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RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Tro... - 10/12/2019 6:47:50 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 21, 42
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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 98,132

Japanese Ships
SS I-160

Allied Ships
AM Pieter de Bitter

SS I-160 is sighted by escort
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Submarine attack near Trivandrum at 27,45

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
TK British Chemist, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

excellent!

TK British Chemist is sighted by SS I-170
SS I-170 launches 4 torpedoes at TK British Chemist

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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 98,130

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
AM Colac

no luck at all at Port Moresby though...

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

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Submarine attack near Trivandrum at 27,45

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
TK Britannia, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires

I-170 kills another tanker from the same convoy... the enemy will feel every lost tanker the coming years, more and more the more ships he will have to fuel far from his major fuel hubs...

TK Britannia is sighted by SS I-170
SS I-170 launches 2 torpedoes at TK Britannia

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TF 83 encounters mine field at Utan Melintang (48,77)

Japanese Ships
AMc Rumeo Maru
AMc Hakata Maru #6

7 mines cleared

that's a base along Malaya's west coast where we stumbled into a minefield by accident...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Vava'u at 143,167

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N2 Kate x 70
D3A1 Val x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Am. Builder, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Agwimonte, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP President Buchanan, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Sage Brush, Bomb hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Perkins, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Shooting Star, Bomb hits 17, and is sunk
xAK Red Jacket, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
xAK K.I. Luckenbach, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
xAK Alcoa Prospector, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK West Portal, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK West Nilus, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
PC Taney, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Alcoa Pathfinder, Bomb hits 9, and is sunk
xAK Alcoa Pennant, Bomb hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
1374 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 85 destroyed, 31 disabled
Guns lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 50 (26 destroyed, 24 disabled)

after destroying the tanker convoy around New Caledonia KB went dark and moved to the East, spotting another convoy today... the carriers launch a big strike and annihilate a troop convoy which seems to have carried support units, probabably Seabees or comparable construction units as we killed quite a lot Engineers... no matter how pityful the Kates perform with torpedoes so far, they drop laser guided bombs attacking with 2x250kg bombs at 1000ft...

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Massive explosion on DD Perkins
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Red Jacket
Massive explosion on xAK Alcoa Pathfinder
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Alcoa Prospector
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK West Portal

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Vava'u at 143,166

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Preston, Bomb hits 1, on fire

even DDs get hit on a frequent basis, something they can't achieve with torps...

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Vava'u at 143,166

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Santa Inez, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Preston, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

a second convoy was spotted just one hex to the North, consisting of a big transport and a DD... the Vals attack with 60kg GP bombs but due to the number of hits both ships are in sinking condition...

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Preston

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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 107 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22

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

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 109 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22

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

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

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 55 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vava'u at 143,167

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N2 Kate x 63

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK West Portal, Bomb hits 13, and is sunk
xAK West Notus, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAK K.I. Luckenbach, Bomb hits 13, and is sunk
xAK Alcoa Prospector, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
xAK Jefferson Myers, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAK British Columbia, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Perkins, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 26 (18 destroyed, 8 disabled)

KB launches more strikes in the afternoon to kill what was still not sunk... the whole convoy was sunk... BANZAI!

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
24 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
16 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Massive explosion on xAK West Portal

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vava'u at 143,167

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Perkins, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
22 x D3A1 Val releasing from 10000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 98,130

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
xAK Brastagi
AM Colac

torps miss the unloading freighter...

SS I-15 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Brastagi
I-15 bottoming out ....
AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 825 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4027

Defending force 113595 troops, 617 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2608

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

Assaulting units:
69th Division
35th Division
32nd Division
36th Division
5th Armored Car Co
63rd Division
59th Division
37th Division
41st Division
110th Division
27th Division
26th Division
NCPC Army
1st Army
Mongol Garrison Army
13th Army
4th Mortar Battalion
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
80th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
29th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
7th New Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
31st Group Army
1st War Area
21st Group Army
24th Group Army
39th Group Army
3rd Construction Regiment
7th Construction Regiment
3rd Group Army
8th Group Army
Lusu War Area
10th Chinese Base Force

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RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Tro... - 10/12/2019 6:53:17 PM

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As the ships from the troop convoy sink we also sink two dozen aircraft with them... looks like that's at least one squadron of Airacobras plus a squadron of Mitchells that were bound for Australia...

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RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Tro... - 10/13/2019 9:29:43 AM

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From MichaelM, post #24
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2693781&mpage=1&key=�

Here is a list of things that go towards determining if groups are 'grouped' together in the same raid/attack:

Group attack mission is similar to the raid's mission (not a TF and a base attack)

Sweeps, recon and search missions are not used in co-ordination

Escorts need to be at same altitude as raid itself and have the same target to imporve chances

Groups from same base have better chance to fly together; further apart group bases are, lessen the chance

Groups belonging to same theatre command have increased chance; groups in range of their Air Hq are further increased

IJA and IJN groups have a lessen chance to co-ordinate

Group experience and leader's AIR increases chance

Groups need to be within 20% of the raid's speed or time to target for the raid and group within 30 minutes to participate in raid

Escorts targeted to same target as bombers have a better chance than un-target escorts

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RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Tro... - 10/13/2019 2:18:05 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: castor troy

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

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ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

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ORIGINAL: castor troy

and this is what makes me think over and over again that the strike routine that came with AE is fully flawed compared to the always working strike routine of WITP... had 85 Zeroes at Lae set to escort, same height as the Vals, 9 hexes range, all great morale and all the other blah blah that doesn't do **** when it comes to strikes and how they look like... if ppl still believe this woodoo after all those years then this is something the forum achieved and the devs can thank the forumites for their myths... 42 highly skilled Vals come in unescorted and get chewed up of course for no gain... two dozen shot down, the rest withdrew... idiotic strike routine and the more strikes you fly a day the more you see of this ridicoulos bullshit... I'm not trying to do a coordinated 1000 bomber night strike 800 miles deep into Germany, I've ordered fighters from Lae to fly with bombers from Lae some 180 miles to Port Moresby and the ****ing idiocy that is called a "strike routine" made none of the fighters take off... this is not a strike routine, this is not some FUBAR that happened, it's just a silly flaw as there would be no way fighter squadrons would say "no, we don't fly with the bombers today" in real life...

So one thing about having you back is that you ACTUALLY look at your results. Its nice to see.

So this is actually what I like most about AE compared to original: you can't get too fancy because bad things will happen.

Even Elliot could not hide some of the terrible mishaps on the part of the USN in the early war. Comms frequently went down. Disparate units did launch and got creamed because of it. The Brits and Germans both suffered badly from this in the BoB � and be sure that Lae is nothing even close to England and France in terms of infrastructure.

So your outcome here, while far from desired, is entirely possible. And if you do it often enough, possible becomes probable. Yes, in original WITP this would work almost always. But we know that specifically this was completely re-done and I feel it much better represents the realities of 1942.

I once asked the devs if the coordination routine improved over the course of the war due to technology AND process improvements. I got a "NULL" answer. I've always suspected that it does, but proving it without access to the code is a long shot.

Anyway, keep up the 'rants'. Great having you back!

+1

The specific messages and reports in the game have to be looked at as metaphors for the reasons of the outcomes depicted.

