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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/8/2014 9:05:43 PM

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Not sure if Jocke wrote anything, but the game is on hold after he hurt his back pretty badly. He has been on pain killers and not really able to sit much, so it's pretty impossible to play the game.

Back stuff is hard. Once you have trouble there you never know when it'll hit. My dad used to crawl from the bed to the bathroom even in the prime of his physically strong years when he had tweaked his back.

Here's hoping Jocke has good painkillers and a speedy recovery.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/8/2014 9:22:18 PM

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I don't recall him writing anything. And he just passed the exam for his license, with lots physical in that line of work. Ouch! I've made that crawl and it isn't fun.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 2:20:50 PM

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11 - 14 April 1945
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Jocke's back is apparently better, and we've been sending turns for a few days again. Not much big to report, but I'll fall behind irrevocably if I don't say something!

SUBS: The Es I've sent out just a few hexes from the Kyushu ports do get to some Allied subs and one is sunk by the Tigrante, but the resulting attack most likely takes the sub out as well. I haven't used any of the remaining IJN subs for some time. About ten are still floating, and they will be used for home islands defense.

DEI: The Allies egt to Palembang and attack, getting a 1:1 against the naval guard there, attacking with a full division and some tanks. The forts began at level 9, so will take a while to pare down. The Allies still march slowly down the Malayan peninsula as well.

STRAT BOMBING: The B-29Bs take out HI at Port Arthur, one of the few places left with fuel. I'll move some NF around the area in case these try other spots.

CHINA: The Allies finally get a 1:1 near Paoshan after a full ground bombing campaign using what appears to be all of the operational 4E groups for several weeks. The IJA troops will crumble soon, but at least are hitting back a little. Tsuyung with level 6 forts will be the next holdout, but only a brigade is there now and supply is scarce. Everything up here will remain until pushed out, even without supply. I only care about stalling.

In the rest of China the Allied forward force goes for Kukong. I have 1600AV there, so that will hold for now. The main force is still moving toward Wuchow on yellow roads. Nice and slow. I've begun evacuating the coastal regions. Canton will try to hold out, as will Kukong, until pushed back. Not much else to stop the push.

The Allies sweep Liuchow and get about 3:1 against defenders there, but few pilots are lost. I'll move them back now though, so it'll be open to obliteration if the interest in the mountain troops ever abates.

HOME ISLANDS: Supply is creeping very slowly upward, but not fast enough. It makes no sense to have TT pilots and torpedo equipped plans right now as none of my Western bases can support them.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 11, 45
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Ground combat at 77,57 (near Wuchow)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2118 troops, 0 guns, 292 vehicles, Assault Value = 166

Defending force 10516 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 259

Allied adjusted assault: 75

Japanese adjusted defense: 1111

Allied assault odds: 1 to 14

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

Japanese ground losses:
532 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
18th Cavalry Regiment
Guides Cavalry Regiment
3rd Cavalry Regiment

Defending units:
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
69th Division

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 12, 45
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Night Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29B Superfort x 9

No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 67,44 (near Paoshan)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45927 troops, 873 guns, 539 vehicles, Assault Value = 1306

Defending force 27073 troops, 345 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 528

Allied adjusted assault: 869

Japanese adjusted defense: 754

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1317 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 64 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
398 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Assaulting units:
7th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
25th Indian Division
8th New Chinese Corps
117th RAF Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
56th Heavy Regiment
23rd AA Bde
88th Medium Regiment
2nd West African AA Regiment
4th West African AA Regiment
3rd West African AA Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
91st Infantry Brigade
104th Division
40th Division
37th Division
1st Army

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Ground combat at 77,57 (near Wuchow)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2079 troops, 0 guns, 292 vehicles, Assault Value = 158

Defending force 10151 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 224

Allied adjusted assault: 82

Japanese adjusted defense: 583

Allied assault odds: 1 to 7

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

Japanese ground losses:
279 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 69 (3 destroyed, 66 disabled)

Assaulting units:
18th Cavalry Regiment
Guides Cavalry Regiment
3rd Cavalry Regiment

Defending units:
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
69th Division

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 13, 45
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Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 99,60

Japanese Ships
E No.30, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
E No.48

Allied Ships
SS Tigrante, hits 16, heavy damage

SS Tigrante launches 2 torpedoes at E No.30
E No.48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.48 attacking submerged sub ....

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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 15
N1K2-J George x 26
Ki-84r Frank x 79

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 76
Thunderbolt II x 10
F4U-1D Corsair x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 3 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 1 destroyed
F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 7
N1K2-J George x 21
Ki-84r Frank x 61

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 42
Thunderbolt II x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 3 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
41 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 1
N1K2-J George x 10
Ki-84r Frank x 38

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 44
P-51D Mustang x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 1 destroyed
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 32000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 14, 45
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Ground combat at 67,44 (near Paoshan)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45712 troops, 872 guns, 539 vehicles, Assault Value = 1287

Defending force 24993 troops, 344 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 397

Allied adjusted assault: 551

Japanese adjusted defense: 547

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
642 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 89 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
768 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 84 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
7th Indian Division
25th Indian Division
8th New Chinese Corps
117th RAF Base Force
3rd West African AA Regiment
23rd AA Bde
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
56th Heavy Regiment
2nd West African AA Regiment
4th West African AA Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
40th Division
104th Division
91st Infantry Brigade
37th Division
1st Army

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Reinforcements:

74th Sentai arrives at Taihoku
91st Shinbu-tai arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
92nd Shinbu-tai arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
7th JAAF Base Force arrives at Tokyo
56th JNAF AF Unit arrives at Tokyo
E No.158 arrives at Tokyo
94th Shinbu-tai arrives at Keijo
95th Shinbu-tai arrives at Tokyo
98th Shinbu-tai arrives at Keijo
Maizuru 4th SNLF arrives at Tokyo
2nd Base Force arrives at Tokyo
173rd JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
94th Shinbu-tai arrives at Fusan
98th Shinbu-tai arrives at Fusan
S-402 Hikotai arrives at Taihoku
53rd Shinbu-tai arrives at Tsu
56th Shinbu-tai arrives at Utsonomiya
144th Shinbu-tai arrives at Tsu
11th Machine Canno AA Battalion arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
12th Machine Canno AA Battalion arrives at Nagoya
106th Machine Canno AA Battalion arrives at Nagoya
40th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion arrives at Oita
32nd RF Gun Battalion arrives at Keijo
39th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion arrives at Kochi
44th Ind. Hvy.Art. Battalion arrives at Kagoshima
38th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion arrives at Nagoya
41st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion arrives at Nagoya
42nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion arrives at Chiba
43rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion arrives at Oita
45th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
30th RF Gun Battalion arrives at Tsitsihar
31st RF Gun Battalion arrives at Mishan
29th RF Gun Battalion arrives at Liaoyuan
103rd Machine Canno AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
104th Machine Canno AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
105th Machine Canno AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
33rd RF Gun Battalion arrives at Sapporo
23rd Machine Canno AA Battalion arrives at Sapporo
25th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
31st Shinbu-tai arrives at Changchun
100th Shinbu-tai arrives at Tokyo
101st Shinbu-tai arrives at Tokyo
60th JNAF AF Unit arrives at Tokyo

Losses:

Loss of E No.30 on Apr 13, 1945 is admitted

Ships Sunk:

YMS-85 is reported to have been sunk near Manado on Sep 09, 1944
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Ours (

) against theirs (

). A Type 97 ShinhoTo Chi-Ha and a Sherman. Not hard to understand why Allied armor does pretty well in the late game especially.
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 2:26:36 PM

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Ours () against theirs (). A Type 97 ShinhoTo Chi-Ha and a Sherman. Not hard to understand why Allied armor does pretty well in the late game especially.
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Well, wait until the SOV armor gets a hold of you. VERY hard to stop. Be sure your primary and secondary MLR's are set up ...

