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most intense and exciting turn since Dec 7
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 12, 42
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ASW attack near Miyako-jima at 91,67
Japanese Ships
TK Kyoko Maru
TK Kuremente Maru
DD Kuri
Allied Ships
SS Haddock
SS Haddock is sighted by escort
Haddock diving deep ....
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
tanker convoy but our sub was driven off...
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Sub attack near Orchid Island at 86,68
Japanese Ships
xAK England Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Sumatra Maru
PB Kenan Maru
Allied Ships
SS Triton
SS Triton launches 4 torpedoes at xAK England Maru
Triton diving deep ....
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
but Triton kills a freighter of another convoy in the same region...
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Amphibious Assault at Salajar
TF 342 troops unloading over beach at Salajar, 66,108
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ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68
Japanese Ships
DMS W-9
DD Hatakaze
DD Harukaze
Allied Ships
SS Triton
SS Triton is sighted by escort
DD Hatakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Harukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53
Japanese Ships
DD Kuretake
Allied Ships
SS Trigger, hits 1
SS Trigger is sighted by escort
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Trigger actually is hit by a DC but damage is only light...
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and here comes the shocking event of the day... 
Morning Air attack on TF, near Sydney at 90,167
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 68 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
B5N2 Kate x 122 
D3A1 Val x 122
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 23
Kittyhawk I x 11
P-39D Airacobra x 72
P-40E Warhawk x 54
F4F-3 Wildcat x 54
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 28 destroyed, 23 damaged
D3A1 Val: 28 destroyed, 39 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Warspite, Bomb hits 1
BB Colorado, Bomb hits 1
CV Lexington
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 2
BC Repulse
CA Northampton
CA Houston, Bomb hits 1
BB Prince of Wales, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1
CA Louisville
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
17 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
CAP engaged:
VF-2 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling)
(15 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
23 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F4F-3 Wildcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 8 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-6 with F4F-4 Wildcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 8 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
No.800 Sqn FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
No.880 Sqn FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
No.111 Sqn RCAF with Kittyhawk I (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
49th PG/7th PS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers
49th PG/8th PS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
14 planes vectored on to bombers
49th PG/9th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 10 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers
51st PG/25th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
14 planes vectored on to bombers
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
8th PG/36th PS with P-39D Airacobra (8 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
8th PG/80th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 10 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers
I couldn´t believe my eyes that this was really happening. I never thought Rainer would dare to atatck Brisbane or Sydney this and he didn´t last time when KB came down from Rabaul and passed New Caledonia on it´s west side. While I´ve got my subs at Brisbane (together with some freighters and other low value stuff) I´ve got my carriers and a big part of the USN at Sydney. Brisbane has got 130 fighters but Sydney has 190 land based fighters PLUS the 100 carrier based fighters. All carrier based pilots are elite and the land based fighter pilots are highly trained, all are between 60 and 70 air and def skill. This makes Sydney quite a tough nut for everything the IJN can send in and I felt quite safe to be honest. But like I´ve said, I thought that Rainer wouldn´t dare to move anywhere close to Sydney or Brisbane anyway and that he would just move towards New Zealand again to find nothing but one or two more low value AKs, just like last time. I know he isn´t "happy" about my TF routing as his subs are moving around in areas where none of my ships are and the same has been true for KB the last couple of times the IJN carriers were on a raid. My TFs move just too far off normal shipping lanes, especially those that carry troops and I´m also restricting myselve to big convoys but few ones instead of sending out a lot of TFs. This slows me down but I´ve got enough time anyway, no need to hurry, better doing things safe then risking something for no gain.
