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RE: AAR 42 - 11/13/2021 12:41:15 PM   
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Personally, I like to use the B-17D on ASW patrol. It would also work quite nicely on Naval Search as well.


I haven't got enough of the E model and the LB-30 is also not available in the front line units yet so I have to make use of the B-17D, otherwhise I could only field something like 40 heavy bombers at best


I agree with that against a human but I have only played against the AI. But when you do get enough of the other models, you might want to consider having a non-withdrawing 4E unit or two stay equipped with the B-17D for ASW and Naval Search for your major bases while the Flying Boats are used at the smaller bases.



Usually I just run out of them as they are needed so desperately. Playing as the Japanese I always tend to forget just how low Allied replacement rates are. The B-17 comes at 15 per month and the B-24 is not showing up soon and even when it does, a single attack into a hornets nest can still mean losing a month's replacement or more.

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RE: AAR 42 - 11/13/2021 12:44:05 PM   
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G4M1 Betty x 13

No Japanese losses

Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

No Japanese losses

Port hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 27

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

Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 9
B-17E Fortress x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed on ground

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

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

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 50


no more Zeroes airborne, the base was closed and several of them are destroyed on the ground... reinforcing Kendari can be done at absolutely calculated risk...


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 4

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,161

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34

Allied Ships
xAK Ernest Meyer, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
KV Dawson


we lose an empty freighter and I wondered why that convoy even was around Pago Pago... turned out I had set a wrong waypoint...


SS RO-34 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Ernest Meyer
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub



looks like the invasion of Java is incoming as Dutch nav search has spotted several convoys including KB moving South from Singapore... the invasion of Java actually started weeks ago with the copy of Galipolli at Malang and the Japanese being stalled in the mountains... guess they will be relieved soon...





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RE: AAR 42 - 11/13/2021 12:45:53 PM   
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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,124

Japanese Ships
DD Kuroshio
AK Yamasimo Maru
xAK Renzan Maru
xAK Nitiran Maru
xAK Arimasan Maru
xAK Sydney Maru
DD Yayoi
DD Fubuki

Allied Ships
SS S-34

SS S-34 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kuroshio
S-34 diving deep ....
DD Yayoi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fubuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yayoi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yayoi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yayoi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yayoi attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub



nothing happened other than a miss on a destroyer near Rabaul...


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RE: AAR 42 - 11/13/2021 12:47:17 PM   
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G4M1 Betty x 18
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 14

No Japanese losses

Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb


enemy got lots of bombers at Palembang now, it seems like only a fraction of those is actually flying attacks...

intel reveals more stuff going to Luzon...



3/14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion is loaded on a Japanese CM moving to Lingayen.
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion is loaded on xAP Kanzyu Maru moving to Lingayen.
12/18th Division is loaded on xAK Yuri Maru moving to Lingayen.

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RE: AAR 42 - 11/13/2021 2:02:01 PM   
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ASW attack near Mussau Island at 104,120

Japanese Ships
DD Kuroshio
AK Yamasimo Maru
xAK Renzan Maru
xAK Nitiran Maru
xAK Arimasan Maru
xAK Sydney Maru
DD Yayoi
DD Fubuki

Allied Ships
SS S-35


next try on a destroyer but the usual miss...

SS S-35 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kuroshio
S-35 diving deep ....
DD Yayoi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fubuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fubuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fubuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fubuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fubuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fubuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merak at 48,97

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G3M2 Nell x 4
G4M1 Betty x 4
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AMc Digoel
AMc Djampea


I still have minor naval forces "defending" Java and the enemy starts bombing them... looks like there are no torpedoes available at Palembang...


Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 49,98

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
HDML P 16

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Merak at 48,97

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AMc Digoel, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 49,98

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
G4M1 Betty x 4
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
HDML P 11

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



KB is moving around the Southern tip of Borneo coming dangerously close to Kendari... as it stands now it looks like the enemy carriers are moving to Balikpapan or going up to Luzon but that's only a guess... we still have a supply convoy unloading at Kendari, the amphib convoy has just left the base... what Mundy isn't aware of yet is the big troop convoy that is going to Manado under cover of Force Z and all my available USN carriers... a fast transport TF has unloaded a commando unit at the dot base SW of Manado and the unit marched into the base within the last two days... either the base switches sides automatically tomorrow or the ordered deliberate attack will do... with KB lurking nearby we are not going in though as I'm not up for a carrier battle...






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RE: AAR 42 - 11/13/2021 2:06:27 PM   
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 49,98

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G3M2 Nell x 4
G4M1 Betty x 4
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
HDML P 16
HDML P 15

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merak at 48,97

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AMc Djampea

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Merak at 48,97

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AMc Djampea



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb


enemy keeps bombing our coastal ships without much success...


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 122076 troops, 1287 guns, 890 vehicles, Assault Value = 2948

Defending force 48149 troops, 549 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 773

Japanese adjusted assault: 981

Allied adjusted defense: 1831

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
5509 casualties reported
Squads: 68 destroyed, 347 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 70 disabled
Engineers: 44 destroyed, 38 disabled
Guns lost 52 (3 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 51 (2 destroyed, 49 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2684 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 316 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 34 disabled
Vehicles lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)


another failed attack at Luzon but both sides take equal losses which we cannot afford at all... can see the base fall in the coming weeks but it was costly to take Luzon for the Japanese...


Assaulting units:
2nd Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
24th Nav Gsn Unit
2nd Recon Regiment
Kimura Det
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Guards Mixed Brigade
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
20th Infantry Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
83rd Naval Guard Unit
I./4th Infantry Battalion
16th Engineer Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
II./4th Infantry Battalion
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
65th Brigade
48th Division
5th Division
24th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
14th Tank Regiment
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
9th Infantry Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
38th Division
4th Tank Regiment
Sasebo 8th SNLF
63rd Inf Group Brigade
82nd Naval Guard Unit
6th Tank Regiment
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
39th Field Const Co
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Port Unit
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Naval Construction Battalion
38th Field Const Co
23rd AA Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Port Unit
3rd Construction Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
37th JNAF AF Unit
14th Army
30th JNAF AF Unit
45th Field AA Battalion
40th Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
47th Field AA Battalion
48th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
36th Const Co
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
37th Const Co
1st RF Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion
30th Fld AA Gun Co
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
2nd Base Force
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
16th AA Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
48th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
4th Marine Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
2nd Constabulary Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
61st PA Infantry Division
81st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
4th Constabulary Regiment
Jolo Constab Battalion
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
24th PS FA Regiment
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
US Forces Far East
Del Monte AAF Base Force
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
11th PAAC Avn Sup
1st USMC AA Battalion
I Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Clark Field AAF Base Force
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
24th Avn Sup
II Corps
Subic Bay Defenses
4th PAAC Avn Sup
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment



KB was not moving further East so the troop convoy bound for Manado is going in as the base autoswitched sides today... Manado will be my anchor in the Eastern SRA, airfield can be build to level 9 which threatens all of Mindanoa and the shipping around it...



