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RE: it goes on... - 12/7/2008 1:22:47 PM   
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TF 29 encounters mine field at Wake Island (82,63)

Japanese Ships
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Kaiyo Maru #3

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TF 42 troops unloading over beach at Sinkep Island, 22,53


Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported

starting to clear up the Dutch bases in the SRA...

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 122

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 79

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

good example of Allied ability to launch 100% of the stationed fighters for Cap. Not a single fighter was destroyed on the ground...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 162
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 86

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 83rd Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 124
Ki-49 Helen x 61

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


Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 94
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 67

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 22

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13477 troops, 441 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1209

Defending force 69474 troops, 453 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1918



Allied ground losses:
188 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

we will start our assault here soon. The first couple of attacks will surely be bloody again, no doubt that there will be level 9 forts and the Chinese troops will have enough supplies to put up a bloody resistance for the first three or four attacks...

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RE: it goes on... - 12/7/2008 1:26:16 PM   
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TF 18 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported

Timor is our target at the moment, we have dedicated only minor forces for this task but I do have a major IJAAF force in the area to support my landings if needed...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 162
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 107

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 92
Ki-49 Helen x 46

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

the ground attacks are costly, even though there are only two Chinese base forces there and we are not going in that low, we take permanent losses. Estimated bombers lost until the end of the assault at Wuchow surely above 150!




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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 94
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 71

No Japanese losses

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


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Ground combat at Sinkep Island

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1399 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Defending force 904 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16



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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13470 troops, 441 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2432

Defending force 69117 troops, 448 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1916



Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Guns lost 7


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 113236 troops, 772 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2938

Defending force 116365 troops, 1244 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 2427


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


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 115155 troops, 654 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2815

Defending force 92656 troops, 1026 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 2000


Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Guns lost 4





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RE: it goes on... - 12/7/2008 1:40:11 PM   
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Sub attack at 24,40

Japanese Ships
AP Eiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

the usual fight against the Allied subforce is going on, with the usual inability of my forces to achieve something... Luckily, Haddock missed...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 136
B5N Kate x 29

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 79

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 83rd Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-49 Helen x 15

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


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Day Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 97
Ki-49 Helen x 74

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


Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

my bomber force again suffers losses, today 5 bombers are lost either to flak or ops (flying at two hexes range)

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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 94
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 71

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 Lautem at 33,78


Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Fubuki
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 10000 feet

Miller moved some RAAF bombers from Northern Australia to Timor and they attack my cruiser TF that is covering the invasion at Lautern. Low experience and too high alt, guess those Beaforts aren´t much of a threat...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78


Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 10000 feet

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Sub attack at 27,38

Japanese Ships
AK Toyohara Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Sozan Maru
PG Shosei Maru
PG Shinko Maru #5
PG Shinko Maru #2
PG Shinko Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Greenling

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

of course Allied subs are a threat... why are my escorts so crappy? I have escorts, I have dozens of ASW TFs following my convoys, I have patrol aircraft all around and I do spot the subs nearly every turn but all that helps nothing. And the die rolls for "not" working MK14 torps must have been pretty much a joke so far as they explode all the time... have surely seen more MK10 and British torps failing to detonate than I have seen MK14 not exploding so far... it´s annoying...

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Sub attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
DD Murakumo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Shikinami
DD Uranami
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shinonome
DD Fubuki

Allied Ships
SS O16

an Allied sub just has to end up in a hex with my TFs and the result is a damaged or sunk Japanese ship, no matter if it´s a destroyer or a merchant...

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Ground combat at Sinkep Island

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1416 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Defending force 894 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Japanese max assault: 39 - adjusted assault: 42

Allied max defense: 12 - adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sinkep Island base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
CW-22 Falcon: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
1632 casualties reported

Dutch base South of Singapore is cleared...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 129761 troops, 1618 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2521

Defending force 68708 troops, 442 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1918

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8

Japanese max assault: 2484 - adjusted assault: 946

Allied max defense: 1731 - adjusted defense: 1873

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


Japanese ground losses:
2743 casualties reported
Guns lost 69
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1358 casualties reported
Guns lost 31

first deliberate attack here and our adjusted av doesn´t look that good but I´m glad our losses weren´t that high. Three divs will move out and will be replaced by four "fresh" ones coming from Canton. Fresh means 90/100. I´m trying not to use any units that are below 90/100 which won´t be that easy. After the fall of Wuchow, the troops will get some time for r&r though. With Wuchow being the last Chinese bastion in the South we can either concentrate our efforts on Kweiyang to break through to Kunming (HI and resource base in the West) or we can mop up the North of China with Lanchow as oil and resource rich base. I guess it will be far easier to concentrate on the North and kill a lot of troops up there as Kweiyang is the strongest Chinese base and it´s a wooden hex. We will need some 4000 - 5000 assault points to keep position in Central and Western China which will mean that we still can field some 3000-4000 assault points for the assault in the North, especially as there are some 1000 assault points coming as reinforcements soon. Three divisions will arrive in China within the next 30 days.

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Ground combat at Lautem

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2601 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 75

Defending force 1500 troops, 23 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

won´t be much of a problem to take the base next turn...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 113715 troops, 797 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2972

Defending force 116305 troops, 1248 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2421


Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

guess we can move out one division for use elsewhere. With all the Chinese troops that surrendered there will be a lot understrenght units arriving at Chungking though.