Nah guys. We have a level 4 airfield, 48 Vals and 45 Zeroes ordered to attack a naval target at a base 180 miles away. Orders are given and when the bombers take off in the morning (actually the Zeroes would launch first due to their higher range) the Zeroes stay at the airfield while the pilots drink Sake. This didn't happen, it's just utter BS. Again, I'm not talking about some xy coordination of 1000 bombers/fighters going from several airfields to bomb England or Germany during the night, I'm talking about this nilly willy die roll BS that makes it look like as if there would be some routine with rational settings behind it.

(Including Yaab's notes from Michael)

1. Generally, no. Fighters always launched last to give them max time at target with full "tit" as the yanks used to say (full boost). It also gave clear air for bombers to form up. Finally fighters can more easily close the gap.
2. Generally the two formations flew at different altitudes, fighters above. In any case, they generally had different leadership.
3. 180 miles is about 2 hours flight time. Well within range, but 2 hours is plenty of time for bad things.
3. Radios were not great and radio silence rules were extreme for good reason. Radar was very primitive for everyone, but radio direction triangulation was both well known, but also well used. Everyone knew that using your radio meant the enemy would know what and where you were.
4. Clouds and/or squalls enroute were probable. 10,000 feet does not put you above, it puts you in. You have to fly around. Val's go left, fighters go right � That simple.

Frustrating. But it happened time and again.

Referring to BoB, the brits had fighters miss attacking units repeatedly .. they ended up wrong place/wrong time. Literally. Flying over land that they knew and they still got to the wrong place. Not talking about coordinating hundreds of planes, just trying to get one group to one place. That was lower England, one of the most industrialized areas in the world in 1941. The best radios, the best radar of the era. The game engine now better accounts for both radio and weather impact upon the ability to coordinate.

If you still have doubts, you should read NTSB reports from 2015-2018 - 75 years later small aircraft now, but of the same size as then have all the same issues as then with the same bad outcomes.

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RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Tro... - 10/14/2019 5:45:15 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

quote:

ORIGINAL: castor troy

quote:

ORIGINAL: witpqs

quote:

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

quote:

ORIGINAL: castor troy

and this is what makes me think over and over again that the strike routine that came with AE is fully flawed compared to the always working strike routine of WITP... had 85 Zeroes at Lae set to escort, same height as the Vals, 9 hexes range, all great morale and all the other blah blah that doesn't do **** when it comes to strikes and how they look like... if ppl still believe this woodoo after all those years then this is something the forum achieved and the devs can thank the forumites for their myths... 42 highly skilled Vals come in unescorted and get chewed up of course for no gain... two dozen shot down, the rest withdrew... idiotic strike routine and the more strikes you fly a day the more you see of this ridicoulos bullshit... I'm not trying to do a coordinated 1000 bomber night strike 800 miles deep into Germany, I've ordered fighters from Lae to fly with bombers from Lae some 180 miles to Port Moresby and the ****ing idiocy that is called a "strike routine" made none of the fighters take off... this is not a strike routine, this is not some FUBAR that happened, it's just a silly flaw as there would be no way fighter squadrons would say "no, we don't fly with the bombers today" in real life...

So one thing about having you back is that you ACTUALLY look at your results. Its nice to see.

So this is actually what I like most about AE compared to original: you can't get too fancy because bad things will happen.

Even Elliot could not hide some of the terrible mishaps on the part of the USN in the early war. Comms frequently went down. Disparate units did launch and got creamed because of it. The Brits and Germans both suffered badly from this in the BoB � and be sure that Lae is nothing even close to England and France in terms of infrastructure.

So your outcome here, while far from desired, is entirely possible. And if you do it often enough, possible becomes probable. Yes, in original WITP this would work almost always. But we know that specifically this was completely re-done and I feel it much better represents the realities of 1942.

I once asked the devs if the coordination routine improved over the course of the war due to technology AND process improvements. I got a "NULL" answer. I've always suspected that it does, but proving it without access to the code is a long shot.

Anyway, keep up the 'rants'. Great having you back!

+1

The specific messages and reports in the game have to be looked at as metaphors for the reasons of the outcomes depicted.

Nah guys. We have a level 4 airfield, 48 Vals and 45 Zeroes ordered to attack a naval target at a base 180 miles away. Orders are given and when the bombers take off in the morning (actually the Zeroes would launch first due to their higher range) the Zeroes stay at the airfield while the pilots drink Sake. This didn't happen, it's just utter BS. Again, I'm not talking about some xy coordination of 1000 bombers/fighters going from several airfields to bomb England or Germany during the night, I'm talking about this nilly willy die roll BS that makes it look like as if there would be some routine with rational settings behind it.

(Including Yaab's notes from Michael)

1. Generally, no. Fighters always launched last to give them max time at target with full "tit" as the yanks used to say (full boost). It also gave clear air for bombers to form up. Finally fighters can more easily close the gap.
2. Generally the two formations flew at different altitudes, fighters above. In any case, they generally had different leadership.
3. 180 miles is about 2 hours flight time. Well within range, but 2 hours is plenty of time for bad things.
3. Radios were not great and radio silence rules were extreme for good reason. Radar was very primitive for everyone, but radio direction triangulation was both well known, but also well used. Everyone knew that using your radio meant the enemy would know what and where you were.
4. Clouds and/or squalls enroute were probable. 10,000 feet does not put you above, it puts you in. You have to fly around. Val's go left, fighters go right � That simple.

Frustrating. But it happened time and again.

Referring to BoB, the brits had fighters miss attacking units repeatedly .. they ended up wrong place/wrong time. Literally. Flying over land that they knew and they still got to the wrong place. Not talking about coordinating hundreds of planes, just trying to get one group to one place. That was lower England, one of the most industrialized areas in the world in 1941. The best radios, the best radar of the era. The game engine now better accounts for both radio and weather impact upon the ability to coordinate.

If you still have doubts, you should read NTSB reports from 2015-2018 - 75 years later small aircraft now, but of the same size as then have all the same issues as then with the same bad outcomes.

Zeroes got twice the range as the Vals.

And with all respect, NO it did not happen that a squadron ordered to fly just didn't fly because of a die roll. It wasn't fail of coordination, they just didn't take off, from the same airfield the Vals came. OMG, come on guys, don't try to find some obscure excuses for a flaw in the game.

The fighters DID NOT LAUNCH AT ALL, they accumulated 0 fatigue. They just failed to fly in game terms, that's just utter stupid.

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RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Tro... - 10/14/2019 5:49:24 PM

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ORIGINAL: Yaab

From MichaelM, post #24
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2693781&mpage=1&key=�

Here is a list of things that go towards determining if groups are 'grouped' together in the same raid/attack:

Group attack mission is similar to the raid's mission (not a TF and a base attack)

Sweeps, recon and search missions are not used in co-ordination

Escorts need to be at same altitude as raid itself and have the same target to imporve chances

Groups from same base have better chance to fly together; further apart group bases are, lessen the chance

Groups belonging to same theatre command have increased chance; groups in range of their Air Hq are further increased

IJA and IJN groups have a lessen chance to co-ordinate

Group experience and leader's AIR increases chance

Groups need to be within 20% of the raid's speed or time to target for the raid and group within 30 minutes to participate in raid

Escorts targeted to same target as bombers have a better chance than un-target escorts

8 yo thread? At least I remember the nickname of the guy that thought he would know everything about coordination (LoBaron) and still his strikes never looked different than from anyone else. So many things in there proven wrong again and again, I won't start over fighting this out again. I was fighting for years over the strato sweep thing and was told by a dev how wrong I was until the very moment years later I was told "oh we found something that proves you were right"...

