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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/16/2010 2:11:41 PM

castor troy

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 22, 42
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Amphibious Assault at Russell Islands

TF 308 troops unloading over beach at Russell Islands, 113,136

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ASW attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53

Japanese Ships
DD Wakatake
DD Kuretake

Allied Ships
SS Drum

SS Drum is located by DD Wakatake
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...
DD Kuretake attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kuretake is out of ASW ammo
DD Kuretake is out of ASW ammo
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

several of Rainer�s ASW TFs seem to be moving around while being out of ASW ammo already... looks like he didn�t pay attention or thinks that they would replenish automatically... serves me good...

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25

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

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
25 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 80th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses

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

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

Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...

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Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Raid is overhead

great, been reconning Lashio for weeks and all I got was the info that there are 9 aux...

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Afternoon Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 13 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Raid is overhead

we of course don�t launch a combined strike (all bombers coming from the same base with all the conditions met... blah blah blah... strike package... blah blah blah) and the second strike then faces a much bigger Cap, which is leaking Cap from Magwe IMO as the 9 aux at Lashio are obviously a Dinah chutai and not Oscars as we�ve destroyed a Dinah on the ground... at the beginning of the replay I�ve got the message "raid was detected by radar"

and this "radar" obviously is covering all of Burma and the Japanese awacs of early 42 are then ordering fighters from a base 135 miles away to intercept the incoming raid... oh well...

the Blenheim is a death trap and the bombers were shot down in droves by the Sputniks on Cap... so much about the "your bombers will slip through low when the Cap is up high" (sidenote: no single fighter on the map can go higher than the Oscars at 38.000ft)... 9 rifle calibre armed Sputniks at 38.000ft were guided by the Japanese radar to intercept this raid 3 hexes from their staging base, they were diving down on the obsolete bombers, taking down 8 of them...

edit: Oscar Ic so not rifle calibre but 12.7mm...

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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1225 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3827

Defending force 111505 troops, 731 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3162

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:
116 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
35th Division
36th Division
12th Tank Regiment
110th Division
15th Tank Regiment
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Tank Regiment
41st Division
69th Division
32nd Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
59th Division
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
48th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
61st Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
7th Group Army
24th Group Army
4th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
1st War Area
8th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
6th Group Army
14th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
36th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 360 troops, 29 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 389

Defending force 19847 troops, 206 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 486

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

Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
MLD
Commandement Marine
1st KNIL AA Battalion
ABDA
Djojakarta Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Soerabaja Base Force
Malang Base Force

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10383 troops, 146 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 9915 troops, 100 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 389

Assaulting units:
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
Commandement Marine
1st KNIL AA Battalion
MLD
South Java Base Force
ABDA
Soerabaja Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Djojakarta Base Force
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/16/2010 2:58:16 PM

castor troy

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 23, 42
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ASW attack near Pescadores at 84,62

Japanese Ships
PB Konei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon

SS Gudgeon is sighted by escort
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

single escort was enough to protect the convoy... at least we only spotted one escort...

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ASW attack near Ominato at 118,52

Japanese Ships
DD Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Drum

SS Drum is located by DD Wakatake
Drum diving deep ....
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

same here, this is the compagnion of Kuretake (which is out of ammo

)...

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Amphibious Assault at Sinabang

TF 26 troops unloading over beach at Sinabang, 42,76

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet *

the usual "escort split off from bombers" affair... it "works" for both sides, or should I say it doesn�t work for both sides?

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25

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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
25 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 9th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 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:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 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 9th Chinese Corps ...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 58 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 77
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 2 destroyed on ground
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

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

but here come the bombers and they are escorted by a lot of Oscars, so the Zeroes wouldn�t be needed anyway... but the constant screwed up attacks and not working escorts will sooner or later again lead to a disaster for either Rainer or for me... I�ve got the feeling that we�re both preferring not to have our aircraft in the air due to the 85% chance of having it screwed up...

Seems like Rainer was attracted by the airfield symbol (recon ac spotted over Akyab daily) and he kills a couple of ac on the ground... on one side I guess it was a fault to move precious torp bombers to Akyab to see a couple of them being destroyed on the ground but on the other side Rainer is aware now that I�ve got torp bombers in the area and while the Blenheims and Hudsons can�t do anything against his shipping, the Swordfish could... guess he will be more cautiously with his battlewaggons in moving them further North than Akyab... have decided to move more US squadrons (both bombers and fighters) to India as the British bomber force is useless (except the single squadron of Wellingtons) and the British fighters (Hurricanes) don�t get enough replacements (16 per month at the moment), while the Hurricane (in AE) itselve is definetely superior to all available fighters the US can field... and I don�t have any other use for my US squadrons at the moment anyway as other than the 4Es, none of my aircraft can reach the frontline... will see how the P-38 will perform, I�ve got 38 "prototypes" in the pool at the moment and in 5/42 the production will start. No upgrades were done so far as I don�t want to commit a foul using them before May when production starts. So 1st May I will upgrade one of the AVG squadrons to P-38 and will use them offensively against enemy Cap. This doesn�t mean I will attack Magwe (with some 100-140 Oscars) directly but will use the Japanese "Awacs" against them... how?

I will do sweeps against bases around Magwe and will try to pick up leaking Oscar Cap. While knowing that people have achieved awful results with P-38, I will use them differently and hope that I will engage leaking Cap of halve a dozen or a dozen Oscars at 38.000ft while we are sweeping with 27 P-38 coming in at 40.000ft...

(if the sweep of a single squadron goes in as a combined strike)... or was the max ceiling 39.000ft for the early model of the P-38? Doesn�t matter, if we can go only 100ft higher than the Oscars then it will enable us to bounce them and hopefully shoot them to pieces. The Lightnings definetely can go higher than the Oscar and they won�t be used for Cap (if possible) as their service rating is just too bad. The base the Lightnings are coming from has to be defended at all costs against enemy air attacks as the fighters on the ground could become targets for enemy air attacks. Lots of flak and lots of Hurricanes, Airacobras and Warhawks will do this job. This pretty much sounds like Bf-109 and FW-190 guarding Me-262 airfields.

Killing Oscars during our Lightning-sweeps and having the enemy face heavy fighter resistance and heavy flak over our Lightning staging base "should" lead to victory, of course it could also lead to complete defeat of Allied fighter forces in India.

If his attacks against this base are screwed up he could lose a hundred ac in one day though. So this is the plan in theory... in about two weeks we�ll see how it will turn out. Should be possible to maintain one squadron of Lightnings with 38 starting pool and 20 being produced each month. IIRC one month pause sometime in summer and then the next model will produced for two months with 40 per month to have the production going down to 20 for quite some time again...

a Sally was destroyed by a balloon today

and two more were damaged... some things really are NICE in AE...

9 enemy bombers were lost today and total IJAAF bomber losses are going up... no idea how many ac the Japanese actually produce, will have to check it at some point...

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 10
B-17E Fortress x 17

No Allied losses

Port hits 10
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Milne bay has no fighter cover and we do a split up training bombing run... out of the dozens of crews involved today, only a total of 6 have increased their experience after this run, most of them being in the 50s exp and 60s for navbomb, grdbomb and def...

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-17E Fortress x 14

No Allied losses

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11

No Allied losses

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

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

three "strike packages" isn�t a good nor one of the bad results which can be up to five or six from those two bases...

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Sub attack near Wakkanai at 121,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Senko Maru
xAK Amagi Maru
PB Yamabato Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel

SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Senko Maru
Pickerel diving deep ....
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

D U D... I need a shortcut for "dud"...

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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1230 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3838

Defending force 111547 troops, 730 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3173

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:
245 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
35th Division
15th Tank Regiment
32nd Division
12th Tank Regiment
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
69th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Tank Regiment
41st Division
110th Division
59th Division
12th Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
90th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
19th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Base Force
4th Group Army
24th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
15th Group Army
8th Group Army
6th Group Army
7th Group Army
21st Group Army
39th Group Army
14th Group Army
1st War Area
36th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

not much longer and we�ll finally have moved out of the damn Verdun hex...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1009 troops, 97 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 391

Defending force 19855 troops, 206 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 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)

Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Commandement Marine
Tjilitap Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
South Java Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
ABDA
MLD
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Malang Base Force

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Ground combat at Russell Islands (113,136)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 280 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 6

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Russell Islands !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
4th Indpt SNLF Coy

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8987 troops, 125 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 479

Defending force 10594 troops, 168 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 391

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

Assaulting units:
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
MLD
Djojakarta Base Force
ABDA
Tjilitap Base Force
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/17/2010 4:28:32 PM

castor troy

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 24, 42
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 50,53

Japanese Ships
DD Tadeshiwa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Fuso
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
DD Hagikaze
DD Suzukaze
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII, hits 3

SS KXVIII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Tadeshiwa
KXVIII bottoming out ....
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare attacking submerged sub ....
DD Samidare attacking submerged sub ....
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Nice one, not just has a Dutch sub achieved a rare hit, we also get intel about another bombardement incoming, expected target: Akyab... not just my Swordfish bombers but also my subs are there to scare Rainer... if he isn�t scared to stop those bombardement runs, we at least have a chance to put some torps into his ships... not far from Rangoon so if the destroyer isn�t sinking instantly (which it wasn�t) then the ship has a fair chance to make it back to Rangoon... haven�t checked the repair facilities there though... the sub takes three near misses in return but suffers nearly no damage...

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ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Ishikari Maru
PB Yamabato Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum

SS Drum is sighted by escort
Drum diving deep ....
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Yamabato Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Drum
PB Yamabato Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Drum
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Christmas Island IO at 45,104, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
DD Tawakaze

Allied Ships
PT TM-10, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 64% moonlight: 7,000 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...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
DD Tawakaze engages PT TM-10 at 7,000 yards
CL Natori engages PT TM-10 at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
CL Natori engages PT TM-10 at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CL Natori engages PT TM-10 at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
PT TM-10 sunk by CL Natori at 11,000 yards
Task forces break off...

and finally, the last PT here dies...

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Submarine attack near Truk at 112,103

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

Allied Ships
SS KXV

xAK Nitimei Maru is sighted by SS KXV
SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nitimei Maru

wow... this can�t be real! Two Dutch subs score the same day??? Probably means no more hits the next ten weeks...

the freighter should be history...

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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 26000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 69 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

ordered Sputnik sweep but no Allied fighters at Akyab...

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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 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 93rd Chinese Corps ...

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Morning Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 55,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 8

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

clear sky but no damage done...

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Morning Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 55,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

another attack, another time no damage... my bombers are useless...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20

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

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocos Islands at 33,101

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
B5N1 Kate x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAKL Boelongan, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

Boelongan caught transferring cargo ...

had two small freighters bringing fuel to this base in the Indian ocean and hoped to do so unspotted... unfortunetely exactly now the mini KB is out for a raid in the IO... nothing else around but Rainer now knows that I�m using this base... it was intended as an emergency refuel base for subs operating in the SRA and due to the fact that the routine for subs returning home when they "should" not being really reliable I thought I could use this base now and then... guess it won�t take long and a couple of Jap soldiers will occupy the place... a pity...