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 115619 troops, 660 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2838

Defending force 92743 troops, 1024 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 2001


Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported



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RE: it goes on... - 12/7/2008 1:43:52 PM   
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TF 1024 encounters mine field at French Frigate Shoal (104,68)

Allied Ships
DD Brooks

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Sub attack at 63,77

Japanese Ships
AK Sinsei Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS S-47

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

lol, just no chance to do something. sub was spotted yesterday, three 6 DD ASW TFs were moved out (I knew the sub would move to Truk - and it did...) but while my 18 DDs can´t locate the sub, the sub locates my troop convoy, lightly damaging a big AK. Sinsei Maru will surely make it, will be disbanded at Truk...

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TF 50 troops unloading over beach at Munda, 64,95


Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 136
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 89

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 83rd Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 69
Ki-49 Helen x 42

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


Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-21 Sally x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

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

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 93
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 71

No Japanese losses

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 27
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 36
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 88

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 115

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

lots of milk runs, lots of op losses...

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TF 40 troops unloading over beach at Siador, 54,85


Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14163 troops, 450 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2336

Defending force 66941 troops, 399 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1869



Allied ground losses:
671 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

my bombardments are pretty effective here. Am only using art units to bombard, my div/bgd are set to defend...

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Ground combat at Lautem

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2621 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 75

Defending force 1478 troops, 21 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese max assault: 64 - adjusted assault: 55

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lautem base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
2050 casualties reported
Guns lost 28

as expected, Lautern fell easily. A Dutch AA rgt and a base force surrendered...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 114115 troops, 831 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2988

Defending force 116400 troops, 1252 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2424


Japanese ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 116062 troops, 680 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2869

Defending force 114876 troops, 1284 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493


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



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RE: it goes on... - 12/7/2008 2:57:57 PM   
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Sub attack near Truk at 63,78

Japanese Ships
DD Shiranuhi
DD Isokaze
DD Maikaze
DD Hayashio
DD Yukikaze
DD Natsushio

Allied Ships
SS S-28, hits 3

three ASW TFs (all consisting of DDs) are out for a hunt but instead of hunting the spotted sub, one of the DDs becomes a target himself. Torps missed, the DDs achieve three whopping near misses...

have gone through the sunken ship list. Most of the Allied ships were sunk by aerial dropped torps (either from LBA or KB) while most of my ships were sunk by 1000 lb GP bombs (the succesfull attacks by the Allied carriers accounted for at least 35 ships sunk).

Sunk by Allied sub torpedoes are 23 Japanese ships at the moment , types are APs, AKs, MSWs, PCs, the most important sinking was the APD that was torpedoed South of Singapore. I was amazed that I´ve "only" lost 23 ships so far to Allied subs, the feeling was far higher, I thought it would already be something like 50 ships. In return, over 30 Allied subs were destroyed by air-attacks, while only three were sunk by deep charges.

Sunk by Japanese sub torpedoes are 15 Allied ships at the moment, types are merchants but also a heavy cruiser (sunk near Port Moresby) and two DDs. In return we have lost 4 subs, 3 to deep charges, 1 to airattacks.

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 133
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 77

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 83
Ki-49 Helen x 25
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 79

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

none of the enemy Beaforts are hit, they must be in the air also... two of such attacks and the airfield is closed... my medium bombers are operating at max range and I´m amazed that only one was lost to ops...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 15


No Allied losses

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet

here are the Beauforts from Koepang...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 7
Brewster 339D x 16
T.IVa x 7
Hudson I x 40


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x T.IVa bombing at 5000 feet
12 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

and a big strike is coming in from Darwin. Lautern is a level 1 airfield only and there is no flak present at the moment. That will change within the next weeks and perhaps Miller will try to fight an aerial war here (I doubt it). When we have enough airsupport and a bigger base, my Oscars will eat the Dutch fighters for breakfast and the combined effects of fighters and flak will also take a toll on the enemy medium bombers...

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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 123
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29

No Japanese losses

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

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ASW attack near Truk at 63,78

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsukaze
DD Oyashio
DD Kuroshio
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo
DD Yugumo

Allied Ships
SS S-28

another try, another time unsuccesful. We have already spotted another Allied sub moving towards Truk, coming from the North...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14176 troops, 453 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3021

Defending force 66484 troops, 378 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1863



Allied ground losses:
403 casualties reported
Guns lost 9


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Ground combat at Siador

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 714 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

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

Japanese max assault: 23 - adjusted assault: 12

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Siador base !!!



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Ground combat at Munda

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 622 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

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

Japanese max assault: 14 - adjusted assault: 16

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Munda base !!!

taking two empty bases...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 114446 troops, 846 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3008

Defending force 116483 troops, 1254 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2423


Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 116675 troops, 697 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2896

Defending force 130277 troops, 1453 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 2795


Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Guns lost 3



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RE: it goes on... - 12/8/2008 12:34:51 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/29/42

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
B5N Kate x 4
Ki-27 Nate x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 7
Brewster 339D x 15
T.IVa x 7
Hudson I x 40


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x T.IVa bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 107 RN Base Force, at 27,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 93
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 60

No Japanese losses

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

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14189 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3162

Defending force 66212 troops, 364 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1861



Allied ground losses:
259 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 114925 troops, 862 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3032

Defending force 116547 troops, 1251 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 2428


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


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 117010 troops, 717 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2915

Defending force 130244 troops, 1451 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 2798


Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

not much happening...


