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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/4/2010 8:01:04 PM   
castor troy


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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 42
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Submarine attack near Christmas Island at 184,141

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
xAK Zvir, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage



xAK Zvir is sighted by SS I-17
SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Zvir


in the middle of the South East Pacific... from my feeling, it´s like as every third TF of mine going throught the Pacific meets an enemy sub at some point... this can´t just always be the lucky stumble over, seems like the subs are reacting around like wild to TFs that get mystically spotted... we´ve installed the latest hotfix with a max reaction of 1 for subs, but as long as the subs aren´t disbanded and put into a new TF the new routine isn´t working and so the subs will still react at what they´ve been set under the previous hotfix... but within the next one and a halve months there won´t be any subs with reaction more than 1 left and that´s good news...

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ASW attack near Truk at 112,110

Japanese Ships
PB Takunan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Pompano



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

no DCs dropped...

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ASW attack near Bara at 75,106

Japanese Ships
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII



SS KXVIII is sighted by escort
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and then this combat... was quite funny as the DD had no DCs but still tried to attack the submerged sub...

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ASW attack near Jarvis Island at 164,146

Japanese Ships
SS I-7

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
AP Henderson
xAP President Taylor
xAK Admiral Y. Williams



SS I-7 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Rathburne
I-7 diving deep ....
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
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-7
DD Rathburne loses contact with SS I-7
DD Rathburne loses contact with SS I-7
Escort abandons search for sub

torps missed and again it was ONLY DD Rathburne that acted against the sub... grrr.... what are the other escorts doing all the time???

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 14 damaged


Allied ground losses:
12 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)


Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

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
8 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 51st PA Infantry Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 4


No Allied losses



Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

great number of Fortresses attacking... looks like getting them to fly off the small airfield is quite hard. Out of 32, only 4 took off... granted, a couple of them surely weren´t operational but seeing only four in the air was quite depressing... one more thing that really strikes me is the fact that while the aircraft replacement rates are absolutely not matching the needs to maintain our squadrons, halve of the aircraft are lost due to the squadrons withdrawing. So first you put the replacements into squadrons and two or three months later you lose all those aircraft again because the squadrons are withdrawn... so what to do? Not using the airforce at all until late 42???

We get 15 B-17 for example and 3/4 of my B-17 squadrons will have to be withdrawn until 9/42 so in fat the 100+ bombers I get will all be withdrawn, which leaves you with not a single heavy bomber more in late 42 like you had at early 42. You gain nothing... Now you could shred all those squadrons with suicide attacks before withdrawing but this also cuts down your experienced pilots (which you can save before withdrawing). The situation with bombers is just depressing. Not even 25% of the US Army bomber squadrons can be used in ongoing frontline service as there are just not enough bombers around to replace losses of every 4th squadron if you leave the rest on the West Coast. Don´t know how I should deal with this, the bomber replacement is just a joke...

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Sub attack near Christmas Island at 185,137

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
xAK Zvir, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage



xAK Zvir is sighted by SS I-17
SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes

while the AK would have been lost after the first hit anyway I´m quite happy that the sub spends another salvo... it was an empty AK returning to Pearl...
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Ground combat at 65,105

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 960 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Defending force 819 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Japanese adjusted assault: 20

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1

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


Allied ground losses:
596 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
Makassar Garrison Battalion
Makassar Base Force


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Ground combat at Dadjangas (78,93)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1204 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Defending force 389 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Japanese adjusted assault: 22

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dadjangas !!!

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


Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Miura Det

Defending units:
1st /101st PA Battalion
2nd/101st PA Battalion


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Ground combat at Kolaka (68,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

Defending force 403 troops, 10 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese adjusted assault: 17

Allied adjusted defense: 4

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kolaka !!!

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


Allied ground losses:
217 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 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 Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 831 troops, 80 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 1594

Defending force 40886 troops, 432 guns, 734 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256

Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
11th PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
41st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
Far East USAAF
Asiatic Fleet
II Philippine Corps
1st PI Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force
I Philippine Corps
PAF Aviation
USAFFE
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Provisional GMC Gp
1st USMC AA Battalion
Manila USAAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

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

the enemy is resting his troops, not even doing a bombardment which is quite surprising to me... not enough supplies or what´s the reason behind this?



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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/5/2010 4:06:45 PM   
castor troy


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ASW attack near San Francisco at 212,81

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
DD Crosby
DD Gilmer
DD Kilty



SS I-21 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Crosby
DD Gilmer fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kilty attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kilty cannot establish contact with SS I-21
DD Kilty loses contact with SS I-21
SS I-21 eludes DD Kilty by diving deep
DD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

our ASW TF in the shipping lane to SF only acts as target all the time... even if the DDs would have an ASW value of 8 they wouldn´t do better as they never drop any DCs...

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Sub attack near Kavieng at 109,116

Japanese Ships
TK Nisshin Maru
PB Kinsyo Maru #2
PB Hozugawa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sealion



SS Sealion launches 4 torpedoes at TK Nisshin Maru
Sealion 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

my DDs are pretty much as useless as my subs so far... hit but dud of course... looks like fuel is being shipped from Truk to Rabaul on a pretty juicy target...

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Sub attack near Brunei at 65,87

Japanese Ships
xAK Kokai Maru
xAK Kaiko Maru
PB Nako Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kokai Maru
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the next dud of course...

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ASW attack near San Francisco at 212,81

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
DD Kennison
DD Gilmer
DD Kilty



SS I-1 is located by DD Kennison
DD Gilmer fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kilty fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not one but two enemy subs are sitting in the same area... looks like Rainer "suffers" from the same as I do when more than one sub is trying to react onto the same TF, in this case a (useless) ASW TF...

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light 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 24
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 15



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



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 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 Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light 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 12



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



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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 Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light 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 2
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 20



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged



Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
20 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: Light 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: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 19000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

the daily bombings against Fortress Singapore... the attacks don´t do any significant damage, from that alt they are more or less useless... this pretty much convinces me that the enemy bombers won´t be able to do much against my bases later on and can only be seen as a threat to my shipping... the enemy at least has bombers, we won´t have more than a couple of dozen... the enemy now has 27 units on the other side of the river, 8 more are spotted moving in... I expect the enemy to cross the river within the next week... not bad, we didn´t try to do any delay of the enemy advance outside of Singapore and it´s 13th Jan now without a single unit in Singapore... and our troops will be ready for the enemy... we won´t hold the fortress of course but I expect to dish out some damage... will take some time to mop up the PI and Singapore for the Japanese...

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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 14


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

we launch a bigger raid than yesterday and score some hits on the airfield... Darwin´s airfield reached level 4 (99%) today... hoped to see it going to 5 today... you may think that this wouldn´t matter anyway, the problem is that we´ve spotted enemy carriers some 12 hexes North East of Darwin coming South. Guess this is a reinforced mini KB or it´s KB itselve... don´t think it will be an invasion of Darwin but as it looks now I expect Darwin´s port and airfield being target of an enemy attack... seems like my raid to Timor with Houston, Boise and Co resulted in this appearance of enemy carriers in the area... Darwin has some nice flak so we´ll see if we can score some kills...

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Sub attack near Brunei at 65,87

Japanese Ships
xAK Kaiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Nako Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kaiko Maru
Sculpin bottoming out ....
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Kaiko Maru is attacked again today and this time a torp ignites... fuel has been reported burning so I consider this AK sunk for sure... it´s again been time to score a sub kill...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1860 troops, 132 guns, 137 vehicles, Assault Value = 1315

Defending force 50599 troops, 783 guns, 701 vehicles, Assault Value = 1686

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


Allied ground losses:
250 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (15 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Assaulting units:
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
38th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
48th Division
65th Brigade
7th Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Subic Bay Defenses
31st Infantry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
194th Tank Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
1st PI Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
Provisional GMC Gp
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
USAFFE
Far East USAAF
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
PAF Aviation
II Philippine Corps
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
I Philippine Corps
Manila USAAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Taytay (75,82)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

Defending force 8 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 21

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Taytay !!!

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


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


Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

Defending units:
2nd PI Base Force


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 802 troops, 80 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 1671

Defending force 41638 troops, 432 guns, 823 vehicles, Assault Value = 1315

Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Assaulting units:
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
71st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
11th PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Provisional GMC Gp
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
PAF Aviation
1st PI Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
I Philippine Corps
USAFFE
1st USMC AA Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
II Philippine Corps
Manila USAAF Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force
Far East USAAF
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
48th Division
38th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

we´ve spotted more enemy units marching towards Clark field but I guess we can hold some longer... not one airstrike was flown against our base today...



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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/5/2010 5:39:22 PM   
castor troy


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 14, 42
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Surprise of the day...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Makassar at 64,106, Range 10,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
CL Oi, Shell hits 5, on fire
DD Yukikaze
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Maikaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
CL Tromp, Shell hits 1
DD Vendetta
DD Banckert, Shell hits 1
DD Van Nes, Shell hits 1
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kortenaer
DD Piet Hein



Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 7% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 10,000 yards
CL Tromp launches Torpedoes at CL Oi at 10,000 yards
CL De Ruyter fires at CL Oi at 10,000 yards
CL De Ruyter fires at CL Oi at 10,000 yards
DD Kortenaer launches Torpedoes at CL Oi at 10,000 yards
DD Evertsen launches Torpedoes at CL Oi at 10,000 yards
DD Witte de With launches Torpedoes at CL Oi at 10,000 yards
DD Banckert launches Torpedoes at CL Oi at 10,000 yards
DD Banckert fires at DD Hayashio at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages DD Evertsen at 6,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CL Tromp at 6,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CL Oi at 6,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages CL De Ruyter at 6,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Banckert at 6,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Witte de With at 6,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Van Nes at 6,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Banckert at 6,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Vendetta at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL Tromp at 5,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CL Oi at 5,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Piet Hein at 5,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages CL Tromp at 5,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages DD Hayashio at 5,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Witte de With at 5,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages DD Kortenaer at 5,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages DD Maikaze at 5,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages DD Yukikaze at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages DD Witte de With at 2,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CL De Ruyter at 2,000 yards
CL Oi engages CL Tromp at 2,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages CL Tromp at 2,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Witte de With at 2,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Witte de With at 2,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages DD Van Nes at 2,000 yards
DD Witte de With engages DD Maikaze at 2,000 yards
DD Vendetta engages DD Yukikaze at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CL Oi at 4,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CL Kitakami at 4,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages DD Hayashio at 4,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Tokitsukaze at 4,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages DD Van Nes at 4,000 yards
DD Banckert engages DD Amatsukaze at 4,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Hayashio at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages CL Tromp at 6,000 yards
CL De Ruyter sunk by BB Fuso at 6,000 yards
CL Oi engages CL Tromp at 6,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages DD Kortenaer at 6,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages DD Yukikaze at 6,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Kortenaer at 6,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages DD Van Nes at 6,000 yards
DD Witte de With engages DD Maikaze at 6,000 yards
DD Vendetta engages DD Hayashio at 6,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages DD Vendetta at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL Tromp at 10,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Piet Hein at 10,000 yards
CL Oi engages CL Tromp at 10,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages DD Evertsen at 10,000 yards
DD Witte de With engages DD Natsugumo at 10,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages DD Natsugumo at 10,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages DD Evertsen at 10,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages DD Vendetta at 10,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Van Nes at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages DD Evertsen at 11,000 yards
BB Fuso engages DD Evertsen at 11,000 yards
CL Oi engages CL Tromp at 11,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages CL Tromp at 11,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages DD Natsugumo at 11,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages DD Natsugumo at 11,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Banckert at 11,000 yards
DD Vendetta engages DD Maikaze at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages CL Tromp at 12,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CL Tromp at 12,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Hayashio at 12,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Evertsen at 12,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages DD Natsugumo at 12,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages DD Hayashio at 12,000 yards
DD Banckert engages DD Hayashio at 12,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages DD Piet Hein at 12,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages DD Evertsen at 12,000 yards
orders Allied TF to disengage
Task forces break off...




We´ve spotted ships (probably merchants) at Makassar and sent out the Dutch again... the naval movement is completely screwed up in AE anyway it seems as we move right to the hex West of Makassar during the night (which means we did a full speed run and would have closed in during the day from one hex range ---> 100% nuts ). Not just the movement is a bit off to me, it´s of course the allmighty we find, react and kill routine too that seems still to be more or less bulletprove. A superior IJN BB force takes us on in the hex West of Makassar and while the enemy was surprised, not susrprisingly, the round goes to the superior force. We damage a light CL (our 15cm guns scored several non penetrating hits on the enemy CLs, while their guns penetrated our armor) and a DD of which non seem to be in danger of sinking. We´ve lost a light cruiser and two DDs (already sunk). Yamashiro was clearly the vessel with the best naval gunnery as her 36cm guns ruled this engagement. The BBs haven´t been spotted before in this region and while I´ve got more than a dozen subs in the area we were completely surprised. Well done!


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ASW attack near Bara at 75,106

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CL Kiso
DD Yamakaze
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Stingray



SS Stingray is sighted by escort
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Umikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this is baby KB...

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Sub attack near Rabaul at 107,124

Japanese Ships
xAKL Konsan Maru
PB Takunan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Konsan Maru
Searaven bottoming out ....
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds of course...

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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

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

halve of our heavy bombers launched... thank god, because then this happened:

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44
B5N2 Kate x 133



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
15 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)


Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 106

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

CAP engaged:
20th PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (8 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes

as expected, enemy carriers showed up North of Darwin. What wasn´t expected was the fact that we´ve faced full KB (less Zuikaku) it seems. It was good to see that the Zero on escort flying lower than our Cap is far from the UBER all killing force it is when flying stratosphere sweeps. Our Warhawks mostly had very low exp but had their air and def skill all above 50 already. And this pretty much answers my so far question if it´s enough to have skill in the mission you want to fly without having a good overal exp. The answer is yes, it´s enough to have skill in the needed area. Our Warhawks really did a good job, we just haven´t had enough fighters to break through to the bombers. We´ve shot down more Zeroes over Darwin than we lost P-40 and some Zeroes were lost on their 5 hex trip home to their carriers.

What really is depressing is the fact that flak seems to be completely useless in AE. I´ve considered Darwin having a very strong flak defense, but the flak obviously did nothing to the low incoming Kates. When I think about the two IJN CAs that shot down 3 B-17 with their flak then I wonder what a hundred+ Allied flak guns of all calibres are worth. Not much it seems when we look at this result. The airfield is more or less trashed, we suffered 32 airbase and 63 runway damage. The harbour was untouched and it was obvious that 100% (yes, ALL) Vals were set to naval search as I got a couple of dozen messages of "Val spotting xy" during the replay but none of my ships has been attacked. This clearly looks like an attempt to clear the waters around KB of subs. Know this vacuum cleaner tactic from WITP, not sure it will work in AE.

Going from just this attack I´m not sure it was worth it for the IJN. Will be interesting what comes next... IMO it´s a fault to have KB in this area as I can now clearly shorten my shipping lanes coming from the West Coast as long as I know what KB is doing. Wonder if we´ll see an invasion of Darwin but for now we´ve not spotted any incoming merchants.


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Sub attack near Samah at 72,70

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ryua Maru
xAKL Fukuyama Maru
PB Yokae Maru

Allied Ships
SS Snapper



SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Ryua Maru
Snapper diving deep ....
PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds... what else...

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ASW attack near Rabaul at 107,124

Japanese Ships
PB Takunan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven is sighted by escort
Searaven bottoming out ....
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Rabaul at 107,124

Japanese Ships
PB Takunan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven is sighted by escort
Searaven bottoming out ....
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Takunan Maru #5 is out of ASW ammo
PB Takunan Maru #5 is out of ASW ammo
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Takunan Maru spent all her ASW ammo... against a sub that is teethless anyway...

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Ground combat at Watampone (66,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 960 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Defending force 380 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Japanese adjusted assault: 38

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Watampone !!!

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


Allied ground losses:
303 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
Makassar Garrison Battalion
Makassar Base Force

what really is amazing to me is the speed the enemy LCUs are moving overland... surprising in two ways though, first because of their speed and secondly why Rainer is setting his LCUs to follow those completely trashed and useless Dutch LCUs all around the map instead of picking his LCUs up and move elsewhere... won´t complain...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2246 troops, 184 guns, 137 vehicles, Assault Value = 1372

Defending force 50334 troops, 783 guns, 690 vehicles, Assault Value = 1679


Allied ground losses:
207 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
48th Division
38th Division
65th Brigade
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
14th Army
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
51st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
194th Tank Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
PAF Aviation
USAFFE
1st USMC AA Battalion
1st PI Base Force
Manila USAAF Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
I Philippine Corps
Far East USAAF
Asiatic Fleet
Provisional GMC Gp
II Philippine Corps
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

the enemy will need more troops if he wants to take Clark Field... again no airattacks...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 807 troops, 80 guns, 77 vehicles, Assault Value = 1665

Defending force 44629 troops, 490 guns, 840 vehicles, Assault Value = 1372

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)



Assaulting units:
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
1st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
4th Marine Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
I Philippine Corps
USAFFE
Asiatic Fleet
II Philippine Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
PAF Aviation
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Manila USAAF Base Force
1st PI Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force
Provisional GMC Gp
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
48th Division
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion






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Status: offline 		In total the IJN seems to have lost more ac today than we did so up to now it wasn´t worth to attack Darwin IMO. The P-40 really did a good job and it once again proves how UBER stratosphere Zero sweeps are when they achieve 5:1+ kill rates on those stratosphere sweeps but lose 2:1 when being on escort. Not to forget that these Zeroes shot down today are the best on the map.

It makes me confident that my sweeps will be at least as effective when we start to go on the offense with far faster aircraft, which then will dive down from 30.000ft (or even higher if the enemy decides to fly Cap together with Sputnik)...




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Status: offline 		This is the situation at the moment. I´ve spotted carriers yesterday (better say several Kates and Vals were spotted by my subs first). We´ve also saw KB as a TF on the map even though we had no aircraft on search that far North (must be the same ghost that is spotting ships during the night all the time). As I´ve thought KB would (could) not be moving throught the shallow waters South of Sorong I´ve placed my subs in the shipping lane towards Kendari as I´ve thought KB would move South next to Ambon. Been wrong again and been also pretty surprised about the high speed run. Absolutely unexpected that enemy carriers could move into attack position North of Darwin when they´ve been spotted near Sorong yesterday. Not much to kill for KB in this area so wonder what will be next.




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Sub attack near Jesselton at 65,80

Japanese Ships
PB Shonan Maru #6, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
TK Mitu Maru
PB Shonon Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon, hits 1



SS Sturgeon launches 8 torpedoes at PB Shonan Maru #6
Sturgeon diving deep ....
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #10 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shonon Maru #10 loses contact with SS Sturgeon
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we´ve obliberated an escort with one of the few working MK14s we have... would have liked to attack the TK in the TF though...

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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,75

Japanese Ships
xAK Mikasa Maru
xAK Kokai Maru
PB Nako Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Shark



SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Mikasa Maru
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds...

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ASW attack near Batjan at 76,104

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
DD Murasame
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Tadeshiwa
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame

Allied Ships
SS KXIV



SS KXIV is sighted by escort
DD Tadeshiwa fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yudachi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Harusame attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

a dangerous sub but the escort wins... looks like all the IJN is around Sulawesi now, the TF is spotted moving South. Joining KB? Also KB´s replenishment TF was spotted today, seems like they´re joining up North of Darwin... what kind of massing is this in the area? A drive on Australia? Before Singapore falls, before the PI falls, before Java is attacked, before Palembang is secured, before Balikpapan is secured? Wouldn´t be surprising though when you see a full division storming ashore at Port Moresby in late December...