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ASW attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53

Japanese Ships
DD Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel

SS Pickerel is sighted by escort
Pickerel diving deep ....
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake attacking submerged sub ....
DD Wakatake cannot establish contact with SS Pickerel
SS Pickerel eludes ASW attack from DD Wakatake
DD Wakatake cannot reach attack position over SS Pickerel
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1235 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 393

Defending force 19882 troops, 206 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 486

Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
6th KNIL Regiment
Djojakarta Base Force
ABDA
Commandement Marine
South Java Base Force
MLD
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Tjilitap Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Soerabaja Base Force
Malang Base Force

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Ground combat at Sinabang (42,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 21

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sinabang !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9024 troops, 125 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 481

Defending force 10849 troops, 194 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 393

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

Assaulting units:
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
ABDA
Soerabaja Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
MLD
Commandement Marine
1st KNIL AA Battalion
South Java Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Djojakarta Base Force
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/17/2010 4:59:29 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 25, 42
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Submarine attack near Addu at 13,57

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
xAK Ekma

xAK Ekma is sighted by SS I-30
SS I-30 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Ekma

wow, one hit... dud...

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ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
PB Yachiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trigger

SS Trigger is sighted by escort
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Sapporo at 120,49

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-18
SC CHa-30

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel

SS Pickerel is located by SC CHa-18
Pickerel diving deep ....
SC CHa-30 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not much than escorts around Northern Japan to shoot at...

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 35,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 22

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

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38000 , scrambling fighters to 38000.

Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

this was a test for my later planned Space shuttle sweeps at 40.000ft against bases nearby Magwe where we get intel about some 150 Oscars there... the theory about drawing out leaking Cap worked, unfortunetely (for us) the Oscars are of course also set on 38.000ft when flying Cap... and this meant our Warhawks got bounced of course, a hell a lot were damaged... in the end the losses here evened out though...

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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 55,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet
8 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.27 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead

I�m moving two Indian divs together with two Indian bgds onto Cox�s Bazar that is held by three Japanese units, total strenght 7.000 troops when following our recon... we�ll surely take the base back as the enemy divisions all have moved down to Akyab already... the enemy units at Cox�s trying to flee South... we�ve got leaking Cap from Chittagong over our troops but fortunetely for us there�s only one Hurricane on Cap when the Sputnik sweep comes in...

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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 84,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14

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

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

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

Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...

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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 55,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

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

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35100
Raid is overhead
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.258 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.273 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.27 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (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 36000
Raid is overhead

not surprising though, the Sputniks were only the beginning and when the bomber strike showed up there were more of our fighters in the air... our fighters could not break through to the bombers and the Oscars did a good job...

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 37,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 32400 feet *

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes

oh well, we can�t even fly a combined sweep from the same base... in this case, we had the same ac type and the most experienced pilots on the map (except carrier based pilots)... so exp can�t be the missing factor to fly combined strikes... it just doesn�t work and I guess it shouldn�t as AE was designed with "strike packages" and that�s exactly what I�ve been seeing since Dec 7... drawing leaking Cap into a hex works fine though... let�s wait for our Lightnings to come into play...

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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 55,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 4
Hurricane IIb Trop x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (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 35100
Raid is overhead
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
No.258 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 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 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.273 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.27 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (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 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes

another sweep and this time we suffer some more losses... lots of Oscars were damaged though and in the end the Oscar losses have been quite today... guess losses like today are hard to sustain, even if you have free access to production...

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Afternoon Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 55,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8

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

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 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 38000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 55,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 7
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
Hudson I x 12

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
6 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

third strike against this unit today, third time no damage... boy...

well, we�re attacking TANKS...

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Afternoon Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 55,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes

and then, this just had to happen...

the "strike package" fun hit us once again and three Blenheim were shot down... not possible to coordinate anything with the given routines... and yes, I am meeting all requirements, all official and even the inofficial in this case... doesn�t work...

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Pre-Invasion action off Pamekasan

Japanese Ships
PB Taiko Maru

PB Taiko Maru firing at enemy troops

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Amphibious Assault at Pamekasan

TF 128 troops unloading over beach at Pamekasan, 57,105

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

19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of II./124th Infantry Bn

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Pre-Invasion action off Pamekasan

Japanese Ships
PC Sumire

PC Sumire firing at enemy troops

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Amphibious Assault at Pamekasan

TF 233 troops unloading over beach at Pamekasan, 57,105

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1240 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 857

Defending force 19853 troops, 206 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 486

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

Assaulting units:
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
6th KNIL Regiment
MLD
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Djojakarta Base Force
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
ABDA
South Java Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Malang Base Force

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9061 troops, 125 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 485

Defending force 24379 troops, 318 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 857

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

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

Assaulting units:
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Commandement Marine
ABDA
South Java Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
MLD
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

another month has passed and it�s time for the sub statistics again...

starting 25th Jan 42

MK14

total attacks 147
exploding hits 30 (22.06% of total hits)
duds 106 (77.94% of total hits)
miss 11 (7.48% of total attacks)

22.06% exploding hits is slightly below what I would expect from torp salvoes with torps with a dud rate of 80%... the hit rate stays insanely high (something Rainer doesn�t like at all), especially compared with our other torps... no matter if we attack freighters or agile destroyers, usually you can bet for a hit when a 6 torp salvo is fired at the target, more or less the same is also true for the 4 torp salvoes... in two weeks all our USN subs will have radar...

MK10

total attacks 18
exploding hits 9 (90% of total hits)
duds 1 (10% of total hits)
miss 8 (44.44% of total attacks)

our S-class subs stay more or less disappointing, mostly due to the fact that they aren�t meeting any targets to shoot at... the skippers are complete noobs when looking at the hit rate though. 44.44% misses is just a bad joke, though it can be even worse as you can see below...

53.3cm/45cm/21MKVIII

total attacks 35
exploding hits 12 (75% of total hits)
duds 4 (25% of total hits)
miss 19 (54.29% of total attacks)

Dutch and British subs, the most useless on the map... two hits the yesterday from Dutch subs has increased their hit rate a bit but come on, nearly 55% misses is just a joke... a bad one... 25% of the rare hits then result in duds which is again frustrating considering the set dud rate for those torps... roughly only 1/3 of the attacks (34.29%) has lead to a hit and a hit doesn�t always mean the ship is sunk... frustrating performance by my Dutch subs (the couple of British subs have done nearly nothing so far)...

starting 25th Feb 42

IJN

total attacks 11
exploding hits 8 (88.89% of total hits)
duds 1 (11.11% of total hits)
miss 2 (18.18% of total attacks)

IJN statistic started a month later but isn�t really amusing for Rainer either... the IJN subs just don�t get a shot at my ships as the subs aren�t where my ships are

though when they meet my convoys they are by far deadlier than my subs alltogether... both their hit rate and dud rate is excellent... hit rates and duds look very good and especially the ability to place more than one torp into the target makes the IJN subs very dangerous... good thing my convoys are far off the expected shipping lanes and they are constantly using different paths... with the months going by, I will also get more and more escorts... many DDs are undergoing (or have already completed) their upgrades to DEs with an ASW value of 8...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/17/2010 10:09:22 PM

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Haha, that's the first time I"ve heard of 7 Blenheim IV's referred to as a "Strike Package".

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/18/2010 8:19:52 AM

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ORIGINAL: AcePylut

Haha, that's the first time I"ve heard of 7 Blenheim IV's referred to as a "Strike Package".

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/18/2010 12:29:29 PM

castor troy

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 26, 42
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,46

Japanese Ships
DD Arashi
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SS KIX

SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at DD Arashi
KIX bottoming out ....
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...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

dud Dutch torp... grrrrr....

bombardement coming in...

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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,46

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
DD Arashi
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SS KIX

SS KIX is sighted by escort
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...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

second attempt of closing in to attack the cruiser squadron was driven off by the escorts...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Malang at 55,105, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
PT TM-4
PT TM-6
PT TM-7
PT TM-8
PT TM-9

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 82% moonlight: 12,000 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
Van Kooten R. gains tactical advantage
CL Nagara engages PT TM-8 at 8,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-4 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-9 at 8,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages PT TM-8 at 8,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-8 at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-6 at 10,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-8 at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages PT TM-9 at 12,000 yards
CL Nagara engages PT TM-8 at 12,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-6 at 12,000 yards
CL Nagara engages PT TM-4 at 12,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-7 at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...

still got some Dutch PTs in Java... not for much longer...

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Sub attack near Sapporo at 120,49

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-25
SC CHa-13

Allied Ships
SS Trigger

SS Trigger launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-25
Trigger diving deep ....
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-25 is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

and the usual MK14 dud...

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Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko

Allied ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33
Port hits 17
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1

BB Yamashiro firing at Akyab
BB Fuso firing at Akyab
CA Ashigara firing at Akyab
CA Nachi firing at Akyab
CA Haguro firing at AVG Ground Echelon
CA Myoko firing at 106th RAF Base Force

not just cruisers involved but also some battlewaggons... damage done is quite substantial... will take us around 3-4 days to repair the damage and revert to building forts... don�t like the supply hits as supply has been critical all the time at Akyab... enemy naval bombardements in this area have been quite lethal...

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Amphibious Assault at Christmas Island IO

TF 342 troops unloading over beach at Christmas Island IO, 45,104

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Soerabaja at 56,104, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
PT TM-4, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT TM-6, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT TM-7
PT TM-8
PT TM-9, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 15,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-9 at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-8 at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-9 at 7,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-6 at 7,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-9 at 7,000 yards
Van Kooten R. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 9,000 yards
PT TM-9 sunk by DD Shirakumo at 9,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages PT TM-8 at 9,000 yards
CL Naka engages PT TM-4 at 9,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-6 at 9,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-6 at 9,000 yards
PT TM-4 sunk by DD Harusame at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages PT TM-8 at 13,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-8 at 13,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-6 at 13,000 yards
PT TM-6 sunk by DD Harusame at 13,000 yards
Range increases to 16,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-8 at 16,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-8 at 16,000 yards
Range increases to 21,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages PT TM-8 at 21,000 yards
Task forces break off...

now that was great, our PTs were attacked at Malang during the night, retreated away from it, move back during the day and have to go through the Soerabaja hex... having enemy TFs in the same hex results in engagements more or less all the time of course (even if they are made up by small PTs) and during the day, our PTs are dead meat...

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
TK Tonan Maru #3
PB Choko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

SS Haddock launches 4 torpedoes at TK Tonan Maru #3
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

come on... another dud...