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RE: it goes on... - 12/8/2008 6:02:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I always like reading your AARs as their is a topic for you to get on your "soap box" about. In this one, it is the ASW capability of the Japanese warships.   What will you do once AE comes out??

I like to use the American fleet subs for mine laying and evac missions early in the war due to the defective torpedoes. But your opponent seems to have made the right sacrifices to the dice gods.

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RE: it goes on... - 12/8/2008 6:40:33 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

I always like reading your AARs as their is a topic for you to get on your "soap box" about. In this one, it is the ASW capability of the Japanese warships.   What will you do once AE comes out??

I like to use the American fleet subs for mine laying and evac missions early in the war due to the defective torpedoes. But your opponent seems to have made the right sacrifices to the dice gods.




there´s always something that isn´t working as I expect it to...

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RE: it goes on... - 12/9/2008 8:01:00 AM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/31/42

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 6
Brewster 339D x 15
T.IVa x 7
Hudson I x 39


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x T.IVa bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

Guess Miller will keep up his milkruns from Darwin as long as there is no defense at Lautern. And as the Allied he has not to think about op losses as he takes none, even when flying three times as far as my high exp bombers in China.

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Day Air attack on 1st Ind. Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 37th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 7


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 36
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 89

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 107

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

in this attack alone, we have lost 3 Helens and a Zero to ops. The Helens are all above 80 exp and the Zeroes are 79. Weather was clear, fatigue was 1 and range is 4... Japanese aircraft should get stickers like on cigarette packs: Flying kills...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14322 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3192

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

now the bad news!!!! Wuchow empty???? Our TK rgts attacked a Chinese corps yesterday and forced it to retreat. And it seems that unfortunately the damned unit retreated to a place to create a ZOC that resulted in Wuchow having a valid supply path again. The result is that the 100.000 troops at Wuchow TELEPORTED out of the hex!!! They are now sitting North of Wuchow on the road... Great, Miller showed no or only poor attempts to free his troops in Changsha, Hengchow and Wuchow and now a retreating, half dead Chinese unit creates a supply path...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 115785 troops, 902 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3082

Defending force 116498 troops, 1263 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2429


Japanese ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118293 troops, 733 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2982

Defending force 130385 troops, 1450 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 2801


Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



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RE: it goes on... - 12/9/2008 5:50:31 PM   
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ASW attack at 27,51

Japanese Ships
PG Kiso Maru
PG Toyotsu Maru
PG Zuiko Maru
AK Yamagiku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

amazing to see the escorts were able to defend my convoy. I´m happy, I don´t need them to attack the sub, only prevent it from attacking...

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Day Air attack on 32nd Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 4


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 2nd Ind. Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet

air attacks on my LCUs at Chungking. Nice to see those attacks, three bombers were lost to flak. Also two Hudsons were shot down by flak over Rangoon, Miller has been using Hudsons to recon Rangoon for a couple of turns already. He spotted my build up in this area as I want to clear out Burma once and for all in the next couple of weeks.

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 94
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 63

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 23,50


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Chosa Maru
AP Izumo Maru
AP Hakozaki Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 3000 feet

nice surprise! Miller moved some Blenheim from India to Sumatra, this strike comes from Kuala, a level 2 airfield, so the bombers attack with reduced loadout. Wonder what the reduced load for the Blenheim is as it carries only 2x500 lb bombs. 1x500 lb? Low experience, low bomb load = all misses...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 23,50


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 3000 feet

will move some bombers to Singapore to take out this base. Ground units are also preparing for an assault on Sumatra to clear out the Dutch bases... we´re not in a hurry...

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Ground combat at 38,37

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19704 troops, 265 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 400

Defending force 7471 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 190

Japanese max assault: 415 - adjusted assault: 372

Allied max defense: 190 - adjusted defense: 107

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Chinese HQ and corps entered again the rail line between Hanoi and Nanning. They were forced to retreat North, I´m sure Miller will set them to move South once again.

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16603 troops, 476 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4866

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

Japanese max assault: 21 - adjusted assault: 6

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 8)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wuchow base !!!

as the enemy troops teleported out of Wuchow the turn the Chinese corps retreated into a hex to create a line of supply again, we take the empty base. Approximately 4500 assault points will now try to chase the Chinese units that are currently sitting in the hex North of Wuchow...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 116119 troops, 920 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3105

Defending force 116515 troops, 1258 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2428


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118722 troops, 741 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3001

Defending force 130534 troops, 1448 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 2808


Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 5



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Post #: 250
RE: it goes on... - 12/10/2008 7:57:30 AM   
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Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
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Sub attack at 22,50

Japanese Ships
AK Atago Maru
PG Kaiun Maru
PG Kamitsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

with all the attacks Grayling will soon be out of torps... torps missed, as did the escorts. This is near Singapore...

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24

No Japanese losses

Oscar sentai accidently swept the empty Sian. I set them on sweep instead of escort...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 29
Ki-15 Babs x 3

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

no flak fire at 16.000 ft, reduced attacking alt to 11.000 for the next attack...

