attack here. For me, there are only two obvious targets for Miller in the Pacific, one is Wake and the other one is Canton Island in the South Pacific. I will put more efforts into defending Wake of course...

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Sub attack at 24,54

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

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier

the fight against the Allied submarine force goes on. Amazing how many engagements we see every turn when you think about the fact that I´ve sunk over 30 subs during the first couple of days of the war...

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Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37

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

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

the dive bombers seem to be very good in attacking the small level 1 airfield...

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 71
Ki-49 Helen x 47

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet

whereas the use of level bombers against a level 1 airfield from this height is just a waste of supply...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 61

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 45,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 46
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
G3M Nell x 90
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 81

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

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11226 troops, 356 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2764

Defending force 94742 troops, 564 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2567



Allied ground losses:
585 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2105 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 853

Defending force 73075 troops, 515 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1934



Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67286 troops, 431 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1849

Defending force 74647 troops, 754 guns, 732 vehicles, Assault Value = 1805


Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2



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RE: it goes on... - 11/30/2008 2:18:17 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/27/42

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Sub attack at 96,62

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
AK Montanes, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Dorothy Philips
AK Arcata
APD McKean

what Miller is able to do is something we are also able to do, putting subs into or next to a base hex where we are pretty sure to find a lot of shipping going in and out... This is SE of Midway... I-19 hits a small AK, the APD dropped a lot of DCs but all missed...

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ASW attack at 96,62

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
APD McKean

Mc Kean tried another run but couldn´t locate the sub...

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
AK Mildura, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AK Kwangtung
AK Luzon
AK Cynthia Olson
AK Cold Brook
APD McKean

then the TF enters Midway where another sub is waiting, hitting another small AK... seems like Miller is taking more losses after the conquer of Midway than during the assault...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 103

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Banjarmasin , at 27,64

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 51

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

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

there are still a couple of bases around Borneo and Java with Dutch troops and patrol aircraft that are helping the Allied subs in this area...


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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

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

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Day Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 22,65


Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 4


Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Nissen Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

and there are still Dutch torpedoe bombers in the area! Strike came from Bali! Looks like my medium IJA bombers will have some work to do...

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
AK Mildura, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

AK Mildura, already hit today, takes another two torps that immediately sink the AK...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 138070 troops, 1874 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2772

Defending force 93763 troops, 557 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2564



Allied ground losses:
370 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2105 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 855

Defending force 73136 troops, 515 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1942



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67490 troops, 439 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1861

Defending force 74744 troops, 753 guns, 733 vehicles, Assault Value = 1812


Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 5



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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/28/42

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Sub attack at 29,50

Japanese Ships
AP Hakozake Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

Grampus missed the AP. Thank god, it´s one of my big APs fully loaden with parts of an IJA division... no escorts as I have those troop transport TFs going at full speed to redeploy my divisions and with PGs as escorts they are really slowed down...

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
AK Duymaer van Twist, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Hopefully Miller is as amused as I am about the subs waiting in base hexes... I-19 surfaced to kill off another small AK. The ship is confirmed sunk...


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Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 80
Ki-49 Helen x 50

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
8 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
A6M2 Zero x 24
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,65


Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Rakuyo Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

Have Zeroes at Soerabaja on Cap so instead of attacking the big TFs at Soerabaja, the Dutch torp bombers attack a TF in the open sea...

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
PG Kantori Maru
PC Shonon Maru #11
PG Santos Maru
DD Akebono
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 6

Don´t like using such a mixed force in an ASW TF but they did a good job. Triton takes one real hit and five near misses... guess it will retire to Hawai next turn...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11304 troops, 357 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2780

Defending force 92738 troops, 542 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2568



Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported

I have decided to start my attacks at Hengchow and not to starve those units to death as this takes too long. We will see how my first attack will work. Expect to see level 9 forts and my troops to be shredded in the first attack. If the supply level of the enemy is low, then all my following attacks will have the chance to be more succesful though...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2105 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1167

Defending force 73259 troops, 518 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1948



Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67757 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862

Defending force 74683 troops, 761 guns, 731 vehicles, Assault Value = 1805


Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1



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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/01/42

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
AP President Adams, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Hatfield
DD Crane
DD Crosby
DD Schley
DD Chew
DD Litchfield


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Hehe! Only one out of six torps hit, but who knows if the big AP will make it... another ship hit at Midway...