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
25 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 93rd Chinese Corps, at 84,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 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:
14 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 18
B-17E Fortress x 40

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

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

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 110

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 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

huge strike out of Australia, nearly all our bombers flew in the main strike today... result was devastating to the enemy base... Rainer isn�t building PM�s base facilities up (pretty sure he�s building forts though) and as there�s only a base force and a div at PM I doubt he will use it as a bomber base...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes

nearly all bombers were coming in with the main strike, but the small follow up strike again met more fighters than the main strike...

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Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15

No Japanese losses

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

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Rangoon at 53,55

Japanese Ships
DD Tadeshiwa, heavy damage
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS Truant, hits 3

SS Truant launches 6 torpedoes at DD Tadeshiwa
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

What the hell is wrong with the dice... this was a fridging dud also!!!

This heavily damaged DD was hit by a Dutch sub earlier and could now have been finished just outside Rangoon... 6 torps fired and all I get are duds...

As if the dud rate of Dutch/British torps wouldn�t be bad enough already with 25% the last months... so the DD will live on...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67602 troops, 658 guns, 345 vehicles, Assault Value = 2390

Defending force 40028 troops, 581 guns, 676 vehicles, Assault Value = 1101

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 601

Allied adjusted defense: 1463

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1741 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 308 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 263 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Guns lost 12 (0 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 54 (1 destroyed, 53 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1854 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 55 destroyed, 240 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 34 (6 destroyed, 28 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
9th Division
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
4th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Rangoon BAF Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
BFF Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
103rd RAF Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
102nd RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
104th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st South India Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
AVG Ground Echelon
RAF 221 Group Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
Burma Corps
103rd RN Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

here comes the Japanese attack and it�s repulsed... the losses are severe, but the Japanese suffer more assault value lost (disabled)... makes Akyab a tough nut to crack for the Japanese divisions but not impossible I guess... the fact that we once again have more squads destroyed than the attacker is again depressing...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1240 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 855

Defending force 19903 troops, 205 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 490

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

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

Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
MLD
Commandement Marine
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Djojakarta Base Force
South Java Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
ABDA
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Malang Base Force

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9100 troops, 125 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 489

Defending force 24353 troops, 318 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 855

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

Assaulting units:
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Commandement Marine
South Java Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
ABDA
MLD
Tjilitap Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
18th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

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Post #: 217

RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/18/2010 12:42:08 PM

castor troy

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Joined: 8/23/2004
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 27, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Malang at 55,105, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
PT TM-7
PT TM-8

Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 89% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Allied PT Boat TF evades combat

the last two Dutch PTs... I won�t create any new PTs in this campaign I guess...

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Submarine attack near Sydney at 91,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
xAK Steel Ranger, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

xAK Steel Ranger is sighted by SS I-23
SS I-23 launches 6 torpedoes

another IJN sub shows up near Sydney and kills a lonely freighter... this is just two hexes outside of Sydney, within the range of about four dozen aircraft on naval search... we haven�t spotted the sub before but after this attack we�ve formed four ASW TFs to hunt the sub down...

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Pre-Invasion action off Pamekasan

Japanese Ships
PB Taiko Maru

PB Taiko Maru firing at enemy troops

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Amphibious Assault at Pamekasan

TF 128 troops unloading over beach at Pamekasan, 57,105

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

19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of II./124th Infantry Bn /1
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of II./124th Infantry Bn

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Invasion Support action off Pamekasan

Japanese Ships
PB Taiko Maru

PB Taiko Maru firing at enemy troops

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Sub attack near San Francisco at 215,70

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
AV Pocomoke, Torpedo hits 1

AV Pocomoke is sighted by SS I-17
SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes

mmm, an attack just outside of Sydney and now this one just outside of San Francisco... also this sub wasn�t spotted before... looks like Rainer has changed his tactic again, he couldn�t find my convoys going far off the shipping lanes so he now concentrates his efforts near my major bases... and it obviously pays off... if not attacked again then the AV will make it...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 55,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged

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

CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (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 32400
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...

we�re moving two divs and two bgds towards Cox�s Bazar and Rainer attacks them... I�m not sure if he has not just forgotten about his Lillies... they come in unescorted and four fighters on Cap take down 7 of them with another one being lost to flak fire... Lillies are the Japanese equivalent of Blenheims...

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Afternoon Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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ASW attack near Truk at 109,113

Japanese Ships
xAK Kuraido Maru
xAKL Kanaiyama Maru
xAKL Kaijo Maru #2
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

SS KXVII is sighted by escort
KXVII diving deep ....
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yunagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yunagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yunagi loses contact with SS KXVII
SS KXVII eludes DD Yunagi by diving deep
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Invasion Support action off Pamekasan

Japanese Ships
PB Taiko Maru

PB Taiko Maru firing at enemy troops

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 380 troops, 12 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 2136

Defending force 37947 troops, 579 guns, 671 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022

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

Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
45th Indian Brigade
1st Burma Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
BFF Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
104th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
4th NW Frontier Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
95th Heavy AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
108th RAF Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
6th Medium Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
Burma Corps
100th RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

it just stays amazing what Banzai spirit can achieve... this is only the artillery unit bombarding and 12 tubes cause heavy losses within our fortified positions...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1222 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1339

Defending force 19860 troops, 205 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 490

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

Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
South Java Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Commandement Marine
MLD
ABDA
Malang Base Force

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Ground combat at Loemadjang (56,106)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1528 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 30

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Loemadjang !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 4th SNLF

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Ground combat at Christmas Island IO (45,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

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 Christmas Island IO !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9082 troops, 124 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 486

Defending force 40706 troops, 441 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 1339

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

Assaulting units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
MLD
Djojakarta Base Force
South Java Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Commandement Marine
ABDA
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
5th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
18th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12999 troops, 225 guns, 365 vehicles, Assault Value = 1019

Defending force 64163 troops, 658 guns, 344 vehicles, Assault Value = 2136

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
BFF Brigade
1st Burma Division
45th Indian Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
103rd RAF Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
104th RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
100th RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
101st RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
AVG Ground Echelon
21st Light AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
6th Medium Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

while our halve dozen artillery units on the other hand can�t do what the Japanese can do with 12 guns, we�ve got 225 guns, ranging from 3.7" mountain guns, to 18 and 25 pounders and 4.5" guns... And the 3.7" and 18 pounder guns aren�t really inferior to the 25 pounder as they nearly have the same effect (to my surprise)... we are sitting in fortified positions, the Japanese just moved in... funny... really... most of India�s artillery is sitting at Akyab and it�s not even nearly as effective as a single IJA artillery regiment... didn�t know Japanese artillery was so superior...

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The AVG now has another ace, 2nd LT Bartling shot down three Japanese medium bombers near Cox�s Bazar today!

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 28, 42
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Amphibious Assault at Siberoet

TF 26 troops unloading over beach at Siberoet, 42,85

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 65,100, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
PT TM-7, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT TM-8, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 17,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 17,000 yards
Murakami E. crosses the 'T'
PT TM-8 sunk by DD Yudachi at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
PT TM-7 sunk by DD Yudachi at 12,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

I wondered where my two PTs ended up yesterday as I couldn�t find them anymore around Malang... they decided to change their homeport to some base far outside of their range

and they have a mid ocean intercept (yeah, it just stays bullet prove - no wonder PTs are big ships and a hex is only a small area of sea) somewhere South of Balikpapan which means their end...

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Submarine attack near Kodiak at 182,40

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
xAK Dorothy Philips, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

xAK Dorothy Philips is sighted by SS I-170
SS I-170 attacking xAK Dorothy Philips on the surface

attacks near Sydney and San Francisco yesterday, today a freighter is blown up near Kodiak... looks like all eventual locations where my convoys could eventually go are covered by IJN subs now... will increase the ASW efforts near my bases again...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

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

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
23 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 Horn Island , at 91,128

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 35

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

training raid against Horn Island... 5 pilots today ended up with a higher experience at the end of the day...

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Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-17E Fortress x 3

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

it will take forever to increase exp when only 5 out of 65 crews increase their exp (by one point probably)...

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Amphibious Assault at Larantoeka

TF 309 troops unloading over beach at Larantoeka, 67,113

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37919 troops, 441 guns, 302 vehicles, Assault Value = 1337

Defending force 19856 troops, 204 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 489

Japanese adjusted assault: 796

Allied adjusted defense: 1168

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
946 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2187 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 110 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 123 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Vehicles lost 32 (32 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
8th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
Commandement Marine
Djojakarta Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
1st KNIL AA Battalion
ABDA
South Java Base Force
MLD
Soerabaja Base Force
Malang Base Force

we hold but it�s the same old story, our entrenched troops sitting in a mountain hex are shredded while it�s just a sake party for the Japanese... our units get whiped out and the attacker just doesn�t suffer at all... no matter if the defenders are Dutch, British, Indian or US units...

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Ground combat at Pakanbaroe (46,83)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3545 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 57

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 57 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pakanbaroe !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 380 troops, 12 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 2167

Defending force 38034 troops, 578 guns, 671 vehicles, Assault Value = 1026

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

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

Assaulting units:
38th Division
9th Tank Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
48th Division
9th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
Rangoon BAF Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
BFF Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Railway BAF Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
44th Indian Bde /1
1st Madras Construction Battalion
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
102nd RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
95th Heavy AA Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
107th RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
101st RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
100th RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
103rd RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
1st South India Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

amazingly low casualties today...

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Ground combat at Pamekasan (57,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2926 troops, 26 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 117

Defending force 1483 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Japanese adjusted assault: 74

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pamekasan !!!

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

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

Allied ground losses:
1577 casualties reported
Squads: 131 destroyed, 105 disabled
Non Combat: 94 destroyed, 63 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
II./124th Infantry Battalion
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Barisan KNIL Regiment

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8502 troops, 124 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 369

Defending force 40005 troops, 441 guns, 381 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294

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

Assaulting units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
MLD
Commandement Marine
ABDA
South Java Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Soerabaja Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
8th Tank Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12988 troops, 224 guns, 365 vehicles, Assault Value = 1025

Defending force 64448 troops, 658 guns, 343 vehicles, Assault Value = 2167

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

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

Assaulting units:
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Burma Division
BFF Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
6th Medium Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
108th RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
21st Light AA Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
RAF 221 Group Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
102nd RAF Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
1st South India Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
4th NW Frontier Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
223 Group RAF
103rd RN Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Current shipping loses (I really love tracker

). Note that we haven�t lost a single BB during the PH attack even if it looked like we would lose at least 4 or 5 of them. The damage done looked so devastating that Rainer also must have thought it wouldn�t be worth to do another strike as the BBs would be finished anyway. We were absolutely lucky there. I�m amazed to see that we haven�t even lost halve a dozen DDs and only two CLs are lost (Dutch). All in all, I�m very pleased about our losses so far. With KB�s air wings being massacred over Sydney, the Japanese also have the lead (by 200 ac) in air losses.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 29, 42

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ASW attack near Iriomote at 91,62

Japanese Ships
PB Muroran Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon, hits 1

SS Gudgeon is sighted by escort
PB Muroran Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Gudgeon takes one hit and retires with 13 sys, 18 flt and some engine damage to Pearl...

