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pauk -> RE: 11-09-42 (6/5/2006 5:48:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Jim D Burns Here's a screen shot of the 31st US Regimental Combat Team: [image]local://upfiles/5815/21C16CAA7B824A019A878F107A1CBFA7.jpg[/image] I rescued a large fragment of this unit (about 16 squads and twice as many support) from the Philippines and it has slowly been rebuilding over the last 6 months. With 121 squads and 178 support required, it will take well over a year for this unit to completely rebuild. WitP needs to take another look at how quickly units rebuild. This unit averages about 1-2 squads a week and maybe only 1 support, even though it is sitting in a base with its Command HQ and well over 100,000 supplies. Regimental/Brigade units should take perhaps 3 months max to rebuild and division's maybe 6-8 months. Currently I have 2-3 Indian Divisions in India that still have well over a year to go to rebuild from the 1/3rd strength they start the game at. And these units have been rebuilding for almost a full year already. Hi Jim, disagree here. If you are still keep an eye on my AAR you know about what i'm talking (can not disclose here about details - the enemy is listening!:). I have few units which are in condition similar as your regimental unit but i think that is a fair trade - both for the Allies and Japanese. Evacuating cadres are, hmmm, questionable i dare to say, (don't get me wrong i do the same) and their rebuildment rate is OK. Latter in the game Allies will advance and Japan will have to evaucate cadres - but then youw will know that you won't see this unit for at least 6 months.[;)] As for your question, i guess that you have more than enough replacements in the pool, right? Try put a leader with good administrative skills....

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-11-42 (6/13/2006 8:00:37 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/11/42 Another slow turn without a lot of activity across the map. Japanese training raids continue. The allies hit Kai Island again and do some moderate damage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 59 B-17E Fortress x 37 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Japanese ground losses: 113 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 62 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet 45 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet 8 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet 3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet 3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese land units bombard three different hexes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 344271 troops, 2859 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 6432 Defending force 111822 troops, 421 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 3197 Allied ground losses: 670 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 43,40 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 121215 troops, 1675 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 2425 Defending force 84080 troops, 341 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2453 Allied ground losses: 76 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenen Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 42422 troops, 437 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 911 Defending force 122387 troops, 715 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3265 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Here’s a screenshot of the intelligence screen: [image]local://upfiles/5815/EFF5CEF3FBF94A718DD98C579FA07625.jpg[/image]

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-12-42 (6/13/2006 11:50:54 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/12/42 I’ve decided to post the entire Combat report file for this turn to give readers an idea of how quiet things are right now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 3 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIF: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 24 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 25 Ki-21 Sally x 18 Ki-48 Lily x 26 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 48 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 9 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 9 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 1 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 25 Ki-27 Nate x 60 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 109 Ki-32 Mary x 34 Ki-48 Lily x 105 Ki-49 Helen x 11 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 20 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 8000 feet 9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 8000 feet 25 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 22 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 27 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 24 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 25 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet 21 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet 25 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 8000 feet 6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 8000 feet 6 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 9 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 8000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Talasea , at 59,88 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 69 B5N Kate x 36 G3M Nell x 18 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 2000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 5 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 18 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 6 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 7000 feet 18 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 17 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 6 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 3 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 7000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 2 x G3M Nell bombing at 2000 feet 2 x G3M Nell bombing at 7000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 2 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Japanese death star in China is now fully assembled and Hengchow has mere days before the end comes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 351017 troops, 2908 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 6507 Defending force 76804 troops, 336 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 2229 Japanese max assault: 6028 - adjusted assault: 2572 Allied max defense: 2271 - adjusted defense: 648 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 6) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5 Japanese ground losses: 6213 casualties reported Guns lost 111 Vehicles lost 3 Allied ground losses: 2274 casualties reported Guns lost 58 Vehicles lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chinese try one last attack at Sian and manage to reduce the fort levels once again. Unfortunately there is another unit Southeast of the city now and I doubt I’ll get away with any more successful attacks from here on out. Therefore my exhausted units are stood down for rest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 74394 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1949 Defending force 65913 troops, 483 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1145 Allied max assault: 1914 - adjusted assault: 1496 Japanese max defense: 1196 - adjusted defense: 1259 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Japanese ground losses: 1297 casualties reported Guns lost 35 Allied ground losses: 964 casualties reported Guns lost 27 This turn I took a look at my Bogue class CVE Nassau and was shocked to see it had 108 planes onboard. All of the planes in its two groups are in a ready status and pilots are available for all of the planes. I know CVE’s can (temporarily) increase group size when they are used in replenishment task forces, but I never thought they’d grow like this simply sitting in port at SF. I tried forming a CV task force with the ship to see if the planes would be reduced once out of port, but the CVE still had 108 ready planes once I put it in the task force. Has anyone else seen this? Is it a bug or am I missing something obvious here and this is normal behavior? Here’s a screenshot of the ship: [image]local://upfiles/5815/1F5D091AB7A54C9094E58AE252CDCDAC.jpg[/image]