I do my rants, I still (or again) play, but I'm not going to fight the same battles I was already on the forum, sure not on 8 yo threads.

Long story short, no matter how long I search for combat reports on the forum, NOONE can show me anything he does that actually works compared to doing ALL wrong and still get the same results. I have looked at several thousand combat reports over al the years and nothing, repeat, nothing has shown me prove that someone knows how to do it "right" when all the examples look the same. And no, a few examples that make it look right isn't prove when there are ten thousand more examples of "it didn't work.

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RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Tro... - 10/14/2019 6:34:56 PM

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ORIGINAL: castor troy

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ORIGINAL: Yaab

From MichaelM, post #24
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2693781&mpage=1&key=�

Here is a list of things that go towards determining if groups are 'grouped' together in the same raid/attack:

Group attack mission is similar to the raid's mission (not a TF and a base attack)

Sweeps, recon and search missions are not used in co-ordination

Escorts need to be at same altitude as raid itself and have the same target to imporve chances

Groups from same base have better chance to fly together; further apart group bases are, lessen the chance

Groups belonging to same theatre command have increased chance; groups in range of their Air Hq are further increased

IJA and IJN groups have a lessen chance to co-ordinate

Group experience and leader's AIR increases chance

Groups need to be within 20% of the raid's speed or time to target for the raid and group within 30 minutes to participate in raid

Escorts targeted to same target as bombers have a better chance than un-target escorts

8 yo thread? At least I remember the nickname of the guy that thought he would know everything about coordination (LoBaron) and still his strikes never looked different than from anyone else. So many things in there proven wrong again and again, I won't start over fighting this out again. I was fighting for years over the strato sweep thing and was told by a dev how wrong I was until the very moment years later I was told "oh we found something that proves you were right"... I do my rants, I still (or again) play, but I'm not going to fight the same battles I was already on the forum, sure not on 8 yo threads.

Long story short, no matter how long I search for combat reports on the forum, NOONE can show me anything he does that actually works compared to doing ALL wrong and still get the same results. I have looked at several thousand combat reports over al the years and nothing, repeat, nothing has shown me prove that someone knows how to do it "right" when all the examples look the same. And no, a few examples that make it look right isn't prove when there are ten thousand more examples of "it didn't work.

read cuttlefishes notes on it. He was the 'yoda' of it, and no, most players still do not follow his guidelines. They are all consistent applications of Michael's notes.

As for zero fatigue, sure, they didn't launch. They never got the word to launch. radio failure.

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quote:

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

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ORIGINAL: castor troy

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ORIGINAL: Yaab

From MichaelM, post #24
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2693781&mpage=1&key=�

Here is a list of things that go towards determining if groups are 'grouped' together in the same raid/attack:

Group attack mission is similar to the raid's mission (not a TF and a base attack)

Sweeps, recon and search missions are not used in co-ordination

Escorts need to be at same altitude as raid itself and have the same target to imporve chances

Groups from same base have better chance to fly together; further apart group bases are, lessen the chance

Groups belonging to same theatre command have increased chance; groups in range of their Air Hq are further increased

IJA and IJN groups have a lessen chance to co-ordinate

Group experience and leader's AIR increases chance

Groups need to be within 20% of the raid's speed or time to target for the raid and group within 30 minutes to participate in raid

Escorts targeted to same target as bombers have a better chance than un-target escorts

8 yo thread? At least I remember the nickname of the guy that thought he would know everything about coordination (LoBaron) and still his strikes never looked different than from anyone else. So many things in there proven wrong again and again, I won't start over fighting this out again. I was fighting for years over the strato sweep thing and was told by a dev how wrong I was until the very moment years later I was told "oh we found something that proves you were right"... I do my rants, I still (or again) play, but I'm not going to fight the same battles I was already on the forum, sure not on 8 yo threads.

Long story short, no matter how long I search for combat reports on the forum, NOONE can show me anything he does that actually works compared to doing ALL wrong and still get the same results. I have looked at several thousand combat reports over al the years and nothing, repeat, nothing has shown me prove that someone knows how to do it "right" when all the examples look the same. And no, a few examples that make it look right isn't prove when there are ten thousand more examples of "it didn't work.

read cuttlefishes notes on it. He was the 'yoda' of it, and no, most players still do not follow his guidelines. They are all consistent applications of Michael's notes.

As for zero fatigue, sure, they didn't launch. They never got the word to launch. radio failure.

radio failure sure, why not find something else? Same airfield, blah blah blah

Val pilot: Don't you guys gonna fly with us?
Zero pilot: No, we failed a die roll you know and it's called radio fail
Val pilot: You know we are going to fly into 100 fighters on CAP that were spotted earlier. Don't you think you should go over to that house at the side of our airfield to ask the air HQ about your orders?
Zero pilot: No, we are just gonna drink Sake now

Vals take off and die over PM

air HQ: OMFG why the hell didn't the Zeroes take off from our airfield?
Zero pilot: we were drinking Sake as we had a radio failure
air HQ: you received your orders at 6pm in that barrack over there
Zero pilot: oh damn, let's find another excuse then. What about bad design?
air HQ: ok, that's fine then

cuttlefish? Seriously? I've read at least one of his AARs and didn't see anything that looked different as this would be so amazing I would have noted it. Anything. Besides this, cuttlefish didn't post full combat reports IIRC.

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correct, he did not. but in his last AAR, he wrote out his 'technique' for coordination in detail. It's about 2/3 of the way through the AAR.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 22, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Fubuki
DD Shinonome
DD Usugumo
DD Shirakumo
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
HDML 1100, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
HDML 1101, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
HDML 1102, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
HDML 1103, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
HDML 1104, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

bombardment group clearing the way into Rangoon, HDML there that were drawing in our search aircraft into a hundred fighter CAP over the last weeks...

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 42% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
HDML 1103 sunk by DD Shirakumo at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
HDML 1101 sunk by CA Kumano at 9,000 yards
HDML 1100 sunk by CA Mogami at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
HDML 1104 sunk by CA Suzuya at 7,000 yards
orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 5,000 yards
HDML 1102 sunk by CA Kumano at 5,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

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TF 161 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome, Mine hits 1

how can anyone be so lucky with mines as Mundy? Whenever I enter a hex with mines at least one DD seems to hit a mine...

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Night Naval bombardment of Rangoon at 54,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 35 damaged
H81-A3: 1 destroyed on ground
Buffalo I: 13 damaged
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIb Trop: 13 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Catalina I: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami

Allied ground losses:
667 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Refinery hits 1
Resources hits 1
Manpower hits 1
Fires 341
Airbase hits 33
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 23
Port hits 2

escorts are set to non bombard as I didn't know about the coast defense at Rangoon and yes, I didn't want to go close as I hoped to avoid the minefield...

AVG is at Rangoon which isn't too surprising and while he hit the airbase hard, the airfield stays pretty much untouched...

E7K2 Alf acting as spotter for CA Kumano
CA Kumano firing at Rangoon
CA Suzuya firing at 103rd RN Base Force
103rd RN Base Force firing at CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma firing at Rangoon
CA Mogami firing at Rangoon

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Morning Air attack on 13th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 55
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 36

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
294 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
36 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 98th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 98th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 98th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 98th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 98th Chinese Corps ...

