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RE: it goes on... - 1/8/2009 8:59:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		And hereīs the unit that was cut to pieces this turn. It started out the day with 99/102 and is now at 70/98!!! This means no more fighting for this unit for the next 8 weeks. In 8 months of war, none of my major ground units has been hit in one day like this one, the unit lost over 50% of itīs combat strenght in one day.






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RE: it goes on... - 1/8/2009 10:08:46 PM   
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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 105

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 64
Hurricane IIc x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 9 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 23 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 35 destroyed
Hurricane IIc: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Hudson I: 3 destroyed
Wellington III: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

itīs the usual cat and mouse play with the Allied having the ability to see aircraft transfers and the Japanese having to guess which airfield to attack out of a dozen. In this case I pretty much knew how this turn will look like and I ordered the attack on Colombo. As Colombo staged 100 Allied medium bombers with 40 Hurricanes on Cap yesterday, Miller knew I would bomb this base today, so he moved out all his bombers (with a couple of damaged bombers left behind) and moved in 4 or 5 dozen Hurricanes more to fly Cap. I donīt just want to destroy the medium bomber force but of course also the Allied fighters in India, so here we go. Unfortunately for us, parts of the attacking formations failed to locate the target and so only 60 out of 80 fighters and nearly all bombers arrived over the target meeting a pretty high number of fighter bombers on Cap. The Hurricanes are still far less effective than our high exp fighters but the only reason for that is the fact that Miller avoided every fight he could in the last months, therefor itīs still like in the opening month of the war. The enemy Cap still achieves a 1:3 a2a which isnīt that bad IMO, my Oscar sentai lost 25% of their veteran crews and this is what makes our fighter sentais being far less dangerous in no time.

IMO Miller just took on the fight far too late, my airforce could be far less dangerous already would he have taken on the fight earlier and would he have tried to fight on his terms, not mine. And that is possible for the Allied also early on.

In the end we destroyed a lot of Hurricanes today and a couple of such engagements more and the Allied resistance in the air will be totally broken.





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Day Air attack on 26th Division, at 50,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14274 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2623

Defending force 122653 troops, 812 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3750



Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8363 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2522

Defending force 45224 troops, 321 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 878



Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 130532 troops, 1346 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3976

Defending force 101208 troops, 1062 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2020


Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 2





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RE: it goes on... - 1/9/2009 4:47:34 PM   
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Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 133

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed
Wellington III: 2 destroyed
Catalina I: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 113

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

as long as Iīve got to fight on in China and out of Burma I could need at least 200 medium bombers more...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 141
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 62
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 88
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 22nd Division, at 50,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 10th Special Base Force, at 27,10


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 42


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14294 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2635

Defending force 122911 troops, 819 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3755



Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16292 troops, 207 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 343

Defending force 38927 troops, 204 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 667

Delhi is an urban hex, looks like THIS will become the next Allied POW camp. Iīm not interested in taking this base, would just take too long with too much losses. I will place a bgd here with some flak against ongoing air attacks and will just see this place starve... in 2 years or so! I guess Delhi has a sh*t load of supplies...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8365 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2522

Defending force 47631 troops, 318 guns, 251 vehicles, Assault Value = 958



Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported



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RE: it goes on... - 1/9/2009 5:18:29 PM   
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ASW attack at 63,44

Japanese Ships
DD Karukaya
DD Fuyo
DD Asagao
DD Sanae
DD Kuretake
DD Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo

as usual...
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Naval bombardment of Trimcomalee, at 15,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
516 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37
Port hits 2

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Naval bombardment of Colombo, at 14,24 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed

21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise, Shell hits 7


Allied ground losses:
1161 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 4

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Ceylonīs airfields are more or less empty but with the troops there they will be repaired soon and could be used again. Iīve got no clue about the supply situation on Ceylon but I will move my air units soon away from Ceylon as I donīt have to surpress it when Iīve got no convoys moving to Madras. Those two BB TFs will soon shift their attention to Karachi...

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Day Air attack on Ledo , at 36,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 130

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Dakota I: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34

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

this airfield is FULL of enemy aircraft and there was no flak fire at all. I donīt know what those ac are really doing at Ledo, it looks like they are either supplying Myitkyina or China or are flying out (or in) some troops... hit rate is ...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 140
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 62
G4M1 Betty x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 51
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 10th Special Base Force, at 27,10


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 37


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

would like to see my inf unit attacked, not the flak unit...

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Ground combat at Malir

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 44643 troops, 524 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 848

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

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese max assault: 820 - adjusted assault: 393

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 393 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Malir base !!!

my spearheads crossed the river into Malir today and are now sitting one hex SE of Karachi!
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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14268 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2636

Defending force 123193 troops, 827 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3764



Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Sianīs assault value is going UP every day so I guess it will take a couple of months until we will really be succesful here. Forts at level 9 and supply and nearly 4.000 av will be quite a nut to crack. But we HAVE time and supply wonīt last forever here... I guess the enemy does not have more than 10-15.000 supplies...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16255 troops, 207 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 818

Defending force 40568 troops, 210 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 685



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8395 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2524

Defending force 47582 troops, 320 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 949



Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Yenen

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41422 troops, 306 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1366

Defending force 120108 troops, 1217 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2304




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RE: it goes on... - 1/9/2009 6:40:01 PM   
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At least Hurricanes are still useless. When do Spits arrive, August?

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RE: it goes on... - 1/9/2009 6:51:01 PM   
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ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Ouch, consider the 22nd well and truly forked.

At least Hurricanes are still useless. When do Spits arrive, August?



Have spotted some Spits recently over Karachi but only in very small numbers. IMO itīs too late for the Allied in India to fight for air supremacy. So I guess all those spits from the pool will show up in Australia. Northern Australia has some 600-800 aircraft I guess, all four bases seem to be fully stacked.

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RE: it goes on... - 1/9/2009 7:23:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yup, he could have used about 300 of them a month ago. With all the variables involved and considering how important ground support is to combat in urban hexes, if he had them I doubt it would have slowed you down enough to stall you before you got to Karachi (assuming, of course, that you will) but your a/c losses would have been much more severe. Regardless of how costly it would have been, taking India will save you a huge amount of a/c in the long run.



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RE: it goes on... - 1/10/2009 3:01:43 PM   
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ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Yup, he could have used about 300 of them a month ago. With all the variables involved and considering how important ground support is to combat in urban hexes, if he had them I doubt it would have slowed you down enough to stall you before you got to Karachi (assuming, of course, that you will) but your a/c losses would have been much more severe. Regardless of how costly it would have been, taking India will save you a huge amount of a/c in the long run.






There was only one right moment to use ALL of his aircraft in India: when the invasion began! Like Iīve mentioned earlier, KB canīt fight two or three land bases for more than one day and the carriers are very fragile as the one succesful attack on KB with Wellingtons showed. With the force Iīve brought to India Miller only had a real chance IMO during the first days of the invasion and the days I had to bring in the desperately needed supplies. And of course it didnīt help him to evacuate the whole Royal Navy. IMO another mistake as the RN ships can easily stand the fight against the Japanese ships and as soon as KB would be forced to retreat due to ongoing air attacks I would have also retreated most of my other ships.