But this turn proved me wrong in thinking that Rainer would stay away from Australia´s coast as he moved in towards Sydney. I of course took some precautions and formed up my CVs with all the BBs and heavy escorts but kept them undocked in the hex as taking on KB would have been suicide of course. For me unbelievable but true, I suddenly saw Vals and Kates spotting my carrier TF at Sydney and at that moment I knew we´ll see heavy action. After my carriers being spotted, KB reacted towards them and launched this strike. Needless to say that I wasn´t amused to see a perfectly coordinated strike and my first impression was: oh ****... on the second look I noticed how many of my fighters were in the air. The answer was: ALL of them! My land based fighters were set to 70% Cap 20.000ft and the carrier based fighters were set to 70% Cap at 15.000ft. The result was all of my fighters in the air and an ongoing BOUNCE against the high experienced Zeroes on escort. It was a massacre so to say. Forget about the losses here in the combat report, they are the usual complete BS, during the replay we took down more than halve of the Zeroes for marginal losses on our side, even the on the forum hated Airacobras proved to be killers when having the bounce (they´ve got better stats than Warhawks anyway). After halve of the Zeroes being shot down with some of our fighters shot down, damaged or out of fuel/ammo our remaining Cap of something like 250 fighters engaged the bombers. The IJN bombers are so fragile and the Allied fighters carry such a punch that 4 out of 5 attacks net in a kill. Even the F4F-3s with only 4 cal.50 are killers and there´s really no need to have a sixpack when going in against Zeroes or single engined Japanese bombers. The fighters scored kill after kill and it was quite nice to watch until: eeeeek! Aircombat done! WTH? 130 bombers were attacking our carrier TF. I was SHOCKED and nearly dropped out of my chair as I´ve thought at that moment my carriers would now all be gone. Val after Val dropped down attacking our ships but missing, same was true for the Kates for a real long time. The whole engagement must have been insane to watch for Rainer too, especially the massacre before the bomb runs but probably even more so all the misses. But then the first bomb hit it´s target and saw an ammo storage explosion  . But then, for a long time, nothing else has hit my ships. A couple of non penetrating hits followed (I really like British armored CVs ) until the first carrier was hit by a torp and suffered a fuel storage explosion. Damn it, not good... Also POW took a torp but no further damage. Overall the performance of 130 excellent IJNAF bomber pilots was a shame and needless to say that Rainer was quite pissed off. Needless to say that I took a deep breath that my fleet survived. First I´ve thought the bombers had such a bad hit rate due to my fighters shooting up their formations but now that I´ve actually read the combat report I see that there were THUNDERSTORMS in the hex. Not the hundreds of fighters saved my a$$, it definetely was the weather. I´ve noticed insanly bad bombing results in both this PBEM and my AI test game earlier and I´m sure it was the weather here that lead to such bad results for the attacker. I´ve been on the lucky side here, would the weather have been clear, it would have been a massacre within the attacking bombers, but the result would have been a couple of sunk Allied CVs too. Phewww....
So I got away quite good in the morning, I was a little pissed off that there hasn´t been a post air engagement as I still had some 200 fighters in the air but they didn´t attack the bombers after their bombing run. Following this strike you may wonder why there´s no Allied counter strike. The answer is, I´ve set all my bombers to rest, as the only thing I could imagine was Rainer moving closer to Sydney to draw out a couple of dozen of my bombers into a Zero Cap trap to shoot them all down for no result. When I look at my hundreds of fighters and more than halve of the bombers getting through then I guess my Marauders, Banshees and SBDs could have achieved someting considering the fact that our fighters have more punch and our bombers are tougher than their IJN counterparts. Not over yet...
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Morning Air attack on 84th Chinese Corps, at 85,43
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 9th Division, at 54,43 (Cox's Bazar)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 13
Blenheim IV x 40
Hudson IIIa x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 17
Wellington Ic x 16
Hudson I x 21
P-40B Warhawk x 16
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 7 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 1 damaged
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 8 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...
Also attacking 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment ...
Also attacking 27th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 35th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 9th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 9th Division ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 9th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
nicely combined strike out of S I X different bases... two disabled vehicles on the ground... LOL
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 54,43 (Cox's Bazar)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 54,43 (Cox's Bazar)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 28
Hudson IIIa x 11
Hurricane IIb Trop x 10
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 48th Division ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 54,43 (Cox's Bazar)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 16
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 8th Base Force, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 16
B-17E Fortress x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 8th Base Force ...
we´re doing recon with Lightnings here but it just doesn´t help... my 4Es (just like all other bombers) can´t harm ground units...
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Morning Air attack on 8th Base Force, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (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 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 5
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
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and here comes the funny part of the afternoon...