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,107

Japanese Ships
xAK Arabia Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS O19

SS O19 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Arabia Maru
O19 diving deep ....
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a Dutch sub sinks an AK near Truk... wow, the Dutch seem to be on steroids at the moment...

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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 121,48

Japanese Ships
PB Tamo Maru #7
xAK Kaisyo Maru
xAK Kaimei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

SS Thresher launches 4 torpedoes at PB Tamo Maru #7
Thresher diving deep ....
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another escort is hit by dud torps... will be interesting how the decrease in accuracy of torps coming with the next patch will influence the MK14 hit rate...

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Amphibious Assault at Cagayan

TF 48 troops unloading over beach at Cagayan, 79,89

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

Type 95 Light Tank damaged beyond repair during unload of 4th Tank Rgt

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Sub attack near Broome at 61,126

Japanese Ships
xAK Utide Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS KX

SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Utide Maru
KX bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection

and another hit by a Dutch sub... not sure how the chance to survive for the freighter is...

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Sub attack near Aogashima at 114,66

Japanese Ships
xAK Toyohasi Maru
xAK Taketoyo Maru
PB Okuyo Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Toyohasi Maru
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Seadragon scores with duds...

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Sub attack near Flinders Island at 89,178

Japanese Ships
SS I-24, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Reid, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

DD Flusser

SS I-24 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Reid
I-24 diving deep ....
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser attacking submerged sub ....
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

one of the ASW TFs that was sent out to hunt I-23 reacts to attack I-24 but the outcome is that DD Reid gets sunk immedietely and in return the sub only takes minor damage... great... looks like I would have been better off to keep my 20 DDs in Sydney�s port instead of sending them out to hunt I-23...

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 11 damaged

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

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Submarine attack near Vaitupu at 142,144

Japanese Ships
SS I-29

Allied Ships
xAKL Soerabaja, Shell hits 7, heavy fires

xAKL Soerabaja is sighted by SS I-29
SS I-29 attacking on the surface
Izu, Juichi decides to submerge SS I-29 due to damage

I-29 then kills a xAKL with gunfire... no torps fired, the ship sinks after this attack...

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Sub attack near Truk at 113,100

Japanese Ships
xAK Yoshida Maru #3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Narita Maru

Allied Ships
SS O24

SS O24 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Yoshida Maru #3
O24 diving deep ....
PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Narita Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Narita Maru cannot establish contact with SS O24
PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we take revenge though and sink a freighter near Truk... intense subwar at the moment...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 396 troops, 12 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 2201

Defending force 38228 troops, 577 guns, 671 vehicles, Assault Value = 1025

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

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

Assaulting units:
48th Division
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
1st Burma Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
BFF Brigade
44th Indian Bde /1
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
1st South India Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
107th RAF Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
6th Medium Regiment
223 Group RAF
95th Heavy AA Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
103rd RN Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
103rd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1207 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1302

Defending force 17971 troops, 204 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 371

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

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Djojakarta Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
Commandement Marine
South Java Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
1st KNIL AA Battalion
MLD
Soerabaja Base Force
ABDA
Malang Base Force

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Ground combat at Larantoeka (67,113)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 23

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Larantoeka !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)

Assaulting units:
I/81st Naval Guard Unit

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Ground combat at Siberoet (42,85)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 11

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Siberoet !!!

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

Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8527 troops, 124 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 371

Defending force 40173 troops, 441 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 1302

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

Assaulting units:
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
ABDA
Soerabaja Base Force
South Java Base Force
Commandement Marine
Djojakarta Base Force
MLD
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
18th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12962 troops, 224 guns, 365 vehicles, Assault Value = 1023

Defending force 64814 troops, 658 guns, 342 vehicles, Assault Value = 2201

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

Allied ground losses:
10 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)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
BFF Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
Rangoon BAF Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
21st Light AA Regiment
108th RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st South India Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Burma Corps
AVG Ground Echelon
100th RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
107th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
101st RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
1st Madras Construction Battalion
102nd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
9th Division
38th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

pretty useless Allied bombardement it seems...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 30, 42
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ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru
PB Uruboko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trigger

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

a single escort once again prevents us from attacking the convoy... I�m sure Rainer has a different view on his ASW but for me, his ASW forces are doing quite good in either preventing us from attacking or by damaging our subs... they have really a hard time sinking our subs though...

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ASW attack near Newcastle at 92,167

Japanese Ships
SS I-23, hits 2

Allied Ships
BC Repulse
CA Louisville
CA Portland
DD Jarvis
DD Patterson
DD Helm
DD Maury
DD McCall
DD Gridley
DD Craven

SS I-23 is sighted by escort
DD Maury fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD McCall attacking submerged sub ....
DD Gridley fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Craven fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

a strong surface combat group was returning to Sydney and runs over I-23 that obviously was heading North after succesfully sinking an AK near Sydney... our destroyers attack the sub scoring two near misses... guess we can be lucky not to see a capitol ship being torpedoed...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
CA Maya
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Kuroshio
DD Yukikaze
DD Hayashio
DD Maikaze
DD Murasame
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
xAKL Sigli, Shell hits 12, and is sunk

Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 100% moonlight: 1,000 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...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
CA Kumano engages xAKL Sigli at 1,000 yards
xAKL Sigli sunk by BB Kongo at 1,000 yards
xAKL Sigli sunk by BB Kongo at 1,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

the next bombardement already? xAKL that nearly has completed unloading at Akyab is sunk... when will be the time when a sub hits one of his BBs going back and forth here (while passing by at least halve a dozen of my subs)...

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Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45 - 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
CA Maya

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

BB Haruna firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
BB Kongo firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Kumano firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Suzuya firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Mikuma firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CA Mogami firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Maya firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment

bombardment completely missed today...

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Sub attack near Aogashima at 114,66

Japanese Ships
PB Marei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Marei Maru
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds...

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ASW attack near Bassein at 51,51

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
DD Makigumo
DD Yamakaze
DD Murasame
DD Maikaze
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS KIX

SS KIX is sighted by escort
DD Yamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
SS KIX eludes DD Yamakaze by hugging bottom
DD Murasame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murasame loses contact with SS KIX
DD Maikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayashio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Murasame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Maikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Maikaze cannot reach attack position over SS KIX
DD Maikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and another sub meeting the bombardment group but is driven off by the escorts...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

no reason for me to put fighters at Akyab... there should be enough flak to defend the base and air attacks are pretty useless anyway...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

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

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
23 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 3rd Carabiniers Regiment, at 54,45 (Akyab)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25

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

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

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...

some Sallies come in to bomb a tank unit but more or less don�t do damage... flak hasn�t been as effective as lately when looking at the losses in the end... still lots of damaged bombers... but only one Sally lost...

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 15
B-17E Fortress x 22

No Allied losses

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

Port hits 10
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

and we continue to do our training runs...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65133 troops, 658 guns, 341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2243

Defending force 38771 troops, 577 guns, 671 vehicles, Assault Value = 1055

Japanese adjusted assault: 709

Allied adjusted defense: 1725

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1415 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 53 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 128 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 71 (11 destroyed, 60 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2963 casualties reported
Squads: 55 destroyed, 62 disabled

Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 221 disabled

Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 35 (3 destroyed, 32 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
38th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Burma Division
45th Indian Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
BFF Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
Rangoon BAF Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
44th Indian Bde /1
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
6th Medium Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
101st RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
102nd RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
Burma Corps
100th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
106th RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

next Japanese deliberate attack and not much hope to really achieve something, at least not in regards of taking the base... when looking at the losses though our troops keep on getting shredded while the Japanese keep on mostly suffering only disablements... great, really... a coule of btn sized units have been completely whiped out already...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37585 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1317

Defending force 18025 troops, 204 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 372

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1288

Allied adjusted defense: 526

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
637 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 70 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 29 (1 destroyed, 28 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1094 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Commandement Marine
ABDA
MLD
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Soerabaja Base Force
South Java Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force
Malang Base Force

we won�t hold long and the bullet prove Japanese soldiers suffer no KIA... super humans...
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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8314 troops, 124 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 335

Defending force 39691 troops, 441 guns, 382 vehicles, Assault Value = 1280

Assaulting units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Djojakarta Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Soerabaja Base Force
MLD
Commandement Marine
South Java Base Force
ABDA
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
5th Division
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12515 troops, 224 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 961

Defending force 63547 troops, 658 guns, 331 vehicles, Assault Value = 2143

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

Assaulting units:
BFF Brigade
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Burma Division
Rangoon BAF Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
103rd RN Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
6th Medium Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Burma Corps
108th RAF Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
101st RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st South India Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
1st Madras Construction Battalion
104th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
48th Division
9th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

bombardment attacks get worse...

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Ground combat at Cox's Bazar (54,43)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 23144 troops, 222 guns, 360 vehicles, Assault Value = 888

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

Allied adjusted assault: 1061

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 1061 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Cox's Bazar !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)

Assaulting units:
75th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
84th Indian Brigade
26th Indian Division

two Japanese units moved out yesterday, the rest today... our shock attack takes an empty base... damn it...

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Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 615 troops, 0 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 53

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 53 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cagayan !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Rgt /1

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/20/2010 10:52:00 AM

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May 01, AVG 1 was upgraded to the new USAAF fighter type P-38E Lightning...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 01, 42
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 51,55

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
DD Kuroshio
DD Yamakaze
DD Murasame
DD Maikaze
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
SS Truant, hits 1

SS Truant is sighted by escort
Truant bottoming out ....
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Murasame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Maikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hayashio attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

a near miss rattles the British sub in shallow water...