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 2:41:45 PM

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Just a thought. Do you think it would be feasible to use xAK's to store supply out of range of attack and periodically unload some when you need it? I'm wondering if that might be a good use for all those hulks in the late game, sort of a floating supply reserve that won't suffer spoilage or loss to ground bombing. Of course you'd have to avoid getting them sunk eventually.

Hey Pax, how much of a stockpile in the armament/vehicle pools do you think you need for the late game. I know Mike Solli shoots for 100k and then simply maintains it, is that enough for the late war. What are yours at now Erik?

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 3:23:29 PM

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Joseph,

Once the SOV enter, I have not been able to keep up with ARM or VEH ... I was typically suffering +100 device losses every day. That would be at least 1200 ARM pts/day and a lot of days it was a lot higher. Think Burma when you are trying to hold, except instead of 6 - 9 ID's involved, you have like 25 ID's involved. Now throw in the reinforcements you get.

If you think you will get past the SOV activation, I don't think you can ever have too many ARM pts. Once the SOV activate, you will burn through 100K ARM in a month or less if you are lucky. Meaning, you need to be really good at getting replacements into your LCU's fast. You need every trick you can come up with. You also are going to need a lot of AC. Fighters and Helen's ... lots of them. This is just for the SOV side of the war. Let not forget the USA pounding along as well.

When I say I hate Burma and the Marshalls, etc, its all about force conservation. I know i can't get through '45 if I have left very many units stranded somewhere. It is so hard to figure out when to pull back to keep units from getting isolated. In particular, you can't afford to lose a single support unit. IJ doesn't have enough as it is and to have some stranded out in the DEI cut-off ... engr, arty, AT they are all crucial to hold the lines. If I have them all, I have almost as many as the allies combined. Granted, no where near the fire power, but at least I can match the numbers. Then it is about air superiority and defending gives great advantages.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 5:57:29 PM

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Erik, this image would be good inspiration for a model diorama. I have both kits, hmmm...

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 6:02:35 PM

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If you think you will get past the SOV activation, I don't think you can ever have too many ARM pts.

How many PBEM grand campaign games would reach Soviet activation before Japan capitulates though, and at that stage would it matter trying to stem the Russian hordes? Yet another dilemma for Japan.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 7:24:19 PM

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If you think you will get past the SOV activation, I don't think you can ever have too many ARM pts.

How many PBEM grand campaign games would reach Soviet activation before Japan capitulates though, and at that stage would it matter trying to stem the Russian hordes? Yet another dilemma for Japan.

Yes.

Keep the ARM points flowing, but even more importantly keep th vehicle points coming. You will never have enough. Make more!!!

In this game I will be glad to make to the historical VJ Day with some fighting ability. That will be a history for me if it happens. Three months to go!

The Russians are my last thought now, and although I have 15,000 AV in Manchuria, it won't matter much if there is no supply. The MLR has long been planned o be quite far in toward Korea. It will be geared toward stalling, but without stacking limits, all he has to do is put 4000 T-34s in one hex with about 3000 big Russian arty pieces and 20 divisions, and there is nothing that would hold.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 7:25:21 PM

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Erik, this image would be good inspiration for a model diorama. I have both kits, hmmm...

Awesome. That would be a nice one.

I was just amazed by the size and strength difference just visually here.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 7:34:30 PM

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I saw some model of IJA tank on Saipan that was less than half that size. That would have been there in mid-1944 of course.

Edit: I had a scan of it. I'll give it a try here.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 8:34:21 PM

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Tankette?

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 8:34:47 PM

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They are almost toy like in comparison to the Allied Sherman. Factor in the poor armour and only a 47mm gun and well...

Hard to believe it had a crew of four, talk about a tight squeeze.

On a game note, I'm at 115k armaments and 33k vehicle points stockpiled. I'll keep them running full bore.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 9:32:26 PM

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My vehicles hit 0 a few turns ago after running nearly continuously all game. There was one point for a few months where I thought it would be okay to shut them off. There are still 40k Armaments points, but those are down from around 90k not so long ago.

On JAN 1, 45 it was at 90k ARM and 20k VEH.

On FEB 15, 45 it was at 75k ARM and 17k VEH.

The only units still getting replacements are base forces, so I should be able to get VEH pools up after a while, but I may not have enough supply for that to mater anyway.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/14/2014 10:04:05 PM

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Tankette?

Probably. There was an info card in a glassed stand, but it was 29 years ago . . .

The tank itself might be rust at this point as well. I'm not sure how interested the Saipanese have been in preserving the WWII artifacts these last decades. They got Japanese honeymoon hotels and textile factories, etc. Time moves on.

When I was on the island there was still a rusty Amtrac hung up on the reef, wedged in really well and 80% exposed at low tide.. Maybe 100 yards offshore at the invasion beach. Pretty eerie.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/16/2014 12:03:32 PM

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15 - 20 April 1945
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DEI: By mid-May Singers should be under siege and Palembang should be in Allied hands.

STRAT BOMBING: Several attacks wipe out more Chinese LI, both HI and LI at Port Arthur, and for the first time and engine factory is hit specifically. This causes a around 80 points of damage to the factories. Happily, many of these were contested strikes, so the B-29s suffered almost as much as the NF.

CHINA: After many weeks of daily pounding from the air the troops near Paoshan were finally pushed back. They started virtually even with the Allied numbers ,ad never suffered more in a ground assault, but are only 1/4 of the Allied strength now, and that is all from air strikes. Now Tsuyung will be the target. I'll have about 500AV there with little supply and level 6 forts.

Around Liuchow Allied 4Es crush the ground troops. It's a clear hex area, so nothing we can do. Really sucks this works as it does. One perfectly intact division is rendered completely combat ineffective in three days of bombing. It's the game, but it doesn't really allow any kind of ground maneuver, or really any decision making at all except don't move and don't go in the clear. It's just blast away and move through. My positions must either retreat or remain fairly static in areas in or close to clear hexes. Silly. Not sure what to do at Canton and HK. Leave the troops to wither and be bypassed, or move them out and have them bludgeoned for four days by massed air strikes through the one clear hex toward Kukong? Not much of a good choice either way.

It's definitely different than in 42 when it's the Chinese suffering, as these are fully filled out divisions with great morale, supply, and experience getting pounded into oblivion in a few days. There is no HR that makes it work better, but there it's my belief there should be a reduction in overall bomb strength against ground troops. I'm not a modder, so I don't know if it's possible, but that would solve a lot of the problems in China early and with the 4E ground bombing mission in the late war. I'm sure if this would work so well the Allies would have done it more than once or twice during the war.