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RE: AAR 42 - 11/13/2021 2:08:42 PM   
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merak at 48,97

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G3M2 Nell x 4
G4M1 Betty x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AMc Djampea


more of the same... if the enemy doesn't place an air HQ with torps at his Betty/Nell bases then he's giving away one of the Japanese main advantages over the Allied...


Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 49,98

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
HDML P 11

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Merak at 48,97

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
G4M1 Betty x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AMc Djampea

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 104355 troops, 1228 guns, 461 vehicles, Assault Value = 2668

Defending force 45875 troops, 549 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 529

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

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

Assaulting units:
II./4th Infantry Battalion
9th Infantry Regiment
63rd Inf Group Brigade
83rd Naval Guard Unit
48th Division
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
16th Infantry Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
6th Tank Regiment
Kimura Det
65th Brigade
24th Infantry Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
24th Nav Gsn Unit
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
2nd Engineer Regiment
5th Division
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Guards Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 8th SNLF
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
14th Tank Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF
82nd Naval Guard Unit
4th Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
I./4th Infantry Battalion
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
38th Division
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
30th JNAF AF Unit
37th Const Co
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Base Force
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
16th AA Regiment
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
37th JNAF AF Unit
1st RF Gun Battalion
1st Naval Construction Battalion
48th Field AA Battalion
2nd Port Unit
39th Field Const Co
30th Fld AA Gun Co
47th Field AA Battalion
14th Army
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
36th Const Co
3rd Construction Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
45th Field AA Battalion
40th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
38th Field Const Co
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Port Unit
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
48th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
41st PA Infantry Division
81st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
2nd Constabulary Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
61st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
4th Constabulary Regiment
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
US Forces Far East
11th PAAC Avn Sup
II Corps
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
I Corps
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
Del Monte AAF Base Force
24th Avn Sup
24th PS FA Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
4th PAAC Avn Sup
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
Jolo Constab Battalion
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment




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Day Time Surface Combat, near Merak at 48,97, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Fuyo
DD Karukaya
DMS W-8
DMS W-13
AMC Kongo Maru
xAK Myoko Maru
xAK Zenyo Maru
xAK Johore Maru
xAK Shinanogawa Maru
xAK Fushimi Maru
xAK Toho Maru
xAK Hiyoshi Maru
xAK Sumanoura Maru
xAK Kunitu Maru
xAK Erie Maru
xAK Heian Maru
xAK Kazan Maru
xAK Kosei Maru #4
xAK Taian Maru
xAK Ryoyo Maru
xAK Yamagiku Maru
xAK Yuzan Maru
xAK Saiho Maru
xAK Asama Maru #2
xAK Oridono Maru
xAK Somedono Maru
xAK Misaki Maru
xAK Argun Maru
xAK Kosin Maru #2
xAK Kurohime Maru
xAK Taizin Maru
xAK Mitimei Maru
xAK Gosei Maru
xAK Kotobuki Maru #5
xAK Kuraido Maru
xAK Nojima Maru
xAKL Shoan Maru
xAKL Taganoura Maru
xAKL Tihuku Maru
xAKL Unyo Maru
xAKL Yamayuri Maru
xAKL Yamabuki Maru
xAP Kokuryu Maru
xAP Mizuho Maru
xAP Kitano Maru
xAP Atsuta Maru
xAP Kamo Maru
xAP Ural Maru
xAP Tango Maru
xAP Kowa Maru
xAP Palau Maru
xAK Rozan Maru
xAK Gyokuyo Maru
xAK Rizan Maru

Allied Ships
AMc Djampea



huge amphib convoy coming in at Merak... as we have sent all Dutch combat units to defend the mountain fortress at Malang the enemy won't have a problem at all to clear the rest of Java... the only limiting factor here is the march time between the bases...

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 19,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat


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Amphibious Assault at Merak (48,97)

TF 6 troops unloading over beach at Merak, 48,97

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

15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 64th Nav Gd
17 troops of a SNLF Inf Squad 41 lost overboard during unload of 91st Nav Gd
15 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 91st Nav Gd /4
15 Support troops lost overboard during unload of Yokosuka 4th SNLF /6


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 105251 troops, 1228 guns, 461 vehicles, Assault Value = 2790

Defending force 46072 troops, 548 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 542

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

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

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
14th Tank Regiment
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
Guards Mixed Brigade
6th Tank Regiment
48th Division
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
38th Division
16th Engineer Regiment
I./4th Infantry Battalion
65th Brigade
2nd Recon Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
Imperial Guards Division
83rd Naval Guard Unit
41st Guard Battalion
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
24th Infantry Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
Kimura Det
II./4th Infantry Battalion
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
24th Nav Gsn Unit
4th Tank Regiment
63rd Inf Group Brigade
Maizuru 1st SNLF
Sasebo 8th SNLF
20th Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
82nd Naval Guard Unit
5th Division
9th Infantry Regiment
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
1st Naval Construction Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
1st RF Gun Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
48th Field AA Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
16th AA Regiment
45th Field AA Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
47th Field AA Battalion
37th Const Co
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Port Unit
36th Const Co
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
30th Fld AA Gun Co
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
39th Field Const Co
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
40th Field AA Battalion
8th Port Unit
38th Field Const Co
37th JNAF AF Unit
2nd Base Force
3rd Construction Battalion
44th Field AA Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
48th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
41st PA Infantry Division
81st PA Infantry Division
61st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
2nd Constabulary Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
4th Constabulary Regiment
24th Avn Sup
US Forces Far East
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
II Corps
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
11th PAAC Avn Sup
1st USMC AA Battalion
Jolo Constab Battalion
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
I Corps
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
4th PAAC Avn Sup
24th PS FA Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Del Monte AAF Base Force
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment




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RE: AAR 42 - 11/13/2021 2:13:12 PM   
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ASW attack near San Diego at 227,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-16, hits 1

Allied Ships
APD Stringham


that damn sub at the map entrance...


SS I-16 is sighted by escort
APD Stringham attacking submerged sub ....
APD Stringham fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Stringham fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Stringham fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Stringham fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 49,98

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
HDML P 9

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 49,98

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
HDML P 11

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 122277 troops, 1290 guns, 893 vehicles, Assault Value = 2967

Defending force 53153 troops, 589 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 730

Japanese adjusted assault: 932

Allied adjusted defense: 2614

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
5578 casualties reported
Squads: 105 destroyed, 352 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 110 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 72 disabled
Guns lost 55 (1 destroyed, 54 disabled)
Vehicles lost 61 (5 destroyed, 56 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2295 casualties reported
Squads: 107 destroyed, 149 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 46 (7 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)


next attack at Clark and another 100 IJA combat squads being destroyed... I should have taken notes on destroyed enemy combat squads here and at Singapore, guess together with Malang we are already at 2000+ destroyed...