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Sub attack near Batjan at 76,104

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
DD Murasame
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Tadeshiwa
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame

Allied Ships
SS KXIV



SS KXIV launches 4 torpedoes at CA Kumano
KXIV diving deep ....
DD Tadeshiwa fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Harusame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare attacking submerged sub ....
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

4 torps missed the heavy cruiser... we´re just not as good as the IJN subs... they hit their targets in 90% of the time, they´ve also put 2 torps into our carrier, so probably the IJN DDs are also better than ours... with the high number of subs in this area it could turn out dangerous for the IJN but it probably will turn out the same as it always has been in this campaign, the subs will be useless, even those with working torps...

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Sub attack near Namatanai at 107,125

Japanese Ships
xAKL Taiyu Maru
PB Shuko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Salmon



SS Salmon launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Taiyu Maru
Salmon bottoming out ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds... what else...

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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 26,000 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 38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 26



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 11 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 10 damaged


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


Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
26 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 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...

air attacks on Clark Field again... thought the enemy would have flown out his bombers already...


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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
D3A1 Val x 111



Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 22 damaged

Allied Ships
AO TAN 1, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Filleigh, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
AVP Arend, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
AG Gemma, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AVP Bellatrix, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Corinda, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage



Port hits 9
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

I´ve been wrong yesterday, also Zuikaku is here, which means we´re facing the whole KB. While Kates attacked Darwin at 9000ft yesterday today the Vals came in and of course didn´t suffer from flak either. Heck, how many flak do you need to actually do some damage? Not one bomber was lost over Darwin and if you look at their attack alt then this just makes me scream... We´re back in WITP where flak seems not to be existing. So far I´ve thought using divebombers against bases would result in at least some immediete losses, this attack proved me wrong. I kept those ships in port as I just didn´t care about them. I´ve moved out an AS and an AG which made it out without being spotted. A very small escort, would have been nice to see 50 Warhawks in the air, but there´s only one fridging fighter squadron in Australia at this date. Will receive two more Warhawk squadrons (not combat worthy as thei´re completely untrained) tomorrow (and two more the next week). But those five squadrons will be withdrawn 15th March again, so filling them up with aircraft from the pool seems to be complete waste, the same goes for all my bomber squadrons. 90% of them will be withdrawn in the next 6 months, so giving them precious bombers seems like a waste. But this would mean we would not have any bomber sqaudrons for attacks until early 43. Great eh?

The question now is what is nearly the whole IJN doing around Timor? Makes it easier for me to route my convoys from the West Coast though, saves me a week one way to Australia...

In the end, halve a dozen Vals are reported lost to ops, probably only one or two crews lost if the 6 op losses are correct anyway. Note though that the Japanese overtook us in total aircraft losses today.





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Sub attack near Namatanai at 107,125

Japanese Ships
xAKL Taiyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Shuko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Salmon

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



SS Salmon launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Taiyu Maru
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Salmon attacks Taiyu Maru again and this time sinks the small AK with some troops aboard (those that took Kavieng, a fragment of a SNLF)... two ships killed by subs today is a good result, goal is to sink one a day until late 42, knowing that this is quite ambitious, we will probably end up with 0.5 ships sunk by subs per day...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2795 troops, 203 guns, 194 vehicles, Assault Value = 1719

Defending force 50164 troops, 780 guns, 687 vehicles, Assault Value = 1670

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


Allied ground losses:
285 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (8 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
48th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
41st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
21st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
PAF Aviation
I Philippine Corps
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
1st PI Base Force
Provisional GMC Gp
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
II Philippine Corps
USAFFE
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Manila USAAF Base Force
Far East USAAF
Cavite USN Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

equal assault value now, the Japanes have better artillery and higher exp troops...

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Ground combat at Kudat (69,86)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

Defending force 352 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 2

Allied adjusted defense: 3

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

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

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


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


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 820 troops, 79 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 1654

Defending force 55120 troops, 596 guns, 938 vehicles, Assault Value = 1719

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



Assaulting units:
4th Marine Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
31st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
I Philippine Corps
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
II Philippine Corps
1st PI Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
USAFFE
Far East USAAF
Manila USAAF Base Force
PAF Aviation
Cavite USN Base Force
Provisional GMC Gp
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
16th Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
48th Division
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Division
7th Tank Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion





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Status: offline 		As I haven´t received a turn so far today (bank holiday in Austria today and last day of my 2.5 weeks xmas holiday), I´ve succesfully installed Tracker today and toyed around with it. Wonderful little programme, gives me interesting intel and will also make the AAR more interesting I guess. So while my opponent probably is out for skiing I´m looking into tracker.

Here´s the intel for the total ship losses so far:




as you can see, ship losses on both sides aren´t dramatic at all. Needless to say, our ship losses occured mostly in the SRA (not one ship except the subs made it out of Manila for example - the uber surface "find and destroy" naval routine was bullet prove), probably two dozen ships killed by IJN subs so far. While the enemy lost two TFs to my two CVs going to Australia early on and the rest was sunk by subs.



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Status: offline 		Using Tracker, I´ve also took a look into the stats of some important aircraft and I can´t say it was amusing. While our Warhawks are dead meat against Zeroes (and more or less Oscars too) I looked at the P-40K which will show up in late 42 in quite nice numbers (will be the main Army fighter until mid 43). So I´ve compared it with the expected main fighter of the enemy that we will surely face in far higher numbers than we have fighters in total, the Ki-44-IIa Tojo which will probably be produced until early 43 or even longer as the IIb has a wrong db entry and has completely useless 40mm cannons. So I wouldn´t be surprised if Rainer will keep on producing the IIa in high numbers until the IIc which has the armament of the IIb with 4x12.7MGs.




But back to the IIa which we will face in 42/6 at the latest. It was a shock for me because first I´ve thought the P-40K would have quite nice stats, especially being faster than the enemy aircraft until I´ve looked at the Tojo. Oh boy, the enemy fighter is again the overall far better aircraft and will eat ours for lunch, just as the Zeroes do with our P-40E.

This is the scenario with the slight (?) advantage for the Japanese and we´re also playing with non realistic R&D, so we could even face it earlier in big numbers. There´s the hr about keeping R&D somewhat realistic which means not producing sped up aircraft earlier than a couple of months of their normal arrival. But still, I´m pretty sure the Japanes will completely outproduce us with first line fighter aircraft until mid 44. Can´t say I´m amazed and with the absolutely easy pilot training (of which I´m sure Rainer will do extensively), you have combat ready pilots within a month. I´ve set my rear area (and most frontline) fighter squadrons on training right from the start and all of them have reached air and def skill between 50 and 60! So within one month the useless replacement pilots gained enough skill to be quite a match for the enemy (as seen over Darwin when my Warhawks took on KB´s UBER Zeroes on escort). Ok, the Japanese get fewer replacement pilots so it probably will take them longer (perhaps 2 months) to train for frontline duty but this still means they won´t run out of skilled pilots for a very very long time, as it seems easier to have combat ready pilots in AE than in WITP now. In WITP it took me 3.5-4 months to have combat ready pilots for frontline duty when doing onmap training (not the training order but bombing runs). I´m not impressed at all by the Allied...



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Status: offline 		Then I even looked at the aircraft that will clash in the far future. The P-38J will be the most important escort for our heavy bombers as there aren´t any other long range fighters available in higher numbers at the time the J-version of the Lightning will arrive. By then, the enemy will have the first version of the Frank coming out of the factory and again it was a shock at how good the fighter is in comparison with what we will field. Not sure if the 29mph speed advantage of the P-38 is really a killer and it´s probably compensated by the twice as high man rating of the Frank. The Frank carries enough guns to be a killer and as we´ve mostly will meet them on Cap while we will be on escort it could become a real mess for us.




But the present is bad enough, I shouldn´t think about our losses in two years time...



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ASW attack near Obi at 76,106

Japanese Ships
DD Kyukaze
APD Nadakaze
APD Shimakaze
DD Urukaze
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII


SS KXVIII launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kyukaze
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Karukaya fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urukaze attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

torps missed...

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Sub attack near Kavieng at 108,118

Japanese Ships
xAKL Konsan Maru
PB Shuko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Pompano



SS Pompano launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Konsan Maru
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

these failed to detonate...
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ASW attack near Bara at 74,106

Japanese Ships
APD Nadakaze
DD Kyukaze
DD Urukaze
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
SS Perch



SS Perch is sighted by escort
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Karukaya fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this sub was driven off...

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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 Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light 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 32
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 26



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 11 damaged


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


Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
26 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
2 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 Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy 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 51
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 5
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 36



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 30 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 15 damaged


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


Runway hits 5

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

Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking Singapore ...

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

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged



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

the usual heavy air attacks on Singapore and also Clark this turn and not one bomber was lost... not one...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2804 troops, 203 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 1734

Defending force 49836 troops, 779 guns, 680 vehicles, Assault Value = 1655


Allied ground losses:
371 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (6 destroyed, 8 disabled)


Assaulting units:
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
48th Division
9th Tank Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
38th Division
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
20th Infantry Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Army
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
71st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
51st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
1st PI Base Force
II Philippine Corps
I Philippine Corps
Asiatic Fleet
Cavite USN Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Provisional GMC Gp
Far East USAAF
USAFFE
PAF Aviation
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Manila USAAF Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
1st USMC AA Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at 55,89

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2618 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 99

Defending force 697 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Japanese adjusted assault: 58

Allied adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 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
Sambas Base Force
Singkawang Base Force
106th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 795 troops, 79 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 1627

Defending force 55364 troops, 596 guns, 942 vehicles, Assault Value = 1734

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
11th PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
4th Marine Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
1st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
I Philippine Corps
USAFFE
PAF Aviation
Far East USAAF
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
II Philippine Corps
Manila USAAF Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force
Provisional GMC Gp
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st PI Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
4th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
38th Division
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
48th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
16th Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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ASW attack near Bara at 73,107

Japanese Ships
APD Nadakaze
APD Shimakaze
DD Kyukaze
DD Urukaze
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII

SS KXVIII is sighted by escort
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Karukaya fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

if at least our Dutch, British and S-class subs would be as efficient as I´m used to it, then I would not complain and every exploding MK14 would be a nice bonus but all our subs are more or less useless...

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ASW attack near Bara at 73,107

Japanese Ships
APD Nadakaze
DD Fuyo
DD Kyukaze
DD Urukaze
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
SS Stingray



SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at APD Nadakaze
Stingray diving deep ....
DD Kyukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Urukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Karukaya fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the working torps miss and the MK14 hit but are duds as seen here...

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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,125

Japanese Ships
PB Kinsyo Maru #2
PB Hozugawa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tuna, hits 3



SS Tuna is sighted by escort
Tuna bottoming out ....
PB Kinsyo Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Hozugawa Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
CL Kitakami
DD Yukikaze
DD Maikaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsugumo

Allied Ships
PT-36
PT-37
PT-38
PT-39
PT-40
PT-43



Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
Tilden, C. gains tactical advantage
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-37 at 2,000 yards
PT-38 engages DD Amatsukaze at 2,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-40 at 2,000 yards
BB Fuso engages PT-43 at 2,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-43 at 2,000 yards
PT-43 engages DD Amatsukaze at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-43 at 4,000 yards
BB Fuso engages PT-40 at 4,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-40 at 4,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages PT-43 at 4,000 yards
BB Fuso engages PT-43 at 4,000 yards
PT-36 engages DD Natsugumo at 4,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-37 at 4,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages PT-36 at 4,000 yards
Task forces break off...

KB has spotted the two PT TFs at Darwin several times and the fact that enemy BBs come in to clear them alerts me... smelling like invasion... 0% moonlight, the engagement starts at 2000 yards, all PTs have fired torps, no result...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
CL Kitakami
DD Yukikaze
DD Maikaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsugumo

Allied Ships
PT-44
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-46, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-47
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk



Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages PT-46 at 2,000 yards
PT-45 sunk by DD Tokitsukaze at 2,000 yards
PT-46 sunk by DD Maikaze at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages PT-44 at 5,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-47 at 5,000 yards
PT-48 sunk by DD Maikaze at 5,000 yards
Task forces break off...

the second PT TF is hit hard...

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Sub attack near Saipan at 113,96

Japanese Ships
xAK Yosida Maru #1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Tambor



xAK Yosida Maru #1 is sighted by SS Tambor
SS Tambor attacking on the surface

one torp ignited... due to engaging on the surface the sub fired more than one salvo, guess a dozen torps were spent to achieve this hit... still better than firing only one salvo to get no kill...

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Naval bombardment of Darwin at 76,124 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 10, on fire
BB Fuso
CL Kitakami


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


BB Yamashiro firing at Emery Point Fortress
BB Fuso firing at 2nd RAN Base Force
CL Kitakami firing at 2nd RAN Base Force

the TF that cleared the PTs wasn´t a SC TF as expected but a naval bombardement TF, which was surprising to me... thought bombardement TFs would do worse in naval combat and I wouldn´t send it in against PTs anyway... the bombardement was completely useless though, my CD units aren´t even disrupted... no result at all... in return, Yamashiro was hit by several medium calibre shell hits, one damaging the superstructure... no 9.2 inch hit on the BB

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Sub attack near Peleliu at 86,101

Japanese Ships
xAKL Tainichi Maru
xAKL Turusima Maru
PB Showa Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS KIX



SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Tainichi Maru
KIX diving deep ....
PB Showa Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

working torps usually miss...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
CL Kitakami
DD Yukikaze
DD Maikaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsugumo

Allied Ships
PT-36
PT-37, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-38, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-39, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-40
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk



Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards
BB Fuso engages PT-43 at 21,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages PT-43 at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages PT-43 at 15,000 yards
PT-43 sunk by DD Natsugumo at 15,000 yards
Tilden, C. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 13,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages PT-37 at 13,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages PT-40 at 13,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages PT-38 at 13,000 yards
Range increases to 15,000 yards
BB Fuso engages PT-40 at 15,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages PT-40 at 15,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages PT-38 at 15,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-38 at 15,000 yards
Range increases to 16,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages PT-39 at 16,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages PT-40 at 16,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-37 at 16,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-38 at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 14,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages PT-40 at 14,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages PT-39 at 14,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-39 at 14,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages PT-36 at 14,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-36 at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages PT-40 at 13,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-39 at 13,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages PT-39 at 13,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages PT-39 at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
PT-38 sunk by BB Yamashiro at 10,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-36 at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
BB Fuso engages PT-40 at 7,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages PT-40 at 7,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages PT-36 at 7,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-40 at 7,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages PT-36 at 7,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages PT-39 at 7,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-40 at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages PT-36 at 9,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-39 at 9,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages PT-39 at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages PT-40 at 10,000 yards
PT-37 sunk by DD Natsugumo at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
PT-39 sunk by DD Yukikaze at 8,000 yards
Tilden, C. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 15,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-36 at 15,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages PT-40 at 15,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-40 at 15,000 yards
Range increases to 21,000 yards
Range increases to 28,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages PT-40 at 28,000 yards
Task forces break off...

due to the fact that Darwin was the homeport of the PTs they tried to get back there and of course meet the enemy... the first PT was sunk at 15.000 yards by a 5 inch shell... must be good shooting to hit a fast moving and small target at this range with a 5 inch gun...

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ASW attack near Bara at 74,108

Japanese Ships
APD Nadakaze
DD Kyukaze
DD Urukaze
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
SS KXII



SS KXII is sighted by escort
KXII diving deep ....
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Karukaya fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Karukaya fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Karukaya fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Karukaya attacking submerged sub ....
DD Karukaya fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

useless... as are the enemy ASW vessels in terms of sub kills... in terms of driving them off and guard the transports the enemy has been doing at least twice as good as we have done...

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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8



Allied aircraft
B-339D x 31
CW-21B Demon x 11
75A-7 Hawk x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 4 destroyed



CAP engaged:
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Raid is overhead
1-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
2e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Raid is overhead
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

high alt Zero sweep from mini KB kills off our crappy fighters over Soerabaja... I will expend all Dutch aircraft on the map and all their replacements in hopes to take down 5 Zeroes and perhaps score a hit on two or three merchants... skill of the bomber crews should be good enough already to achieve some hits and hopefully the 300kg bombs do some damage...




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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light 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 54
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 35



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 23 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged


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


Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

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


Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Broome at 62,127

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
B5N2 Kate x 24
D3A1 Val x 22



Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Mungana, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAP Diomed, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk


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


Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Diomed

the last couple of turns, 100% of our ships were spotted by mass employ of Vals and Kates from KB and more or less EVERY ship was sunk from nav search bomb hits... don´t know what this should represent now, as there wasn´t a single nav strike earlier, it smells like having ALL KB bombers on search... today, a couple of remaining ships that tried to flee and ended up in range were sunk by nav strikes... there still were three dozens or so sightings of the 3 or 4 ships so still dozens of bombers on nav search it seems... wonna use the vacuum clean tactic against my subs?

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Derby at 64,127

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
B5N2 Kate x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Clan Alpine, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

Clan Alpine caught transferring cargo ...


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2820 troops, 201 guns, 193 vehicles, Assault Value = 1750

Defending force 48180 troops, 765 guns, 611 vehicles, Assault Value = 1620

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


Allied ground losses:
230 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)


Assaulting units:
9th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
3rd Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
48th Division
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
38th Division
9th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
192nd Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
PAF Aviation
USAFFE
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
1st PI Base Force
Far East USAAF
1st USMC AA Battalion
I Philippine Corps
II Philippine Corps
Provisional GMC Gp
Manila USAAF Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 15588 troops, 323 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 1743

Defending force 47002 troops, 531 guns, 355 vehicles, Assault Value = 1269

Japanese adjusted assault: 73

Allied adjusted defense: 1915

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
2860 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 192 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 179 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 23 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
610 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)


Assaulting units:
56th Recon Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Army
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
27th Australian Brigade
1st Hyderabad Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
2nd Loyal Battalion
Singapore Fortress
1st Malay Battalion
11th Indian Division
1st Mysore Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
SSVF Brigade
22nd Australian Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
3rd SSVF Battalion
2nd Malay Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
1st Manchester Battalion
9th Indian Division
2nd ISF Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
109th RAF Base Force
110th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
224 Group RAF
AHQ Far East
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Malaya Army
112th RAF Base Force
Singapore Base Force
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
111th RAF Base Force
III Indian Corps
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
1st ISF Base Force
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
Malayan Air Wing
109th RN Base Force

and here we go, the enemy shock attacks into Singapore... this is where I can repeat myself for the 100th time when saying that the number of destroyed squads is just a joke... 2 combat squads destroyed, nearly 200 disabled... the ground combat model is working so poorly again and again and there´s just no chance to get it into a state to at least bring up acceptably results... those 24 soldiers killed, did they drown or what?

the attacker should be highly disrupted though and the adjusted av looks awful, tempted to countershock attack tomorrow against a force that should have a disruption of 85+ from the river crossing and the completely failed attack...


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Ground combat at Kudat (69,86)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

Defending force 330 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 15

Allied adjusted defense: 3

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kudat !!!

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

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


Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 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 780 troops, 79 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 1603

Defending force 55647 troops, 593 guns, 937 vehicles, Assault Value = 1750

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


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


Assaulting units:
51st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
71st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
I Philippine Corps
USAFFE
II Philippine Corps
1st PI Base Force
PAF Aviation
1st USMC AA Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Manila USAAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
Cavite USN Base Force
Far East USAAF
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Provisional GMC Gp
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
38th Division
16th Recon Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
48th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion






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Status: offline 		And here´s the bad news of the day, although already expected anyway. The enemy is going to invade Darwin. After invading Port Moresby in late December we are now probably facing more than one division invading Darwin (accompanied by the whole IJN it seems). The pace has been SLOOOOWED down, can you feel it?




