wobbly
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Well lovers of fine wine and poor allied commandership - you will be enraptured by this turn. All those who were cheering for my cause, I think you need to back another horse! My Brit carriers get into range of his BBs only to find his carriers. His land forces go ballistic, only PM air attacks are a bright light.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/30/42
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Day Air attack on Calcutta , at 29,23
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
Ki-21 Sally x 49
Ki-48 Lily x 34
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 134
He continues very powerful attacks on Calcutta. I think I will defend here for one more day.
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 27
B-17E Fortress x 60
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 destroyed, 4 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
PG Hashidate, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 37
Port hits 1
THe B-17s have done good work but now half the force is damaged. They maanged to kill 8 zeros on the ground today. All groups retire to mainland Oz while I bring up Mitchells and Beauforts to continue the work.
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Day Air attack on 84th Chinese Corps, at 44,38
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22
Ki-48 Lily x 28
Ki-49 Helen x 16
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
His air in China is now working over my units at Wuchow who are currently retreating.
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Day Air attack on 1st Malaya Brigade, at 31,21
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 31
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
He also starts to hit Asansol to prep for ground attacks.
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Day Air attack on TF at 14,6
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 16
Swordfish x 19
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 18 destroyed, 2 damaged
Swordfish: 20 destroyed, 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuyuki
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 1
My cariers find his at range 5 to the north. I was in perfect range to hit his BBs but not his carriers. Only 1 bomb hits and it bounces.
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Day Air attack on TF at 15,10
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 15
Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 10 destroyed, 6 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CV Formidable
He then comes at me with unescorted bombers. On a few occasions my fighters manage to maul the incoming raids but there aren't enough to stop them.
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Day Air attack on TF at 15,10
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 22
B5N Kate x 22
Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 23 destroyed, 4 damaged
B5N Kate: 14 destroyed, 15 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Formidable, Bomb hits 1
CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 15,10
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 18
Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 11 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Formidable, Bomb hits 2
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Day Air attack on TF at 15,10
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 11
Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Formidable
CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 15,10
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
G4M1 Betty x 8
Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
CV Illustrious, on fire, heavy damage
Illustrious is lost. Formidable lives up to her namesake, despite wearing 3 bombs she is at 1 sys damge. The 250kg bombs just bounce! It is the blasted Kates that oyu have to worry about - isn't it always! So my Carrier is running WSW - and the TF can run at full speed. Thunderstorms abound again, but they did last turn, so I can't rely on them at all.
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Ground combat at Calcutta
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 52896 troops, 266 guns, 144 vehicles
Defending force 22972 troops, 128 guns, 1 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)
Japanese ground losses:
530 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
223 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Calcutta is still as strong as an Ox and here I am having to give her up. THere is nothing for it though, a Stalingrad would seal my demise.
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Ground combat at Hyderabad
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 73427 troops, 803 guns, 27 vehicles
Defending force 12772 troops, 162 guns, 5 vehicles
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Hyderabad base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
299 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 2
Allied ground losses:
386 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Very unfortunate this one - first strike and I am out. He does have a very powerful force here. It remains to be seen which way he goes. If he comes East that actually suit me more than if goes North. Knowing PzB he wont dance to my tune.
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Ground combat at Asansol
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 42696 troops, 255 guns, 2 vehicles
Defending force 14262 troops, 64 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5
Japanese ground losses:
337 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Allied ground losses:
292 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
He gets 1-1 on his first try. Only the forts can help. I have set up heavy bombers from Lucknow to try and supress the combat units, but he will be doing the same. Next turn (if there is another) He will LRCAP and Asansol will fall. With it falling the troops trying to get out of Burma will be cut off unable to join their compatriots in the North. What I may try is to defend at Jamshedpur for as long as I can and fly units across from Dimapur. THey will all be bitsas but better than nothing.
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Ground combat at Panaji
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 20550 troops, 204 guns, 4 vehicles
Defending force 2698 troops, 29 guns, 1 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 45 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Panaji base !!!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 7 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
This one I expected - it was guarded by nothing essentially - and he has been hitting the meagre troops there with BBs for turns now. The 7 Fulmars came off the Illustrious and instantly go into the bag.
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To those of you following this and hoping for an Allied turn around, I am sorry for this turn. The thinking was to try and damage the BBs which will make the holding of Karachi so difficult. I also never saw his Carriers - they weren't far off the coast and yet they are not scouted. WitP is crueller but probably more realistic that way. The only silver linings I can find are that yet again (despite loosing a carrier) I actually destroyed more of his aircraft this turn than he did mine, and that the masses of transports he has now scouted to the north may not be such an alluring target with the Brit Carriers out there.
Those transports now scatter. We are going to enter a period of heavy allied shipping losses as his carriers get amongst my fleet. His subs and surface vessels will no doubt join in - something like whales in the krill.
On the land I have to start coordinating my retreat. I desparately want more of the troops in Burma to get back across, like the tank Brigade that just made it to the rail line. To do this I must have luck in holding Asansol. At 1-1 odds already, it is very unlikely. My aussies, travelling to Asansol, and who should have been there last turn, now decide to move off the rail network into the jungle to the north. Man the AI trail finding is poor. I know PzB has been battling with it but it really does seem to choose some awful routes at times. Because of this one move it is likely that the Asussies will either be lost or out of the defensive effort - great.
The terribly damaged BBs at Diamond Harbour sortie - they just cannot make it out, but I am willing to try for the sake of 10 points. The Warspite has now made good progress between Ceylon and Andaman Island. Again the carriers appearence to the North may actually help here, his planes at Chandpur and Dacca are likely to be set to hit my ground troops.
Lunga gets a group of Marauders and they are slated to hit shortlands. I can't really keep this up as the base unit only has 30 support. I have 100 ACs there at the moment! I will need to remedy this.
The Carriers are now below the Solomons, the slower BBs have refueled at Noumea and head North, the faster BBs are on their way to Cairns - located just N of Luganville. THe troops themselves are a day away from turning North and taking on the gap between Oz and New Guinea.
The combat units at Tarawa, who hav been resting for a few turns, now open fire with their gun tubes. Suppplies are still being unloaded, and the California, about to dock at Pearl, may travel over to Tarawa to help suppress the ground troops.
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