Once he decides to bomb the Changsha area that too will be extremely vulnerable. He really doesn't need ground troops at all! Just fly 500-600 sorties daily and land some para-forces once the Japanese troops have been vaporized.

HOME ISLANDS: Recent turns showed the perils of turning on the air strikes against naval targets. Japanese strikes took out a few DDs and also about 65 Peggys flying kami missions went for PTs and got crushed. The Allies sent strikes in and sunk one DD for the loss of around 250-70 planes. Our CAP was pretty devastating even reacting from 2-3 hexes away. Not bad. I'll have to use this only sporadically though to cover the ships s sweepers on the islands off of Kyushu can get bleeding Cap and take out extreme numbers of our best fighters, as also evidenced below. Of course this time we did the same over Allied held islands downing around 30 Hellcats from the CV fleet with Ki-83 sweeps.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 15, 45
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Night Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 12
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 8

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 12
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 7

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Kumamoto , at 102,59

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 13

No Allied losses

Light Industry hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Naval bombardment of Taihoku at 87,63

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 14 damaged
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
A7M2 Sam: 22 damaged
Ki-84r Frank: 50 damaged
Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed on ground
B5N2 Kate: 16 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-III Dinah: 11 damaged
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
C6N1 Myrt: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 50

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Vincennes
CA Vincennes firing at Taihoku

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Night Naval bombardment of Taihoku at 87,63

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 32 damaged
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-84r Frank: 160 damaged
Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed on ground
B5N2 Kate: 19 damaged
A7M2 Sam: 30 damaged
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed on ground
E15K1 Norm: 4 damaged
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 damaged
C6N1 Myrt: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Mjollner
CL Valkyria
CL Biloxi
CL Columbia
DD Spence
DD Radford
DD Kimberly
DD DeHaven
DD Cony
DD Conway
DD Chevalier
DD Charrette
DD Bennett
DD Abbot

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

Airbase hits 31
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 86

CL Mjollner firing at Taihoku
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 16, 45
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tokara Retto at 99,62

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 96
B7A2 Grace x 9
D4Y4 Judy x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y4 Judy: 15 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Stevens
DD Smalley
DD Morrison
DD Saufley
DD John Rodgers
DD Trathen
DD John W. Weeks, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Hank, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Charles S. Sperry, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Charles S. Sperry
Banzai! - Endo R. in a D4Y4 Judy is willing to die for the Emperor

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tokara Retto at 99,62

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 30
D4Y4 Judy x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Charles S. Sperry, heavy fires
DD Stevens
DD Thatcher

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tokara Retto at 99,62

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 30
B7A2 Grace x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Smalley
DD Wallace Lind
DD Hank, Kamikaze hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hank
Massive explosion on DD Hank

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tokara Retto at 99,62

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 187
B7A2 Grace x 47
D4Y4 Judy x 46

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 2 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD John W. Weeks, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD John Rodgers
DD Thatcher
DD Saufley
DD Smalley
DD Charles S. Sperry, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hank, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Prichett
DD Stevens
DD Wallace Lind
DD Trathen
DD Morrison

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tokara Retto at 99,62

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 67
B7A2 Grace x 13
D4Y4 Judy x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Stevens, Kamikaze hits 2, heavy damage
DD John Rodgers
DD Smalley
DD Morrison
DD Saufley
DD Prichett, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Thatcher
DD Wallace Lind

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 17, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tokara Retto at 99,62, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-1004
MTB G-1012
MTB G-1013
MTB G-1014
MTB G-1015
MTB G-1016
MTB G-1017
MTB G-1018

Allied Ships
DD John W. Weeks, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 32% moonlight: 6,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
DD John W. Weeks engages MTB G-1004 at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD John W. Weeks sunk by MTB G-1018 at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

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Morning Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 49

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 16 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Koshiki-jima Retto , at 101,60

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
A7M2 Sam x 42
N1K2-J George x 3
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 3
Ki-61-Id Tony x 29
Ki-84r Frank x 3
Ki-100-I Tony x 3
Ki-102a Randy x 4
Ki-102b Randy x 3

Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 4 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-61-Id Tony: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51B Mustang: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Koshiki-jima Retto , at 101,60

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 16
A7M2 Sam x 22
N1K2-J George x 1
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 3
Ki-61-Id Tony x 6
Ki-84r Frank x 3
Ki-100-I Tony x 3
Ki-102a Randy x 3
Ki-102b Randy x 3

Allied aircraft
P-47N Thunderbolt x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 6 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 2 destroyed
Ki-102a Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47N Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 52
N1K2-J George x 17
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 24
Ki-83 x 35
Ki-84r Frank x 3
Ki-100-I Tony x 37
Ki-102b Randy x 8

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 83
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 27
TBM-3 Avenger x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 14 destroyed
TBM-3 Avenger: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Oyodo

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Koshiki-jima Retto at 101,60

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 71
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 28

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Sawakaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Oite
DD Akikaze
DD Hayate
DD Yunagi
DD Okikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
A7M2 Sam x 48
N1K2-J George x 10
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 20
Ki-61-Id Tony x 16
Ki-83 x 10
Ki-84r Frank x 12
Ki-100-I Tony x 21
Ki-102a Randy x 4
Ki-102b Randy x 6

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 88
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 15 destroyed
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 17 destroyed, 2 damaged
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CL Yahagi

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Koshiki-jima Retto at 101,60

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 33
N1K2-J George x 9
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 15
Ki-83 x 3
Ki-84r Frank x 9
Ki-100-I Tony x 3
Ki-102b Randy x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 65
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 27
TBM-3 Avenger x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 23 destroyed
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
TBM-3 Avenger: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Akikaze
DD Matsukaze
DD Yunagi, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Okikaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Oite
DD Hayate

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 18, 45
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Night Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 19

No Allied losses

Mitsubishi Ha-32 hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29B Superfort x 11

No Allied losses

Light Industry hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Tsingtao , at 95,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 18

No Allied losses

Light Industry hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 58th Division, at 74,55 (Liuchow)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 118
B-25D1 Mitchell x 21
B-25G Mitchell x 12
B-25H Mitchell x 24
B-25J1 Mitchell x 84
B-25J11 Mitchell x 72
P-38J Lightning x 13
P-38L Lightning x 64
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 35
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 26

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3043 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 161 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 45 (3 destroyed, 42 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 67,44 (near Paoshan)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45228 troops, 873 guns, 539 vehicles, Assault Value = 1207

Defending force 21391 troops, 337 guns, 121 vehicles, Assault Value = 212

Allied adjusted assault: 969

Japanese adjusted defense: 349

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
7045 casualties reported
Squads: 492 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 345 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 36 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 57 (52 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 36 (36 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Allied ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
25th Indian Division
7th Indian Division
8th New Chinese Corps
23rd AA Bde
3rd West African AA Regiment
4th West African AA Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
88th Medium Regiment
2nd West African AA Regiment
117th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
56th Heavy Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
104th Division
40th Division
91st Infantry Brigade
37th Division
1st Army