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-13-42 (6/14/2006 10:29:23 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/13/42 Another quiet turn this turn. I’ll list the entire After Action Report from now on until things get busy again, just to give readers something to look at. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 (Training raid) Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53 (Training raid) Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 24 Ki-27 Nate x 62 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 111 Ki-32 Mary x 34 Ki-48 Lily x 108 Ki-49 Helen x 14 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 59 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 8000 feet 6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 5 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 8000 feet 25 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 8 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 25 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 27 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 24 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 25 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet 24 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 20 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet 24 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 8000 feet 11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 8000 feet 6 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 8000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 8000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 8000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 8000 feet 5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 2 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 8000 feet 2 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Batan Island , at 47,47 (Training raid) Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 8 A6M2 Zero x 3 D3A Val x 6 B5N Kate x 3 E13A1 Jake x 26 E7K2 Alf x 15 Ki-27 Nate x 32 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 18 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 6 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 8 x A6M2-N Rufe strafing at 100 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x B5N Kate bombing at 8000 feet 13 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet 5 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 2 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet 18 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet 3 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Talasea , at 59,88 (Training raid) Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 69 B5N Kate x 32 G3M Nell x 18 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 2000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 5 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 18 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 5 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 7000 feet 18 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 17 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 6 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 7000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 2000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 7000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 2 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8328 troops, 251 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6179 Defending force 72843 troops, 231 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 2038 Allied ground losses: 190 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 43,40 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 121366 troops, 1676 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 2428 Defending force 84077 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2460 Allied ground losses: 84 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenen Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 46083 troops, 438 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 919 Defending force 122702 troops, 735 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3286 Allied ground losses: 98 casualties reported I found another anomaly with CVE Nassau’s air groups this turn. Even though the groups max number of planes were listed as 54 on the top left, I was able to use the ‘Draw one aircraft from pool’ button to pull two more planes into each of the over-stuffed groups this turn. I then was able to get pilots for the new planes as well. That puts a total of 112 planes aboard the CVE. The new planes are listed as damaged, we’ll see if the planes repair and become ready next turn. I’m also curious to see if the max number of planes number on the top left updates to 56 next turn. Here’s a screen shot of the fighter group after I pulled the new planes and pilots: [image]local://upfiles/5815/0F14DB792486413DB3658B87B98A259F.jpg[/image]

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-14-42 (6/16/2006 5:56:50 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/14/42 The allies got very lucky this turn in Rangoon. Last turn my intel had shown 4 AK’s at Rangoon, so I moved my Dutch sub O16 into the hex to try and get a shot off at the cargo ships. Instead I was met by 3 MSW’s and a PG. Luckily my torpedo struck home and sent MSW W.21 to the bottom and the subsequent ASW sweep failed to locate my sub. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Rangoon at 29,34 Japanese Ships MSW W.21, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PG Chitose Maru MSW W.16 MSW W.8 Allied Ships SS O16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan moved Tony’s into Kai Island to replace his Zeroes and my bombers paid the price as the Tony’s shredded several planes and damaged many more. My bomber group’s morale is shot for the foreseeable future. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 21 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 52 B-17E Fortress x 36 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 4 destroyed, 9 damaged B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged Japanese ground losses: 65 casualties reported Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet 31 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet 11 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet 14 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet 3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet 2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My aggressive Dutch sub skipper launched a second attack later in the turn at Rangoon, but no hits were scored and my sub again dodged the ASW sweep. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Rangoon at 29,34 Japanese Ships PG Chitose Maru MSW W.16 MSW W.8 Allied Ships SS O16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another deliberate attack goes in at Hengchow reducing my forts to level 4. A couple more of these and that’s all she wrote. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 345834 troops, 2766 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 6264 Defending force 72526 troops, 229 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 2029 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Japanese max assault: 5782 - adjusted assault: 2226 Allied max defense: 1833 - adjusted defense: 1160 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Japanese ground losses: 5843 casualties reported Guns lost 106 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 2251 casualties reported Guns lost 47 Vehicles lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nemrod wrote me that his shock attack at 45,35 was inadvertent. He was trying to leave the hex and go southeast across the river hex. I carefully watched the replay and saw that only his 35th Brigade attacked. I advised him that perhaps it had moved into the hex (following some old orders he didn’t catch) while other units were leaving. Regardless, I had been waiting for weeks for my HQ’s to march into the hex from southwest before launching an attack here. They all finally arrived this turn, so I am set for a deliberate attack next turn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 45,35 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 15646 troops, 173 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1671 Defending force 170802 troops, 891 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3896 Japanese max assault: 310 - adjusted assault: 21 Allied max defense: 3993 - adjusted defense: 2649 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 3370 casualties reported Guns lost 58 Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Here’s a screenshot of the area around hex 45,35 and Hengchow: [image]local://upfiles/5815/201031FDFD8147ADA0FD6749BACD1C89.jpg[/image]

NemRod -> RE: 11-14-42 (6/17/2006 3:07:03 PM)
I expected such counter attack that's why I was trying to leave the hex and organize my defense on the other side of the river. The only result after three days of travel was an increase of fatigue from the 20-30 to the 50-60 ,for only 50 miles traveled , and finally this unexpected shock attack from the leading unit. I then stopped all the following units to avoid any new shock attack an ordered air strikes to give some protection while recovering. But despite disruption, fatigue , low supply and bad weather preventing any help from the air Jim's attack failed. I suppose his forces are in an even worse shape than mine. Good news for me all in all, as it means I have enough time to take Hengshow without too much fears about my supply line from Changsa. As for Nassau air groups problem,I have no idea.I had some problems too with my carriers airgroups during the july" upgrade", I had too put a foth airgroup (chutais size) on some carriers to keep a decent number of planes on board.

