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My First AAR: Artificial Idiot vs Human Idiot (88 is Al... - 5/17/2009 10:09:36 AM

88l71

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Scenario 15
Stock
1 day turns

God help me, I've decided to do an AAR. I can't promise it will be good. Hell, I can't even promise it won't totally suck. However, if nothing else, my no-doubt monumental rookie player screw-ups may be good for a laugh....

December 8th, 1941, Supreme Allied Commander, Pacific Theater 88l71 stared at a huge map of the Pacific Ocean stretching from the western coast of the United States to the western coast of India and Australia. Numerous reports were still arriving from all over the Pacific. The Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, inflicting heavy damage on US warships. Wake Island and Batan Island had fallen to enemy amphibious invasions, while more Japanese troops had come ashore on Khota Baru, Aparri, Vigan, Legaspi, and Guam.

What he saw on the map was, to say the least, discouraging. Allied forces were scattered around the theater, many hundreds if not thousands of miles away from the front lines. Air squadrons flew obsolete aircraft from bases with inadequate support personnel while many said support troops could be found stationed at bases with no aircraft at all. Ships were similarly scattered, bases were low on fuel and supplies, leaders were poor, many troops were so raw 88 wondered if they even knew which end of the rifle to point at the enemy. The Japanese were bombarding with large naval forces and had superior numbers. Retaliatory strikes by his aircraft had done nothing aside from dump valuable ordinance into the ocean, while his planes were doing a good job of providing ducks for a Japanese shooting gallery.

Something would have to be done....but what?

*note - I haven't said anything about Allied orders yet, I'm still working on that, just thought I'd go ahead and post my opener while taking a break....orders and turn will come shortly.

And here are the intel/combat reports:

SIG INT REPORT FOR 12/07/41

5th Air Division is located at Takao.
Radio transmissions detected at Aparri.
Radio transmissions detected at Amami.
Radio transmissions detected at Camranh Bay.
Radio transmissions detected at Khota Bharu.
Radio transmissions detected at Khota Bharu.
5605 men are based at Taipei.
Radio transmissions detected at Changchun.
Radio transmissions detected at Saigon.
7th Tank Regiment is located at Pescadores.
13th Army is located at Shanghai.
48th Division is located at Pescadores.
1st Parachute Regiment is located at Kiungahan.
Radio transmissions detected at Aparri.
35th Division is located at Kaifeng.
35th Brigade is planning for an attack on Kuching.
Radio transmissions detected at Vigan.
Radio transmissions detected at Saipan.
65th Brigade is planning for an attack on Lingayen.
18th Division is located at Taan.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/07/41

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ASW attack at 26,45

Japanese Ships
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Asashio

Allied Ships
SS KXII, hits 1

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
G3M Nell x 99

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged

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

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
15 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
18 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
9 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
5 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Naga , at 44,54

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 9
B5N Kate x 18

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 73
G3M Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 47
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 3
P-35A x 4
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 8 destroyed
P-35A: 9 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 10 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed
B-17C Fortress: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 28
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 143

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
5 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 23

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 112,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 76
D3A Val x 126
B5N Kate x 143

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
P-26A x 8
P-36A Mohawk x 4
P-40B Tomahawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed, 5 damaged
D3A Val: 12 destroyed, 44 damaged
B5N Kate: 9 destroyed, 23 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
P-26A: 9 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 17 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 33 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 17 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 6 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 3 destroyed
B-18A Bolo: 11 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 5, on fire
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 7, on fire
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 1
BB California, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 4, on fire
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 10, on fire
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PT PT-27, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AV Wright, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Aroostook, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Mauna Loa, Bomb hits 1
CL Helena, Bomb hits 1
DD Cassin, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 43
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 191

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
15 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
26 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
13 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
23 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
23 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
16 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
16 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
15 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
16 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
22 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
26 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
23 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
27 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 9
Ki-30 Ann x 6

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Hong Kong , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 14
Ki-21 Sally x 6

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Khota Bharu , at 24,45

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 7
Ki-48 Lily x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
22 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Khota Bharu , at 24,45

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Batan Island , at 47,47

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 15
Ki-30 Ann x 20
Ki-48 Lily x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
20 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 46,57

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
5 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 10
Hudson I x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
5 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 7
Buffalo I x 22
Blenheim IV x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
CA Atago

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 13

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CA Kumano

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
8 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Asama Maru
AK Nako Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Khota Bharu, at 24,45

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Asashio
CL Jintsu
CA Atago
CA Takao
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
522 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 33
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 11

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Naval bombardment of Guam, at 62,66

Japanese Ships
DD Yuzuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki
DD Oboro
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba

Allied Ships
MSW Penguin, Shell hits 1, on fire

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3

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Naval bombardment of Batan Island, at 47,47

Japanese Ships
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Naval bombardment of Khota Bharu, at 24,45

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Nowaki
DD Maikaze
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami

Allied ground losses:
295 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 45
Port hits 13
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 24

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Naval bombardment of Vigan, at 44,49

Japanese Ships
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Asagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Natsugumo
CL Naka

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

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 29
Port hits 13
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 16

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Naval bombardment of Legaspi, at 44,55

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Yukikaze
CL Nagara

Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 6

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Naval bombardment of Aparri, at 46,49

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Nagatsuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki
DD Satsuki
CL Natori

Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 7

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Naval bombardment of Aparri, at 46,49

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
DD Asakaze
CL Kuma
CA Ashigara
CA Maya

Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 12

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Coastal Guns at Wake Island, 82,63, firing at TF 16
TF 16 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 82,63

125 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 6

Japanese ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Guam, 62,66

Japanese ground losses:
275 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Khota Bharu, 24,45, firing at TF 85
TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Khota Bharu, 24,45

18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
586 casualties reported

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TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Aparri, 46,49

Japanese ground losses:
204 casualties reported

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TF 88 troops unloading over beach at Vigan, 44,49

Japanese ground losses:
433 casualties reported

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TF 89 troops unloading over beach at Legaspi, 44,55

Japanese ground losses:
142 casualties reported

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TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Batan Island, 47,47

Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 22535 troops, 254 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 493

Defending force 13261 troops, 122 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 233

Japanese max assault: 650 - adjusted assault: 67

Allied max defense: 235 - adjusted defense: 427

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

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

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Khota Bharu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4775 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Defending force 9215 troops, 78 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 373

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Wake Island

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1447 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Defending force 1542 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 62

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Batan Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1739 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 83

Defending force 532 troops, 5 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 154 - adjusted assault: 148

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 148 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Batan Island base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
991 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Wake Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1507 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

Defending force 1887 troops, 39 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Japanese max assault: 98 - adjusted assault: 32

Allied max defense: 13 - adjusted defense: 7

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 6 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
1794 casualties reported
Guns lost 33
Vehicles lost 1

Post #: 1

Orders, Dec 8th, and combat reports - 5/17/2009 2:01:18 PM

88l71

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At Supreme Allied Commander Pacific Theater HQ is a scene of seeming chaos. Staff officers running in and out, map counters being shifted, orders transmitted, typewriters clattering, 88 cursing and guzzling cup after cup of coffee.

Supreme Command has issued the following orders:

Everything on the US west coast that can float is to load up everything not nailed down, (and to attempt to pry up everything that IS nailed down) to the last 30.06 cartridge and paperweight that can be stuffed into all avaliable space aboard ship, and head to Pearl Harbor. Once there the convoys will be split up, reorganized, and distributed to Australia, Midway, and the South Pacific, while others will go back to the US to begin the whole thing all over again.

All SouthPac, Centpac, and Australian north and east coast bases with engineers present are to expand airfields and ports to maximum possible size - supplies and units are coming, and they had better be ready.

Malaya: Aircraft of all types begin landing on Singapore's damaged airfield, while engineers get to work conducting runway repairs, patching up damaged aircraft, and improving defensive positions. Aviation support and engineer troops from elsewhere in the region are headed to Singapore while combat units in other bases are instructed to fight delaying actions against the enemy for as long as possible and then retreat to "the Gibraltar of the east." Unfortunately I wasn't able to pull out the Hudsons from Khota Baru as all aircraft were listed as damaged.

