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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/30/2009 7:28:23 PM   
castor troy


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Status: offline 		rechecked the manual and at least the first shock about the HI in Australia and itīs fuel needs has been reduced a bit. HI doesnīt need 10 fuel per 1 HI but 2 fuel. So this reduces the fuel need to somewhere around 1500+ per day in Australia I guess. But this still would mean you need the TK capacity of 90.000 tons just to move the fuel to Australia per month that is used by the HI there. Not encouraging at all. Over 1.000.000 tons of fuel just for the HI in OZ that does you no good at all. So where to put your fuel instead? Tasmania? Keeping Australia completely dry and shipping everything to Tasmania (or New Zealand seems to be the only possibility I see. Still better than LOSING 1.000.000 tons of fuel per year when you hardly have enough tankers to fuel your fleet.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/30/2009 9:29:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Seems kinda wasteful but I send supply to Oz instead of fuel. Tankers are almost too valuable to send that far and risk interception by KB.

I haven't played a pbem of AE but the allied side's pace is definitely slowed. I have to wait until I can get enough escorts in place to form many tfs because of the threat from subs (they get better when the dc upgrades start in 2/42 or so). It's hard to move lcus around to react to the IJN/IJA.

Good luck and it's great to see another aar from you.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/30/2009 10:38:14 PM   
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ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Seems kinda wasteful but I send supply to Oz instead of fuel. Tankers are almost too valuable to send that far and risk interception by KB.

I haven't played a pbem of AE but the allied side's pace is definitely slowed. I have to wait until I can get enough escorts in place to form many tfs because of the threat from subs (they get better when the dc upgrades start in 2/42 or so). It's hard to move lcus around to react to the IJN/IJA.

Good luck and it's great to see another aar from you.



Iīm also moving supply to OZ which seems not to be much of a problem, enough AKs around and 100.000 tons are moved within a month. But I lack the fuel and without fuel in OZ, no offense, no defense, no nothing within 100 hexes of Brisbane. If I donīt move fuel there then the only possibility would be moving through the Pacific via island hopping and this is not within the scope of the USN until mid 43 at the earliest. Until then, the IJN can easily react and the KB is far superior. Iīve looked at the reinforcements and I get more or less nothing . Best escort I can provide are two DDs for my most valuable convoys and if itīs one going from the WC to OZ you wonīt see those DDs for at least 9-10 weeks.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/31/2009 3:57:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		On the topic of CD guns-- the way they work in the game does not make much sense to me.

On a small island they should be positively deadly in any numbers. The guns at Wake were certainly very dangerous to the invading forces. Sometimes that is the way it is in the game, but usually not. Some losses, but in the end, not crippling.

Meanwhile, invasions of Java, for example, should almost certainly be unopposed. Given the length of coastline that needed to be defended, and the relative dearth of units the dutch experienced, they would be lucky to even realize an invasion had occurred, let alone have CD guns available. There would always be an unguarded beach to land at. A dozen guns won't effectively cover a 46 mile front, not by a long shot.

In the game though, it seems both are treated about equal in terms of CD gun fire.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/31/2009 1:36:08 PM   
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ORIGINAL: castor troy

rechecked the manual and at least the first shock about the HI in Australia and itīs fuel needs has been reduced a bit. HI doesnīt need 10 fuel per 1 HI but 2 fuel. So this reduces the fuel need to somewhere around 1500+ per day in Australia I guess. But this still would mean you need the TK capacity of 90.000 tons just to move the fuel to Australia per month that is used by the HI there. Not encouraging at all. Over 1.000.000 tons of fuel just for the HI in OZ that does you no good at all. So where to put your fuel instead? Tasmania? Keeping Australia completely dry and shipping everything to Tasmania (or New Zealand seems to be the only possibility I see. Still better than LOSING 1.000.000 tons of fuel per year when you hardly have enough tankers to fuel your fleet.


If it's any consolation, your math is a bit off. According to witpStaff there is a deficit of about 2000 fuel a day in Eastern Australia. This is about 60,000 instead off 100,000 a month.

It also seems historical that you have to do this. Leaving all of Australia without fuel for the duration of the war would have been unacceptable.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/31/2009 3:41:58 PM   
castor troy


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quote:

ORIGINAL: Smeulders

quote:

ORIGINAL: castor troy

rechecked the manual and at least the first shock about the HI in Australia and itīs fuel needs has been reduced a bit. HI doesnīt need 10 fuel per 1 HI but 2 fuel. So this reduces the fuel need to somewhere around 1500+ per day in Australia I guess. But this still would mean you need the TK capacity of 90.000 tons just to move the fuel to Australia per month that is used by the HI there. Not encouraging at all. Over 1.000.000 tons of fuel just for the HI in OZ that does you no good at all. So where to put your fuel instead? Tasmania? Keeping Australia completely dry and shipping everything to Tasmania (or New Zealand seems to be the only possibility I see. Still better than LOSING 1.000.000 tons of fuel per year when you hardly have enough tankers to fuel your fleet.


If it's any consolation, your math is a bit off. According to witpStaff there is a deficit of about 2000 fuel a day in Eastern Australia. This is about 60,000 instead off 100,000 a month.

It also seems historical that you have to do this. Leaving all of Australia without fuel for the duration of the war would have been unacceptable.



it was just a rough guess of mine and I donīt use Staff or Tracker (tried to get this one running in WITP but failed with my first try so I gave up on this), so thanks for the exact info on this one. A quick view showed me 980 HI so probably I missed some sites. 60.000 fuel a month is still insane and is really putting a real constraint on my further operations if I plan them to go out of Australia (which I did so far).

60.000 tons of fuel per month would mean using more tankers going back and forth all the time than the British have in total. So the British tankers alone wonīt be enough, even though I could spare most of them as the British fleet will be supported more or less easily with a couple of tankers coming from Abadan and going to Colombo.

All I can say is that it was a real shock for me but as it stands now, there seems not much choice than to spend this huge amount of fuel every month to feed completely useless HI in Australia... what a mess.


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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/31/2009 4:17:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 29, 41
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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAKL Amakasu Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Tatsukaze
xAK Matsue Maru
PB Takunan Maru #2
PB Shonon Maru #15
PB Shuko Maru #5



6" Mk XI/XII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Amakasu Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
PB Takunan Maru #2 firing at enemy troops
6" Mk XI/XII Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Takunan Maru #2 at 2,000 yards
PB Shonon Maru #15 firing at enemy troops
PB Shuko Maru #5 firing at enemy troops

seems like the enemy is unloading only supplies at this stage...

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Sub attack near Morotai at 81,100

Japanese Ships
APD Tade

Allied Ships
SS KXVII



SS KXVII launches 2 torpedoes
KXVII diving deep ....
APD Tade fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a pity, the torps missed... would have like to kill another APD...

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TF 47 encounters mine field at Perth (49,147)

Japanese Ships
SS I-123, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

everytime I hear the sound from a mine hit I start smiling during the replay and canīt wait to look at the report as mine hits arenīt shown during the replay... really nice to see an IJN mine layer sub to hit a mine at Perth... I guess the sunk before being able to lay mines as Iīve got several TFs in this hex and none spotted any mines... really nice! Must be sub number four or five being victim of mines in one of my base hexes...

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ASW attack near Lahaina at 182,107

Japanese Ships
SS I-2

Allied Ships
DD Sands
xAK Examiner
DD Kane
DD Hatfield



SS I-2 is sighted by escort
I-2 diving deep ....
DD Kane fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatfield fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

our strong escort was enough to guard our troop convoy... the sub dared to linger around just two hexes off Pearl Harbour... got quite a lot of Catalinas on nav search around Hawai but they hardly ever spot a sub and Iīm sure there are still a couple of them around...

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ASW attack near Lahaina at 182,107

Japanese Ships
SS I-2

Allied Ships
DD Sands
xAK Examiner
DD Kane
DD Hatfield



SS I-2 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Sands
I-2 diving deep ....
DD Kane fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatfield fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and then the sub dared to fire torps at one of my escorts but missed... the DDs again couldnīt locate the sub in deep water...

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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAK Terukawa Maru, Shell hits 1
DD Tatsukaze
xAKL Amakasu Maru, heavy fires
PB Takunan Maru #2, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Shonon Maru #15
PB Shuko Maru #5



6" Mk XI/XII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Terukawa Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
6in CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Amakasu Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
PB Takunan Maru #2 firing at enemy troops
6" Mk XI/XII Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Takunan Maru #2 at 2,000 yards
PB Shonon Maru #15 firing at enemy troops
PB Shuko Maru #5 firing at enemy troops

some CD guns open up fire and a PB is hit hard by a 6 inch shell...

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Amphibious Assault at Kuantan

TF 58 troops unloading over beach at Kuantan, 51,79

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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAK Venice Maru
DD Tatsukaze
xAKL Amakasu Maru, heavy fires
PB Shonon Maru #15
PB Shuko Maru #5



6" Mk XI/XII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Venice Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
PB Shonon Maru #15 firing at enemy troops
PB Shuko Maru #5 firing at enemy troops

all guns miss... would like to see 50 shots fired instead of 10...

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 71



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 53
Buffalo I x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 7 destroyed
Buffalo I: 4 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
19 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 24000 feet


CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (3 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
AVG/2nd Sqn with H81-A3 (3 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 71 minutes
AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 80 minutes
No.21 Sqn RAAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 77 minutes
No.243 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 30500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 73 minutes

what can I say... this is what Iīve feared for the last couple of weeks and it wasnīt unexpected... even the result isnīt unexpected at all, I knew how UBER the Zeroes are with their pilots in the 80s... The incoming raid was spotted by radar and we had over an hour to get into position... didnīt help, the following stratosphere air combat again went to the Japanese... the Japanese lost only 4 Zeroes above Rangoon, no idea how many really crashed on their way home... during the engagement, the Zeroes scored nearly 5:1 against the combined Cap of my Buffalos and the AVG. Depressing when you see your by far best fighter group being shot out of the sky like flies. We were at least diving on the enemy, otherwise it would have been even worse. The bounce is the all or nothing thing it seems, just like it was in WITP. Therefore both Rainer and me seem to try to fly as high as possible, I guess he thought I would fly Cap at 20.000ft and he cam in at 24.000ft... Pretty high for Zeroes on a sweep, no? Itīs already clear to me that this wonīt change until the end of the war, the only good thing is that in 43 I will get fighters that will perform better than the Zero, but by then the Japanese will produce fighters that can easily match ours and they will produce three times more than weīll get... will see... If the enemy has lost half a dozen of his elite fighter pilots than thatīs all we can hope for, means 6 dead out of the 350-400 on the map. Weīve lost more aircraft than pilots, I guess our pilot losses didnīt exceed 5 or 6 within the AVG and nearly the same number of Buffalo pilots...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,77 (Manila)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Cavite USN Base Force ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...


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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22
Ki-27b Nate x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 2
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 20



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 17 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 15 damaged


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

the Lillies were hit hard by flak today (at least according to the loss list - donīt know if itīs anywhere accurate). The Sallies are clearly far tougher.

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

if we could achieve these losses within the enemy bomber force nearly daily this would be great as it then would result in probably two hundred bombers lost over Singapore until our troops will surrender... but I guess Rainer will adjust his attack alt again soon if not immedietely... but his then would give us the chance to further build up our forts... itīs a trade off... at least Singapore is far from a freebee for him...




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Afternoon Air attack on 4th Coastal Gun Battalion, at 76,109 (Ambon)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 22



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
22 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAK Matsue Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tatsukaze
PB Shonon Maru #15
PB Shuko Maru #5, Shell hits 1



6" Mk XI/XII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Matsue Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
6in CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Matsue Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
PB Shonon Maru #15 firing at enemy troops
PB Shuko Maru #5 firing at enemy troops
6" Mk XI/XII Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Shuko Maru #5 at 2,000 yards

are three 6 inch hits enough to sink this transport? probably not...

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Amphibious Assault at Hollandia

TF 251 troops unloading over beach at Hollandia, 93,116

Rainer starts to mop up empty bases on New Guinea already, which is quite surprising to me...