Assaulting units:
Kimura Det
4th Tank Regiment
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
48th Division
Guards Mixed Brigade
II./4th Infantry Battalion
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
83rd Naval Guard Unit
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
I./4th Infantry Battalion
24th Infantry Regiment
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
2nd Recon Regiment
63rd Inf Group Brigade
65th Brigade
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
16th Engineer Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
38th Division
9th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
82nd Naval Guard Unit
24th Nav Gsn Unit
41st Guard Battalion
14th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
6th Tank Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
Sasebo 8th SNLF
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
3rd Construction Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
40th Field AA Battalion
2nd Port Unit
23rd AA Regiment
36th Const Co
37th JNAF AF Unit
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Base Force
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
39th Field Const Co
44th Field AA Battalion
45th Field AA Battalion
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
14th Army
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
16th AA Regiment
1st Naval Construction Battalion
38th Field Const Co
48th Field AA Battalion
8th Port Unit
47th Field AA Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
30th Fld AA Gun Co
37th Const Co
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
48th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
1st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
61st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
2nd Constabulary Regiment
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
101st PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regiment
81st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
4th Constabulary Regiment
II Corps
US Forces Far East
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
24th PS FA Regiment
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
11th PAAC Avn Sup
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
24th Avn Sup
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
4th PAAC Avn Sup
1st USMC AA Battalion
Del Monte AAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
I Corps
Subic Bay Defenses
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Jolo Constab Battalion
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Oosthaven (48,96)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4234 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 210 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 40

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Oosthaven !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Do-24K-1: 1 destroyed

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

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


the remaining Dutch South of Palembang surrender and a damaged patrol is destroyed on the ground...

Assaulting units:
10th Garrison Unit

Defending units:
Teloekbetoeng ML Base Force




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RE: AAR 42 - 11/13/2021 2:37:42 PM   
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RE: AAR 42 - 11/14/2021 1:42:16 PM   
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nothing happened...

it's looking really grim for the defenders at Clark Field, recon shows 21 more units North of Clark moving towards the base, most likely at least three more enemy divisions incoming... Mundy is going to use overwhelming force here but he trades this with gaining territory somewhere else, as for example he didn't even march towards Burma so far...




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RE: AAR 42 - 11/14/2021 1:46:13 PM   
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ASW attack near Sydney at 92,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
DD Sims
DD Hammann
DD Anderson


ASW fight off Sydney but there was no fighting...


SS I-175 is located by DD Sims
DD Hammann attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hammann loses contact with SS I-175
DD Anderson fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hammann attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hammann loses contact with SS I-175
DD Hammann is out of ASW ammo
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Sydney at 92,169

Japanese Ships
SS I-173

Allied Ships
DD Sims
DD Anderson


other than my destroyers the enemy sub at least tried to...

SS I-173 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Sims
I-173 diving deep ....
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 120029 troops, 1291 guns, 887 vehicles, Assault Value = 2800

Defending force 62023 troops, 704 guns, 298 vehicles, Assault Value = 680

Japanese adjusted assault: 981

Allied adjusted defense: 1816

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
5369 casualties reported
Squads: 109 destroyed, 158 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 122 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 54 disabled
Guns lost 54 (5 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 47 (5 destroyed, 42 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1322 casualties reported
Squads: 113 destroyed, 188 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 61 (10 destroyed, 51 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)


even though this attack failed again I guess the enemy wouldn't even need the reinforcements anymore that are on the way... the defenders are down to 500 av now so it's just a matter of the next two, possible three attacks to take the base... the enemy suffered horrendous losses in all those attacks though if you compare that with a siege until the supplies run out... means we will surrender on Luzon about the historical date I guess...


Assaulting units:
24th Nav Gsn Unit
2nd Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF
Guards Mixed Brigade
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
5th Division
14th Tank Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
24th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Sasebo 8th SNLF
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
I./4th Infantry Battalion
82nd Naval Guard Unit
16th Engineer Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
7th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
48th Division
Imperial Guards Division
63rd Inf Group Brigade
83rd Naval Guard Unit
38th Division
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
II./4th Infantry Battalion
65th Brigade
Kimura Det
16th Infantry Regiment
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
39th Field Const Co
48th Field AA Battalion
2nd Port Unit
3rd Construction Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
16th AA Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion
47th Field AA Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
38th Field Const Co
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Port Unit
37th Const Co
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Base Force
1st Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
40th Field AA Battalion
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
37th JNAF AF Unit
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
30th Fld AA Gun Co
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
45th Field AA Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
36th Const Co
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
48th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
101st PA Infantry Division
81st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
61st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regiment
4th Constabulary Regiment
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
11th PAAC Avn Sup
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
II Corps
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
24th Avn Sup
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
4th PAAC Avn Sup
Del Monte AAF Base Force
I Corps
US Forces Far East
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Clark Field AAF Base Force
24th PS FA Regiment
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7077 troops, 55 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 226

Defending force 670 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 132

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 44 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Batavia !!!

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

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

Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!


Batavia was declared an open city, the couple of btn there railed out to Malang when we spotted the enemy invasion fleet...


Assaulting units:
67th Naval Guard Unit
64th Naval Guard Unit
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
91st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Batavia Defenses
Batavia KM Base Force




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RE: AAR 42 - 11/14/2021 1:51:25 PM   
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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 102942 troops, 1256 guns, 489 vehicles, Assault Value = 3302

Defending force 57467 troops, 684 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 488

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

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


enemy av has gone up to over 3000 again...


Assaulting units:
20th Infantry Regiment
II./4th Infantry Battalion
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
24th Nav Gsn Unit
41st Guard Battalion
7th Tank Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
Sasebo 8th SNLF
Imperial Guards Division
4th Tank Regiment
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
Guards Mixed Brigade
48th Division
18th Division
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
6th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
24th Infantry Regiment
38th Division
63rd Inf Group Brigade
56th Division
Kimura Det
2nd Recon Regiment
65th Brigade
82nd Naval Guard Unit
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
Kure 3rd SNLF
I./4th Infantry Battalion
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF
5th Division
9th Infantry Regiment
83rd Naval Guard Unit
14th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Naval Construction Battalion
44th Field AA Battalion
47th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Construction Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
36th Const Co
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Port Unit
8th Port Unit
37th JNAF AF Unit
48th Field AA Battalion
2nd Base Force
30th Fld AA Gun Co
2nd Engineer Regiment
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
38th Field Const Co
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
16th AA Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
40th Field AA Battalion
14th Army
1st RF Gun Battalion
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
37th Const Co
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
39th Field Const Co
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
45th Field AA Battalion
48th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
61st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
81st PA Infantry Division
101st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
4th Constabulary Regiment
Del Monte AAF Base Force
24th Avn Sup
24th PS FA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
4th PAAC Avn Sup
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Subic Bay Defenses
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
US Forces Far East
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
II Corps
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
Clark Field AAF Base Force
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
11th PAAC Avn Sup
I Corps
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Sian (83,41)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 180 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Defending force 109510 troops, 387 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2880