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Morning Air attack on 95th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Morning Air attack on 29th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

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

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 95 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6

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

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

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 83473 troops, 810 guns, 422 vehicles, Assault Value = 2544

Defending force 53045 troops, 458 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 1286

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 998

Allied adjusted defense: 1109

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
4524 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 469 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled
Guns lost 29 (2 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Vehicles lost 52 (6 destroyed, 46 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2161 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 238 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 23 disabled
Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)

we do get a bloody nose at Manila and suffer a division being fully knocked out with 250 disabled combat squads... WOW, the div was 80+ prepped for Manila... that's why I said it would have been so much better to retreat all Allied combat units on Luzon into Manila or Clark as they will put up a stiff resistance but around 500-600 av were destroyed for no gain while the combat units were spread around... lucky me... I'm in no hurry though as I don't really need those troops elsewhere for the next two months and I actually thought the enemy would be running low on supplies already with our constant air attacks over 2 months...

Assaulting units:
38th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
46th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
53rd Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
54th Division
65th Brigade
61st Division
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
41st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
24th Avn Sup
4th Marine Regiment
27th Avn Sup
71st PA Infantry Division
2nd Constabulary Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Far East USAAF
US Forces Far East
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
11th PAAC Avn Sup
35th Avn Sup
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
4th PAAC Avn Sup
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
II Corps
Clark Field AAF Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force
24th PS FA Regiment
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Asiatic Fleet
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 135133 troops, 1113 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 4047

Defending force 112996 troops, 616 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2572

Japanese adjusted assault: 1760

Allied adjusted defense: 654

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2579 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 457 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
7262 casualties reported
Squads: 77 destroyed, 657 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 201 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 34 disabled

2:1 at Chengchow and acceptable losses spread out over several divisions... next attack should finish the Chinese here which will be quite a disaster for the enemy IMO... we were not that far from a 3:1 which would have most likely saved us another 4-500 disabled squads as we have to attack again...

Assaulting units:
5th Armored Car Co
63rd Division
69th Division
36th Division
35th Division
110th Division
32nd Division
41st Division
37th Division
27th Division
59th Division
26th Division
4th Mortar Battalion
13th Army
NCPC Army
Mongol Garrison Army
1st Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
85th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
7th New Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
29th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
7th Construction Regiment
39th Group Army
3rd Group Army
1st War Area
Lusu War Area
24th Group Army
8th Group Army
31st Group Army
21st Group Army
3rd Construction Regiment
10th Chinese Base Force

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Ground combat at Buin (109,131)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 37 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 3

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Buin !!!

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

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /1

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 23, 42
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ASW attack near San Francisco at 215,76

Japanese Ships
SS I-5

Allied Ships
xAK Exmoor
xAK Ernest Meyer
xAK San Gabriel
xAK Mormacrey
xAK Makawao
xAK Lewis Luckenbach
xAK Peisander
PC Diligence

can't remember my subs having scored more than one kill off the West Coast... had subs there for over two months now without any success...

SS I-5 is sighted by escort
I-5 diving deep ....
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Maikaze
DD Nowaki
DD Arashi
DD Inazuma
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
KV Fritillary, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
KV Thyme, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK Doryssa, Shell hits 11, heavy fires
xAK Ikauna, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Itola, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nirvana, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Bengalen, Shell hits 3
xAK Modjokerto, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Sloterdijk, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Edgar Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Paul Luckenbach, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Coquina, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage

when our cruisers went in at Rangoon to bombard yesterday we had a message of an Allied convoy evading as our ships were reported to go in and nav search confirmed this later during the day so we have split off some destroyers to move up the river and engage the convoy... we find quite a big target that seems to be loading fuel at Rangoon... quite a dangerous task with halve the IJN sitting nearby and something I don't understand... the convoy was spotted while being at anchor and the destroyers' torps slam into one ship after another... a the end of the engagement only one of the escorts and a single medium sized freighter was left and the destroyers retired...

was amazed we didn't hit yet another mine...

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 53% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 11,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence
xAK Edgar Luckenbach sunk by DD Arashi at 11,000 yards
DD Murakumo launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Sloterdijk at 11,000 yards
xAK Modjokerto sunk by DD Inazuma at 11,000 yards
DD Inazuma launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Nirvana at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages xAK Sloterdijk at 9,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages xAK Doryssa at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Arashi engages KV Thyme at 7,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages KV Fritillary at 7,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages xAK Coquina at 7,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages KV Fritillary at 7,000 yards
DD Arashi engages xAK Nirvana at 7,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages xAK Ikauna at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages KV Thyme at 5,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages KV Fritillary at 5,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages KV Fritillary at 5,000 yards
xAK Ikauna sunk by DD Nowaki at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages KV Fritillary at 2,000 yards
DD Arashi engages KV Fritillary at 2,000 yards
DD Arashi engages KV Fritillary at 2,000 yards
xAK Paul Luckenbach sunk by DD Murakumo at 2,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages xAK Bengalen at 2,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages xAK Nirvana at 2,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages xAK Itola at 2,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages xAK Doryssa at 2,000 yards
DD Arashi engages KV Fritillary at 2,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages xAK Coquina at 2,000 yards
xAK Nirvana sunk by DD Arashi at 2,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages xAK Doryssa at 2,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages KV Thyme at 2,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages KV Fritillary at 2,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages xAK Coquina at 2,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages xAK Coquina at 2,000 yards
xAK Itola sunk by DD Maikaze at 2,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

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TF 24 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)

Japanese Ships
DD Nowaki, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

lol, it's too funny... the destroyers retire and on the way out a DD then hits a mine of the spotted minefield... I have enemy subs at Kavieng with a huge minefield going in an out at will for 6 weeks now at least and nothing happened so far...

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ASW attack near San Francisco at 215,76

Japanese Ships
SS I-5

Allied Ships
xAK Exmoor
xAK Ernest Meyer
xAK San Gabriel
xAK Mormacrey
xAK Makawao
xAK Lewis Luckenbach
xAK Peisander
PC Diligence

another chance for I-5 another fail...

SS I-5 is sighted by escort
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Diligence attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-5 eludes ASW attack from PC Diligence
PC Diligence loses contact with SS I-5
PC Diligence cannot establish contact with SS I-5
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Naval bombardment of Kavieng at 106,122

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 9 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 145 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 5 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 15 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Australia
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CL Adelaide
CL Achilles

Japanese ground losses:
1310 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 96 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 58

Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Australia
CA Australia firing at Kavieng
CA San Francisco firing at Kavieng
CA Minneapolis firing at Kavieng
CL Adelaide firing at Kavieng
CL Achilles firing at Kavieng

that's one of the amazing things we are discussing up and down... that bombardment TF was spotted yesterday, detection level 9/10 and 81 Nells at the airfield did... nothing... not even tried to launch and fail to find the target, fail to link up or something else... they just did... nothing... twice! Morning phase and afternoon phase... nothing... I took the risk and knew we would suffer some losses on the airfield but if the airfield stays open we get another chance to strike today... and to spoil you right away, this turn the bombers did... nothing... twice, morning and afternoon... nothing...

level 6 airfield, air HQ, ample supply, great weather, all fine... must be radio failure all over the Pacific again...

how would the real IJNAF ever sink Force Z with some 80 bombers flying TOGETHER to a target some 500 miles away and actually hit them? They probably didn't know about the coordination routine

of AE and just DID IT...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,54, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Maikaze
DD Arashi
DD Inazuma

Allied Ships
KV Thyme, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
xAK Bengalen, Shell hits 25, and is sunk

when our DDs retire during the day movement phase they engage the last two ships of the convoy that were going one hex out of Rangoon and back in again...