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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12920 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 474

Defending force 4758 troops, 66 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 133

Japanese adjusted assault: 295

Allied adjusted defense: 91

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
396 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


Allied ground losses:
301 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
4th Division
8th Base Force

Defending units:
A Coy/NG Rifles
49th Australian Battalion
D Coy/NG Rifles
B Coy/NG Rifles
Lark Battalion
Port Moresby Brigade
15th RAAF Base Force
Rabaul Det. Base Force

looks like thereīs nothing we can do against this full IJA division... itīs a shame, itīs just too early to have a chance to defend PM... when I read AndyMacīs AAR against PzB then heīs talking about bringing reinforcements from the West Coast to PM and heīs at the same date in game. Lol, this would mean the Japanese wouldnīt attack before mid March as it takes nearly 6 weeks to bring troops from the WC to PM. Iīm facing a full IJA division there at the end of December...

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Ground combat at Temuloh (50,78)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3732 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 280 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Japanese adjusted assault: 128

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 128 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Temuloh !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)


Allied ground losses:
274 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
56th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
FMSV Brigade
3rd ISF Base Force


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Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3366 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 151

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 30

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Moulmein !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment
55th Cavalry Regiment

another base on Malaya falls to the enemy...

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Ground combat at 106,123

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Defending force 31 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 16

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
I/66th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
2/1st Ind Coy


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Ground combat at Batangas (79,78)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1488 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 15

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Batangas !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
Kure 1st SNLF


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Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1452 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 1703 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Japanese adjusted assault: 45

Allied adjusted defense: 10

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ambon !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
4839 casualties reported
Squads: 92 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 304 destroyed, 84 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 41 (34 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Units destroyed 3


Assaulting units:
Sasebo 1st SNLF

Defending units:
Molukken Garrison Battalion
4th Coastal Gun Battalion
Ambon Base Force

Ambon falls too and all my troops surrender... I had planned to intercept the enemy cruisers that have been in a support role here but I came a day late due to the game routine being really strange in AE it seems. In WITP your SC TF would take position at itīs max speed range the day before to sprint in at night... this seems to be wrong in AE and you have to get in position manually you learn something new every day... my TF ended up 2 hexes from Ambon on itīs way BACK out (completely nuts or what) instead of being there at night and move out at full speed again (the TF was three hexes off Ambon the turn before - which was even more nuts with the enemy CVLs in the area)...

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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4279 troops, 66 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 117

Defending force 15209 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 452

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
A Coy/NG Rifles
Lark Battalion
49th Australian Battalion
B Coy/NG Rifles
D Coy/NG Rifles
Port Moresby Brigade
15th RAAF Base Force
Rabaul Det. Base Force

Defending units:
4th Division
8th Base Force


weīve got a dozen 25 pounder guns here and Iīve though together with the other guns we could do some damage (expected 200 casualties per bombardment) but we donīt do any significant damage... seems like Iīve overestimated the 25 pdr artillery as Andy Mac once stated they would be real killers...




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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 44
Buffalo I x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (3 airborne, 9 on standby, 6 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
AVG/2nd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 30000.
Raid is overhead
AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 31000.
Raid is overhead
No.21 Sqn RAAF with Buffalo I (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 26000.
Raid is overhead
No.243 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 30000.
Raid is overhead

massive Zero sweep yesterday and more show up today... donīt like that, really donīt like it... the fact that we outnumbered the Zeroes more than 4:1 and that we had again height advantage didnīt help that much though... the Zeroes are going in now just below 30.000ft! Woof... what have I said before? AE will turn out to have aircombat regularly being at alts that Europe hasnīt seen...

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 24
Buffalo I x 7


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 3 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 24000 feet


CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 13 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 80 minutes
AVG/2nd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 78 minutes
No.21 Sqn RAAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 78 minutes
AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
No.243 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

and here comes the main sweep... second day in a row, the Zeroes come in just below 25.000ft... our fighter squadrons are shot to pieces, including the AVG... all I can say is that we are really helpless... it just doesnīt matter how high the Zeroes come in, they defeat us again and again... only the kill rate will change from 4:1+ to 7:0 if we would be at 20.000ft and the Zeroes at 24.000ft... all in all, completely depressing results... 6 Zeroes are reported being shot down today with 8 yesterday... the AVG is down to roughly 2/3 of itīs aircraft... in this raid every single of our fighters was either shot down or damaged and many fighters were written off... pilot losses were nearly the same as last turn...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 46
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged


Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 11th PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...


low level attacks at Clark Field, but our flak defense isnīt really strong there...

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 36



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 14 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 16 damaged


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 16000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 16000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 16000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 16000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

which canīt be said about Singapore... weīve got pretty decent flak fire there and we also have another AA unit marching towards the fortress. This will give us another two dozen 40mm Bofors. Really good to see those bombers being hit hard... Rainer reacted quickly in going up 5.000ft compared to yesterday but our flak seems to more or less be as effective at 16.000ft as it is at 11.000ft...

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged



Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 16000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 5


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 24000 feet

CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
AVG/2nd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes

and another 9 Zeroes were sweeping in the afternoon, taking out another AVG fighter... depressing...




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Naval bombardment of Horn Island at 91,128

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
CA Kako
CA Furutaka


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Airbase hits 1
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

BB Mutsu firing at Horn Island
BB Nagato firing at Torres Strait Battalion
CA Kako firing at Torres Strait Battalion
CA Furutaka firing at Horn Island

no doubt, Rainer also intends to invade the island West of Port Moresby... donīt care about this one, with PM being lost for sure, I donīt have use for Horn Island either... I will probably use it as a training target for my bombers, they will be set to train nav attack and will train ground bomb by learning by doing...

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Amphibious Assault at Tabiteuea

TF 184 troops unloading over beach at Tabiteuea, 137,134

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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15160 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 448

Defending force 4544 troops, 66 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 117

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 54

Allied adjusted defense: 59

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: disruption(-), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
305 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
4th Division
8th Base Force

Defending units:
D Coy/NG Rifles
B Coy/NG Rifles
A Coy/NG Rifles
Lark Battalion
49th Australian Battalion
Port Moresby Brigade
15th RAAF Base Force
Rabaul Det. Base Force

pretty bad adjusted av for the Japanes, wonder why... pure luck probably and I guess we wonīt hold for much longer...

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Ground combat at Kuantan (51,79)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 350 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 2

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuantan !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-), disruption(-)



Assaulting units:
4th JAAF AF Coy


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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4190 troops, 66 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

Defending force 14912 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 431

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
Lark Battalion
49th Australian Battalion
A Coy/NG Rifles
B Coy/NG Rifles
Port Moresby Brigade
15th RAAF Base Force
Rabaul Det. Base Force

Defending units:
4th Division
8th Base Force


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Ground combat at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1468 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 28

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tabiteuea !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
61st Nav Gd /1






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Status: offline 		Hereīs one reason why Cap is helpless all the time... Fighters being set on Cap are accumulating insane fatigue, the devs canīt be serious... there was a good reason for this not happening in WITP which is playability. Not true in AE anymore and Cap is the number 1 reason to reach fatigue levels that can kill you without you being shot at by the enemy. How insane... My fighters are set to 60% Cap and Iīve maxed out the pilots, which means each AVG squadron had a dozen spare pilots before the Zeroes showed up.

The Zeroes flew something like 16 hexes yesterday and everyone would tell you not to do the same the next day. Well, flying a back to back sweep with your full complement of fighters is accumulating less fatigue than having your squadron at 60% Cap with a dozen pilots in reserve to be rotated... this is just plain wrong, seriously. Makes Cap useless and surely is one of the reasons why Cap performs so awfully bad. But hey, this is hitting both sides so Iīm hit by this for probably one year and the Japanese for the other three. Still makes the game hard to handle and playability again is on the losing side. Sweeps have been UBER in WITP already, the overly accumulation of fatigue for fighters flying Cap made sweep even more UBER in AE... not everything has become better, just because youīve got more chrome during the replay doesnīt mean everything is ok now.




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Sub attack near Djailolo at 78,100

Japanese Ships
xAK Miyadono Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Konan Maru
PB Hakata Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS KXVII



SS KXVII launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Miyadono Maru
KXVII diving deep ....
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

heard the sound of a sinking ship so Iīm sure this one is gone...

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Pre-Invasion action off Horn Island

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Kashima
DD Yakaze
DD Akikaze



CL Kashima firing at Horn Isl Det.
DD Yakaze firing at Horn Isl Det.
DD Akikaze firing at A Coy/49th Aus Battalion
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

and here comes the invasion... KB is still holding position South West of PM...

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Amphibious Assault at Horn Island

TF 6 troops unloading over beach at Horn Island, 91,128

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 144th Infantry Rgt
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 144th Infantry Rgt /3
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 144th Infantry Rgt /4
10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 144th Infantry Rgt /8

there was an infantry rgt landing at Rabaul, a couple of days later thereīs the 4th division landing at Port Moresby, followed another couple of days later by this regiment at Horn Island... THANK GOD THE PACE OF THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN SLOOOOWED DOWN IN AE!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you... for those who havenīt noticed the date: itīs 31st of December 1941 and the war is 24 days old... lol, nothing more to say... canīt blame Rainer though, heīs only using what he was given and so far heīs doing a perfect assault around the map with the only exception being his operation in the Gilberts that was caught by my two carriers... and no, these landings arenīt done by fragments, those are FULL STRENGTH units...

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Amphibious Assault at Talaud-eilanden

TF 268 troops unloading over beach at Talaud-eilanden, 79,97

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ASW attack near Davao at 80,92

Japanese Ships
PB Showa Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII



SS KXVIII is sighted by escort
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

no DCs dropped... no danger here...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 97,137

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7



No Japanese losses


Aircraft Attacking:
7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet

I had an AVP at PM to aid the patrol ac I had there... I tried to get the ship out of there today but it is spotted and attacked immedietely... the only thing that saved it here was the fact that all the bombers got lost on the way to their target and only the escorts arrived... why they are "sweeping" is beyond me and Iīve got no clue how this works...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,77 (Manila)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 45
Ki-27b Nate x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 14 damaged


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 31st PA Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...

looks like our flak units woke up today... supply is already at a pretty poor level, in total weīve got some 30.000 supplies in the remaining three bases and this wonīt last long at all... Singapore is still above 50.000 so this should last until the base will fall...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 97,137

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
D3A1 Val x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AVP Heron, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D3A1 Val diving from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AVP Heron

then some bombers showed up and the ship is sunk in no time... the enemy was diving from 1.000ft... so how does this work?

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ASW attack near Jolo at 74,90

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
SS S-41, hits 3



SS S-41 is sighted by escort
S-41 bottoming out ....
DD Ayanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ayanami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ayanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

S-41 takes 3 near misses and suffers half a dozen sys damage... still full complement of torps aboard so it would be nice if it would attack at some point... our S-class subs have been performing miserably so far...

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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,89

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CL Kitakami
CS Chiyoda
DD Yugumo
DD Amatsukaze
DD Maikaze
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS Permit



SS Permit is sighted by escort
Permit diving deep ....
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Maikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hayashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

is this baby KB?


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Sub attack near Exmouth at 52,123

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
AM Eland Dubois
AM Jan van Amstel
TK Angelina
AM Abraham Crijnssen
AM Pieter de Bitter



SS I-155 launches 8 torpedoes at AM Eland Dubois
I-155 diving deep ....
AM Eland Dubois fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Abraham Crijnssen fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Eland Dubois fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Eland Dubois fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Eland Dubois attacking submerged sub ....
AM Eland Dubois loses contact with SS I-155
SS I-155 eludes ASW attack from AM Eland Dubois
SS I-155 eludes ASW attack from AM Eland Dubois
AM Eland Dubois attacking submerged sub ....
AM Eland Dubois cannot reach attack position over SS I-155
SS I-155 eludes ASW attack from AM Eland Dubois
AM Eland Dubois fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

one of the subs with the wrong 8 torpedo tubes... surprisingly that all 8 torps missed the crappy AM... this is a TF with a couple of AMs and some of the short legged Dutch tankers (not much capacity but not worth losing either). The attack happened some 300 miles to the North of Broome...