To the north, in Burma and India, a defense in depth is planned. The first strongpoint will be in Rangoon, while a second line of defense is forming around Mandalay-Akyab-Laisho, and the third so-called Alamo Line along the Ledo-Kohima-Chandpur axis. Chinese troops in Yunan attached to SEAC march to Lashio.

In the DEI area, all units are to fortify their positions. In Java units are to concentrate in Batavia with a smaller group in Soerbaja, along with avaliable aircraft. To support air operations, a unit of Lockheed transports transfers to Soerbaja and begins picking up troops from the 10th DAF, which was moved to SWPAC control to facilitate redeployment. A small task force departs for Benkolen to pick up the 16th DAF Base Force.

In the Phillippines, troops are ordered to fortify positions while aviation support units are to retreat to Clark/Manila. The 19th BG, equipped with B-17's, has been pulled out of the area, rebased in Darwin under the command of SW Pacific.

On Rabaul #1 RAAF reassigned to SWPAC for evacuation, while the air groups are pulled back to Port Moresby.

Insufficient Political Points left to change HQ's for anything else.

I tried to get the Catalinas in PM to pick up the RAAF support troops from Rabaul, but for some weird reason the "pick up troops" option was grayed out despite the fact that 2 LCU's at the base were (apparently) in range and assigned to non-restricted HQ's.

US mega sub transport TF formed of all "named" subs in PI and sent to Singapore to split up and evacuate cadres of LCU's from the area.

FO I. Irwin, a P-40B pilot with the USAAF 3rd FS is currently the top Allied pilot with 2 kills.

I'm sure I forgot a bunch of stuff but the more I get taken care of the less there is to do....that's why I decided to play as the Allies as if you screw up early it isn't necessarily crippling.

Japanese capture Legaspi, Guam, Aparri, Vigan.

Singapore, PI pilots continue to excel at killing fish, but not Japanese.

I have exactly one (1) PT boat sitting in San Diego and have absolutely NO idea what to do with it.

And now for the reports:

SIG INT REPORT FOR 12/08/41

Radio transmissions detected at Matsue.
Radio transmissions detected at Palau.
Radio transmissions detected at Saipan.
41st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Seoul.
Radio transmissions detected at Songkhia.
28th Division is located at Fushan.
Radio transmissions detected at 32,46.
Radio transmissions detected at Saipan.
Radio transmissions detected at Songkhia.
1879 men are based at Gumma.
5276 men are based at Pusan.
Radio transmissions detected at Palau.
North Chishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
108th IJA Base Force is located at Peking.
Radio transmissions detected at Kompong Trach.
7th Naval Construction Battalion is located at Truk.
52nd Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
Radio transmissions detected at Taan.
Radio transmissions detected at Palau.
9315 men are based at Mishan.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/08/41

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Coastal Guns at Khota Bharu, 24,45, firing at TF 85
TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Khota Bharu, 24,45

29 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AK Akita Maru, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
425 casualties reported

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TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Aparri, 46,49

Japanese ground losses:
183 casualties reported

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TF 88 troops unloading over beach at Vigan, 44,49

Japanese ground losses:
277 casualties reported

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Naval bombardment of Vigan, at 44,49

Japanese Ships
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Asagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Natsugumo
CL Naka

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 37
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 14

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Naval bombardment of Legaspi, at 44,55

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Yukikaze
CL Nagara

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 2

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Naval bombardment of Aparri, at 46,49

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Nagatsuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki
DD Satsuki
CL Natori

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 19
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 9

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Coastal Guns at Khota Bharu, 24,45, firing at TF 85
TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Khota Bharu, 24,45

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PG Tatsumiya Maru

Japanese ground losses:
206 casualties reported

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TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Aparri, 46,49

Japanese ground losses:
263 casualties reported

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TF 88 troops unloading over beach at Vigan, 44,49

Japanese ground losses:
240 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 27,42

Japanese Ships
DD Murakumo
DD Amagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Asagiri
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
SS KXVII, hits 3

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Day Air attack on Tavoy , at 28,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 13000 feet
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Day Air attack on Alor Star , at 24,44

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Ki-21 Sally x 33

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 12000 feet
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on Georgetown , at 23,44

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 13
Ki-21 Sally x 10
Ki-48 Lily x 14
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 13000 feet
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 44,61

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 3 damaged

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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3
Buffalo I x 18
Blenheim I x 3
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Kumano
DD Nowaki

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
9 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Mogamigawa Maru
AP Kasui Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
9 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
G3M Nell x 3

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 1
Buffalo I x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
G3M Nell: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 15 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th New Chinese Corps, at 49,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th New Chinese Corps, at 49,37

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B5N Kate bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th New Chinese Corps, at 49,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 17000 feet
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 17000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th New Chinese Corps, at 49,37

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 44,61

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
2 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 2
Blenheim IV x 3
Hudson I x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Kumano

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Legaspi, at 44,55

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Yukikaze
CL Nagara

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 6

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Ground combat at Legaspi

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2545 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

Defending force 513 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 158 - adjusted assault: 304

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 152 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Legaspi base !!!

Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Nanchang

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 26822 troops, 268 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 424

Defending force 7208 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 233

Japanese max assault: 920 - adjusted assault: 856

Allied max defense: 138 - adjusted defense: 12

Japanese assault odds: 71 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
266 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22044 troops, 237 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 470

Defending force 13162 troops, 120 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 234

Japanese max assault: 314 - adjusted assault: 434

Allied max defense: 221 - adjusted defense: 393

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Japanese ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

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Ground combat at Khota Bharu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4755 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Defending force 19525 troops, 253 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 450

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Guam

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 6490 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 146

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

Japanese max assault: 254 - adjusted assault: 32

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Guam base !!!

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Ground combat at Khota Bharu

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19517 troops, 252 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 450

Defending force 7294 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Japanese max assault: 229 - adjusted assault: 112

Allied max defense: 94 - adjusted defense: 59

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Aparri

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 9927 troops, 162 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 359

Defending force 340 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 364 - adjusted assault: 43

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Aparri base !!!

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Vigan

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 9390 troops, 165 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 268

Defending force 520 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese max assault: 254 - adjusted assault: 65

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 65 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Vigan base !!!

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Meet the General Staff... - 5/17/2009 10:53:17 PM

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And now the helpful Supreme Allied Command Pacific Theater staff officers:

Ariel, chief of Plans and Operations

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Helpful Staff Officers, cont'd - 5/17/2009 10:56:16 PM

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And Misty, our resident Intelligence Officer:

New post up later today

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RE: Helpful Staff Officers, cont'd - 5/17/2009 11:12:52 PM

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if you could add a couple of shots from the game, and some overall plans (like you did on the burma defence)
i believe you'd be getting more readers/posters

and i dont know why, but your intelligence officer doesnt have a really bright look

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RE: Helpful Staff Officers, cont'd - 5/17/2009 11:19:31 PM

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I don't really care about how many people read this, I'm just doing it for fun, and as a backup to my notes on the game for future reference. Besides, I'm playing against the AI, not a human, so it probably won't be as interesting.

If people want to comment (or not) that is entirely up to them.

I plan to add some screenshots and detailed plans later on - this is after all only turn #2.

Intel Officer is also good for adding a morale-boosting effect (though I will have to say Mrs. 88 is the resident Morale Officer)

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RE: Helpful Staff Officers, cont'd - 5/18/2009 12:29:28 AM

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About your inability to airlift troops, does not the planes need to be in the base you want to airlift from? Not really sure but believe I've read something about that.
And keep the AAR up, atleast I'm here reading

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RE: Helpful Staff Officers, cont'd - 5/18/2009 3:12:46 AM

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Good luck!

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RE: Helpful Staff Officers, cont'd - 5/18/2009 3:36:55 AM

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Thanks for reading/posting. Terje439, I figured out what happened - I got it to work by setting the "supply" mission for my PM Catalinas, then "set target" to Rabaul, at which point the "pick up troops" button popped up.