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 19,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 17,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence
DD Inazuma fires at KV Thyme at 17,000 yards
DD Arashi launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Bengalen at 17,000 yards
DD Maikaze launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Bengalen at 17,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages xAK Bengalen at 17,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages xAK Bengalen at 17,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages xAK Bengalen at 15,000 yards
DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 15,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages KV Thyme at 12,000 yards
DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 12,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages KV Thyme at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
DD Arashi engages KV Thyme at 9,000 yards
DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages KV Thyme at 10,000 yards
DD Arashi engages KV Thyme at 10,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 7,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 6,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages xAK Bengalen at 6,000 yards
DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 6,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages KV Thyme at 5,000 yards
xAK Bengalen sunk by DD Arashi at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
DD Maikaze engages KV Thyme at 4,000 yards
DD Arashi engages KV Thyme at 4,000 yards
KV Thyme sunk by DD Maikaze at 4,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

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Morning Air attack on 95th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 30
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
435 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

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

Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 12th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 95th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 95th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 12th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 95th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 95th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...

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Morning Air attack on 13th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
439 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 29th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 29th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 29th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 29th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 29th Chinese Corps ...

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Morning Air attack on 84th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

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

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

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Morning Air attack on 39th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 23

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
8 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 17th Division ...
Also attacking 15th Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 60th Division ...
Also attacking 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 39th Division ...
Also attacking 17th Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 39th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 3

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 40th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 3

Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 1 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

thinking about some LRCAP to bag some Chinese bombers but I've only got Oscars in China and some of them are even Oscar-Ia that are horrible undergunned...

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Morning Air attack on 12th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow)

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 61

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...

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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 25th Group Army, at 86,55 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13

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

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 90 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Ground combat at 86,54 (near Kiukiang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 83553 troops, 623 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 2504

Defending force 53566 troops, 385 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 810

Japanese adjusted assault: 1442

Allied adjusted defense: 217

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2682 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 318 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled

Allied ground losses:
14315 casualties reported
Squads: 966 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 698 destroyed, 94 disabled
Engineers: 50 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 107 (89 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Units retreated 15

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

this really hurts the Chinese as they suffer nearly 1000 combat squads destroyed... all those Chinese units in the South and in the North that are about to be destroyed would be really needed to fend off the Japanese offensives in 42 as I'm trying to achieve a decisive victory in China... as the Allied player I had Chinese Armies of 10k av rolling through China in mid 43 as I was able to bring in enough supplies and even though the Japanese are better equipped they have no chance against the sheer number of Chinese and the insane high assault values... so that's something I want to avoid as the Japanese high command...

Assaulting units:
61st Infantry Brigade
15th Division
40th Division
60th Division
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
17th Division
39th Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
RGC Army

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
3rd War Area
10th Group Army
23rd Group Army
30th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 825 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3683

Defending force 105782 troops, 616 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1958

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

Assaulting units:
41st Division
37th Division
110th Division
36th Division
59th Division
69th Division
5th Armored Car Co
27th Division
63rd Division
32nd Division
35th Division
26th Division
Mongol Garrison Army
1st Army
13th Army
4th Mortar Battalion
NCPC Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
85th Chinese Corps
29th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
7th New Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
3rd Group Army
15th Chinese Corps
8th Group Army
31st Group Army
24th Group Army
21st Group Army
3rd Construction Regiment
7th Construction Regiment
1st War Area
Lusu War Area
39th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2763 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 2117

Defending force 51049 troops, 456 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 1084

Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
54th Division
46th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
38th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
61st Division
53rd Division
65th Brigade
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
1st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
27th Avn Sup
21st PA Infantry Division
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
24th Avn Sup
2nd Constabulary Regiment
4th PAAC Avn Sup
US Forces Far East
35th Avn Sup
24th PS FA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
II Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
11th PAAC Avn Sup
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Clark Field AAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

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Ground combat at Thousand Ships Bay (114,136)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 40 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Thousand Ships Bay !!!

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

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /2

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Ground combat at Billiton (52,93)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 40 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Billiton !!!

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

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 24, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Blair at 46,58, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Kiso
DD Uranami
DD Amagiri
DD Akebono
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
KV Auricula, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
KV Jasmine, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
xAP Dilwara, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Malda, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Talma, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Tilawa, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AMC Hector, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk

Mundy sticks to his forward defense approach and therefor keeps sending convoys into real dangerous waters... for about two weeks we have spotted the Royal Navy covering Port Blair with heavy units that were withdrawn at some point so we could send in this light squadron to engage enemy shipping there... the Allied convoy was again at anchor when our ships showed up and the static targets were torpedo meat and all ships were sunk in short order for no damage within our ships... we really rack up ship kills, way more than I'm used to at this stage of the war but it's not really an achievement of mine as Mundy is more or less handing over those convoys, I just have to bring some cruisers/destroyers in range...

Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 64% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
CL Tama engages KV Jasmine at 10,000 yards
DD Ushio engages xAP Tilawa at 10,000 yards
AMC Hector engages DD Akebono at 10,000 yards
DD Amagiri engages AMC Hector at 10,000 yards
xAP Dilwara sunk by DD Amagiri at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CL Kiso engages KV Jasmine at 9,000 yards
CL Tama engages KV Auricula at 9,000 yards
xAP Tilawa sunk by DD Ushio at 9,000 yards
DD Amagiri engages AMC Hector at 9,000 yards
AMC Hector sunk by DD Uranami at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CL Kiso engages KV Jasmine at 6,000 yards
CL Tama engages KV Jasmine at 6,000 yards
DD Amagiri engages xAP Malda at 6,000 yards
DD Akebono engages xAP Malda at 6,000 yards
DD Uranami engages xAP Malda at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CL Kiso engages KV Jasmine at 4,000 yards
CL Kiso engages KV Auricula at 4,000 yards
DD Ushio engages KV Jasmine at 4,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages KV Jasmine at 4,000 yards
DD Akebono engages KV Jasmine at 4,000 yards
DD Amagiri engages xAP Talma at 4,000 yards
DD Uranami engages xAP Talma at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
KV Jasmine sunk by CL Kiso at 3,000 yards
CL Kiso engages KV Auricula at 3,000 yards
xAP Talma sunk by DD Sazanami at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
Massive explosion on KV Auricula
CL Kiso engages KV Auricula at 2,000 yards
DD Amagiri engages KV Auricula at 2,000 yards
CL Kiso engages KV Auricula at 2,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages KV Auricula at 2,000 yards
KV Auricula sunk by CL Kiso at 2,000 yards
KV Auricula sunk by CL Kiso at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

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ASW attack near Tandjoengbalai at 47,79

Japanese Ships
DD Susuki
DD Kiku

Allied Ships
SS Trusty, hits 2

damn Trusty...

SS Trusty is located by DD Susuki
Trusty bottoming out ....
DD Susuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Susuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Kiku fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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TF 219 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
AMc Hamanogo Maru
AMc Kyoie Maru #3, Shell hits 2

103rd RN Base Force firing at AMc Kyoie Maru #3
10 mines cleared

10 mines cleared isn't all that much, means the minefield itself isn't big... big enough to see two destroyers hit a mine though...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 53,47

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 53 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15

Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 9
Sea Hurricane Ib x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Colombo
CV Indomitable

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

3 daitais of Betties orderd on nav attack at Moulmein, range to the target is 7 hexes... first message, several Betties fail to link up... next message, several Betties fail to find target... next message, several Betties drink Sake... then 15 Betties go in unescorted, 11 being shot down, the remaining four all miss because they attack from astern... level 5 airfield, air HQ, good weather, TF with 9/10 DL, ample air support, supply, not overstacked...