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Sub attack near Ambon at 74,109

Japanese Ships
DD Kyukaze
APD Nadakaze
DD Urukaze
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
SS KXII

SS KXII launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kyukaze
KXII diving deep ....
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Karukaya fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Urukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


DUDS!!!! Duds? What the f*cking hell is going on??? tracker says these torps should work fine so I´m not sure what´s going on, it really seems that all the luck is still on Rainer´s side... dud rate of those torps has been 40%+ so far...

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Amphibious Assault at 75,122

TF 55 troops unloading over beach at 75,122



10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Amphibious Bde /4

lol, the game shows it´s uggly face again, one of the invasion TFs to Darwin unloads on the (empty) island North of Darwin due to the TF moving through this hex... one bde less to deal with at Darwin but surely more to come...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Nowaki
DD Arashi
DD Hagikaze
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare
DD Tadeshiwa

Allied Ships
PT-36
PT-40
PT-44, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-47



Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 25,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 25,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards
CA Mogami engages PT-44 at 23,000 yards
BB Haruna engages PT-44 at 23,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards
BB Kongo engages PT-47 at 22,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards
DD Samidare engages PT-44 at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards
BB Kongo engages PT-47 at 17,000 yards
BB Kongo engages PT-44 at 17,000 yards
DD Hagikaze engages PT-36 at 17,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages PT-47 at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 14,000 yards
BB Haruna engages PT-47 at 14,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT-44 at 14,000 yards
DD Arashi engages PT-47 at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages PT-44 at 11,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT-47 at 11,000 yards
DD Murasame engages PT-44 at 11,000 yards
DD Hagikaze engages PT-47 at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
PT-44 sunk by BB Kongo at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Samidare engages PT-47 at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 17,000 yards
BB Haruna engages PT-47 at 17,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages PT-47 at 17,000 yards
DD Tadeshiwa engages PT-47 at 17,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT-40 at 17,000 yards
DD Murasame engages PT-40 at 17,000 yards
DD Hagikaze engages PT-36 at 17,000 yards
DD Arashi engages PT-36 at 17,000 yards
Range increases to 24,000 yards
Task forces break off...

yeah, the whole IJN is around Northern Australia at the moment... means Darwin will fall for sure but also means we can directly route our Pacific convoys...

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Sub attack near Moa at 73,119

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
CL Kitakami
DD Amatsukaze
DD Maikaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 launches 4 torpedoes at BB Fuso
O19 diving deep ....
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

torps missed... how glad I am that the enemy subs put one torp after another into my ships... Yorktown took two and was nearly sunk...

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ASW attack near Jesselton at 66,82

Japanese Ships
xAK Ishikari Maru
PB Shinko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS KXI



SS KXI is sighted by escort
KXI diving deep ....
PB Shinko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shinko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

better not firing torps at all, saves supplies...

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ASW attack near Darwin at 77,124

Japanese Ships
PB Kiso Maru
PB Edo Maru
AMC Saigon Maru
DMS W-8
DMS W-7
AV Sanuki Maru
xAP Kasado Maru
xAP Rakuyo Maru
xAP Hakone Maru
xAK Tofuku Maru
xAK Reiyo Maru
xAK Kiso Maru
xAK Daido Maru
xAK Nozima Maru
xAKL Kumakawa Maru
xAKL Kofuku Maru
DD Numakaze
DD Shiokaze
DD Hakaze
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-38


SS S-38 is sighted by escort
S-38 bottoming out ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

got a lot of subs in the area now, for no gain probably...

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,101

Japanese Ships
xAK Ikushima Maru
xAK Manko Maru
PB Kinsyo Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ikushima Maru
Gudgeon diving deep ....
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Gudgeon eludes PB Kinsyo Maru #4 by diving deep
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 cannot establish contact with SS Gudgeon
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 cannot reach attack position over SS Gudgeon
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and the usual dud...

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ASW attack near Darwin at 76,124

Japanese Ships
DD Arashi
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
DD Murasame
DD Hagikaze
DD Nowaki
DD Tadeshiwa
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame

Allied Ships
SS S-38, hits 3



SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Arashi
S-38 bottoming out ....
DD Tadeshiwa fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Samidare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yudachi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Harusame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yudachi is out of ASW ammo
DD Yudachi is out of ASW ammo
DD Yudachi is out of ASW ammo
DD Yudachi is out of ASW ammo
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and working torps miss... 3 near misses in return...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Broome at 60,127

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet
7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet

the bombers failed to find the target, only Zeroes on sightseeing...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 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 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 26



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 16 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 11 damaged


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


Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
26 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
9 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 Clark Field ...


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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

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 62
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 41



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 49 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged


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


Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

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

Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 9th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...

guess this is the biggest land based air attack of the war so far... lots of bombers were damaged, only four in total were lost today...


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Broome at 60,127

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
D3A1 Val x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Van Cloon, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Van Cloon

another strike coming in and the already killed (by massed naval search) AP sinks... has brought in a base force intact...

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Naval bombardment of Darwin at 76,124 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami


Allied ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


BB Haruna firing at 2nd RAN Base Force
BB Kongo firing at 2nd RAN Base Force
CA Kumano firing at 2nd RAN Base Force
CA Suzuya firing at 2nd RAN Base Force
CA Mikuma firing at 2nd RAN Base Force
CA Mogami firing at Gull Battalion

naval bombardements can´t do much...

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ASW attack near Babar at 77,118

Japanese Ships
DD Yukikaze
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
CL Kitakami
DD Amatsukaze
DD Maikaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze

Allied Ships
SS S-40



SS S-40 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yukikaze
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the next 4 working torps that missed... grrrr...

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Pre-Invasion action off Darwin - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

146 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Hakaze
DD Okikaze
DD Minekaze, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Kumakawa Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
AV Sanuki Maru
PB Kiso Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire
xAKL Nanko Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
PB Keiko Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Kamitsu Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
PB Edo Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
PB Busho Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Aso Maru #3, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
[b]CVE Taiyo

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


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


DD Shiokaze firing at Emery Point Fortress
DD Hakaze firing at 2nd RAN Base Force
DD Okikaze firing at Emery Point Fortress
DD Minekaze firing at Emery Point Fortress
6" Mk XI/XII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Kumakawa Maru at 12,000 yards
PB Kiso Maru fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Nanko Maru at 12,000 yards
PB Kiso Maru fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards
PB Kiso Maru firing at enemy troops
6pdr CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Kiso Maru at 2,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Kiso Maru at 2,000 yards
9.2" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Kiso Maru at 2,000 yards
4" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Kiso Maru at 2,000 yards
PB Keiko Maru firing at enemy troops
6pdr CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Keiko Maru at 2,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Keiko Maru at 2,000 yards
9.2" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Keiko Maru at 2,000 yards
4" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Keiko Maru at 2,000 yards
PB Kamitsu Maru firing at enemy guns
6pdr CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Kamitsu Maru at 2,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Kamitsu Maru at 2,000 yards
9.2" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Kamitsu Maru at 2,000 yards
4" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Kamitsu Maru at 2,000 yards
PB Edo Maru firing at enemy troops
6pdr CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Edo Maru at 2,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Edo Maru at 2,000 yards
9.2" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Edo Maru at 2,000 yards
4" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Edo Maru at 2,000 yards
PB Busho Maru firing at enemy troops
6pdr CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Busho Maru at 2,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Busho Maru at 2,000 yards
9.2" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Busho Maru at 2,000 yards
4" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Busho Maru at 2,000 yards
PB Aso Maru #3 firing at enemy troops
6pdr CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Aso Maru #3 at 2,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Aso Maru #3 at 2,000 yards
9.2" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Aso Maru #3 at 2,000 yards
4" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Aso Maru #3 at 2,000 yards
DD Okikaze firing at enemy guns
6pdr CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Okikaze at 3,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Okikaze at 3,000 yards
9.2" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Okikaze at 3,000 yards
4" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Okikaze at 3,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

and here we go... the CD units at Darwin seem to do a good job but like discussed on the main forum, only the escorts are "duelling" with the 6 and 9.2 inch guns soaking up the hits... the invasion will go in unharmed... love it... why couldn´t I wait another 1.5 years to probably have most flaws of the game been corrected to an acceptable state...

note that Rainer included CVE Taiyo in his invasion TF! This is the first flaw I notice in his task forces so far. The CVE came in and started surpressing my 6 and 9.2 inch guns but came away without any damage... talk about the target routine working...






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Amphibious Assault at Darwin

TF 276 troops unloading over beach at Darwin, 76,124

Japanese ground losses:
417 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)



18 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad accidentally lost during unload of 2nd Engr Rgt
18 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad lost overboard during unload of 1st Ind. Engr Rgt
8cm 41YT DP Gun dropped into water during unload of 31st Special Base Force
8 Naval Support troops lost overboard during unload of 31st Special Base Force
Motorized Support accidentally lost during unload of 16th Army /2
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 16th Army /2
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 21st Div /1
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 21st Div /1
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 21st Div /1
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 24th Infantry Rgt
70mm T92 Howitzer damaged beyond repair during unload of 24th Infantry Rgt
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 24th Infantry Rgt
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 21st Div
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 21st Div
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 21st Div
37mm Type 94 AT Gun lost overboard during unload of 16th Infantry Rgt
10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 16th Infantry Rgt
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 21st Div /2
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 21st Div /2
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 21st Div /2
Motorized Support accidentally lost during unload of 16th Army /3
10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 16th Army /3
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 16th Infantry Rgt /3
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 24th Infantry Rgt /3
Motorized Support lost overboard during unload of 17th Medium FA Rgt
15cm T96 Howitzer accidentally lost during unload of 17th Medium FA Rgt
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 21st Div /4
8 Engineers accidentally lost during unload of 1st Ind. Engr Rgt /1
8 Naval Support troops lost overboard during unload of 31st Special Base Force /1
8 Naval Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 31st Special Base Force /1
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 16th Infantry Rgt /1
10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 2nd FA Rgt
Motorized Support lost from landing craft during unload of 2nd Recon Rgt
Motorized Support damaged beyond repair during unload of 16th Army
10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 16th Army
Motorized Support dropped into water during unload of 16th Army
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 24th Infantry Rgt /1

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ACCIDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is the complete joke I´m talking on the mainforum about... the only way for the invasion to lose troops is due accidents... what a fridging joke... up to now, the counterfire accounted for 22 casualties... this is what happens in the game if you do an opposed landing that should shred a good part of your troops to pieces... it´s just not working, the game as it is now is in a better Beta state and that´s it... sorry... how this slipped through the testing is beyond me though. The devs decide to take out the routine that fires on the landing troops completely and were obviously thinking that the only cause of dead/wounded during an opposed landing would be accidents? Looks like they´ve watched Rambo too many times...

if this is true for the Allied later on too - and I guess it will as it´s the same not working routines - then landings will be funny... it´s like unloading in a friendly port when the TF is too big to dock and you lose some equipment during disembarking... so if the troops will be prepped it will be a cakewalk to land a dozen division on a hostile beach because a) the CD routine is complete bullocks and b) the routine about the beach being defended is not existing anymore - which is even more ridicoulos as the CD routine is just not working but the other one was taken out of the game... let´s stay talking about films: don´t watch Rambo but watch the first 10 min of Saving Private Ryan... landing on a hostile beach is no PICKNICK, unfortunately in AE the devs made it being a picknick as the routine was taken out... N U T S

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 53271 troops, 595 guns, 865 vehicles, Assault Value = 1782

Defending force 47956 troops, 763 guns, 610 vehicles, Assault Value = 1613

Japanese adjusted assault: 651

Allied adjusted defense: 1654

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
2467 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 171 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 177 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 57 disabled
Vehicles lost 111 (4 destroyed, 107 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2382 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 263 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 326 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 53 (18 destroyed, 35 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Regiment
38th Division
9th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
65th Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
71st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
4th Marine Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
1st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Manila USAAF Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
USAFFE
Cavite USN Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st PI Base Force
Far East USAAF
I Philippine Corps
II Philippine Corps
Provisional GMC Gp
Asiatic Fleet
PAF Aviation
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

in terms of losing combat worthy squads we lose more than the enemy and that´s not good at all... the last fort held though and that´s the only good news... the airattacks here are strong enough to prevent me from building up forts... will try to hold the line until Bataan´s forts have improved some more and will then try to move into Bataan before being forced to retreat out of Clark field...

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Ground combat at Pare Pare (66,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 960 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Defending force 111 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 70

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 70 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pare Pare !!!

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


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


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
Makassar Garrison Battalion
Makassar Base Force


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Ground combat at Toungoo (57,50)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13328 troops, 156 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 465

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 420

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 420 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Toungoo !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion


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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1915 troops, 201 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578

Defending force 46387 troops, 530 guns, 354 vehicles, Assault Value = 1237

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
470 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (4 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Assaulting units:
114th Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
5th Division
14th Tank Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
11th Indian Division
1st Mysore Battalion
1st Hyderabad Battalion
1st Malay Battalion
3rd SSVF Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
2nd Malay Battalion
SSVF Brigade
2nd Loyal Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
1st Manchester Battalion
Singapore Fortress
5/14th Punjab Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
9th Indian Division
1st ISF Base Force
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
110th RAF Base Force
112th RAF Base Force
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
111th RAF Base Force
Malayan Air Wing
109th RAF Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
224 Group RAF
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
Malaya Army
AHQ Far East
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Singapore Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
109th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 687 troops, 78 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 1383

Defending force 53270 troops, 595 guns, 938 vehicles, Assault Value = 1592

Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (8 destroyed, 8 disabled)



Assaulting units:
192nd Tank Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
31st Infantry Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
II Philippine Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
1st PI Base Force
I Philippine Corps
Provisional GMC Gp
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Far East USAAF
Manila USAAF Base Force
PAF Aviation
USAFFE
Asiatic Fleet
1st USMC AA Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
48th Division
9th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
20th Infantry Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Division
9th Infantry Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6641 troops, 69 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 313

Defending force 21035 troops, 213 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 686

Japanese ground losses:
315 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Assaulting units:
Gull Battalion
Emery Point Fortress
2/2nd Ind Coy
Sparrow Battalion
19th Australian Battalion
2/4 MG Battalion
46th Indian Brigade
2nd KNIL AA Battalion
2nd RAN Base Force
7th Mil. District
Darwin RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
4th Engineer Co /1
24th Infantry Rgt /2
21st Div /3
1st Engineer Co /1
16th Infantry Rgt /2
2nd Engr Rgt /1
1st Ind. Engr Rgt /2
2nd Recon Rgt /2
2nd FA Rgt /1
16th Army /1
31st Special Base Force /2
17th Medium FA Rgt /1
16th AA Rgt /2

another full division, two inf rgts, several eng rgt and supporting units... with the bgd that was accidentelly landed on the empty island North of Darwin we would again face the equivalent of two full divs plus support... mid Jan 42... heck, the pace of the game really was slowed down... no, Singapore and the PI or Burma are not uncontested, they will fall at the usual timescale, if not earlier (Burma is overrun by the IG div already)...

with the Amph Bgd not landed and the rest of the troops aboard the ships, I guess Rainer has planned to land 800+ av... After the loss of PM I´ve planned to move the 18th Brit division to Darwin but the TF was two days out when we spotted KB moving on Darwin, so we turned around again... once again the Japanese can move so fast that we can´t do anything... the 18th div is coming in on a transport TF by default so I first had to unload at Perth to form an amphib TF to be able to unload them at a smaller port again... with the British, I would have had nearly 700 av behind level 2 forts... I was able to bring in an Indian bgd earlier, which now proves to have been a fault as we´ll lose for sure...

only advice I can give myselve is that you can´t defend anything but the West Coast if the Japanese player wants to take it and knows how to take it, therefore, don´t even try to bring in troops if you can´t bring in the hammer... and you can´t, because the hammer would have been three front line divisions for Darwin and that´s impossible to do until mid Jan 42 because the unlaoding alone would take the Allied three weeks at this level 3 port and probably not even all equipment could be unloaded... that´s the next joke, I´ve got things on ships that I can´t even unload from an amphib TF at a friendly port size 3 for example, the Japanese unload everything over a hostile beach all the time... lol... I´ve also tried to pick up things from atolls (6 inch CD guns for example) and couldn´t load them onto amphib TFs, probably due to load restrictions... another time lol, if I can´t pick them up from a size 1 or 2 port onto an amphip TF, how did the fridging things get there? Ahh, they were probably manufactured at the Pago Pago arms company...

I´m getting all the time messages of TFs (amphib) that they can´t completely unload at some friendly port (up to size 3), the enemy keeps throwing heavy weapons onto hostile beaches... nice... Darwin is lost, expected to happen within the next two days... slooooooowlyyyyyyyy


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but the biggest joke (my first impression) is coming here:

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 32781 troops, 394 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1210

Defending force 51418 troops, 579 guns, 571 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578

Allied adjusted assault: 522

Japanese adjusted defense: 1889

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
1390 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 96 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled
Guns lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 29 (3 destroyed, 26 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3933 casualties reported
Squads: 146 destroyed, 399 disabled
Non Combat: 237 destroyed, 285 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 42 disabled
Guns lost 16 (6 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 49 (15 destroyed, 34 disabled)


Assaulting units:
3rd SSVF Battalion
SSVF Brigade
2nd Loyal Battalion
11th Indian Division
27th Australian Brigade
1st Manchester Battalion
2nd Malay Battalion
1st Hyderabad Battalion
Singapore Fortress
3rd Cavalry Regiment
2nd Gordons Battalion
1st Mysore Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
1st Malay Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
9th Indian Division
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
111th RAF Base Force
224 Group RAF
2nd ISF Base Force
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
112th RAF Base Force
109th RAF Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
110th RAF Base Force
1st ISF Base Force
Malayan Air Wing
AHQ Far East
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
Singapore Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
Malaya Army
109th RN Base Force

Defending units:
55th Infantry Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
12th Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
1st RF Gun Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion


the enemy shock attacked into Singapore yesterday and was shredded with an adjusted av of 72. Well, I´ve thought that this is my chance to throw them out again with more or less the complete Malaya Army as the enemy must have a disruption of 85 or even more, therefore their adjusted av today would not be higher than 3-400. Hoorey, we order a shock attack. And what happens? We lose 500 av in this attack and Singapore won´t hold much longer. I ticked out completely, cursing blody hell in front of my monitor making my gf asking me if I´ve gone nuts.

Compared to the enemy adjusted av from yesterday, today´s adjusted av was 23 times higher and this lead to a disaster of course. So how could that happen. Rainer explained it in his next turn´s email: in AE, only a part of the attacking troops is shock attacking and most of them are coming over the river in perfect shape. This has been changed from WITP and while it perfectly makes sense to me, I didn´t know. Wanted to read it up in the manual but couldn´t find it either. I could also have seen it in the cr of yesterday as only 15.000 enemy troops shock attack, the base av was 1743 though, which could not have come from only 15.000 troops... but this detail I haven´t noticed either of course... I welcome this change in ground combat, for this PBEM it has wrecked my day though and because of this, I will lose Singapore at least two or three weeks earlier as the defenders are completely wrecked now...