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 19, 45
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Morning Air attack on 58th Division, at 74,55 (Liuchow)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
B-24J Liberator x 140
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4
B-25G Mitchell x 3
B-25H Mitchell x 36
B-25J1 Mitchell x 37
B-25J11 Mitchell x 58
P-38L Lightning x 58
P-51D Mustang x 32
F4U-1D Corsair x 28
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 13
PBJ-1J Mitchell x 14

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged
PBJ-1J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
510 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 55 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 73 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 20, 45
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Morning Air attack on 17th Division, at 74,54 , near Liuchow

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt II x 6
B-24J Liberator x 3
B-24J Liberator x 52
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4
B-25H Mitchell x 15
B-25J1 Mitchell x 34
B-25J11 Mitchell x 38
P-38J Lightning x 19
P-38L Lightning x 63
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 19
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 27

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1959 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 101 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 109 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 98,64

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 156 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 46 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 316
B7A2 Grace x 9
D4Y4 Judy x 49

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 71
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 35
P-47N Thunderbolt x 43
F4U-1A Corsair x 20
F4U-1D Corsair x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 15 destroyed
B7A2 Grace: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 24 destroyed, 3 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AM Competent, Kamikaze hits 1, and is sunk
LST-78, Kamikaze hits 1, heavy damage
LCI-628
CL Mobile
DE England
LST-797
LST-713, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 10000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
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Reinforcements:

ML G-607 arrives at Sapporo
ML G-608 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka
96th Shinbu-tai arrives at Tokyo
106th Shinbu-tai arrives at Fusan
109th Shinbu-tai arrives at Fusan
5th Mortar Battalion arrives at Tokyo
5th Indpt SNLF Coy arrives at Tokyo
381 Ku S-1 arrives at Tokyo
381 Ku K-1 arrives at Tokyo
381 Ku K-2 arrives at Tokyo
381 Ku K-3 arrives at Tokyo23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment arrives at Tokyo
40th Ind.Garrison Battalion arrives at Tokyo
217th Naval Construction Battalion arrives at Tokyo
63rd Shinbu-tai arrives at Sapporo
64th Shinbu-tai arrives at Sapporo
E No.200 arrives at Tokyo
Matsushima Ku K-1 arrives at Sendai
Shokaku-1 arrives at Tokyo
97th Shinbu-tai arrives at Keijo
56th Army arrives at Fukuoka
102nd Sentai arrives at Tokyo
Yokosuka Ku S-2 arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
E No.75 arrives at Tokyo

Losses:

DD Okikaze

Ships Sunk:

TK California Standard is reported to have been sunk near Tinian on Oct 08, 1944
LCT-132 is reported to have been sunk near Zamboanga on Sep 21, 1944
DD John W. Weeks is reported to have been sunk near Tokara Retto on Apr 17, 1945
AVP Turkey is reported to have been sunk near Eniwetok on Oct 08, 1944
AM Competent is reported to have been sunk near Amami Oshima on Apr 20, 1945
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The Sumner class DDs are now running around in addition to the Fletchers and older classes. This mitt be the first of these we've sunk, at least the first I noticed. These are not as quick as Fletchers it seems, but have an extra 5inch gun. Any other differences?
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SUBS: The roving Es that sporadically go for Allied subs near Amami-Oshima hit the Thrasher hard during the night of the 23rd. Later Allied CLs took out the Es on the 24th.

DEI: The Allies continue down the Malay peninsula, nearing Kuala Lumpur. Singers has about 100 fighters, 50 float planes, and 1k troops with a decent amount of supply. The industry still works here, interestingly. So it's one of the few places still producing any HI, not that that is helping anything much.

STRAT BOMBING: The B-24s get into the night bombing business, but fail to hit anything except NF yet. They do a good job on those, but we do get some back, and it's nearly 1:1 after the first full set of night encounters. The B-29s go for more Chinese LI, wiping out almost the last of it. They also hit a Grace factory, but pay a price. The B-29Bs also go for Keijo, but they find our NF there and lose about 5 planes in the battles for NO lost NF. That is significant and shows that if we keep up the pressure on the more defensive B-29s, the Bs are vulnerable. I'm just happy now, in spite of my last post rant about ground bombing, that the 500-600 other 4Es are busy hitting meaningless ground positions in China right now instead of Kyushu and Honshu LI. I'm very surprised and thankful no daylight efforts have been tried yet.

CHINA: The ground bombing hits Tsuyung, Liuchow and Kanhsien. Tsuyung is fine, as I'm ecstatic 250 4E and more 2E are still bombing up in the mountains. The forts and terrain protects the troops quite well here also. The Allied army moves in and is nearing the base. We'lll soon see how long it can hold without supply.

The Chinese main stack, a huge 500k mega-pile, did make a break for supply on a yellow road toward Indochina, and now seems to have turned around. It looks to be heading back toward Kweiyang. I'll now stop the movement of my troops to see if it keeps coming on. I'd love an attack there, as the Chinese don't really do so well against fortified positions. Maybe if they do get supply we could be in trouble, but at least they've wasted a good month walking down a yellow road and back again.

At Kanhsien the reason for the 4E attention becomes clear when a para-drop occurs sending in the 44th Parachute Division which for some reason crumbles into a zero AV shock attack and is wrecked. I didn't strike back as supply is dire and in defense these troops should do better than offensively. At least this para-unit is out for a while. Other units are moving back to the Shanghai area as it looks like the Allies will continue trying to move forward and bypass most bases in the area, including Canton/HK.

HOME ISLANDS: The P-47Ns wreak havoc with an extended low level CAP over the fleet by sweeping an island one hex off of Kagoshima. These monsters get about 5:1 or better on the day. I have to restrict all CAP from now on. It would almost be better if those islands flipped ownership just so he couldn't sweep there.

Supply is holding, but not really rising, which is not good. Soon most base forces and other smaller support units will be filled out and all replacements shut off for a while. I've also been withdrawing any unnecessary FP groups and setting early withdrawals for some of the training units to get rid of the extra supply drain. Fuel is out now pretty much everywhere, and only a dribble of oil is still coming in from Sakhalin and Hokkaido.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 21, 45
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Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 13
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 27
Ki-84a Frank x 17

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 3 destroyed
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 3 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 16 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Keijo , at 103,50

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 78 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5d-S Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
B-29B Superfort x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29B Superfort: 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 23
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 32
Ki-84r Frank x 49

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 91
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 37
P-47N Thunderbolt x 61
F4U-1A Corsair x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 23
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 27
Ki-84r Frank x 49

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 86
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 30
P-47N Thunderbolt x 58
F4U-1A Corsair x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 22
Ki-83 x 71
Ki-84r Frank x 32

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 81
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 24
P-47N Thunderbolt x 57
F4U-1A Corsair x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 5 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
P-47N Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
57 x Ki-83 sweeping at 32000 feet

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Ground combat at Kukong (79,57)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 28829 troops, 539 guns, 1187 vehicles, Assault Value = 1572

Defending force 58679 troops, 491 guns, 561 vehicles, Assault Value = 1629

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

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

Assaulting units:
Provisionl Tank Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
11th PAVO Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
19th Motorised Division
Gardner's Horse Regiment
255th Indian Tank Brigade
17th Motorised Division