Iīve only lost O N E ship during my invasion! It was the DD that was lost attacking the 4 RN PT boats. Miller just didnīt want to risk losses in aircraft it seems and therefor he lost India. Of course it could have been also that he lost a lot of ac and still lose India but in that case I guess a lot of IJN ships would be reefs now also, not to talk about how my KB daitais would look like.

I agree, taking India will save me hundreds, no, thousands of ac in the long run.

As it looks now, Miller has brought all his ships from India to Perth, including masses of aircraft as Perth shows a dark port and aircraft symbol. The four Northern Australian bases are bristling with aircraft also and Miller just asked me if our stacking hr goes for total ac at a base or if ac that are stood down donīt count. Well, itīs about total ac at the base of course, otherwise this would totally negate the effects of stacking limits. IMO the Allied counterattack will come out of Northern Australia directly into the area around Timor. Itīs the shortest way into important areas of the Empire but I can alos guarantee that it will be far bloodier then Miller will expect it to be. I will throw in the Kitchen sink against every attempt to attack in this area and my most important advantage will be the fact that I will have a dozen bases to support each other. He can surely advance but the question will be at what cost of ships, especially at what costs of aircraft carriers.

Wearing down the enemy carrier TFs with LBA and then throw in KB after two days is nowhere working better than in the area North of Timor. And damaged ships could go back to Soerabaja which will have a nav HQ, ARs and a level 9 port. This should give me a nice advantage.



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RE: it goes on... - 1/10/2009 5:00:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		And from Soerabaja, you're close to Singapore's repair yard.  Speaking of repair yards, there're a few in India too, some 80-100 if memory serves well, so I suppose this will be useful to you too, for non-priority repairs.

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RE: it goes on... - 1/10/2009 5:57:13 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Ambassador

And from Soerabaja, you're close to Singapore's repair yard.  Speaking of repair yards, there're a few in India too, some 80-100 if memory serves well, so I suppose this will be useful to you too, for non-priority repairs.



thereīs a very small one at Colombo, one small one at Bombay and a small one at Karachi. All of them wonīt be of much use I guess as it wonīt be worth sending a damaged ship that far. Iīve got more than enough repair yards in Japan where I have increased the ones at Osaka and Tokyo for repairs on major ships and the one at Nagoya which is homeport of the merchant shipping in Japan.

Repair yards are most times only really useful for smaller ships, AKs, APs, DDs to perhaps CLs. For BBs and CVs those repair yards donīt really help a lot, you just see a damaged BB sitting with 600 repair points alone at Osaka and none of the repair points are used. Perhaps itīs speeds up the repairs with 2-3 points of sys damage a month for BBs or CVs.

When you have enough repair points from a ship repair yard at a port to meet the durability of the ship there then thereīs only a die roll if one sys point is repaired. If not, the repair points are accumulated.

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RE: it goes on... - 1/10/2009 6:08:03 PM   
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ASW attack near Sasebo at 58,41

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

Allied Ships
SS Triton

base hex...
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Sub attack near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34

Japanese Ships
AP Peking Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Toshi Maru #5
MSW Toshi Maru #1
MSW Toroshima Maru
MSW Tamozono Maru #2
MSW Atsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-42, hits 1

base hex...

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ASW attack near Sasebo at 58,41

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

Allied Ships
SS Triton

base hex...

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ASW attack near Sasebo at 58,41

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

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 1

base hex... All those subs have been spotted before just sitting there. Once again I can only repeat myself: subs at base hexes or previously spotted subs are not more in danger of being attacked or hit than subs unspotted out in the wide ocean. This is my experience from thousands of turns with probably a thousand ASW attacks. If someone tells you a sub is a sitting duck in a base hex then he tells you just a myth, trying to make the game more realistic than it is...

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 4 destroyed, 8 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet

two AA rgts are defending Malir. They were coming in with my inf units as I knew Miller will begin a bombing campaign against this base to train some of his pilots. The slow and fragile Swordfish were an easy target...

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 133
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 97

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

flak fire and the lack of Allied aircraft on Ceylon result in a stop of my air attacks now. No more convoys to India the next weeks so Ceylon is no threat...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 71

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 4
Blenheim IV x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 75

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 8 destroyed, 30 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 13 destroyed, 49 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
1 x Blenheim IV bombing at 10000 feet

I thought it would take longer to see the Allied bombers from Derby over Timor again. Go two messages of Mitchels failing to locate the target so I guess the strike should have been as big as the last one, with over 100 Mitchels. The defending Oscars do their best but we nearly lose one fighter on the ground for each bomber downed a2a. Around a dozen bombers turned back, some 50 dropped their bombs achieving a lousy hit rate. But 14 runway hits are enough to destroy 16 aircraft on the ground.

And just look at the amazing number of Allied bombers lost to ops once again... the high durability makes A2A better in Nikmod, but it also results in nearly no op losses for Allied bombers anymore. Those Mitchels are flying at max range and nearly all of them were damaged.

Op losses for Japanese medium bombers are the same as stock. Launch 100 of them to attack an undefended target two hexes away and you will lose 4 to ops...




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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 117
D3A Val x 44
B5N Kate x 38
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 62
Port supply hits 2

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

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14274 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2639

Defending force 123400 troops, 828 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3776



Allied ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

for what reason ever, my bombers refuse to attack the enemy units at Sian...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8355 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2520

Defending force 47682 troops, 323 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 951



Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 1





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RE: it goes on... - 1/11/2009 1:48:12 PM   
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ASW attack at 48,46

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 13
PC Ch 3
PC Ch 2
PC Ch 1
PC Kyo Maru #2
PC Fumi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grunion


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ASW attack at 61,43

Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.19
MSW W.14
MSW W.2
MSW W.1

Allied Ships
SS Pompano


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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 117
D3A Val x 44
B5N Kate x 38
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 103

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 62
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

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

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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 27,10


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 41


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

as long as I have flak in the base Iīm not that concerned about those attacks. Only one Hurricane was shot down, Iīve ordered an AA rgt to move to Delhi to give my units some more cover...

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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-48 Lily x 4
Ki-49 Helen x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 2
Ki-48 Lily x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

finally some air attacks in China again. As you can see with very low number of bombers as Iīm using my bombers elsewhere now...

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ASW attack at 64,44

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze
DD Asakaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Oboro
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
SS O16



When it comes down to place my ASW TFs in the same hexes as the enemy subs (which are moved daily) then Iīm not doing a that bad job as Iīve got nearly half a dozen of my TFs in the same hex as the SS every day but I canīt influence the performance of my ASW TFs... And the performance is

And Miller has just started another big sub offensive it seems as weīve spotted 6 more SS moving into the Tokyo area, pretty sure coming from Midway. So at the moment thereīs a dozen subs just off Japanīs major ports with nearly 50 ASW vessels (mostly DDs) hunting them. With no countable results...

In fact, being so close to Japan should be a suicide operation for the enemy subs at this date as Iīm using quite some assets to hunt them down. I guess nearly all of them are spotted by my ac on nav search every turn.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14269 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2644

Defending force 123585 troops, 838 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3788



Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

the enemyīs av is still growing at Sian, thatīs bad news...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8415 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2519

Defending force 49935 troops, 319 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 1024



Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported




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RE: it goes on... - 1/11/2009 2:59:09 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/24/42

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Day Air attack on Ledo , at 36,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 88
Ki-49 Helen x 62
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

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

Allied aircraft losses
Dakota I: 6 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 10 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 5 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 17
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

highlight of the day, attack from Mandaly to Ledo which is lightly defended with flak and today we amazingly donīt suffer a single bomber lost but we torch 40 enemy aircraft on the ground!