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-15-42 (6/17/2006 5:34:17 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/15/42 The SS Narwhal slips into Midway harbor to lay some mines and stumbles upon a nice fat AP sitting at anchor. Torpedoes hit their mark and the dreaded “torpedo fails to detonate” message flashes by. Swarms of angry Japanese ASW assets then pound the sub hitting her twice. Damage was light. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Midway at 95,61 Japanese Ships AP Tama Maru PC Ch 24 PC Ch 2 PG Santos Maru PG Edo Maru MSW Takasago Maru MSW Tama Maru #5 MSW Tama Maru #3 Allied Ships SS Narwhal, hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The industrious Japanese MSW’s pull double duty and begin clearing the just placed minefield after finishing their ASW attack on the SS Narwhal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 27 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61) Japanese Ships MSW Takasago Maru MSW Tama Maru #5 MSW Tama Maru #3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- China launches its much anticipated counter-attack at the crossroads Northwest of Changsa to try and threaten the rear of the Japanese death star at Hengchow, and are soundly rebuffed. Very poor morale and bad leadership are the presumed culprits. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 45,35 Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 129447 troops, 898 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3895 Defending force 78039 troops, 695 guns, 286 vehicles, Assault Value = 1457 Allied max assault: 3831 - adjusted assault: 605 Japanese max defense: 1427 - adjusted defense: 3461 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 747 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Vehicles lost 3 Allied ground losses: 3828 casualties reported Guns lost 152 Ok I found another anomaly with my carriers this turn. Here is a screenshot of two identical British carriers: [image]local://upfiles/5815/26BBD95B21C549BC90B79A98432E4489.jpg[/image] Take a look at the air groups. The Illustrious still has its original number of aircraft as they should be with 18 fighters and 15 torpedo bombers. The Formidable however has had its air groups morph and has new air frame compliments set. When I check the individual groups, they all have their maximum allotted aircraft, so no planes are missing according to the number on the top left of the air group pop-up window. I loaded a 1944 scenario to see if the air group compliments of Illustrious class CV’s change over time, but they still have 18 fighters and 15 bombers in that scenario (scenario #11). I’m really starting to worry about my carriers. If air group composition is morphing on its own, who knows what I’ll end up with in a couple of months? I’ll be keeping a very close eye on what happens to my CV air groups from here on out.

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-16-42 (6/18/2006 12:19:12 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/16/42 Routine air missions continue as normal. No other significant air missions to report. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hengchow is hurting, daily bombardments are exacting a heavy toll. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 298922 troops, 2396 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 6469 Defending force 68471 troops, 151 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 1846 Allied ground losses: 436 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Vehicles lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well I’ve decided to send the air groups from CVE Nassau ashore and load them onto AK’s this turn. The AK’s will now unload the air groups this turn back onto the same base which will place almost all of them in a damaged state next turn. Here’s a screenshot: [image]local://upfiles/5815/4C7B393BD8C94F049F2E97AA21C1159C.jpg[/image] Once a few airframes from each group are in a ready status, I’ll fly them back aboard the CVE. Then once I’ve got the normal compliment of aircraft rebased back aboard the CVE, I’ll rail move the large remaining fragments of the groups still ashore to a base far away and send the CVE to sea to prevent any extra repaired airframes from rebasing back aboard. Hopefully once at sea with their normal compliment of airframes, the groups will revert to their normal size and lose the 56 plane limit in the top left of the group window. If the 56 plane limit remains though, I’ll have to keep the fragments back on shore in existence instead of disbanding them into another group to prevent the groups aboard the CVE from over-filling again.

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-17-42 (6/20/2006 7:59:35 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/17/42 In its first combat debut of the war, the P-38 joins in a massive air battle over Mandalay and performs well. I was also surprised at the bombardment results. I had set my bombers to 18000 feet so as not to give my shiny new P-38’s too much of an altitude disadvantage in their first combat. I had assumed the bombers wouldn’t do so well, but I was pleasantly surprised by their results. Although Japan scored a 2-1 loss ratio in its favor (mostly shredding my obsolete planes), for the first time in the war, the allies score large numbers of Japanese planes shot down in a big battle like this. As I wrote Nemrod, it’s good to finally be able to compete with Japan in the air war. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 56 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 35 Kittyhawk I x 8 Blenheim IV x 40 Wellington III x 67 Beaufort V-IX x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 36 P-38G Lightning x 48 B-18A Bolo x 56 A-20B Boston x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 61 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 43 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 31 destroyed Kittyhawk I: 5 destroyed Blenheim IV: 1 damaged Wellington III: 1 damaged Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 20 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 13 destroyed, 3 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 130 casualties reported Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 86 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 4 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 6 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 24 x B-18A Bolo bombing at 18000 feet 24 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 9 x B-18A Bolo bombing at 18000 feet 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 18000 feet 3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 11 x B-18A Bolo bombing at 18000 feet 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x B-18A Bolo bombing at 18000 feet 4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 18000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 18000 feet 3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 18000 feet 3 x B-18A Bolo bombing at 18000 feet 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 18000 feet 3 x B-18A Bolo bombing at 18000 feet 2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 18000 feet 3 x B-18A Bolo bombing at 18000 feet 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 18000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan continues to periodically hit Akyab with large raids, keeping that base heavily damaged. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 32 Ki-21 Sally x 51 Ki-49 Helen x 72 Ki-46-II Dinah x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 116 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 5 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The curtain begins to fall for Hengchow. A shock attack would have succeeded in taking the base this turn I think. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 338775 troops, 2621 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6127 Defending force 67985 troops, 152 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 1823 Japanese max assault: 5257 - adjusted assault: 2979 Allied max defense: 1653 - adjusted defense: 794 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Japanese ground losses: 4199 casualties reported Guns lost 94 Allied ground losses: 2784 casualties reported Guns lost 42 Vehicles lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here’s a screenshot of the air losses display showing today’s losses: [image]local://upfiles/5815/5B949FB4ED5B439192D9BCCD48135284.jpg[/image] As you can see almost 25% of Japans losses were on the ground, so my air to air results weren’t as good as I first thought. 69-37 air to air kills, but only 38 of my losses were decent aircraft. The buffaloes are junk and will be replaced as soon as I get enough air frames to upgrade them. Of course most of the allied airframe production pools are at zero so I may be using them for another year before that happens.