Defending units:
1st Ind.Infantry Brigade
71st Engineer Regiment
22nd Division
26th Engineer Regiment
62nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Division
20th Engineer Regiment
5th Ind.Infantry Bde /1
15th Naval Guard Unit
54th Infantry Brigade
2nd South Seas Det. /1
4th Mortar Battalion
25th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Rocket Gun Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
12th Army
Southern Army
33rd Army
6th Area Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd RF Gun Battalion
38th Army
12th RF Gun Battalion

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Ground combat at Temuloh (50,78)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13084 troops, 252 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 467

Defending force 4981 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 163

Allied adjusted assault: 463

Japanese adjusted defense: 58

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Temuloh !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1507 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 50 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 2

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
X' Force
XXXIII Indian Corps

Defending units:
8th Ind.Infantry Brigade
86th JAAF AF Bn
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ASW attack near Kuroshima at 98,61

Japanese Ships
E No.48

Allied Ships
SS Thrasher, hits 15, heavy damage

SS Thrasher is sighted by escort
Thrasher diving deep ....
E No.48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.48 attacking submerged sub ....

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 47

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt II x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 40

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 34

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 20
Thunderbolt II x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 1 destroyed
Thunderbolt II: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Thunderbolt I sweeping at 32000 feet
9 x Thunderbolt II sweeping at 32000 feet
9 x Thunderbolt II sweeping at 32000 feet
1 x Thunderbolt I sweeping at 32000 feet

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Ground combat at 55,59 (near Tavoy)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20552 troops, 166 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 740

Defending force 50118 troops, 0 guns, 293 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Allied adjusted assault: 416

Japanese adjusted defense: 451

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
2nd New Chinese Corps
NCAC

Defending units:
25th Army
28th Army
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
55th Division
2nd Guards Division
15th Army
2nd Area Army
16th Division
Burma Area Army
18th Division
2nd Army
75th Infantry Brigade
19th Army
29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
39th Division
79th Brigade
2nd Division
21st Division
5th Division
33rd Division
38th Division
1st Ind.Mixed Regiment

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Morning Air attack on Koshiki-jima Retto , at 101,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 19
J2M3 Jack x 1
J2M5 Jack x 3
N1K2-J George x 7
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 3
Ki-83 x 3
Ki-84a Frank x 3
Ki-84r Frank x 18
Ki-100-I Tony x 9
Ki-102b Randy x 3

Allied aircraft
P-47N Thunderbolt x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 3 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed
Ki-83: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 3 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47N Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Koshiki-jima Retto , at 101,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 6
N1K2-J George x 2
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 2
Ki-83 x 2
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Ki-84r Frank x 9
Ki-100-I Tony x 4
Ki-102b Randy x 1

Allied aircraft
P-47N Thunderbolt x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-83: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47N Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 32000 feet

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Ground combat at Kanhsien (81,57)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7259 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 298

Defending force 9952 troops, 95 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 274

Allied adjusted assault: 0

Japanese adjusted defense: 250

Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 2)

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

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

Allied ground losses:
2861 casualties reported
Squads: 48 destroyed, 339 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 48 (5 destroyed, 43 disabled)

Assaulting units:
44th Parachute Div /1

Defending units:
67th Ind.Infantry Battalion
69th Infantry Brigade
14th RGC Temp./A Division
2nd JAAF Base Force
35th JAAF AF Bn

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Night Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 36

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged

Light Industry hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Wuchang , at 84,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 24

No Allied losses

Light Industry hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 69 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 23
P1Y2-S Frances x 12

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 27
J2M5 Jack x 24

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 3 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 32000 feet

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Reinforcements:

ML G-609 arrives at Shimizu
S-901 Hikotai arrives at Kurume
26th RF Gun Battalion arrives at Tokyo
SS I-14 arrives at Maizuru
SS I-201 arrives at Kobe
1st JAAF AF Coy arrives at Tokyo
99th Shinbu-tai arrives at Keijo
5th Medium Mortar Battalion arrives at Tokyo
E Takane arrives at Tokyo
ML G-611 arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
938 Ku T-3/C arrives at Taihoku
40th Shinbu-tai arrives at Tokyo
41st Shinbu-tai arrives at Tokyo
Yokosuka 4th SNLF arrives at Tokyo

Losses:

Loss of E No.28 on Apr 24, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.35 on Apr 24, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.42 on Apr 24, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.54 on Apr 24, 1945 is admitted

Ships Sunk:

PT-279 is reported to have been sunk near Batangas on Jan 21, 1945
PT-168 is reported to have been sunk near Bataan on Jan 13, 1945
TK Alfred Clegg is reported to have been sunk near Tinian on Oct 08, 1944
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Lots of planes still way over here.

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STRAT BOMBING: Nothing these two turns.

CHINA: As shown in the map below, the Southern areas of China are now in retreat. The Allied forces are moving on Liuchow, and our Nanning troops will only just make it there as they do, so whether that base holds an attack depends on what he's bringing and the timing involved. All of these are simply rear guard actions now. The Allies continue to focus 4E and 2E on ground troops.

At Kanhsien the Allies bring in the armor, and it looks like he'll take this base and then try for things beyond. I'm bringing some troops out of Shanghai and then rail some around to try and hold the forward advance at least in the wilds out there, which have some good terrain. Not many forts built though.

HOME ISLANDS: For some reason Jocke puts CVs in range of the CAP at Shanghai and a bunch of strike planes go for the little ASW ships there. He loses a bunch of Hellcats and some strike bombers for a few SCs. Nice gift.

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Morning Air attack on 35th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 72,55 (Nanning)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
B-24J Liberator x 31
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4
B-25H Mitchell x 35
B-25J1 Mitchell x 53
B-25J11 Mitchell x 32
P-38J Lightning x 7
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
367 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kanoya , at 102,61

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 14

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 8 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 35th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 72,55 (Nanning)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 14
B-24J Liberator x 65
B-25D1 Mitchell x 21
B-25G Mitchell x 11
B-25H Mitchell x 49
B-25J1 Mitchell x 12
B-25J11 Mitchell x 31
P-38J Lightning x 6
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 10
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11
PBJ-1H Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
467 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Shanghai at 92,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 11
J2M3 Jack x 8
J2M5 Jack x 26
N1K2-J George x 13
Ki-84r Frank x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 1

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 142
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 26
TBM-3 Avenger x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 14 destroyed
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
TBM-3 Avenger: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
PB Rikusen Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
PB Hinode Maru #17, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SC CHa-44
SC CHa-32, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SC CHa-17, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

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Reinforcements:

DD Kusunoki arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka
Yokosuka 1st SNLF arrives at Tokyo
17th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo

Losses:

Loss of PB Hinode Maru #17 on Apr 27, 1945 is admitted
Loss of PB Rikusen Maru on Apr 27, 1945 is admitted
Loss of SC CHa-17 on Apr 27, 1945 is admitted
Loss of SC CHa-32 on Apr 27, 1945 is admitted

Ships Sunk:

DD Caperton is reported to have been sunk near Manila on Jan 23, 1945
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A view of China. The 'x' marks are bases that will remain at garrison level and simply wait to be taken. Rear guard actions, really. The main effort will be too keep the Allied tanks away from the approaches to Shanghai, and to make the Allies take each base, not just walk into them and get them for free.
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COMING HOME
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Most Japanese forces will be heading back to the HI. Only restricted units in China and on Formosa will not be brought back. A flight line has been pulling units from Formosa for a while, and several full divisions have made it along with many air HQ and other units of importance. All parts of units not able to fly will move to Kagi which is at 20 supply and where they'll be most quickly shriveled to nothing.