Assault collapses, attacking force wiped out

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 35 (35 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
5th Armored Car Co


a small (not so) armored unit tried to establish a beachhead at Sian coming in across the river from the East... there's a bigger enemy army right behind it, 11 units reported, 60,000 men so probably something like 4 divs plus support... I'm not afraid, even if Sian is open terrain we have built forts up to six and have nearly 3000 av there, 100% prepped so that shock attack will most likely trash the attacker... we have a blocking army on the road in wooden rough terrain South of Sian, big enough to hold at least 5 enemy divisions (and I could rotate units in and out from Sian) so the enemy seems to have decided to attack the city across the river... what works at Singapore against the odd 1000 av from various units could lead to a disaster attacking against 110,000 fully supplied Chinese with 3000 av... supplied or not the Chinese are horribly weak on the offense but being fully supplied they can do pretty well on the defense, especially with the aid of good terrain or forts (preferrable both of course)...


Defending units:
3rd Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
51st Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
69th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
7th New Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
2nd War Area
5th War Area
10th Chinese Base Force
6th Chinese Base Force
Red Chinese Army
34th Group Army
18th Group Army
6th Group Army
15th Chinese Base Force




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RE: AAR 42 - 11/14/2021 1:54:10 PM   
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ASW attack near Sydney at 92,169

Japanese Ships
SS I-173

Allied Ships
DD Sims
DD Anderson


at least three enemy subs are lurking off Sydney and our ASW TF is reacting around... three rounds against I-173 lead to no countable result at all other than the sub spending four more torps...


SS I-173 is sighted by escort
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Sydney at 92,169

Japanese Ships
SS I-173

Allied Ships
DD Sims
DD Anderson

SS I-173 is sighted by escort
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Sydney at 92,169

Japanese Ships
SS I-173

Allied Ships
DD Sims
DD Anderson

SS I-173 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Sims
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub




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RE: AAR 42 - 11/14/2021 1:56:51 PM   
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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 145825 troops, 1570 guns, 1068 vehicles, Assault Value = 3640

Defending force 54441 troops, 633 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 569

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1431

Allied adjusted defense: 1960

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
5765 casualties reported
Squads: 75 destroyed, 335 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 128 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 45 disabled
Guns lost 67 (12 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3122 casualties reported
Squads: 118 destroyed, 189 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 106 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 53 (1 destroyed, 52 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (16 destroyed, 12 disabled)


as another division arrived at Clark Field the enemy orders a next deliberate attack which fails again as we had an insane adjusted av (to my surprise)... looking at the losses it's clearly nearing to an end...


Assaulting units:
24th Nav Gsn Unit
Kure 3rd SNLF
82nd Naval Guard Unit
Imperial Guards Division
63rd Inf Group Brigade
II./4th Infantry Battalion
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
83rd Naval Guard Unit
41st Guard Battalion
9th Infantry Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
24th Infantry Regiment
48th Division
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
I./4th Infantry Battalion
14th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF
56th Division
18th Division
2nd Recon Regiment
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
Kimura Det
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
38th Division
6th Tank Regiment
Guards Mixed Brigade
5th Division
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
16th Engineer Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
Sasebo 8th SNLF
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Port Unit
30th Fld AA Gun Co
47th Field AA Battalion
3rd Construction Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
14th Army
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
40th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
36th Const Co
44th Field AA Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
16th AA Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
45th Field AA Battalion
37th JNAF AF Unit
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
38th Field Const Co
30th JNAF AF Unit
39th Field Const Co
2nd Base Force
1st RF Gun Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
48th Field AA Battalion
1st Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Port Unit
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
37th Const Co
48th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
31st Infantry Regiment
61st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
1st Constabulary Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
101st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
3rd Constabulary Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
4th Constabulary Regiment
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Clark Field AAF Base Force
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
Del Monte AAF Base Force
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
24th Avn Sup
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
24th PS FA Regiment
II Corps
Subic Bay Defenses
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
US Forces Far East
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
4th PAAC Avn Sup
I Corps
1st USMC AA Battalion
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
11th PAAC Avn Sup
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment



first Lightning recons arrived at the front and started to recon Rabaul which is the only major enemy base in the SW Pacific and a torn in my flank there... no less than 61 enemy units identified there... there's alos heavy naval presence there so we have flown all available B-17 to strike the port out of the level 6 airfield of Port Moresby... due to the range there is of course no fighter cover for the bombers but recon shows "only" 60 fighters at the base and due to the fact that the enemy swept PM with two sentais of Oscars earlier I expect the opposition for the B-17 to consist of Oscars which shouldn't be much of a threat...






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RE: AAR 42 - 11/14/2021 2:36:19 PM   
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Sub attack near Sydney at 92,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-175, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Hughes
DD Sims
DD Anderson


besides I-173 in the area we attack I-175 today achieving a whopping two near misses before Anderson ran out of depth charges...


SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hughes
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson attacking submerged sub ....
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Sydney at 92,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
DD Hughes
DD Sims
DD Anderson

SS I-175 is located by DD Hughes
I-175 diving deep ....
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-175 eludes DD Anderson by diving deep
SS I-175 eludes DD Anderson by diving deep
SS I-175 eludes DD Anderson by diving deep
DD Anderson cannot establish contact with SS I-175
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125




Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 13
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 13

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-17E Fortress x 27

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Bomb hits 2
xAK Nissen Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Mikasa Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAP Buenos Aires Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 6
CA Ashigara, Bomb hits 2
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 1
xAK Azuchi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1


the B-17 strike out of Port Moresby goes in at Rabaul in bad weather unfortunately and unlike previous port strikes the hit rate isn't as high but this is also related to the fighter presence and more flak fire (which isn't as heavy as expected)... we do find the expected Oscars on CAP though both Sentais still flying the totally obsolet -Ia and -Ib models which can hardly down an Allied fighter with their armament let alone a heavy bomber so the kill rate was in favour of the bombers as we didn't lose a B-17 to the Oscars... the damage to the ships looks better on paper than it actually is, the 500lb bombs bounced off the heavy cruisers just as they did on Haruna so the only damage we did was against the freighters and transports as even Yubari's deck armor can withstand 500lb bomb hits...


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
13th Sentai with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
244th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 8

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

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 3
CL Sendai, Bomb hits 1
CA Maya, Bomb hits 3

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1


more bombers show up and this time we even had a bomb penetrating the deck of CL Sendai...


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
13th Sentai with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
244th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 5
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6

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

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 3
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 1
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 1

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
13th Sentai with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
244th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 4
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 1
CA Ashigara, Bomb hits 1



last wave dropping their load leaving us with a mixed feeling about the attack... probably due to the earlier successes with B-17 port strikes we expected a better outcome, I'm unsure we even sink a merchant today and caused only minor damage to the warships at Rabaul and in total we lost 7 bombers to flak/ops... in terms of damage done/received this strike was a bad day but naval search spotted all shipping running North from Rabaul, most likely going back to Truk so strategically the day was a success as Mundy sees Rabaul as a threatend port he can't use (at least for the moment)...