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-18-42 (6/21/2006 9:04:12 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/18/42 Another slow turn without much to report. I’ve attached the entire after action report to give readers something to look at. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 5 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIF: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53 Japanese aircraft Ki-48 Lily x 27 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet 14 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Batan Island , at 47,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 8 A6M2 Zero x 3 D3A Val x 5 B5N Kate x 3 E13A1 Jake x 21 E7K2 Alf x 16 Ki-27 Nate x 11 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 31 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 5 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 8 x A6M2-N Rufe strafing at 100 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x B5N Kate bombing at 8000 feet 14 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 2 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet 18 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet 3 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Talasea , at 59,88 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 62 B5N Kate x 35 G3M Nell x 15 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9 No Japanese losses Port hits 2 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 2000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 5 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 18 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 5 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 7000 feet 18 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 16 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 6 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 3 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 7000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 7000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 2 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 63rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 63rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 20th Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 11 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 50,26 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 3 Ki-48 Lily x 4 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 69th Chinese Corps, at 50,26 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 29 Ki-48 Lily x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 88405 troops, 795 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 1943 Defending force 87482 troops, 312 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1887 Allied ground losses: 61 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 42695 troops, 535 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 5887 Defending force 46076 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1148 Allied ground losses: 208 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 43,40 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 121369 troops, 1670 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2428 Defending force 83002 troops, 320 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2446 Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenen Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 46662 troops, 455 guns, 223 vehicles, Assault Value = 948 Defending force 123217 troops, 751 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3328 Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported

Kapten Q -> RE: 11-16-42 (6/22/2006 11:55:02 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Jim D Burns Well I’ve decided to send the air groups from CVE Nassau ashore and load them onto AK’s this turn. The AK’s will now unload the air groups this turn back onto the same base which will place almost all of them in a damaged state next turn. Here’s a screenshot: [image]local://upfiles/5815/4C7B393BD8C94F049F2E97AA21C1159C.jpg[/image] Once a few airframes from each group are in a ready status, I’ll fly them back aboard the CVE. Then once I’ve got the normal compliment of aircraft rebased back aboard the CVE, I’ll rail move the large remaining fragments of the groups still ashore to a base far away and send the CVE to sea to prevent any extra repaired airframes from rebasing back aboard. Hopefully once at sea with their normal compliment of airframes, the groups will revert to their normal size and lose the 56 plane limit in the top left of the group window. If the 56 plane limit remains though, I’ll have to keep the fragments back on shore in existence instead of disbanding them into another group to prevent the groups aboard the CVE from over-filling again. For god sakes man do NOT mess with the VR squadrons based on CVE [X(]. They are replenishment squadrons intended for use in your replenishement TF. Put them back on the ship ASAP and forget about using it in a aircombat TF. All sorts of funky stuff will start to hapen if you mess around with these squadrons. Pray, put it back on ship and use them as intended. Q

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-19-42 (6/24/2006 7:38:31 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/19/42 Another slow day in the war without much to report. Japan took Hengchow, but once again the Chinese forces pull out just in the nick of time to save their precious on-hand supply. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 345116 troops, 2555 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 6000 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese max assault: 11660 - adjusted assault: 10144 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 10144 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Hengchow base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- China launches a deliberate attack at Yenen and is soundly trounced in what has to be an impossible feat for them at this stage. Look at the Japanese AV, it’s almost 7 times higher than normal, where the Chinese AV is halved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenen Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 110217 troops, 755 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336 Defending force 49974 troops, 482 guns, 223 vehicles, Assault Value = 950 Allied max assault: 3289 - adjusted assault: 1878 Japanese max defense: 1023 - adjusted defense: 6787 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8) Japanese ground losses: 527 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Allied ground losses: 1651 casualties reported Guns lost 49 Well my little ploy with the CVE Nassau’s air groups backfired big time today. I had formed a CV task force and stationed it two hexes west of San Francisco to get the CVE out of the same hex as the base with my two air groups. This turn both groups had 18 ready aircraft so I tried rebasing the air groups back aboard the CVE. Well ALL the airframes went with the group, not just the ready ones. This of course prevented me from rebasing the other air group back aboard as there were now 54 aircraft aboard the CVE which has a limit of 28, so I wasn’t allowed to rebase anymore planes aboard. I’m sending the taskforce back to San Francisco in hopes I can rebase the other group aboard next turn. Here’s a screenshot of the fighter group after it was allowed to rebase aboard the at sea task force with all of its planes, including 36 damaged ones: [image]local://upfiles/5815/BA7F727E2FBD4E0590BC8FA3AA58FFD3.jpg[/image]