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Ground combat at Sambas (57,88)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2716 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Defending force 460 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Japanese adjusted assault: 60

Allied adjusted defense: 7

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sambas !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Assaulting units:
II./124th Infantry Battalion
III./124th Infantry Battalion

Defending units:
Sambas Base Force
106th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Hollandia (93,116)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 324 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hollandia !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
3rd JNAF Coy


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Ground combat at 74,82

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Defending force 76 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 20

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

Defending units:
2nd PI Base Force


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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4180 troops, 66 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 106

Defending force 14929 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 432

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Lark Battalion
B Coy/NG Rifles
49th Australian Battalion
A Coy/NG Rifles
Port Moresby Brigade
15th RAAF Base Force
Rabaul Det. Base Force

Defending units:
4th Division
8th Base Force

looks like the Japanese are set to defend to rest and finish us off within the next couple of days...

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Ground combat at Horn Island (91,128)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3937 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 133

Defending force 787 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Japanese adjusted assault: 102

Allied adjusted defense: 6

Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Horn Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1589 casualties reported
Squads: 38 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 74 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3


Assaulting units:
144th Infantry Rgt /1

Defending units:
A Coy/49th Aus Battalion
Torres Strait Battalion
Horn Isl Det.


no chance for Horn Islandīs defenders... another nice catch for the enemy, racking up victory points... Iīm also suffering 3-6 victory points lost each day for partisan attacks all around the map and with the fast movement of the enemy assaults I will be hard pushed to prevent the enemy from achieving a decisive victory at the end of the year. How much does it take now to achieve auto victory?

The plus though is the fact that the enemy didnīt sink a single BB at Pearl so instead of scoring some 1.500 points there he scored only 100 for three subs, a DD and 60 aircraft...

We have to count on our subs to score the most victory points during 42 but they have to remarkably increase their performance to do so...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/31/2009 5:29:57 PM   
Andy Mac

 

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Status: offline 		25 pounders are real killers compared to 18 pounders and 3.7" mountain guns....

They are best at suppression though somethign not really modelled well in game.

At PM I am up to 3 forts already with over 500  'good' AV by end of December and its good AV as well had PZB not snuck that invasion force into rabaul he would have gotten a nasty shock.

How is you opponent doing in PI and Malaya - PZB is like a steamroller I cannot stop him as he is being disciplined and methodical and that means hard to defeat.

He takes few risks an early attack on PM is a BIG risk for the Japanese the allies are strong enough to counter it hard if they assume its an early target.

Andy

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/31/2009 6:39:37 PM   
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25 pounders are real killers compared to 18 pounders and 3.7" mountain guns....

They are best at suppression though somethign not really modelled well in game.

At PM I am up to 3 forts already with over 500  'good' AV by end of December and its good AV as well had PZB not snuck that invasion force into rabaul he would have gotten a nasty shock.

How is you opponent doing in PI and Malaya - PZB is like a steamroller I cannot stop him as he is being disciplined and methodical and that means hard to defeat.

He takes few risks an early attack on PM is a BIG risk for the Japanese the allies are strong enough to counter it hard if they assume its an early target.

Andy



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I guess I just donīt have enough of the 25 pounders at PM and with the assault value Iīve got there a hundred of them wouldnīt change the tides. My main problem in my PM adventure is that I just didnīt think it would be possible to advance so fast. Well, I thought thereīs a difference to WITP and it really would also slow down the Japaneseīs advance but obviously Iīm wrong when I see a division and two rgts moving around in this region this early.

Lesson learnt, this is something I did "different" from WITP (unlike other things) and it proved that I was wrong, seriously wrong about my assumptions. Donīt know about Malaya, Iīve retreated everything into Singapore and havenīt spotted an enemy division yet, his spearhead is still 4 hexes North of Singapore without being attacked or delayed. I prefer to bring back everything possible to Singapore intact. PI already has 920 enemy av at Clark and units just moved into Manila. Iīm defending both sites as I can still move between them when enemy units entered my hexes (unlike in WITP and this is a great improvement IMO). No landings at Southern Bormeo or Java yet and nothing really moving on Rangoon spotted yet. But most of Sulawesi and the (North-)Western tip of New Guinea are taken out already.

And thereīs not much chance to intervene with his invasions due to the fact that either KB is nearby or baby KB (in the SRA) which carries some three dozen Kates that can put everything out of action quite quickly if you dare to move in something bigger than a DD.

I canīt really see how PM early on is a risk for the Japanese though as long as the have KB around. You canīt intervene with LBA or your carriers, everythign would get whiped out, so the only thing left would be to have more troops at PM than the enemy which I missed due to my above mentioned wrong assumption of IJN capabilities in AE.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/31/2009 8:12:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		Unless you are careful, you will regret attempting to defend both Clark and Manila. If I am the Japanese, I prep everyone for Clark, withdraw 2 divisions to a hex in between the two, then pounce on Clark before you can move. If you are shoved out of Clark, those forces retreat to Bataan, effectively splitting the USAFFE in two. I took Luzon Jan 20 in my PBEM this way. In my other PBEM, I moved everyone to Clark, and lasted until March 5th. In both cases, Japanese brought 4 divisions.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/31/2009 8:14:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		The 4th Division starts in Japan along with the 8th BF. Both are unrestricted, but he would probably need most of his APs to load them both up. The 144 Rgt is set for Guam, so afterwards just reload and head to target B.

KB will probably head for Darwin and support invasions around Ambon and Timor. At least I would.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/31/2009 10:42:40 PM   
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Unless you are careful, you will regret attempting to defend both Clark and Manila. If I am the Japanese, I prep everyone for Clark, withdraw 2 divisions to a hex in between the two, then pounce on Clark before you can move. If you are shoved out of Clark, those forces retreat to Bataan, effectively splitting the USAFFE in two. I took Luzon Jan 20 in my PBEM this way. In my other PBEM, I moved everyone to Clark, and lasted until March 5th. In both cases, Japanese brought 4 divisions.



Thought I could move between Clark and Manila with the new ZOC rules? This would be major trouble if I couldnīt, the hex border is green in any case. I would be pretty much screwed if it wouldnīt work. As long as he has only the same av as I have in any hex (only true at Clark field) I can easily defend both places, perhaps I can lure him into an attack. If I outnumber him strongly, he wonīt attack and just pound me with his LBA and his arty I guess. Weīll see, if the movement wonīt work then I canīt do anything anymore anyway.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/31/2009 10:43:52 PM   
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The 4th Division starts in Japan along with the 8th BF. Both are unrestricted, but he would probably need most of his APs to load them both up. The 144 Rgt is set for Guam, so afterwards just reload and head to target B.

KB will probably head for Darwin and support invasions around Ambon and Timor. At least I would.




It seems it was not really hard to move the div, the rgt and the bf. Weīre three turns ahead of the AAR and it looks like KB is heading South now, perhaps going to bomb Brisbane, I have no idea. KB isnīt needed around Timor as thereīs not much I can do anyway. His three CVLs are like a death star so sending out my bombers is a complete waste so I guess he will cover his invasions with his mini KB. There are something like 20 av on Timor so what can one do to stop the enemy...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 12/31/2009 11:12:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		You should be able to move between the two. But you have to move quicker than the Japanese. If you do that in Move mode, you expose the troops to more casualties from bombing. And if you don't notice the shift in time, he can mass against one half of your forces. You also have to prep your forces for both; the Japanese can pick, and you won't know what they picked until the hammer falls.

Manila doesn't have the same terrain advantages it did in WITP. In fact, Clark, being rough jungle, is better terrain. If he captures Manila, he can't use the port anyway if you have Bataan.

Better to let the Japs have Manila and move to Clark IMO.

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Status: offline 		And as I just discovered v PZB moving in combat mode wit fatigued troops even on a good road takes an age,

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Status: offline 		So far Iīve only spotted some 1300 Japanese av in the PI and that isnīt enough to either take Clark or Manila. And Iīm regrouping my troops now. Guess it will be a fighting withdraw now from Manila...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 01, 42
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ASW attack near Truk at 110,111

Japanese Ships
PB Chiyo Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 1



SS Pompano is sighted by escort
Pompano diving deep ....
PB Chiyo Maru #4 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...

Escort abandons search for sub

Iīve got some subs around in the shipping lanes to and from Truk so perhaps we will kill off some shipping in the next weeks...

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Amphibious Assault at Tulagi

TF 112 troops unloading over beach at Tulagi, 114,137


after the first small invasion TF was killed off by two of my subs (AKLs that were shot to pieces with MG and gunfire), the enemy has come back and will take the empty Tulagi...

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ASW attack near Saigon at 61,74

Japanese Ships
PB Takunan Maru #8

Allied Ships
SS Sargo



SS Sargo is sighted by escort
Sargo bottoming out ....
PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

even if thereīs only one escort, it really makes a huge difference...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6


No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet

Rainer keeps sweeping to make sure I wonīt have a couple of fighters in the air to engage his (escorted) bomber strike... Clark field wonīt see Allied fighters in the air before 44 when Iīll be back...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking 31st Infantry Regiment ...


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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 12
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 21 damaged


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

our flak is learning to aim obviously... Singapore could be the grave of the IJAAFīs bomber force... donīt know about how many pilots are really lost in those attacks though...

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 42



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 22 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 16000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 16000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

you can only be sure about a flak kill when the bomber goes down during the replay... but when I think about my B-17s that suffered 20% losses of the damaged aircraft in one attack I can only hope that those Jap bombers with a durability halve of that of a B-17 will take more losses...

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Morning Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
Ki-27b Nate x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1695 troops, 144 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 790

Defending force 24102 troops, 464 guns, 490 vehicles, Assault Value = 896

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Assaulting units:
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
31st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
I Philippine Corps
Far East USAAF
1st USMC AA Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
1st PI Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Mergui (53,62)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1112 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

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 Mergui !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
III./143rd Infantry Battalion


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Ground combat at Talaud-eilanden (79,97)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 457 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 9

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Talaud-eilanden !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 777 troops, 88 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 887

Defending force 25002 troops, 242 guns, 512 vehicles, Assault Value = 790

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
I Philippine Corps
Far East USAAF
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
1st PI Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
48th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion




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Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
CA Kako
CA Furutaka


Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


BB Mutsu firing at 15th RAAF Base Force
BB Nagato firing at 15th RAAF Base Force
CA Kako firing at 15th RAAF Base Force
CA Furutaka firing at 15th RAAF Base Force

IJN battlewaggons support the invasion now... only the base force is targeted and not even hit hard... nav bombardements are more or less useless (except disrupting base forces that then could be attacked from the air without putting up good flak fire I guess)...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 53 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 43
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 19 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Regiment ...

excellent flak defense at Clark field today, probabyl due to the low attack alt of the bombers... pretty sure that all bombers are coming from bases on the PI so I doubt they reall suffer from the damage taken...

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

100% of the incoming bombers hit... looks like bombing Singapore is a bad idea...

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 22 damaged


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 16000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 16000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

also here, all but one bomber damaged...

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 9
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 11 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 16000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

even though the bombers are more or less all damaged daily, their total numbers incoming day after day seem not to be reduced...

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Afternoon Air attack on 49th Australian Battalion, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
B5N2 Kate x 132



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged


Allied ground losses:
405 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb


Also attacking Port Moresby Brigade ...
Also attacking Lark Battalion ...

my only combat worth unit on PM is knocked out... even if it would be a division, the disruption of the unit hit by such an airstrike would be in the 90s, making it completely useless for at least two turns. I gues with the KB around you would need at 600-700 av to fend off two high exp IJA divs. KB is the deciding factor here and the carriers can launch a lot of attacks with the Kates only...