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
13th Sentai with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
244th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes



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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 142167 troops, 1547 guns, 1070 vehicles, Assault Value = 3452

Defending force 51749 troops, 632 guns, 283 vehicles, Assault Value = 360

Japanese adjusted assault: 1040

Allied adjusted defense: 982

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
4631 casualties reported
Squads: 41 destroyed, 305 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 55 disabled
Guns lost 41 (6 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 44 (9 destroyed, 35 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1422 casualties reported
Squads: 176 destroyed, 130 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 84 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 23 (5 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (6 destroyed, 18 disabled)



enemy is pushing his troops hard at Clark but Allied troops lack numbers and combat power now and we suffer four times the destroyed combat squads than the enemy even though we could disable a good number... but also this is looking better on paper than it really is as the disablements are spread over all those units and can be recovered pretty quickly...

Assaulting units:
65th Brigade
82nd Naval Guard Unit
38th Division
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
Guards Mixed Brigade
16th Engineer Regiment
I./4th Infantry Battalion
18th Division
20th Infantry Regiment
III./4th Infantry Battalion
Kure 3rd SNLF
2nd Tank Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
Maizuru 1st SNLF
16th Infantry Regiment
83rd Naval Guard Unit
5th Division
6th Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
9th Infantry Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
4th Tank Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
56th Division
24th Infantry Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
Sasebo 8th SNLF
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Kimura Det
48th Division
63rd Inf Group Brigade
2nd Engineer Regiment
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
30th JNAF AF Unit
47th Field AA Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Base Force
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
30th Fld AA Gun Co
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
36th Const Co
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
44th Field AA Battalion
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
45th Field AA Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Naval Construction Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
38th Field Const Co
39th Field Const Co
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Construction Battalion
37th JNAF AF Unit
48th Field AA Battalion
II./4th Infantry Battalion
24th Nav Gsn Unit
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Port Unit
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
37th Const Co
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Port Unit
16th AA Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
40th Field AA Battalion
48th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
21st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
61st PA Infantry Division
101st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
3rd Constabulary Regiment
1st Constabulary Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
4th Constabulary Regiment
US Forces Far East
II Corps
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
31st Infantry Regiment
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Del Monte AAF Base Force
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
I Corps
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
4th PAAC Avn Sup
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
1st USMC AA Battalion
24th PS FA Regiment
24th Avn Sup
11th PAAC Avn Sup
Clark Field AAF Base Force
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment



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Personally, I like to use the B-17D on ASW patrol. It would also work quite nicely on Naval Search as well.


I haven't got enough of the E model and the LB-30 is also not available in the front line units yet so I have to make use of the B-17D, otherwhise I could only field something like 40 heavy bombers at best

IIRC, the LB-30 does not have great defensive armament either. Another long range patrol aircraft rather than a bomber that can attack without escorting fighters.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Personally, I like to use the B-17D on ASW patrol. It would also work quite nicely on Naval Search as well.


I haven't got enough of the E model and the LB-30 is also not available in the front line units yet so I have to make use of the B-17D, otherwhise I could only field something like 40 heavy bombers at best

IIRC, the LB-30 does not have great defensive armament either. Another long range patrol aircraft rather than a bomber that can attack without escorting fighters.



Yeah but it leaves me with the primary problem of not having enough heavy bombers at all so even without any severe losses in the war so far I have to make use of both the B-17D and the two dozen LB-30.

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But why were they in port in range of 4E even w/out air cover

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RE: AAR 42 - 11/15/2021 4:52:35 PM   
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Did you have intel about the big sips you hit w/ 4Es some turns ago? Or guessed or put a recon plane by coincidence just over the port where these ships were?

But why were they in port in range of 4E even w/out air cover



Had recon over the base, both at Balikpapan and Rabaul.

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Did you have intel about the big sips you hit w/ 4Es some turns ago? Or guessed or put a recon plane by coincidence just over the port where these ships were?

But why were they in port in range of 4E even w/out air cover

Assumptions, I bet. In most games the Allied player does not concentrate his 4Es and tends to keep them back behind the line of advance. CT was holding them elsewhere and flew them into Kendari (?) once he knew the enemy BBs were in port at Balipapan. The BBs were easy enough to track, having limped away from a battle off Java (IIRC) and been attacked by Allied subs en-route to Balikpapan. They were already in bad shape so disbanding in the biggest IJ held port that looked safe was likely.

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RE: AAR 42 - 11/16/2021 5:09:41 PM   
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Did you have intel about the big sips you hit w/ 4Es some turns ago? Or guessed or put a recon plane by coincidence just over the port where these ships were?

But why were they in port in range of 4E even w/out air cover

Assumptions, I bet. In most games the Allied player does not concentrate his 4Es and tends to keep them back behind the line of advance. CT was holding them elsewhere and flew them into Kendari (?) once he knew the enemy BBs were in port at Balipapan. The BBs were easy enough to track, having limped away from a battle off Java (IIRC) and been attacked by Allied subs en-route to Balikpapan. They were already in bad shape so disbanding in the biggest IJ held port that looked safe was likely.


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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,124

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CA Maya
AMC Saigon Maru
AMC Asaka Maru
CM Tsubame
AD Gyoko Maru
LSD Shinshu Maru
AK Tosan Maru
AK Kyushu Maru
AK Kinka Maru
xAP Naminoue Maru
xAP Baikal Maru
xAP Kongo Maru
xAP Hakone Maru
xAK Yosida Maru #3
xAK Tone Maru
xAK Nihonka Maru
xAK Midori Maru
xAK Josho Maru
xAK Teiryu Maru
xAK Yahiko Maru
xAK Victoria Maru
xAK Wales Maru
xAK Taifuku Maru
xAK Kaiko Maru
xAK Noto Maru
xAK Yamazuki Maru
xAK Tatuharu Maru
xAK Kashii Maru
xAK Kansai Maru
xAK Canberra Maru
DD Hasu
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-34



everything is running from Rabaul, no safe port for the Japanese with Port Moresby being an operational base for heavy bombers...

SS S-34 is sighted by escort
DD Hasu fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 141764 troops, 1553 guns, 1061 vehicles, Assault Value = 3256

Defending force 49374 troops, 627 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 203

Japanese adjusted assault: 985

Allied adjusted defense: 619

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
2728 casualties reported
Squads: 79 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 47 (3 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1979 casualties reported
Squads: 267 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 116 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 54 (9 destroyed, 45 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (4 destroyed, 16 disabled)



the defenders at Clark are getting overwhelmed, I'm amazed they could even withstand this attack... we are trying to march them out but there won't be much chance being in combat mode and the enemy is most likely going to finish us within the next days...