The Allies have a big contingent of fighters all over the islands near Okinawa up to Amami-Oshima, but have only tried night bombing the HI so far. Works for me.

The fighters on Kyushu have had o be restricted to only their own hex, so they are a bit vulnerable in each base, but bases further back have roving fighters that may lend a hand if there is a big push. Distant base all over Honshu have been stocked with fighters as well and some have even put on NF duty. We'll see how that works.
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28 - 29 April 1945
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SUBS: The IJN subs, all 12 of them, will sortie and prepare to add to the defense of the HI. If there is a good opportunity I'll send them all at the Allied CVs soon. In the meantime they'll hang just off of Nagasaki.

DEI: The Allies make it to Kuala Lumpur and should move forward soon. Not much to told them back. Singers is the only bastion here.

STRAT BOMBING: A massive combined strike of all of the B-29 types all over the HI and the other 4E at Kagoshima do all kinds of damage to the NF but luckily don't hit much on the ground. The B versions go for an undefended Niigata and take out all of it's LI in one night, of course.

The others go for the West and get 3:1 vs NF. Wow!

CHINA: Both Kanhsien and Liuchow fall. Now sounds the alarms. General retreat. It'll be interesting though. It looks like the entire tank Army is actually moving NW from Kanhsien. Hmmmmm. Toward Changsha? That will hopeful be tougher to crack.

Tsuyung though holds brilliantly, although forts drop a level to 5. Still, getting a 1:4 against a superior Allied force and with virtually no supply is a satisfying result if not a major victory. We'll see what is in store next.

HOME ISLANDS: Yet more training groups arrive. These are the 27 plane variety, with around 80 pilots. I'l train this one more group, and no more. The earlier batch has almost finished truing as either low naval kamis or escorts with 60 air and 50 low naval.

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Morning Air attack on 7th Area Army, at 74,55 (Liuchow)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
B-24J Liberator x 78
B-25D1 Mitchell x 23
B-25G Mitchell x 3
B-25H Mitchell x 25
B-25J1 Mitchell x 31
B-25J11 Mitchell x 52
P-38L Lightning x 42
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 13
PBJ-1H Mitchell x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1084 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 196 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 48 (30 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 82 (26 destroyed, 56 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Kanhsien (81,57)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13012 troops, 49 guns, 1517 vehicles, Assault Value = 1063

Defending force 12319 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 415

Allied adjusted assault: 758

Japanese adjusted defense: 137

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Kanhsien !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
5498 casualties reported
Squads: 264 destroyed, 144 disabled
Non Combat: 135 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 64 (42 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
11th PAVO Regiment
Gardner's Horse Regiment
3rd Cavalry Regiment
Guides Cavalry Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
255th Indian Tank Brigade
18th Cavalry Regiment
Provisionl Tank Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
44th Parachute Division

Defending units:
69th Infantry Brigade
67th Ind.Infantry Battalion
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th RGC Temp./A Division

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Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45892 troops, 873 guns, 539 vehicles, Assault Value = 1285

Defending force 21718 troops, 313 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 435

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 505

Japanese adjusted defense: 2293

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
742 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
978 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 107 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled

Assaulting units:
7th Indian Division
25th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
8th New Chinese Corps
104th RAF Base Force
56th Heavy Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
3rd West African AA Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
117th RAF Base Force
23rd AA Bde
2nd West African AA Regiment
4th West African AA Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
40th Division
37th Division
104th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st Army
23rd JAAF AF Bn

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Night Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 15
P1Y2-S Frances x 11

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 14
B-29-1 Superfort x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5d-S Zero x 12
J1N1-Sa Irving x 13
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 6

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5d-S Zero: 1 destroyed
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Light Industry hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Niigata , at 114,57

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29B Superfort x 7

No Allied losses

Light Industry hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 18 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 29th Army, at 74,55 (Liuchow)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7
B-24J Liberator x 66
B-25G Mitchell x 3
B-25H Mitchell x 17
B-25J11 Mitchell x 53
P-38J Lightning x 10
P-38L Lightning x 13
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 6
PBJ-1H Mitchell x 3
PBJ-1J Mitchell x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
659 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 89 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Liuchow (74,55)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 40761 troops, 583 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 1599

Defending force 12867 troops, 191 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 330

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 671

Japanese adjusted defense: 108

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Liuchow !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
5722 casualties reported
Squads: 133 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 178 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 40 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 74 (52 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 36 (36 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 10

Allied ground losses:
1035 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 134 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 21 (3 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
11th (East African) Division
81st (West African) Division
6th New Chinese Corps

Defending units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
6th Ind.Infantry Brigade
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
19th JNAF AF Unit
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade
21st Air Defense AA Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
7th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
53rd Field AA Battalion
17th Army /1
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Reinforcements:

ML G-612 arrives at Kobe
201st Division arrives at Tokyo
214th Division arrives at Utsonomiya
27th Ind. AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
81st Sentai arrives at Changsha
99th Shinbu-tai arrives at Fusan
8th Ind.Tank Brigade arrives at Nagoya
80th Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
8th Tank Regiment arrives at Tokyo
65th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
113th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
E Ikara arrives at Tokyo

Losses:

Loss of E W-34 on Mar 11, 1945 is admitted

Ships Sunk: none.
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The Ki-9 Spruce. I may end up having to use these things as kamis. Their 100kg bomb won't do much, but this here looks like a better solution. The caption of the shot states that this is a drum of explosives in the rear seat. Looks like they all have one. Too bad that's not in game!

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30 April - 2 May 1945
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SUBS: I tried sending one more xAKL up through the South China Sea but no go. The Hackleback put two TT in it and that was that.

STRAT BOMBING: None these three days.

CHINA: Troops have left Hong Kong for Canton and all Canton troops are on the march toward Kukong. I've also hatched a plan to send the Kukong troops to Kanhsien as the Allied armor has moved quickly WNW. Clear hex, no forts, flown in troops. About 2500 AV of Japanese divisions, undersupplied but with the Southern and the China Expeditionary Army here. I even changed prep for them all. I should arrive in a few days and if these troops don't multiply fast or move out this might be a very rare chance for an Allied set-back. Fingers crossed.

After sending out everything in to the clear the Allied bombers take a shot, but I did also bring ALL of the Canton flak and stationed some Ki-83 at Hong Kong on LR CAP. On 1 May the sweeps came in but no bombers. The Ki-83s did well getting a 1:1 on the day against elite Allied Corsairs and Mustangs. I'll put up all of the info for a few of the runs as it's pretty interesting to match these planes. A Ki-83 ace is moving up the chain and has tied our previous leader with 12 kills. Pathetic, I know, but it's hard to keep pilots around long enough to actually get above this number.