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Day Air attack on 1st Ind. Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 23

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 116569 troops, 934 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3129

Defending force 116530 troops, 1260 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2429


Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 119466 troops, 751 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3046

Defending force 130732 troops, 1456 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 2813


Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 3



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RE: it goes on... - 12/12/2008 1:39:24 PM   
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Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 109
B5N Kate x 31
Ki-27 Nate x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 84

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

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 86
Ki-49 Helen x 27
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 72

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

will soon attack the last Allied bastion on Timor...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 7
Brewster 339D x 16
T.IVa x 7
Hudson I x 46


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x T.IVa bombing at 6000 feet
12 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

but first we will bring some flak and air support to Lautern to end those milk runs out of Darwin...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 23
Ki-15 Babs x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

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

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 94

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 35
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 88

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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TF 8 troops unloading over beach at Bankha, 20,47


Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Sumatra is also target now, won´t take much force to conquer the island...


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 117023 troops, 952 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3148

Defending force 116565 troops, 1254 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2430


Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 119859 troops, 766 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3066

Defending force 130749 troops, 1456 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 2817


Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 5



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RE: it goes on... - 12/12/2008 1:46:45 PM   
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Sweep of Oscars cuts through the enemy Cap pretty fast...

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 95
Ki-49 Helen x 51

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 4 destroyed
SB-2c: 5 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

the escorts of this strike finished off the remaining Cap and the bombers torch a nice number of aircraft on the ground. During the replay it looked nice, until I looked at the losses for today:




we lose an Oscar of the sweep to ops (including pilot) and FOUR Zeroes of the escorts (including three pilots)... Excellent weather, no fatigue, 6 hexes range, no damage from the defenders and still, I lose four fighter pilots today, all had at least 80 exp. Don´t know how that will look like in AE, that´s the only thing I´m not looking forward to in AE, op losses for the Japanese are already too high and I´m speaking of those op losses where the aircraft just take off and crash, not about the op losses when damaged aircraft try to get home. Five such strikes like today and I would have lost a complete 80+ exp daitai to ops... far over 50% of my fighter losses are to ops... again, just from flying, without being attacked...


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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 81
B5N Kate x 30

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 53

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2
T.IVa x 7
Hudson I x 46


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x T.IVa bombing at 6000 feet
12 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 30
Ki-15 Babs x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 117603 troops, 973 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3171

Defending force 116692 troops, 1260 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2429


Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 120503 troops, 789 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3085

Defending force 130873 troops, 1462 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 2820


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





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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 11:44:02 AM   
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ASW attack at 61,81

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsukaze
DD Oyashio
DD Kuroshio
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo
DD Yugumo

Allied Ships
SS S-47, hits 2

We spotted S-47 moving directly towards Truk so we sent out 3x6 DD ASW TFs. The first one engages 3 hexes SW of Truk... 2 near misses achieved...

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ASW attack at 62,80

Japanese Ships
DD Shiranuhi
DD Isokaze
DD Maikaze
DD Hayashio
DD Yukikaze
DD Natsushio

Allied Ships
SS S-47, hits 6, on fire

the second ASW TF engages two hexes SW of Truk. 5 near misses and a real hit means the S-class sub has to return to homeport. With only one hit, there are not real hopes the sub will sink but it will probably need more than a couple of weeks to be combat ready again...

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Day Air attack on Bankha , at 20,47

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 148
Ki-49 Helen x 57

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 34

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

only an understrength DAF base force is defending Bankha, the unit can´t even put up flak fire...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 81
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 68

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 7
Brewster 339D x 15
T.IVa x 7
Hudson I x 45


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x T.IVa bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Bankha

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1408 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Defending force 1503 troops, 3 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118148 troops, 985 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3196

Defending force 116795 troops, 1264 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2434


Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 121293 troops, 794 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3130

Defending force 130714 troops, 1455 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 2813


Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



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Post #: 254
RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 11:49:39 AM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
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From: Austria
Status: offline 		it pretty much stays boring but I promise that the game will become more interesting within the next four weeks! I have a plan - and a lot of combat ready troops...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/06/42

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 6

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

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

the obsolete Chinese fighter bounced the Oscars and took down a surprised high exp pilot...

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 99
Ki-49 Helen x 54

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 4

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

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 71

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

Miller moved out his bombers so we only destroy 4 Chinese fighters in the air, none destroyed on the ground...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 80
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-49 Helen x 36
Ki-15 Babs x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 45

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

there are still reported 50.000 Allied troops sitting (and starving) at Manila. Lots of base forces but they seem to be completely out of supply, not a single flak burst during the replay. Miller loses 10 points for ground losses on average every turn, this is a lot as I´m not doing attacks somewhere, so this means he loses a lot of squads and equipment due to starvation...

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Day Air attack on 1st Ind. Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 8


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 36
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 89

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Bankha

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1451 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 1462 troops, 2 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

forgot to set my unit to deliberate attack... the base will fall next turn...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118524 troops, 991 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3214

Defending force 116955 troops, 1266 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2433


Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 121734 troops, 814 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3145

Defending force 130805 troops, 1459 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 2814


Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 2:51:29 PM   
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Day Air attack on Haiphong , at 37,38


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 8


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 4 damaged

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

don´t know what the Chinese bombers are targetting, I guess the port as I have some barges there and Miller can see the anchor symbol...
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Bankha

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1484 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Defending force 1464 troops, 3 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 42 - adjusted assault: 42

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bankha base !!!



Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Sumatra will soon be Japanese...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118849 troops, 1005 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3231

Defending force 117105 troops, 1266 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2436


Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 122283 troops, 824 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3881

Defending force 130924 troops, 1459 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 2821


Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 5



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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 2:53:46 PM   
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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 89
Ki-49 Helen x 26

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 7
T.IVa x 7


Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x T.IVa bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 117
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 36
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 85

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
B5N Kate x 24

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78


Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 6
Hudson I x 28


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Sanko Maru
AP Reiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Yubae Maru
AP Ryoyo Maru, Bomb hits 1
PG Edo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sanura Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Yamato Maru
AP Ural Maru
AP Shoan Maru

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet

instead of going after my heavy cruisers, Miller is lucky enough to see the majority of his bombers attack my transport TF... result is a lost PG...

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


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet

and 3 bombers attack my cruisers...

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 35
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 88

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 86

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Fubuki
DD Shinonome
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Uranami
DD Shikinami

Allied Ships
PT TM-4
PT TM-5, Shell hits 9, and is sunk

then the last 2 remaining Dutch PTs show up and are surprised. TM-5 is sunk by a couple of 8 inch shells...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Fubuki
DD Shinonome
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Uranami
DD Shikinami

Allied Ships
PT TM-4, Shell hits 4, and is sunk

TM-4 is sunk by my DDs...

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ASW attack near Wake Island at 82,63

Japanese Ships
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Kaiyo Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS S-43


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 119439 troops, 1012 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3256

Defending force 117158 troops, 1272 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2438


Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 122849 troops, 837 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4550

Defending force 131105 troops, 1456 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 2825


Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 9



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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 2:55:05 PM   
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Sub attack at 84,88

Japanese Ships
AK Korei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Ataka Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-18

in the middle of nowhere, S-18 stumbles over a transport TF. And promptly, a small AK is sunk...

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Day Air attack on Haiphong , at 37,38


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 7


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 6 damaged

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

Miller keeps bombing (and missing) Haiphong...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 86

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 61

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

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-27 Nate x 117
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 34
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 81

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 119698 troops, 1023 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3266

Defending force 117245 troops, 1272 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2439


Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 123519 troops, 842 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5115

Defending force 131237 troops, 1454 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 2833


Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 5



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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 3:44:39 PM   
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TF 1056 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne

a lot of ships came in already, none hit a mine in the last weeks though...

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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

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

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut, hits 1

Argonaut moves to Kwajalein and attacks my ASW TF there. Torps missed, Nichi Maru achieved a hit on Argonaut in return...

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Day Air attack on Haiphong , at 37,38


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 6


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
AG AG-351, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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

as expected, Miller was targetting the port, today he sank a barge!
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 80

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 61

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

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

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

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

only important action today, Argonaut takes another hit and three near misses, could be in trouble now... those 6 low exp PC at Kwajalein have been my most succesful ASW vessels so far...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 120010 troops, 1026 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3287

Defending force 117375 troops, 1278 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444


Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 123987 troops, 856 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5139

Defending force 131225 troops, 1450 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 2832


Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 5



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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 4:41:25 PM   
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 88

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 64

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

still an airfield symbol at the base but we don´t hit any aircraft on the ground...

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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Yunan , at 38,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 46
Ki-21 Sally x 63
Ki-49 Helen x 53

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

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

tried to hit some of the dangerous IL-4c at Yunan but hit rate was more than poor...

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ASW attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
DD Namikaze
DD Nokaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 4, on fire

Sculpin has been sitting at Singapore a couple of days already. Today my newly upgraded DDs attack and the achieve 1 hit and 3 near misses...

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TF 10 troops unloading over beach at Manokwari, 44,75


Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported

another empty base on New Guinea...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 120289 troops, 1042 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4426

Defending force 117322 troops, 1277 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2445



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 124545 troops, 870 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5155

Defending force 131447 troops, 1449 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 2837


Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 7



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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 5:48:41 PM   
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TF 103 encounters mine field at Kwajalein (79,79)

Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Ataka Maru

Argonaut obviously brought some mines to Kwajalein...

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Sub attack at 22,50

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

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 2, heavy damage

after being damaged yesterday, Sculpin attacks DD Yudachi that was out hunting the sub that was retiring North towards India. The sub even hits our DD but the torps failed to detonate and we were quite lucky here. In return the DDs achieve two near misses and the sub now shows up as heavily damaged. Two more ASW TFs will hunt the sub tomorrow...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 114
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-49 Helen x 30
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 93
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
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ASW attack at 38,58

Japanese Ships
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Shirayuki
DD Isonami
DD Shirakumo
DD Usugumo
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Asagumo
DD Minegumo

Allied Ships
SS S-45, hits 2

this is the big escort for two of my BBs transferring from the South Pacific into another theatre... two near misses...

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Ground combat at Manokwari

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 606 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

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

Japanese max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 11

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manokwari base !!!



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Ground combat at 42,36

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15717 troops, 193 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 623

Defending force 1120 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0



Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 120802 troops, 1045 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4435

Defending force 117524 troops, 1281 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2451


Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 125103 troops, 879 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5185

Defending force 131439 troops, 1450 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 2835


Japanese ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

with the troops that escaped from Wuchow, there is quite a big Chinese army at Kweiyang now... can only hope that the supply situation is desperate already...