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Sub attack near Cape Gloucester at 102,123

Japanese Ships
xAK Shofuku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PB Sonan Maru #5
xAKL Higari Maru
xAKL Ujigawa Maru
PB Shonon Maru #15
PB Shuko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS S-47

SS S-47 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Shofuku Maru
S-47 diving deep ....
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #15 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shonon Maru #15 is out of ASW ammo
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

MK10 hit doesn�t mean a freigther is sunk but the hopes are high... next "bigger" port in the area would be Rabaul...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 19 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
23 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 Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

when we meet only a handful of Zeroes then usually the 4E bombers win in terms of losses A2A... As soon as the number goes up to a dozen fighters on Cap, the fighters win...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield 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

pure training raid as all of the time... but it isn�t even really good training as only a couple of crews increase their exp in such a raid...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37031 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1289

Defending force 17144 troops, 204 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 342

Japanese adjusted assault: 325

Allied adjusted defense: 826

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
715 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1904 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 77 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
MLD
Djojakarta Base Force
Commandement Marine
ABDA
Soerabaja Base Force
South Java Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Malang Base Force

no hope for the Dutch and no permanent losses to the attacker...

the effect on the attackers just stays pathetic... the Japanese can roll over the map without suffering any dead and the disabled are recovered easily in no time...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 364 troops, 12 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 2152

Defending force 36446 troops, 576 guns, 668 vehicles, Assault Value = 975

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
38th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
45th Indian Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
BFF Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
7th Armoured Brigade
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
104th RAF Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
6th Medium Regiment
102nd RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
103rd RN Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
101st RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
Burma Corps
223 Group RAF
21st Light AA Regiment
1st South India Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7745 troops, 124 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 275

Defending force 39098 troops, 441 guns, 382 vehicles, Assault Value = 1237

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

Assaulting units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Tjilitap Base Force
MLD
Djojakarta Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
Commandement Marine
ABDA
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1350 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 975

Defending force 63660 troops, 658 guns, 329 vehicles, Assault Value = 2152

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

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

Assaulting units:
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
1st Burma Division
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
BFF Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
103rd RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
101st RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
1st South India Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
102nd RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
RAF 223 Group Wing
95th Heavy AA Regiment
107th RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
4th NW Frontier Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
48th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Division
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

our halve dozen artillery units at Akyab nuke the Japanese...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/20/2010 11:02:44 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 02, 42
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Submarine attack near Koggala at 30,55

Japanese Ships
SS I-158

Allied Ships
xAK Fingal, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAK Fingal is sighted by SS I-158
SS I-158 attacking on the surface

The IJN subs definetely have been getting annoying lately... they scored more often in the last week than the last month... still, losses to IJN subs are staying far below concerning number and it�s no tragedy for the Allied to lose a couple of lonely AKs to subs... but it again shows me that single freighters going around unescorted are dead meat...

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ASW attack near Ominato at 117,51

Japanese Ships
xAK Norway Maru
PB Tokihime Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum

SS Drum is sighted by escort
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Truk at 110,112

Japanese Ships
DD Urakaze
CA Takao
DD Kasumi
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

SS KXIV launches 4 torpedoes at DD Urakaze
KXIV diving deep ....
DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the Dutch sub missed... big TF moving out of Truk... what�s going on?

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Submarine attack near Karachi at 37,6

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
xAK Clan Lamont

xAK Clan Lamont is sighted by SS I-166
SS I-166 launches 4 torpedoes

now that was luck, the IJN sub missed... this bugger was waiting in the hex where shipping from Aden enters the map when going to Karachi... and those convoys always enter at the same hex... will have to use waypoints for the convoys right where they enter the map... losing this AK would have been really bad as it was carrying a squadron of Hurricanes...

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Submarine attack near Koggala at 28,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 3

Allied Ships
xAKL Washingtonian, Shell hits 8, heavy fires

xAKL Washingtonian is sighted by SS I-158
SS I-158 attacking on the surface
SS I-158 low on gun ammo, Nagaishi K. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

the damned I-158 kills another freighter today... no torp fired but the IJN subs are so much more potent in gunfighting than the US subs with their popguns that the small freighter went down right after the combat...

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Amphibious Assault at Batoe-eilanden

TF 26 troops unloading over beach at Batoe-eilanden, 43,82

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
xAKL Taganoura Maru
PB Choun Maru #8

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Taganoura Maru
Seadragon diving deep ....
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

our fleet subs keep on firing duds but they are hitting like wild... will be interesting how much was changed with the upcoming patch...

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Amphibious Assault at Enggano

TF 342 troops unloading over beach at Enggano, 44,94

Japanese ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

looks like the IJN amphib bonus has run out... that is good news...

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Amphibious Assault at Sawoe-eilanden

TF 350 troops unloading over beach at Sawoe-eilanden, 65,115

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

same here, not normal for those mini units to suffer that many disablements when the amphib bonus would still be active... so any more IJN amphib operations have to be really planned now and no more unloading of halve a dozen divs in a port 1 in one day...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 333 troops, 12 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 2174

Defending force 36950 troops, 596 guns, 667 vehicles, Assault Value = 1009

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

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

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
Imperial Guards Division
38th Division
9th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
44th Indian Bde /1
45th Indian Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Rangoon BAF Battalion
BFF Brigade
26th Indian Bde /1
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
108th RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Burma Corps
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
101st RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
107th RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
1st South India Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
100th RAF Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

at least the Japanese art unit has stopped nuking our troops here...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1142 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1238

Defending force 15948 troops, 204 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 287

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

Assaulting units:
5th Division
18th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
MLD
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Soerabaja Base Force
Commandement Marine
Djojakarta Base Force
ABDA
Tjilitap Base Force
South Java Base Force
Malang Base Force

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1350 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1008

Defending force 63934 troops, 657 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 2174

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

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

Assaulting units:
44th Indian Bde /1
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
Rangoon BAF Battalion
BFF Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Burma Division
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
26th Indian Bde /1
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
6th Medium Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
103rd RAF Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
21st Light AA Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
100th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
Burma Corps
102nd RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
108th RAF Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Division
48th Division
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

wonder if Rainer will give up here or if he will try to take the base... will be a hard task with the troops already sieging Akyab and I�m not sure how much more he can bring in (well, there are 2000 av fighting in Java and that fighting will soon be over). We can move in more troops too so time is on our side I guess...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/20/2010 11:13:23 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 03, 42
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Submarine attack near San Francisco at 215,70

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
xAKL Mauna Ala, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAKL Mauna Ala is sighted by SS I-17
SS I-17 attacking on the surface
SS I-17 low on gun ammo, Akashiba O. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

god damn! Another sub (two have been spotted) is lurking just outside of San Francisco and a lonely going xAKL was sunk by gunfire... again, no torp fired and the 12 cm deck gun did a god job... got two ASW TFs operating in this area but without any success...

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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63

Japanese Ships
xAK Ume Maru
xAK Nittei Maru
xAK Nansin Maru
xAK Enju Maru
PB Eiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ume Maru
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
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

in return we scratch the paint of a freighter being hit by duds...

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ASW attack near Moppo at 99,53

Japanese Ships
xAK Tamon Maru
xAK Akiura Maru
E Hishu

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon, hits 1

SS Seadragon is sighted by escort
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu attacking submerged sub ....
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and are driven off by single escorts... a near miss...

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Morning Air attack on 27th JAAF AF Bn , at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 36,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 6

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x H81-A3 sweeping at 32400 feet

no sweep, escorts failing to meet the bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

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

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

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

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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
23 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 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 29
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
Hudson I x 21
P-38E Lightning x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Hudson I: 4 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 27th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 35th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 35th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 27th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 35th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 35th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...

even if it�s clear sky, our bombers can�t do anything... air to ground attacks are 100% useless in this patch version... going from nuklear to no effect and perhaps back again... it�s hard to find a reasonable setting unfortunately... P-38 equipped AVG1 joined this attack as escorts by accident, the enemy is now aware of our new fighters being in the area... as I already thought, Cox�s Bazar had a flak unit, therefore flak fire is quite strong... the Blenheims are hit hard... Two of my Indian divs are on the move into this hex to kick the Japanese out... with air to ground attacks complete waste of time and efforts I�m not sure we will have much of a chance with two of our divisions vs. the one superhuman Ind.Mixed Bgd and two support units... we�ll see...

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Ground combat at Liuchow (74,55)

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 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Liuchow !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
102nd Infantry Regiment

Liuchow was evacuated when the Japs moved in... my Chinese troops are starving, still suffering from the first weeks of the war when all damaged industry was set to repair and we�ve spent ten thousands of supplies for repairs... again, be aware of the default settings when you start a campaign, they don�t make sense and if you notice too late, you are screwed and can lose a whole theatre as a result... I hope I noticed early enough, even if it looks very grim at the moment...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1152 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1262

Defending force 16075 troops, 204 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 299

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

Assaulting units:
18th Division
5th Division
8th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
Commandement Marine
1st KNIL AA Battalion
ABDA
Soerabaja Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
MLD
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Malang Base Force

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Ground combat at Batoe-eilanden (43,82)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 412 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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 Batoe-eilanden !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)

Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1360 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1036

Defending force 64137 troops, 657 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 2190

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

Allied ground losses:
12 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:
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
45th Indian Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
BFF Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
26th Indian Bde /1
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
RAF 221 Group Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
Burma Corps
95th Heavy AA Regiment
101st RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
106th RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
223 Group RAF
102nd RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
48th Division
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
9th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

seems like my bombardments are getting more and more contraproductive...

hard to imagine as the Allied but I wish I had some of those heavy IJA artillery units...

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Ground combat at Enggano (44,94)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 359 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Enggano !!!

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

Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy /1

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Ground combat at Sawoe-eilanden (65,115)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 283 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

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 Sawoe-eilanden !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy /2

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/20/2010 1:45:32 PM

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Do you believe your opponents have his surface TFs set to react? If so there is still a sneaky use for your PTs

I made 6 PTs in Soerebaja, had them remain, Soerebaja as homeport, no reaction, maximum threat acceptance.
The result - 2 CAs, 1 CL and 1 DD lost to the minefield at Soerebaja.

I also notice that you only count 16 hurricane replacements per month, is not that for the IIb only? I use both models and they do well against anything my opponents send against me.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/20/2010 3:19:55 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: terje439

Do you believe your opponents have his surface TFs set to react? If so there is still a sneaky use for your PTs
I made 6 PTs in Soerebaja, had them remain, Soerebaja as homeport, no reaction, maximum threat acceptance.
The result - 2 CAs, 1 CL and 1 DD lost to the minefield at Soerebaja.

I also notice that you only count 16 hurricane replacements per month, is not that for the IIb only? I use both models and they do well against anything my opponents send against me.

at the moment I�m using all four available models of the Hurricane, the I, IIa, IIb and IIc (four of them on the whole map). The only one that is produced at the moment is the IIb though, the I and IIa aren�t produced anymore and the IIa not yet.

No place where I could create PTs to make use of them and other than lurking the enemy into minefields I can�t see much use of them anyway so if not really a must I won�t create anymore PTs.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/22/2010 10:48:51 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 04, 42
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ASW attack near Sapporo at 120,49

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-14
SC CHa-30
SC CHa-18

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel

SS Pickerel is located by SC CHa-14
SC CHa-30 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

been quite some time since we�ve sunk a freighter up North...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
xAKL Santa Ana, Shell hits 23, and is sunk

Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 82% 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
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 2,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 2,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 2,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 4,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages xAKL Santa Ana at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
xAKL Santa Ana sunk by DD Suzukaze at 2,000 yards
xAKL Santa Ana sunk by DD Suzukaze at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

so far I�ve never spotted any of those raiders coming in... my nav search just sucks... even worse, every enemy TF that is moving to Akyab has to pass over more than halve a dozen of my subs (all with working torps) but my subs are just as useless as more or less everything else...