On the 2nd the Allied bombers flew, my Ki-83 were sent back in case of reprisals, and the flak took over!

Around 20 Allied planes reported lost as they come streaming in as usual at 6k. They still took out around 1500 troops, but this is not bad at all for the clear hex. The IJA is moving in combat mode to keep flak effectiveness and limit losses. Worked today.

I don't usually count the myriad small packages of bombers arriving, so I really don't know a lot of the time how much is actually hitting our forces. Today just to see the impact flak is having I thought a count was in order. Turns out there were 156 4E and 413 2E in this one. In total 4 4E (3.8% of the total) and 17 2E (4.1% of the total) are reported downed. Not so much.

Up in the mountains at Tsuyung the troops held again with a 1:4 but the forts went down to 4. This time the Allied losses are higher. All good stuff.

HOME ISLANDS: A few of my fighters somehow figure out waves of Corsairs are sweeping over an unmilitarized island off of Kagoshima and move in to get slaughtered. Not enough to actually fight a fair battle, even though they leave a base with 700 fighters in it. Just 5-10 at a time. Seriously. Back to stationary CAP over bases.

Jocke took out the remaining ships at Taihoku. I had forgotten they were there and when the CAP was moved, there they still were. Not much, but I hate those mistakes.

On the 2nd five Jakes on an island off of Formosa hit an AVD and likely sank it. I'd noticed some small ships coming close by and set these at two hexes range. Viola. One tiny ship, the Yakutat, gone.

DEI: The Allies take Kuala Lumpur. They also attack the remnants of the Burma Army. Not sure why. For kicks? It's certainly not going anywhere!

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Shanghai at 92,55, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Tenzan Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC CHa-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
SC CHa-75, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Wager
DD Wakeful
DD Wessex
DD Whelp

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 28,000 yards

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Morning Air attack on Koshiki-jima Retto , at 101,60

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 5
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Ki-84r Frank x 1
Ki-100-I Tony x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 3

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 3 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
41 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 7th Base Force, at 78,60 , near Hong Kong

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 68
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4
B-25G Mitchell x 11
B-25H Mitchell x 9
B-25J1 Mitchell x 62
B-25J11 Mitchell x 38
P-38J Lightning x 14
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1219 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 146 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 33 (2 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Taihoku , at 87,63

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 80

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
TK Kozui Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AG Noshima, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
ACM Tsukikawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
ACM Tsuneshima Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
TK Moji Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
ACM Higashiyama Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk

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

Port hits 22
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on North China Area Army, at 78,59 , near Canton

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 55

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 3 destroyed

CAP engaged:
200th Sentai with Ki-83 (18 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(55 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
18 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 16 being recalled, 21 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on North China Area Army, at 78,59 , near Canton

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 34

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 3 destroyed

CAP engaged:
200th Sentai with Ki-83 (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
25 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on North China Area Army, at 78,59 , near Canton

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 20

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 32000 feet

CAP engaged:
200th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 40000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on North China Area Army, at 78,59 , near Canton

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 8

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 32000 feet

CAP engaged:
200th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes

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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,76

Japanese Ships
xAKL Turusima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Hackleback

SS Hackleback launches 2 torpedoes

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,66

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1b Jake x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AVD Yakutat, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x E13A1b Jake bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 27th Division, at 78,59 , near Canton

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10
B-24J Liberator x 78
B-25D1 Mitchell x 20
B-25G Mitchell x 3
B-25H Mitchell x 18
B-25J1 Mitchell x 39
B-25J11 Mitchell x 61
P-38L Lightning x 13
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 16
PBJ-1H Mitchell x 10
PBJ-1J Mitchell x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 29 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25G Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25J1 Mitchell: 14 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 8 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 6 damaged
PBJ-1H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
834 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 96 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 33 (1 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45307 troops, 873 guns, 539 vehicles, Assault Value = 1205

Defending force 22096 troops, 311 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 467

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 607

Japanese adjusted defense: 3013

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
888 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1953 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 160 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 42 disabled
Guns lost 41 (1 destroyed, 40 disabled)

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
25th Indian Division
7th Indian Division
8th New Chinese Corps
2nd West African AA Regiment
23rd AA Bde
88th Medium Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
3rd West African AA Regiment
4th West African AA Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
56th Heavy Regiment
117th RAF Base Force
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
104th Division
40th Division
37th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st Army
23rd JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13092 troops, 252 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 467

Defending force 1414 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

Allied adjusted assault: 433

Japanese adjusted defense: 39

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
645 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
X' Force
XXXIII Indian Corps

Defending units:
3rd INA Azad Regiment

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Reinforcements: Here we go!! Days of clicking ahead. I won't even try to figure out what to do with all of these in one turn. These are mostly big training groups with 27-36 planes and 80-110 pilots. This should empty the IJNAF replacements pools and flight school COMPLETELY!!!

Hakata Ku K-1 arrives at Fukuoka
Hakata Ku K-2 arrives at Fukuoka
Hakata Ku K-3 arrives at Fukuoka
Hakata Ku K-4 arrives at Fukuoka
Isahaya Ku K-1 arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
Isahaya Ku K-2 arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
Isahaya Ku K-3 arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
Isahaya Ku K-4 arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
Iwakuni Ku K-1 arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
Iwakuni Ku K-2 arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
Iwakuni Ku K-3 arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
Kannonji Ku K-1 arrives at Takamatsu
Kannonji Ku K-2 arrives at Takamatsu
Kannonji Ku K-3 arrives at Takamatsu
Kannonji Ku K-4 arrives at Takamatsu
Kowa Ku K-1 arrives at Tsu
Kowa Ku K-2 arrives at Tsu
Kowa Ku K-3 arrives at Tsu
Kwanju Ku K-1 arrives at Gunzan
Kwanju Ku K-2 arrives at Gunzan
Kwanju Ku K-3 arrives at Gunzan
Kwanju Ku K-4 arrives at Gunzan
Mineyama Ku K-1 arrives at Maizuru
Mineyama Ku K-2 arrives at Maizuru
Mineyama Ku K-3 arrives at Maizuru
Mineyama Ku K-4 arrives at Maizuru
Okazaki Ku K-1 arrives at Nagoya
Okazaki Ku K-2 arrives at Nagoya
Okazaki Ku K-3 arrives at Nagoya
Okazaki Ku K-4 arrives at Nagoya
Okazaki Ku K-5 arrives at Nagoya
Otsu Ku S-1 arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
Otsu Ku T-1 arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
Fusan Ku K-1 arrives at Fusan
Fusan Ku K-2 arrives at Fusan
Fusan Ku K-3 arrives at Fusan
Fusan Ku K-4 arrives at Fusan
Saiyo Ku K-1 arrives at Matsuyama
Saiyo Ku K-2 arrives at Matsuyama
Saiyo Ku K-3 arrives at Matsuyama
Saiyo Ku K-4 arrives at Matsuyama
Tsingtao Ku K-1 arrives at Tsingtao
Tsingtao Ku K-2 arrives at Tsingtao
Tsingtao Ku K-3 arrives at Tsingtao
Tsuiki Ku K-1 arrives at Fukuoka
Tsuiki Ku K-2 arrives at Fukuoka
Tsuiki Ku K-3 arrives at Fukuoka
Tsuiki Ku K-4 arrives at Fukuoka
Yamato Ku K-1 arrives at Tokyo
Yamato Ku K-1 arrives at Tokyo
26th Shinbu-tai arrives at Shanghai
27th Shinbu-tai arrives at Shanghai
54th Shinbu-tai arrives at Shanghai
70th Shinbu-tai is delayed to arrive at Tokyo
72nd Shinbu-tai arrives at Rashin
110th Shinbu-tai arrives at Shanghai
111th Shinbu-tai arrives at Shanghai
112th Shinbu-tai arrives at Shanghai
113th Shinbu-tai arrives at Shanghai
42nd Air Defense AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
194th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
ML G-615 arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
64th Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo

Losses: I could ave at least siphoned some fuel from these, but now as I remember I think a few at least were left due to having none left to get out.