Assaulting units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
56th Division
I./4th Infantry Battalion
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
41st Guard Battalion
Imperial Guards Division
63rd Inf Group Brigade
14th Tank Regiment
18th Division
Guards Mixed Brigade
Kimura Det
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
Kure 3rd SNLF
82nd Naval Guard Unit
2nd Engineer Regiment
38th Division
II./4th Infantry Battalion
Sasebo 8th SNLF
24th Infantry Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
48th Division
4th Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
20th Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
5th Division
83rd Naval Guard Unit
III./4th Infantry Battalion
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Naval Construction Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
30th Fld AA Gun Co
38th Field Const Co
37th JNAF AF Unit
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
40th Field AA Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
8th Port Unit
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
16th AA Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
2nd Base Force
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
36th Const Co
48th Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
14th Army
3rd Construction Battalion
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
24th Nav Gsn Unit
23rd AA Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
37th Const Co
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
39th Field Const Co
2nd Port Unit
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
45th Field AA Battalion
47th Field AA Battalion
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
48th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
91st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
1st Constabulary Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
101st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
3rd Constabulary Regiment
61st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
4th Constabulary Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
4th PAAC Avn Sup
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
24th Avn Sup
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
Del Monte AAF Base Force
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
31st Infantry Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
192nd Tank Battalion
II Corps
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
11th PAAC Avn Sup
I Corps
US Forces Far East
24th PS FA Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Buitenzorg (48,99)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5527 troops, 43 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 181

Defending force 555 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 84

Allied adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Buitenzorg !!!

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

Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
67th Naval Guard Unit
64th Naval Guard Unit
Yokosuka 4th SNLF

Defending units:
Batavia KM Base Force


Java is going to fall within no time, only fortress Malang will hold the Japanese for months (planned)...




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RE: AAR 42 - 11/16/2021 5:14:15 PM   
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TF 177 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98)

Japanese Ships
AMc Aioi Maru
AMc Keijin Maru
AMc Tamazono Maru

74 mines cleared


Mundy always promptly has minesweepers on hand to get his ports operational...


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TF 177 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98)

Japanese Ships
AMc Aioi Maru
AMc Keijin Maru
AMc Tamazono Maru

37 mines cleared


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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 142462 troops, 1561 guns, 1072 vehicles, Assault Value = 3303

Defending force 46587 troops, 619 guns, 274 vehicles, Assault Value = 142

Japanese adjusted assault: 604

Allied adjusted defense: 466

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1613 casualties reported
Squads: 43 destroyed, 116 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 29 (8 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2488 casualties reported
Squads: 276 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 143 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 39 (21 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (12 destroyed, 8 disabled)


and Clark's defenders fend off a back to back attack... the guys there really did their best...


Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
9th Infantry Regiment
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
6th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
56th Division
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
7th Tank Regiment
48th Division
Kure 3rd SNLF
2nd Recon Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
Sasebo 8th SNLF
24th Infantry Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
Imperial Guards Division
Guards Mixed Brigade
Maizuru 1st SNLF
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
III./4th Infantry Battalion
2nd Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
1st Tank Regiment
18th Division
83rd Naval Guard Unit
24th Nav Gsn Unit
Kimura Det
16th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
38th Division
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
II./4th Infantry Battalion
82nd Naval Guard Unit
63rd Inf Group Brigade
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
I./4th Infantry Battalion
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
1st RF Gun Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
16th AA Regiment
37th JNAF AF Unit
2nd Base Force
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Port Unit
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
30th Fld AA Gun Co
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
36th Const Co
40th Field AA Battalion
45th Field AA Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
37th Const Co
3rd Construction Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
48th Field AA Battalion
2nd Port Unit
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
38th Field Const Co
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
1st Naval Construction Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
47th Field AA Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion
39th Field Const Co
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
48th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
31st PA Infantry Division
101st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
3rd Constabulary Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regiment
61st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regiment
4th Constabulary Regiment
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
1st Constabulary Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
II Corps
4th PAAC Avn Sup
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
11th PAAC Avn Sup
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
US Forces Far East
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
Del Monte AAF Base Force
31st Infantry Regiment
24th Avn Sup
Clark Field AAF Base Force
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
I Corps
194th Tank Battalion
24th PS FA Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment




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RE: AAR 42 - 11/19/2021 12:41:47 PM   
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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)




Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 141705 troops, 1554 guns, 1070 vehicles, Assault Value = 3252

Defending force 43828 troops, 601 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 90

Japanese adjusted assault: 1464

Allied adjusted defense: 388

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1257 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 34 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 38 (4 destroyed, 34 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
18331 casualties reported
Squads: 650 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 756 destroyed, 56 disabled
Engineers: 154 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 339 (336 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 289 (289 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 36
Units destroyed 5

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!


Clark Field finally falls to an enemy shock attack today and Allied troops suffer horrendously in the retreat... there were nearly no combat ready squads left so that combat ineffective army is now mostly destroyed... I'm all but happy about the date Clark is lost but the enemy brought so many units there was nothing more we could do, I guess I've never faced that many enemy troops in the defense of Clark... again I should have taken notes about enemy combat squads destroyed in the process as I'm sure I've also never destroyed so many enemy squads at Clark... with a short time offensive on Luzon we forced some enemy units to retreat and the enemy suffered substantial losses in the assault at Clark Field... I was really wondering why I was able to bring in so many blockade runners as I knew many were spotted but they were only attacked when KB was passing by by accident and thought it would be a big mistake by the enemy not to interdict shipping to Bataan but as it stands now all the supply we have moved in over the last months was going directly into the enemy's depots... at high times we had over 120,000 tons of supply on Luzon and there are still over 80,000 at Bataan now but the enemy will move in and just take the base in one or two attacks and not only destroy the last defenders on Luzon but also capture big amounts of supply...

I've often said that Mundy's plans perfectly matched mine, which meant a perfect outcome for us more than just once but this time our plans didn't match at all... I was expecting him to starve my troops which would take until the end of 42 given the amount of supplies we've moved in and we could occupy a good number of enemy troops keeping us in position but Mundy planned to conquer the place at all cost and just used overwhelming force in the end... the fact that he didn't bring overwhelming force to start with meant he lost way more troops than he would have had he waited for his troops from Malaya which seems to be the only thing that went wrong for him in the end, he was just a little too impatient and attacked with a too small force too early... losing Clark in early April is not to my liking...