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sydney at 90,167
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 68 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
B5N2 Kate x 53
D3A1 Val x 36
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 22
Kittyhawk I x 11
P-39D Airacobra x 62
P-40E Warhawk x 51
F4F-3 Wildcat x 43
F4F-4 Wildcat x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged
D3A1 Val: 18 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
CV Lexington
CV Enterprise, on fire
BC Repulse
BB Warspite
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
1 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
1 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
CAP engaged:
VF-42 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
17 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-2 with F4F-3 Wildcat (3 airborne, 12 on standby, 11 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-6 with F4F-4 Wildcat (2 airborne, 11 on standby, 10 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
14 planes vectored on to bombers
No.800 Sqn FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
No.880 Sqn FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 5 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
No.111 Sqn RCAF with Kittyhawk I (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
49th PG/7th PS with P-40E Warhawk (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
14 planes vectored on to bombers
49th PG/8th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
49th PG/9th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
16 planes vectored on to bombers
51st PG/25th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
16 planes vectored on to bombers
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
8th PG/36th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers
8th PG/80th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
being heavily shot up in the morning, I thought no strike would come in in the afternoon... but, we were lucky and a strike came in... As our fighters suffered more or less no losses during the morning attacks, we again had over 200 in the air in the afternoon... and we saw the same thing happening as in the morning, our fighters on Cap were in a higher position than the escorting Zeroes, our fighters bounced the enemy and shot them to pieces... some 25 Zeroes were shot down and then the fighters turned to attack the bombers... all but five bombers were shot down, the remaining five dropped their load but missed... WOW... while I wasn´t really happy after the morning strike (but surely could have lived with it), this afternoon massacre made my day... now it was time to wait for the replay to end and look at my ships and the total aircraft losses... what a day...
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Afternoon Air attack on 4th Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 25
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese 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 B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead
Also attacking 8th Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 8th Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
the enemy LCUs are just laughing when my bombers are coming in... kind of a reversed washing machine Charly...
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Ground combat at Buitenzorg (48,99)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 28306 troops, 341 guns, 337 vehicles, Assault Value = 1032
Defending force 11066 troops, 220 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 141
Japanese adjusted assault: 330
Allied adjusted defense: 433
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
292 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
846 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Assaulting units:
1st Tank Regiment
18th Division
5th Division
6th Tank Regiment
25th Army
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
2nd KNIL Regiment
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
1st Regt Cavalerie
1st KNIL Regiment
Van Altena Battalion
Kalidjati Base Force
Batavia Base Force
KNIL Army Command
ML-KNIL
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
Merak Base Force
Bandoeng Base Force
and the stubborn Dutch hold...
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Ground combat at 85,43
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1232 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3488
Defending force 112084 troops, 739 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3161
Allied ground losses:
393 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
110th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
41st Division
32nd Division
69th Division
35th Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Division
59th Division
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Army
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
11th Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
19th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
36th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
7th Group Army
14th Group Army
4th Group Army
21st Group Army
24th Group Army
6th Group Army
1st War Area
8th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Sawahloento (45,85)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3459 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 111
Defending force 87 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 93
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 93 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sawahloento !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
Defending units:
Padang Base Force
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Ground combat at Cox's Bazar (54,43)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 404 troops, 12 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 2373
Defending force 13822 troops, 333 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 268
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
9th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
38th Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
27th JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
17th Indian Division
103rd RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
223 Group RAF
RAF 221 Group Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion
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Ground combat at 43,71
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3366 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127
Defending force 2105 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 74
Japanese adjusted assault: 46
Allied adjusted defense: 163
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment
Defending units:
Sabang Garrison Battalion
Korps Marechausee Battalion
2nd Garrison Battalion
Sabang Base Force
Langsa Base Force
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Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 9056 troops, 71 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 347
Defending force 2947 troops, 41 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 66
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 138
Allied adjusted defense: 56
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
225 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
623 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
Defending units:
Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force
more about the outcome of this day tomorrow...
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 
the probable reason are the number of torps fired... while two Dutch torps miss more often than they actually hit, MK14 fired in salvoes of 4 or 6 more or less always hit (hit rate somewhere around 90% at the moment)... hit rate of Dutch torps somewhere around 40%... 
therefore we couldn´t do anything, one Warhawk was shot down over Akyab with three more crashing for no Zero lost A2A... 
While I´ve also got halve a dozen messages of "Val shot down by Cap", the naval search Vals scored MORE bomb hits on my US carriers than 70 Vals during their bomb run on the carriers could achieve! I´m aware of the happenings in real life of SBDs or single IJNAF aircraft scoring hits on enemy shipping but if those examples are taken for AE then it turns out to work wrong, because naval search should definetely NOT be more effective than a fully coordinated strike like has happened last turn. Just imagine if I wouldn´t have set my carrier based bombers on rest but on 100% nav search! I bet a couple of IJN carriers would now be limping back home after taking a couple of 500lb bombs. Nav search is off as it is now and that´s no exegaration. Seems like the happenings of single bombers on nav search scoring hits in real life are the analog example that took Henderson field´s naval bombardment of real life as example for all naval bombardments in WITP. Too effective. 
MK14 torps are like hellfires... 
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