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Invasion Support action off Darwin - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

127 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Hakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Okikaze
AMC Saigon Maru, Shell hits 20, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Nanko Maru, on fire
AV Sanuki Maru
PB Kiso Maru, on fire
xAKL Kofuku Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
AV Kunikawa Maru


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


DD Numakaze firing at Emery Point Fortress
DD Hakaze firing at Emery Point Fortress
DD Okikaze firing at Emery Point Fortress
Emery Point Fortress firing at AMC Saigon Maru
AV Sanuki Maru fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
PB Kiso Maru fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Kofuku Maru at 12,000 yards
PB Kiso Maru fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards
DD Hakaze firing at enemy troops
6pdr CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Hakaze at 3,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Hakaze at 3,000 yards
9.2" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Hakaze at 3,000 yards
4" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Hakaze at 3,000 yards

this is the biggest joke message of the whole game:
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft
it just doesn´t happen as the only time when you hit enemy troops is when you hit an AK or AP... crappy design...

more unloading during the night and this time the enemy AMC is shot up by 9.2 and 6 inch gunfire... There were so many 9.2 inch hits that halve of them would have seen the enemy AMC being outright sunk during a naval engagememt but as we know in the meantime, you can´t sink ships during CD fire and they just keep soaking up shell after shell like a spounge to save the rest of the ships...

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ASW attack near Tarakan at 67,91

Japanese Ships
PB Eifuku Maru
DMS W-5
DMS W-1
xAK Kashiwara Maru
xAK Ayato Maru
E Shimushu
PB Sozan Maru
PB Eiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXIII



SS KXIII is sighted by escort
KXIII bottoming out ....
E Shimushu fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sozan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sozan Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Tarakan´s invaders seem to be picked up again...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Nowaki
DD Arashi
DD Hagikaze
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare
DD Tadeshiwa

Allied Ships
PT-36
PT-40
PT-47



Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 7% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
Koyanagi, Tomiji crosses the 'T'
DD Tadeshiwa engages PT-40 at 2,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT-47 at 2,000 yards
DD Arashi engages PT-47 at 2,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT-40 at 2,000 yards
CA Kumano engages PT-47 at 2,000 yards
DD Samidare engages PT-47 at 2,000 yards
Task forces break off...

my PTs try to get back to Darwin again and again due to being out of fuel already and reverting their orders...

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Naval bombardment of Darwin at 76,124 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami


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


BB Haruna firing at 2nd RAN Base Force
BB Kongo firing at 2nd RAN Base Force
CA Kumano firing at 46th Indian Brigade
CA Suzuya firing at 2nd RAN Base Force
CA Mikuma firing at 2nd RAN Base Force
CA Mogami firing at 2nd RAN Base Force


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Invasion Support action off Darwin

33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kofuku Maru, heavy fires
AV Sanuki Maru
PB Kiso Maru
PB Edo Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
AV Kunikawa Maru

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



6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Kofuku Maru at 12,000 yards
PB Kiso Maru fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards
PB Edo Maru firing at enemy troops
6pdr CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Edo Maru at 2,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Edo Maru at 2,000 yards
9.2" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Edo Maru at 2,000 yards
4" CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Edo Maru at 2,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

and again, all the fire was soaked up by a PB...

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Invasion Support action off Darwin

26 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kofuku Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
AV Sanuki Maru
PB Kiso Maru
xAKL Kumakawa Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AV Kunikawa Maru

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



6" Mk XI/XII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Kofuku Maru at 12,000 yards
PB Kiso Maru fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Kumakawa Maru at 12,000 yards
PB Kiso Maru fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

nearly no escorts around anymore, but also not much transports unloading anymore... it was a cake walk again, cost for the enemy: halve a dozen PBs and an AMC, perhaps one or two xAKLs... the only troops disabled through the landing were 400 from ACCIDENTS!!!!!!

Hostile beach!

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 28,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Nowaki
DD Arashi
DD Hagikaze
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare
DD Tadeshiwa

Allied Ships
PT-36
PT-40
PT-47



Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 23,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 28,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 28,000 yards
Allied PT Boat TF evades combat


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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 32
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 26



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 11 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 9 damaged


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


Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
26 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
3 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 ...


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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light 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 37
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 28



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 23 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged


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


Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14

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

Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore ...


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Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Light 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 10



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 10 damaged


Allied ground losses:
5 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)


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



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Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged


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


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



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Morning Air attack on Darwin RAAF Base Force, at 76,124 (Darwin)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 4
A6M2 Zero x 14
B5N2 Kate x 132



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged


Allied ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


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

Also attacking 19th Australian Battalion ...
Also attacking Emery Point Fortress ...
Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking Darwin RAAF Base Force ...

flak was as useless as ever, seems like the strange thing in WITP when flak was four times more effective when a LCU is attacked is gone though (thank god)...

the KB launches one perfectly combined strike after another and this is amazing and at the same time frightening as the full KB should be target of the strike combination failure too when quoting the manual...

a great turn, 3 Catalinas were shot down by KB´s Cap... nearly a weeks replacement...





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Invasion Support action off Darwin

19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAK Nozima Maru
AV Sanuki Maru
PB Kiso Maru
xAK Kiso Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AV Kunikawa Maru

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



AV Sanuki Maru fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
PB Kiso Maru fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Kiso Maru at 12,000 yards
PB Kiso Maru fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

wow, could this mean we actually have hurt an AK with CD fire? Too few too late to even do some damage to the invasion...

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1811 troops, 200 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 1556

Defending force 38969 troops, 520 guns, 331 vehicles, Assault Value = 793

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


Allied ground losses:
457 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (14 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
5th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
25th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
2nd Malay Battalion
Singapore Fortress
22nd Australian Brigade
1st Hyderabad Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
SSVF Brigade
1st Manchester Battalion
11th Indian Division
5/14th Punjab Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
2nd Loyal Battalion
1st Malay Battalion
1st Mysore Battalion
9th Indian Division
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
Malaya Army
Malayan Air Wing
224 Group RAF
2nd ISF Base Force
1st ISF Base Force
110th RAF Base Force
109th RAF Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
Singapore Base Force
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
III Indian Corps
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
112th RAF Base Force
111th RAF Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
AHQ Far East
109th RN Base Force

with only 800 av left out of the 1200+ before our stupid shock attack I guess Singapore won´t hold long...

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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25699 troops, 252 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 847

Defending force 10021 troops, 134 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 294

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 545

Allied adjusted defense: 252

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
725 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3254 casualties reported
Squads: 85 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 87 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled)


Assaulting units:
4th Engineer Co
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Rgt /2
1st Engineer Co
2nd Engineer Regiment
21st Div /3
2nd Recon Regiment
16th Infantry Rgt /2
16th AA Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
31st Special Base Force /2
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
16th Army /1

Defending units:
Gull Battalion
19th Australian Battalion
2/4 MG Battalion
Emery Point Fortress
2/2nd Ind Coy
Sparrow Battalion
46th Indian Brigade
7th Mil. District
2nd KNIL AA Battalion
2nd RAN Base Force
Darwin RAAF Base Force

ground combat has always been a joke, in AE it´s become worse due to the invasion routines not working (or working as intended and it´s only a crappy design). The enemy lands yesterday in perfect shape (hey, hey, don´t forget the 400 disablements from accidents and the 50 disablements from counterfire on the invasion . Clearly seen also is the fact that not even disruption is something you suffer anymore from counterfire and so it´s the expected cakewalk resulting in the first attack completely butchering our troops while the IJA suffers nothing... oh wait, 1 combat squad destroyed and 11 disabled... we have 85 destroyed and 66 disabled... must have been a perfectly realistic combat against an entrenched defender with a loss rate (death) of 1:85 in favour of the attacker. This is just stupid, the CD routine made it even worse... god, AE is getting me more pissed off than WITP at any time and this is more than surprising to me...

there are so many wonderful new features (some working, some not - many will be improved) and there were so high expectations to see ridicoulos things in WITP being improved, but some have been made even worse.

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 669 troops, 78 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 1385

Defending force 53405 troops, 595 guns, 932 vehicles, Assault Value = 1602

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (3 destroyed, 11 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
31st Infantry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Provisional GMC Gp
Cavite USN Base Force
USAFFE
1st PI Base Force
II Philippine Corps
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
Far East USAAF
I Philippine Corps
Manila USAAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
PAF Aviation
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
38th Division
4th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
16th Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
48th Division
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
14th Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4489 troops, 69 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 168

Defending force 28230 troops, 275 guns, 193 vehicles, Assault Value = 817

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



Assaulting units:
2/2nd Ind Coy
Gull Battalion
Sparrow Battalion
Emery Point Fortress
2/4 MG Battalion
19th Australian Battalion
46th Indian Brigade
7th Mil. District
2nd KNIL AA Battalion
2nd RAN Base Force
Darwin RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
1st Engineer Co
2nd Engineer Regiment
4th Engineer Co
24th Infantry Rgt /2
21st Div /3
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
16th Infantry Rgt /2
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
31st Special Base Force /2
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
16th AA Regiment
16th Army /1






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Night Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
DD Hakaze
DMS W-7
DMS W-8
PB Aso Maru #3, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kamitsu Maru
PB Kiso Maru
AV Kunikawa Maru
AV Sanuki Maru
xAK Nozima Maru
xAK Huzikawa Maru
xAK Shinanogawa Maru
xAK Daido Maru
xAK Kanko Maru
xAK Kiso Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kizan Maru
xAK Konan Maru
xAK Macassar Maru
xAK Nittai Maru
xAK Reiyo Maru
xAK Satsuma Maru
xAK Minryo Maru
xAK Shozan Maru
xAK Taihei Maru
xAK Tofuku Maru
xAP Tatsuta Maru
xAP Hie Maru
xAP Hakone Maru
xAP Haruna Maru
xAP Rakuyo Maru
xAP Horai Maru
xAP Takatiho Maru
xAP Kitano Maru
xAP Montevideo Maru
xAP Kasado Maru
xAP Kowa Maru
xAP Palau Maru

Allied Ships
PT-36
PT-40
PT-47



Reduced sighting due to 10% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 10% moonlight: 3,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range increases to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range increases to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range increases to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range increases to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range increases to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range increases to 8,000 yards...
Range increases to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range increases to 5,000 yards...
Range increases to 7,000 yards...
Range increases to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range increases to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
Both TF attempt to withdraw!
Range increases to 9,000 yards...
DMS W-7 engages PT-36 at 9,000 yards
PT-47 engages xAP Hie Maru at 9,000 yards
Task forces break off...

my out of torps and out of fuel PTs keep trying to get back to Darwin... they meet the invasion TF...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Pamekasan at 58,106, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
CL Kiso

Allied Ships
xAKL De Haan, Shell hits 7, and is sunk



Reduced sighting due to 10% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 10% 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 launch Long Lance torpedoes at 8,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence
CL Kiso launches Torpedoes at xAKL De Haan at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CL Kiso engages xAKL De Haan at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
CL Kiso engages xAKL De Haan at 3,000 yards
CL Kiso engages xAKL De Haan at 3,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

and another of those bullet prove night naval engagements against a ship that magically gets spotted... this is WEST of Sumatra and surely not a place where the CLs accidently stumble over this ship... zzz...

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ASW attack near Darwin at 76,124

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-38



SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Numakaze
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

missed...

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ASW attack near Gorong at 82,112

Japanese Ships
xAK Hino Maru #3
PB Shosei Maru

Allied Ships
SS KIX



SS KIX is sighted by escort
KIX diving deep ....
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub



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Day Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsushima
DD Wakaba
TB Otori
TB Hiyodori
TB Hayabusa
SC Ch 7
SC Ch 9
AK Hirokawa Maru
AK Sagami Maru
AK Sakura Maru
AK Sasako Maru
AK Kinka Maru
AK Tosan Maru

Allied Ships
PT-36
PT-40
PT-47



Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Both TF attempt to withdraw!
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat

useless...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 53 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7



Allied aircraft
B-339D x 21
CW-21B Demon x 8
75A-7 Hawk x 8


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 2 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
75A-7 Hawk: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Raid is overhead
1-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
2e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Raid is overhead
3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Raid is overhead
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Raid is overhead

mini KB sweep...

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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8



Allied aircraft
B-339D x 15
CW-21B Demon x 2
75A-7 Hawk x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 2 destroyed
75A-7 Hawk: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (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 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
1-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
2e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Raid is overhead
3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

no Zero is shot down over the target, two then show up on the ac loss list... doubtfully that´s correct... if so, then we still suffer a 1:7 defeat... sweep came again from mini KB SW of Borneo...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 37
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 26



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 15 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 14 damaged


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


Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
26 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
9 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 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 37
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 26 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 25 damaged


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


Runway hits 3

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


Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 11th Indian 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 12
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged


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


Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

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

Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore ...

the enemy bombers suffered from flak today...




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Sub attack near Naha at 93,68

Japanese Ships
PB Fuji Maru #4
xAKL Kokuei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Fuji Maru #4
Seadragon diving deep ....
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...

Escort abandons search for sub

duds...

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Amphibious Assault at Merauke

TF 314 troops unloading over beach at Merauke, 89,124

guess all bases on New Guinea will be Japanese in the end...

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48910 troops, 559 guns, 529 vehicles, Assault Value = 1585

Defending force 38776 troops, 517 guns, 321 vehicles, Assault Value = 811

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 821

Allied adjusted defense: 769

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
2378 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 101 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 152 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 37 (0 destroyed, 37 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2578 casualties reported
Squads: 96 destroyed, 74 disabled
Non Combat: 106 destroyed, 143 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 14 (12 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (14 destroyed, 10 disabled)


Assaulting units:
15th Guards Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
114th Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
25th Army
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
2/17 Dogra Battalion
1st Hyderabad Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
2nd Malay Battalion
2nd Loyal Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
1st Mysore Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
Singapore Fortress
1st Manchester Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
1st Malay Battalion
11th Indian Division
9th Indian Division
Malaya Army
112th RAF Base Force
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
110th RAF Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
109th RAF Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
223 Group RAF
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Malayan Air Wing
1st ISF Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
224 Group RAF
Singapore Base Force
III Indian Corps
AHQ Far East
111th RAF Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
109th RN Base Force

not the attacker but we suffer a high number of destroyed squads again... also the forts are reduced again, it also was a stupid idea to replace the leaders as this doesn´t seem to help anyway and only was a waste of pp...

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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25354 troops, 253 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 825

Defending force 7678 troops, 134 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 176

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 345

Allied adjusted defense: 64

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Darwin !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
353 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
4477 casualties reported
Squads: 123 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 281 destroyed, 95 disabled
Engineers: 49 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 49 (47 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 78 (78 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 7
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2nd Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
21st Division
2nd Recon Regiment
1st Engineer Co
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
4th Engineer Co
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
16th AA Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
16th Army
31st Special Base Force

Defending units:
2/4 MG Battalion
2/2nd Ind Coy
Gull Battalion
Emery Point Fortress
19th Australian Battalion
Sparrow Battalion
46th Indian Brigade
2nd KNIL AA Battalion
7th Mil. District
2nd RAN Base Force
Darwin RAAF Base Force

and Darwin surrenders... stupid routines enable the Japanese to take Darwin against heavy CD and 300 av while suffering not even a dozen combat squads destroyed... yes, the Japanese should win at this stage of the war but how this turns out in the current version of AE is ridicoulos... Taking Darwin without losses... this base was NOT empty...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2860 troops, 203 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 1651

Defending force 45218 troops, 759 guns, 588 vehicles, Assault Value = 1403

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


Allied ground losses:
515 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Assaulting units:
38th Division
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Subic Bay Defenses
31st Infantry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
31st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Far East USAAF
1st USMC AA Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
USAFFE
Manila USAAF Base Force
II Philippine Corps
PAF Aviation
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Provisional GMC Gp
I Philippine Corps
Asiatic Fleet
1st PI Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 659 troops, 78 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 1373

Defending force 54141 troops, 596 guns, 940 vehicles, Assault Value = 1651

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (0 destroyed, 9 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
192nd Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
31st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Far East USAAF
Cavite USN Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
I Philippine Corps
1st PI Base Force
PAF Aviation
Manila USAAF Base Force
USAFFE
Provisional GMC Gp
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
II Philippine Corps
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
38th Division
16th Recon Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
48th Division
7th Tank Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion






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Night Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 73,123, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu
CV Shokaku
CV Zuikaku
CV Akagi
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CL Abukuma
DD Akigumo
DD Kagero
DD Isokaze
DD Shiranui
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Arare
DD Kasumi

Allied Ships
PT-36
PT-40
PT-47



Reduced sighting due to 17% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 17% moonlight: 5,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range increases to 11,000 yards...
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat

our out of fuel PTs are now trying to get to Wyndham after Darwin was lost... they stumble into KB...




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ASW attack near Gebe at 79,105

Japanese Ships
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
SS KXV



SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes at DD Nokaze
KXV diving deep ....
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze loses contact with SS KXV
DD Nokaze cannot reach attack position over SS KXV
DD Nokaze cannot establish contact with SS KXV
DD Nokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

torps HIT and fail to DETONATE... it really gets more and more off, shouldn´t those torps explode 90% of the time? Has this changed in AE?

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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,74

Japanese Ships
DD Usugumo
CA Chokai
CA Atago
CA Takao
CL Jintsu
AK Kyushu Maru
AK Kaga Maru
AK Sado Maru
xAK Kansai Maru
DD Sagiri
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shirayuki

Allied Ships
SS Sargo, hits 1



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

no surprise that this failed to detonate...

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TF 207 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DMS W-4, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yugao, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Tama, Mine hits 1



Balikpapan Base Force firing at DMS W-4
Balikpapan Base Force firing at DMS W-4
Balikpapan Base Force firing at DMS W-4
3 mines cleared

next stop Balikpapan... the minefield does a good job, as do the 75 and 120mm CD guns...

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ASW attack near Darwin at 76,124

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
DMS W-7
xAP Kowa Maru
xAP Horai Maru
xAP Hie Maru
xAP Tatsuta Maru
xAK Satsuma Maru
xAK Kizan Maru
xAK Nozima Maru
DD Hakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-41



SS S-41 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Okikaze
DD Hakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

MK-10 missed...

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Pre-Invasion action off Tandjoengselor

Japanese Ships
PB Kantori Maru



PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Tandjoengselor

TF 100 troops unloading over beach at Tandjoengselor, 68,92

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Pre-Invasion action off Balikpapan - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Yura
CL Isuzu
DD Tawakaze
DD Sawakaze
xAK Giyu Maru, Shell hits 1
CL Tama


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


CL Yura firing at Balikpapan Base Force
CL Isuzu firing at Balikpapan Base Force
DD Tawakaze firing at Balikpapan Base Force
DD Sawakaze firing at Balikpapan Base Force
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Giyu Maru at 12,000 yards
CL Tama fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
DD Sawakaze firing at enemy troops
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Sawakaze at 3,000 yards
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Sawakaze at 3,000 yards

when the invasion went in, the CD guns did nothing anymore though...

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Amphibious Assault at Balikpapan

TF 207 troops unloading over beach at Balikpapan, 64,97

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



17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost in surf during unload of Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of Yokosuka 2nd SNLF /2
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of Yokosuka 2nd SNLF /2
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of Yokosuka 4th SNLF
10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of Yokosuka 4th SNLF /2

but hey, we can rely on the new "accident" routine...

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Sub attack near Bathurst Island at 78,121

Japanese Ships
CVE Taiyo, Torpedo hits 1
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII



SS KXVIII launches 2 torpedoes at CVE Taiyo
KXVIII bottoming out ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

now this... cool you might think, but guess what happend to the first torp? Hit, but no explosion... Taiyo showed no damage and moved out during the day so I´m not even sure the second one reported as hit was actually a damaging hit...