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
AK Duymaer van Twist, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

I-3 attacks and scores again! Small AK is in trouble... Those two subs operating around Midway have been REALLY succesful...

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 81
Ki-48 Lily x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 49

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet

those high altitude attacks against the small airfield aren´t succesful at all. Pretty sure that there are level 9 forts already so all that counts are supply hits, which we won´t achieve from that height...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-21 Sally x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Runway hits 8

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

a lot of flak bursts during the replay. Don´t like that but we have to kill those Dutch torp bombers there...


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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 89

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


Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported

Port hits 8
Port supply hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,65


Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 3


Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
PG Takunan Maru #8

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

am lucky that they didn´t hit one of my ships so far...

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Ground combat at Malang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12377 troops, 0 guns, 818 vehicles, Assault Value = 472

Defending force 9912 troops, 4 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Japanese max assault: 406 - adjusted assault: 330

Allied max defense: 21 - adjusted defense: 34

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Malang base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
18723 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Java is cleared! The remaining Dutch units surrender and we score some 500+ points for Allied troop losses this turn...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 138451 troops, 1877 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2814

Defending force 92331 troops, 535 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2569

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8

Japanese max assault: 2808 - adjusted assault: 1129

Allied max defense: 2636 - adjusted defense: 998

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 8)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 8


Japanese ground losses:
2493 casualties reported
Guns lost 177
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
456 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

our attack goes in and I´m pretty happy with the results. Forts were at the expected Maginot line level 9 but the Chinese supply situation must be totally desperate already as the defenders adjusted av looks horrible, therefore our losses are only half as high as I´ve expected them to be. Moving out three divs to Changsha and ordered three fresh divs to move in. Next attack in a couple of days. As it looks now, it seems we can take Hengchow easier than Changsha even though here are level 9 forts and as many defending troops. If this wasn´t just a very lucky die roll for us, I´m hoping to take the base within the next four to six weeks.

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2105 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1166

Defending force 73238 troops, 517 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1954



Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67941 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1872

Defending force 74846 troops, 765 guns, 733 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810


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



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RE: it goes on... - 11/30/2008 3:49:02 PM   
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Looks like we´re achieving our goals! You know that I´m not amused about the Allied subs, it seems we are causing Miller some headache too. His statement in his last email:

Sub I-3 is a right pain in the arse.......like women sometimes can be ;-)



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ASW attack near Muntok at 21,55

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 32
PC Ch 18
PC Ch 17
PC Ch 16
PC Ch 15
PC Ch 14

Allied Ships
SS S-36, hits 2

we start off with the usual fight against the Allied pirates...

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Sub attack near Muntok at 21,55

Japanese Ships
APD APD-34, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
APD APD-33
APD APD-32
APD APD-31

Allied Ships
SS S-36

damn! The APD is dead, 1% chance to make it to Singapore... damned sub... those APDs are my best ASW weapons...

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Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 76
Ki-48 Lily x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 46

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 26000 feet
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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-21 Sally x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6

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

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! Enemy TFs are sighted 120 and 180 miles East of Wake!!!!!



Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 5
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12
SBD Dauntless x 70
TBD Devastator x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Kinko Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AK Chikuzan Maru, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Hachirogata Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Toyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Zogen Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nikkyu Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tamishima Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

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

god damn, I´m asking me if this can really happen twice! Just like at Midway, out of a sudden the enemy CVs pop up two hexes off the base! Again, there more than 40 search aircraft on nav search and again it is possible for the Allied CVs to sneak in unseen. I´m sure the carriers moved in at full speed, but to counter this, I have placed 6 subs 12 hexes East of Wake to either sight the enemy, or at least sight one of the enemy´s search aircraft to alert me.

And once again it seems Miller is too lucky for us... TONIGHT, TWO!!!!! TFs arrived at Wake. One TF was already there... what can I say... one day later, one day earlier...


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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
SBD Dauntless x 72
TBD Devastator x 33


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 1, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bandoeng Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 19, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Cheribon Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Gyoku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Shanghai Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Akasisan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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

two of my TFs are totally destroyed... this is the morning phase... can´t those damned carriers be at least clouded in? No luck...

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But the Empire strikes back!