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Amphibious Assault at Cocos Islands

TF 233 troops unloading over beach at Cocos Islands, 33,101

Japanese ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of III./4th Infantry Bn /1
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of III./4th Infantry Bn /1

my emergency refuel base for subs in the Indian Ocean is gone...

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ASW attack near Saishu To at 98,55

Japanese Ships
xAK Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon is sighted by escort
Sturgeon bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection

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Sub attack near Moppo at 99,54

Japanese Ships
xAK Kizan Maru
xAK Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kizan Maru
Sturgeon bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection

second try, this time duds...

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Sub attack near Sapporo at 120,49

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-25

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

SS Thresher launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-25
Thresher diving deep ....
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 30,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 28300 feet *

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Raid is overhead

I have moved my carriers unspotted to a position 6 hexes SW of Buna to launch a sweep against this base to clear the way for my heavy bombers... the carriers position themselve and of course launch a series of uncoordinated sweeps... just stupid uncoordination again... same target, same aircraft, same alt... I was amazed not to see a bigger Cap (it�s not even really bigger than the leaking Cap to PM) and our Wildcats have quite some problem taking down the Nicks and mostly damage them...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 32,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 28300 feet *

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

next sweep encounters some Zeroes that were leaking in from Lae...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25

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

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

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
25 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 Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 22

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Raid is overhead

the Lightnings only meet one leaking Oscar over this base, the Jap was damaged but not lost and the fight was over... would love to see halve a dozen leaking fighters...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 28,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 28300 feet *

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 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, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes

and our third squadron coming in on it�s sweep... I�ve put three Marine squadrons onto the US carriers as my carrier based squadrons seem not to resize to fit the ship size and my carriers are going around with a 70 ac complement while they could carry 90... another Zero was shot down...

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 30,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 28300 feet *
9 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 28300 feet *

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

this is no sweep, this is an escort attempt of my carriers to escort the 4Es coming from Australia... the fighters missed them though and do another sweep over the base now encountering some Nicks again... even though those Nicks are sitting ducks, they are hard to down and it seems they�ve got a rear MG that has damaged quite a lot of my Wildcats... in the end 5 of my F4F-4 crash...

a pathetic outcome...

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 15
B-17E Fortress x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 91

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (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 8000
Raid is overhead

then the 4Es are going in, devastating the base (level 2 airfield)... recon was about 40+ ac at the base and lots have been damaged, only some were actually destroyed on the ground... Would I have known that the Cap over this base was so small I would have sent in the 4Es alone instead of sending my carriers in... unfortunately recon doesn�t give you any intel on Cap over the target anymore...

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

not that I would have thought to launch anything near a combined strike, not from the carriers, not from my OZ bases...

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

and the last one... in the end, 17 enemy ac were destroyed in the Buna attacks today and the base is wrecked too but the loss of 5 Wildcats, 1 heavy bomber and the fuel spent for our carrier TF wasn�t worth it IMO... it was a kind of anti boredome operation and that�s something you should never do anyway... at this date, I should keep my assets together and further building up instead of doing such operations that lead nowhere...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36223 troops, 438 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1286

Defending force 16102 troops, 204 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 304

Japanese adjusted assault: 1007

Allied adjusted defense: 1132

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
777 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (0 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1564 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 128 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
5th Division
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
25th Army
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
ABDA
South Java Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
MLD
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
Malang Base Force

amazingly, Malang still holds...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1378 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1057

Defending force 65661 troops, 691 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 2236

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

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

Assaulting units:
Rangoon BAF Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
44th Indian Brigade
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
BFF Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
26th Indian Bde /1
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
107th RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
102nd RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
100th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Burma Corps
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
RAF 221 Group Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
1st Madras Construction Battalion
223 Group RAF
104th RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
38th Division
9th Tank Regiment
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
35th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
27th JAAF AF Bn

will have to stop those artillery bombardments as halve a dozen Allied art units don�t have any effect other than using up precious supply...

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Ground combat at Cocos Islands (33,101)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 975 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 10

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cocos Islands !!!

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

Assaulting units:
III./4th Infantry Bn /4

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ASW attack near Moppo at 99,53

Japanese Ships
CM Sarushima
xAK Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at CM Sarushima
Sub escapes detection

the usual duds... another 8 months to go until the duds will drop for the first time...

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Sub attack near Diamond Harbour at 51,38

Japanese Ships
SS I-156, hits 1

Allied Ships
HDML 1104, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
HDML 1101
HDML 1103
HDML 1102

SS I-156 launches 8 torpedoes at HDML 1104
I-156 diving deep ....
HDML 1103 fails to find sub and abandons search
HDML 1102 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1102 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1102 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1102 attacking submerged sub ....
HDML 1102 is out of ASW ammo
HDML 1102 is out of ASW ammo
HDML 1102 is out of ASW ammo
HDML 1102 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1102 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Thought those HDML would be good for ASW until I realized they only have one shot for each of their DC racks... one of them was obliberated by the torp...

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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 99,136

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63, hits 1

Allied Ships
CV Hornet, Torpedo hits 1

BC Repulse
CA Astoria
CA Houston
DD Patterson
DD Henley
DD Maury
DD McCall
DD Gridley
DD Craven

SS RO-63 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Hornet
DD Maury fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD McCall fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Gridley fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Craven fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Maury fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maury attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

it really starts to get me thinking if all is just about die rolls and why the enemy subs are so much more potent than mine... this TF has 10 destroyers and the CV TF is followed by another TWO!!! ASW TFs made up of four destroyers each... so in total we�re talking about 15 ships escorted by 18 destroyers... yet the sub again attacks and again a carrier is hit... every IJN sub attack against one of my capitol ships was a 100% success... on the other hand, the enemy BBs run over at least halve a dozen of my subs all the time when they are going to attack Akyab and they aren�t even shot at... could the Japanese run out of luck at some point please? Or at least have it more equally devided between us? Hornet suffers no follow on damage and is now at 18 sys and 18 flt (9 major)... with Yorktown using Sydneys shipyard for the next two months though I won�t be able to repair Hornet�s major flt damage there...

it just sucks... 18 escorts... a sub that more or less stumbles into our CV TF

twice we had two dozen of our subs out to attack KB, both times without any success, we weren�t even near a success...

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ASW attack near Mussau Island at 104,120

Japanese Ships
TB Sagi
DD Ariake

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

SS KXVII is sighted by escort
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Sapporo at 119,50

Japanese Ships
DD Wakatake
DD Kuretake

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

SS Porpoise launches 2 torpedoes at DD Wakatake
Porpoise diving deep ....
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...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we either fire torps, don�t fire at all or are driven off... but hey, in 44 this will have changed... I can�t see any improvement in our attacks since we�ve upgraded the subs with radar sets... these were duds of course...

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Sub attack near Diamond Harbour at 51,38

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
HDML 1103, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
HDML 1100
HDML 1101

SS I-156 launches 8 torpedoes at HDML 1103
I-156 diving deep ....
HDML 1101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
HDML 1101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

one of the subs with a wrong torp tube entry in the db kills it�s second HDML today... hey, the sub has run out of torps now...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

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

Allied ground losses:
3 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 26

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
23 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 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 17
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Hudson I x 12
P-38E Lightning x 11

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

clear sky, we don�t even cause a single casualty... what a joke...

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Morning Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 11
Hudson I x 8
P-400 Airacobra x 12
P-40B Warhawk x 11

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese 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:
8 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

next attack, 5 casualties...

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Afternoon Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

and the Lightnings set on escort by accident missing the bombers...

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Afternoon Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 33,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 12

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x H81-A3 sweeping at 32400 feet

same as the other AVG fighters...

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Afternoon Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 13
Blenheim IV x 28
Hurricane IIb Trop x 15
Wellington Ic x 16
P-400 Airacobra x 12

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

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
13 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

more attacks, the bgd takes a nuke...

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Afternoon Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 14

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

some 100 highly skilled bombers caused not even 50 casualties in a daylight attack and clear sky... my ground attacks have no effect...

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Amphibious Assault at Babar

TF 309 troops unloading over beach at Babar, 76,117

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1144 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1248

Defending force 14998 troops, 203 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 250

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Soerabaja Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
ABDA
Djojakarta Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
MLD
Commandement Marine
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
South Java Base Force
Malang Base Force

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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 2155 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88

Japanese adjusted assault: 105

Allied adjusted defense: 19

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Korps Marechausee Battalion
Sabang Garrison Battalion
2nd Garrison Battalion
Sabang Base Force
Langsa Base Force

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1366 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078

Defending force 66012 troops, 691 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 2257

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

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

Assaulting units:
Railway BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Rangoon BAF Battalion
1st Burma Division
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
45th Indian Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
BFF Brigade
26th Indian Bde /1
RAF 223 Group Wing
95th Heavy AA Regiment
1st South India Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
4th NW Frontier Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
108th RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
102nd RAF Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
Burma Corps
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
101st RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Division
38th Division
9th Tank Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
27th JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at 55,44

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 9145 troops, 109 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 627

Defending force 3854 troops, 42 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Allied adjusted assault: 137

Japanese adjusted defense: 89

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
324 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
181 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
26th Indian Division

Defending units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade

my two divisions weren�t able to kick out the bgd, not even after 100 bombers attacked the enemy unit... our base av looks ok, the attacking troops don�t, not sure if really both units were attacking, it doesn�t look like... well, another chance to hurt an enemy unit passed because next turn the bgd entered Akyab... hey, great!

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/22/2010 4:39:15 PM

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"so far I�ve never spotted any of those raiders coming in... my nav search just sucks... even worse, every enemy TF that is moving to Akyab has to pass over more than halve a dozen of my subs (all with working torps) but my subs are just as useless as more or less everything else... "

Man that's nothing. My other PBEM, I setup a line of subs from Peleliu to Sorebaja(sp)... probably 20 of them. The Mini-Kb travelled this route three times, and never once did I sniff an attack, my less actually fire a torp, at this juicy target.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/23/2010 10:00:23 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: AcePylut

"so far I�ve never spotted any of those raiders coming in... my nav search just sucks... even worse, every enemy TF that is moving to Akyab has to pass over more than halve a dozen of my subs (all with working torps) but my subs are just as useless as more or less everything else... "
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Man that's nothing.� My other PBEM, I setup a line of subs from Peleliu to Sorebaja(sp)... probably 20 of them.� The Mini-Kb travelled this route three times, and never once did I sniff an attack, my less actually fire a torp, at this juicy target.

unfortunetely most of the times the IJN subs got a (succesful) shot at my capitol ships everytime they just stumbled over them.

oh the dice...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/23/2010 10:08:44 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: AcePylut

"so far I�ve never spotted any of those raiders coming in... my nav search just sucks... even worse, every enemy TF that is moving to Akyab has to pass over more than halve a dozen of my subs (all with working torps) but my subs are just as useless as more or less everything else... "
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Man that's nothing.� My other PBEM, I setup a line of subs from Peleliu to Sorebaja(sp)... probably 20 of them.� The Mini-Kb travelled this route three times, and never once did I sniff an attack, my less actually fire a torp, at this juicy target.