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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15044 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 440

Defending force 3961 troops, 65 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 72

Japanese adjusted assault: 306

Allied adjusted defense: 21

Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
2217 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 142 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 36 (36 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 5
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
4th Division
8th Base Force

Defending units:
49th Australian Battalion
Lark Battalion
B Coy/NG Rifles
Port Moresby Brigade
15th RAAF Base Force
Rabaul Det. Base Force

Port Moresby is lost, itīs 2nd Jannuary... in the end Iīm happy I havenīt moved in a couple of units more as I canīt see how I could have held against 4th division. I have ordered Brit 18th div to prep for Port Moresby and have set the convoy to move to Australia to unload and fom up with other ships to an amphib TF to be able to unload at PM. The convoy made it to Australia but it would have needed at least another two and a half or three weeks to really have 18th div at the base. Will use this one rare combat worthy division elsewhere now...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1663 troops, 144 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 920

Defending force 23896 troops, 463 guns, 488 vehicles, Assault Value = 890

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Assaulting units:
65th Brigade
48th Engineer Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
Tanaka Detachment
Kanno Detachment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
48th Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
31st Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
I Philippine Corps
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st PI Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
Far East USAAF
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

weīre at 1:1 against the Japanese agressors at Clark field and our troops are still confident sitting behind level 2 forts (more wonīt be possible I guess due to the ongoing daily air attacks)... so what is "jungle rough" worth in the defense? The manual says itīs a 3x defensive multiplier compared to the only 2x multiplier Manila gets as urban light. No idea how the ground fighting really looks like in AE but at the moment Iīm confident (which surely is a misinterpretation of the situation anyway ) as a 3x multiplier on the defense should mean 2000 IJA av at least to take out Clark field against the troops I have there now and I can move in another 900 av from Manila. The main factor will be supply which we donīt have a lot even now before the fighting really starts...

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Ground combat at Tulagi (114,137)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 342 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 3

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tulagi !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)



Assaulting units:
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy


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Ground combat at 67,87

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Defending force 210 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
I/81st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
107th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 739 troops, 88 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 884

Defending force 28595 troops, 268 guns, 515 vehicles, Assault Value = 920

Japanese ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)



Assaulting units:
31st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
1st PI Base Force
I Philippine Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Far East USAAF
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
Tanaka Detachment
4th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
48th Engineer Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
Kanno Detachment
2nd Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion




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ASW attack near Hengchun at 83,67

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 3
SC Ch 1
E Kiku

Allied Ships
SS S-38



SS S-38 is located by SC Ch 3
E Kiku fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

at the moment it seems all sealanes are empty of Japanese convoys and only ASW TFs are left... Rainer must have completely rerouted ALL of his shipping because out of a sudden everything just disappeared...

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 83,67

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 3
SC Ch 1
E Kiku

Allied Ships
SS S-38



SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at SC Ch 3
S-38 diving deep ....
E Kiku fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 3 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 3 cannot establish contact with SS S-38
SC Ch 3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

boy I really start to wonder if thereīs a database error in this scenario... my MK10 torps seem to be as faulty as the MK14 and really really rarely do boom...

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Sub attack near Kavieng at 107,119

Japanese Ships
xAK London Maru, Torpedo hits 1
LSD Akitsu Maru
xAP Huzi Maru
xAK Shinkoku Maru
xAK Kuraido Maru
PB Shonon Maru #15

Allied Ships
SS Pompano



SS Pompano launches 4 torpedoes at xAK London Maru
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

MK14 exploded on target but no damage noticed... not sure but it seems such hits are FOW...

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ASW attack near Quinhon at 67,70

Japanese Ships
PB Takunan Maru #8

Allied Ships
SS Sargo



SS Sargo is sighted by escort
Sargo diving deep ....
PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near San Francisco at 205,91

Japanese Ships
SS I-26, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD King
xAP Santa Inez
xAK Examiner
DD Kane
DD Hatfield



SS I-26 launches 6 torpedoes at DD King
I-26 diving deep ....
DD Kane fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatfield attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hatfield fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

near San Francisco is funny in this case as itīs something like two dozen hexes out in the ocean away from SF... this is a high value troop TF that is returning to SF... Hatfield achieved a hit on I-26 and it is now reported as sunk but I guess thatīs definetely FOW... Rainer is smart enough to keep his subs well off the West Coast out of air search range and still attacking my convoys now and then... all convoys going in and out from the WC are using different paths via set waypoints so my ship movement shouldnīt be predictable at all... and the good thing, the further away the subs are from the coast, the higher the chance they miss my convoys...

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Sub attack near Kavieng at 107,119

Japanese Ships
ACM Tama Maru

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes
ACM Tama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another attack, another dud salvo...

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 24000 feet

have moved out my aircraft as I didnīt want to run into another one of those massed stratosphere sweeps of Zeroes... and here they come...

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
17 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 24000 feet

guess the Zeroes are coming from Bangkok... will move in fighters only if ships are going to Rangoon to evacuate troops... but as Iīve already spotted IJA units East of Pegu I guess itīs time to run soon anyway...

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Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,77 (Manila)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 33
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 23 damaged


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

one of the daily Singapore runs and the flak strikes back...

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged



Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 24000 feet

three sweeps on Rangoon today, 67 Zeroes were coming in... too many for my taste...

if the air losses are correct then Iīm quite satisfied with this turn as our flak definetely did itīs job and some Zeroes could be lost to ops too... notice the total air losses of both sides, the Japanese nearly have lost as many ac as we did. Clearly due to me doing a full scale Sir Robin... my air losses will go up drastically again when the enemy attacks Java as all those Dutch ac will be shot down then. This should account for 150-200 ac destroyed...




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ASW attack near Deboyne Islands at 99,141

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
CA Chikuma
CL Abukuma
DD Isokaze
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf



SS Seawolf is sighted by escort
Seawolf diving deep ....
DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this is KB!!! After having covered the invasions of PM and Horn Island KB now swings South it seems... Rainer going for a run on Brisbane and (or) Sidney? My flak is ready and was reinforced by some units at both bases, also got lots of ac there but am not keen to send them out to act as training targets for KBīs UBER Zeroes. Also have got halve a dozen subs in the area that were tasked to move out for a patrol so they will now be placed into the expected path of KB going South... perhaps weīre lucky with a torp or we scare Rainer with lots of subs in the area... If he hits one of those bases, he wonīt find a lot anyway...

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ASW attack near Emirau Island at 108,116

Japanese Ships
DMS Taneko
LSD Akitsu Maru
xAP Huzi Maru
xAK Shinkoku Maru
xAK Kotobuki Maru #5
PB Shonon Maru #15

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes at DMS Taneko
Searaven diving deep ....
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another time PLOINK...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1251 troops, 92 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 908

Defending force 25805 troops, 502 guns, 487 vehicles, Assault Value = 975

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
48th Division
4th Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
11th PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
1st PI Base Force
I Philippine Corps
1st USMC AA Battalion
Far East USAAF
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Iīve only spotted two more units moving into Clark field yet...

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Ground combat at 79,92

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3904 troops, 32 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 155

Defending force 118 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 144

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 144 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:


Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
1st /101st PA Battalion


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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2072 troops, 36 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 716

Defending force 12965 troops, 134 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 446



Assaulting units:
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
51st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
Manila USAAF Base Force
II Philippine Corps
Asiatic Fleet
USAFFE
PAF Aviation

Defending units:
16th Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
Kimura Det
20th Infantry Regiment
Kure 1st SNLF

and the troops that are in Manila are by far not enough to scare me...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 719 troops, 88 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 971

Defending force 28515 troops, 267 guns, 513 vehicles, Assault Value = 908

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)



Assaulting units:
192nd Tank Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
1st PI Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
I Philippine Corps
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Far East USAAF
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
48th Division
65th Brigade
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion






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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/1/2010 5:28:36 PM   
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Sub attack near Laoag at 79,69

Japanese Ships
PB Rokko Maru #2
PB Kyo Maru #13
PB Chohakusan Maru
AMC Asaka Maru
xAP Kongo Maru
xAK Yoneyama Maru
xAK Yasuteru Maru
PB Shonan Maru #17
PB Shonan Maru #2
PB Shonan Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS S-38



SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at PB Rokko Maru #2
PB Rokko Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shonan Maru #17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shonan Maru #17 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shonan Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo
PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I really start to hate my S-class subs... whatīs wrong with them in this PBEM... only every fourth attack seems to be succesful, what an awful performance...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 53 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 33
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 9 damaged


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...

the Japanese seem to be pretty resistant against op losses...

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

not much shot down today... holes in the aircraft are repaired with a handful paper and you can launch again tomorrow...

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Morning Air attack on 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion, at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 13



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied Ships
xAP Siberg, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Santhia
xAP Van Landsberge, Bomb hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 12 (7 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
No.488 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes

this is one of the examples that seem to be true when it says "AE slows down operations"... so far I can only see how it slows down Allied operations. In this case, amphibious TFs try to unload at Akyab and even if it is an amphib TF all I get all the time is "TF xy canīt completely unload at Akyab"... heck, it not just doesnīt completely unload, the damn TFs donīt unload more than five soldiers a day... Not enough Buffaloes in the air and the UBER Betties sink two ships with bombs... I must be doing something seriously wrong, or better say I must be a damn bad player when I compare my situation to the situation of Allied players in other AARs... Aussie vs Amies AAR for example. The Allied have hundreds of av at Akyab and over a dozen units... how the hell did they get there when I only unload one gun and three squads per day there (and the supply vanishes completely - no not going into the units) out of three TFs trying to unload... shaking head...

five Betties were reported shot down in the end...




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Submarine attack near Rangiroa at 177,176

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
xAK Rona, Torpedo hits 1



xAK Rona is sighted by SS I-15
SS I-15 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Rona

this is in the Society Islands!! What the hell is an IJN sub doing in the Society Islands... this is some 40 hexes off the normal shipping lanes! no idea how well this sub spotting and reaction really works, donīt know if the sub just stumbled over this TF or what was going on... the AK was empty so itīs expendable, TF is on itīs way back to SF...


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15524 troops, 269 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 908

Defending force 25670 troops, 502 guns, 486 vehicles, Assault Value = 970

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)


Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
4th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
11th PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
I Philippine Corps
1st PI Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Far East USAAF
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16374 troops, 136 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 592

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 349

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 349 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pegu !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
112th Infantry Regiment
15th Army
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion

Imperial Guards div is one hex off Rangoon on 4th Jan... also really really slowed down it seems... 1st Burma division was rebuilt and is already save back in Calcutta, everything that is in Rangoon at the moment has been set to move out, marching North... no sense trying to fight the Imperial Guards division...

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2072 troops, 36 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 716

Defending force 13584 troops, 134 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 499



Assaulting units:
71st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
41st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
USAFFE
II Philippine Corps
Cavite USN Base Force
Manila USAAF Base Force
PAF Aviation

Defending units:
Kimura Det
16th Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
Kure 1st SNLF

500 av at Manila is by far not enough to take the base... Rainer stated that he will be curious how it will work out to defend both Manila and Clark and already said he perhaps would only starve me to death... great... this means he has enough troops to be sent around on the map to take whatever he wants and my troops just sit in the PI and starve away without having a chance to do anything...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 678 troops, 88 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 958

Defending force 29158 troops, 308 guns, 557 vehicles, Assault Value = 907

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)



Assaulting units:
91st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
Far East USAAF
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
I Philippine Corps
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
1st PI Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

only one damned division spotted on the PI... o n e... and it doesnīt look like heīs flooding Malaya with strong units either, but this could just be us not spotting them yet... nearly all my units have arrived undamaged at Singapore and the fortress is now bristling with 1200+ assault value and lots of flak guns... now this will be interesting how it will turn out in AE. Enough supplies on hand for a prolonged fight. What I fear the most though is that Rainer will only keep my units rotting there, same as heīs thinking about doing in the PI. This would free up a lot of IJA troops again, enough to drive into vital regions on the map. Which brings up the question: as long as Singapore is Allied, can IJN TFs move through the passage or will they be target of the big guns? If the IJN can move at their wishes then itīs senseless to bleed the IJA in Singapore anyway...