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Invasion Support action off Tandjoengselor

Japanese Ships
PB Kantori Maru



PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Balikpapan - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Yura
CL Isuzu
DD Tawakaze
DD Sawakaze
xAKL Yoshinogawa Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Tama



CL Yura firing at Balikpapan Base Force
CL Isuzu firing at Balikpapan Base Force
DD Tawakaze firing at Balikpapan Base Force
DD Sawakaze firing at Balikpapan Base Force
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Yoshinogawa Maru at 12,000 yards
CL Tama fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
DD Sawakaze firing at enemy troops
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Sawakaze at 3,000 yards
120mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Sawakaze at 3,000 yards


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Sub attack near Orchid Island at 86,68

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 6
SC Ch 11
SC Ch 10

Allied Ships
SS O20



SS O20 launches 4 torpedoes at SC Ch 6
O20 diving deep ....
SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 11 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

also these were DUDS!!!! something is wrong, this can´t be bad luck all the time...

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ASW attack near Bathurst Island at 78,122

Japanese Ships
PB Shosei Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-38



SS S-38 is sighted by escort
S-38 bottoming out ....
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Rainer isn´t happy with his ASW but IMO his ASW is doing a good job. Every ASW attack more or less means a prevented sub attack and while my subs aren´t sunk and mostly not damaged either they get no shots at the enemy.

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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 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 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 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 31
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 26



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 12 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 11 damaged


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


Runway hits 19

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

Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking USAFFE ...


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

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged


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


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



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ASW attack near Bathurst Island at 78,122

Japanese Ships
PB Shosei Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-38



SS S-38 is sighted by escort
S-38 bottoming out ....
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2848 troops, 203 guns, 194 vehicles, Assault Value = 1689

Defending force 44855 troops, 758 guns, 584 vehicles, Assault Value = 1374


Allied ground losses:
243 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
20th Infantry Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
9th Tank Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
38th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
31st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
91st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
31st Infantry Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
II Philippine Corps
1st USMC AA Battalion
Manila USAAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
1st PI Base Force
PAF Aviation
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Provisional GMC Gp
I Philippine Corps
Far East USAAF
USAFFE
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1872 troops, 200 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 1614

Defending force 36331 troops, 507 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 709

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


Allied ground losses:
266 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
12th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
25th Army
1st RF Gun Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
22nd Australian Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
5/14th Punjab Battalion
1st Mysore Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
Singapore Fortress
27th Australian Brigade
2nd Malay Battalion
11th Indian Division
1st Malay Battalion
9th Indian Division
Malayan Air Wing
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
Malaya Army
AHQ Far East
110th RAF Base Force
112th RAF Base Force
1st ISF Base Force
109th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
111th RAF Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
224 Group RAF
Singapore Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
109th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Merauke (89,124)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

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 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Merauke !!!

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



Assaulting units:
Bandasan SNLF


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 639 troops, 77 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 1353

Defending force 54579 troops, 596 guns, 940 vehicles, Assault Value = 1689

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled)



Assaulting units:
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
11th PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
1st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
1st PI Base Force
I Philippine Corps
Provisional GMC Gp
USAFFE
II Philippine Corps
PAF Aviation
Asiatic Fleet
Manila USAAF Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force
Far East USAAF
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
48th Division
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
38th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1101 troops, 30 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 34

Defending force 3849 troops, 48 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 134

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


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


Assaulting units:
VI KNIL Battalion
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force

Defending units:
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF /1
Yokosuka 4th SNLF /1
22nd JAAF AF Bn /1

Balikpapan will fall easily...

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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 691 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

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



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy /2






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ASW attack near Darwin at 74,121

Japanese Ships
DD Kagero
BB Kirishima
DD Shiranui
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
SS O16



SS O16 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Kagero
O16 bottoming out ....
DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

again a 53cm torp that fails... looked it up and it should have a 10% dud rate... unbelieveble, we´re somewhere around 40-50% so far... the 53cm is the best torp in the Allied arsenal, highest effect, best accuracy, very low dud rate... and we still don´t score with it...

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ASW attack near Orchid Island at 86,68

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kokuei Maru
PB Fuji Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



SS Seadragon is sighted by escort
Seadragon diving deep ....
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Orchid Island at 86,68

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kokuei Maru
PB Fuji Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



SS Seadragon is sighted by escort
Seadragon diving deep ....
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

or are driven off...

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Submarine attack near Balikpapan at 64,99

Japanese Ships
CL Tama, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-37



CL Tama is sighted by SS S-37
SS S-37 launches 4 torpedoes

but then we get a shot at the now unescorted CL Tama and hit her with a MK-10. As the CL has hit a Dutch mine yesterday the cruiser could be in trouble now... quite a distance to the next major port... it was listed as sunk but I´m sure we spotted it later the day moving South...

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ASW attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 9
AK Sakura Maru
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi

Allied Ships
SS S-40



SS S-40 is sighted by escort
DD Wakaba fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nenohi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Darwin at 76,124

Japanese Ships
PB Shosei Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-41



SS S-41 is sighted by escort
S-41 bottoming out ....
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,97

Japanese Ships
DD Mikazuki
DD Sawakaze
TB Kamo
xAK Nojima Maru
xAK Nihonka Maru
DD Tawakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-37, hits 3



SS S-37 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Mikazuki
S-37 bottoming out ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

but then it was time of the escorts again, rendering our subs useless... a couple of near misses and the sub has to retire to it´s homeport for repairs...

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ASW attack near Darwin at 74,123

Japanese Ships
DMS W-7
AV Kunikawa Maru
xAP Kitano Maru
xAP Hakone Maru
xAP Hie Maru
xAK Shozan Maru
xAK Macassar Maru
xAK Shinanogawa Maru
DD Hakaze
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS O16



SS O16 is sighted by escort
DD Hakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Okikaze attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

would like to kill some transports, best case when they´re loaded with troops... the only way to kill some Japanese ground troops it seems (not getting victory points for it though )

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Naval bombardment of Tandjoengselor at 68,92

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
CL Nagara



Port hits 2

CL Kiso firing at Tandjoengselor
CL Nagara firing at VII KNIL Battalion

doubt that this naval bombardment really is needed...

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ASW attack near Darwin at 74,123

Japanese Ships
DMS W-7
AV Kunikawa Maru
xAP Kitano Maru
xAP Hakone Maru
xAP Hie Maru
xAK Shozan Maru
xAK Macassar Maru
xAK Shinanogawa Maru
DD Hakaze
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut



SS Argonaut is sighted by escort
Argonaut bottoming out ....
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Argonaut carries MK-10 torps but isn´t using them...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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 26



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 21 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 12 damaged


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


Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
26 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

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

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,97

Japanese Ships
DD Sawakaze
TB Kamo
xAK Nojima Maru
xAK Nihonka Maru
DD Tawakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-37, hits 3



SS S-37 is sighted by escort
S-37 bottoming out ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more near misses...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2862 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 1718

Defending force 44655 troops, 755 guns, 575 vehicles, Assault Value = 1350


Allied ground losses:
423 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Assaulting units:
16th Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
9th Infantry Regiment
38th Division
20th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
71st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
51st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Provisional GMC Gp
1st USMC AA Battalion
II Philippine Corps
PAF Aviation
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Far East USAAF
Asiatic Fleet
1st PI Base Force
I Philippine Corps
USAFFE
Manila USAAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

only one fort level left, not enough to help against the enemy artillery...

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1840 troops, 200 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 1668

Defending force 36428 troops, 506 guns, 298 vehicles, Assault Value = 725


Allied ground losses:
523 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (7 destroyed, 8 disabled)


Assaulting units:
15th Guards Regiment
5th Division
56th Infantry Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
27th Australian Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
2nd Gordons Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
11th Indian Division
Singapore Fortress
1st Mysore Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
1st Malay Battalion
9th Indian Division
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
1st ISF Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Malayan Air Wing
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
2nd ISF Base Force
110th RAF Base Force
III Indian Corps
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
AHQ Far East
112th RAF Base Force
109th RAF Base Force
111th RAF Base Force
224 Group RAF
223 Group RAF
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
Singapore Base Force
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
Malaya Army
109th RN Base Force

same here, Singapore is about to fall... couple of regiments and a single division is enough to mop up Malaya...

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Ground combat at Pontianak (56,90)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2648 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 100

Defending force 706 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Japanese adjusted assault: 43

Allied adjusted defense: 7

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pontianak !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

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

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 5


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

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


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Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3012 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 134

Defending force 1883 troops, 48 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 34

Japanese adjusted assault: 78

Allied adjusted defense: 12

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Balikpapan !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

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

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


Allied ground losses:
485 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 65 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3


Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
22nd JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
VI KNIL Battalion
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force

Balikpapan falls and once again the Japanese take everything undamaged... so far the enemy took all our oil/res sites at 99-100% undamaged state... has this also been changed and there are no die rolls for oil damage anymore? Or is it just not working? Of course I could be everytime completely unlucky...

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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

Defending force 1344 troops, 23 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Japanese adjusted assault: 13

Allied adjusted defense: 10

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

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


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 631 troops, 77 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 1331

Defending force 54877 troops, 596 guns, 942 vehicles, Assault Value = 1718

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
11th PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
1st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Manila USAAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
II Philippine Corps
1st USMC AA Battalion
PAF Aviation
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Provisional GMC Gp
Cavite USN Base Force
USAFFE
1st PI Base Force
I Philippine Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
20th Infantry Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
4th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
14th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 669 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Defending force 467 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy




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ASW attack near Derby at 66,123

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
DD Shiranui
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
SS KVIII



SS KVIII is sighted by escort
DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

KB in the same hex as one of our subs, still no luck... not even a shot on a carrier...

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Sub attack near Singkawang at 55,88

Japanese Ships
xAK Nankai Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Chokai
CA Atago
CA Takao
CL Jintsu
DD Michishio
AK Kaga Maru
AK Sado Maru
xAK Kashii Maru
xAK Kansai Maru
DD Sagiri
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shirayuki

Allied Ships
SS O21, hits 1

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



SS O21 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nankai Maru
DD Sagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shirayuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shirayuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

but then a series of succesful attacks! Hurrey! AK is sunk with troops aboard. This is the Palembang invasion I guess, the TF was passing the North Western tip of Borneo, directly heading towards Palembang. Mini KB is sitting East of Battavia. I´ve flown 40 Dutch bombers to Palembang and set them on 2 hex nav strike at 6000ft. This hopefully means they won´t kill themselve in an attack against mini KB´s Cap but attack the invasion TF. But they will all probabyl go after the heavy cruisers and not much other than flak damage will happen probably. We will see, the crews have trained nav attack since day one and are all between 50 and 60 skill. A 300kg bomb hopefully would be enough to penetrate the IJN cruisers armor... don´t know if the Dutch get SAP or AP bombs...

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,106

Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Grayling



SS Grayling launches 6 torpedoes at DD Tachikaze
Sub escapes detection

this one sunk two hexes North of Truk, heard the sinking ship sound...

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ASW attack near Wyndham at 71,122

Japanese Ships
DMS W-7, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Kasado Maru
xAP Rakuyo Maru
xAP Hie Maru
xAK Tofuku Maru
xAK Reiyo Maru
xAK Kanko Maru
DD Hakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-41



SS S-41 launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-7
S-41 bottoming out ....
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and another ship sunk immedietely... wow, the first day of the war with more hits than misses or duds...

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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,72

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
CL Kitakami
DD Amatsukaze
DD Maikaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Sargo



SS Sargo is sighted by escort
Sargo bottoming out ....
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

heavy IJN units return to Camranh Bay, our sub reacted into the harbour of course... funny to hear this shouldn´t happen anyway...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 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 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 37
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 26



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 11 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 11 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 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50

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

Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking Clark Field ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 31st PA Infantry Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Broome , at 62,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 16



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
AS Zuiderkruis, Bomb hits 1, on fire



Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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

Bombers at Darwin already... Rainer obviously got intel that I´ve got a ship in port at Broome. hmmm... the 60kg GP bomb hit is enough to make the AS inoperational... guess the KB will kill the ship tomorrow... my Darwin defenders are moving South, the enemy is pursuing us...

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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97

Japanese Ships
TB Kamo
DD Sawakaze
xAK Nojima Maru
xAK Nihonka Maru
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS KX


SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at TB Kamo
KX diving deep ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukaze loses contact with SS KX
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and now guess what happened! D U D!!! This can´t be true!

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 52325 troops, 597 guns, 529 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866

Defending force 36220 troops, 505 guns, 293 vehicles, Assault Value = 722

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 1257

Allied adjusted defense: 707

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1866 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 132 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (0 destroyed, 15 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3495 casualties reported
Squads: 62 destroyed, 129 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 314 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 55 (14 destroyed, 41 disabled)


Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
14th Guards Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
3rd Cavalry Regiment
11th Indian Division
Singapore Fortress
1st Mysore Battalion
1st Malay Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
5/14th Punjab Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
9th Indian Division
Malaya Army
2nd ISF Base Force
112th RAF Base Force
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
III Indian Corps
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
110th RAF Base Force
Singapore Base Force
1st ISF Base Force
223 Group RAF
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
109th RAF Base Force
Malayan Air Wing
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
224 Group RAF
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
111th RAF Base Force
AHQ Far East
109th RN Base Force

no comment

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2857 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797

Defending force 44356 troops, 754 guns, 571 vehicles, Assault Value = 1338

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


Allied ground losses:
379 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Assaulting units:
38th Division
9th Infantry Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
20th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
21st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
1st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Far East USAAF
PAF Aviation
1st USMC AA Battalion
1st PI Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Manila USAAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
Cavite USN Base Force
Provisional GMC Gp
II Philippine Corps
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
I Philippine Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
USAFFE
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 616 troops, 77 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 1317

Defending force 56615 troops, 599 guns, 1004 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797

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


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


Assaulting units:
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
51st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
USAFFE
1st USMC AA Battalion
II Philippine Corps
Manila USAAF Base Force
Provisional GMC Gp
Asiatic Fleet
1st PI Base Force
PAF Aviation
Far East USAAF
Cavite USN Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
16th Engineer Regiment
48th Division
20th Infantry Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 674 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Defending force 485 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

perhaps we can hold for a day here...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/10/2010 2:54:36 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
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From: Austria
Status: offline 		lost the 24 Jan turn, only important thing was my bombers at Palembang not launching at all against the invasion...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 25, 42
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Invasion Support action off Palembang - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CA Atago
CA Takao
CL Jintsu
DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 1
DD Fubuki
DD Michishio

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


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


CA Chokai firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion
CA Atago firing at Palembang Base Force
CA Takao firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
CL Jintsu firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
DD Hatsuyuki firing at Palembang Base Force
DD Fubuki firing at Palembang Base Force
DD Michishio firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion
DD Hatsuyuki firing at enemy troops
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Hatsuyuki at 3,000 yards
DD Michishio firing at enemy troops
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Michishio at 3,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

Here we go, invasion of Palembang...

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ASW attack near Eureka at 198,75

Japanese Ships
SS I-169

Allied Ships
DD Allen
AMC Prince Robert
AMC Prince Henry
AVD Williamson
xAP Monterey
xAP Matsonia
xAK Howell Lykes
DD Ward
DD Chew



SS I-169 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Allen
I-169 diving deep ....
DD Ward fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Chew fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Chew attacking submerged sub ....
DD Chew cannot establish contact with SS I-169
SS I-169 eludes ASW attack from DD Chew
DD Chew fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Chew fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Chew fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Chew fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the enemy sub attacks one of the escorts of a high value transport TF. This convoy has loaded up an inf division on the WC and has halve a dozen escorts. Once again the sub gets a shot though and once again only two of our escorts then try to engage the sub... not good...

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Sub attack near Damar at 75,116

Japanese Ships
xAK Hasuna Maru
xAK Nichiren Maru
PB Hakata Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Perch



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

DUD

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Amphibious Assault at Terapo

TF 71 troops unloading over beach at Terapo, 96,127

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Invasion Support action off Palembang

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
AK Kaga Maru, Shell hits 1
CA Chokai
CL Jintsu



75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging AK Kaga Maru at 12,000 yards
CA Chokai fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

wow, that´s what I call CD fire... the enemy unloads completely unharmed as usual and the only thing that they will suffer from are "accidents"...

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Pre-Invasion action off Samarinda

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAK Kuroshio Maru
E Shimushu
PB Sozan Maru
PB Eiko Maru
PB Eifuku Maru



E Shimushu fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
PB Sozan Maru firing at enemy troops
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Sozan Maru at 2,000 yards
PB Eiko Maru firing at enemy troops
PB Eifuku Maru firing at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Samarinda

TF 216 troops unloading over beach at Samarinda, 65,96



10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 15th Nav Gd /3


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Sub attack near Saipan at 110,95

Japanese Ships
xAK Nanman Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Gar



SS Gar launches 4 torpedoes

Gar kills a big AK on the shipping lanes to Truk... seems like Rainer has no escorts for his TFs outside the SRA...

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

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAK Kansai Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
CA Chokai



75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Kansai Maru at 12,000 yards
CA Chokai fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards


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Invasion Support action off Samarinda

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAK Ayato Maru
E Shimushu
PB Sozan Maru
PB Eiko Maru
PB Eifuku Maru



E Shimushu fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
PB Sozan Maru firing at enemy troops
PB Eiko Maru firing at enemy troops
PB Eifuku Maru firing at enemy troops
75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Eifuku Maru at 2,000 yards


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Derby at 65,126, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsushima

Allied Ships
PT-36, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-40
PT-47



Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 4,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 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...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 4,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 4,000 yards
DD Nenohi engages PT-36 at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
DD Hatsushima engages PT-47 at 6,000 yards
DD Hatsushima engages PT-40 at 6,000 yards
PT-36 sunk by DD Hatsuharu at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
DD Hatsushima engages PT-47 at 7,000 yards
DD Nenohi engages PT-47 at 7,000 yards
DD Hatsuharu engages PT-47 at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Hatsuharu engages PT-47 at 10,000 yards
DD Nenohi engages PT-47 at 10,000 yards
DD Hatsuharu engages PT-47 at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Hatsushima engages PT-47 at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...

will be glad when my last two PTs in Northern OZ will be gone finally...

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ASW attack near Babar at 75,118

Japanese Ships
PB Hakata Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS KXV



SS KXV is sighted by escort
KXV diving deep ....
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

in driving off our subs the IJN has been more succesful than us so far... but in the last two weeks we´ve seen very few succesful IJN subs attack our convoys, it probably pays off that I´m sending my convoys to their targets far off the usual shipping lanes... even if that takes a couple of days longer each way, it´s far safer...

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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 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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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 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

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



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 16 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 9 damaged


Allied ground losses:
11 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)


Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
26 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
1 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 11th PA Infantry Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 14



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 18 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses


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)


Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 55

Aircraft Attacking:
13 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
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Palembang Base Force ...
Also attacking Palembang ...
Also attacking So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion ...



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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
9 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 Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 20



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 destroyed on ground



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

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

Also attacking Palembang Base Force ...
Also attacking Palembang ...
Also attacking Palembang Base Force ...
Also attacking Palembang ...
Also attacking Palembang Base Force ...

after my bombers not launching from Palembang yesterday the airfield is massively attacked by bombers out of Malaya. Rainer obviously has spotted my occupied airfield... as I´ve not seen many bombers lost/damaged during these attacks I was sure that we would have launched today at least

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

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6



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



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



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and here comes our all destroying airstrike...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 26


Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kansai Maru, heavy fires
xAK Kashii Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CA Atago
AK Kyushu Maru
AK Sado Maru
AK Kaga Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 300 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kansai Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kashii Maru

now that was disappointing... all those bomber crews have nav bomb skill between mid 55 and low 60s. But they still can´t hit anything, not even the slow transports. 26 rested bombers attacking at 0 hex range from 6000ft, all dropping 3x300kg bombs achieve 1 hit. Out of 78 bombs dropped, 1 hit the target. When I think about how well dive bombers work with nav bomb skill of 30-40 I thought my medium bombers would be somewhat more dangerous than they actually turned out to be. The airfield is out of action and can´t launch a strike anymore and my bombers will be withdrawn to Java again... disappointing, really disappointing... what also has been disappointing was the fact that only ONE of the crews gained an exp point during the attack, all others gained nothing.