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-16-42 (6/24/2006 7:49:17 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Kapten Q For god sakes man do NOT mess with the VR squadrons based on CVE [X(]. Sage advice, unfortunately it comes too late to help me with my current predicament as my last post demonstrates. Hopefully I can rectify it once the CVE is back at port. quote: ORIGINAL: Kapten Q They are replenishment squadrons intended for use in your replenishment TF. Put them back on the ship ASAP and forget about using it in an air combat TF. This is a big problem for me since the CVE squadrons played a huge role in the war by remaining on station over invasion task forces providing air cover and ground support while the larger fleet carriers were off doing other things. Without their assistance in air combat task forces I think the game may be unplayable for the allies. I only need perhaps 2-8 CVE’s for replenishment duties, no way I need all the CVE’s (something like 50+ built I think) for replenishment only. This is a huge problem for the allies and makes the game unplayable if this happens to all their air groups in my opinion. Jim

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-20-42 (6/25/2006 10:07:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/20/42 These night attacks are pretty much useless, so I’ve switched to night sweeps at Mandalay. The net result at Rangoon was I was simply losing pilots periodically to op losses when damaged aircraft crashed on landing and was causing no damage at all to Japan. With night sweeps, there will be far fewer op losses (less damage from flak) and my pilots will still gain experience for the missions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 6 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIF: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I launched a high altitude attack on Lunga with my B-17’s and caused light damage. Japans defending zeroes couldn’t reach my planes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 B-17E Fortress x 43 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 30 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet 13 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CVE Nassau could not rebase its other air group aboard even from the same hex. Looks like I’m screwed with this CVE, I’ll probably contact a Matrix programmer to see if they can help with an edit or something to put them back aboard and reduce their max strength to normal levels. I’ve been forced to order a general withdraw from the southern rail line in China towards Kweiyang. The main reason is the rail hex in hex 43, 39. Due to the catapult effect of rail lines when it comes to land movement, this line would easily allow Japan to launch surround moves against any units I leave in either Kweilin or Wuchow. While I have enough forces to defend both bases, I simply do not have enough extra units to hold hex 43, 38 as well. Japan could easily sweep aside any units I might place there and then use the catapult effect to rapidly advance into my rear before my units would be able to march out of the trap. Also Supply is now all but non-existent at these forward bases and I don’t want the horrible supply routines pulling what little supply I now have left in China forward. By withdrawing I can consolidate the two large southern armies and might actually then have a chance of stopping or at least slowing down the Japanese death star. Here’s a screenshot of the southern rail line pullout: [image]local://upfiles/5815/D46EC49DC3D34424800A792FDFC9F9C5.jpg[/image]

Kapten Q -> RE: 11-16-42 (6/28/2006 11:29:40 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Jim D Burns quote: ORIGINAL: Kapten Q For god sakes man do NOT mess with the VR squadrons based on CVE [X(]. Sage advice, unfortunately it comes too late to help me with my current predicament as my last post demonstrates. Hopefully I can rectify it once the CVE is back at port. quote: ORIGINAL: Kapten Q They are replenishment squadrons intended for use in your replenishment TF. Put them back on the ship ASAP and forget about using it in an air combat TF. This is a big problem for me since the CVE squadrons played a huge role in the war by remaining on station over invasion task forces providing air cover and ground support while the larger fleet carriers were off doing other things. Without their assistance in air combat task forces I think the game may be unplayable for the allies. I only need perhaps 2-8 CVE’s for replenishment duties, no way I need all the CVE’s (something like 50+ built I think) for replenishment only. This is a huge problem for the allies and makes the game unplayable if this happens to all their air groups in my opinion. Jim The CVE comes with different squadrons. Some with VR and some with VF combat squadrons. Use the CVE with VR squadrons in your replenishement TF and the CVE with combat squadrons in your aircombat, escort and transport TF. You will get masses off CVE, all are just not equipped with combat squadrons. Q

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-21-42 (7/6/2006 5:03:37 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/21/42 Not much happening at the moment, so here is the After Action Report in its entirety. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sinkep Island , at 22,53 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 A6M3 Zero x 34 Ki-27 Nate x 64 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 81 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 23 Ki-32 Mary x 25 Ki-48 Lily x 27 Ki-49 Helen x 25 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 110 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet 9 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 22 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 8 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 27 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 24 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 22 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet 17 x Ki-61 KAIc Tony bombing at 2000 feet 21 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 2000 feet 18 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 7 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 4 x Ki-61 KAIc Tony bombing at 2000 feet 5 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 2000 feet 5 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-61 KAIc Tony bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 2000 feet 2 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Batan Island , at 47,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 8 A6M2 Zero x 3 D3A Val x 6 B5N Kate x 3 E13A1 Jake x 24 E7K2 Alf x 15 Ki-27 Nate x 8 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 61 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 58 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 8 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 27 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 6 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 8 x A6M2-N Rufe strafing at 100 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x B5N Kate bombing at 8000 feet 13 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet 5 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 2 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet 17 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet 2 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Talasea , at 59,88 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 68 B5N Kate x 16 G3M Nell x 8 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 8 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port supply hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 18 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 2000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 5 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 5 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 16 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 2000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 5 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 3 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 2 x G3M Nell bombing at 2000 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet 3 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 2 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 2 B-17E Fortress x 47 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 38 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 44,38 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 58th Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 57 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 50,26 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 31 Ki-48 Lily x 4 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 50,26 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 3 Ki-48 Lily x 4 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 89196 troops, 827 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1919 Defending force 88065 troops, 336 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1967 Allied ground losses: 131 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 45,35 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 58837 troops, 610 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1501 Defending force 167210 troops, 675 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3507 Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenen Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 46273 troops, 458 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 954 Defending force 70052 troops, 403 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Allied ground losses: 137 casualties reported Guns lost 1