I was hoping to have the turn out by now, but had to perform unexpected long-distance road trip and I've just now gotten back and had something to eat. I started a little earlier this afternoon so probably in a couple hours everything will be ready to go (I work a night job so I'm used to being awake all night, and I don't work Sundays)

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December 9 - Lexington's Revenge... - 5/18/2009 9:24:41 AM

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12/9/41:

PH convoys are busy loading supplies/fuel/troops and should leave port shortly. 2 combat ship TF's (BB Colorado and DD's, Sara with CL and DD's) and subs from San Fran are heading out to Pearl already.

At Pearl Harbor, all fighters are on training missions while bombers and patrol planes are on naval and ASW search to gain experience and hopefully sink/damage some enemy subs.

In Port Moresby, 1 Catalina squadron is picking up RAAF Base Force and another a small contingent of Lark Force, while the third is on naval search.

The Hudsons at Khota Baru repaired from last turn go to Singapore.

In India, AK's in Karachi head for Diamond Harbor, and numerous ground troops on inland bases in India are heading for the region around Calcutta to start filling out my defensive positions. After looking at the map and the section in the manual about logistics I'm liking the Kohima-Imphal area more and more as a main defensive base as its closer to the resource bases in India, the proximity to railroads, and I have several decent-sized airfields and ports nearby, while to the south the only port I have is Akyab which is size 0(1) and the Japanese will have size 4 airfields at Tavoy and Moulmein as I don't plan to make a major effort there so I don't see the supply situation being very good. However I will still make the Japanese bleed as much as possible for the Mandalay-Akyab area along with Rangoon.

In the DEI I continue to pull out ships toward Australia, though I am sending some tankers to Palembang to load up as much oil at the base as possible, where I'll ship it on to Perth. TK Angelina also loads oil in Tarakan and will head for Australia.

In the Phillippines:

Destroyers in Manila head for Kendari, they will refuel there and then go to Oz.

P-26 squadron at Clark head for Iloilo - they have the shortest legs (most vulnerable to being stranded) and I have manual upgrade set so I don't really care if they are hardly first line aircraft.

I spend most of remaining PP to airlift 119th USN Base Force via Dutch flying boats (LCU transferred to SWPAC) as enemy TF containing CV is reported E. of Davao and naval evac seems a risky proposition at best.

I need to figure out what I am going to do in China. I really am clueless here, so any suggestions from the peanut gallery would be helpful. Ditto for the rest of the DEI aside from Java.

Once again I probably forgot a bunch of important stuff, but once set in motion many things will take care of themselves for awhile, thus shrinking the list of tasks I need to perform each turn....at least, that's what I'm hoping.

At least as the Allies I know mistakes aren't as costly, at least against the AI, I'm sure a human player could wipe the floor with me but with well over 1000 turns to go before 1946 hopefully I will be a much more saavy player by the war's end, and I fully intend to finish my game, however long it takes.

Another thing is I've played a LOT of PacWar and it will require a mental shift to get used to the differences in scale/scope of WitP.

One more Annoying Newb Question (TM):

The manual states certain bases get a daily allotment of supplies over/above what is produced by any resources at the base. Is there anywhere that says which bases, and how much supply?

I got a request for more details regarding strategy, so Supreme Allied Command Pacific Theater has issued the following memo to all high-level HQ's:

Tentative Strategy For Defeating Japan

Unfortunately, it is clear that we have severely underestimated the capability of Japan's armed forces. Thus, our old war plans have been rendered irrelevant by events and we must make a new objective assessment of the war situation:

It is to my regret that we do not yet have the capability to halt the Japanese advance. The Phillippines and Malaya cannot be held with the forces avaliable and present level of enemy commitment in these areas. However, we will not simply hand over territory to the enemy.

The following factors merit consideration:

1. Our forces, as mentioned previously, are widely dispersed and scattered over a vast territory.
2. The enemy has shown his ability to use seapower to hit us where we are weak and seize the initiative.
3. The performance of our aircraft and pilots relative to the enemy is not encouraging.
4. The enemy is well-equipped, skilled, and highly motivated.
5. Japan's economy is much inferior to our own.
6. Japan must seize resources that she needs to continue the war, and must be able to transport said resources to where they are needed.
7. Japan cannot afford to win a protracted war.
8. As the enemy advances his lines of supply will become longer and harder to secure, while we will be able to focus on defending a smaller area.
9. Massive reinforcements are scheduled to arrive, but the majority will take over a year to become avaliable.

It stands to reason, then, that our best chance against the enemy is simply to delay his advance where possible but avoid taking undue risks. Attrition tactics will inevitably work in our favor. We must identify areas where we can trade space for time.

Priorities/deployment for 1941-42:

SEAC - Burma/India region has been detailed previously - defense in depth.

Phillippines - Defense of Manila/Clark/Bataan area while evacuating as much shipping/supplies as we can along with small detachments of troops when possible.

Dutch East Indies - Main effort to be made in Java as outlined before. Hold as long as possible and save as much as possible, specifically aviation assets and engineer support.

Australia/SWPac - Northern coast (Dutch and Australian forces) and Eastern bases (Australian and US assets) along with Port Moresby

South Pacific - Noumea, Suva, Pago-Pago, Canton, Palmyra (Primarily US assets with Australian and New Zealand forces as PP's become avaliable) in order to safeguard LOC's to Australia. New Zealand will also be developed as situation permits.

CentPac - defense of Midway and Johnston Island with naval assets deployed to protect SouthPac/SWPac if necessary.

Plans subject to change as situation develops and enemy intentions become futher known.

Once stong bastions are established offensive operations will commence. Probing attacks by naval assets and LBA, along with strong air reconnaisance missions, will be used to determine Japanese deployments and offensives will be conducted accordingly, primarily in the south/southwest Pacific sectors. The chief limiting factors will be sustainability of logistical support and quality and quantity of naval/air forces avaliable. Of maximum importance is the coordination of combined arms, particularly naval and air operations. Small steps will be taken first, with care taken to avoid becoming overly ambitious or over-extended, with the scope of operations to be expanded as resources allow.

"Attrition tactics" in the initial phase of the war is to be interpreted as the attempt to inflict losses on the enemy while at the same time minimizing the risk to Allied forces, particularly carriers. Therefore carriers will only be committed to defensive operations if absolutely necessary, as the aircraft carrier, because of its high mobility, is primarily an offensive weapon.

Japanese hopes for sucess revolve around speed, they cannot afford to get involved in a protracted war with inferior industrial production. They can only get weaker, while we can only get stronger in terms of both quality and quantity. Their naval philosophy centers on fighting, if possible, a single massive decisive engagement which will destroy the enemy fleet at one stroke. We should not, under any circumstances, fight the kind of war the enemy wants to fight. Instead we should attempt to destabilize the enemy battleplan by striking where he is weak, looking to divert his battlefleet from the intended objective and force him into an engagement on our terms.

Our submarines, once evacuation of cadres of valuable personnel is complete, will begin aggressive operations against enemy merchant shipping.

-88L71, Supreme Allied Commander, Pacific Theater

And now, to the combat results:

Well, 2 destroyers went down escaping from Hong Kong, but better lost at sea than captured in port.

On the other hand, USN Dauntless pilots extract some revenge for the loss of Wake. I didn't see any messages about sinkings, but if you're on a light cruiser or destroyer and are hit by 1,000 lb. bombs, that's got to seriously ruin your day....

The Japanese capture a few more expendable bases, P-40's do badly against A6M's over the PI, and the British continue providing Japanese sailors with free sushi while still failing to hit anything. 88 reccomends pilots of Lady Lex's VB-2 and VS-2 send Singapore a pamphlet entitled "How Sink Japs and Influence Tojo"

I left Lex on her original mission as in 4 of the past 5 test-starts Wake managed to defeat the Japanese and I thought she might catch some enemy shipping in the area...naturally playing "for real" the Japs got lucky and I, scatterbrained person I am, didn't send her back home last turn. I will order Lex to retire to Pearl next orders phase in case the Japanese fly in any land-based bombers.

2LT Irwin is still top Allied fighter pilot with 2 kills.