Day Air attack on TF at 84,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
B5N Kate x 42

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 19
F4F-3 Wildcat x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed, 12 damaged
B5N Kate: 8 destroyed, 26 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 14 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 7 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CA Northampton
CV Yorktown

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

BANZAI! At Midway, IMO the Allied were lucky in every aspect! But lucky or not, you can´t be 100% lucky everytime! And this time, Miller will surely be thinking that he had no luck at all! Guess what, the two Allied CV TFs got SEPERATED!!! This CV TF took position 120 miles SE of Wake and the other one that should have followed ended up 180 miles SE of Wake!

And as I have mentioned before, Wake is becoming a fortress, after the fall of Midway, we immediately transfered Kates to Wake. No Betties / Nells because the airfield is only level 3 yet and I knew, if the enemy carriers would show up, they would again close in enough to be in torp range of the Kates. Out of 54 Kates and 54 Zeroes we see a good number attacking (we also have an air HQ at Wake) and with the enemy CV TFs being seperated, the enemy Cap isn´t bullet prove, even though there are again a lot of Marine fighters in the air also. The high exp Navy Wildcat pilots prove to be deadyl against our Zeroes, but still, the Zeroes enable the torp carrying bombers to do their torp runs. Only two Kates were shot down by the enemy fighters. Not like at Midway, when 50+ high exp Betties / Nells only achieved two torp hits on the slow moving BBs, the 40 Kates doing torp runs put 6 fish into CV Enterprise! Needless to say that the ship is confirmed SUNK!

BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!


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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
SBD Dauntless x 36


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Beryl, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Fukushu Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Taki Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tainan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
278 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

then in the afternoon, the enemy again launches strikes, targetting the third TF. This is one of the two TFs that moved in exactly today, fully loaden with construction btns...


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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
SBD Dauntless x 47
TBD Devastator x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Fukushu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamazuki Maru, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tainan Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Taki Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Beryl, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
528 casualties reported

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

the whole TF is destroyed... mmmm... lost something like 20 ships today...

and still, we have sunk CV Enterprise, so I wonder if Miller will see this operation as a success... I would cheer if he would have arrived yesterday and two of my TFs wouldn´t be at Wake while only one would have been beat up. As it is now, I´m not that happy with it, even though I should be I guess.

It´s just like that I don´t like losing ships that way... not again...

with the loss of CV Enterprise, I guess this will mean that Miller has to be more carefully in future. This also shows that LBA can put serious harm on his CV fleet, so without nuking my airfields, upcoming invasions could get more than bloody for him.


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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 84,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
B5N Kate x 10

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 4
F4F-3 Wildcat x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

the bombers couldn´t find Enterprise anymore, the carrier sunk within minutes after 6 torp hits...

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Day Air attack on TF at 85,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
B5N Kate x 3

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 8
F4F-3 Wildcat x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed, 10 damaged
B5N Kate: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 5 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 8 destroyed, 18 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Helena

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

and here we attack the second carrier TF. Our Zeroes do better against the Wildcats here than against Enterprise´s and Yorktown´s fighters. Those Navy fighter pilots are the best the Allied have and they did a pretty good job against my high exp Zeroes. Even though there are more than enough Navy pilots in the pool for the Allied, replacing a lost 80+ fighter pilot with a 60 exp pilot isn´t a good deal, so every Allied CV fighter pilot counts. The Marine Buffalos were mostly only targets for our Zeroes.

Here are the air losses. A clear victory for us. It seems like Enterprise didn´t launch bombers as they went down with the carrier. That´s excellent, I expected them to bogey out to the other three remaining carriers where they could be used to fill out the losses of high exp pilots of future operations. The Wildcats achieved a kill rate a bit better than 1:1 the Buffalos were nothing but targets so all in all we even achieved a 1.7:1 kill rate in our favour. Not bad against a numerical superiority...





what a great victory this would have been if my TFs would have left Wake to the North again and being out of range of the carriers...

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10964 troops, 337 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1599

Defending force 90780 troops, 495 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2530



Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2076 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1168

Defending force 73263 troops, 519 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1960



Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68185 troops, 469 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1873

Defending force 74834 troops, 769 guns, 727 vehicles, Assault Value = 1804


Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 1





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Tokyo news reports the sinking of the first fleet carrier of the American Imperialists! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI! A strike consisting of combined nearly 100 first line IJN fighters and torpedoe bombers attacked the enemy´s carriers near fortress Wake, sinking the Yorktown class carrier with 6 well placed torpedoes! The enemy flew several strikes on unarmed merchant ships in this area.