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-22-42 through 11-28-42 (7/12/2006 6:08:27 PM)
With our game reaching a period of inactivity, I've decided to forego the daily updates. From now on I'll post weekly compilation updates until it gets exciting again. 11-22-42 through 11-28-42 AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/22/42 My high altitude attack at Lunga manages to get a few hits, but causes very minor damage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lunga, at 67,97 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 B-17E Fortress x 40 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 28 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/23/42 Japan launches a large air raid at Akyab hitting the port there. Looks like he’s trying to attrition my supply there, since port attacks are much better at hurting your supplies than airfield raids are. Not to mention there are no allied ships present there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 46 Ki-49 Helen x 68 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Port hits 3 Port supply hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 19 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 5 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/24/42 Another Japanese port attack hits Akyab. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 Ki-21 Sally x 48 Ki-49 Helen x 22 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Port supply hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 5 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/25/42 Today’s air strike on Akyab caused very little damage to the allies so I couldn’t tell if it was a port strike or not, but I suspect it wasn’t since ground troops were hit. Japan is over-using his bombers to get poor results like this and should probably stand them down. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 Ki-21 Sally x 44 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/26/42 An allied sub manages to hit an AK south of the Japanese mainland causing what appeared to be moderate to heavy damage. I have lost far more subs than ships they’ve sunk at this stage in the game, but with the new SJ radar upgrades I’m hoping they start to do a lot better. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 59,48 Japanese Ships AK Norway Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PG Kyo Maru #10 Allied Ships SS Tunny -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/27/42 Nothing to really report this turn other than some routine training air raids. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/28/42 Another very slow turn. Other than three Japanese training raids nothing happened.

Jim D Burns -> RE: 11-29-42 through 12-05-42 (7/19/2006 2:14:51 PM)
11-29-42 through 12-05-42 AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/29/42 Almost nothing happened today, just three Japanese training air raids in the AAR and nothing else. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/30/42 Another big raid on Akyab keeps that base in the red. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 21 Ki-21 Sally x 48 Ki-49 Helen x 71 Ki-46-II Dinah x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 105 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The allies hit Myitkyina with two raids and cause heavy damage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 19 I-153c x 34 IL-4c x 13 SB-2c x 27 Allied aircraft losses SB-2c: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x IL-4c bombing at 8000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 24 Kittyhawk I x 12 Blenheim IV x 39 Wellington III x 68 Beaufort V-IX x 7 B-18A Bolo x 51 A-20B Boston x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 50 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 118 casualties reported Airbase hits 35 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 178 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 8000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan captures the undefended base of Kweilin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweilin Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 35007 troops, 265 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 685 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 692 - adjusted assault: 694 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 694 to 1 (fort level 7) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweilin base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/01/42 The allies use last turns damage to fly some training raids for their low experienced fighter pilots. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 15 P-39D Airacobra x 3 P-40B Tomahawk x 22 P-40E Warhawk x 2 I-153c x 21 No Allied losses Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan captures the undefended base at Wuchow. The allies bemoan all those fort levels lost to Japan having never been used once in combat. [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wuchow Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 61559 troops, 623 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1272 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8 Japanese max assault: 2606 - adjusted assault: 2953 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 2953 to 1 (fort level 8) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wuchow base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/02/42 Another turn with no action other than training to report. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/03/42 Allied bombers set to commander’s decision naval attack in northern Australia launch two unescorted raids against Japanese shipping at Lautem. Although bomber losses were heavy, several Japanese ships were hit hard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 20 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 29 B-17E Fortress x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 4 destroyed B-17E Fortress: 13 destroyed Japanese Ships PG Tamo Maru #6 MSW Banshu Maru #18, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PC Seki Maru #2, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Kosho Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Takegawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet 1 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 8000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 19 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships AK Kosho Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Raizan Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 8000 feet 4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese armored division pursuing Chinese units west of Yenen attacks and is repulsed. These Chinese units were only caught because by entering their hex, the Japanese contested it which prevented the Chinese from entering the non-base hex to the north they were plotted to move to this turn. We’ve agreed to a cease fire in this area to allow for the Chinese to move to their intended hex using the round about direction of going to the base to the west first and then to the non-base hex. Japan will not move into the base until the move is complete since that would then contest that hex and again cancel the units move order. Man I hate the movement system “issues” in WitP! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 47,26 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5860 troops, 78 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 213 Defending force 24354 troops, 140 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 656 Japanese max assault: 222 - adjusted assault: 94 Allied max defense: 644 - adjusted defense: 416 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 326 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Vehicles lost 3 Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/04/42 Having finally completed the airstrip at Laysan Island, the allies transferred in several fighter groups and got slaughtered by the large Japanese raid from Midway. I’ll have to pull them out and wait for the base to reach level 3 before trying to contest the air. I’ll also have to bring in WAY more fighters next time I try and bring anything in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Laysan Island , at 100,64 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 67 G4M1 Betty x 76 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 36 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 12 P-38G Lightning x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 13 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 15 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 8 destroyed Allied ground losses: 62 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/05/42 Two big allied raids again close down Myitkyina airfield. It’s amazing how quickly Japan repairs damage at that airfield. This time Japan contests the base and 80+ allied planes were lost (mostly in air combat) and 50+ Japanese planes were destroyed (about half in air combat) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 16 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 20 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 25 P-39D Airacobra x 7 P-40B Tomahawk x 35 P-40E Warhawk x 6 I-153c x 40 IL-4c x 15 SB-2c x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 13 destroyed Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 11 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed P-40B Tomahawk: 13 destroyed, 2 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed I-153c: 28 destroyed SB-2c: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 28 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x IL-4c bombing at 8000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 6 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 23 Kittyhawk I x 12 Blenheim IV x 36 Wellington III x 60 Beaufort V-IX x 12 P-40E Warhawk x 34 P-38G Lightning x 42 B-18A Bolo x 38 A-20B Boston x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 63 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 8 destroyed Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 18 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 7 destroyed Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 161 casualties reported Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 144 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 8000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another Japanese raid hits Laysan Island and catches some damaged planes on the ground. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Laysan Island , at 100,64 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 52 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 3 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 86 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 7000 feet <snip>