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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 962 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 340

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

Allied adjusted assault: 20

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Malaybalay !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Division
III Philippine Corps






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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/1/2010 5:51:23 PM   
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Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
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Status: offline 		AAR has caught up with the game now... it was a real crap turn...

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Sub attack near Rangiroa at 177,175

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
xAK Rona, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage



xAK Rona is sighted by SS I-15
SS I-15 attacking on the surface

Society Islands... I-15 finishes the already dead xAK with another 6 torp salvo... this is good, no not losing the ship but the sub using another 6 torps on an already dead ship...

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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 23
xAK Nihonka Maru
DD Tawakaze
DD Yugao

Allied Ships
SS S-41, hits 2



SS S-41 is sighted by escort
DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yugao fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

my S-class subs keep to be useless... two near misses, the sub has to retire with 12 sys damage...

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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90

Japanese Ships
DD Tawakaze
SC Ch 23
SC Ch 22
xAK Nihonka Maru
DD Yugao

Allied Ships
SS Permit, hits 2



SS Permit launches 2 torpedoes at DD Tawakaze
DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yugao fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

then a fleet sub attacks and hits but the torps were duds of course... must be a pretty valuable TF with a DD escort...

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Sub attack near Truk at 111,110

Japanese Ships
CM Tsugaru

Allied Ships
SS Pompano



SS Pompano launches 2 torpedoes
Pompano diving deep ....
CM Tsugaru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

hey ho, another hit, another dud...

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Submarine attack near Auckland at 120,185

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
TK Mobilfuel, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage



SS I-10 is sighted by TK Mobilfuel
SS I-10 launches 6 torpedoes at TK Mobilfuel

and then this fridging **** starts... this is a TK Iīve formed up right at the start of the game which now proves to have been a very poor decision as I did not have any escorts on hand...

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Submarine attack near Auckland at 120,185

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
AO Platte, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage



AO Platte is sighted by SS I-10
SS I-10 launches 6 torpedoes at AO Platte

I-10 not just sinks one valuable TK but also one of my big AOs... and the sub has still torps left, so with the mega effective react setting in AE I expect to lose another TK tomorrow... probably more subs coming in anyway... I have the bad feeling that the AAR about Australiaīs industry that was started on the main forum with a quote of mine has made Rainerīs decision easy where to place subs as heīs probably sure now that I wonīt move fuel in big quantities to Australia but somewhere else... and voila, there we go with a sub sitting in the shipping lane to Auckland, coming straight from the East...

may I ask every reader not to take out anything from the AAR into the main forum, at least not with a quote of mine or saying that this or that is coming from my PBEM... this is a nice intel for my opponent and can cause me real trouble...

the only good thing is that I figured out this turn that it is still possible to transport fuel with AKs just like it was possible in WITP... thought this was changed? Anyway, this has pretty much made my day as I will have plenty of AKs doing 12 knots to move big quantities of fuel to where I need it. Iīm in the process or regrouping my tanker fleet now (will take two months probably) and then the TKs will go around with a pretty decent escort (fast and with a good endurance to stop the refuelling all the time - so weīll end up using DDs or DMs probably). One thing is for sure, I wonīt move the 67.000 tons of fuel to Australia to just feed the heavy industry there as it sounds too much to me to use 40 or 50% of my total TK capacity for doing this and I doubt that so many TK capacity was used in real life to do this...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 16


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 7 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.243 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
No.488 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes

what can I say? Not much, a kill rate of 11:0 speaks for itself I guess... and again Iīm hit by the assumption that the Japanese couldnīt move forward that fast... thought Akyab would only be in range of Mrs. Betty and Mrs. Nell, but no, thereīs already an airfield supported by aviation support in the normal range for the Zeroes... great... from now on I will revert to thinking in WITP terms for most things... and right now I canīt see much of what has changed for the Japanese. In two or three months the Japanese will produce more than enough fighters and bombers and with kill rates even higher than in WITP they will keep sweeping the floor with my airforce as seen in this engagement... a 11:0 against pilots in the mid 50s... great...

There was a lot discussion going on about the performance of the P-39 and P-40, resulting in the P-40 doing better in AE even though the P-39 has by far the better stats for aircombat IMO. Iīm already running low on fighters for the AVG, therefore I have upgraded one squadron to P-39. Yes P-39! Next mistake probably, but what can I really do... fighting at 1000ft against Zeroes is suicide, fighting at 30.000ft is not much difference... must be an overall perfect aircraft for the IJNAF...





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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 42
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Regiment ...


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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

everytime I look at the airfield damage after such a raid there is none... the bombers arenīt hitting enough and Iīve got a good number of engineers at the base to repair the damage and further increase our fort levels... I only hope that the losses for the IJAAF are higher than I see in my aircraft loss list...


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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged



Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Miri at 63,84

Japanese Ships
PB Shuko Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Shonon Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack



SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at PB Shuko Maru #2
Skipjack diving deep ....
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the only time today when we could strike back... a sunk PB is a very small consolation prize though...

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Ground combat at Malacca (49,81)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1207 troops, 0 guns, 183 vehicles, Assault Value = 231

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 50

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Malacca !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: fatigue(-)



Assaulting units:
42nd Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment

the IJA moves closer to Singapore... I think it will take him at least another week at least to get everthing in place to move across the river alltogether... still no division spotted...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1875 troops, 132 guns, 137 vehicles, Assault Value = 1433

Defending force 25544 troops, 502 guns, 485 vehicles, Assault Value = 958

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Assaulting units:
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
65th Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
91st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
1st PI Base Force
I Philippine Corps
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Far East USAAF
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

another enemy division moved into Clark... will be interesting how much more will come in... at the moment I still feel confident that an attack wouldnīt do the Japanese any good but I guess Iīm wrong in the end anyway...

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Ground combat at 50,79

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3727 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 117 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 58

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 58 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)


Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
56th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
FMSV Brigade


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Ground combat at 107,124

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Defending force 15 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 9

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
I/66th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
2/1st Ind Coy


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 684 troops, 88 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 944

Defending force 43529 troops, 431 guns, 731 vehicles, Assault Value = 1433

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
I Philippine Corps
1st PI Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
1st USMC AA Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
65th Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
38th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion






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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/2/2010 6:29:16 PM   
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Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 06, 42
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Submarine attack near Tawi Tawi at 71,91

Japanese Ships
xAKL Taisoku Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Permit



xAKL Taisoku Maru is sighted by SS Permit
SS Permit attacking on the surface
Hurst, A.M. decides to submerge SS Permit due to damage

I just hate it when I get this message... why? Because this "routine" doesnīt seem to work really well... as many times before, this sub has only 3 sys damage which makes the sub like brand new... the sub submerged after one shell fired...

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ASW attack near San Francisco at 216,73

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
DD Kennison
DD Gilmer
DD Kilty



SS I-1 is located by DD Kennison
I-1 diving deep ....
DD Gilmer attacking submerged sub ....
DD Gilmer loses contact with SS I-1
DD Gilmer loses contact with SS I-1
DD Kilty attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kilty cannot reach attack position over SS I-1
DD Kilty cannot reach attack position over SS I-1
SS I-1 eludes DD Kilty by diving deep
DD Kilty cannot reach attack position over SS I-1
DD Kilty cannot reach attack position over SS I-1
DD Gilmer fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kilty fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Gilmer fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

got an ASW TF operating out of SF now as two subs were spotted just a couple of hexes off the base, they obviously reacted and reacted while following a returning convoy and ended up too close to SF...

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Submarine attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90

Japanese Ships
xAKL Taisoku Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KX

xAKL Taisoku Maru is sighted by SS KX
SS KX launches 2 torpedoes

this one sank immedietely... not a real important target as the xAKL arenīt really worthy targets but perhaps itīs one of the xAKLs that the Japanese can upgrade to patrol boats (which I donīt like at all...) how many of those transports can be upgraded to PBs???

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Amphibious Assault at Buna

TF 94 troops unloading over beach at Buna, 99,129

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost in surf during unload of Maizuru 1st SNLF
10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of Maizuru 1st SNLF /2


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Pre-Invasion action off Koepang

Japanese Ships
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
CL Kiso
CL Nagara
DD Uruyuke
DD Tatsuyuke
DD Karukaya


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


CA Haguro firing at Dili Detachment
CA Myoko firing at Dili Detachment
CL Kiso firing at Dili Detachment
CL Nagara firing at Dili Detachment
DD Uruyuke firing at Timor Garrison Battalion
DD Tatsuyuke firing at Dili Detachment
DD Karukaya firing at Dili Detachment
DD Karukaya firing at enemy troops

here comes the assault on Timor... like Iīve said before, canīt see what I should do against it... thereīs nothing on the island and weīre only one month into the war so itīs senseless thinking about the defense of it...

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Amphibious Assault at Koepang

TF 241 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 68,116



10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of Sasebo 2nd SNLF /1


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ASW attack near Tahiti at 173,179

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
xAK Don Isidro
KV Dawson



SS I-15 is sighted by escort
KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another IJN sub REALLY far away from home...

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Sub attack near San Francisco at 216,73

Japanese Ships
SS I-2

Allied Ships
DD Crosby
DD Gilmer
DD Kilty



SS I-2 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Crosby
DD Gilmer fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

after being unsuccesfully attacked earlier this day, I-2 dares to attack one of our DDs but missing it...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

Iīm not dumb enough to still have my Buffaloes here to be slaughtered by the Zeroes at a 11:0 kill rate...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on 102nd PA Infantry Division, at 80,90 (Malaybalay)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
G3M2 Nell x 6



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment ...

Iīve moved some of my troops from Cagayan into the mountain hex South of it and it seems this is making Rainer a littel nervous... only one enemy unit at Davao...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb


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Afternoon Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb


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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 23
SC Ch 21
xAK Nihonka Maru
DD Tawakaze
DD Yugao

Allied Ships
SS KX



SS KX is sighted by escort
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40889 troops, 432 guns, 653 vehicles, Assault Value = 1442

Defending force 25425 troops, 500 guns, 482 vehicles, Assault Value = 948

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 448

Allied adjusted defense: 997

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
920 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 92 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 31 (7 destroyed, 24 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1309 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 85 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 168 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 95 (11 destroyed, 84 disabled)


Assaulting units:
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
4th Tank Regiment
48th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
14th PS Engineer Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
1st PI Base Force
Far East USAAF
I Philippine Corps
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

looks like itīs a cake walk for the Japanese... of course the forts didnīt hold, of course we lose three times the combat squads than the enemy (disabled are like destroyed for us anyway). And the enemy doesnīt suffer at all... for me, losses within the defender have always been to high but this hasnīt changed since WITP... being on the defense behind some forts should be better than being on the attack in terms of losses IMO...

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Ground combat at Singkawang (56,88)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2716 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Defending force 1384 troops, 17 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Japanese adjusted assault: 52

Allied adjusted defense: 25

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
II./124th Infantry Battalion
III./124th Infantry Battalion

Defending units:
West Borneo KNIL Battalion
Singkawang Base Force
Sambas Base Force
106th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at 69,106

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1184 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Defending force 536 troops, 10 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese adjusted assault: 16

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
III./4th Infantry Battalion

Defending units:
Kendari Garrison Battalion
Kendari Base Force


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Ground combat at 107,124

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Defending force 15 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 5

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-)


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
I/66th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
2/1st Ind Coy


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 571 troops, 88 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 851

Defending force 42645 troops, 432 guns, 721 vehicles, Assault Value = 1383

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)



Assaulting units:
91st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
Far East USAAF
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
1st PI Base Force
I Philippine Corps
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
4th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
48th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 378 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 2966 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122



Assaulting units:
Timor Garrison Battalion
Dili Detachment

Defending units:
Sasebo 2nd SNLF /4
Kure 2nd SNLF /8


the enemy lands 122 av in one day...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/3/2010 4:59:46 PM   
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ASW attack near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 71,110

Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze
APD Tade
xAK Meigen Maru
DD Namikaze
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
SS O19


SS O19 is sighted by escort
O19 diving deep ....
DD Namikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Namikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

enemy escorts (DDs especially) perform so much better on ASW up to now itīs really causing me headache as this means that my Dutch, British and S-class subs are prevented from attacking at least 50% of the time it seems...