SIG INT REPORT FOR 12/09/41

Radio transmissions detected at Osaka/Kobe.
Radio transmissions detected at Bombay.
26th Division is located at 54,27.
10th Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Tsitsihar.
SS I-168 is moving to Osaka/Kobe.
32nd Division is located at 53,34.
Radio transmissions detected at Maizuru.
Radio transmissions detected at Hiroshima/Kure.
Radio transmissions detected at Sakashima.
14th Construction Battalion is located at Kagoshima.
Radio transmissions detected at 63,67.
Radio transmissions detected at 142,52.
31st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
5th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Taejon.
Radio transmissions detected at 63,67.
3rd Reserve AA Regiment is located at Matsue.
14th Ind. Brigade is located at Hsinyang.
56th Brigade is planning for an attack on Davao.
Radio transmissions detected at 63,67.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/09/41

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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19
Ki-21 Sally x 29
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on Alor Star , at 24,44

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3
Ki-48 Lily x 5
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 8
Blenheim IV x 4
Hudson I x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Arashi
CA Mogami

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 16
SBD Dauntless x 34

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Yayoi
DD Kisaragi, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Oite
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Tatsuta
CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3
Buffalo I x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Kinka Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Songkhia at 24,43

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Higashiyama Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 35,47

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Thanet, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Thracian, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Scout, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 23

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Khota Bharu , at 24,45

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
G3M Nell x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on Alor Star , at 24,44

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 17
Ki-21 Sally x 22
Ki-48 Lily x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 16000 feet
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 16000 feet
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 16000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G4M1 Betty x 22

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Laoag , at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-30 Ann x 21
Ki-48 Lily x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 13
Blenheim IV x 7
Hudson I x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Mogami
DD Arashi

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 44,49

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Murasame

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 12
SBD Dauntless x 27

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kisaragi, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Tatsuta, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 40098 troops, 434 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 852

Defending force 13136 troops, 115 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 232

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 911 - adjusted assault: 271

Allied max defense: 217 - adjusted defense: 283

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese ground losses:
436 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

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Ground combat at Khota Bharu

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19521 troops, 252 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 450

Defending force 7245 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 133

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 495 - adjusted assault: 750

Allied max defense: 106 - adjusted defense: 171

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Khota Bharu base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

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RE: December 9 - Lexington's Revenge... - 5/18/2009 8:57:52 PM

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About Akyab. Against a human opponent I've discovered that it is best to leave that base to the enemy, the problem is that there is only paths leading north from the city, meaning that it takes forever to leave the city again, and as you stated there are airports nearby to the south that the Japanese can use to close of Akyab harbour.

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RE: Meet the General Staff... - 5/18/2009 10:15:49 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: 88l71

And now the helpful Supreme Allied Command Pacific Theater staff officers:

Ariel, chief of Plans and Operations

The Cochran Braintrust consists of Abbigail (6 years-Old), Sadie (5 Years-old), and Anakin (1 Year-Old). Abbey and Annie handle War Planning and Sadie is very concerned with logistics. All three four-footed felines provide all sorts of special advice at ALL hours...

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RE: Meet the General Staff... - 5/18/2009 10:23:56 PM

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LOL John.

Yes, my staff officers are quite concerned with logistcs as well, particularly food supplies, and are quick to inform CINC if food shipments do not arrive on schedule...

Going to try to have a turn up today, but I've spent a lot of time looking at China and overland supply movement, and I will have to watch 24 (last episode this season I think)

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Post #: 13

Dec 10th Orders and Combat - 5/19/2009 12:56:52 AM

88l71

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Orders 12/10/41

First off, it's time to start looking at China. Here's a base-by-base listing:

VPJ= Victory Points, Japanese
AG = Army Group HQ
ABF= Air Base Force
AF= Airfield

Yenen
VPJ 20(10) AF 1(6)
3 manpower, 180 HI, 180 Res.
1 AG Hq, 1 War Area HQ, 2 inf corps, 1 ABF
No aircraft

Homan
VPJ 20(10) AF 1(4)
No production
1 War Area HQ, 1 AG HQ, 4 inf corps, 1 ABF.
No aircraft

Ichang
VPJ 20(10) AF 1(5)
No production
1 AG HQ, 4 inf corps, 1 ABF
No aircraft

Changsha
VPJ 60(10) AF 3(6)
3 Manpower, 180 HI, 600 Res.
2 inf corps, 1 inf div, 2 ABF
No aircraft

Hengchow
VPJ 60(10) AF 3(6)
No production
1 War Area HQ, 3 inf corps, 1 ABF.
No aircraft

Kweiyang
VPJ 60(10) AF 3(5)
No production
1 ABF
No aircraft

Chungking
VPJ 2400(300) AF 4(6)
15 Manpower, 360 HI, 300 Res, 75 Oil
1 Command Hq, 1 War Area HQ, 1 AG Hq, 5 inf corps, 1 ABF
3 Ftr Sqns (2 I-15, 1 I-16) 2 LB Sqns (both SB-2)

Kungchang
VPJ 20(10) AF 1(3)
No production
1 ABF
No aircraft

Lanchow
VPJ 300 (50) AF 3(5)
7 Manpower, 180 HI, 180 Res, 125 Oil
1 ABF
No aircraft

Sining
VPJ 300(50) AF 3(5)
No production
1 ABF
No aircraft

Chengtu
VPJ 200(100) AF 1(3)
10 Manpower, 10 HI, 300 Res
1 AG Hq, 1 inf corps, 2 ABF
2 Ftr Sqns (both I-16) 3 LB Sqn's (2 SB-2, 1 IL-4)

Kunming:
VPJ 100(25) AF 3(4)
10 Manpower, 30 HI, 300 Res
Y Force HQ, 1 AG Hq, 4 Inf Corps, 1 ABF
No aircraft

Yunan
VPJ 100(25) AF 2(2)
No production
NCAC HQ, 1 War Area HQ, 2 AG HQ, 1 inf corps, 4 inf div, 1 tank rgt, 1 ABF
No aircraft
VPJ 100(25) AF 2(2)

Japanese supply routes are overall much better than my own (ports, rail net) as I have no ports and only 1 resource base (Changsha) is sitting on a railroad, while the majority of my supply is via roads.

Every base has an air base force though only 2 have aircraft present, and at Chengtu are based on a size 1 (!!) airfield.

I'm not sure what a War Area HQ is...would it be equivalent to say the US 10th Army HQ?

The Japanese have been hitting Changsha and troops in vicinity and I have ABF unit along with a size 3 airfield...looks like a good location to deploy some fighters. Those I-16's don't have much in the way of range...or performance...or good pilots, but they are better than no fighter cover at all and they can get some much-needed experience.

I also send the 11th CFS to Lanchow, where it will make another hop to Yenen to protect war production from the nearby Japanese airfield at Chengting, and Hengchow gets the I-15's of the 25th CFS.

Wuchow is expanding airfields and once they get to size 2 I will move in some fighters there as well.

In Malaya, Blenheims of 62 sqn move to Rangoon. I will have to start thinking about getting the Vildebeests out of Singapore soon, as their range will only allow them to escape via Georgetown-Victoria Point route.

17th DAF is reassigned to SWPac and begins redeployment. The USN surface TF at Borneo moves out for Soerbaja to join the other warships already there.

In the Philippines, the 2 tankers at Manila load fuel for Oz, AVD at Puerto Princesa heads to Balikpapan (then on to Darwin) while the 105th and 101st USAAF Base Forces at Naga board ship for Australia. At Davao, P-35's from Clark join the P-26 squadron that flew out last turn.

USS Lexington TF is ordered back to Pearl Harbor in case the enemy moves any bombers to Wake.

Combat phase 12/10/41:

The British planes at Singapore, hearing of the American success at Wake, decide that no way are they going to be shown up by the Yanks and manage to put a bomb into AP Heiyo Maru, reporting heavy damage and seeing large secondary explosions.

Hong Kong is still holding out, and Allied troops continue making the enemy pay for Malaya. I don't think DD Scout will make it, though.

The Dutch Air Force decides to get in the war and aim high by attacking a Japanese carrier TF, though no hits are scored.

The first Allied airstrike of the war against an enemy land target takes place over Bangkok. Bomb damage is reported minimal, but 88 congratulates the Buffalo pilots in downing one Oscar and protecting the bombers despite being outnumbered 3:1. One Buffalo was damaged but none shot down.