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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 117
D3A Val x 44
B5N Kate x 38
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 105

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 75
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 27,10


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 37
Spitfire Vb x 13
Hurricane IIc x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

Spitfires joint the training runs here...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14285 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2647

Defending force 123601 troops, 841 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3788



Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8415 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2522

Defending force 52342 troops, 319 guns, 251 vehicles, Assault Value = 1103



Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported





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ASW attack at 61,44

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi
DD Hayate
DD Oite
DD Amagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
SS S-30, hits 2, on fire

replay showed a hit and a near miss that damaged the fuel tanks...

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ASW attack at 60,44

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

Allied Ships
SS S-30, hits 9, heavy damage

S-30 moves one hex further and runs into another ASW TF and we achieve another hit and 8 near misses! This should put the sub in serious trouble now! Another S-class sub was hit by a Helen off Japanīs South Coast today.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 117
D3A Val x 44
B5N Kate x 38
G4M1 Betty x 32
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 105

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 46
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 27,10


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 38
Hurricane IIc x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 5 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14268 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2655

Defending force 123716 troops, 843 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3798



Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8385 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2520

Defending force 52388 troops, 320 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 1104



Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Lahore

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2224 troops, 0 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 80

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

Japanese max assault: 69 - adjusted assault: 68

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 68 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lahore base !!!

a TK rgt takes the empty Lahore with some oil and resources there! One base left North of Lahore and then Delhi will be 100% cut off, the defending troops there doomed to starve to death!

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TF 1071 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
DM Preble, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

the day starts well! DM Preble hits a sub laid type 88 mine...

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ASW attack at 64,44

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze
DD Asakaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Oboro
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
SS O16

and we continue to fight Allied subs around Japan...

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ASW attack at 65,44

Japanese Ships
DD Karukaya
DD Fuyo
DD Asagao
DD Sanae
DD Kuretake
DD Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS S-32, hits 3

a hit and two near misses. Not on fire, no heavy damage, probably FOW...

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Sub attack at 62,44

Japanese Ships
APD APD-1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
APD APD-46
APD APD-39
APD APD-37
APD APD-2
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
SS O16, hits 6

then the Allied subs strike back and do better than my ASW TFs. The APD is sunk of course after two torp hits. In return 6 near misses... at least it was only one of the two APDs with the low ASW value of 2...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 100

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 230

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 12 destroyed, 44 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 26 destroyed, 178 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 28
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 125

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

230 bomber??? 6.000 ft??? OMG! Strike on extended range from Derby, we scramble 100 fighters which is more than expected, some 144 fighters at the base. Around 5 dozen bombers turn back and only 2 dozen are shot down during the replay and so nearly 150 medium bomber drop their bomb load on the base resulting in heavy damage to the base facilities and the runway!

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 49

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 133

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed, 17 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 92 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 78

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet

And now the 4Es appear! Iīve been wondering for some time already why I havenīt seen massive 4E strikes so far and now here we go. This follow up strike coming from Broome destroys what was still intact at the base. Not a single B-17 was shot down during the replay, needless to say that Oscars canīt do anything against those bombers, they have enough problems downing the smaller US medium bombers. At the end of the turn the base is 68% damaged, the runway is 84% damaged. Weīve got 300+ eng at the base as weīre still building it up so I guess the base will be more or less operational in three days again. But for today the base is closed, there were no more fighters fyling Cap in the afternoon!

Thatīs bad news but I hope the enemy bombers suffered so much that we will be able to get the base operational sooner than the Allied bombers will be ready to fly ongoing attacks. For the moment, it doesnīt look good though...

These two attacks have been flown by mostly fresh and newly attacking US bomber groups, therefor only two of the BGs partially turned back. Their morale should be trashed now though!


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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 121

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 5
CW-21B Demon x 37
B-25C Mitchell x 68
B-26B Marauder x 67

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed, 44 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 4 damaged
CW-21B Demon: 36 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 7 destroyed, 54 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 6 destroyed, 55 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
19 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 10000 feet

got a message of Marauders failing to locate the target so this strike should have been even bigger. Attack is coming from Darwin and we field some more fighters here as this base is in bigger threat of being attacked as itīs closer to Australia and the Mitchells attack at normal range here which is bad news as they drop quite some bombs on normal range. Itīs extended range for the Marauders though. Miller used obsolete Dutch fighters on escort and they donīt help him at all, they were just targets. I donīt want to see the Dutch squadronīs exp, it must be somewhere around 40.

Most of the Mitchells turned back after being under heavy attacks, but nearly all Marauders pressed through to the target. This attack didnīt do much damage but weīve lost half a dozen Oscars on the ground. The base is fully operational and I doubt we will see an attack here the next days as Miller will probably concentrate on Koepang now (at least thatīs what I would do).

What is getting a problem now is my Oscar pool, as I didnīt think about Miller starting this air offensive here and a couple of weeks ago I had 300 Oscars in the pool. I decided to switch over most of my Oscar production into something else as I want to mostly phase out the Oscars when the Tojo arrives (still at 11/42 ). At the moment I have only 62 Oscar factories and 160 remaining in the pools. If Miller does a couple of those attacks more, my Oscar pool could be totally depleted. I still hope to move the Tojo at least one month to get it in 10/42, this should then give me a better defensive weapon against those bombers. With Tojos I would have expected perhaps 1/3 bombers more shot down.

At the end of the day it looks like a Japanese victory though as we took down far more enemy ac than we lost. The question only is if Miller will be able to keep Koepang closed (I doubt it at the moment).

Wouldnīt the Demons have flown escort, the total losses would not look like as severe as they are now for the Allied. I expect Miller to fly more of the unescorted attacks until the P-38 shows up... in only two months...

OP losses of Allied bombers were once again... no day of the war so far has seen nearly as many Allied bombers flying an attack!




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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 117
D3A Val x 85
B5N Kate x 38
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 71
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 27,10


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 38
Hurricane IIc x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 15th Mixed Brigade, at 47,29


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 4


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 47,29


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 4


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 8

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-48 Lily x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 13

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14297 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2663

Defending force 123750 troops, 844 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3795



Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8423 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2521

Defending force 52356 troops, 321 guns, 251 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111



Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported




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ASW attack at 80,80

Japanese Ships
ML Ishizaki
ML Hoko
ML Ukishima
ML Shirataka
PC Ishigaki
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo
ML Ikitsushima

Allied Ships
SS S-28

I donīt like it when my most important mine layer TF meets subs...

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Day Air attack on Karachi , at 21,3

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 105

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 5
P-40B Tomahawk x 17

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

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 5 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 16 destroyed

Itīs nearly unbelievable how bad the enemy fighters are performing...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 65

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 19 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

we damaged nearly 100 of those beasts in their last attack and now they show up again already! Northern Australia must be the staging area for over 700 Allied bombers I guess...

not a single bomber lost...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 90
D3A Val x 85
B5N Kate x 38
G4M1 Betty x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 103

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 68

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 27,10


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 38
Hurricane IIc x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-48 Lily x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 9

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-48 Lily x 7
Ki-49 Helen x 11

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 114

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 13 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 43 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 87

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

and also the Mitchells are flying again! And they are again coming in at 6.000 ft. I canīt believe it, itīs just like we would play stock WITP and not the flak fanboy mod. Miller does not care about flak at all. Two AA rgt and a big base force is defending the base but they donīt achieve much... the base is totally destroyed and we will lose all damaged fighters at the base. When all have been destroyed, we will have lost more fighters on the ground than the enemy lost bombers A2A or to flak. They donīt suffer op losses anyway...