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Sub attack near Saigon at 61,74

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Chokai
CA Atago
CL Isuzu
DD Sagiri
DD Arashio

Allied Ships
SS Sargo

SS Sargo launches 4 torpedoes at CA Takao
Sargo bottoming out ....
DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Sagiri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

torps hit the heavy cruiser but of course didnīt explode... Iīm getting 90% dud salvoes, not just dud torps it seems... itīs really bad in this campaign, really bad, but I hope luck will change sides at some point... the difference between an AI game and a PBEM is drastically, in my AI test game Iīve sunk nearly a hundred ships with my subs until February, in this PBEM I will perhaps get 20...

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Submarine attack near Belep Islands at 106,155

Japanese Ships
SS I-25

Allied Ships
xAKL Mauban, Shell hits 1



xAKL Mauban is sighted by SS I-25
SS I-25 attacking on the surface
Kurihara W. decides to submerge SS I-25 due to damage

this time weīre the lucky one, this sub submerged before doing anything...

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Submarine attack near Belep Islands at 106,155

Japanese Ships
SS I-25

Allied Ships
xAKL Mauban, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage



xAKL Mauban is sighted by SS I-25
SS I-25 attacking on the surface
Kurihara W. decides to submerge SS I-25 due to damage

but then of course it surfaced again and sunk the xAKL... what a really smart routine...

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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 23
SC Ch 21
xAK Nihonka Maru
DD Tawakaze
DD Yugao

Allied Ships
SS KX



SS KX is sighted by escort
KX bottoming out ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugao fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and again the round went to the escorts...

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Naval bombardment of Cagayan at 79,89

Japanese Ships
TB Kamo
TB Kiji



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

TB Kamo firing at Cagayan
TB Kiji firing at Cagayan

my "offensive" on Mindanao seems to have made Rainer a little nervous, no idea what kind of operation this was...

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90

Japanese Ships
xAK Atutasan Maru
APD Aoi
DD Yukaze
DD Sawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Pike, hits 3



SS Pike launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Atutasan Maru
Pike bottoming out ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and duds of course...

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Morning Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking 31st PA Infantry Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 17 damaged


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

only 1 out of 10 damaged Sallies seems to be lost... so far IJA paper bombers suffer only 1/3 of my op losses even though all of them have a crappy durability...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Larantoeka at 68,114

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Jinshu Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

after a month of training our B-17 still canīt hit a slow merchant... will keep on training and as soon as the crews will reach "trained" status, they will be withdrawn...

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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 99,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 5



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near San Francisco at 214,80

Japanese Ships
SS I-21, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Kennison
DD Gilmer
DD Kilty



SS I-21 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Kennison
DD Gilmer fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kilty attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-21 eludes DD Kilty by diving deep
DD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

like Iīve said, IJN destroyers perform far better than ours so far... luckily the torps missed...

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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 23
SC Ch 21
xAK Nihonka Maru
DD Tawakaze
DD Yugao

Allied Ships
SS KX, hits 2



SS KX is sighted by escort
KX bottoming out ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugao attacking submerged sub ....
SS KX eludes ASW attack from DD Yugao
DD Yugao loses contact with SS KX
DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

only our useless fleet subs tend to attack but their attacks are 90% failures...

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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1511 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 62

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 27

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Buna !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF


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Ground combat at 107,124

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Defending force 10 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)



Assaulting units:
I/66th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
2/1st Ind Coy


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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2966 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122

Defending force 956 troops, 8 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Japanese adjusted assault: 20

Allied adjusted defense: 9

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: disruption(-), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
374 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
Sasebo 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Timor Garrison Battalion
Dili Detachment

Koepang will fall with the next attack... and again, Rainer seems to be either psychic or very lucky, like earlier in the game at Ambon, we tried to intercept the enemy with far superior surface combat forces and again, the enemy left before we arrived... the "moving in to target" is also very strange in AE, no more taking position at full speed range away from the target and then moving in at night and out again... either this was changed or isnīt working anymore... the SC TF always just moves along at cruise speed and then ends up at whatever range this resulted in... will make hit and run pretty impossible as you can end up one hex from a base the night before you want to attack... so this has to be done manually now...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 561 troops, 88 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 849

Defending force 42768 troops, 432 guns, 729 vehicles, Assault Value = 1392

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
11th PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Far East USAAF
1st USMC AA Battalion
I Philippine Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st PI Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
38th Division
65th Brigade
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

the enemy at Clark pretty much outnumbers us now...

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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 257 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Defending force 2917 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 117



Assaulting units:
Timor Garrison Battalion
Dili Detachment

Defending units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
Sasebo 2nd SNLF




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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/3/2010 5:18:11 PM   
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Bataan at 77,77, Range 8,000 Yards

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

Allied Ships
PT-31
PT-32
PT-33
MTB 9




Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 64% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages PT-33 at 8,000 yards
DD Minazuki engages MTB 9 at 8,000 yards
DD Satsuki engages PT-31 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CL Natori engages MTB 9 at 7,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages PT-32 at 7,000 yards
DD Harukaze engages MTB 9 at 7,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages MTB 9 at 7,000 yards
DD Fumizuki engages MTB 9 at 7,000 yards
DD Minazuki engages PT-33 at 7,000 yards
DD Satsuki engages PT-31 at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages MTB 9 at 8,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages PT-32 at 8,000 yards
DD Fumizuki engages MTB 9 at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
CL Natori engages PT-32 at 9,000 yards
CL Natori engages PT-31 at 9,000 yards
DD Fumizuki engages MTB 9 at 9,000 yards
DD Fumizuki engages MTB 9 at 9,000 yards
DD Satsuki engages MTB 9 at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Fumizuki engages PT-33 at 12,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages PT-31 at 12,000 yards
CL Natori engages MTB 9 at 12,000 yards
DD Fumizuki engages PT-32 at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...

the enemy has parked a SC TF outside the entrance to Bataan for over a week already to prevent me from bringing in any supplies... guess this way he doesnīt have to keep a single bomber on nav attack and can use them elsewhere as the new routines in AE will prevent me from moving through this hex for sure as every single AK would be picked off... so I decided to send out my PTs but they didnīt achieve anything but acting as targets... range didnīt close so all the little buggers escaped... but then they rerouted towards Soerabaja (homeport was Manila) as the enemy TF now blocked the way back...

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Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,127

Japanese Ships
xAK Kunitu Maru
xAK Shinwa Maru
xAK Taikei Maru
xAKL Ujigawa Maru
DD Yakaze

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf



SS Seawolf launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kunitu Maru
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

weīve got 4 subs sitting at Rabaul now due to the reaction routine... donīt like that...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Bataan at 77,77, Range 21,000 Yards

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

Allied Ships
PT-31
PT-32
PT-33
MTB 9



Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 19,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
Allied PT Boat TF evades combat

even though the PTs moved towards Java in the night, they then engage the enemy in the same hex as in the night again... react routine... I guess I will look at it some more time and will then decide to completely turn off EVERY reaction range on all my subs and surface combatants...

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ASW attack near Salajar at 66,107

Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze
APD Tade
xAK Jinshu Maru
DD Namikaze
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
SS KIX



SS KIX is sighted by escort
KIX diving deep ....
DD Namikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze cannot establish contact with SS KIX
Escort abandons search for sub

as if we wouldnīt already be used to this...

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Morning Air attack on 102nd PA Infantry Division, at 80,90 (Malaybalay)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 7



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

what I donīt get either is the fact that every day we use up around 1000 supplies in Singapore... granted there are quite some troops and weīre building forts also, but I can only think about the air attacks also decreasing our supplies as the stock is really going down quickly... too quickly... but without achieving a hit on the supply dump there shouldnīt be supplies destroyed... perhaps this is also something that just doesnīt show up in the combat report exactly anymore (which would be completely BS again) and youīve also have to watch the replay of stupid ground bombings to see how many supply hits the enemy achieves... is this what the developers mean about FOW??

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Morning Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 99,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 4



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 23
APD Aoi
xAK Nihonka Maru
DD Tawakaze
DD Yugao
DD Yukaze
DD Sawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Pike, hits 4



SS Pike is sighted by escort
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugao attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugao fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

would give a lot for so effective ASW... all my subs are more or less rendered useles...

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Sub attack near Savaii at 147,156

Japanese Ships
SS I-24, hits 2

Allied Ships
xAP President Fillmore, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAP President Buchanan
DD Rathburne



SS I-24 launches 6 torpedoes at xAP President Fillmore
I-24 diving deep ....
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne attacking submerged sub ....
DD Rathburne cannot reach attack position over SS I-24
SS I-24 eludes ASW attack from DD Rathburne
DD Rathburne attacking submerged sub ....
DD Rathburne cannot establish contact with SS I-24
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

while the enemy subs are killers of course, no matter if we have escorts or not... while a single IJN torp is enough to sink everyone below heavy cruiser size anyway, the hit rate of the Japanese subs is also twice as high as ours... the big AP sinks within two minutes of course... I-24 suffers two surely crippling near misses...

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Pre-Invasion action off Makassar

Japanese Ships
PC Ashi



PC Ashi firing at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Makassar

TF 266 troops unloading over beach at Makassar, 65,106

weīve spotted what I would identify as mini KB moving East towards Palau, so Iīm tempted to engage this invasion with my Dutch cruisers that are currently stationed at Soerabaja...

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Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 690 troops, 0 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 57

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 57 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
1st Tank Regiment

enemy armored spearhead reached Johore Bahru... I doubt that the enemy will cross the river into Singapore anytime soon though, probably not within the next week as many units are spotted still two or three hexes North... and I doubt Rainer will cross without having all his units coming along together...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1867 troops, 132 guns, 137 vehicles, Assault Value = 1399

Defending force 23807 troops, 498 guns, 473 vehicles, Assault Value = 857

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Assaulting units:
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Division
9th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
48th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th Marine Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
1st USMC AA Battalion
I Philippine Corps
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Far East USAAF
1st PI Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

weīve ordered all our units at Manila to combat move on Clark field... theyīre marching at 15 miles a day so it seems moving while set to combat isnīt really slow in this area...

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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16370 troops, 136 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 592

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

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 229

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 229 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rangoon !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
112th Infantry Regiment
15th Army
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion

nothing I could have done against a reinforced IG div in Burma... my troops are running North and 1st Burma div is sitting at Calcutta already...

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Ground combat at Singkawang (56,88)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2636 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 98

Defending force 1201 troops, 17 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Japanese adjusted assault: 35

Allied adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Singkawang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
609 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
II./124th Infantry Battalion
III./124th Infantry Battalion

Defending units:
West Borneo KNIL Battalion
Singkawang Base Force
Sambas Base Force
106th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at 107,124

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Defending force 10 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
I/66th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
2/1st Ind Coy


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Ground combat at Jesselton (68,86)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Defending force 507 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Japanese adjusted assault: 17

Allied adjusted defense: 7

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Jesselton !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
I/81st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
107th RN Base Force
108th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 529 troops, 85 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 850

Defending force 42958 troops, 431 guns, 728 vehicles, Assault Value = 1399

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
31st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Far East USAAF
1st USMC AA Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st PI Base Force
I Philippine Corps
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
65th Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Makassar (65,106)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 979 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

Defending force 780 troops, 0 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 81



Assaulting units:
Makassar Garrison Battalion
Makassar Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Rgt /2


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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 257 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Defending force 2935 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 119


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Timor Garrison Battalion
Dili Detachment

Defending units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
Sasebo 2nd SNLF




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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/3/2010 5:41:15 PM   
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Invasion Support action off Makassar

Japanese Ships
PC Ashi


PC Ashi firing at enemy troops

an amazingly weak escort for Makassar invasion IMO...