USS Enterprise (CV-6, later CVA-6 and CVS-6), 1938-1958

USS Enterprise, a 19,800-ton Yorktown class aircraft carrier, was built at Newport News, Virginia. Commissioned in May 1938, she made a shakedown cruise to South America, then operated in the Caribbean. In April 1939, Enterprise was ordered to the Pacific, where she was to play an unparalleled role in the great sea war that began with Japan's 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

At the time of that raid, Enterprise was at sea. On 10 December, her planes sank a Japanese submarine, the first of many enemy ships that would fall victim to her air group. Later in December, she participated in the abortive Wake Island relief expedition. In February 1942, after escorting convoys to the South Pacific, Enterprise attacked Japanese positions in the Marshalls. During the following three months, she hit Wake and Marcus islands, covered the Doolittle raid on Japan and was en route to the South Pacific when the Battle of the Coral Sea took place in early May.

In June 1942, Enterprise played a vital role in the Battle of Midway, in which her planes sank or helped sink three Japanese aircraft carriers and a cruiser. She was next involved in the Guadalcanal Campaign, including the landings there in early August, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons later in that month and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October. Badly hit by Japanese bombs in August and October, Enterprise was the only available fleet carrier in the area in November and, despite her damaged condition, launched her air group against enemy ships during the climactic Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Remaining in the Solomons area into the Spring of 1943, she received the Presidential Unit Citation for her exploits there.

In late 1943 and early 1944 Enterprise participated in the Gilberts and Marshalls invasions and in attacks on Japanese bases in the Central and Southern Pacific. In June and July, she took part in the Marianas operation and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. From August to December, her planes joined in more raids and again engaged enemy ships during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in late October. At the end of 1944 Enterprise received a special night operations air group, with which she took part in the Luzon campaign, strikes in the South China Sea, the Iwo Jima invasion, raids on the Japanese home islands and the Okinawa campaign. She was repaired locally for bomb damage received on 13 March 1945 and Kamikaze damage on 11 April, but had to the return to the U.S. after being badly hit by another Kamikaze on 14 May.

Enterprise's repairs were finished in September 1945, after the Japanese surrender. She helped return servicemen from the war zones and was present for the Fleet Review off New York City in October 1945. Inactive after early 1946, Enterprise decommissioned in February 1947. While laid up, she was redesignated CVA-6 in October 1952 and CVS-6 in August 1953. After the failure of efforts to make her into a memorial, USS Enterprise was sold for scrapping in July 1958.








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RE: it goes on... - 11/30/2008 4:22:59 PM   
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now that was a short war for the "Big-E".

congratulation for this victory (20 AP for a fleet carrier is still a victory imho).

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RE: it goes on... - 11/30/2008 4:50:16 PM   
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ORIGINAL: bigbaba

now that was a short war for the "Big-E".

congratulation for this victory (20 AP for a fleet carrier is still a victory imho).




thanks! I guess I will see it as a victory too.... in a week or so...

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One CV down, three to go.  I hope their battlewagons and divisions aren't coming right behind their CVs.


May I ask who you sent to Wuchow ?  2000 troops for 1100 AV, that's weird.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/30/2008 6:34:50 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

One CV down, three to go.  I hope their battlewagons and divisions aren't coming right behind their CVs.


May I ask who you sent to Wuchow ?  2000 troops for 1100 AV, that's weird.



Wasp will arrive in May IIRC, so this would bring the Allied CV strenght to 430 carrier based aircraft in summer again. With our rule about max 450 carrier based ac this would be a full strike force.

No, there are no battlewagons around, "only" the two CV TFs were spotted. And there are also no invasion TFs. With Enterprise lost, this will buy us some time I guess, with only three CVs an invasion against my strongholds could be too dangerous.

I´ve sent my special Samurais to Wuchow! Seriously, what you see is the total assault value of ALL troops there, which are a couple of divisions and you also see what is doing the bombardment, which would be my art units only. The divisions are only holding their position.

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RE: it goes on... - 11/30/2008 6:49:09 PM   
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Ooookay/... bombardment is for mere ashigarus and peasants.

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