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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 7:12:48 PM   
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TF 57 encounters mine field at Kwajalein (79,79)

Japanese Ships
MSW Takasago Maru
MSW Tama Maru #3
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Shonan Maru #8
MSW Shonan Maru #7
MSW Seki Maru #3
MSW Noshiro Maru #2
MSW Fumi Maru #2
MSW Banshu Maru #8
MSW Ataka Maru
MSW Asahi Maru
MSW Wa 20
MSW Wa 14
MSW Wa 10
MSW Wa 9

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 86

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37

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

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 114
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 68
Ki-49 Helen x 14
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 56
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 35
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 87

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 103

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Sub attack at 36,56

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

Allied Ships
SS S-46

the big AK will probably make it...

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Ground combat at 42,36

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 30099 troops, 364 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 623

Defending force 1080 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 599 - adjusted assault: 368

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 122 to 1



Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

we force a Chinese HQ to retreat. This is South of Kweiyang...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 121087 troops, 1053 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4445

Defending force 117631 troops, 1272 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2454


Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 8:13:00 PM   
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TF 57 encounters mine field at Kwajalein (79,79)

Japanese Ships
MSW Takasago Maru
MSW Tama Maru #3
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Shonan Maru #8
MSW Shonan Maru #7
MSW Seki Maru #3
MSW Noshiro Maru #2
MSW Fumi Maru #2
MSW Banshu Maru #8
MSW Ataka Maru
MSW Asahi Maru
MSW Wa 20
MSW Wa 14
MSW Wa 10
MSW Wa 9

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Day Air attack on Yunan , at 38,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 69
Ki-21 Sally x 64
Ki-49 Helen x 51
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 5 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 38

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

this time we torch 9 bombers on the ground but again none of the long range IL-4c. In total, we lost three Helen to ops today...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 85

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 38

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

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 77
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 82
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-49 Helen x 35
Ki-15 Babs x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 54
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8281 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2979

Defending force 48714 troops, 421 guns, 253 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121



Allied ground losses:
658 casualties reported
Guns lost 25
Vehicles lost 4

got a lot of art units here now and the damage done is quite nice, considering the fact that the units´ supply is in the red. Can´t bring enough supply to the front it seems, even if there are ten thousands tons of supply lying around in Burma...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 121412 troops, 1065 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4460

Defending force 117703 troops, 1270 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2458


Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 8:21:20 PM   
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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 9:13:10 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Ambassador

I'm happy you're starting to hit those damn' subs.


Well, I´m happy about that too!

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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 9:21:00 PM   
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ASW attack at 31,65

Japanese Ships
PC Shonan Maru #17
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Shonan Maru #7
PC Shonan Maru #6
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #12

Allied Ships
SS O16, hits 1, on fire

spotted O16 yesterday and the ASW TF achieves a real hit! Nice!

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Sub attack at 21,47

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

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII, hits 3, on fire

meanwhile in the Malacca strait, KXVIII attacks DD Samidare with four torps but misses and in return the DDs achieve a real hit and two near misses... must be my lucky day...

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TF 38 troops unloading over beach at Medan, 20,45


Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported

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TF 38 troops unloading over beach at Medan, 20,45


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Day Air attack on Kuala , at 20,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 115
Ki-49 Helen x 53

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


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 87

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33

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

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 79
B5N Kate x 7
Ki-27 Nate x 116
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 69
Ki-49 Helen x 30
Ki-15 Babs x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 127

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

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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8148 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2980

Defending force 47849 troops, 392 guns, 246 vehicles, Assault Value = 1082



Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Miller stated in his last email that he isn´t happy with the number of troops I´ve brought to Myitkina. Well, I nearly have three times of the enemy assault value but it´s a wooden hex, there are surely level 9 forts already and my supply level is critical. Makes an attack impossible. We have spotted several Burma bgds, an Indian TK rgt, a UK division! , some base forces and several Chinese units. In total there are 16 enemy units dug in at Myitkina.

Now the interesting news of this turn:

OS2U-3 Kingfisher reports submarine at 104,93
E14Y1 Glen sighting report: 1 Allied ship at 103,93 , Speed 15 , Moving Southwest
E14Y1 Glen sighting report: 1 Allied ship at 103,93 , Speed 8 , Moving Southwest

something is going on 9 hexes East of Baker. The Kingfisher sighting alerts me, unfortunately we didn´t really spot a big TF or any other sightings. My Betties, Nells and Zeroes are ready and I don´t know what will happen in this area. A direct assault on Baker would come surprising as this would mean that Miller would have a built up Canton in his flank with a lot of supply, a level 4 airfield and enough support to field a lot of Naval bombers.

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RE: it goes on... - 12/13/2008 10:39:31 PM   
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TF 1067 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
PG Swan

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TF 1068 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
PG Warrego

two TFs arrive at Midway, seems like Miller is buildung up his position here more and more...

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ASW attack at 101,95

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
AK Mormacland
AK Mormachawk
MSW Robin
MSW Grebe
MSW Turkey
MSW Penguin
DD Humphreys
DD Crosby

we´re now in the area where we sighted a Kingfisher and Allied shipping yesterday. This is 5 hexes North East of CANTON ISLAND!!!!!