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Afternoon Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAKL De Klerk, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage



Port hits 3

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

Unescorted raid, no Cap due to the Zero sweep danger. The enemy concentrates on killing my shipping whenever he spots the anchor symbol... same is true for us, prefere to sink a single ship than taking down a dozen enemy aircraft as the enemy will produce masses of ac but he won´t get more ships... and at some point he will feel the ship losses, doubt the Japanese will really feel ac losses until 45...

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ASW attack near Babar at 75,118

Japanese Ships
xAK Nichiren Maru
PB Hakata Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 is sighted by escort
O19 diving deep ....
PB Hakata Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Hakata Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo
PB Hakata Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo
PB Hakata Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

single escort was again enough, even when it is out of ammo...

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Sub attack near Saipan at 110,95

Japanese Ships
xAK Nanman Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon attacking on the surface

Gar put a fish into the AK during the night and now it is finished off by Gudgeon...

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

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
AK Kyushu Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
CA Chokai



75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging AK Kyushu Maru at 12,000 yards
CA Chokai fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards

a couple of 75mm shells won´t hurt the big AK...

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Invasion Support action off Samarinda

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAK Kashiwara Maru
E Shimushu
PB Sozan Maru
PB Eiko Maru
PB Eifuku Maru



75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Kashiwara Maru at 12,000 yards
E Shimushu fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards
PB Sozan Maru firing at enemy troops
PB Eiko Maru firing at enemy troops
PB Eifuku Maru firing at enemy troops


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Pre-Invasion action off Broome

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DMS W-8

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



DMS W-8 firing at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

had hoped to use Broome or Derby a couple of days longer to refuel my subs but the whole North Coast will be taken out by the Japanese... looks like by the end of February, the Japanese will have conquered already more than they have conquered in real life until June. Wonder where all the IJA divs will then turn to...

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Amphibious Assault at Broome

TF 276 troops unloading over beach at Broome, 62,127

Japanese ground losses:
70 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 accidentally lost during unload of 5th Amphibious Bde
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Amphibious Bde
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 5th Amphibious Bde /2
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Amphibious Bde /4
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 5th Amphibious Bde /9

as usual, only accidents are cause for losses during amphib invasions... it´s a shame... I reall don´t get why this wasn´t discussed during testing, someone must have noticed the screwed invasion routines...

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 56041 troops, 645 guns, 529 vehicles, Assault Value = 1825

Defending force 33612 troops, 502 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 600

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 950

Allied adjusted defense: 999

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1928 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 195 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 136 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 25 (1 destroyed, 24 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2989 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 192 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 341 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (10 destroyed, 18 disabled)


Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
12th Engineer Regiment
14th Guards Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
11th Indian Division
22nd Australian Brigade
27th Australian Brigade
5/14th Punjab Battalion
Singapore Fortress
1st Malay Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
9th Indian Division
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
224 Group RAF
1st ISF Base Force
III Indian Corps
Malaya Army
2nd ISF Base Force
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
Malayan Air Wing
110th RAF Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
109th RAF Base Force
Singapore Base Force
112th RAF Base Force
111th RAF Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
AHQ Far East
109th RN Base Force

we still hold out and nearly dish out the same damage to the enemy combat squads as we suffer ourselve... but Singapore is falling soon, reason for this "early" date was my stupid shock attack...

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Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2327 troops, 15 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Defending force 6213 troops, 61 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 161



Assaulting units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Djambi Base Force
Teloekbetoeng Base Force
Palembang Base Force

Defending units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
21st Ind.Mixed Bde /1
12th JAAF Base Force /2

every invasion against my indefensible bases in the SRA was overkill so far... at Palembang it looks like this is not true and we have a slight chance to hold a couple of days...

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Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 627 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Defending force 1455 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60



Assaulting units:
VI KNIL Battalion
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force
Samarinda Base Force

Defending units:
15th Nav Gd /2


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 647 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Defending force 501 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy




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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/12/2010 12:18:57 PM   
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Sub attack near Babar at 75,118

Japanese Ships
xAK Nichiren Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

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



SS KXIV launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nichiren Maru
Sub escapes detection

a troop loaden AK is hit. So far I wasn´t quite happy with my sub attacks while Rainer wasn´t quite happy with his losses to my subs and with his ASW. Well, if both players are complaining it usually is good game wise. Nevertheless with this turn I have started doing statistics about my sub attacks, taking notes on the sub torps and their results: hit, dud, miss. Will do this until 1/43 (when the dud rate drops for the first time). Will be interesting how my did rates will look like by then. Can´t be seen as duds per torp but dud, hit, miss per SALVO though as we don´t get info on how many torps hit and were duds. As I´m taking notes on the salvoes, we should get a better result with our torps than the set dud rate (eg. 80% for the MK14) as you´re always firing more than one torp (mostly 4 or 6 at once) and there are most often more than just one torp hitting the target, hence giving you the 20% chance of a "boom" more than once per salvo. We´ll see... am thinking about giving an update on this every month until the end of the year.

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ASW attack near Palembang at 48,91

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CL Jintsu
DD Sagiri
DD Arashio

Allied Ships
SS Truant



SS Truant is sighted by escort
Truant bottoming out ....
DD Sagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Palembang invasion support force...

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ASW attack near Derby at 65,126

Japanese Ships
PB Showa Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS S-36



SS S-36 is sighted by escort
S-36 bottoming out ....
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I don´t know how often a single IJN escort already has prevented one of my subs from attacking... a lot of times...

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ASW attack near Tandjoengselor at 68,92

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kaika Maru
PB Kantori Maru

Allied Ships
SS O24, hits 2



SS O24 is sighted by escort
PB Kantori Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kantori Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Kantori Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

same here, we don´t get a shot at a target...

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Naval bombardment of Palembang at 48,91

Japanese Ships
CA Atago
CA Takao
CL Jintsu



Runway hits 4
Port hits 1

CA Atago firing at Palembang
CA Takao firing at Palembang
CL Jintsu firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion

I still don´t know if I should do any naval bombardements later on when I start my invasions as none of the IJN bombardements had ANY effect on my troops nor on my bases. When looking at my CD units or base forces, they never even show disruption, hence rendering the bombardements useless. Perhaps it´s just better to keep the heavy units in the invasion TF to soak up non penetrating CD gun fire...

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Sub attack near Saipan at 112,99

Japanese Ships
xAK Asakaze Maru
CM Sokuten

Allied Ships
SS Grayling



SS Grayling launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Asakaze Maru
Grayling diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

DUD...
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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 34
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 18 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 14 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
10 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 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...

daily visit of Clark field...

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Submarine attack near Babar at 75,120

Japanese Ships
xAK Nichiren Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-40

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



xAK Nichiren Maru is sighted by SS S-40
SS S-40 launches 4 torpedoes

Nichiren Maru was hit by a Dutch sub during the night and now finished by S-40. The troop loaden AK sank immidetely, hopefully resulting in parts of an important unit drowning. Am not quite sure if the enemy is moving troops to Northern Australia or if his already moving them back out again...

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ASW attack near Savaii at 147,152

Japanese Ships
SS I-7

Allied Ships
xAK Don Isidro
KV Dawson



SS I-7 is sighted by escort
I-7 diving deep ....
KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

This time our escort attacked first... not just one in the TF but 4, doesn´t mean more than one would do something...

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Pre-Invasion action off Derby

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Showa Maru #5
PB Gamitsu Maru #1

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



PB Showa Maru #5 firing at enemy troops
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 firing at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

I had (small) hopes that Rainer would perhaps only take out Darwin and leave me with Derby and Broome where I could refuel my subs in this area and to make a counterattack later on easier if I wished to attack this area. He´s of course not that dumb to allow me to do this. Within the next couple of days Broome, Derby, Wyndham and Darwin will be in Japanese hands. Unfortunately Rainer is of the same oppinion as I am and noticed that the axis Rabaul - Port Moresby - Northern Australia is the one to take out as the Japanese asap as especially Northern Australia is a comfortable staging area for attacks directly into the SRA. With PM in Allied hands to it would be easy to support operations out of Northern OZ. By taking all these areas within the first 8 weeks of the war he has already knocked out my plan to exactly attack out of these areas. With KB being superior to anything the Allied can field until early 43 and with us not having any long range fighters that could reach the enemy, it has delayed our major strategic counteroffensive by at least 8-10 months. Of course I could try an invasion somewhere, but if KB shows up it would get uggly and this would further delay us. Even if the IJN would lose some carriers to, a delay would hurt us more than the IJN to lose 1-3 carriers. As we would be out of the offensive for 6 months again if losing a couple of carriers. And until the Hellcat I guess we still would lose more carriers than the enemy if a 1:1 force would clash. The Pacific islands (except those close enough to bomb Japan later on) and atolls being more or less useless in AE, I have yet to figure out a new plan what to do...

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Amphibious Assault at Derby

TF 117 troops unloading over beach at Derby, 64,127



10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of Sasebo 1st SNLF

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

9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DMS W-8



DMS W-8 firing at enemy troops

as I wanted to build Northern OZ up to become a major threat for the Japanese, I´ve brought in some base forces already to build up the port to enable me to bring in major reinforcements over time and being able to also unload them. Unfortunately the couple of base forces (mostly Australian) will be destroyed or at least hit hard now... Won´t be able to hold any of those bases and thank gof I wasn´t fast enough to unload the Brit 18th div at Darwin...

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Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5841 troops, 59 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 175

Defending force 3552 troops, 39 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Japanese adjusted assault: 34

Allied adjusted defense: 115

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
12th JAAF Base Force

Defending units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Teloekbetoeng Base Force
Djambi Base Force
Palembang Base Force

looks like the enemy will need reinforcements here, but as we do no damage to the attacker at all, it only costs him some time... with reinforcements or some more bombing Palembang will fall... can only hope to damage some facilities, which we haven´t done so far at all... nowhere...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2889 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 1745

Defending force 41114 troops, 753 guns, 544 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
38th Division
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
48th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
51st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
1st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
4th Marine Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
192nd Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
USAFFE
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Provisional GMC Gp
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Manila USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
Far East USAAF
Cavite USN Base Force
II Philippine Corps
1st USMC AA Battalion
1st PI Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1624 troops, 172 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 1686

Defending force 30792 troops, 499 guns, 270 vehicles, Assault Value = 429


Allied ground losses:
286 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
18th Division
14th Guards Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
25th Army
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
2nd Gordons Battalion
11th Indian Division
27th Australian Brigade
5/14th Punjab Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
Singapore Fortress
3rd Cavalry Regiment
9th Indian Division
Malaya Army
223 Group RAF
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
112th RAF Base Force
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
Singapore Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
AHQ Far East
224 Group RAF
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
2nd ISF Base Force
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
110th RAF Base Force
Malayan Air Wing
1st ISF Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
111th RAF Base Force
109th RAF Base Force
109th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Terapo (96,127)

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: 2

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Terapo !!!

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



Assaulting units:
7th Indpt SNLF Coy


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Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1458 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Defending force 1427 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Japanese adjusted assault: 22

Allied adjusted defense: 8

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
208 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
15th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
VI KNIL Battalion
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force
Samarinda Base Force

Samarinda holds out one more day...

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Ground combat at Broome (62,127)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4498 troops, 51 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 160

Defending force 2808 troops, 29 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Japanese adjusted assault: 67

Allied adjusted defense: 27

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

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


Allied ground losses:
246 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
5th Amphibious Brigade

Defending units:
Timor Base Force
Port Hedland RAN Base Force
Broome RAN Base Force
17th RAAF Base Force
6th RAAF Base Force

Broome is lost...

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Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2246 troops, 15 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 107

Defending force 6378 troops, 70 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 173



Assaulting units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Djambi Base Force
Teloekbetoeng Base Force
Palembang Base Force

Defending units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
12th JAAF Base Force


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Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 440 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Defending force 1406 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58



Assaulting units:
VI KNIL Battalion
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force
Samarinda Base Force

Defending units:
15th Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 668 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

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



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy




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Post #: 80
RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/12/2010 12:32:44 PM   
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Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
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Invasion Support action off Derby
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Showa Maru #5
PB Gamitsu Maru #1



PB Showa Maru #5 firing at enemy troops
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 firing at enemy troops


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Submarine attack near Amami Oshima at 98,64

Japanese Ships
xAKL Yamabuki Maru, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



xAKL Yamabuki Maru is sighted by SS Seadragon
SS Seadragon attacking on the surface

Seadragon is operating near the home islands and gets a shot at an unescorted small AK. The ship is strafed with cal.50 fire and the third salvo finally resulted in one torp igniting... should be easily enough for such a vessel... the MG fire alone nearly ripped it apart during the replay, starting heavy fires on the ship (no it´s not fuel loaden)...

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ASW attack near Tandjoengselor at 68,92

Japanese Ships
xAKL Jokuja Maru
PB Kantori Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXIII



SS KXIII is sighted by escort
PB Kantori Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

near one of the remaining invasion sites on Borneo...

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ASW attack near Derby at 64,127

Japanese Ships
PB Showa Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS S-36, hits 1



SS S-36 is sighted by escort
S-36 bottoming out ....
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Showa Maru #5 is out of ASW ammo
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

even though we have nearly two dozen subs operating in the area South of Sulawesi and near Australia´s North coast and even though nearly the whole IJN is operating there too, we have achieved nothing with our subs. And most of them were subs with working torps... a shame and a pretty bad performance... S-36 suffers a hit and has to retire to Brisbane...

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

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Showa Maru #5
PB Gamitsu Maru #1



PB Showa Maru #5 firing at enemy troops
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 firing at enemy troops


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

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Showa Maru #5
PB Gamitsu Maru #1



PB Showa Maru #5 firing at enemy troops
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 firing at enemy troops


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

11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DMS W-8



DMS W-8 firing at enemy troops


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ASW attack near Darwin at 76,124

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut



SS Argonaut is sighted by escort
Argonaut bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection

also Argonaut has working torps, could use them at some point...

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Sub attack near Dili at 70,117

Japanese Ships
xAK Sydney Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Shosei Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII



SS KXVIII launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Sydney Maru #2
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

near Timor a lightly escorted xAK is hit and sinks...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 53 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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

Weather in hex: Moderate 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 34
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25



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


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


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground 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 Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...


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Amphibious Assault at Babo

TF 6 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 83,111

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



17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 1st Indpt SNLF Coy /2


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Ground combat at Fenton (76,126)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19772 troops, 158 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 724

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 717

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 717 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Fenton !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
21st Division
24th Infantry Regiment

the enemy has moved South from Darwin, taking the dot base... our remaining troops from Darwin are fleeing South and it looks like we´re fast enough as no motorized units are following us (except the Recon rgt that seems not to be fast enough either)...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2910 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 1773

Defending force 40853 troops, 753 guns, 539 vehicles, Assault Value = 1069


Allied ground losses:
222 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (8 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
48th Division
16th Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
38th Division
9th Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
1st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
91st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
1st PI Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
Far East USAAF
Provisional GMC Gp
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Manila USAAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
USAFFE
II Philippine Corps
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Magwe (57,47)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12858 troops, 106 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 463

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 209

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 209 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Magwe !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division

Imperial Guards further moving North in Burma... nothing left there to fight it...

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1637 troops, 172 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 1746

Defending force 30820 troops, 499 guns, 269 vehicles, Assault Value = 437

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


Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
5th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
14th Guards Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
11th Indian Division
Singapore Fortress
2nd Gordons Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
5/14th Punjab Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
27th Australian Brigade
9th Indian Division
224 Group RAF
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
109th RAF Base Force
110th RAF Base Force
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
III Indian Corps
AHQ Far East
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
112th RAF Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st ISF Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
111th RAF Base Force
Malayan Air Wing
Singapore Base Force
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Malaya Army
109th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Derby (64,127)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1463 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Defending force 826 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Japanese adjusted assault: 20

Allied adjusted defense: 6

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Derby !!!

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

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


Allied ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Sasebo 1st SNLF

Defending units:
Derby RAN Base Force
4th RAAF Base Force

the units at Broome, Derby and Wyndham will have a long walk through the desert to get back into our lines, they will be completely trashed by then...

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Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1421 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 1226 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Japanese adjusted assault: 20

Allied adjusted defense: 6

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Samarinda !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
463 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 31 (30 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
15th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
VI KNIL Battalion
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force
Samarinda Base Force


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 499 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Defending force 1310 troops, 23 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Japanese adjusted assault: 16

Allied adjusted defense: 25

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force


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Ground combat at Broome (62,127)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4489 troops, 51 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 159

Defending force 2584 troops, 29 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Japanese adjusted assault: 66

Allied adjusted defense: 26

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Broome !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

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


Allied ground losses:
651 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 5


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
5th Amphibious Brigade

Defending units:
Broome RAN Base Force
Timor Base Force
Port Hedland RAN Base Force
17th RAAF Base Force
6th RAAF Base Force

this is the unit that was accidently unloaded on the empty island North of Darwin... there you can see that the IJN can do just whatever it wants. While the Allied can´t load/unload anything somewhere, the IJN can load and unload at a beach without a base or any other facilities nearly as fast as you can do that in San Francisco. The amphib bonus (that is by far too effective, would call it ridicoulos as it is now) enables this. I´ve been trying to get 6 inch guns from a level 2 port with amphib TFs and failed, same with unloading amphib TFs at bases without huge ports, all I get are messages that TF xy can´t unload completely... but the IJN can... everywhere...

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Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2246 troops, 15 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 107

Defending force 6402 troops, 70 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 174



Assaulting units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Teloekbetoeng Base Force
Djambi Base Force
Palembang Base Force

Defending units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
12th JAAF Base Force


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 642 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Defending force 457 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy




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Sub attack near Quinhon at 70,69

Japanese Ships
xAKL Chosen Maru
xAKL Kokuei Maru
PB Fuji Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Chosen Maru
Sturgeon diving deep ....
PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

DUD


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Amphibious Assault at Port Hedland

TF 49 troops unloading over beach at Port Hedland, 57,129

also the base West of Broome will be in Japanese hands... base is empty, evacuated the base force fragment to Broome earlier

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 55559 troops, 645 guns, 528 vehicles, Assault Value = 1807

Defending force 30896 troops, 497 guns, 267 vehicles, Assault Value = 453

Japanese adjusted assault: 1126

Allied adjusted defense: 569

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1585 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 81 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 145 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
4132 casualties reported
Squads: 43 destroyed, 147 disabled
Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 274 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 35 disabled
Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 53 (18 destroyed, 35 disabled)


Assaulting units:
15th Guards Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
14th Guards Regiment
5th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
18th Division
56th Recon Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
25th Army
1st RF Gun Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
11th Indian Division
2nd Gordons Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
Singapore Fortress
5/14th Punjab Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
22nd Australian Brigade
9th Indian Division
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
112th RAF Base Force
111th RAF Base Force
AHQ Far East
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
110th RAF Base Force
Malaya Army
Singapore Base Force
224 Group RAF
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
109th RAF Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
1st ISF Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
Malayan Air Wing
III Indian Corps
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
109th RN Base Force

sometime we get the leader as + sometimes we don´t... does he gain and lose his abilities or what? doesn´t matter anyhow, we have no chance anymore, taking insane losses... Singapore will fall within the next days... what makes the ground combat routines in WITP and AE so frustrating to me is the fact that the attacker don´t take any notable losses in squads/equipment destroyed... wait two weeks and those units are 100% combat ready again... assaulting fortified positions just should not usually result in higher losses to the entrenched defender, in WITP an AE this is the norm, no matter if you are 100% combat ready or 50% disabled, the defender is the fool that always takes the dead... off, just off... IMO anyway

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Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3839 troops, 44 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 181

Defending force 3471 troops, 39 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 107

Japanese adjusted assault: 26

Allied adjusted defense: 52

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

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

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


Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
12th JAAF Base Force

Defending units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Djambi Base Force
Teloekbetoeng Base Force
Palembang Base Force


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2897 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 1813

Defending force 40518 troops, 752 guns, 529 vehicles, Assault Value = 1058

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


Allied ground losses:
393 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (8 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
3rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
38th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
48th Division
7th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
21st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
4th Marine Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Manila USAAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
1st USMC AA Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
USAFFE
Provisional GMC Gp
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
1st PI Base Force
II Philippine Corps
Far East USAAF
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Prome (55,50)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 588 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 25

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Prome !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
55th Cavalry Regiment


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 642 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Defending force 475 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy




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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 1/12/2010 12:56:31 PM   
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ASW attack near Darwin at 77,124

Japanese Ships
PB Hakata Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS S-40, hits 2



SS S-40 is sighted by escort
S-40 bottoming out ....
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

two near misses, nothing serious...