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ASW attack near Miri at 65,86

Japanese Ships
xAK Eihuku Maru
PB Nako Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack



SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
Skipjack bottoming out ....
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

so far a rough guess would be that one IJN escort is enough to prevent my subs from attacking in 40-50% of possible times and my single escorts do this in 10-20% of the time so far... but this will all change...

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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 71,91

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 23
APD Aoi
xAK Nihonka Maru
DD Tawakaze
DD Yugao
DD Yukaze
DD Sawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Pike, hits 1



SS Pike is sighted by escort
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugao fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Sawakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Sawakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Sawakaze is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

again...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Makassar at 65,106, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PC Ashi, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
xAK Hokutai Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Kasyu Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Seikyo Maru, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
xAK Shinkyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Java
CL De Ruyter
CL Tromp
DD Vendetta
DD Banckert
DD Van Nes
DD Witte de With
DD Evertsen
DD Kortenaer
DD Piet Hein




Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 53% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Japanese ships attempt to get underway
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
CL Tromp engages PC Ashi at 8,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages PC Ashi at 8,000 yards
CL Java engages PC Ashi at 8,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 8,000 yards
DD Witte de With engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 8,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 8,000 yards
DD Vendetta engages PC Ashi at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages PC Ashi at 7,000 yards
xAK Hokutai Maru sunk by CL Java at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
xAK Shinkyo Maru sunk by DD Van Nes at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages xAK Seikyo Maru at 3,000 yards
DD Witte de With engages xAK Seikyo Maru at 3,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages xAK Seikyo Maru at 3,000 yards
xAK Seikyo Maru sunk by CL Tromp at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
CL Tromp engages xAK Kasyu Maru at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CL Tromp engages xAK Kasyu Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages xAK Kasyu Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages xAK Kasyu Maru at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

as we were sure of mini KB not covering this invasion (very surprisingly given all the so far methodical invasions) weīve sent in the Dutch to intervene with this invasion... the TF was caught unloading and was completely whiped out - as expected... no troops were destroyed and Makassar is lost anyway but at least weīve sunk 5 enemy ships... would have preferred to meet a couple of escorts more, not just a single PC... so far I was satisfied...

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this of course changed within three seconds...

Sub attack near Makassar at 64,106

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
CL Java, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Tromp
CL De Ruyter
DD Witte de With
DD Van Nes
DD Vendetta
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer
DD Evertsen



SS I-154 launches 8 torpedoes at CL Java
DD Piet Hein fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kortenaer fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Evertsen fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kortenaer fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kortenaer fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kortenaer fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

if everything is just about die rolls then Iīve been really an asshole so far in this campaign as Iīve never hit a positive... got a fridging six DDs that of course do nothing... to top the BULLSH*T off, this is one of the subs with a WRONG database entry and therefore the sub fires a mega spread of 8 torps... and then two IJN torps are enough to immedietely sink the light cruiser... things are getting me pissed off, 8 of those wrong subs around and I guess theyīve already accounted for over a dozen ships... my ASW stays a joke so far, therefore itīs funny to hear that IJN ASW is set to 0.65 effectivity early in the war... lol, how effective will it get then? Or better, how UBER effective will get Allied ASW then when thinking about how well IJN ASW is doing already... not in sinking my subs but in making them useless (speaking about the ones with working torps...)

throw in the obvious ghost spottings all the time (still canīt figure out how TFs are spotted in the middle of nowhere all the time) and the mega effective sub react, search and destroy and itīs not surprising anymore that the enemy submarine force is taking a toll... but compared to other AARs my ship losses to IJN subs is still really, really light...

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ASW attack near Tarakan at 67,91

Japanese Ships
APD Aoi, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Sawakaze
SC Ch 23
xAK Nihonka Maru
DD Tawakaze
DD Yugao
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS Permit

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)



SS Permit launches 2 torpedoes at APD Aoi
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugao fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Permit then sinks an APD of the Tarakan invasion force... lucky shot it seems...

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TF 44 encounters mine field at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

with the loss of the Dutch CL and this fleet sub hitting a Type 93 mine in Rabaul it was not really a good turn... the sub is crippled and all I can say once again is that I REALLY HATE IT WHEN MY SUBS REACT INTO ENEMY BASES... they hit mines and are far to vulnerable in base hexes so I just want them to STAY OUT!!!! Don Bowen said they shouldnīt react into bases with spotted mine fields and they also should not react into bases with ports bigger than small sizes... granted this minefield wasnīt spotted earlier but Iīve got subs in port all the time so this routine seems not to work at all...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 14 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 8 damaged


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet

Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking 21st PA Infantry Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 14
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Lark Battalion, at 99,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 5



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Mangaia at 153,185

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
xAK Eldorado, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
KV Dawson


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)


SS I-15 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Eldorado
I-15 diving deep ....
KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and our escort is useless once again... and due to the fact that this attack again happened in the middle of nowhere (I bet not a single ship crossed this hex in the campaign so far) Iīm 100% sure that this attack is one of those miracle attacks when subs react to shipping somewhere in the middle of the ocean while shouldnīt knowing that there are even ships... I canīt explain it otherwise and my subs seem to be doing the same... every single TF leaving or going to the West Coast is doing it at different directions and they are moving so far off "normal" shipping routes it is just more than strange to meet enemy subs every second turn (which then sink a ship of course)...

this one sunk an AK with halve a construction btn aboard...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1891 troops, 132 guns, 137 vehicles, Assault Value = 1412

Defending force 23670 troops, 496 guns, 470 vehicles, Assault Value = 855

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Assaulting units:
48th Division
38th Division
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
I Philippine Corps
1st PI Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7504 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 499

Defending force 27231 troops, 273 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 857


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Kimura Det
20th Infantry Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
Kure 1st SNLF

Defending units:
1st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
71st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
USAFFE
Cavite USN Base Force
Manila USAAF Base Force
II Philippine Corps
Asiatic Fleet
PAF Aviation

my troops should reach Clark field next turn...

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Ground combat at Mersing (51,82)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 525 troops, 0 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 47

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 47 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mersing !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
14th Tank Regiment


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Ground combat at 107,124

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 9

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
I/66th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
2/1st Ind Coy


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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2963 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Defending force 639 troops, 8 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Japanese adjusted assault: 24

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Koepang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
342 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
Sasebo 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Timor Garrison Battalion
Dili Detachment

no chance for Koepangīs defenders... probably wonīt take long and weīll see Japanese airpower in this region...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 475 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 849

Defending force 43109 troops, 432 guns, 729 vehicles, Assault Value = 1412

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
21st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
1st PI Base Force
I Philippine Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
1st USMC AA Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
48th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
38th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Makassar (65,106)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 974 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

Defending force 960 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 80



Assaulting units:
Makassar Garrison Battalion
Makassar Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Rgt /2

guess we wonīt be able to hold against this tank rgt either...

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Ground combat at Makassar (65,106)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 960 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 80

Defending force 1433 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

Japanese adjusted assault: 79

Allied adjusted defense: 5

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Makassar !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)


Allied ground losses:
556 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2


Assaulting units:
8th Tank Rgt /2

Defending units:
Makassar Garrison Battalion
Makassar Base Force


yup, the first attack takes the base... really great adjusted av...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/3/2010 6:04:50 PM   
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Sub attack near Kolaka at 67,107

Japanese Ships
xAK Meigen Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
APD Tade
xAK Shinsei Maru
DD Namikaze
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
SS O16

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



SS O16 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Meigen Maru
O16 diving deep ....
DD Namikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Namikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Namikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Namikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

got halve a dozen subs operating in this area (all with working torps) and hopefully I will get some more shots at this troop transport... looks like it is going towards Timor at the moment... the AK sunk right after the hits...

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Pre-Invasion action off Tarakan - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

51 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Tawakaze
DD Yugao
DD Yukaze
SC Ch 23, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
SC Ch 22, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 21, Shell hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


DD Tawakaze firing at Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
DD Yugao firing at Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
DD Yukaze firing at Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
SC Ch 23 firing at enemy troops
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging SC Ch 23 at 2,000 yards
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging SC Ch 23 at 2,000 yards
SC Ch 22 firing at enemy troops
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging SC Ch 22 at 2,000 yards
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging SC Ch 22 at 2,000 yards
SC Ch 21 firing at enemy troops
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging SC Ch 21 at 2,000 yards
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging SC Ch 21 at 2,000 yards
DD Yugao firing at enemy troops
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yugao at 3,000 yards
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yugao at 3,000 yards
DD Yukaze firing at enemy troops
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yukaze at 3,000 yards
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yukaze at 3,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft


seems like Tarakanīs coast defense is the so far best working one the Japanese have engaged yet... both the 120 and 75mm guns have put out nice counterfire and at least one subchaser will be lost I guess... good to see the ASW vessels being attacked instead of the transports as the SCs canīt sustain that much damage and they are more important over the course of the campaign then some damaged AKs...

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Amphibious Assault at Tarakan

TF 282 troops unloading over beach at Tarakan, 67,91

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 15th Nav Gd
17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost overboard during unload of 15th Nav Gd /3


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Submarine attack near Port Kembla at 91,170

Japanese Ships
SS I-168

Allied Ships
xAP Lurline, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


xAP Lurline is sighted by SS I-168
SS I-168 launches 2 torpedoes

again a sub attack at a "strange" position... this fast AP came in unescorted (due to it being a fast liner) from the South to Sydney and was not going on any expected route... this of course helped nothing, just as the fast speed of this AP didnīt prevent a hit out of a mega salvo of 2 torps... the ship carries a US HQ and arrived at Sydney but is in sinking condition... no idea if docking helps anything, canīt disband it as long as there are troops loaded, at least the unit will survive...

high speed APs are as helpless against subs as are slow AKs, canīt see a difference at all and am not sure if it is even taken into account that those ships move quite fast...

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Invasion Support action off Tarakan - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

67 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DD Tawakaze
DD Yugao
DD Yukaze
xAK Asosan Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
SC Ch 21, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage



DD Tawakaze firing at Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
DD Yugao firing at Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
DD Yukaze firing at Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Asosan Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Tawakaze fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards
SC Ch 21 firing at enemy troops
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging SC Ch 21 at 2,000 yards
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging SC Ch 21 at 2,000 yards
DD Tawakaze firing at enemy troops
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Tawakaze at 3,000 yards
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Tawakaze at 3,000 yards
DD Yugao firing at enemy troops
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yugao at 3,000 yards
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yugao at 3,000 yards
DD Yukaze firing at enemy troops
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yukaze at 3,000 yards
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yukaze at 3,000 yards

guess this makes 2 subchasers sunk... the Dutch CD is doing very well here... many shots fired at the DDs but they were maneuvering hard to prevent being hit... the slower SCs were a nice target though...

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Sub attack near Babeldaob at 96,85

Japanese Ships
xAK Senyo Maru
xAKL Kuramasan Maru
PB Zosen Maru

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise



SS Porpoise launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Senyo Maru
Porpoise diving deep ....
PB Zosen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds again... what else?

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Invasion Support action off Tarakan
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAK Nojima Maru, Shell hits 1
DD Yugao
DD Tawakaze



120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Nojima Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Tawakaze fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards

Tarakan will be lost but at least itīs not a freebee for the enemy...

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Sub attack near San Francisco at 206,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-5, hits 2

Allied Ships
xAK Alabaman, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AM Ungava


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


SS I-5 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Alabaman
AM Ungava fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Ungava attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

no sense having an escort with our ships, it more or less never prevents the enemy subs from attacking, no matter if we include DDs, corvettes or something else... a mistery meeting with a sub in the middle of the Pacific again... how surprising to meet one... a hard blow for us, weīve lost halve of a tank rgt... one hit, the AK sinks immedietely...

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ASW attack near Emirau Island at 107,117

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinwa Maru
xAK Kogyoku Maru
xAKL Ujigawa Maru
DD Yakaze

Allied Ships
SS Sealion



SS Sealion is sighted by escort
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

torps missed...