CAP engaged:
No.800 Sqn FAA with Fulmar II (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
No.880 Sqn FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 53,47

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 13
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30

Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 6
Sea Hurricane Ib x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 10000 feet

then the meager rest of the bombers finally manages to come in too, the Oscars tangle with the escorts and 13 Betties drop torps with one hitting Indomitable... no further damage done and out of over 80 bombers we managed to get around a third over the the high value target, halve of the bombers being unescorted... what makes KB (and later on Allied CV deathstars even more) so uber is the inability of launching land based strikes against naval targets... a level 9 airfield is nowhere as much of a threat as 4 or 5 carriers are... Mundy amazes me once more as he moved Indomitable into this position when he was already really lucky with 2 US CV very early off Truk (those were also saved by the inability of launching any kind of decent strike from Truk)... I bet Indomitable was tasked to escort at least one RN BB plus some cruisers into the Rangoon area but Mundy just had to know I would bring in Betties/Nells...

CAP engaged:
No.880 Sqn FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
No.800 Sqn FAA with Fulmar II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 3
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 56

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20

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

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18

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

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 39th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 3
SB-III x 21

Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 17th Division ...
Also attacking 40th Division ...
Also attacking 15th Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 39th Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 39th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 6

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mangaia at 160,180

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
B5N2 Kate x 50
D3A1 Val x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 10 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Manzanillo, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Concord, Bomb hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Albertolite, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Halo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
TK H. M. Storey
AMC Prince Robert, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Dewey, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
TK Beau, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
TK William H. Berg, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
TK Esso Durban, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
TK Esso Richmond, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
TK Vera, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
TK Gulfbreeze, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Gulfcoast, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

WOW! Now look at this! As KB destroyed an empty tanker convoy around New Caledonia and another convoy with troops aboard to the East we kept moving the carriers further East when they ran into this tanker convoy full of fuel that attempted to evade but was unlucky and was 7 hexes from KB... Vals dropping 60kg bombs would be a death sentence to the fuel loaded tankers already but the Kates also plaster them with 250kg bombs... this hurts, this really hurts Allied capability to move fuel around... no idea why the old light cruiser Concord was in this convoy and in the end she was drawing most of the attacks...

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
11 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Manzanillo
Massive explosion on DD Dewey
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Beau
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Dewey

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mangaia at 160,180

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Manzanillo, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Alfred Clegg, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CL Concord, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AMC Prince Robert, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mangaia at 160,180

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Dewey, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AMC Prince Robert, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK British Princess, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Halo, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

every ship in the convoy is hit hard...

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Dewey
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AMC Prince Robert
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Halo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mangaia at 160,180

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
TK Gulfking, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
TK Connecticut, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
TK H. M. Storey, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK H. M. Storey

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mangaia at 160,180

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
B5N2 Kate x 46

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 11 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Dewey, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
TK Seirstad, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Esso Richmond, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk
TK Connecticut, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK L. P. St. Clair, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage

still some ships afloat during the afternoon and KB launches another strike while the bombers use the dead ships for target practice... several of the big Allied tankers were lost in this attack...

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
23 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Massive explosion on DD Dewey
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Seirstad
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK L. P. St. Clair

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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 122602 troops, 1045 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 3718

Defending force 105862 troops, 615 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1967

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 1330

Allied adjusted defense: 510

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Chengchow !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
5824 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 477 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 56 disabled

Allied ground losses:
111155 casualties reported
Squads: 5287 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5099 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 330 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 811 (811 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 27

while it was great to see KB hitting that tanker convoy, the more important event was the surrender of the Chinese Army at Chengchow where over 100.000 troops surrender... losing 5000 av that early in the war will not do the Chinese any good, IIRC they receive some 600 combat squads per month and would need the supply to get them into the units so this really is a disaster for Mundy's position in China... no idea why he wanted to defend Chengchow, probably the worst spot in China to stand and fight... we suffered some 1500 disabled squads in the three attacks which means we have still enough combat ready units to stay on the offensive in Northern China... together with the victories in Southern China we have destroyed some 6500 Chinese av plus lots of support squads and guns in February... this with a truce until 1st of February, that's way more than I could dream to achieve in such a short timeframe...

Assaulting units:
41st Division
69th Division
36th Division
37th Division
32nd Division
63rd Division
59th Division
110th Division
27th Division
35th Division
5th Armored Car Co
26th Division
1st Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
NCPC Army
Mongol Garrison Army
13th Army
68th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
34th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
7th New Chinese Corps
29th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
8th Group Army
3rd Construction Regiment
7th Construction Regiment
24th Group Army
3rd Group Army
15th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
Lusu War Area
1st War Area
31st Group Army
39th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2769 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 2144

Defending force 51156 troops, 455 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 1085

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
61st Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
38th Division
53rd Division
54th Division
46th Division
65th Brigade
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
71st PA Infantry Division
24th Avn Sup
1st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
27th Avn Sup
4th Marine Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
2nd Constabulary Regiment
4th PAAC Avn Sup
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
Cavite USN Base Force
US Forces Far East
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Far East USAAF
1st USMC AA Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
35th Avn Sup
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
II Corps
24th PS FA Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
11th PAAC Avn Sup
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

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Ground combat at Madang (97,123)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 73 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 3

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Madang !!!

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

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /3

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Good going in China and with the KB. You do know that those American CVs and CAs will not be replaced?

The Zero pilots lost money gambling to the Val pilots, this is how they get it back. Seriously, a lot of the Japanese planes did not have radios.

Put your Nells and Bettys at 1000 feet, Naval attack with torpedoes but don't have any or enough torpedoes available. They will then drop a full load of bombs - they will not have reduced the bomb load.

I am sure that this game is good for your blood pressure. Just have a tennis ball to squeeze during the replay . . .

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RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Tro... - 10/15/2019 7:24:25 AM

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castor troy, what makes you thinks the Vals ane Zeroes are based at the same airfield? The airfield level in the hex can represent several airfields in a given hex, and not one big airfield. In RL, the Port Moresby hex had, AFAIK, nine separate airfields in different locations, all within the boundaries of its hex. Rabaul hex had several individual airfields. Without radio communications between them and air HQ work it is perfectly understandable that one unit flew bombing mission while another probably flew CAP or rested.

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A big win at Chengchow, but all of those destroyed Chinese units will reappear at Chungking shortly.
Pretty sure they return at 1/3rd strength for free, so that�ll be nearly 2000 squads you�ll have to re-kill later.

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quote:

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

A big win at Chengchow, but all of those destroyed Chinese units will reappear at Chungking shortly.
Pretty sure they return at 1/3rd strength for free, so that�ll be nearly 2000 squads you�ll have to re-kill later.

That could be why Mundy is letting you kill them, costing supplies, casualties, and time. If you want to take Chungking, it would be better to isolate them then use them for bombing training targets without destroying them.

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RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Tro... - 10/15/2019 9:38:31 AM

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The Chinese lost 811 guns in this battle. There is no way the can recoup those losses. Chinese mortars and field arty actually kill Japanese squads in battle. Without guns, the Chinese can only disable the Japanese squads in combat.

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quote:

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Good going in China and with the KB. You do know that those American CVs and CAs will not be replaced?

WHAT?

There was a change that USN CVs won't come back as Essex CVs and CA/CL won't be replaced by Baltimores?