The Japanese capture Makin - 88 congratulates the awesome ability of the Japanese Navy to take completely undefended bases and still suffer casualties to the landing force.

Whoever said it was possible to "sneak" ships out of Manila in small numbers apparently is luckier than I - look at what happened to one of my tankers - but better to have fuel/supply up in flames or lost at sea than let the enemy have it, and the Japanese have taken to bombing the port now...

Interesting the Japanese have not launched any further bombing raids against Singapore's airfields....

2Lt Irwin is still top Allied ace with 2 kills.

SIG INT REPORT FOR 12/10/41

4th Construction Battalion is located at Mukden.
Radio transmissions detected at Osaka/Kobe.
Radio transmissions detected at Batan Island.
5675 men are based at Taipei.
56th Brigade is planning for an attack on Davao.
Radio transmissions detected at Truk.
Radio transmissions detected at Taan.
189240 men are based at Saipan.
24th Engineer Regiment is located at Chiamussu.
Radio transmissions detected at Taichu.
33rd Division is located at 32,40.
Radio transmissions detected at 63,69.
25th Division is located at Harbin.
55th Division is planning for an attack on Tavoy.
Radio transmissions detected at Truk.
Hunchun Garrison Regiment is located at 62,33.
14th Division is located at Hailar.
5681 men are based at Taipei.
Radio transmissions detected at 61,32.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/10/41

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TF 15 troops unloading over beach at Makin, 85,89

Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 6
Buffalo I x 19
Blenheim IV x 3
Hudson I x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Maikaze
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
9 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Songkhia at 24,43

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Heiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 33,49

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Scout, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Hong Kong , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48 Lily x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 3 damaged

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bangkok , at 29,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 5
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 7
Blenheim I x 4

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

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kuantan , at 24,47

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G4M1 Betty x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 9

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AS Otus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Runway hits 4
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 12000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Laoag , at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-30 Ann x 21
Ki-48 Lily x 6

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 13000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 13000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 38,58

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo
CA Myoko

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
1 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 38,58

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
Hudson I x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 9
Blenheim IV x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Ryugi Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Manila at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G4M1 Betty x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Mindanao
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Laoag, 45,49

Japanese ground losses:
199 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39517 troops, 422 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 822

Defending force 12918 troops, 106 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 226

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 660 - adjusted assault: 429

Allied max defense: 200 - adjusted defense: 191

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Japanese ground losses:
384 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Alor Star

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 17760 troops, 178 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 462

Defending force 3099 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 80

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 1016 - adjusted assault: 480

Allied max defense: 82 - adjusted defense: 211

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Japanese ground losses:
388 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1208 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36

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

Japanese max assault: 32 - adjusted assault: 3

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Makin base !!!

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Dec 11th, 1941 - 5/20/2009 10:49:34 PM

88l71

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Sorry I didn't get a turn out yesterday...scary when I think 2 hours isn't enough time to do a turn!!

I will try for 2 turns today, but I don't promise anything.

Orders for 12/11/41

PH TF's disbanded as there is currently no need for them.

Aviation support in Singapore is nearly caught up with demand. If the base holds out and the Japanese continue sending shipping to Malaya, my pilots might get good enough to do some damage to the enemy.

I-16's in Changsha target enemy ground unit NE of hex to gain some exp and hopefully provide us with some recon. Some fighters are ordered to remain on CAP in case enemy bombers show up.

POW/Repulse task force have now cleared Malacca Strait without suffering any air attacks, current position 1 hex directly east of Nicobar Island.

Reinforcements:

10 days - new Catalina squadron
1 month - large amounts of support units, which I could really use.

B-17's for SEAC and Centpac were accidentally left on the West Coast turn 1. These have been ordered to Lahaina and PH respectively.

AS Pelias heads to Midway to set up submarine operations.

Replacements for units in USAFFE and Malay peninsula turned off to conserve supply and pools.

AV support troops in Tavoy head to Rangoon to support a detachment of the AVG which will arrive once troops are in place.

2 brigades on Moulmein ordered to Pagan.

TF created in Tjilatjap to pick up DAF base force from Bali.

Combat phase:

Brit planes hit nothing, Japanese continue to NOT attack Singapore air base, and enemy captures Alor Star, Hong Kong, Laoag, Tarawa - none of which I intended to hold.

Chinese planes did not attack enemy LCU - bad intel? Bad pilots?

SIG INT REPORT FOR 12/11/41

15th AA Regiment is located at Nagoya.
107th IJA Base Force is located at Taejon.
8th Hvy Field Artillery Regiment is loaded on AK,Tamishima Maru moving to Naga.
Radio transmissions detected at Laoag.
Radio transmissions detected at Kagoshima.
104th IJA Base Force is located at Fushan.
Radio transmissions detected at Linhsi.
111th IJA Base Force is located at Paotang.
Radio transmissions detected at Osaka/Kobe.
Yokosuka Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Tokyo.
35th Brigade is located at Camranh Bay.
6th AF Construction Battalion is located at Phnom Penh.
Radio transmissions detected at 64,72.
Radio transmissions detected at Laoag.
52nd Division is located at Kanazawa.
Radio transmissions detected at Kagoshima.
Radio transmissions detected at Taan.
AK San Francisco Maru is moving to Khota Bharu.
1st Parachute Regiment is loaded on AP,Hokuhi Maru moving to Kuching.
Yongfung Bay Fortress is located at Wonsan.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/11/41

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TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Laoag, 45,49

Japanese ground losses:
153 casualties reported

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TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Laoag, 45,49

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

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TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Laoag, 45,49

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3
Buffalo I x 26
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Kumano

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
1 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
9 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Atutasan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Songkhia at 24,43

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Sakura Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bangkok , at 29,40

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 6
Blenheim I x 6

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Georgetown , at 23,44

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-48 Lily x 27

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 13000 feet
18 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kuala Lumpur , at 23,46

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
G3M Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 6
Ki-21 Sally x 26

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 19000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on Laoag , at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-30 Ann x 23
Ki-48 Lily x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
G4M1 Betty x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at 44,54

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 13000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 13000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3
Buffalo I x 12
Blenheim IV x 3
Hudson I x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Kumano
DD Nowaki

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
6 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 44,55

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 46,49

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
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TF 92 troops unloading over beach at Tarawa, 85,91

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Naga

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2597 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

Defending force 11164 troops, 119 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 312

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39103 troops, 403 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 804

Defending force 12912 troops, 105 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 221

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 735 - adjusted assault: 485

Allied max defense: 195 - adjusted defense: 77

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
12571 casualties reported
Guns lost 93
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Laoag

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3234 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 334

Defending force 872 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese max assault: 310 - adjusted assault: 34

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 4

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Laoag base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Alor Star

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 17300 troops, 167 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 439

Defending force 3028 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 74

Japanese max assault: 794 - adjusted assault: 714

Allied max defense: 74 - adjusted defense: 27

Japanese assault odds: 26 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Alor Star base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

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Ground combat at Tarawa

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1608 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 56

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

Japanese max assault: 64 - adjusted assault: 3

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarawa base !!!

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12/12/41 Orders/Combat - 5/21/2009 3:01:12 AM

88l71

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Mostly continuing to reorganize my units.

Midway could use some supplies, especially as it's going to be a big sub base soon so I load up a couple 4500 cap AK's and an AO with fuel at Pearl Harbor.

That Chinese squadron I was going to move to Yenen gets transferred there.

PoW TF has now reached the midway point of its escape, at Andaman Island.

The 93rd BS, a B-17 unit in the PI, has flown to Darwin under SWPAC command.

In Hawaii SouthPac's B-17 group flies to Palmyra and there is joined by the P-40E's attached to thesame HQ. The leftover P-40's at Pearl were merged into 46th Fighter Squadron.

The 6th and 34th Fighter Squadrons, which I moved earlier to the south Phillippines, have escaped the area to Menado.

There is still much reorganizing to do and it is rather tedious, but I figure by doing it in small bite-size pieces I will have the majority of the stuff I want evacuated out of the immediate front line regions, or redeployed for defense work, by the time the last defenders of Luzon and Malaya have fallen.