I'm seing the same in my games.
Have any of you managed to put the upgraded subs out (the ones with radars installed) and seen if that increases the chance of attack? I was shocked to see KB run over close to 40 allied subs (all types) and not be shot at once!
And I also see the fact that escorts does not seem to help. It almost seems like the capitol ships take up position outside in a convoy with the DDs running in the middle...

Those HDMLs I've found no use for, best I managed was to "sweep" four mines with four HDMLs

Terje

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/23/2010 10:13:24 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: terje439

quote:

ORIGINAL: AcePylut

"so far I�ve never spotted any of those raiders coming in... my nav search just sucks... even worse, every enemy TF that is moving to Akyab has to pass over more than halve a dozen of my subs (all with working torps) but my subs are just as useless as more or less everything else... "
�
Man that's nothing.� My other PBEM, I setup a line of subs from Peleliu to Sorebaja(sp)... probably 20 of them.� The Mini-Kb travelled this route three times, and never once did I sniff an attack, my less actually fire a torp, at this juicy target.

I'm seing the same in my games.
Have any of you managed to put the upgraded subs out (the ones with radars installed) and seen if that increases the chance of attack? I was shocked to see KB run over close to 40 allied subs (all types) and not be shot at once!
And I also see the fact that escorts does not seem to help. It almost seems like the capitol ships take up position outside in a convoy with the DDs running in the middle...
Those HDMLs I've found no use for, best I managed was to "sweep" four mines with four HDMLs

Terje

Most of my subs have radar now (the US ones) and many of them are operating against the enemy already. Haven�t seen an increase in attacks so far but that�s hard to measure and only a subjective observation. The HDMLs are best kept in port and that�s their purpose anyway as those are used by the AI to create "harbour defenses". Never seen one of those harbour defenses actually do something so I�m not sure this is WAD and so those vessels are nothing but free victory points for my opponent.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/23/2010 1:46:46 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 06, 42
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Submarine attack near Perth at 47,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
xAK Hunan

xAK Hunan is sighted by SS I-162
SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Hunan

this bugger missed... I�ve got enemy subs near all my major ports now...

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Amphibious Assault at Kiriwina Island

TF 129 troops unloading over beach at Kiriwina Island, 102,131

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

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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,46

Japanese Ships
xAK Sinkoku Maru
PB Saishu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

SS Porpoise launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Sinkoku Maru
Porpoise bottoming out ....
PB Saishu Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we fire some duds...

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,107

Japanese Ships
xAK Toko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Marei Maru

Allied Ships
SS O24

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

SS O24 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Toko Maru
O24 diving deep ....
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Marei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

but a Dutch sub scores today... very close to Truk so not sure this is a kill...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

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

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
23 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 Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 15
B-17E Fortress x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

the heavy bombers get better and better now...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

if they could also fly together they would be quite a devastating weapon...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

still a long way to go to see combined strikes... if possible at all...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36666 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1274

Defending force 15059 troops, 203 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 256

Japanese adjusted assault: 618

Allied adjusted defense: 412

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
925 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
785 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 77 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Djojakarta Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
MLD
1st KNIL AA Battalion
South Java Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
ABDA
Malang Base Force

the Dutch hold again and kill a couple of drunk Japanese...

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Ground combat at 43,71

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3311 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122

Defending force 1975 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 71

Japanese adjusted assault: 11

Allied adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Korps Marechausee Battalion
Sabang Garrison Battalion
2nd Garrison Battalion
Sabang Base Force
Langsa Base Force

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Ground combat at 75,137

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Defending force 798 troops, 8 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Japanese adjusted assault: 33

Allied adjusted defense: 10

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-)
Attacker:

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

Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment

Defending units:
1st RAN Base Force
4th RAAF Base Force

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1353 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1102

Defending force 69818 troops, 733 guns, 335 vehicles, Assault Value = 2387

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
14 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)

Assaulting units:
7th Armoured Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
1st Burma Division
Rangoon BAF Battalion
BFF Brigade
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
44th Indian Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
26th Indian Bde /1
100th RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
101st RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
107th RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
RAF 221 Group Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st Madras Construction Battalion
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
Imperial Guards Division
9th Division
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Guards Division
35th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
27th JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 330 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 11

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Babar !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)

Assaulting units:
I/81st Nav Gd /1

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/23/2010 2:04:55 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 07, 42
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58

Japanese Ships
xAK Taizin Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Kosin Maru
xAK Yuzan Maru
xAK Kosei Maru
xAK Siraha Maru
xAK Ohio Maru
E Tomozuru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Taizin Maru
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru attacking submerged sub ....
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru attacking submerged sub ....
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a resource freighter shuttling between Port Arthur and Japan is hit...

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ASW attack near Bassein at 51,51

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CL Tama
CL Yura
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Sendai
DD Samidare
DD Hagikaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXIII

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

Akyab is in danger again... my subs are driven off all the time or fire at DDs at best... we�ve got plenty of chances to hit an enemy capitol ship but nothing happened so far...

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ASW attack near Ramree Island at 53,48

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CL Tama
CL Yura
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Sendai
DD Samidare
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII

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

and the next sub is screened from the same TF...

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58

Japanese Ships
xAK Taizin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

xAK Taizin Maru is sighted by SS Seadragon
SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes

then some more duds...

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

Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

82 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
CL Tama
CL Yura, Shell hits 1
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Sendai
DD Umikaze
DD Samidare, Shell hits 1
DD Arashi, Shell hits 3, on fire

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

CA Ashigara firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CA Nachi firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CA Haguro firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Myoko firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Tama firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Yura firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Natori firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Isuzu firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CL Sendai firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
DD Umikaze firing at 103rd RN Base Force
DD Samidare firing at 103rd RN Base Force
DD Arashi firing at 103rd RN Base Force
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Arashi at 10,000 yards
CA Ashigara fires to suppress enemy guns at 10,000 yards
DD Umikaze firing at enemy troops
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Umikaze at 3,000 yards
DD Samidare firing at enemy troops
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Samidare at 3,000 yards

what�s that? A fast transport TF? Guess so... two enemy DDs are hit by 6 inch gunfire... only our naval base force is firing and our CD unit stays quiet all the time...

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Amphibious Assault at Akyab

TF 334 troops unloading over beach at Akyab, 54,45

troops unloading over beach? To me this looks like a resupply mission for the Japanese... no troops seem to come ashore... would be good news if the Japanese have supply issues...

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Invasion Support action off Akyab - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft

66 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko, Shell hits 1
CL Tama
CL Yura, Shell hits 1
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Sendai
DD Kawakaze
DD Arashi, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

CA Ashigara firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Nachi firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Haguro firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CA Myoko firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Tama firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CL Yura firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Natori firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CL Isuzu firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Sendai firing at 103rd RN Base Force
DD Kawakaze firing at 103rd RN Base Force
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Arashi at 10,000 yards
CA Ashigara fires to suppress enemy troops at 10,000 yards
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Arashi at 10,000 yards
CA Ashigara fires to suppress enemy guns at 10,000 yards
DD Kawakaze firing at enemy troops
6" Mk V/VII Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Kawakaze at 3,000 yards

one more 6 inch shell put into the destroyer and the ship is in trouble now...

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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
PB Tokihime Maru
xAK Hohuku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

SS Porpoise launches 2 torpedoes at PB Tokihime Maru
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds...

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

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 32,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 11

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 32400 feet

escorts missing the bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Extreme overcast

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 27

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

no leaking Oscar Cap here...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

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

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

looks like Rainer only wants to keep my troops here in place to use the base as a training target... no more ground attacks so far...

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

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

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
23 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 TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
Swordfish I x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
CA Ashigara
CL Isuzu

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

our most dangerous anti shipping weapon in India but all torps missed...

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

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 13
Beaufort I x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CL Isuzu

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

then the only 8 Beaufort I on the map attack and one is shot down immedietely... pretty strong IJN flak... won�t get replacements for the Beafort I until late 42...

and to top our performance, not one more of the 150 bombers in India dared to attack today... hurrey, excellent performance once again...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
10 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
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

if the IJA armored unit won�t be back at Tennant Creek soon it will be bombed to dust...

unless in India where the enemy is sitting in jungle hexes we can harm the enemy if the units are in open terrain... couple of such attacks and this small unit would be history...

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Amphibious Assault at Buka

TF 209 troops unloading over beach at Buka, 109,128

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36141 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1242

Defending force 13924 troops, 202 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 213

Japanese adjusted assault: 486

Allied adjusted defense: 658

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
433 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1663 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 103 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
5th Division
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
MLD
Tjilitap Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
ABDA
Malang Base Force

just hurts to see us not doing any real damage to the attacker... delaying is all you can hope for but not KIA within your enemy...

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Ground combat at 43,71

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3302 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Defending force 1720 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Japanese adjusted assault: 89

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
951 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Korps Marechausee Battalion
Sabang Garrison Battalion
2nd Garrison Battalion
Sabang Base Force
Langsa Base Force

two units surrendered here... won�t take much longer and all Dutch troops on Sumatra and Java will be wiped out...

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Ground combat at Kiriwina Island (102,131)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 369 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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 Kiriwina Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
III/84th Naval Guard Unit

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 20094 troops, 283 guns, 160 vehicles, Assault Value = 1139

Defending force 69970 troops, 733 guns, 335 vehicles, Assault Value = 2399

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

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

Assaulting units:
45th Indian Brigade
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
Rangoon BAF Battalion
1st Burma Division
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
BFF Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
Railway BAF Battalion
26th Indian Bde /1
104th RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
1st South India Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
103rd RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
107th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Division
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
5th Guards Division
35th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
27th JAAF AF Bn

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/23/2010 2:21:07 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 42
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
xAKL Tihuku Maru
PB Choun Maru #8

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Tihuku Maru
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

you won�t be surprised... duds...

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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 77,94

Japanese Ships
xAP Kamakura Maru
xAK Ryotaku Maru
PB Tatsumi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

SS Pollack launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Kamakura Maru
Pollack diving deep ....
PB Tatsumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds...

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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,55

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
DD Ikazuchi
DD Ayanami
DD Shikinami

Allied Ships
SS KXIII, hits 1

SS KXIII is sighted by escort
KXIII bottoming out ....
DD Ayanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ayanami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shikinami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

looks like Rainer tries to hunt down my subs between Akyab and Rangoon now... guess that�s an ASW TF... a near miss is all he gets...