Jim D Burns -> RE: 12-06-42 through 12-12-42 (8/10/2006 8:38:05 PM)
12-06-42 through 12-12-42 AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/06/42 A big allied air raid at Mandalay runs into a very strong Japanese CAP. Allied losses were very heavy but we did manage to destroy a decent amount of the defending Tony’s and close the airfield. I’m going to try and keep the field closed from now on to keep him from basing CAP there again as I can’t take these kinds of exchanges for very long. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 80 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 19 Kittyhawk I x 11 Blenheim IV x 37 Wellington III x 65 Beaufort V-IX x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 33 P-38G Lightning x 40 B-18A Bolo x 64 A-20B Boston x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 59 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 35 destroyed, 11 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 17 destroyed Kittyhawk I: 9 destroyed Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged Wellington III: 9 destroyed, 6 damaged Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 29 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 20 destroyed B-18A Bolo: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged A-20B Boston: 1 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 221 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 40 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 290 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We also hit Myitkynia with a much smaller raid from Ledo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 29 I-153c x 13 IL-4c x 10 SB-2c x 36 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 2 destroyed Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese troops land and capture the back water base of Nicobar Island. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese forces CAPTURE Nicobar Island base !!! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/07/42 The allies keep the pressure on and hit Mandalay and Myitkyina again this turn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 5 Kittyhawk I x 3 Blenheim IV x 35 Wellington III x 52 Beaufort V-IX x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 11 P-38G Lightning x 15 B-18A Bolo x 55 A-20B Boston x 14 B-25C Mitchell x 55 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 74 casualties reported Airbase hits 20 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 297 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 15 P-39D Airacobra x 8 P-40B Tomahawk x 17 P-40E Warhawk x 4 I-153c x 9 IL-4c x 3 SB-2c x 28 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Japanese strike goes in against Laysan Island and gets a few more damaged planes on the ground. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Laysan Island , at 100,64 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 48 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 35 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 9 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/08/42 At this point Mandalay must be a total wreck. I’m hoping all those airbase supply hits are taking a toll on his overall supply situation in Burma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 8 Kittyhawk I x 6 Blenheim IV x 36 Wellington III x 55 Beaufort V-IX x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 15 B-18A Bolo x 54 A-20B Boston x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 53 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 164 casualties reported Airbase hits 25 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 222 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan launches another raid at Akyab keeping that airfield inoperative as usual. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 28 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 4 Ki-21 Sally x 52 Ki-49 Helen x 71 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 103 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I send my B-17’s against Lunga again and this time I actually do some decent damage. Although I only lost 1 B-17, the group’s morale is a wreck after the raid due to the damaged aircraft and range of the mission. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 B-17E Fortress x 60 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed, 8 damaged H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 1 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged Japanese ground losses: 95 casualties reported Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 76 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan hits Laysan Island and gets more damaged allied planes on the ground. Even though I have plenty of air support squads, it is taking for ever to repair damaged aircraft. I suspect it’s simply due to the airfield size of 1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Laysan Island , at 100,64 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 42 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 36 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 129 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My heart skipped a beat when I saw this: [image]local://upfiles/5815/CA4E67CCEFF046A88EE61B9772025267.jpg[/image] Two of my best ASW DD’s (ASW values of 8) got suckered into venturing too close to the Andaman Island and almost paid the ultimate price. Luckily the Japanese Torpedoes all missed and I skedaddled back to friendly air cover ASAP. My ASW attack missed the sub as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 20,27 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 21 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 6 damaged Allied Ships DD Van Galen DD Tjerk Hiddes Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 20,27 Japanese Ships SS I-27 Allied Ships DD Tjerk Hiddes DD Van Galen AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/09/42 My sub laid minefield gets a hit at Wake Island against a Japanese AP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 6 encounters mine field at Wake Island (82,63) Japanese Ships MSW Rikusen Maru MSW Mejima Maru PG Unkai Maru #1 PC Fumi Maru #3 AP Tonan Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan again strikes Laysan Island and catches a Warhawk on the ground. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Laysan Island , at 100,64 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 38 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 35 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 115 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/10/42 After resting my bombers at Imphal, I decided to hit Pagan this turn and closed it down. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 28 Kittyhawk I x 8 Blenheim IV x 36 Wellington III x 60 Beaufort V-IX x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 20 B-18A Bolo x 55 A-20B Boston x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 53 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 damaged Blenheim IV: 2 damaged Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged B-18A Bolo: 2 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 28 Airbase supply hits 17 Runway hits 202 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan semi-routine strike at Akyab goes in again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 19 Ki-49 Helen x 36 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 29 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Ledo planes hit Myitkyina again causing moderate damge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 37 P-39D Airacobra x 21 P-40B Tomahawk x 26 P-40E Warhawk x 16 I-153c x 32 IL-4c x 10 SB-2c x 29 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 54 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/11/42 Akyab gets pounded once again by Japan. It’ll be nice if I ever get enough long range fighters to do a little LRCAP over Akyab, but right now I just don’t have the numbers to cause the hurt I would need to in order to stop these raids. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 21 Ki-21 Sally x 25 Ki-49 Helen x 69 Ki-46-II Dinah x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 6 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 67 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Myitkyina gets visited again by the allies today but damage is pretty light. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 19 P-39D Airacobra x 10 P-40B Tomahawk x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 9 I-153c x 18 IL-4c x 6 SB-2c x 31 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/12/42 Both my routine raids at Mandalay and Myitkyina launch this turn keeping those airfields inoperable for Japan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 19 Kittyhawk I x 11 Blenheim IV x 39 Wellington III x 64 Beaufort V-IX x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 24 P-38G Lightning x 16 B-18A Bolo x 55 A-20B Boston x 16 B-25C Mitchell x 62 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 46 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 354 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 36 P-39D Airacobra x 17 P-40B Tomahawk x 30 P-40E Warhawk x 20 I-153c x 35 IL-4c x 9 SB-2c x 26 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nemrod and I have agreed to a total cease fire in China for one year. Given the almost complete lack of supply there now I conceded total defeat there and asked him for the cease fire. I estimated it would only take Japan about a month or two to finish off China and the idea of a big empty country of China sitting there for the rest of the game with about a million Japanese troops sitting around twiddling their thumbs wasn’t very appealing. Here are the rules we’ve agreed to in regards to the cease fire: Ok so we’ll simply use the limited 4E groups by year rule. No more than two groups in 42, three in 43, four in 44 and five in 45. For this rule I can substitute 3 squadrons for a single group since many British bombers are broken down by squadrons not groups. Additionally there is a total cease fire in effect in China until 1-1-44. All units must move to friendly bases within the next month where they shall remain until 12-1-43, when they shall then be available to maneuver around in preparation for hostilities starting on 1-1-44. Air units in China may fly CAP or training missions over their own bases. No offensive air missions are allowed except recon flights. Units may only leave China if they first pay PP. Also the allies may never launch atomic attacks from any bases in China, even after the cease fire. I shall keep you informed of the supply situation in China if things begin to seem like the theatre is starting to recover enough for offensive operations by the allies. I also offered to keep the cease fire in effect until 06-01-44. But the 01-01-44 timeframe gives him the time to launch one last major offensive there (probably in the north) before allied strength really begins to grow. The supply situation in China is so bad right now, I’ve had all my heavy bombers in India flying non-stop supply runs for the past few months. I will probably commit all my heavies that arrive over the next year to this duty as well until/if China can recover. Right now I estimate it will take hundreds of thousands of supplies to rebuild the shattered units in China to normal strength. I don’t know if I’ll be able to even ship that much supply in within the one year time frame, but I’ll try as best I can.