Loss of SC CHa-60 on Apr 30, 1945 is admitted
Loss of SC CHa-75 on Apr 30, 1945 is admitted
Loss of PB Tenzan Maru on Apr 30, 1945 is admitted
Loss of AG Noshima on Apr 30, 1945 is admitted
Loss of TK Kozui Maru on Apr 30, 1945 is admitted
Loss of TK Moji Maru on Apr 30, 1945 is admitted
Loss of ACM Higashiyama Maru on Apr 30, 1945 is admitted
Loss of ACM Tsuneshima Maru on Apr 30, 1945 is admitted
Loss of ACM Tsukikawa Maru on Apr 30, 1945 is admitted

Ships Sunk:

YMS-393 is reported to have been sunk near Bataan on Jan 18, 1945
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Most of these groups come with one of these two planes. Woohoo! Wish they had the 55 gallon drum of something nasty in the instructors seat.
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/20/2014 4:56:01 PM

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Do these training groups arrive with a full compliment of aircraft?

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Yes. Well, if these qualify as aircraft.

They do, and yet the bi-planes get a 100kg bomb each and the Shiragaku has one 250kg bomb, and you may as well try flying a glider into a ship as any one of these.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/20/2014 6:39:26 PM

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Cool. Was just trying to figure out if I had to spend HI and engines building those craptastic marvels of flight.

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The best thing you could do would be to try to get the Toka and Tsuragi early and either have enough surplus supply to heavily expand them or use several R n D factories upgrading to production for each.

I had the chance to do this with the Myoko (upgrade from D3A line so you can really push it forward) for the IJN groups but I stopped the R n D when I found out the D4Y4 also had the 800kg bomb and so much better stats. What I didn't notice or think about is that it isn't in the upgrade path for these training/kami units. Grrrrrr.

For the IJAAF training/kami units the upgrades are mostly the Tsurugi and sometimes the other LB. I'm only able to build 30/month of these. I can't even upgrade to the 2E path for the large majority of the big units, but some of the size 10 can.

So, think ahead. Plan ahead. Even if I never play Japan through again I'd like to plan a game as a guide to what I would do if I did it again. Still some research on this one left to do though.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/20/2014 8:05:24 PM

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Took me a bit to follow this - just to make sure I understand -

Willow and Spruce are single engine LBs and since there aren't many single engine LB/DBs that are good Kamikazes, it is better to have Tsuragis and Tokas since the training units have an upgrade to those non-LB/DB class planes built in. Is that right? Or am I totally missing the point you are trying to make?

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Obvert i know You write that Ki-45 KAId is key to open NF path to FB units.
But i have problem finding units that can upgrade to Ki-45 KAId. Even with PDU ON.

Can You share some data what units can or You upgrade to Ki-45 KAId, or maybe i doing something wrong and i need first upgrade to another plane to open Ki-45 KAId upgrade.
Screen shoot would be nice

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/20/2014 9:34:21 PM

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Yes. Well, if these qualify as aircraft.

They do, and yet the bi-planes get a 100kg bomb each and the Shiragaku has one 250kg bomb, and you may as well try flying a glider into a ship as any one of these.

It was before a lot of the current betas, but my last AI game the AI used the Willow in great numbers for kamis. They do some damage to merchants. They also eat up CAP passes. I don't know if the trade-off is worth it.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/20/2014 9:58:43 PM

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Took me a bit to follow this - just to make sure I understand -

Willow and Spruce are single engine LBs and since there aren't many single engine LB/DBs that are good Kamikazes, it is better to have Tsuragis and Tokas since the training units have an upgrade to those non-LB/DB class planes built in. Is that right? Or am I totally missing the point you are trying to make?

In order to effectively use the training units as kami groups you'll need better planes. Most of these groups don't upgrade to any F/DB/TB path for the IJN which is what I've built and have pools ready to use. Therefore the Myojo, the Toka and the FB types would need to fill these out if I were starting again. (I forgot to mention the FB earlier. Some are FB groups but I've been getting these to upgrade to the A6M8 or A7M2. Both have 2 x 250kg to 4 hexes and 2 x 100 kg to 5 hexes).

I had no experience with the training groups and didn't look ahead enough at upgrade paths. Also, I thought I'd be in a better position for supply and be able to expand the Tsurugi factories.

I just calculated and the training groups alone that I have now are approximately:

IJNAF

K5Y1 Willow/K11W1 Shiragaku - 1300 planes

Group size: 27 (2 x 36)

Upgrades to:

All 2E IJN bombers (with PP fee)
Kikka
D5Y1 Myojo
Toka
E16A1 Paul

Toka

So for these the Toka is really the only great option. The Myojo would also be decent, and because of it's path from the Val you could really build a pool of these. The 2E can work but it's more expensive in PPs and supply.

A6M2-K - 200 planes

Group size: 27

Upgrades to:

A6M7
A6M2 Sen Baku
Myoko

Some will take the A6M8, others I might be able to get there through the A6M7

IJAAF

Ki-9 Spruce/Ki-76 Stella/Ki-36 Ida - 500 planes

Group size: 10

Upgrades to:

All 2E IJA bombers (with PP fee)
All 1E IJA bombers

Ki-115 Tsurugi

So again the Tsurugi is your best bet, but I won't have that until 7-8/45 and not very many. So I've been going toward the 2E for a fee route. Some will fly Anns.

There are also a bunch of fighter groups at size 10 and these will definitely be Oscars or Ki-100.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/20/2014 10:09:36 PM

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Obvert i know You write that Ki-45 KAId is key to open NF path to FB units.
But i have problem finding units that can upgrade to Ki-45 KAId. Even with PDU ON.

Can You share some data what units can or You upgrade to Ki-45 KAId, or maybe i doing something wrong and i need first upgrade to another plane to open Ki-45 KAId upgrade.
Screen shoot would be nice

koniu

Yeah. I just found them. It's the restricted 4th Sentai (which starts on Formosa as a Nate unit, a Babs recon unit, and another that I think is a Nick unit at Fukuoka. If you put them together you get this.

The 5th Sentai is restricted to the HI too, as shown below.

So that is another 100 possible NF and BIG groups which is key. They will then upgrade to the Randy 'c.'