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ASW attack near Brisbane at 97,162

Japanese Ships
SS I-171, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Meredith
DD Fanning
DD Dunlap

SS I-171 is located by DD Meredith
DD Fanning attacking submerged sub ....
DD Fanning loses contact with SS I-171
DD Dunlap fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

one of our ASW TFs on the axis Brisbane - Sydney engages an enemy sub but scores just a near miss...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

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

Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

still Zeroes in the air over Buna, must be leaking in from Lae... I�m thinking about deploying my 4Es to bomb Lae, but I�m not sure about the resistance we could meet there...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

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

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

and with not combining strikes this could lead to not affordable losses...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 20

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 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

as soon as there are lots of disablements there will also be more destroyed squads/vehicles...

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Ground combat at 43,71

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3277 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Defending force 1266 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Japanese adjusted assault: 90

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 90 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
2646 casualties reported
Squads: 114 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 115 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3

Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Korps Marechausee Battalion
2nd Garrison Battalion
Sabang Base Force

all three remaining units surrendered... same here, we could not kill Japanese troops in expectable numbers during the fights on Sumatra... it�s been another cakewalk for the Japanese...

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1343 troops, 116 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1142

Defending force 70196 troops, 733 guns, 334 vehicles, Assault Value = 2411

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

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

Assaulting units:
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
BFF Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Rangoon BAF Battalion
44th Indian Brigade
1st Burma Division
Railway BAF Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
26th Indian Bde /1
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
RAF 221 Group Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
95th Heavy AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
108th RAF Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
21st Light AA Regiment
1st South India Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
100th RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
48th Division
9th Division
38th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Guards Division
35th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
27th JAAF AF Bn

and the bombardment of our halve dozen art units hurts us just like it hurts the enemy... pathetic...

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Ground combat at Buka (109,128)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 316 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 3

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Buka !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
III/66th Nav Gd /1

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/23/2010 2:54:03 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 09, 42
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Submarine attack near Rangoon at 51,55

Japanese Ships
DD Arashi, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Truant

DD Arashi is sighted by SS Truant
SS Truant launches 6 torpedoes

after being hit by 6 inch shells from our CD guns at Akyab, Arashi was finished by SS Truant today... at least some success against the IJN around Rangoon...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

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

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 12 damaged

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
25 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 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (0 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Tennant Creek is a level 1 airfield and I�m not sure if there�s aviation support so Rainer won�t be able to do much against my strikes from Alice Springs... when 2nd Recon Rgt enters Tennant Creek we�ll keep bombing the units there as I want to force Rainer to retreat... doubt he has substantial force there anyway...

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 25

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

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 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 38000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes

our sweeps seem to work perfectly, the only thing that is missing is more leaking Cap...

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Ground combat at Oroquieta (78,88)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 57

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 57 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Oroquieta !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36259 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1260

Defending force 12940 troops, 199 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 151

Japanese adjusted assault: 514

Allied adjusted defense: 616

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
503 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1555 casualties reported
Squads: 63 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 75 destroyed, 94 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
5th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
Commandement Marine
ABDA
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
MLD
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Malang Base Force

not one Japanese KIA... not even one... IJA superhumans...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/23/2010 3:17:24 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 10, 42
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 52,55

Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS O21

SS O21 is sighted by escort
O21 bottoming out ....
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

looks like a single DD going to raid Akyab to prevent me from bringing supplies there... no or not even nearly enough supplies are coming in via the trail...

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Sub attack near Brisbane at 97,162

Japanese Ships
SS I-19, hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Canberra, Torpedo hits 1

CA Australia
DD La Triomphant
DD Flusser

SS I-19 launches 6 torpedoes at CA Canberra
I-19 diving deep ....
DD La Triomphant attacking submerged sub ....
DD Flusser fails to find sub and abandons search
DD La Triomphant fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD La Triomphant fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD La Triomphant fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD La Triomphant fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD La Triomphant attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

it just stays the same... single IJN escorts most times work better than the oh so cherished Allied escorts... 6 DDs covering two Australian cruisers but again the enemy sub has no problem to put a torp into one of my ships... same as the ground troops, IJN subs are manned by superhumans too... I can�t compete the enemy with the crap I�m given... just another example of our TF stumbling over a sub that results in one of my capitol ships being torpedoed... happens 3 out of 4 times, no matter how many DDs I put into the TFs... but hey, the sub takes a near miss in return...

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Sub attack near Brisbane at 97,162

Japanese Ships
SS I-19, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Flusser

SS I-19 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Flusser
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Flusser attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

hey, why not hitting the destroyer also?

Another near miss, boy, the sub now needs 1.5 hours in a shipyard...

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 17 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 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
25 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 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-17E Fortress x 4
B-26 Marauder x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (9 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

replacing the heavies with medium bombers, they do just as good and I can use the heavies for our attacks on NG again... looks like a lot of disablements within the unit already as it now takes substantial losses... very good...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

same here of course, we can�t launch a combined strike...

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

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 52 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N1 Kate x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Kalgan, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Kalgan caught transferring cargo ...
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Kalgan

mini KB sinks a small freighter bringing supplies to Akyab�s defenders... doubt that Rainer dares to move his baby carriers further North...

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Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15

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

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rossel Island at 105,137

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 10
B-17E Fortress x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kotobuki Maru #5, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kaijo Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kuraido Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Kanaiyama Maru

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kotobuki Maru #5

we take revenge for our xAKL though as Cairns� and Townsville�s heavy bombers strike an enemy amphibious TF off Rossel... the TF was spotted yesterday already and I�ve set all my patrols to search in this area today... bingo, the TF is hit hard... a xAKL is in serious trouble after being hit by a 500lb bomb and the same goes for a xAK after being hit by two of those bombs... the heavies do quite good now in anti shipping strikes...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Totai Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Ujigawa Maru
xAKL Bichu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

Training flight from 3rd Ku S-1 has been caught up in attack
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Totai Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Bichu Maru

an unexpected strike against Lae occured too... first moment I was shocked to see the bombers going to Lae as I expected far more Cap there but we only met 8 Zeroes covering the transports there... more than halve of our bombers were damaged but they still were able to heavily damage two of the freighters... excellent in two ways, we probably sunk two freighters and I know now that Lae has not heavy Cap covering the base... 4Es will soon visit the airfield...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rossel Island at 105,137

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kuraido Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Kotobuki Maru #5, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kuraido Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kotobuki Maru #5

more strikes flown against the TF at Rossel and more bomb hits... we definetely took revenge for our xAKL lost at Akyab today...

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Amphibious Assault at Manokwari

TF 318 troops unloading over beach at Manokwari, 85,109

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

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 69321 troops, 699 guns, 248 vehicles, Assault Value = 2433

Defending force 40248 troops, 616 guns, 665 vehicles, Assault Value = 1160

Japanese adjusted assault: 595

Allied adjusted defense: 1985

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
2697 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 79 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 217 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (0 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2505 casualties reported
Squads: 42 destroyed, 90 disabled

Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 189 disabled

Engineers: 3 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 13 (8 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 111 (13 destroyed, 98 disabled)

Assaulting units:
48th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
38th Division
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
27th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
Rangoon BAF Battalion
44th Indian Brigade
1st Burma Division
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
45th Indian Brigade
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
BFF Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
26th Indian Brigade
Burma Corps
103rd RN Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
95th Heavy AA Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st South India Base Force
223 Group RAF
101st RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

pretty sure the enemy received supplies via fast transport... Tokyo express North of Rangoon...

the losses once more make me shaking my head... the assault is repulsed, we�re sitting behind forts in a jungle hex (where halve a dozen of our artillery can do nothing against the sieging troops) and yet again we suffer a hell a lot of KIA while the enemy again mostly suffers disablements that can be recovered easily... just a joke nothing else... and it has always been the same in WITP, it�s the entrenched defender that suffers the most, even though it should be different...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1181 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1235

Defending force 11786 troops, 195 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 134

Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
18th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Djojakarta Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
ABDA
South Java Base Force
Commandement Marine
MLD
Malang Base Force

not one heavy bomber was lost today, but we lost two PBYs again... still losing more PBYs than I get as replacements and other players are reporting the same... PBY loss rate is ridicoulos and can�t be sustained at the given replacement rate... but hey, who cares...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/23/2010 3:24:09 PM

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Sub attack near Saipan at 112,95

Japanese Ships
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Torpedo hits 1
PB Nanei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trout

SS Trout launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Hokuroku Maru
PB Nanei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

far off of a bigger port, this big freighter is in trouble now...

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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45

Japanese Ships
DD Amatsukaze
BB Fuso
DD Shinonome
DD Nowaki

Allied Ships
SS KXIII

SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Amatsukaze
KXIII bottoming out ....
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nowaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nowaki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and we keep on firing at the enemy�s escorts instead on one of the numerous capitol ships... should probably be happy that we fire at all? Torps missed and the enemy can just keep on moving over my 8 subs... going back and forth all the time without anywhere near being in danger... good to know that my heavily escorted TFs suffered three torp hits on carriers and one on a heavy cruiser... we don�t even fire at the BBs... interesting how much more effective the IJN escorts are considering the fact that the couldn�t help in real life... but it�s all about the dice I guess and the fact that the enemy DDs got a much higher exp than mine... must be due to fun gamewise...

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Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
BB Fuso

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

BB Yamashiro firing at 103rd RN Base Force
BB Fuso firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment

at least the bombardement completely missed... wonder what�s the difference between the nukes some time ago and the now completely useless bombardments...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

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

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged

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

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
24 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 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-26 Marauder x 27

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

2nd Recon still not reached Tennant Creek and is really hit hard today... looks like most of the unit is already disabled and now really suffers...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Regiment, at 75,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36240 troops, 441 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 1260

Defending force 11909 troops, 193 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 820

Allied adjusted defense: 283

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Malang !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
369 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
14556 casualties reported
Squads: 344 destroyed, 141 disabled
Non Combat: 1430 destroyed, 557 disabled
Engineers: 118 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 201 (201 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 38 (37 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 13

Assaulting units:
5th Division
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Commandement Marine
South Java Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
ABDA
MLD
Djojakarta Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force
Malang Base Force

bad news of the day, the last stronghold on Java surrendered today... the IJA took the base without suffering 200 KIA... another victory that clearly is shown in the victory point ratio...

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Ground combat at Manokwari (85,109)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 346 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

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 Manokwari !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
I/19th Nav Gd /1

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 2/23/2010 7:19:06 PM

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not one heavy bomber was lost today, but we lost two PBYs again... still losing more PBYs than I get as replacements and other players are reporting the same... PBY loss rate is ridicoulos and can�t be sustained at the given replacement rate... but hey, who cares...

It's way too much micromanagement to keep your PBYs squadrons full but I never fly them when it rains and keep a 8 hex max until they're in their 70s. Look on the bright side, they weren't spotting anything anyway.

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