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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14260 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2663

Defending force 123618 troops, 843 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3791



Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8382 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2519

Defending force 52319 troops, 318 guns, 254 vehicles, Assault Value = 1108



Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Rawalpindi

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2211 troops, 0 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

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

Japanese max assault: 78 - adjusted assault: 41

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 41 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rawalpindi base !!!

lol, my TK rgt enters Rawalpindi and immediately shock attacks like it would have crossed a river. There is no river!!!





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Sub attack near Sasebo at 58,41

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 23
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 21
PC Ch 20
PC Shonon Maru #15
PC Kyo Maru #11

Allied Ships
SS Herring, hits 3

Herring has been sitting here for days already, below my ASW TF, being spotted by nav search ac daily... today it attacks our ASW TF but the 4 torps missed. The helpless PC achieve 3 near misses...

all other subs that have been patrolling off Japanīs coast have been pulled out of the area and we can now start to send out our supply and troop convoys again...

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Naval bombardment of Karachi, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed
Swordfish: 2 destroyed
Catalina I: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
2347 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 6

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

the assault on Karachi will begin soon and the IJN enters the scene! I feared Swordfish and Beaufort I torp bombers attacking my BBs while taking position South of Karachi and therefor I had 160 Zeros ordered to fly LRCAP out of Bombay to cover the battlewaggons. Range was 4 hexes and in two days we lost a dozen Zeros with 10 pilots to ops... The Swordfish didnīt attack and tonight our first bombardment destroys a dozen ac on the ground, causing not really a lot of damage to the airbase but hitting the support troops at Karachi hard...

but...

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... we have another BB TF going in...

Naval bombardment of Karachi, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed
Swordfish: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise


Allied ground losses:
2485 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 7

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 83

which destroys a couple more aircraft and hits the airbase hard. The support troops are also hit hard again and the enemy lost 60 points for ground losses today!!!! Around 55 due to our bombardments here! I doubt that the airfield is closed and further bombardments will be dangerous but there is not much other possibility to really hurt the enemy here. Ahmadabad is a size 4 airfield and we will fly in medium bombers to attack the airfield of Karachi also.

Once again I just donīt understand Miller. Why on Earth isnīt he trying to defend Karachi with everything he has in regards of aircraft? He knows that I have BBs in India as Iīve bombarded Ceylon a couple of times. He should put up every fighter or fighter bomber he has over Karachi and bring in every Beaufort I and Swordfish, no matter how many losses he suffers! No, he has dispersed his aircraft all over India and starts moving them to China also.

Well, serves me good! As soon as the enemy base forces are worn down due to my naval bombardments I can use my medium bombers to fly ground attacks on the inf units there. Recon has spotted 10 units, some 35.000 troops at Karachi so it will pretty much look like the assault on Madras I guess.

We are currently building up Malir (base one hex SE of Karachi) to have a bigger airfield there, but itīs only a 1(1) at the moment and bringing it to 3 or 4 will take weeks. Would be a nice base to fly the ground attacks as I fear that flying from Ahmadabad (6 hexes) will just end up in a hundred op losses each month.

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Day Air attack on Ledo , at 36,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 80
Ki-49 Helen x 63
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Dakota I: 9 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 12 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 102

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

same here, I just donīt understand it. Why doesnīt Miller order his Hurricanes to fly Cap? Even if they will get shot down at a 1:3 - 1:6 kill rate, wouldnīt that be better than to just being bombed on the ground?

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 44

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

over Koepang the next attack of Allied heavy bombers shows up. Not much left to be destroyed. And again, not a single bomber is lost. Range to home base 12 hexes...




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Day Air attack on 116th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet

Miller moved two or three squadrons of Blenheim to China, attacking my troop concentrations at Kweiyang. He asked me if there are any restrictions against moving the RAF into China and Iīve told him that I think there shouldnīt be any restrictions as soon as he lost most of his airfields in India.

If the RAF shows up in China in real numbers then this will only end in one Japanese reaction: ground offensives until the last Allied base (except Chungking which is impossible to be conquered) falls. This would change my plan to only reduce the Chinese to an area out of which they canīt mount a major ground offensive later on and the new plan would be: conquer all staging bases of Allied aircraft in China to prevent an ongoing air offensive out of Allied held territory.

So I guess it would be counterproductive for Miller to move the whole RAF into China, but he isnīt aware of my new plan.


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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 26,11


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 36
Hurricane IIc x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

My tank rgts, an inf div and an AA rgt are moving on the rail away from Delhi towards Lucknow. I have also two inf units at Hyderabad that are moving towards Diamond Harbour now, together with support troops. This should mean that some 2500 assault points will try to mop up the bases around Calcutta where I mostly expect only base forces. Calcutta is urban so perhaps this will be just the next Allied POW camp and I have to order a div to siege the town.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14277 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2667

Defending force 123335 troops, 849 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3790



Allied ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8376 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2518

Defending force 52307 troops, 318 guns, 254 vehicles, Assault Value = 1112



Allied ground losses:
120 casualties reported





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RE: it goes on... - 1/12/2009 6:19:20 AM   
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about the oscars poor preformance against allied bombers:

this should change when better japs army fighters tony, tojo, frank.... enter service.

i remember some intresting AAR about allied B-17 and B-24 attacking lae airfield late 1943 and getting a bloody nose and extremly huge A2A loses from the japanese CAP there. so hold out, chris...you will replace your "paper flyers" soon with real fighters.

in my own PBEM as the japanese, i am in february 1942 now and have a production rate of around 180 zeros, 95 oscars, 65 bettys 60 kates 60 vals and 24 emilys. i scrolled through japanese fighters and find, that the J2M jack is an excellent fighter and available in a acceptable time, so i increased research for this plane. whats your opinion about the jack? from the stats, it looks like a very good fighter to defend japanese bases (high fier power, high survivibility) until georges are available.


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RE: it goes on... - 1/12/2009 7:29:05 AM   
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ORIGINAL: bigbaba

wow, thats a intense air battle N of australia in this early stage of the war.

about the oscars poor preformance against allied bombers:

this should change when better japs army fighters tony, tojo, frank.... enter service.

i remember some intresting AAR about allied B-17 and B-24 attacking lae airfield late 1943 and getting a bloody nose and extremly huge A2A loses from the japanese CAP there. so hold out, chris...you will replace your "paper flyers" soon with real fighters.

in my own PBEM as the japanese, i am in february 1942 now and have a production rate of around 180 zeros, 95 oscars, 65 bettys 60 kates 60 vals and 24 emilys. i scrolled through japanese fighters and find, that the J2M jack is an excellent fighter and available in a acceptable time, so i increased research for this plane. whats your opinion about the jack? from the stats, it looks like a very good fighter to defend japanese bases (high fier power, high survivibility) until georges are available.




unfortunately it wonīt be like in the AAR youīve mentioned as in Nikmod the Allied bombers (especially the heavy bombers) wonīt be butchered in mid 43 as the only "better" fighter I will have until late 43 will be the Tojo and with 4 MGs it is far from being a killer. It should do better than the Oscar though, I expect 1/4-1/3 enemy losses more when attacking from long range. But the Tojo is very poor in fighting enemy fighters as it has a very low maneuverability in Nikmod. Itīs only 28 IIRC and thatīs VERY low.