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Sub attack near Port Hedland at 57,129

Japanese Ships
DD Nokaze, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
SS S-41, hits 6



SS S-41 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Nokaze
S-41 bottoming out ....
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the enemy DD broke in two after being hit by the MK-10 and sunk... a hit and five near misses by the other destroyer resulted in enough damage to send the sub straight back into the repair yard. No danger of sinking and damage that only takes a couple of days to get repaired (damage to subs is repaired at least three times to fast in AE) is definetely worth the destroyer that has been sunk... the IJN only gets some 130 DDs in total IIRC...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on VII KNIL Battalion, at 68,92 (Tandjoengselor)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 7



No Japanese losses


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)


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

Also attacking Tarakan Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 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 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
23 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
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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

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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4

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



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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 53730 troops, 644 guns, 526 vehicles, Assault Value = 1687

Defending force 27741 troops, 495 guns, 254 vehicles, Assault Value = 321

Japanese adjusted assault: 1145

Allied adjusted defense: 477

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
1402 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 83 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 95 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 25 (2 destroyed, 23 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3050 casualties reported
Squads: 104 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 89 destroyed, 203 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 35 (15 destroyed, 20 disabled)


Assaulting units:
15th Guards Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
18th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
14th Guards Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
27th Australian Brigade
11th Indian Division
3rd Cavalry Regiment
5/14th Punjab Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
Singapore Fortress
22nd Australian Brigade
9th Indian Division
224 Group RAF
AHQ Far East
Malayan Air Wing
III Indian Corps
111th RAF Base Force
Singapore Base Force
223 Group RAF
2nd ISF Base Force
109th RAF Base Force
112th RAF Base Force
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Malaya Army
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
1st ISF Base Force
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
110th RAF Base Force
109th RN Base Force

that´s it more or less I guess... one more attack and Singapore will surrender, which means we lose Singapore two weeks earlier than in real life... not an exciting performance, without our stupid shock attack after the enemy has crossed the river (in AE without taking a hit from the shock attack or disruption from the river crossing) I guess we would have been able to hold at least until mid Feb... Means Malaya is cleared, Borneo, Sulawesi, Northern OZ, New Guinea cleared, Philipines on the edge of being cleared too, Burma already in Japanese hands. Leaves us with Java, but Java is a cakewalk for the Japanese, so I wonder where those 5000 av will turn to. The enemy has 5000 highly experienced av, his troops will all be in very good shape as they more or less never took squads/equipment destroyed, the only shortage he perhaps has is shipping. But to be honest, I seriously doubt that and I also doubt that the enemy industry will run dry in 43 when the IJN keeps doing big style operations until mid 42. Too many industry reports posted in AARs already and all show a steady increase of everything, even during the expansion phase so I can´t see why it should run dry when the enemy secures far more res/HI/ref/oil than he actually needs. And even if so, just turn off some arm or nav factories and you can build as many ac as you want. And the aircraft are the main factor that keeps the Allied honest IMO.

If Rainer decides to move on with his juggernaut it will be interesting where he will move to and how it will turn out. Some things are for sure already, if he moves on, he will soon reach the line where I will actually try do throw in everything to stop him. If he decides not to move on, we will see the most boring 6 months of an AE PBEM ever as I will just try to build up to be more or less ready late 42. It also takes another 6 months to get my damaged carrier out of LA´s shipyards again...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54381 troops, 599 guns, 926 vehicles, Assault Value = 1827

Defending force 40098 troops, 750 guns, 522 vehicles, Assault Value = 1035

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 809

Allied adjusted defense: 2254

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1022 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 106 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled
Vehicles lost 47 (2 destroyed, 45 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3075 casualties reported
Squads: 88 destroyed, 165 disabled
Non Combat: 106 destroyed, 176 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 66 (50 destroyed, 16 disabled)


Assaulting units:
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
38th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
65th Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
16th Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
14th Army
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
91st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
31st Infantry Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
Provisional GMC Gp
Asiatic Fleet
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Manila USAAF Base Force
II Philippine Corps
USAFFE
Far East USAAF
Cavite USN Base Force
1st PI Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

even though Clark field´s adjusted av looks good, we´re the one that gots chopped to pieces again. As you can see the enemy has not lost a single combat squad dead, if this isn´t ridicoulos for such an attack then my name is Buggs bunny. But I rather think Mr. GG was watching Bugs Bunny when writing the code for this series... the ground combat model is just borked and there´s nothing you can reall do, it´s just borked and this is just the repeat of something that has been said a couple of thousand times already... nothing is as unrealistic as the casualties resulting from ground combat. Not the result of who wins in the end is off, but the casualties are surely off...

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Ground combat at Meiktila (58,47)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1354 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 24

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Meiktila !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
55th Engineer Regiment


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Ground combat at Port Hedland (57,129)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 32

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Hedland !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
II./4th Infantry Battalion


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Ground combat at Babo (83,111)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 325 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 16

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Babo !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
1st Indpt SNLF Coy


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 637 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

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



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy




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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54381 troops, 599 guns, 926 vehicles, Assault Value = 1827

Defending force 40098 troops, 750 guns, 522 vehicles, Assault Value = 1035

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 809

Allied adjusted defense: 2254

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1022 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 106 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled
Vehicles lost 47 (2 destroyed, 45 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3075 casualties reported
Squads: 88 destroyed, 165 disabled
Non Combat: 106 destroyed, 176 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 66 (50 destroyed, 16 disabled)


Assaulting units:
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
38th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
65th Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
16th Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
14th Army
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
91st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
31st Infantry Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
Provisional GMC Gp
Asiatic Fleet
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Manila USAAF Base Force
II Philippine Corps
USAFFE
Far East USAAF
Cavite USN Base Force
1st PI Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

even though Clark field´s adjusted av looks good, we´re the one that gots chopped to pieces again. As you can see the enemy has not lost a single combat squad dead, if this isn´t ridicoulos for such an attack then my name is Buggs bunny. But I rather think Mr. GG was watching Bugs Bunny when writing the code for this series... the ground combat model is just borked and there´s nothing you can reall do, it´s just borked and this is just the repeat of something that has been said a couple of thousand times already... nothing is as unrealistic as the casualties resulting from ground combat. Not the result of who wins in the end is off, but the casualties are surely off...


That doesn´t look too far off from what I would expect when attacked by 5(!) tank regiments with heavy arty support. Also half your casualties were non combat, I guess you left them in combat mode?


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Sub attack near Denpasar at 57,108

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
PT-40, heavy damage



PT-40 is sighted by SS I-153
SS I-153 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy PT

this was a new one for me. a) because I´ve never seen a sub attacking a PT while submerged and b) I haven´t seen the "cannot acquire firing solution" either... this is the last remaining PT from Darwin that was going without fuel towards Soerabaja. Sys already at 70+ so it will sink due to being out of fuel anyway. I´ve got one more problem at the moment, as I´ve got several subs going back to their homeport and they are ending up out of fuel way BEFORE they get there. Seems like the routine that sends them home for replenishment is sending them back way too late or they are reacting around too much and therefore running out of fuel. In any case, it´s a mess as this is the next argument that is absolutely speaking AGAINST using the new patrol feature. Once again, good idea, not so good implementation. I guess it doesn´t make sense if you start losing halve a dozen subs due to being out of fuel because they have not been sent home early enough and were kept patrolling around. Don´t like that at all.

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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,76

Japanese Ships
DMS W-5
PB Eifuku Maru
DMS W-6
xAK Kuroshio Maru
xAK Kashiwara Maru
xAK Ayato Maru
E Shimushu
PB Sozan Maru
PB Eiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-5
Sculpin diving deep ....
E Shimushu fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sozan Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eiko Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Eiko Maru loses contact with SS Sculpin
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

heavily escorted convoy near Thailand. We´re firing at the escorts far too often, in this case we score some duds again...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on VII KNIL Battalion, at 68,92 (Tandjoengselor)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 7



No Japanese losses


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

Also attacking Tarakan Base Force ...


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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 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 9 damaged


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 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
28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...

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Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 58
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 50 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged


Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb


Also attacking 9th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on Malaya Army, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged


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


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

one of the most succesful days so far when it comes down to enemy bombers shot down by flak...





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Morning Air attack on 12th JAAF Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 67


Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
170 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb


Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking Sasebo 3rd SNLF ...
Also attacking 12th JAAF Base Force ...

attacking the Japanese troops at Palembang with a surprisingly big airstrike from Batavia... wanted to target the enemy inf unit but we attack a useles base force...

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Morning Air attack on 12th JAAF Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb

won´t take long until we will see the hundred IJA bombers from Malaya attacking targets on Java... the more often I use my Dutch airforce, the sooner Rainer will probably attempt to destroy it... and he won´t have any problem doing that... the Dutch would get some Hurricanes and Warhawks in spring, but until that time, Java will have long be lost... the problem with historical set reinforcements of ac and ships usually collides with the non historical far faster advance in the game. Been there, done that... difference in speed of advance of the IJN in AE compared to WITP? Non existent IMO. Only bad planning could screw up and slow down the Japanese advance but none of the new features or routines in AE.

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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

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



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged


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


Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

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


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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 99,64

Japanese Ships
PB Senyu Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS O20



SS O20 launches 2 torpedoes at PB Senyu Maru #2
PB Senyu Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...

Escort abandons search for sub

two torps aren´t enough to hit an escort... as long as the subs (no matter if IJN or Allied) stay in deep water they´re more or less immune to enemy ASW...


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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 52616 troops, 644 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 1620

Defending force 25461 troops, 493 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 256

Japanese adjusted assault: 1049

Allied adjusted defense: 365

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
1140 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 110 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 75 (4 destroyed, 71 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2296 casualties reported
Squads: 126 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 165 destroyed, 68 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 29 (7 destroyed, 22 disabled)


Assaulting units:
14th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
14th Guards Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
25th Army
5th Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
22nd Australian Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
11th Indian Division
2nd Gordons Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
Singapore Fortress
9th Indian Division
224 Group RAF
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
112th RAF Base Force
Malaya Army
111th RAF Base Force
1st ISF Base Force
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
109th RAF Base Force
III Indian Corps
Malayan Air Wing
110th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
AHQ Far East
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
Singapore Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
2nd ISF Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
109th RN Base Force

it only takes us two days to get the forts from 0 to 1 and this saved us this time. Does it help? No. Note that the enemy attacker AGAIN didn´t suffer a single combat squad destroyed. Assaults in WWII really must have been picknicks, no danger of being killed. Odd... try to kill 1500 enemies in an attack and not suffer a single dead within your assaulting units... show me one case where this was true...

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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

Defending force 1241 troops, 22 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Japanese adjusted assault: 19

Allied adjusted defense: 16

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

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


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


Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 606 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

Defending force 490 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy





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Sub attack near Agrihan at 113,85

Japanese Ships
xAK Unkai Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Trout



SS Trout launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Unkai Maru #3

6 torps, all that hit were duds...

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TF 156 encounters mine field at Tarakan (67,91)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-18
DMS W-17
DMS W-16
DMS W-15



18 mines cleared

sent a CM to Tarakan early on and it also resulted in a hit on a IJN CL (that later was hit by a torp - listed as sunk and this could actually be true)... guess there won´t be another mine hit though...

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Sub attack near Tokunoshima at 98,66

Japanese Ships
xAKL Tihuku Maru
PB Tokuho Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Tihuku Maru
PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and the next dud... doing the statistics about sub attacks will also be interesting in terms of how many salvoes fired that actually hit the target...

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ASW attack near Tokunoshima at 98,66

Japanese Ships
PB Tokuho Maru #5
xAKL Tihuku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Tokuho Maru #5
Seadragon diving deep ....
PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
escort abandons search for sub

Seadragon tried to do better and fired another spread at the escort, again to score some duds...

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Amphibious Assault at Lae

TF 185 troops unloading over beach at Lae, 99,126

time to mop up the rest of New Guinea it seems...

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Amphibious Assault at Ndeni

TF 236 troops unloading over beach at Ndeni, 120,143


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Sub attack near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 71,109

Japanese Ships
xAK Nisshun Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Ogashima

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

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



SS KXVI launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nisshun Maru
KXVI diving deep ....
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a Dutch sub achieves a 100% hit rate and kills another AK with troops aboard... nice... a pity I don´t get victory points for enemy troops destroyed no ships...

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TF 72 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-19
DMS W-12
DMS W-11
DMS W-10
DMS W-9



128 mines cleared

wow, quite some mines cleared in one turn...

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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

sweep probably coming from Sulawesi (guess Kendari)... won´t send up my fighters...

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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 68,92 (Tandjoengselor)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 5



No Japanese losses


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


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

Also attacking VII KNIL Battalion ...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 5


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Genmei Maru



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

have set some 4Es based in Aussieland (nav skill 60) on nav attack, max range and they tried to attack shipping unloading at Lae... all miss, no surprise... guess everything else than dive and torpedobombers will be completely useless for attacks against shipping...

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Afternoon Air attack on Palembang Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B4Y1 Jean x 8
B5N1 Kate x 35



Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 2 damaged
B5N1 Kate: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
10 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B4Y1 Jean bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Zuid KNIL Battalion ...
Also attacking So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion ...

mini KB shows up NE of Palembang attacking our Dutch defenders... mini KB still fields some Jeans, perhaps it will take some more time to ramp up Kate production... can´t really be due to losses as the losses of all carrier based squadrons haven´t even reached the losses at PH in real life... have to say though that the damage at PH hasn´t reached real life damage either. While all our BBs have been severely damaged, NONE has been sunk. The new repair routines make sinking major ships in port hard, really hard...

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ASW attack near Naha at 96,66

Japanese Ships
xAKL Tihuku Maru
PB Tokuho Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



SS Seadragon is sighted by escort
Seadragon diving deep ....
PB Tokuho Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Tokuho Maru #5 is out of ASW ammo
PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Seadragon is still tangling with the same convoy, still with the same result...

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Amphibious Assault at Balabac

TF 162 troops unloading over beach at Balabac, 70,84


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2910 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 1794

Defending force 37566 troops, 750 guns, 472 vehicles, Assault Value = 869

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


Allied ground losses:
616 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (9 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Assaulting units:
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
38th Division
65th Brigade
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
20th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
14th Army
2nd Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
31st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
4th Marine Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
21st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Manila USAAF Base Force
USAFFE
Provisional GMC Gp
II Philippine Corps
Far East USAAF
1st USMC AA Battalion
Cavite USN Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

devastating bombardement...

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Ground combat at 57,46

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12830 troops, 106 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 461

Defending force 6938 troops, 57 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 130

Japanese adjusted assault: 212

Allied adjusted defense: 34

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)

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


Allied ground losses:
2935 casualties reported
Squads: 102 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 115 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (6 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units retreated 9


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division

Defending units:
BFF Brigade
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
100th RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
Burma Command
106th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
107th RAF Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon

hate it! Really hate it!!!! Give me some luck, just some of it! What´s going on? Have been on full retreat mode in Burma and am trying to get all those small units out of there, together with some base forces in good shape. Had this big stack in clear terrain off the road already, marching towards Akyab. Heck, 4 units moved OUT of the hex today, the rest would have moved out TOMORROW. But hey, no, the enemy div shock attacks across the river TODAY! Where do my units retreat then? Through the enemy division into the direction the enemy came from and is now back on the road again... that´s great... so we´re moving out into clear terrain again, then the IG will move on the street and follow us just to repeat what has happened today. The retreat routine hasn´t got better at all in AE. We´re moving to the West, have already moved 40+ miles, then the enemy enters our hex from the EAST (should be 40 miles behind us) and we´re shock attacked out of the hex, THROUGH the enemy, ending up in the hex EAST... don´t want to comment on the 24 disabled troops of the attacker...

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1599 troops, 171 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 1573

Defending force 23761 troops, 490 guns, 235 vehicles, Assault Value = 243

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


Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
14th Tank Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
5th Division
14th Guards Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
18th Division
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
25th Army
1st RF Gun Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
22nd Australian Brigade
2nd Gordons Battalion
11th Indian Division
3rd Cavalry Regiment
5/14th Punjab Battalion
Singapore Fortress
27th Australian Brigade
9th Indian Division
1st ISF Base Force
224 Group RAF
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
112th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
III Indian Corps
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
Singapore Base Force
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
AHQ Far East
111th RAF Base Force
Malayan Air Wing
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
2nd ISF Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
110th RAF Base Force
Malaya Army
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
109th RAF Base Force
109th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 490 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Defending force 1202 troops, 22 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

Japanese adjusted assault: 6

Allied adjusted defense: 22

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

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

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


Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 572 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Defending force 458 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy




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TF 72 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-19
DMS W-12
DMS W-11
DMS W-10
DMS W-9



90 mines cleared

two CM were sent to Balikpapan early in the war before being withdrawn to Colombo to lay a minefield here... hoped to cause some trouble but in this case it didn´t achieve anything and the minefield will be cleared now in no time I guess...

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,97

Japanese Ships
DMS W-11
DMS W-10
DMS W-9
DMS W-19
DMS W-12

Allied Ships
SS KXIII, hits 2



SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-11
DMS W-19 fails to find sub and abandons search
DMS W-12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS W-12 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

a Dutch sub then tried to attack one of the DMS but missed... two near misses in return, no notable damage...

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ASW attack near Wetar at 72,113

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
CA Chikuma
CA Tone
CL Abukuma
DD Akigumo
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-38



SS S-38 is sighted by escort
DD Kasumi 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 Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

KB in the hex... our subs are just no threat for the enemy carrier TF... been quite a lot of times already when KB was in the same hex as my subs... unfortunetely my CV leaving the West Coast has only been one time in the same hex as an enemy sub and was promptly hit, resulting in 6.5 months repair yard...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 49,98, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Shirakumo
DD Isonami
DD Murakumo
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
PT TM-10
PT TM-11
PT TM-12
PT TM-13
PT TM-14
PT TM-15



Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 100% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 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
Hagio, Tsutomu crosses the 'T'
DD Uranami engages PT TM-13 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Uranami engages PT TM-13 at 6,000 yards
PT TM-15 engages DD Isonami at 6,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-14 at 6,000 yards
PT TM-11 engages DD Shinonome at 6,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages PT TM-10 at 6,000 yards
PT TM-15 engages DD Murakumo at 6,000 yards
DD Isonami engages PT TM-15 at 6,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-13 at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages PT TM-14 at 7,000 yards
DD Isonami engages PT TM-15 at 7,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-15 at 7,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-10 at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Uranami engages PT TM-13 at 10,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages PT TM-15 at 10,000 yards
DD Isonami engages PT TM-15 at 10,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-14 at 10,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages PT TM-13 at 10,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-10 at 10,000 yards
Task forces break off...