I will have mega-work to do once those convoys from the States start arriving in Hawaii.

US naval force arrives in Soerbaja from Borneo and Palembang's CA's head to link up with the numerous forces in the region. I'm going to try to create 2+ SCTF's to hopefully repel enemy amphib landings on Java.

Mostly I think it would help me to just relax. I get annoyed when I overlook something, maybe it has to do with posting my first campaign in detail where people much better at this game than I are possibly reading so I don't want to make myself look bad?

That's idiotic since it's still VERY early in the war, and I'm after all much more interested in having a fun game instead of trying to do everything perfect and winning the war in 1943.

Also, since my first "getting the hang of it" games were run for 3-7 turns and I have a lot of experience playing Pacwar, which with its relative simplicity and much "faster" pace, I have no idea how agressive/fast the AI is. I know AI is said to be not very good but I assume it acts somewhat historically in the first 6 months of the war?

Combat phase:

No territory lost this turn.

Buffalos live up to my expectations of them (not good, unless used by Finns) and the Ryujo gets attacked multiple times from different airbases without getting even the paint scratched.

Japanese hit Singapore again but still ignore the runways...then again, obsolete aircraft unable to hit anything aren't proving to be much of a threat...

I'll need to step up deployment of the AVG to Rangoon, once I fix the runways...

SIG INT REPORT FOR 12/12/41

112th IJN Base Force is located at Wakkanai.
Radio transmissions detected at Truk.
1884 men are based at Kratie.
13th Division is located at 48,34.
55th Division is located at 27,39.
10th Aviation Rgt is located at Hungnam.
17th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Niigata.
Radio transmissions detected at 47,53.
Radio transmissions detected at 42,62.
Radio transmissions detected at 42,62.
Radio transmissions detected at Wuhan.
22nd Division is located at Wenchow.
Chinhae Bay Fortress is located at Pusan.
Radio transmissions detected at Truk.
56th Brigade is loaded on AK,Ryuzin Maru moving to Davao.
North China Area Army is located at Peking.
1st Army is located at Chengting.
Radio transmissions detected at 42,62.
49th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mukden.
48th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Pescadores.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/12/41

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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 47
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

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

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 12000 feet
27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Division, at 47,35

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 11

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,54

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,54

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Mikuma

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
2 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 29,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18
Ki-48 Lily x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Scout, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 14000 feet
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Manila at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
G4M1 Betty x 16

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Mindanao, Torpedo hits 3, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
G3M Nell x 7
G4M1 Betty x 27

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 2
Buffalo I x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 9 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
12 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 16000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 19000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 46,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Ki-48 Lily x 18

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
G4M1 Betty x 41

No Japanese losses

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 19000 feet
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 19000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 19000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at 44,54

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
G4M1 Betty x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 13000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 13000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,54

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2
Martin 139 x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo
CA Myoko

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,54

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 5
Blenheim IV x 5
Hudson I x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo
CA Haguro

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
6 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Tatsumiya Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet

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Ground combat at Naga

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2602 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 77

Defending force 11030 troops, 116 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 307

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

And here's a look at the strategic situation.....

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RE: 12/12/41 Orders/Combat - 5/21/2009 4:22:57 AM

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I see your Swordfish keeps dropping bombs. Enemy TFs out of "normal" range?

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RE: 12/12/41 Orders/Combat - 5/21/2009 9:40:03 AM

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Probably. I have *all* of the Malaya air groups flying out of Singapore, where I was consolidating all the aviation support, and most of the enemy shipping has been concentrated either to the north of the peninsula or east. I'd rather have them dropping torps, too, but with my lousy pilot accuracy....

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Dec 13, 1941...is there a *Japanese* damage control bon... - 5/22/2009 12:21:59 AM

88l71

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Orders 12/13/41

Midway planes set to ASW search as some subs are seen around the base.

Air transfers:

Evacuee aircraft from Menado fly to Kendari.

B-18's at Johnston to Palmyra

5th BG to Suva.

18th FG to Canton.

A/AVG to Rangoon.

Vildebeests of Singapore to Georgetown - enemy troops spotted at the base and if it falls they will be trapped.

16th and 17th DAF leave Sumatra via ships sent there earlier, head to Darwin after being routed to W. side of Java.

Note to self - merge the sub-units later.

2 convoys to Johnston - 1 DD/2 AK with supplies, 1 DD/1 AK with fuel

A 2 AK supply convoy is formed in Manila to head to Oz.

Combat commentary/reports:

The Ryujo continues her career as the world's luckiest ship.

More attacks by uber-Betty....gaah I HATE this plane in WitP and PacWar...in reality it was an overrated piece of junk easily shot down by any Allied fighter yet here I have unescorted G4M's getting through P-40's and actually inflicting a favorable loss/damage ratio....

My planes/subs do well against merchant ships, but I thought it was the US that had the damage control bonus, not Japan....IOW I have damaged several ships but have not sunk A SINGLE ONE, including light cruisers nailed with multiple 1000 lb bombs and merchants hit with both air and sub torpedoes. Hopefully next turn I'll be able to inflict further damage on the crippled enemy?

2LT Irwin still the top Allied fighter jock with 2 kills.

SIG INT REPORT FOR 12/13/41

Radio transmissions detected at Ominato.
14th Construction Battalion is located at Kagoshima.
Radio transmissions detected at Camranh Bay.
AK Nittai Maru is located at .
24th Engineer Regiment is located at Chiamussu.
Radio transmissions detected at Tainan.
Radio transmissions detected at 48,42.
68 aircraft are based at Hailar.
Radio transmissions detected at Kitakyushu.
Radio transmissions detected at Tokyo.
7th AF Construction Battalion is located at Bangkok.
56th Brigade is planning for an attack on Davao.
3rd Ind. Brigade is located at 51,30.
51st Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
7th Aviation Rgt is loaded on AK,Iwashiro Maru moving to Songkhia.
4752 men are based at Wakkanai.
Radio transmissions detected at Tainan.
Yura Fortress is located at Takamatsu.
103rd IJA Base Force is located at Hailar.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/13/41

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Coastal Guns at Naga, 44,54, firing at TF 104
TF 104 troops unloading over beach at Naga, 44,54

54 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Coastal Guns at Naga, 44,54, firing at TF 104
TF 104 troops unloading over beach at Naga, 44,54

37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Coastal Guns at Davao, 41,61, firing at TF 142
TF 142 troops unloading over beach at Davao, 41,61

166 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
MSW Tomozono Maru #3, Shell hits 19
AP Tenryu Maru

Japanese ground losses:
516 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Coastal Guns at Naga, 44,54, firing at TF 104
TF 104 troops unloading over beach at Naga, 44,54

17 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 46,48

Japanese Ships
AP Arizona Maru
PC Ch 32
PC Ch 18
PC Ch 17
PC Ch 16
PC Ch 15

Allied Ships
SS S-40, hits 6, on fire

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Sub attack at 29,54

Japanese Ships
AK Johore Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonan Maru #6
PG Sozan Maru
PG Eiko Maru
PG Uji
MSW W.6

Allied Ships
SS O19

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 3rd Division, at 47,35

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 11

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,56

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,56

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 12
Buffalo I x 14
Blenheim IV x 11
Martin 139 x 27
Hudson I x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo
DD Hayashio
CA Myoko

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
5 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
8 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
5 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 25,43

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Kyushu Maru
AK Sado Maru
AP Enju Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
2 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 26,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kurohime Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 24,47

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 5
Vildebeest IV x 16

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Miyako Maru
AP Eihuku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Seiki Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kaihei Maru

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
2 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Benkolen at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Van Riebeek
AP Buyskens

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Manila at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
G4M1 Betty x 27

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Mindanao, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Georgetown , at 23,44

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 7000 feet
9 x G3M Nell bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 46,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-48 Lily x 10

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
G4M1 Betty x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at 44,54

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
G4M1 Betty x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 19000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 19000 feet
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,56

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2
Martin 139 x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,56

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 7
Buffalo I x 2
Blenheim IV x 11
Martin 139 x 18
Hudson I x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo
CA Nachi