But I donīt have anything else I could use, the first good figther will be the Tony sometime later 43. It has an armor rating of 2 a good man, range 6 and itīs the first Japanese fighter with a gun value of 10. With good pilots itīs a match for Hellcats but the Lightning will eat it alive with equal pilots, I donīt want to talk about the Corsair...

Well, Iīve got no experience with the Jack in Nikmod! It will arrive early 44!! Until then I will have to use the A6M5 as land based IJN fighter and Iīm sure they will get totally shredded from mid 43 on, no matter if I employ good pilots or not. It will be a massacre I guess, probably worse than in stock for me. The George will arrive at nearly the same date as the Jack. The Jack and George are the first Japanese fighter with a gun value of 12, the Frank has also 12 but wonīt arrive before mid 44. Lol, it will be bloody...



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RE: it goes on... - 1/12/2009 7:38:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		The good news of the day: our first TK division arrived today! It will soon be bought out of the restricted command, it only costs some 1200 pp and thatīs very cheap. No idea why a TK div with nearly 400 assault points costs only 1200 pp and an Inf div costs 3300 pp. Oversight?

I will get another TK div within the next three months. The two TK div would have been of great use in India, Iīm unsure where to use them when being bought out of restricted command. The first area that is suitable for tanks in the direction of an expected Allied assault would be Java but I hope this wonīt happen before late 43 at the earliest! I have to make a stand South of Kendari! So in fact, Iīm not allowed to lose more than two bases there! LOL


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/29/42

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 105

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 63
Port hits 4

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

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Day Air attack on 15th Mixed Brigade, at 47,29


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 6


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 47,29


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 4


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

every point of supply being used by the Chinese is an advantage for me... those bombers do no damage and even suffer bombers shot down...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14264 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2664

Defending force 123151 troops, 838 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3787



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8413 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2520

Defending force 52198 troops, 316 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 1102



Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported



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RE: it goes on... - 1/12/2009 8:08:16 AM   
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Sub attack at 24,54

Japanese Ships
TK Ken'yo Maru
PG Shinko Maru #1
PG Shinko Maru #3
PG Kiso Maru
PG Heijo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grunion

Grunion is now South of Singapore (probably heading for Palembang - one of the preferred bases to place an Allied sub) and attacks an empty TK but missed. The escorts were useless as usual...

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Day Air attack on Calcutta , at 29,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 90
Ki-49 Helen x 61
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 25 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 3 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 66

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

This is one of the attacks that makes me again think about if itīs really worth using my medium bombers. Iīm just burning precious crews. Weīve spotted some 100 enemy ac there but I guess theyīre all flying nav search as the airfield seems to be nearly empty.

My bombers are just too fragile... and the fighters too...




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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 104

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 43
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 27,10


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 38
Spitfire Vb x 14
Hurricane IIc x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 37th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
SB-2c x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
SB-2c: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-48 Lily x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 20

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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ASW attack near Kendari at 33,71

Japanese Ships
APD APD-38
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
APD APD-33
APD APD-32
APD APD-31

Allied Ships
SS Pollack, hits 19, heavy damage

Moved our best ASW TF from Soerabaja to Kendari and it once again proves to be the best! 1 hit and 18 near misses could cause trouble for Pollack. Iīm sure the sub will head to Darwin now, this ASW TF and another 6 DD ASW TF will be trying to hunt the sub down...

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TF 48 troops unloading over beach at Maumere, 28,73


Japanese ground losses:
315 casualties reported

Maumere is 4 hexes North of Koepang and will be one of the key bases for our defense in this area.

The last two days the enemy has not flown any attacks on Koepang and I now wonder what his attacks were worth. Donīt know if he halted the attacks or if he has trouble to launch them. If the attacks were only to destroy our fighters then I donīt think itīs worth his losses, if the attacks were to close the base then it will fail if there arenīt massive strikes in the next days. The airfield is open again but the base facilities are still severly damaged and therefor I wonīt move in fighters as they would just get damaged from flying Cap.

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Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 155538 troops, 1785 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 3334

Defending force 49561 troops, 346 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1386



Allied ground losses:
275 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14248 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2666

Defending force 123299 troops, 828 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3789



Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8392 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2518

Defending force 53287 troops, 354 guns, 271 vehicles, Assault Value = 1132



Allied ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 1





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RE: it goes on... - 1/12/2009 4:16:51 PM   
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TF 48 troops unloading over beach at Maumere, 28,73


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Naval bombardment of Karachi, at 21,3 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

27 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Nagato, Shell hits 7

Allied Ships
AK Empire Elaine, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Tennyson, Shell hits 1, on fire


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

Runway hits 7
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 2

looks like Karachiīs CD guns are now shooting back, inflicting no damage on the BB... would like to see more damage done to the airfield...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported

Runway hits 47
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 27,10


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 35
Spitfire Vb x 9
Hurricane IIc x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed, 14 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

I seriously doubt that these ground attacks are really worth it for Miller! Serves me good, the enemy loses aircraft to flak and it doesnīt effect any of our plans...




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Day Air attack on 37th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
SB-2c x 4


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
SB-2c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 47,29


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 4


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Ind. Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 9th Division, at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet

this strike came out of an Indian jungle base and was flown against one of my divisions at Myitkyina... been a while since Iīve spotted the last Wellington...

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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-48 Lily x 10
Ki-49 Helen x 23

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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ASW attack near Palembang at 20,55

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsushima
DD Ariake
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
SS Grunion, hits 2

It was obvious that Grunion was moving to Palembang, the movements of Millerīs subs get predictable. An ASW TF was already waiting with two more in the hexes around Palembang. Grunion takes a hit and a near miss but doesnīt seem to be damaged...

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Ground combat at Maumere

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2022 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 62

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

Japanese max assault: 58 - adjusted assault: 15

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Maumere base !!!

Maumere will be an important base that will aid the defense of Timor... the base can only be reached by Allied 4E bombers out of Northern Australia. If the Allied attack out of Northern Australia then I doubt that the attack will go directly to Timor. Would be too bloody IMO and there are other possibilities...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14271 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2665

Defending force 123095 troops, 825 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3788



Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8423 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2520

Defending force 53115 troops, 351 guns, 271 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2





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RE: it goes on... - 1/12/2009 5:46:40 PM   
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Naval bombardment of Karachi, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed
Swordfish: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Mutsu

Allied Ships
AK Empire Elaine, Shell hits 3, on fire
AK Empire Tennyson, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
1351 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 4

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 39
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

guess we will see a couple of naval bombardments more in this area. Not much of a problem to shuttle the BBs between Bombay and Karachi. Iīm not a fan of those daily bombardments but I donīt feel for the Allied as Iīm sure I will see many, many more nukes at my bases as Miller perfectly knows how to get nukes...

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TF 1014 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Robin

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Sub attack near Lae at 54,87

Japanese Ships
AK Dainiti Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

Seadragon has been sitting here for weeks already, being attacked by aircraft several times but only missed. Thatīs no reason to pull the sub out of this hex for Miller, the damn bastard is just waiting there in total safety until my convoy shows up. The torps missed though and my 12 ship TF is unloading 6 construction btn now...