5 DDs come in to tangle with our PTs. Don´t know if the PTs were really identified as PTs or Rainer got recon of a juicier target. Anyway, after firing some torps and 12.317 shells, no hits on either side...

and then the funny thing of this round happended:


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TF 224 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98)

Japanese Ships
DD Uranami, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Murakumo, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
DD Shinonome, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

while we already killed some subs in this minefield earlier on (guess two for sure and probably one more), we now claim three DDs. Got the sound for sinking ships so I´m sure Murakumo and Shinonome are sunk, Uranami should be in trouble also, next bigger port is Saigon. Quite a distance if you have major flt damage... all three are claimed killed... PTs as "bait" paid off to lure the enemy into our minefield, even if it wasn´t intended... no good action by me as I can´t influence it anyway though...

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Amphibious Assault at Milne Bay

TF 41 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133



10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of I/84th Nav Gd

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Sub attack near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 70,110

Japanese Ships
xAK Bisan Maru
PB Ogashima

Allied Ships
SS KXVI



SS KXVI launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Bisan Maru
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a dud... a fridging DUD... 10% dud rate?

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 49,97, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
PT TM-10
PT TM-11
PT TM-12
PT TM-13
PT TM-14
PT TM-15



Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Sugama, Ryokichi crosses the 'T'
DD Isonami engages PT TM-10 at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
DD Isonami engages PT TM-15 at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
DD Isonami engages PT TM-15 at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Isonami engages PT TM-11 at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 15,000 yards
DD Isonami engages PT TM-10 at 15,000 yards
DD Isonami engages PT TM-14 at 15,000 yards
Range increases to 19,000 yards
DD Isonami engages PT TM-15 at 19,000 yards
Task forces break off...

out of the five DDs that swept into Batavia during the night only Isonami moves out during the day again and meets our PTs. Does this mean 4 of the DDs actually have hit mines and could be sunk already? You get only 2% of the total mines you got in WITP but they are x times more effective it seems so it equals out it. A couple of subs and a couple of DDs already sund due to mines and it´s only February makes me say though that they are a couple of times more effective than the infinite number of mines in WITP. We´ll see in the long run, we´ll have to deal more with mines than the enemy I guess.

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ASW attack near Kochi at 105,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-10
SC CHa-22
SC CHa-19

Allied Ships
SS Saury



SS Saury is located by SC CHa-10
SC CHa-22 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

ASW TF near Japan... subchasers aren´t really a threat to my subs in deep water... what makes the first PBEM interesting (without having peeked at the Japanese side) is the fog you try to lighten. So far I don´t have much of a clue where the shipping lanes really are and from which areas the most convoys will head to which ports in Japan. This means my subs could either find a lot of shipping or nearly no shipping at all.

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Morning Air attack on Palembang Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 39



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 16 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Teloekbetoeng Base Force ...
Also attacking Djambi Base Force ...
Also attacking Palembang Base Force ...

guess the enemy will have to reinforce his invasion of Palembang, bombings alone perhaps won´t be enough...

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Morning Air attack on Palembang Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Palembang Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed on ground



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
17 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 TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 1



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

keeping my heavy bombers on nav attack, 6.000ft is possible for them until 1/43, from then on they have to be used at 10.000ft but I guess I won´t use them at all by then... they are no threat anyway and I´ve got the amazing number of 60 4E bombers at the frontline. Perhaps two dozen restricted on the WC and that´s it. With the withdrawals the frontline numbers won´t change a lot until early 43 when I start to get "some" more... while the months 5-12 in 1942 could be very boring in WITP, I fear they will be even more boring in AE as I just don´t have stuff to use. And I won´t be suicidical enough to send four carriers to support an invasion if LBA and KB can easily clobber me. Will see...

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Morning Air attack on So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion, at 48,91 (Palembang)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
B5N1 Kate x 33



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 6 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Palembang Base Force ...
Also attacking Zuid KNIL Battalion ...
Also attacking So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion ...

mini KB near Palembang, has been in the same hex as three of my subs (that seem to react to it) for days already... nothing... no result...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinkoku Maru



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

Shinkoku Maru took a bomb in the morning but shows no damage... only 4 out of the nearly 50 bombers attacked... guess they need a navbomb skill of 70+ to really become dangerous...

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 52534 troops, 644 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 1630

Defending force 23896 troops, 487 guns, 233 vehicles, Assault Value = 260

Japanese adjusted assault: 835

Allied adjusted defense: 577

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
709 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 78 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (3 destroyed, 39 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2294 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 179 destroyed, 120 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (6 destroyed, 13 disabled)


Assaulting units:
18th Division
6th Tank Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
5th Division
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
14th Guards Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
25th Army
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
22nd Australian Brigade
2nd Gordons Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
5/14th Punjab Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
Singapore Fortress
11th Indian Division
9th Indian Division
109th RAF Base Force
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
Malayan Air Wing
2nd ISF Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
Singapore Base Force
111th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
224 Group RAF
112th RAF Base Force
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
1st ISF Base Force
AHQ Far East
Malaya Army
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
110th RAF Base Force
109th RN Base Force

we´ve got only an Indian div left with some combat strenght, all combat squads of all other units are either destroyed or disabled... Singapore is doomed and will be lost soon... guess we were able to actully destroy two dozen enemy combat squads in total while losing hundreds... nice ratio and no comment needed...

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54163 troops, 599 guns, 926 vehicles, Assault Value = 1817

Defending force 37110 troops, 750 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 857

Japanese adjusted assault: 934

Allied adjusted defense: 1054

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1310 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 132 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 40 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 76 (8 destroyed, 68 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3944 casualties reported
Squads: 80 destroyed, 163 disabled
Non Combat: 94 destroyed, 294 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 55 (16 destroyed, 39 disabled)


Assaulting units:
9th Infantry Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
48th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Division
4th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
14th Army
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th Marine Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
Far East USAAF
II Philippine Corps
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Provisional GMC Gp
Asiatic Fleet
Manila USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
USAFFE
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

wow, we actually killed 24 soldiers of the combat troops... did they shoot themselve?

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Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3791 troops, 44 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 181

Defending force 3260 troops, 39 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 100

Japanese adjusted assault: 104

Allied adjusted defense: 133

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
12th JAAF Base Force

Defending units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Teloekbetoeng Base Force
Djambi Base Force
Palembang Base Force

we will hold out some longer here but as soon as reinforcements land we will lose and won´t have done any damage...

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Ground combat at Katherine (76,128)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 726

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 20

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Katherine !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment
21st Division
16th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment

ample divisions around for the Japanese (as well as shipping) to throw hundreds and thousands av at several targets at once. A div is sitting in PM, a div is taking out Northern Australia at the same time (not to mention all the regiments that are around), 2000 av are knocking out Malaya and 2000 av are knocking out the Philipines without being in danger to suffer more than disablements as only Allied soldiers die early on. Later on, only defending Japanese soldiers die en masse. Ah, I´ve forgot, there´s the IG div and another div moving around in Burma. But it´s February already, so what...

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Ground combat at Lae (99,126)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 5

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lae !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
II/84th Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Ndeni (120,143)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

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 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ndeni !!!

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



Assaulting units:
III/84th Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Balabac (70,84)

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 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Balabac !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
4th JNAF Coy


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Ground combat at 63,127

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4569 troops, 51 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 163

Defending force 1585 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Japanese adjusted assault: 73

Allied adjusted defense: 16

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

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


Allied ground losses:
700 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 74 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 5


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
5th Amphibious Brigade

Defending units:
Timor Base Force
Port Hedland RAN Base Force
17th RAAF Base Force
Broome RAN Base Force
6th RAAF Base Force

not to forget such minor Japanese units like this bgd that is worth halve a division...

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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 572 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Defending force 477 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy




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Sub attack near Fergusson Island at 103,132

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinkoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-35



SS S-35 launches 4 torpedoes

little morale boosts...

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Pre-Invasion action off Tandjoengpinang

Japanese Ships
PB Chosa Maru



PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Tandjoengpinang

TF 217 troops unloading over beach at Tandjoengpinang, 50,85

island South of Singapore, have used it as a patrol plane base...

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Amphibious Assault at Munda

TF 234 troops unloading over beach at Munda, 111,134

mopping up the Solomons... got some S-class subs patrolling in this area...

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Invasion Support action off Tandjoengpinang

Japanese Ships
PB Chosa Maru



PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops


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Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
xAKL Buyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Buyo Maru
Sturgeon diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

wow, must be a good day...

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Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,50 (Hwaiyin)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 3



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

the cease fire in China is over, looks like some IJN bombers are doing enhanced training... have moved more or less all my Chinese LCUs into my lines and am trying to put up a fight at my frontline bases... this can only fail but I´m doing my best. The biggest problem is supply. Not surprising, I was NOT aware that there are several HI/resource sites in China that are damaged and they are all set to repair by default. Hey, great idea, I´ve spent ten thousands of supplies to repair them until I figured out that I´m running out of supplies in no time in China. This was around turn 45 or so... Chungking alone has probably used up 60k supplies for this as there was always enough supplies to actually do repairs. Wouldn´t something like this be better to be set to "do NOT repair" by default instead having the player notice it when it´s far too late? But who am I? Just a stupid player that thinks there are things that could definetely be enhanced...

Using tracker I´ve notice a decline of 2k supplies in China daily, and since I´ve turned the repairs off, there´s an increase of 1.500 supplies on average per day. So this means on average there were 3.500 supplies spent per DAY in China from turn one to around turn 45. Lol, that´s nearly 160.000 supplies. But you only start to wonder when you check your frontline bases, seeing them with 40 supply (yes, 40, not 40k) while there are 3.000 av sitting in this base and being destroyed due to starvation. Stupid I´ve thought then and checked it. Just to see my rear area bases with damaged industry set to "repair". Surely something you check on day one as a PBEM player because you have to think about everything. I didn´t, so I´m stupid. Makes it quite easy to overrun China as I´m already out of supplies. Tracker says I´ve got some 55k supplies left. No wonder I´ve got several front line bases, alltogether with 10k assault value and alltogether with 200 supplies. When repairing industry sites can be such a huge factor in the game and it can ruin the game then I just don´t get why such things are not just set to "do not repair" by default. I just don´t get it and am not trying to discuss anymore anyway. Why can it ruin a game (only talking about PBEM)? Because if the reason why you lose China would be supply and you don´t have it because you were unaware of your 100% useless repairs to your industry, then this can lead to following situation: China is knocked out completely and only a handful of Japanese units left there, the rest moves on... go figure... Russia is a beast in AE but as seydlitz shows, even without taking out China you can take on Russia it seems (it´s hard though), but if China is knocked out, Russia can be too. If the Japanese player thinks Russia isn´t worth the risk though, India definetely is. And show me how you defend India against the 99 exp Japanese divisions that result in 10.000+ av marching overland into India. THIS could be the point where I would think the non existing supply due to industry repairs would ruin my game. You can do your best, but without supply...

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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 68,92 (Tandjoengselor)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged


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


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

Also attacking VII KNIL Battalion ...
Also attacking Tarakan Base Force ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11



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



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Palembang Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B4Y1 Jean x 8



Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B4Y1 Jean bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Waigeo at 83,103

Japanese Ships
xAK Hasuna Maru
PB Hakata Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Perch



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

duds...

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Invasion Support action off Tandjoengpinang

Japanese Ships
PB Chosa Maru



PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops


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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 51915 troops, 644 guns, 517 vehicles, Assault Value = 1588

Defending force 22413 troops, 484 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 238

Japanese adjusted assault: 1580

Allied adjusted defense: 539

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
1374 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 91 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 118 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1384 casualties reported
Squads: 55 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 199 destroyed, 112 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (2 destroyed, 26 disabled)


Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
56th Recon Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
14th Guards Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
5th Division
1st Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
27th Australian Brigade
Singapore Fortress
3rd Cavalry Regiment
22nd Australian Brigade
11th Indian Division
2nd Gordons Battalion
9th Indian Division
2nd ISF Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
111th RAF Base Force
Singapore Base Force
109th RAF Base Force
III Indian Corps
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
112th RAF Base Force
110th RAF Base Force
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Malayan Air Wing
224 Group RAF
223 Group RAF
Malaya Army
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
AHQ Far East
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st ISF Base Force
109th RN Base Force

daily deliberate attacks now it seems... the only thing that saved us once more was the fact that we built a fort level within one day... and we actuall destroyed 7 combat squads... means the enemy has effectively lost 7 av, the rest will be repaired... by the time it will be repaired, the 7 squads will be also replaced...

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Ground combat at Taung Gyi (59,48)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1345 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 13

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Taung Gyi !!!

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



Assaulting units:
55th Engineer Regiment


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Ground combat at Milne Bay (101,133)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 392 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 7

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Milne Bay !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
I/84th Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 595 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

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



Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy




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Invasion Support action off Tandjoengpinang

Japanese Ships
PB Chosa Maru



PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops


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Sub attack near Billiton at 52,91

Japanese Ships
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
SS Truant



SS Truant launches 6 torpedoes at DD Uranami

and again we hit the target (which is more than surprising as we shouldn´t hit escort that often)... but we´re still in the dud phase so it´s not really showing results... don´t know how many DDs we would have sunk with subs already if the MK14 would work... to many IMO for sure...

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Naval bombardment of Palembang at 48,91 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CL Yura
CL Isuzu


Allied ground losses:
139 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

CA Kumano firing at Palembang
CA Suzuya firing at Palembang
CA Mikuma firing at Palembang
CA Mogami firing at Palembang Base Force
CL Yura firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion
CL Isuzu firing at Palembang

checked my troops and they show nothing... no real damage, no disruption... naval bombardement was 100% useless once more...

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Invasion Support action off Tandjoengpinang

Japanese Ships
PB Chosa Maru



PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Tandjoengpinang

Japanese Ships
PB Chosa Maru



PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops


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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 68,92 (Tandjoengselor)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 7



No Japanese losses


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

Also attacking VII KNIL Battalion ...


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

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 8 damaged



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

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

We´re running out of supplies in the PI already. some 5000 left which is nothing... expect the PI to be mopped up within the next two weeks at the latest... Singapore will long have been lost then...

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 45
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 36



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 34 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged


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


Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking Singapore ...
Also attacking III Indian Corps ...
Also attacking 11th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 224 Group RAF ...
Also attacking Singapore ...

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Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21



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



Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malaya Army, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18



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



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
18 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 Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 3



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAKL De Klerk, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


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


Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

only three bombers but one hits the small transport... a damaged ship that was useless already...


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Afternoon Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,50 (Hwaiyin)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 3



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-17E Fortress x 18
LB-30 Liberator x 5


No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

and here it comes, the biggest heavy bomber raid of the war so far... 29 4E bombers attack Port Moresby, roughly halve of our frontline 4E bombers and the only ones that are able to reach PM from my bases in Australia (that have been built up). Townsville has just reached level 5 and can now launch the bombers with normal loadout. Excellent weather and I´m absolutely satisfied with the hit rate. What was surprising to me was the fact that there was no flak fire at all. During the Japanese invasion there was the 4th div and the 8th base force (IIRC). Seems like the base force isn´t there anymore. The af or the port have not been improved since we´ve lost the base. Intel still shows 24.000 troops there though. Probably only building forts. But no flak defense? Would mean no aviation support either and no ac at the base. Hmm, not making much sense to me at the moment... one bomber was lost to ops, this means at this hit rate we could fly a strike every second day to keep our bomber numbers stable with 15 per month as replacement. But what if we encounter any resistance...




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Pre-Invasion action off Wyndham

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Showa Maru #5
PB Gamitsu Maru #1



PB Showa Maru #5 firing at enemy troops
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 firing at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft


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Amphibious Assault at Wyndham

TF 117 troops unloading over beach at Wyndham, 70,127

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



18 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 2nd Engr Rgt
18 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad lost overboard during unload of 2nd Engr Rgt /2

36 troops fell overboard... accidents instead of beach assault routines... in this case it doesn´t matter because there´s nothing to defend the beach anyway...

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Invasion Support action off Tandjoengpinang

Japanese Ships
PB Chosa Maru



PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops


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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50220 troops, 640 guns, 475 vehicles, Assault Value = 1534

Defending force 20934 troops, 483 guns, 226 vehicles, Assault Value = 230

Japanese adjusted assault: 1313

Allied adjusted defense: 273

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
479 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
43330 casualties reported
Squads: 931 destroyed, 452 disabled
Non Combat: 3086 destroyed, 2049 disabled
Engineers: 254 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 847 (820 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Vehicles lost 318 (268 destroyed, 50 disabled)
Units destroyed 27


Assaulting units:
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
6th Tank Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
5th Division
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
14th Guards Regiment
15th Guards Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
25th Army
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
27th Australian Brigade
2nd Gordons Battalion
11th Indian Division
22nd Australian Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
Singapore Fortress
9th Indian Division
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
Malayan Air Wing
112th RAF Base Force
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
109th RAF Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
110th RAF Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Malaya Army
III Indian Corps
1st ISF Base Force
Singapore Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
AHQ Far East
224 Group RAF
111th RAF Base Force
109th RN Base Force

3rd February, Singapore surrenders. Spending 150 pp to replace Percival wasn´t worth it at all, but what really broke our neck was my absolutely stupid shock attack the first day as I wasn´t aware of the new rule about river crossings. Without this attack we would have held out a week or two longer. That way, we lose Singapore 1.5 weeks earlier than real life. A result not to be proud of. But it also shows that two divs are enough to take Malaya as there seem to be so many rgts around that you still field an unstoppable juggernaut. Don´t forget how many other divs are marching through my territory at the same time already... except those in Burma, all have been moved around by ship and landed without losses. Can´t see what was slowed down, can´t see it. But me, I´m just stupid...

as it stands now, I expect either an attack on India or Australia. OZ´s North coast is Japanese already anyway, so I would guess on India... got my two divs out of Burma undamaged so I´m ahead two divs compared to what is "normal". Both divs are in good shape but as it stands now, I´m not sure I can do anything when I look at the results so far.

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Ground combat at Kanhsien (81,57)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3516 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 122

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 122 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kanhsien !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
102nd Infantry Regiment


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Ground combat at Kweiteh (90,46)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 562 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

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 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweiteh !!!

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



Assaulting units:
24th RGC Temp. Division


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2886 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 1744

Defending force 34172 troops, 748 guns, 443 vehicles, Assault Value = 674

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


Allied ground losses:
561 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (11 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Assaulting units:
65th Brigade
20th Infantry Regiment
38th Division
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
71st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
Subic Bay Defenses
51st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Provisional GMC Gp
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Far East USAAF
Asiatic Fleet
1st USMC AA Battalion
Cavite USN Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Manila USAAF Base Force
USAFFE
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

am on the move to Bataan but I doubt that we will get there. Movement is 2 miles per day and it would take us another 7 or 8 days...

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Ground combat at Mandalay (59,46)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12805 troops, 120 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 486

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

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 203

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 203 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mandalay !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
33rd Division
III./143rd Infantry Battalion

IG and 33 div in Burma... finding a completely empty place...

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Ground combat at Munda (111,134)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 14

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Munda !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
I/66th Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Tandjoengpinang (50,85)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

Defending force 83 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 11

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tandjoengpinang !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

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


Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Bintan Det. Base Force






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