Assaulting units:
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
2nd Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
II./4th Infantry Battalion
III./4th Infantry Battalion
38th Division
Sasebo 8th SNLF
Kimura Det
2nd Recon Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
14th Tank Regiment
Kure 3rd SNLF
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
Guards Mixed Brigade
6th Tank Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
5th Division
18th Division
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
63rd Inf Group Brigade
7th Tank Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
83rd Naval Guard Unit
48th Division
9th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
20th Infantry Regiment
82nd Naval Guard Unit
I./4th Infantry Battalion
24th Nav Gsn Unit
56th Division
Imperial Guards Division
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
2nd Port Unit
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
37th Const Co
36th Const Co
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
16th AA Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
48th Field AA Battalion
37th JNAF AF Unit
38th Field Const Co
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
30th Fld AA Gun Co
3rd Construction Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
45th Field AA Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
47th Field AA Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
2nd Base Force
40th Field AA Battalion
8th Port Unit
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Naval Construction Battalion
39th Field Const Co
48th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
61st PA Infantry Division
3rd Constabulary Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
101st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
4th Constabulary Regiment
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
Clark Field AAF Base Force
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
I Corps
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
1st USMC AA Battalion
11th PAAC Avn Sup
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
4th PAAC Avn Sup
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
71st PA Infantry Division
24th Avn Sup
US Forces Far East
II Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
31st Infantry Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
Del Monte AAF Base Force
24th PS FA Regiment
1st Constabulary Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Sian (83,41)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 65855 troops, 472 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 2084

Defending force 110534 troops, 387 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2940

Japanese adjusted assault: 469

Allied adjusted defense: 2430

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 6)

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

Japanese ground losses:
14581 casualties reported
Squads: 103 destroyed, 1200 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 152 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 82 disabled
Guns lost 99 (2 destroyed, 97 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1552 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 193 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled


losing Clark is one thing today, but we get a consolation prize in China as the enemy army shock attacks into Sian coming from the plains in the East... guess the enemy expected a river crossing like at Singapore where you can move in at acceptable losses usually but at Sian we didn't have just 1000 av in all kind of units like at Singapore but nearly 3000 av in fully prepped and fully supplied Chinese Corpses... the enemy army is totally trashed establishing a beachhead and the Chinese will counter attack tomorrow... I have no doubt we will be able to force the enemy out of the hex again which means we have a fair chance to more or less destroy an IJA Army as we will then try to pursue them and repeatadly try to force them to retreat... the enemy even got a (-) for supply which was a little surprising to me...


Assaulting units:
41st Division
37th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
8th Division
59th Infantry Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Garrison Unit
101st NCPC Route Brigade
1st Army

Defending units:
76th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
69th Chinese Corps
51st Chinese Corps
7th New Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
6th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force
2nd War Area
6th Chinese Base Force
5th War Area
34th Group Army
Red Chinese Army
18th Group Army
15th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 28784 troops, 266 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1008

Defending force 43913 troops, 351 guns, 174 vehicles, Assault Value = 1031

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

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

Assaulting units:
33rd Division
1st Engineer Co
Miura Det
1st Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Indpt SNLF Coy
III/66th Naval Guard Unit
4th Division
8th Tank Regiment
15th Naval Guard Unit
16th Army
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
VI Landstorm Cdo
Prajoeda Cdo
1st Cav Regiment
I/II Barisan Cdo
Tjilitjap Cdo
Tjepoe Cdo
Groep Zud
6th Cav Sqdn
II Marechausse Cdo
1st KNIL Regiment
III Landstorm Cdo
4th Cav Sqdn
S Borneo KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Regiment
4th KNIL Regiment
Mobiele Battalion
V Landstorm Cdo
W Borneo KNIL Battalion
III/IV Barisan Cdo
6th KNIL Regiment
Lijfwacht Cav Sqdn
2/15 Punjab Battalion
Hedland RAN Stn Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
HQ II KNIL Division
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
Pathan Construction Battalion
1st Madras Construction Battalion
224 Group Base Force
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
HQ III KNIL Division
A-III-Ld AA Battalion
221 Group Base Force
KNI Leger
ABDA
HQ I KNIL Division
A-I-Ld AA Battalion
Broome RAN Stn Base Force
106th RN Base Force



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RE: AAR 42 - 11/19/2021 12:48:29 PM   
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ASW attack near Sydney at 92,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
DD Sims
DD Hammann
DD Anderson


we keep trying to harm enemy subs off Sydney without any effect... guess it's not even worth the precious fuel in Australia...


SS I-175 is sighted by escort
DD Hammann fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Sian (83,41)




Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 122129 troops, 540 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3883

Defending force 56345 troops, 471 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 908

Allied adjusted assault: 4286

Japanese adjusted defense: 204

Allied assault odds: 21 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
22076 casualties reported
Squads: 612 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 466 destroyed, 97 disabled
Engineers: 45 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 71 (35 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Vehicles lost 48 (27 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Units retreated 9

Allied ground losses:
3600 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 348 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Units pursuing 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!


the ordered attack at Sian and it goes perfectly well, our troops being 100% prepped for the base get a really nice adjusted av for Chinese units and easily force the enemy army to retreat... 100 combat squads destroyed yesterday followed by over 600 in the retreat today, that's going to hurt these enemy units and our army is in full pursue now as I doubt the enemy has much combat power left to withstand our attacks...


Assaulting units:
43rd Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
51st Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
8th Route Army
41st Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
7th New Chinese Corps
69th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Base Force
6th Chinese Base Force
6th Group Army
1st RM Heavy AA Regiment
Red Chinese Army
39th Group Army
18th Group Army
5th War Area
34th Group Army
22nd Group Army
24th Group Army
8th Group Army
2nd War Area
15th Chinese Base Force

Defending units:
41st Division
8th Division
37th Division
9th Garrison Unit
59th Infantry Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
101st NCPC Route Brigade
1st Army



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RE: AAR 42 - 11/19/2021 12:54:49 PM   
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TF 83 encounters mine field at Semarang (53,102)

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma, Mine hits 1
DD Yuzuki
DD Akebono
DD Uzuki, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

2 mines cleared


enemy invasion coming in at Semarang (Java) and the covering force runs into the minefield there... nice to see a mine hit on a CA which most likely means yard time and a DD that might be in sinking condition...


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Pre-Invasion action off Semarang (53,102) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (8 destroyed, 8 disabled)



even two BBs covering the invasion...

Samarang Defenses firing at BB Yamashiro
BB Yamashiro firing at Samarang Defenses
BB Kongo firing at Samarang Defenses


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Amphibious Assault at Semarang (53,102)

TF 83 troops unloading over beach at Semarang, 53,102

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


another division thrown onto Java to break the defense at Malang... I wouldn't have unloaded here, I would have just brought everything to Batavia to unload 100% safe there and rail down to Soerabaja or any base next to it would Soerabaja be defended... all but the static units on Java have been moved to Malang, Soerabaja is defended by some 100 av which will also move to Malang as soon as the enemy shows up...


15 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 5th Mortar Bn
17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost in surf during unload of 55th Div /1
17 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad accidentally lost during unload of 55th Div /2
17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 55th Div /2
17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad accidentally lost during unload of 55th Div /3
17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 55th Div
13.2mm T93 AAMG lost from landing craft during unload of 34th Fld AA Bn
Motorized Support dropped into water during unload of 7th Field Const Bn
Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 8th Field Const Bn


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Ground combat at Cheribon (51,100)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2027 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Defending force 135 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 26

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cheribon !!!