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Sub attack at 48,43

Japanese Ships
DD Yugiri, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asanagi
DD Hayate
DD Oite
DD Amagiri
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo, hits 2

Wahoo has also been spotted by air search several times and today my ASW TF arrives, resulting in a probably sunk DD. We achieve a hit and a near miss that took out some of the forward torp tubes. Guess Wahoo has acomplished her mission with sinking a DD... Yugiri will try to make Takao, a level 7 port with a nav HQ some 4 hexes away but it will take two turns to get there. With flt at 64 and fire at 33 there is nearly no hope for the destroyer...

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Day Air attack on Karachi , at 21,3

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 72
Ki-21 Sally x 39
Ki-49 Helen x 81

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 10 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed
Catalina I: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

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

a lonely Hurricane meets our incoming strike and is shot down immediately. Flak fire is still heavy and I hope not to be forced to fly those attacks often. We lose 4 bombers and 3 Oscars to ops. Donīt know why the Oscars crashed, they are highly experienced and had 0 fat. Of course all three Oscar pilots are dead...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 4
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Runway hits 24
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 48,43

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi
DD Hayate
DD Oite
DD Amagiri
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo, hits 4, on fire

Another try, another 4 near misses... Wahoo will surely move out full speed next turn. Whenever my DDs are near a sub, Miller moves them at full speed away.

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Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 161997 troops, 1792 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 3342

Defending force 49216 troops, 344 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1385

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 3302 - adjusted assault: 1732

Allied max defense: 1432 - adjusted defense: 4627

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


Japanese ground losses:
4380 casualties reported
Guns lost 143
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
845 casualties reported
Guns lost 25

looks like all I get in China are shredded divisions now. The Chinese get a super adjusted av, even if there werenīt a high fort level. Supply canīt be an issue at all it seems! My leading division is cut down with over 30% disabled and 3% dead... we do nearly no damage on the other side...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14267 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2673

Defending force 123278 troops, 822 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3792



Allied ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22695 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2602

Defending force 238969 troops, 1371 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6189

OMG, looks like I have to rethink my plans for China! I doubt that I will ever be able to break this Chinese stronghold! Level 9 forts and a wooden hex, it wouldnīt matter if those defenders would be out of supply I guess and at the moment theyīre surely far away from being out of supply... Iīm a bit shocked to see a that high Chinese assault value. Iīm wondering why Miller isnīt trying to kick me out of the hex. If he would succeed, he could retake the whole South as I donīt have strong units down there with our blocking force at Chungking and the major offensives in the North. Iīm moving in another division to Kweiyang which is in position just one hex South of the base.

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Ground combat at Ahmadabad

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39839 troops, 495 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2567

Defending force 7850 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 178

Japanese max assault: 779 - adjusted assault: 489

Allied max defense: 173 - adjusted defense: 28

Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1


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

Allied ground losses:
347 casualties reported
Guns lost 14


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

two rgt of the 20th Indian division entered Ahmadabad and we kick them towards Karachi. Would have been better for Miller to try to move them there over the clear hexes off the railway instead of entering Ahmadabad. Those two rgts could have been a major help for the defense of Karachi. I will enter the base soon to see what is really defending the most important base of India... Iīm sure that there will arrive a couple of units there until I will be able to take the base, hopefully no division will arrive. I have to attack as soon as possible!

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8433 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2521

Defending force 53215 troops, 347 guns, 271 vehicles, Assault Value = 1125



Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 134481 troops, 1409 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4106

Defending force 101282 troops, 1070 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2027


Japanese ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Guns lost 5



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RE: it goes on... - 1/14/2009 10:39:44 AM   
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TF 1016 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
DMS Southard

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 143
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 116

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 1
Hudson I x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 119

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 15 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 26 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 6 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 24 destroyed, 71 damaged

Koepangīs airfield went 100% operational again and so I moved in 150 Oscars again which of course turned the airfield symbol during the Allied turn from light red into DARK red and I knew this would immediately attract Allied bombers en masse as it seems to be obvious that Miller isnīt trying to constantly keep my base closed but to primarily destroy more of my fighters on the ground than he loses bombers with UNESCORTED strikes. Would I only have my land based fighters here then this is NO problem in Nikmod, you will in the long run always lose more fighters during unescorted bomber strikes than your enemy loses bombers.

But! We moved in Oscars and some Zeros to Koepang and moved KB into position one hex North of Koepang to fly LRCAP with 70% of KBīs fighters. This resulted in the biggest Japanese Cap so far in the war. Unfortunately the game acts more than weird again and I think there is only a fixed number of fighters that can attack, only ALL Oscars and the first two Zero daitais attacked! F O U R other Zero daitais (the last four that show up during the replay) only showed up as climbing, attacking and... nothing happend. Then the first Oscar sentai showed up again, climbing, attacking... firing... next Oscar, climbing, attacking, firing... and so on... two Zero daitais attacked, but nearly 100 Zeros did NOTHING! Just nothing! Thereīs something not working but hey, this attack was shredded and all enemy bombers turned back. Would have all Zeros attacked, the enemy losses would be higher though, as the Zero which carries a pair of cannon kills about 1/3 more bombers than the MG only armed Oscar...

Miller surely was prepared to meet 100+ Oscars but I guess he was surprised to see 143 Zeros!


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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 110
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 116

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 84

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 27 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 15 destroyed, 54 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet

Not surprising, also the 4Es from Broome attacked at 12 hexes range. Also this engagement took forever and while the Oscars werenīt able to take down a single B-17, the (again only) 50 Zeros that attacked achieve a very good kill rate - for Nikmod. Most of the high exp carrier based Zero daitais again only were climbing, attacking... NOTHING!!

In the end, this day was a clear victory for us with a huge number of bombers lost in one day. Again, for Nikmod as this would just be another usual kill rate for stock. No, not usual, it would be an unusual LOW kill rate for stock!

My plan worked as Miller seemed a bit depressive as he could not break through my Cap this time. Only 14 B-17 dropped some bombs which all failed to hit something. But and thatīs a big but, we canīt keep KB in the area to fly LRCAP all the time. As soon as I will have "only" 120 Oscars on Cap, the Allied bombers will fly in again, will lose 20 bombers and then will destroy 100 Oscars on the ground the within the following three days, so itīs a hopeless fight.




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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
D3A Val x 51
B5N Kate x 4
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported

Runway hits 18
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 37th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 13
SB-2c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 47,29


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-48 Lily x 5
Ki-49 Helen x 15

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 5
Ki-49 Helen x 9

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14237 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2676

Defending force 122905 troops, 818 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3783



Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22712 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2604

Defending force 239037 troops, 1365 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6209



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8399 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2521

Defending force 53176 troops, 345 guns, 270 vehicles, Assault Value = 1114



Allied ground losses:
145 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 134562 troops, 1408 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4114

Defending force 100849 troops, 1056 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2020


Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported





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RE: it goes on... - 1/14/2009 12:34:14 PM   
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TF 1014 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Robin

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Sub attack near Finschafen at 55,87

Japanese Ships
AK Glasgow Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Silversides

two ASW TFs accompying this TF of empty AKs... lol, I should know better...