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ASW attack at 101,95

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
DD Morris
DD Walke
DD O'Brien
DD Russell

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ASW attack at 101,95

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
DD Flusser
DD Tucker
DD Cassin

during the night phase, I-3 was attacked three times but the captain performed excellent manouvers and could evade all attackers. There are A LOT of TFs in the hex. Seems like we´re pretty close to over a dozen...

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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 105
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 117
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 68
Ki-49 Helen x 32
Ki-15 Babs x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
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The sun sets and Canton airfield launches it´s first strike on the spotted fleets some 300 miles off the atoll... unfortunately, the high experienced bomber crews fly unescorted into a deadly CAP of over 180 enemy fighters! There are again two Marine squadrons aboard the CVs and also British carriers seem to be in the hex... the morale of my bombers was high, so they all got shot down...

Day Air attack on TF at 101,95

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 28
F2A Buffalo x 48
F4F-3 Wildcat x 81
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 1 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 damaged

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Day Air attack on TF at 101,95

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 28
F2A Buffalo x 48
F4F-3 Wildcat x 81
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 6 damaged

here comes the next strike, also a tiny one. At this point the strikes are getting screwed up already due to so many TFs in the target hex... so far, all seems to turn out into a Japanese disaster...

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Here comes Canton´s main strike! We have 63 Zeroes and 81 Betties / Nells on the atoll, would have liked to see a massive bomber strike...


Day Air attack on TF at 101,95

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 56
G3M Nell x 18
G4M1 Betty x 27

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 28
F2A Buffalo x 47
F4F-3 Wildcat x 81
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 26 destroyed, 4 damaged
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 14 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Sea Hurricane Ib: 2 destroyed, 16 damaged
F2A Buffalo: 32 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 16 destroyed, 49 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CV Saratoga, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA San Francisco

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

While our Zero escorts have a very hard stand against the high experienced Wildcat squadrons, the lower experienced Marine fighter squadrons aren´t really a match. Unfortunately our strike got bounced for a long time and our escorts really suffered. Nevertheless they really did an excellent job, enabling 31 high experienced torpedo bombers to break through the Cap to do their attack runs. During their attack runs the bomber pilots were amazed and surprised to see the enemy flak not being as strong as expected. In bold attacks from two directions, both American fleet carriers in this task force were targeted and the bombers achieved 5 torpedo hits causing fatal damage to the enemy carrier force! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

The carriers are 28 hexes away from Pearl Harbour, it´s "only" 10 hexes to Palmyra, which Miller built up to level 4 port already. It will be a gamble and I expect to see at least one of the carriers to sink! If not, both will be out of the war for months and a possible threat of an American counterattack in the Central and South Pacific is gone for the next half year I guess!

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Day Air attack on TF at 101,95

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 26
F2A Buffalo x 5
F4F-3 Wildcat x 65
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

now the afternoon strikes. The Cap was reduced by 40% due to the morning strikes but our bomber crews are very low on morale (thank god) and they turn back before being shot down...

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Day Air attack on TF at 101,95

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 26
F2A Buffalo x 5
F4F-3 Wildcat x 65
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on TF at 101,95

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 26
F2A Buffalo x 5
F4F-3 Wildcat x 65
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged


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Day Air attack on TF at 102,95

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
G3M Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 16

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 4
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Ramilles
BB Royal Sovereign
CL Leander

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

but we also launched a strike on a British BB TF one hex to the East of the enemy carrier TFs. Unfortunately half of our bombers turned back, the remaining attackers didn´t score any hits...




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ASW attack at 101,95

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
DD McCall

at the end of the day, I-3 is again target of the enemy´s ASW forces...

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ASW attack at 101,95

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
DD Gridley
DD Craven
DD Patterson
DD Bagley
DD Blue
DD Helm
DD Mugford

second attack...
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ASW attack at 101,95

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
DD Flusser
DD Tucker
DD Cassin
DD Downes
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Southard

third...
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ASW attack at 101,95

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
DD Morris
DD Walke
DD O'Brien

and a fourth attack in the evening... I-3 was attacked 7 times today, but the skipper was allways able to evade the attacks. Excellent!

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Ground combat at Medan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3144 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 97

Defending force 3210 troops, 11 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 72



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8142 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2981

Defending force 47821 troops, 391 guns, 247 vehicles, Assault Value = 1084



Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41877 troops, 385 guns, 222 vehicles, Assault Value = 1080

Defending force 149025 troops, 1979 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 2981


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Taung Gyi

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1053 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Defending force 9792 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86

Allied max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 1

Japanese max defense: 84 - adjusted defense: 257

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



Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported





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Status: offline 		Here are today´s air losses. Our Zero daitais got hit quite hard, the carrier based Wildcats achieved a 1,8:1 kill rate against our escorts. I´m sure that my main strike would have been completely annihilated if the Marine Buffalos would have been Navy Wildcats from other carriers (which aren´t available yet). With the Wildcats as only "real" Cap, my escorts enabled the bombers to get through.