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quote:

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A big win at Chengchow, but all of those destroyed Chinese units will reappear at Chungking shortly.
Pretty sure they return at 1/3rd strength for free, so that�ll be nearly 2000 squads you�ll have to re-kill later.

Yeah they will come back but it will take months to see them reappear and then they still have to be built up and they won't have the needed supply to do so, at least that's the plan.

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The Chinese lost 811 guns in this battle. There is no way the can recoup those losses. Chinese mortars and field arty actually kill Japanese squads in battle. Without guns, the Chinese can only disable the Japanese squads in combat.

Yeah, Chinese squads have nearly no firepower but if you mass them together with enough supply you will have insane assault values and can kick around the Japanese just by forcing them to withdraw which always leads to huge losses. Have used the Chinese steamroller quite often in mid 43.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 25, 42
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TF 219 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
AMc Hamanogo Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AMc Kyoie Maru #3, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

103rd RN Base Force firing at AMc Hamanogo Maru
103rd RN Base Force firing at AMc Kyoie Maru #3
18 mines cleared

we clear another 18 mines and both AMc are sunk by 1 coastal gun shot that scores three hits...

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TF 219 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese Ships
AMc Hamanogo Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AMc Kyoie Maru #3, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

103rd RN Base Force firing at AMc Hamanogo Maru
103rd RN Base Force firing at AMc Kyoie Maru #3
23 mines cleared

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Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 42 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
PBY-4 Catalina: 12 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 10 damaged
Catalina I: 18 damaged
F2A-3 Buffalo: 20 damaged
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 13 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
CL Natori
CL Nagara
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Asagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze

Allied ground losses:
666 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 72 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 29
Runway hits 93
Port hits 46
Port fuel hits 23
Port supply hits 3

our cruisers return to Rabaul and plaster the base once more... wonder if Mundy still plans to further build up and reinforce the base, got no idea how he would do it actually without taking losses...

E7K2 Alf acting as spotter for CA Ashigara
CA Ashigara firing at Rabaul
CA Nachi firing at Rabaul
CA Haguro firing at Rabaul
CA Myoko firing at 9th Australian Brigade
CL Natori firing at Rabaul
CL Nagara firing at 9th Australian Brigade
DD Kasumi firing at Rabaul
DD Arare firing at Rabaul
DD Asagumo firing at Rabaul
DD Minegumo firing at Rabaul
DD Yamagumo firing at Rabaul
DD Natsugumo firing at Rabaul
DD Tanikaze firing at Rabaul
DD Hamakaze firing at Rabaul

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 52,49

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Dauntless
BB Revenge
BB Royal Sovereign, Torpedo hits 1
CA Dorsetshire

CV Indomitable withdrew but there are still two RN BBs NW of Rangoon and the Betties try to fly a strike when we don't even get 25% of the available bombers over the target... no CAP, heavy flak fire and bad weather makes it impossible with those numbers to do severe damage and only one torp hits Royal Sovereign... no further damage observed...

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Morning Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 86,55 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 69

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 25th Group Army ...
Also attacking 23rd Group Army ...
Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 78th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 78th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 25th Group Army ...
Also attacking 23rd Group Army ...
Also attacking 78th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...

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Morning Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 86,55 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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

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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 86,43 , near Loyang

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 10
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
325 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 86,43 , near Loyang

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 86,55 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 33

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 32nd Group Army ...
Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ...

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

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

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

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 86,43 , near Loyang

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 86,43 , near Loyang

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 86,43 , near Loyang

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28

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

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6

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

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5

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

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 17th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19

Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 7
SB-III x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-29A Hudson: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
SB-III: 4 destroyed, 13 damaged

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

ordered the undergunned Oscars to fly LRCAP to bag some of the Chinese bombers... was surprised to see that many fighters over our IJA troops and we actually down over a dozen enemy bombers... the Hudsons seemed to be not much of a problem for the Oscars but the SB-III were really hard to down, gotta look at their stats, they seem to be way more durable...

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
4 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
9th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (19 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
19 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead
54th Sentai with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 40th Division ...
Also attacking 15th Division ...
Also attacking 39th Division ...
Also attacking 60th Division ...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Pago Pago at 148,161

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
B5N2 Kate x 87

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 18 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 28, heavy fires
CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 4, on fire
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 18, on fire
CA Pensacola

I've thought this turn's highlight would be the attack on the two Royal Navy BBs but we also got nav search in the South Pacific reporting lots of enemy shipping near KB... KB was ordered to retire to the North West and ends up nine hexes from Pago Pago where Mundy has parked two old USN BBs plus cruisers and escorts...

don't know what to say, KB sweeps the South Pacific and he keeps or moves such a task force within a day's movement of KB on normal speed... due to not expecting any BBs around all my Kates were set to use bombs of course and the first strike scores no less than 46 bomb hits on the two BBs, leaving one heavily burning...

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
10 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
16 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
11 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Nevada

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 88 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 3

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Pago Pago at 148,161

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 50
B5N2 Kate x 114

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 23 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 29, heavy fires
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 17, heavy fires
DD Cassin, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Helena, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
DD Aylwin, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Farragut, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Monaghan

afternoon strike of the Kates was even bigger and in clear weather they heavily hit the USN task force at Pago Pago... both BBs took nearly 50 250kg bombs over the course of the day and both are reported to be heavily burning... was also nice to see those two modern light cruisers being hit... as we are 9 hexes from Pago Pago we have ordered KB to move it's normal distance of 8 hexes to end up next of the island as I hope the BBs won't be able to move further away than 7 hexes which would leave them within torp range tomorrow... due to the air attacks on those ships at Pago Pago the DL of the base also went up to 9/10 and intel reports no less than 30.000 troops, 400+ guns and several hundred vehicles on the island... the base itself is not built up yet but it seems there is at least a division sitting on the island plus lots of support... KB's sweep into the South Pacific yields way better results than I would have ever dreamt of because usually one doesn't kill more than one unlucky convoy that is the first to meet KB as everything else usually is able to disperse and run into all different directions...

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
10 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
15 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
23 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
21 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Nevada
Massive explosion on DD Cassin
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL St. Louis

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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1695 troops, 140 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1576

Defending force 138145 troops, 610 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3041

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

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

Assaulting units:
3rd Division
13th Division
6th Division
34th Division
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Army
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion

Defending units:
72nd Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps
74th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
6th Construction Regiment
10th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
12th Group Army
27th Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force
7th War Area
19th Group Army
29th Group Army
9th War Area
2nd Chinese Base Force
17th Chinese Base Force

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2763 troops, 202 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 2006

Defending force 51179 troops, 452 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 1096

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
61st Division
46th Division
53rd Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
54th Division
65th Brigade
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
51st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
27th Avn Sup
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
24th Avn Sup
2nd Constabulary Regiment
35th Avn Sup
Far East USAAF
US Forces Far East
Cavite USN Base Force
24th PS FA Regiment
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
4th PAAC Avn Sup
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
11th PAAC Avn Sup
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Clark Field AAF Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
II Corps
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

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Ground combat at Wewak (96,119)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 73 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 3

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wewak !!!

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

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /4

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Ground combat at Donggala (68,99)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 78 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Donggala !!!

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

Assaulting units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /1

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RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Tro... - 10/15/2019 6:27:10 PM

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AA was quite heavy over the USN BBs at Pago Pago which resulted n 16 Kates lost, including nearly a dozen of our best pilots... that's the price we have to pay and then it's only early 42 and Allied flak is a joke compared to 43 and later... if we are able to sink those two BBs tomorrow I will be well willing to lose even more bombers...