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 30
Wellington III x 9
Hudson I x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hudson I: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
278 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim IV bombing at 10000 feet
5 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

without a chance to see the Allied aircraft transferes, the Allied launch a surprise attack out of Ceylon again...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 97
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 92

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 51

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 51 damaged

Unbelievable that Miller ordered his bombers to attack again after the defeat yesterday. We damage 51 heavy bombers and 2 are lost... This is more than depressing and gives the Allied abilities to crush the Japanese without to fear any losses as they are using nearly undestructable super bombers in Nikmod. Well, two bombers lost is too low IMO. A dozen shot down would be ok IMO, even though there are Oscars in the attack, there are also Zeros and nearly 100 cannon armed Zeros should be able to take down more than 2 B-17.

Derby which is the staging base for the Mitchells showed a dark airfield symbol also today and Iīm sure that Miller transfered his damaged bombers out, better say the complete trashed squadrons from yesterday, and replaced them with 200 fresh bombers to see them attack today, but it seems that weather prevented an attack.

No matter if I place 250 fighters (stacking limit) at Koepang, when Miller decides to send 600 unescorted bombers in two or three days then I will lose, no matter if we shoot down 20 or 40. In the end we would probably take down 80 bombers but would lose 250 fighter and the base would be closed again.





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Day Air attack on 14th Ind. Brigade, at 47,29


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 4


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 37th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 7
SB-2c x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-48 Lily x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 11

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 9

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
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Sub attack at 29,73

Japanese Ships
AK Iwashiro Maru, Shell hits 10, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

North of Timor, we spotted two Allied subs in the area. Torps missed and only one deck gun hit caused minor damage, rest were cal .50 hits...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14244 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2682

Defending force 122785 troops, 822 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3777



Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22716 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2605

Defending force 239184 troops, 1366 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6213



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8389 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2519

Defending force 53170 troops, 347 guns, 272 vehicles, Assault Value = 1109



Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported




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Sub attack at 30,72

Japanese Ships
AK Iwashiro Maru, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Grayback



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Naval bombardment of Karachi, at 21,3

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Allied Ships
AK Empire Elaine, Shell hits 1


Allied ground losses:
1227 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

a new unit arrived at Karachi, there are now 11 units...

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Sub attack at 28,72

Japanese Ships
AP Taiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

god damn, I hate those subs... all my ASW TFs in the same hexes as enemy subs did nothing again... torps didnīt do booom here...

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Sub attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
AP Hokusho Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin

hey, ho, another attack... torps missed... At this BASE hex are 11 DDs at the moment... I usually got ASW TFs over Allied subs as itīs 100% easy to figure out where they will be the next turn...

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Ground combat at Lucknow

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 20603 troops, 6 guns, 1331 vehicles, Assault Value = 1493

Defending force 2358 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 1348 - adjusted assault: 1402

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 200 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lucknow base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

a base force was still at Lucknow, no idea why. Our TK rgts shock attacked, achieving an easy victory as they were even supported by an inf division...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14257 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2683

Defending force 122824 troops, 818 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3773



Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported

the enemyīs assault value is now dropping a couple of points every turn... good news perhaps?

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22642 troops, 262 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2936

Defending force 239220 troops, 1355 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6216

wheras itīs growing here every turn...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8383 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2522

Defending force 53182 troops, 347 guns, 271 vehicles, Assault Value = 1104



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported



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RE: it goes on... - 1/14/2009 8:37:58 PM   
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ASW attack at 29,67

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

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

spotted this sub moving to Balikpapan and attacked it South of Borno without any results...

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ASW attack near Makin at 85,89

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish, hits 3, on fire

Flying Fish has been sitting at Makin for nearly a week and today my DDs showed up achieving two hits and a near miss with Type 91 DCs. First I thought it would be FOW as two hits didnīt even cause heavy damage but it seems we were very lucky during the "adjust ship damage phase" and before dawn we got the message that the sub is going down with itīs captain!

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ASW attack at 50,48

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 13
PC Ch 3
PC Ch 2
PC Ch 1
PC Kyo Maru #2
PC Fumi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Whale

and the ASW goes on...

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here comes the dayīs highlight...

Naval bombardment of Darwin, at 36,84


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 11 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 3 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 6 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 5 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami


Allied ground losses:
591 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 82

daily recon from Lautern showed the airfield stacked to itīs limits and I hoped to catch a lot of bombers, especially Mitchells, perhaps some B-17s. No Mitchells and no 4Es at the base but some Marauders and P-40B which is also nice as those fighters could reach Lautern from Darwin.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
D3A Val x 51
B5N Kate x 4
G4M1 Betty x 31
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 25
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 52
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 14
P-40B Tomahawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 7 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 6 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 6 destroyed

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

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

we also moved 200 medium bombers to Lautern and then... "§%&"!$§%&$$!!!

2/3 of my strike failed to locate the target! We could have destroyed a hundred ac more with a full strike I guess as only 19 hits destroyed a lot of ac...

in the end it was a succesful day, not much more than annoying for the Allied though and we seem to be once again the unbeatable champion of the world in op losses... Compare that with the two B-17 lost when 51 are damaged...

of our total ac lost so far, about 60% are op losses. Of the total Allied ac lost so far, about 15% are op losses. The Allied lost twice as many ac as we did, which means we suffer twice the op losses every time...





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Day Air attack on 39th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 9
SB-2c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 39th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
Wellington III x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 116th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
SB-2c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 116th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Wellington III x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on 4th Ind. Brigade, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Wellington III x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 85
Ki-49 Helen x 88

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 13 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 19 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 3 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 7 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 80

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

we canīt even attack Chinese bases below 16.000ft. Just too costly... as you can see here and in the previous attacks, more and more British bomber show up in China... If I would be Miller I wouldnīt burn precious Chinese supply with those bombing runs that achieve nothing...

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Sub attack at 30,73

Japanese Ships
AK Kozan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sakae Maru
MSW Yoshino Maru
MSW Toshi Maru #8
MSW Toshi Maru #7
MSW Toshi Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

and here comes the Allied success of this turn, the small AK is dead, happened North of Timor, the escorts perform like they always do...

what was positive is the fact that TWO Allied subs off Lae were hit by Helen on nav search. Amazing, there are three sentais set on 10% nav search, so max 18 bombers are on search and they achieved two hits on subs today...

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ASW attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki
DD Yayoi
DD Fubuki
DD Ikazuchi
DD Yugure
DD Wakaba

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

No DCs dropped, this is the escort of my cruisers that bombarded Darwin...
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Ground combat at 28,17

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 20508 troops, 4 guns, 1324 vehicles, Assault Value = 755

Defending force 1370 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 1334 - adjusted assault: 1205

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 1205 to 1



Allied ground losses:
493 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

we keep on attacking the RAF base force on the railline North of Asansol. One more time tomorrow, then we will have to wait on our other troops two hexes behind... We are now moving onto the Calcutta area with troops both coming from the West and the North...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14244 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2687

Defending force 122897 troops, 812 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3789



Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22672 troops, 264 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2932

Defending force 239112 troops, 1353 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6222



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8389 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2523

Defending force 53189 troops, 342 guns, 269 vehicles, Assault Value = 1109



Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 134684 troops, 1407 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4122

Defending force 101122 troops, 1065 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2025


Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 200837 troops, 1344 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6222

Defending force 138684 troops, 1585 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 2932


Japanese ground losses:
179 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Yenen

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42026 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1357

Defending force 162893 troops, 1602 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 3080


Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported






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Sub attack at 46,48

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 21, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 23
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 20
PC Shonon Maru #15
PC Kyo Maru #11

Allied Ships
SS Whale

the ASW TF does itīs job and prevents this sub from attacking precious TK in the SRA... unfortunately the skipper of Ch21 misunderstood his orders. He thought that acting as a target would be accomplishing his mission as the sub now has a salvo torps less to use on my TK...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
D3A Val x 51
B5N Kate x 4
G4M1 Betty x 33
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 25
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 29,18


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 31


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

my spearhead of Tk rgt is already too close to Asansol...