I guess there´s no doubt that this force is heading to Canton Island. With two carriers out of the attack on the first day already, I wonder what Miller will do now? Turn back? Play it stubborn and send in his bombardment TFs and afterwards going in with the amphibious TFs? I would turn back. No, I wouldn´t even have attacked! After the loss of CV Enterprise near Wake he should have waited... just waited... Wasp is due to arrive within the next month I guess, then he would have at least 4 US carriers again. Even if he puts Marine fighter squadrons on his CVs to bring them to max strenght in aircraft, he must have seen at Wake that those Marine Buffalos are only cannon fodder and not a real match for the high experienced Zeroes.

If he pushes on then it will be again an all or nothing gamble. Nuke, or no nuke! Forts are at level 8 already and there is a big base force, a dedicate CD unit and an IJN base force. Alltogether, Canton Island is an atoll bristling with CD guns and also a strong garrison. In total we field over 480 assault points! With all his small TFs this will be a major blood bath if there are no nukes before the invasion. I also have set 36 Tina long range transports to fly in parts of a mixed regiment from Tarawa, this should bring the total assault value of the atoll to 500+ next turn.

What also is very interesting is the fact that there are British CVs and BBs in the Central Pacific now. With British and Indian troops operating in Burma, I wonder what Miller thinks I will do with the 7000 assault value I have available to being lifted somewhere on the map! I´m more than tempted to throw 6000 assault points at India as there can´t be much up there to defend the sub continent. Very careless, very careless.

I really have the feeling that Miller got overconfident after his easy victory at Midway. Everything worked perfectly for him there, even though that he made a couple of bad mistakes IMO. But like I´ve said, it´s uncertain that he will have that much luck again and today is already a big defeat with two of his fleet carriers heavily damaged.


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Status: offline 		A crew member of a returning Betty bomber took a photo of the heavily burning American CV. The ship was identified as CV Lexington:






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ASW attack at 100,97

Japanese Ships
SS I-3, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Flusser
DD Tucker
DD Cassin
DD Downes
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Southard

poor I-3 is again target of enemy DDs. The enemy TFs moved closer to Canton, this means Miller is pushing this invasion through. Well, I´m happy...

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ASW attack at 100,97

Japanese Ships
SS I-3, hits 2

Allied Ships
AK Carolinian
MSW Ungava
MSW Bellechasse
DD Sands
DD King
DD Lawrence
AP American Legion

another two near misses...

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ASW attack at 100,97

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
AK Coloradan
MSW Ungava
MSW Bellechasse
DD Sands
DD Lawrence
CL Marblehead
AK City of Dalhart
AK Jeff Davis
AP Manunda

there are a hell a lot of TFs, this invasion TF has a light cruiser as escort... hopefully my CD guns will wreck havoc on the enemy transports this time...

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ASW attack at 100,97

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
AK Iowan
MSW Outarde
MSW Quatsino
DD Crane
DD Kennison
DD Alden
AK Admiral Nulton
AK Admiral Senn
AP Van Overstraten

I-3 is a lucky boat...

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ASW attack at 100,97

Japanese Ships
SS I-3, hits 3

Allied Ships
CV Yorktown
DD Morris
DD Walke
DD O'Brien

now look at this! The CV TF with Yorktown as flagship has only THREE DDs as escorts! This just has to be punished!

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ASW attack at 80,80

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

Allied Ships
SS S-18

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Sub attack at 100,98

Japanese Ships
SS I-28

Allied Ships
DD Le Triomphant
DD Stuart
CL Achilles

I-28 fires 6 torps at DD Le Triomphant but misses. Only two escorts in this TF, they can´t locate the sub...

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Day Air attack on Kuala , at 20,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 116
Ki-49 Helen x 69

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N Kate x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bali , at 24,68

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 79
Ki-49 Helen x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 35

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

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 105
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 111
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 63
Ki-49 Helen x 34
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 126

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
SBD Dauntless x 72
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 37


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 8 destroyed, 54 damaged
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 3 destroyed, 31 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

first: a bad idea to use divebombers when you can expect a lot of flak. 10 SBDs were shot down by flak today, would be cool to see Japanese carriers popping up next turn, most of the enemy´s strike capability is gone for the next three turns. Second: Miller used three dozen Kingfishers to recon the atoll, coupled with the intel he gets from the dive bombers, he now knows where every single CD gun, machine gun, rifle, pistol and handgrenade is positioned. Even though the dive bombers did no damage at all, the detection level is now probably so high that we will see 3 or 4 nukes from enemy BBs next turn again...

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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet

wth? The DAF base force is shooting back again! Where does this unit suddenly get supply?

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ASW attack near Tokyo at 66,43

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

Allied Ships
SS S-43

The usual sub at the usual place... bottomed out but the DDs failed to locate the bugger...

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ASW attack near Wake Island at 82,63

Japanese Ships
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Kaiyo Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus

expect Nautilus to place some mines...

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Ground combat at Medan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3164 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 97

Defending force 3221 troops, 11 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 73



Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8026 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2984

Defending force 47713 troops, 388 guns, 249 vehicles, Assault Value = 1081



Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Taung Gyi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9772 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86

Defending force 866 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Japanese max assault: 78 - adjusted assault: 80

Allied max defense: 3 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 80 to 1



Allied ground losses:
992 casualties reported

Burma bgd surrendered... All Burma is Japanese except Myitkina...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39914 troops, 380 guns, 223 vehicles, Assault Value = 1076

Defending force 148957 troops, 1974 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 2984


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1



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