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
4 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
8 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 26,45

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 25,45

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AK Nako Maru
AP Asama Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Naga at 44,54

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Dos Hermanos

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Manila at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Corregidor, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Sub attack near Taan at 37,41

Japanese Ships
AK Yagi Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-37

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Coastal Guns at Kuantan, 24,47, firing at TF 211
TF 211 troops unloading over beach at Kuantan, 24,47

36 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PC Shonan Maru #7

Japanese ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Naga

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4329 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Defending force 10999 troops, 117 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 302

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

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Ground combat at Georgetown

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 18903 troops, 271 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 442

Defending force 4403 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 92

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 908 - adjusted assault: 636

Allied max defense: 83 - adjusted defense: 153

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Ground combat at 25,46

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19348 troops, 245 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 446

Defending force 5448 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94

Japanese max assault: 411 - adjusted assault: 40

Allied max defense: 78 - adjusted defense: 37

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Ground combat at Kuantan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3077 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Defending force 2886 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 128

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Naga

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9761 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 293

Defending force 4319 troops, 74 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3095 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 97

Defending force 10015 troops, 102 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 306

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Post #: 19

12/14/41 I'm baaaaaack!!! - 6/19/2009 1:48:34 AM

88l71

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Sorry for the long break....got kinda busy with other not-so-fun Real Life Crap and this is a really time-intensive game if you are new (I think the learning curve actually goes on long enough to eventually rejoin itself and form a Learning Circle)

For the hell of it though I ran a campaign of the AI vs the AI just out of curiousity (I tried several diff campaigns) and that was..interesting (in my camp 43 the USN liked to sail CV TF's straight thru the middle of the Pacific and send Brit ships south through Malaya/Phillippines

Anyway, here's my orders for 12/14

Subs have arrived in Singapore and begin evac British Air Base forces to Chandpur, a smaller group heads back to Bataan (I'm a bit of a moron and forgot about all those ABF's in the Phillippines) while another group heads for the DEI.

Right now I'm worried about New Guinea. I need to get some assets to PM and Gili Gili and start building up some good airbases, particularly for fighters to cover the Aus-NG supply line and long-range bombers to start hitting Rabaul once the Japanese start building up the place. The closest units are Australia Command types but I don't have a lot of PP's as these are being used in the PI and DEI areas right now to try to pull out what I can.

PoW TF disbanded after arriving in Diamond Harbor.

CV Saratoga now within a day's sail or so of PH, with BB Colorado TF not far behind.

CL's and DD's collected at Soerbaja are split up into 2 roughly equal TF's with one to defend Soerbaja and the other going to Batavia. Soerbaja's PT boats are also collected into a TF.

Scanning the map reveals a group of fighters defending Delhi flying Westland Lysander liason planes....those pilots have some guts!!

CD guns at Georgetown ordered to bombard the enemy troops at the base.

I'm sure there's a ton of stuff I forgot about but that's what happens when you take about a month long break...hope to have the next turn up shortly so I can catch up.

Combat phase 12/14:

The bad news: The CD unit I told to bombard on Georgetown sat on its ass and did nothing and then the Japanese captured the place, wiping out the airgroups I was trying to get out there that couldn't transfer...note to self..in future try to disband whatever possible...

The Ryujo continues to be un-hittable.

On the good side, my torpedo bombers put 2 fish into the Mogami

and CD guns scored some shipping hits.

SIG INT REPORT FOR 12/14/41

7th Division is located at Sapporo.
4th Ind. Brigade is located at Tatung.
Radio transmissions detected at 56,25.
7th Mixed Brigade is located at 64,31.
Radio transmissions detected at 54,50.
Home Defense Force is located at Tokyo.
Radio transmissions detected at Kiungahan.
Radio transmissions detected at Osaka/Kobe.
15th Army is located at Siemrem Reap.
Radio transmissions detected at Changchun.
295115 men are based at Kagoshima.
Shimonoseki Fortress is located at Nagato.
Radio transmissions detected at Hailar.
21st Division is located at Hanoi.
Home Defense Force is located at Tokyo.
Radio transmissions detected at Hangchow.
52nd Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
Radio transmissions detected at Kiungahan.
Radio transmissions detected at 92,56.

Combat reports:

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/14/41

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Coastal Guns at Naga, 44,54, firing at TF 104
TF 104 troops unloading over beach at Naga, 44,54

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Coastal Guns at Kuantan, 24,47, firing at TF 211
TF 211 troops unloading over beach at Kuantan, 24,47

22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
289 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Rabaul, 61,88, firing at TF 57
TF 57 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 61,88

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Kuching, 28,56, firing at TF 171
TF 171 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 28,56

18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AK Johore Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Eiko Maru

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Naga, 44,54, firing at TF 103
TF 103 troops unloading over beach at Naga, 44,54

132 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PG Keiko Maru
PG Kanko Maru, Shell hits 3

Japanese ground losses:
1111 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Coastal Guns at Davao, 41,61, firing at TF 142
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TF 142 encounters mine field at Davao (41,61)

TF 142 troops unloading over beach at Davao, 41,61

149 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Daitei Maru
AK Tokiwasan Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
AP Zyuyo Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
AP Ujigawa Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
MSW Tomozono Maru #3, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tarushima Maru, Shell hits 1
AK Kosin Maru, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Kuantan, 24,47, firing at TF 211
TF 211 troops unloading over beach at Kuantan, 24,47

Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 28

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
19 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Division, at 47,35

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 11

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 25,55

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2
Martin 139 x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 16

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 11 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CA Kumano
DD Nowaki

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Georgetown , at 23,44

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21
Ki-48 Lily x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 17000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 17000 feet
5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 46,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48 Lily x 20

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
G4M1 Betty x 23

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 19000 feet
12 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on 22nd Indian Brigade, at 24,47

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
G3M Nell x 18
G4M1 Betty x 47

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
230 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 5000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 19000 feet
18 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 12000 feet
7 x G3M Nell bombing at 17000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 19000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 5000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 12000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 17000 feet
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Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at 44,54

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
G4M1 Betty x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 18000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 17000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 18000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 17000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st PA Division, at 44,54

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 17000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 14000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 25,55

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2
Martin 139 x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Haguro

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 25,55

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3
Buffalo I x 16
Blenheim IV x 9
Hudson I x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo
CA Myoko

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 2

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Kuching at 28,56

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Uji

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
1 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 24,47

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kaihei Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet

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Ground combat at Naga

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4359 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 504

Defending force 10661 troops, 102 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 293

Japanese max assault: 79 - adjusted assault: 54

Allied max defense: 220 - adjusted defense: 273

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Davao

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12679 troops, 106 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 315

Defending force 4065 troops, 40 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 99

Japanese max assault: 640 - adjusted assault: 800

Allied max defense: 104 - adjusted defense: 35

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
627 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Georgetown

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 18765 troops, 261 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 439

Defending force 4282 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 90

Japanese max assault: 894 - adjusted assault: 730

Allied max defense: 78 - adjusted defense: 32

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Georgetown base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
Swordfish: 1 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
1574 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

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Ground combat at 25,46

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 19249 troops, 238 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 444

Defending force 5415 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 90

Japanese max assault: 818 - adjusted assault: 546

Allied max defense: 76 - adjusted defense: 25

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Kuantan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2688 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 71

Defending force 7386 troops, 156 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 240

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Kuching

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1113 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Defending force 495 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

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Ground combat at Rabaul

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2221 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

Defending force 1405 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Naga

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9516 troops, 92 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 284

Defending force 17841 troops, 211 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 492

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RE: 12/14/41 I'm baaaaaack!!! - 6/19/2009 2:55:37 AM

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"Right now I'm worried about New Guinea. I need to get some assets to PM and Gili Gili and start building up some good airbases, particularly for fighters to cover the Aus-NG supply line and long-range bombers to start hitting Rabaul once the Japanese start building up the place. The closest units are Australia Command types but I don't have a lot of PP's as these are being used in the PI and DEI areas right now to try to pull out what I can."

