PzB74
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Good to hear, you done with China and studies by now?
And this turn....drama, lots of drama! 
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 23, 41
Sea
Some activity of Mersing as we unload our 2 combat regiments:
Our subs also continue to harass the enemy!
Submarine attack near Noumea at 114,160
Japanese Ships
SS I-22
Allied Ships
xAKL Atlantic, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
xAKL Atlantic is sighted by SS I-22
SS I-22 launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Atlantic
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We shook this sub up pretty badly! Many direct hits.
ASW attack near Mersing at 51,82
Japanese Ships
DD Shikinami
Allied Ships
SS O19, hits 14
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Some payback for the Chikuma - we send the Prince Henry to the bottom!
Submarine attack near San Francisco at 208,90
Japanese Ships
SS I-26
Allied Ships
AMC Prince Henry, Torpedo hits 4, heavy damage
AMC Prince Henry is sighted by SS I-26
SS I-26 launches 6 torpedoes
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Our commerse raider then caught up with an unescorted enemy convoy!!
Think the 2 troop transports will sink.
Day Time Surface Combat, near Jarvis Island at 167,145, Range 17,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
AMC Aikoku Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
Allied Ships
xAP Chaumont, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Admiral Halstead, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Bloemfontein, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Air
Lots of bombing attacks on Luzon and Malaya as usual, we skip to the action:
TBDs with bombs land a few hits;
Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 52,80
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAP Huso Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Vildebeest III bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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And tata, out of the blue a strike unit from Japanese carriers approach the unprotected transports at Noumea and blast them! 3 loaded tankers, 3 DMS and a cargo ship is a nice prize!
Morning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 115,160
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
B5N2 Kate x 35
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
TK Gulfpride, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS Long, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS Elliot, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
DMS Dorsey, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AO Bishopdale, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 115,160
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
B5N2 Kate x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
Allied Ships
xAKL Kohala, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
DMS Dorsey, on fire
xAKL Hamakua, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Erling Brovig, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Ground
We advance north from Legaspi and north towards Manila
Ground combat at Lucena (79,79)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1025 troops, 3 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 22
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lucena !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: op mode(-), leaders(+)
Assaulting units:
16th Recon Regiment
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Davao is liberated...
Ground combat at Davao (79,91)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5184 troops, 35 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 176
Defending force 336 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18
Japanese adjusted assault: 139
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 139 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
Defending units:
1st /101st PA Battalion
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Georgetown is liberated and the defenders surrender!
Ground combat at Georgetown (49,74)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 675 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 376 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 27
Allied adjusted defense: 4
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Georgetown !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
729 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 90 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
Penang Fortress
3rd SSVF Battalion
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We finally capture Manado!
Ground combat at Manado (75,99)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 3248 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122
Defending force 1301 troops, 2 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 37
Japanese adjusted assault: 41
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 41 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado !!!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1057 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 59 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
15th Naval Guard Unit
16th Naval Guard Unit
8th JNAF Coy
Defending units:
Manado Garrison Battalion
Manado Base Force
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This is the battle rooster for Mersing:
Ground combat at Mersing (51,82)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5021 troops, 62 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 229
Defending force 10840 troops, 72 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 320
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
5/14th Punjab Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
12th Indian Brigade
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Defending units:
55th Infantry Rgt /1
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1
41st Infantry Rgt /1
91st Naval Guard Unit
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Ind. Engr Rgt /6
84th JAAF AF Bn
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A para unit kicks out the troop of cooks and opens up the road south!
Ground combat at Taiping (49,75)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 262 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Defending force 306 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11
Japanese adjusted assault: 19
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Taiping !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1
Defending units:
1st Mysore Battalion
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 "The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without" - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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RE: BACK IN BUSINESS - PzB goes East again(st) Andy Mac - 
The actually created Ikea with red (Norwegian) color scheme instead of the Swedish yellow knowing that this color definetly wouldn't attract much admiration 
. Well i guess i will visit AAR section more often now :). 
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