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Some of your Kates bomb from 10,000 feet and the rest from 1000 feet. Is that intentional?

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 26, 42
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Sub attack near Cuttack at 49,39

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
xAP Tjitjalengka

SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes

missed...

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Submarine attack near Cuttack at 49,39

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
xAP Tjitjalengka, Torpedo hits 1

xAP Tjitjalengka is sighted by SS I-175
SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes

one torp won't be enough to sink this big transport so close to Colombo...

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Night Naval bombardment of Rangoon at 54,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 4 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 10 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
H81-A3: 44 damaged
Buffalo I: 14 damaged

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CA Atago
CA Takao
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri
DD Asagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki

Allied ground losses:
901 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 113 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Resources hits 4
Refinery hits 2
Manpower hits 6
Light Industry hits 2
Fires 60
Airbase hits 30
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 70
Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Rangoon's airfield and port are targetted by the cruisers again and we disable quite some enemy troops and plaster the base as well... there seem to be only support units left at Rangoon, all combat troops were ordered to Pegu to defend behind the river... the airfield isn't operational anymore so Moulmein's airfield now clearly dominates the area and without enough engineers Rangoon's airfield won't be a threat anytime soon...

E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai
CA Chokai firing at 103rd RN Base Force
103rd RN Base Force firing at CA Chokai
CA Atago firing at Rangoon
CA Takao firing at Rangoon
DD Yugiri firing at Rangoon
DD Sagiri firing at Rangoon
DD Asagiri firing at Rangoon
DD Ayanami firing at Rangoon
DD Hibiki firing at Rangoon
DD Akatsuki firing at Rangoon

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 10
P-39D Airacobra x 49
P-40E Warhawk x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet

first Daitai going in on a sweep at Port Moresby and the result does look horrible in the combat report, losing 5 for only 4 enemy kills... the old story, the Zeroes are so undergunned that 2 out of 3 bursts that hit an enemy fighter only damages it while nearly every hit on a Zero was a kill... probalby two dozen enemy fighters left this engagement damaged...

CAP engaged:
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 26600.
Raid is overhead
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 28440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 28440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 28440.
Raid is overhead
3rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 26600.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
17th PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
33rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 26600.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
35th PG/HqS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 29
P-40E Warhawk x 19

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 7 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet

here's the second sweep which does better again but that's also due to even higher skilled pilots in this unit... still losing three Zeroes to damage...

CAP engaged:
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
3rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 22150.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
33rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
17th PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 82 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16150 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 26150.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
33rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 17150.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet

CAP engaged:
35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 26150.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
33rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes

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Morning Air attack on 27th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 30
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Group Army ...
Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Group Army ...
Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Group Army ...
Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Group Army ...
Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Group Army ...

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Morning Air attack on 5th New Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 40
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 33

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
33 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 5th New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 5th New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 5th New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 5th New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ...

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Morning Air attack on 5th New Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25

No Japanese losses

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

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

Also attacking 4th Chinese Base Force ...
Also attacking 5th New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 4th Chinese Base Force ...

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Morning Air attack on 40th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 3
SB-III x 21

Allied aircraft losses
A-29A Hudson: 1 damaged
SB-III: 2 damaged
SB-III: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

thought Mundy would immediately stop his attacks after my LRCAP was beating up his bombers yesterday but he just keeps coming...

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
6 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 15th Division ...
Also attacking 17th Division ...
Also attacking 60th Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...

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Morning Air attack on 40th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 3

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Pago Pago at 148,161

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
D3A1 Val x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Queen Elizabeth, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

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

now look at this! We spotted Queen Elizabeth yesterday already and I just thought WTF and then the ship is still at Pago Pago, obviously unloading troops there... how many times have you seen KB bombing Queen Elizabeth? It's the first time for me actually catching this liner when our Vals put several bombs into the ship which was already hit several times during the search phase... what was more concerning was the fact that we didn't spot any other ships 10 hexes around Pago Pago during the replay so where were the BBs going? Looking at the base during the turn showed the damaged enemy ships sitting at Pago Pago and we ordered KB to nav attack/port attack for next turn, hopefully some 800kg bombs will finish the two BBs... only the Kates will attack as I don't know how heavy the AA is at Pago Pago and I don't want to lose a dozen+ Vals to flak dropping 250kg bombs on the BBs... when 100+ 250kg bombs can't sink CL Java at Soerabaja I can't expect anything from those hits on the USN BBs... would have been interesting to know how high the damage was after 50 bomb hits each yesterday...

no idea why Queen Elizabeth is being used as an amphib task force to bring troops to more or less a frontline base... would only use her for transit from the US to Australia for example...

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Queen Elizabeth

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ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63

Japanese Ships
xAP Yoshino Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

SS Pompano is sighted by escort
Pompano diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

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Sub attack near Rockhampton at 99,150

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34

Allied Ships
CL Sumatra
DD Whipple

see... CL Sumatra was hit by an insane number of 250kg bombs at Soerabaja but is now already on her way down to Brisbane or Sydney... crazy, that's just crazy... that's just wrong...

SS RO-34 launches 2 torpedoes at CL Sumatra
DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1695 troops, 140 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1584

Defending force 138260 troops, 610 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3048

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
6th Division
3rd Division
13th Division
34th Division
1st Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Army
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion

Defending units:
79th Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
6th Construction Regiment
58th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps
5th Construction Regiment
27th Group Army
7th War Area
19th Group Army
9th War Area
11th Chinese Base Force
2nd Chinese Base Force
12th Group Army
29th Group Army
17th Chinese Base Force

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Ground combat at Kukong (79,57)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 465 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 878

Defending force 21356 troops, 124 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 640

Assaulting units:
51st Division
104th Division
23rd Army
21st Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
65th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2763 troops, 200 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 2014

Defending force 51306 troops, 452 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 1097

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
46th Division
54th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
61st Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
53rd Division
65th Brigade
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
27th Avn Sup
4th Marine Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
2nd Constabulary Regiment
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
24th PS FA Regiment
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
Cavite USN Base Force
11th PAAC Avn Sup
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Far East USAAF
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
35th Avn Sup
1st USMC AA Battalion
4th PAAC Avn Sup
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
II Corps
Clark Field AAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
US Forces Far East
24th Avn Sup
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

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Some of your Kates bomb from 10,000 feet and the rest from 1000 feet. Is that intentional?

noticed this too, no, it wasn't intentional. No idea why, my eyes must have treated me bad and I misclicked. Usually doesn't happen as I check orders in such situations twice or even more times during a turn.

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we still get 3:1 kills on sweeps over Port Moresby which is acceptable even though the goal would be 4:1 but that's not achievable vs the USAAF anymore it seems... the enemy has already lost 226 Warhawks which must really hurt him and we are now working through the pools of the Airacobras...

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Aircobras are good down low and if they hit a Zero with a 37mm, what is left?

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Good going in China and with the KB. You do know that those American CVs and CAs will not be replaced?

WHAT? There was a change that USN CVs won't come back as Essex CVs and CA/CL won't be replaced by Baltimores?

My understanding that there is a switch for those replacements and it is set to "off" now. You could start the game over with a new scenario with the switch set to "on" and the cruisers aren't just Baltimores but they could be Clevelands as is my understanding.

So now how long does your carrier supremacy last?

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Aircobras are good down low and if they hit a Zero with a 37mm, what is left?

Zero left

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