Some thoughts:

1 - At the start of the game The Gull and Swallow battalions are stationed at Darwin. These units are assigned to Southwest Command and can be transferred without any PP cost. To put frosting on the cake , there are , unless you have moved them, two Aps there. These can be used transport Gull and Swallow to PM. Also, consider transferring 103RAF Base� stationed at Charter Towers to SW Command, march it to Townsville, and then transport it to PM. This will give you additional air support.

2 - Also, at the start of the game, there is a TF at or near Canton Island transporting the 26th FA Bde to Suva. By Dec 14 this TF should be at or near Suva.� If this is the case� unload the FA bde at Suva and then have TF proceed next door to Upolu. Upolu is garrisoned bt the 7th USMC Def Bn and the 116th USN Bf. Have the TF pick these guys up and truck them to Gilli.

3 - Have BFs at Broome, Derby, and Wyndham march� to Darwin. This will give you support for future aircraft to be stationed there.

4 - 55th and 54th Fgs are stationed on the WC. As soon as you get PPs transfer them to SW command and ship them out to Gilli and PM respectively. These aircraft are P-40s and P-39s. The P-40s are long legged and the P-39s will upgrade to long range P-38s. It seems to me that these types are better suited for the SW than F4Fs and the like.

5 - It might be too late, but consider running some fuel and supplies from DEI to PM and Gilli. They'll probably be safe from air attack until the Japanese get established on Rabaul.

This was my early game strategy for PM and Gilli.� I started from day 1 and it worked fine, but I don't know if it's feasible to try this a week later. The AI will leave PM and Gilli alone until it gets Rabaul.

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RE: 12/14/41 I'm baaaaaack!!! - 6/19/2009 10:55:54 PM

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OldCoot - thanks for the tips...

As I said still new to the game so at first so I didn't think about unrestricted units at Darwin. I haven't moved the AP's yet. The sheer amount of units and geographic size of the map is almost overwhelming to a newbie, but the way I see it the more I get done the less I will have to worry about until major reinforcements start arriving. Good thing I'm not playing a human!

Also the years of experience with PacWar is I think actually a detriment. I'm used to week-long turns and much fewer bases, larger air groups, etc.

I am flying in cadres of the AV support unit on Rabaul and Lark Force to PM using the Catalinas there, and I pulled out the aircraft from Rabaul to PM already.

Some thoughts:

1 - At the start of the game The Gull and Swallow battalions are stationed at Darwin. These units are assigned to Southwest Command and can be transferred without any PP cost. To put frosting on the cake , there are , unless you have moved them, two Aps there. These can be used transport Gull and Swallow to PM. Also, consider transferring 103RAF Base stationed at Charter Towers to SW Command, march it to Townsville, and then transport it to PM. This will give you additional air support.

Already considered the 103rd but right now it's a matter of PP's since the Japanese are really starting to slam the door on the Phillippines and I still have stuff stationed there and the planes/av support units are getting priority for evacuation. I'll take a good, long look at it in a little bit though. The good news is my work in Sumatra is almost done for now as I have strong air and sea concentrations in Batavia/Soerbaja. PM has been expanding and fortifying since Turn 1. The supply situation doesn't look good there right now though so I'm going to have to send some there quick - probably from Australia.

2 - Also, at the start of the game, there is a TF at or near Canton Island transporting the 26th FA Bde to Suva. By Dec 14 this TF should be at or near Suva. If this is the case unload the FA bde at Suva and then have TF proceed next door to Upolu. Upolu is garrisoned bt the 7th USMC Def Bn and the 116th USN Bf. Have the TF pick these guys up and truck them to Gilli.

I'll check it out. What I'm worried about is Japanese moving in Bettys in large numbers to Rabaul early on before I can get fighters (at this point P-40's would be preferable)stationed in NG. Those Navy engineers would be a godsend for sure.

3 - Have BFs at Broome, Derby, and Wyndham march to Darwin. This will give you support for future aircraft to be stationed there.

A ton of stuff is already headed to Darwin as I'm pretty much routing all the supplies and airgroups from the PI and DEI there, but yeah, I haven't really assesed the situation in Australia but it's obvious I could do some redeploying. I'm putting it on the to do list.

4 - 55th and 54th Fgs are stationed on the WC. As soon as you get PPs transfer them to SW command and ship them out to Gilli and PM respectively. These aircraft are P-40s and P-39s. The P-40s are long legged and the P-39s will upgrade to long range P-38s. It seems to me that these types are better suited for the SW than F4Fs and the like.

Again, it's all dependent on having spare PP's. I've got lots of planes moving to Hawaii in transport TF's but they are s-l-o-o-o-w and it seems like right now the problem isn't lack of planes but lack of aviation support units. At any rate they will have to wait for the AK's to unload at Pearl and make it back to the West Coast because literally every single ship in the WC is carrying supplies/fuel/troops to Pearl right now. I guess next turn I will look and see what I have at Pearl cargo-ship wise and send it to the WC, it should be faster than waiting for the others

5 - It might be too late, but consider running some fuel and supplies from DEI to PM and Gilli. They'll probably be safe from air attack until the Japanese get established on Rabaul.

This was my early game strategy for PM and Gilli. I started from day 1 and it worked fine, but I don't know if it's feasible to try this a week later. The AI will leave PM and Gilli alone until it gets Rabaul.

Yeah, though it's not a ground attack I'm worried about at this point it's torp bombers shutting down my supply line.

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RE: 12/14/41 I'm baaaaaack!!! - 6/19/2009 11:56:37 PM

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One more thing:

If you decide to dump the FA Bde at Suva and then pick up the def Bn and the BF from Upolu,� you will find you have more ships than you need. Consider using the extra to pick up the 114thb RAF BF at Tongatapu. It is already assigned to South Pacific and would fit nicely at Lugarville which is a SOPAC base. Later, you could bring down a PBY unit from Pearl and thus fill a big recon gap.

Also what about the AVDs from PI? Can you send� them to PM?� That's 24 aviation support.

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RE: 12/14/41 I'm baaaaaack!!! - 6/21/2009 5:17:22 PM

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Sorry for the delay...decided to try CHS for a bit Friday and have been playing around with it a bit.

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RE: 12/14/41 I'm baaaaaack!!! - 6/22/2009 10:42:36 PM

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Just wanted to say I love your title for this AAR.

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RE: 12/14/41 I'm baaaaaack!!! - 6/24/2009 2:16:29 AM

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good reading well done

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RE: 12/14/41 I'm baaaaaack!!! - 6/24/2009 2:37:35 AM

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Thanks guys...new turn should be up tomorrow....at this rate it will be about a 12-year long war...

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RE: 12/14/41 I'm baaaaaack!!! - 6/25/2009 3:28:23 AM

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sometimes it works that way

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RE: 12/14/41 I'm baaaaaack!!! - 6/25/2009 11:14:46 AM

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I know...I'm lazy and then I keep procrastinating somewhat, though I have gotten about half the next turn done and luckily I write everything down, so easy to pick up where I left off.

Problem is, this game is so damn.....overwhelming that I know basically WHAT I want to do but not necessarily HOW, adn there's a lot of stuff I'd love to have in this game just to keep track of things (aside from doing it on pen and paper...even just something simple like, say, in the convoy display something that says how many more turns until your supplies arrive, or annoying stuff like forgetting to transfer the 2 now-repaired P-40's at Pearl that didn't fly out last turn when I sent the FG to Johnston, for example) So it's hard to plan when you don't know how long stuff will take or how fast the enemy will advance within a given time, or how fast supplies build up in Australia/India, and what's something good to do with all those AK and TK in the CBI (do I need 'em there? Should I send to the USA via routing around Oz? Is it worth bothering with sending oil to certain places or do I need to bother as Allies, etc.) I've never played such a vast game before so even though I consider myself an intelligent individual I feel like I'm fumbling around in a dark room without a flashlight at times.

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RE: 12/14/41 I'm baaaaaack!!! - 6/29/2009 3:18:37 PM

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Damn this is pissing me off. Updated Vista and the wonderful, helpful "feature" known as DEP would not let the reply window pop open. So I went onto M$ website and looked up how to disable DEP and now, instead of an error message popping up when I hit "reply" it crashes my browser. For some reason "fast reply" works...

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