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ASW attack near Emirau Island at 107,117

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinwa Maru
xAK Kogyoku Maru
xAKL Ujigawa Maru
DD Yakaze

Allied Ships
SS Sealion



SS Sealion is sighted by escort
DD Yakaze attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

another attack was driven off immedietely...

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,101

Japanese Ships
TK Nisshin Maru
PB Heimei Maru
PB Kinsyo Maru #2
PB Hozugawa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Plunger



SS Plunger launches 4 torpedoes at TK Nisshin Maru
Plunger diving deep ....
PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Hozugawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

then we hit a fat TK but no boom... hoorey...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet

Rainer wants to make sure I never put up Cap again... nothing left here anyway...

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Morning Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet

Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 11th PA Infantry Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 14 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 31



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 3
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 21000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 9 damaged



Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 19000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

a total of two bombers reported lost today... what a great result... perhaps we should turn off flak now... op losses arenīt severe for the Japanese at all...

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ASW attack near Brunei at 65,87

Japanese Ships
xAK Eihuku Maru
PB Nako Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack, hits 5, heavy damage



SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
Skipjack bottoming out ....
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nako Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

two subs react into Brunei (what a great idea to do that, really!) and one is crippled in shallow water by a single PB that is dropping O N E depth charge at a time... but thatīs enough in a base hex to be dangerous... once again, the into base reaction just pisses me off... happens daily...

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Sub attack near Tarakan at 67,91

Japanese Ships
DD Tawakaze
DD Sawakaze
SC Ch 23
xAK Atutasan Maru
DD Yugao

Allied Ships
SS Permit



SS Permit launches 2 torpedoes at DD Tawakaze
Permit bottoming out ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another attack on the Tarakan invasion but while we hit the DD (we seem to do that 80% of the time which seems quite high), the torps fail...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40563 troops, 432 guns, 656 vehicles, Assault Value = 1415

Defending force 50793 troops, 767 guns, 637 vehicles, Assault Value = 1711

Japanese adjusted assault: 586

Allied adjusted defense: 1393

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2751 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 140 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 194 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 27 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 58 (1 destroyed, 57 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2366 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 109 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 181 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 108 (18 destroyed, 90 disabled)


Assaulting units:
48th Division
38th Division
65th Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
192nd Tank Battalion
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
Subic Bay Defenses
71st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
1st PI Base Force
I Philippine Corps
Cavite USN Base Force
II Philippine Corps
USAFFE
Manila USAAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
Far East USAAF
1st USMC AA Battalion
PAF Aviation
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

the enemy launched another attack but exactly today all our troops from Manila arrived... the attack is driven off but the losses for us are more severe than for the enemy as he can recover... terrain and forts donīt make up the combat ability of the enemy... all of the supply from Manila was moved out... at least...

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7494 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 499

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



Assaulting units:
Kimura Det
9th Infantry Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
Kure 1st SNLF

the enemy bombards the empty town...

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Ground combat at 107,124

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 9

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
I/66th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
2/1st Ind Coy


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 440 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1550

Defending force 40384 troops, 432 guns, 732 vehicles, Assault Value = 1215

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Assaulting units:
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
14th PS Engineer Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
I Philippine Corps
PAF Aviation
1st PI Base Force
Far East USAAF
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Manila USAAF Base Force
II Philippine Corps
Cavite USN Base Force
USAFFE
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
14th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1086 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 51

Defending force 2534 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 93



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
15th Nav Gd /1
I./124th Infantry Bn /2


got two subs crippled (one by a mine and one by a single PC) in base hexes in the last two turns... both subs reacted into the base... great...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 11, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 68,116, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze
DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Nokaze
DD Namikaze, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Tade, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
xAK Jinshu Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Shinsei Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kosho Maru, Shell hits 29, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Houston
CL Danae
CL Dragon
CL Mauritius
CL Boise
DD John D. Edwards, Shell hits 1
DD Paul Jones
DD Parrott
DD Whipple
DD Stewart

Japanese ground losses:
488 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 65 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)




Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 32% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Japanese ships attempt to get underway
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
CA Houston engages DD Namikaze at 8,000 yards
CL Boise engages DD Namikaze at 8,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages CL Mauritius at 8,000 yards
CL Danae engages DD Hokaze at 8,000 yards
CL Boise engages xAK Shinsei Maru at 8,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages DD Parrott at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages CL Dragon at 7,000 yards
CL Danae engages APD Tade at 7,000 yards
DD Stewart engages DD Namikaze at 7,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages DD Paul Jones at 7,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages DD John D. Edwards at 7,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages DD Stewart at 7,000 yards
CL Boise engages APD Tade at 7,000 yards
DD Parrott engages DD Tachikaze at 7,000 yards
CL Dragon engages APD Tade at 7,000 yards
CL Danae engages DD Namikaze at 7,000 yards
DD John D. Edwards engages xAK Shinsei Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Paul Jones engages xAK Jinshu Maru at 7,000 yards
CL Dragon engages xAKL Kosho Maru at 7,000 yards
DD John D. Edwards engages DD Tachikaze at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages DD John D. Edwards at 6,000 yards
CL Boise engages xAKL Kosho Maru at 6,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages DD Namikaze at 6,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages DD Parrott at 6,000 yards
CL Danae engages APD Tade at 6,000 yards
DD Stewart engages DD Namikaze at 6,000 yards
DD Parrott engages xAK Jinshu Maru at 6,000 yards
DD Parrott engages xAKL Kosho Maru at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
APD Tade sunk by CA Houston at 4,000 yards
DD Nokaze engages DD John D. Edwards at 4,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Shinsei Maru at 4,000 yards
DD John D. Edwards engages DD Hokaze at 4,000 yards
CL Danae engages DD Namikaze at 4,000 yards
DD Whipple engages DD Hokaze at 4,000 yards
DD Parrott engages DD Namikaze at 4,000 yards
DD John D. Edwards engages DD Namikaze at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
DD John D. Edwards engages DD Namikaze at 3,000 yards
CL Boise engages DD Tachikaze at 3,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Jinshu Maru at 3,000 yards
CL Danae engages DD Namikaze at 3,000 yards
DD Stewart engages DD Namikaze at 3,000 yards
DD John D. Edwards engages xAKL Kosho Maru at 3,000 yards
DD John D. Edwards engages DD Nokaze at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages DD Whipple at 2,000 yards
DD Nokaze engages DD Whipple at 2,000 yards
xAKL Kosho Maru sunk by CL Mauritius at 2,000 yards
CL Dragon engages xAK Shinsei Maru at 2,000 yards
DD John D. Edwards engages xAK Shinsei Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Stewart engages xAK Jinshu Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Parrott engages DD Hokaze at 2,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages DD John D. Edwards at 2,000 yards
DD Namikaze sunk by CA Houston at 2,000 yards
DD John D. Edwards engages DD Tachikaze at 2,000 yards
DD Stewart engages DD Hokaze at 2,000 yards
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

looks like my Sir Robin lulled my opponent into thinking I wouldnīt do anything offensive like. While it paid off to act offensively at Makassar two days ago it also paid off today. This TF was spotted going towards Timor by both subs and patrol aircraft. The strong escort convinced me of this TF bringing in an important unit, pretty sure this is a support unit to base bombers on Timor. We caught the enemy unloading and while we didnīt whipe out the whole TF tonight, the damaged done was severe. All transports are sunk and the LCU is lost. Like at Makassar the enemy operates without carrier support and this makes it costly. And it really suprises me that Rainer offers me this chances to hurt him as he really methodically marched forward for the first four weeks of the war. DD Edwards takes one 12cm hit but retires with only minor damage (4 sys and 10 flt). Our TF left the scene during the day as I donīt want to run into a long range Betty strike out of some recently taken jungle base.

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Sub attack near Tarakan at 67,91

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 23

Allied Ships
SS KXIII



SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes

what a joke, torps failed to detonate... whatīs wrong with my subs, compare that to the IJN and every IJN sub is 4 or 5 times more effective than mine...

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Submarine attack near Broome at 62,123

Japanese Ships
SS I-160

Allied Ships
xAK Clan Alpine, Torpedo hits 1



xAK Clan Alpine is sighted by SS I-160
SS I-160 launches 8 torpedoes at xAK Clan Alpine

yeah great, the usual 8 torp sh*t... one hit but weīre on the lucky end this time, the big AK is only lightly damaged with 20 flt damage...

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ASW attack near Truk at 109,113

Japanese Ships
DD Tatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes at DD Tatsukaze
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

got several subs operating near Truk as Iīm pretty sure that more or less all shipping inbound for the South and South East Pacific will head into this region... the torps hit but of course failed...

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Submarine attack near Tarakan at 67,91

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 23, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-36


SC Ch 23 is sighted by SS S-36
SS S-36 launches 4 torpedoes

an MK10 obliberates an already damaged subchaser though...

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ASW attack near Larantoeka at 68,114

Japanese Ships
DD Nokaze
xAK Jinshu Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVI



SS KXVI launches 4 torpedoes at DD Nokaze
DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and then we miss... this is the TF that was shot up at Koepang and is now heading North East... this is the second area where Iīve concentrated my subs (nearly all of them with working torps)... heading into the area between Southern Borneo - Sulawesi - Timor will be dangerous for any IJN shipping as a succesful sub attack could lead to serious problems as thereīs no bigger port anywhere near for the Japanese... perhaps baby KB will show up after the two recent naval defeats and then our subs could score on a juicy target...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 15 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged


Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
30 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...

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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 10
B-17E Fortress x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

am operating the PI B-17s out of Darwin at the moment... the airfield is still a level 4 and therefore too small for the heavy bombers (requirement level5) and weīre attacking with reduced loads. The good news is that weīll reach the level 5 field within the next two days. Will fly a couple of airfield attacks in the next one or two weeks as this should further delay enemy bombers on Timor...

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Sub attack near Truk at 110,111

Japanese Ships
xAK Venice Maru
DD Tatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Venice Maru
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another failed try, Iīm not surprised anymore... PLOINK...

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ASW attack near Enderbury Island at 159,149

Japanese Ships
SS I-7

Allied Ships
AP Henderson
xAP President Taylor
xAK Admiral Y. Williams
DD Rathburne



SS I-7 is sighted by escort
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

there are two DDs and a corvette in this TF but DD Rathburne is always the only escort that tries to engage the sub... the others arenīt even showing up... whatīs wrong?????

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Sub attack near Truk at 111,110

Japanese Ships
CL Kashima
xAK Shinwa Maru
xAK Kogyoku Maru
xAKL Ujigawa Maru
DD Yakaze

Allied Ships
SS Sealion



SS Sealion launches 4 torpedoes at CL Kashima
Sealion diving deep ....
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and another HIT... but no explosion... forget the 90% dud rate, in this campaign itīs been at 95%+ so far...

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13594 troops, 134 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 500

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 413

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 413 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
9th Infantry Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
Kimura Det
7th Tank Regiment
Kure 1st SNLF

the enemy takes the empty Manila... no supplies have been left behind but more than 100.000 fuel... donīt know how it really works in AE but in WITP you never conquered everything that was left behind so perhaps the enemy only got some of our fuel stocks...

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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2554 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 98

Defending force 1930 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 51

Japanese adjusted assault: 62

Allied adjusted defense: 19

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarakan !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
851 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 32 (32 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
I./124th Infantry Battalion
15th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

the static CD unit surrendered, the other two units retreated... none of my Dutch bases seem to hold out...

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Ground combat at 107,124

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 15

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
I/66th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
2/1st Ind Coy


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 856 troops, 83 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 1587

Defending force 40650 troops, 432 guns, 734 vehicles, Assault Value = 1228

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
11th PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
192nd Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
1st PA Infantry Division
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
I Philippine Corps
Manila USAAF Base Force
PAF Aviation
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
USAFFE
1st PI Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
Far East USAAF
Provisional GMC Gp
II Philippine Corps
1st USMC AA Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
48th Division
9th Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Division
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


with the 500 av at Manila the enemy will have parity in av here at Clark Field... wonder if he will move in more...

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