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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-48 Lily x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 2
Ki-48 Lily x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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ASW attack at 29,71

Japanese Ships
DD Mochizuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Kisaragi
DD Mutsuki
DD Shinonome
DD Inazuma

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 8

North of Timor, a newly moved in DD TF from Singapore starts off pretty good. Two hits and 6 near misses of Type 91 DCs... not on fire, not heavily damaged?

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Ground combat at 29,18

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 20492 troops, 3 guns, 1322 vehicles, Assault Value = 751

Defending force 420 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 1284 - adjusted assault: 774

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 774 to 1



Allied ground losses:
305 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

deliberate attack tomorrow, my tanks have to wait for the rest of this Army...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14205 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2687

Defending force 122632 troops, 802 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3788



Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22698 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2928

Defending force 239043 troops, 1344 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6228



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8435 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2522

Defending force 53623 troops, 356 guns, 275 vehicles, Assault Value = 1122



Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Karachi
Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22957 troops, 263 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 979

Defending force 40668 troops, 275 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 673

our first inf units have entered Karachi... see below what is defending this base. The enemyīs assault value is near what was expected, there are not really a lot base forces there but there must also be 3 HQs at the base as we get recon about 11 units. I just have to hope that there wonīt be a division arriving within the next months as it will be a bloody battle to wear the defenders down, key will be A2G attacks again I guess. I have some 3000 assault points in the North to start the attacks soon, Iīm unsure if it was a good idea to send troops South to take care of the dozens of Allied units there. I thought this would be a must to prevent them from attacking the empty territory further West and to prevent them in trying to break through to Karachi. As it looks now, Miller keeps all his troops just static in their current positions.



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 200808 troops, 1336 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6228

Defending force 138513 troops, 1575 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 2928


Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Yenen

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42047 troops, 310 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361

Defending force 163236 troops, 1606 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 3097


Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 4





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Sub attack at 44,48

Japanese Ships
DD Hayate
DD Asanagi
DD Oite
DD Amagiri
DD Sagiri
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
SS Whale, hits 3, on fire

Whale sunk a PC yesterday and gets a shot at Hayate today. Must be a very good skipper, the sub achieves a hit also today but today the torps were defective. In return the sub takes a hit and two near misses... Iīve got the feeling that our hits have been increasing in the last couple of days...

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Naval bombardment of Karachi, at 21,3 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
204 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

pretty bad result, the base was left completely untouched...

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TF 1010 encounters mine field at Christmas Island (112,89)

Allied Ships
DD Downes
DD Tucker
DD Wilson
DD Farenholt

sub laid mines were waiting for a DD to hit... the DDs hit the mines, with gunfire...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
D3A Val x 51
B5N Kate x 4
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

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

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Ground combat at 30,18

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20499 troops, 4 guns, 1324 vehicles, Assault Value = 755

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

Japanese max assault: 664 - adjusted assault: 692

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 692 to 1



Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14173 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2690

Defending force 122360 troops, 801 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3779



Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22708 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2929

Defending force 238741 troops, 1332 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6231



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Ground combat at 22,5

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 87637 troops, 1057 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 2445

Defending force 5302 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

Japanese max assault: 1727 - adjusted assault: 1655

Allied max defense: 106 - adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 127 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
217 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
431 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

two rgts of an Indian div are sitting four hexes away from Karachin, South East of Malir, without having a retreat path... this will take forever to kill them...
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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8429 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2520

Defending force 53420 troops, 356 guns, 276 vehicles, Assault Value = 1110



Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22935 troops, 264 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 975

Defending force 40823 troops, 275 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 674



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 200548 troops, 1324 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6231

Defending force 138595 troops, 1576 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 2929


Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Yenen

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42046 troops, 309 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1364

Defending force 163626 troops, 1611 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 3117


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Delhi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 31346 troops, 231 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 736

Defending force 28135 troops, 296 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 502



Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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Sub attack near Truk at 63,78

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

Allied Ships
SS S-47

needless to say that this sub has been sitting here longer already and that I have an ASW TF in the hex also... the AK will easily survive...

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TF 34 encounters mine field at Marcus Island (75,56)

Japanese Ships
MSW Shintohoku Maru
MSW Shawa Maru #10
MSW Shanan Maru #16
MSW Rikusen Maru

obviously an Allied sub being on minelaying mission at Marcus Island... this is a supply convoy...

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ASW attack at 28,71

Japanese Ships
DD Mikazuki
DD Shirayuki
DD Isonami
DD Shirakumo
DD Usugumo
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
SS KIX, hits 3

North of Timor, three near misses... we have spotted 10 Allied subs in the Timor area today...

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 68
Ki-49 Helen x 45
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 7
I-153c x 39
I-16c x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
I-153c: 13 destroyed, 12 damaged
I-16c: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged
IL-4c: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 29

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

like at our last major air attacks, the attack on Darwin, also here the bigger part of the strike fails to locate the target, of course 50% of our escort didnīt show up. This meant that with the usual never ending Allied bounce that our high exp Oscars were quite outnumbered and had a hard time against the flying Chinese crap... the enemy bombers were out bombing and we hit... nothing...

this can be considered a Chinese victory here...




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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
D3A Val x 51
B5N Kate x 4
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Ind. Brigade, at 47,29


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 4


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 116th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
SB-2c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
SB-2c x 4


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 30,18


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 40


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14227 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2690

Defending force 122146 troops, 798 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3776



Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22679 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2926

Defending force 238906 troops, 1327 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6242



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Ground combat at 22,5

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 87311 troops, 1048 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 2465

Defending force 4348 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 90

Japanese max assault: 1711 - adjusted assault: 1176

Allied max defense: 69 - adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 294 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
7886 casualties reported
Guns lost 59

Banzai! This was totally surprising, the two rgts of the 20th Indian division surrendered after our second attack already. Guess Iīve never seen troops outside of a base hex with no retreat path surrendering that fast! The Allied lost 145 points for ground losses today, now at 12.036!


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Ground combat at Benares

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2247 troops, 0 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 80

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

Japanese max assault: 66 - adjusted assault: 128

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 128 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Benares base !!!

next Allied base in India conquered... our troops are now at the gates of Asansol and Diamond Harbour already...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8429 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2519

Defending force 53435 troops, 354 guns, 274 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111



Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22949 troops, 264 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 979

Defending force 41319 troops, 278 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 681



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Yenen

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42090 troops, 310 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1369

Defending force 164055 troops, 1623 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 3133


Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Delhi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 31492 troops, 230 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 738

Defending force 28119 troops, 295 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 502


Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 27408 troops, 248 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 681

Defending force 49284 troops, 520 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 979


Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 5





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