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

Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
II/66th Naval Guard Unit
91st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Cheribon Defenses


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Ground combat at 49,100 (near Bandoeng)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5578 troops, 43 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 184

Defending force 420 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 72

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
64th Naval Guard Unit
67th Naval Guard Unit
Yokosuka 4th SNLF

Defending units:
Batavia KM Base Force




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RE: AAR 42 - 11/19/2021 1:05:18 PM   
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TF 83 encounters mine field at Semarang (53,102)

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

15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 35th JAAF AF Bn
17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 55th Div /1
17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost overboard during unload of 55th Div /3
15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 55th Div


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ASW attack near Suva at 131,161

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
xAK Atlanta City
PC Yandra


RO sub lurking around the Fijis but the bugger was spotted by the escort of this small supply convoy...


SS RO-60 is sighted by escort
PC Yandra attacking submerged sub ....
PC Yandra loses contact with SS RO-60
SS RO-60 eludes ASW attack from PC Yandra
PC Yandra loses contact with SS RO-60
PC Yandra fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Yandra attacking submerged sub ....
PC Yandra cannot reach attack position over SS RO-60
Escort abandons search for sub


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TF 177 encounters mine field at Semarang (53,102)

Japanese Ships
AMc Aioi Maru
AMc Keijin Maru
AMc Tamazono Maru

21 mines cleared


Mundy reacts quickly with some AMc...


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Semarang at 53,102




Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 1 damaged
Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
xAK Awajisan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Gosei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
BB Kirishima, Torpedo hits 1
BB Kongo, Torpedo hits 2, on fire



that's the reason why I wouldn't landed at Semarang, a base that is in range of torpedo carrying biplanes that have wrecked parts of the IJN in the past already... the enemy has no fighter cover and our biplanes come in without escorts but that doesn't matter and they sink two empty freighters and hit the enemy BBs three times...

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Semarang at 53,102

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 1 damaged
Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
DD Uzuki, heavy damage
BB Yamashiro
xAK Nagara Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Ural Maru


way too many bombers attack freighters... Java could become the grave of the IJN's BBs as the biplanes played a big role in the sinking of at least three BBs already...


Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Semarang at 53,102

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 1 damaged
Swordfish I: 3 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Kongo, on fire


OUCH! While the Vildebeests scored perfectly and didn't really suffer from flakfire this wave of Swordfish was extremely decimated by flak and I couldn't believe my eyes... checked the stats of the Swordfish just to find out it has a durability so bad you could probably take it down with snowballs... the Vildebeest in comparison is way more durable... 50% of the Swordfish in this strike were shot down even before they could launch their torps...


Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Semarang at 53,102

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 3
Vildebeest III x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 1 destroyed by flak
Vildebeest III: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
xAP Kamakura Maru
xAP Tango Maru
xAP Ural Maru
xAK Ryoyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1


what is still flyable in the afternoon attacks again but the bombers focus mostly freighters which is really a shame...


Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
1 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Semarang at 53,102

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
xAP Atsuta Maru


last remaining bombers miss which leaves us with two freighters sunk and one damaged but also two damaged BBs... I was asking Mundy why he repeatadly moves within strike range of my biplane torpedo bombers and got the reply that he didn't expect them to hit anything as he never gets them to work... while they are mostly useless right at the start of hostilities when most Allied commanders send them in we kept them back until we had perfectly trained crews available as all our bomber pilots have 70 torp skill which makes them absolutely deadly against freighters or BBs that haven't got decent fighter cover...


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo



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Ground combat at Semarang (53,102)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14973 troops, 151 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 464

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 228

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 228 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Semarang !!!


Semarang falls today which means there will be fighter cover tomorrow so our bombers will withdraw again to wait for their next chance...


Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
55th Div /4
41st JAAF AF Bn
32nd Field AA Battalion
43rd Const Co
35th JAAF AF Bn
9th Port Unit
12th JAAF AF Coy
34th Field AA Battalion
21th JNAF AF Unit
34th Field Const Co
36th JAAF AF Bn
5th Mortar Battalion
7th Field Construction Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
33rd JAAF AF Coy
53rd Const Co
8th Field Construction Battalion
84th JAAF AF Bn
47th Const Co
33rd Field Const Co
20th AA Rgt /1






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RE: AAR 42 - 11/20/2021 1:18:53 PM   
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TF 177 encounters mine field at Semarang (53,102)

Japanese Ships
AMc Aioi Maru
AMc Keijin Maru
AMc Tamazono Maru

79 mines cleared


I didn't like minewarfare in WITP but I don't like it in AE either... mine rates have been changed to minimal numbers but the ability to clear mines hasn't been changed... it wasn't working well in WITP, might have been better to take it out completely then...


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ASW attack near Sydney at 92,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-175, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Hammann
DD Sims
DD Anderson


our ASW TFs are only succesful in depleting the enemy subs' torps...


SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hammann
I-175 diving deep ....
DD Hammann fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson attacking submerged sub ....
DD Anderson cannot reach attack position over SS I-175
SS I-175 eludes ASW attack from DD Anderson
DD Anderson cannot reach attack position over SS I-175
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-175 eludes DD Anderson by hugging bottom
DD Anderson is out of ASW ammo
DD Anderson is out of ASW ammo
DD Anderson is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub




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RE: AAR 42 - 11/20/2021 1:21:52 PM   
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ASW attack near Sydney at 92,169

Japanese Ships
SS I-173, hits 3, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Hughes
DD Sims
DD Hammann
DD Anderson


feels like whenever I bitch about someting long enough the AE god sends a good result... two direct hits reported and it's a long way to Rabaul...


SS I-173 is located by DD Hughes
DD Hammann fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-173 eludes DD Anderson by hugging bottom
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 6
Ki-27b Nate x 10

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2


Kates escorted by Nates? Looks like a good opportunity to punish the enemy with a CAP trap...


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at 84,41 (near Sian)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 106086 troops, 512 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2987

Defending force 43970 troops, 461 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 709

Allied adjusted assault: 1570

Japanese adjusted defense: 833

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
5166 casualties reported
Squads: 153 destroyed, 128 disabled
Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 146 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 28 disabled
Guns lost 51 (35 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
6893 casualties reported
Squads: 75 destroyed, 797 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled


the Chinese army from Sian shock attacks East across the river and while we are hit hard we don't even get the needed 2:1 to force the enemy to retreat... got no doubt though we will be able to force another retreat in the coming days, the troops have to rest though as they are horribly disrupted...


Assaulting units:
8th Route Army
57th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
41st Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
8th Group Army
Red Chinese Army
2nd War Area
5th War Area
18th Group Army
6th Group Army
22nd Group Army

Defending units:
41st Division
101st NCPC Route Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Garrison Unit
8th Division
59th Infantry Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
37th Division
29th Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment




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