Jim D Burns -> RE: 12-13-42 through 12-19-42 (8/20/2006 5:38:23 PM)
12-13-42 through 12-19-42 AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/13/42 Pretty quiet turn today, not a lot to report other than an air strike going in at Myitkyina. Damage there was light. Imphal was socked in so no air strikes were launched from there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 31 P-39D Airacobra x 21 P-40B Tomahawk x 26 P-40E Warhawk x 19 I-153c x 32 IL-4c x 6 SB-2c x 22 No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/14/42 Both Mandalay and Myitkyina get hit by planes from Imphal this turn. I’ve divided the bombers there to hit both fields in an attempt to keep both closed down. The Chinese bombers and second line fighters from Ledo just don’t do enough damage to keep Myitkyina closed down by themselves. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 10 P-38G Lightning x 25 B-18A Bolo x 38 A-20B Boston x 11 B-25C Mitchell x 40 Allied aircraft losses B-18A Bolo: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 94 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x A-20B Boston bombing at 8000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 31 Kittyhawk I x 3 Blenheim IV x 40 Wellington III x 60 Beaufort V-IX x 15 P-40E Warhawk x 13 P-38G Lightning x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 120 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-17’s from Luganville hit Lunga and cause moderate damage. Almost all of the attacking B-17’s were hit and 4 went down. Morale for the group is shot after taking so many damage results. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97 Japanese aircraft Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 30 Allied aircraft PB2Y Coronado x 3 B-17E Fortress x 38 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged Allied aircraft losses PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged B-17E Fortress: 4 destroyed, 30 damaged Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/15/42 Another very quiet turn with just Ledo’s air strike against Myitkyina and three Japanese routine training raids being launched. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 36 P-39D Airacobra x 24 P-40B Tomahawk x 26 P-40E Warhawk x 23 I-153c x 45 IL-4c x 9 SB-2c x 23 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 51 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/16/42 Again only Ledo planes launch this turn. Imphal’s weather has kept the planes grounded there more often than not. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 36 P-39D Airacobra x 22 P-40B Tomahawk x 28 P-40E Warhawk x 22 I-153c x 44 IL-4c x 11 SB-2c x 26 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 67 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I finally have sufficient bombers at Cooktown with some P-38’s there now to launch strikes against Port Moresby and Thursday Island. But for some unknown reason the P-38’s didn’t fly escort for either mission and the Port Moresby strike sees my bombers get shredded. Damage caused was pretty good given how badly shot up my groups were. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 13 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 92 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 8 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 7 destroyed, 30 damaged Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Airbase hits 20 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 8000 feet 19 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 8000 feet 9 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 8000 feet 10 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 8000 feet 5 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 8000 feet 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 8000 feet 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 8000 feet 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The strike on Thursday Island does a lot better in the air to air losses category and lose no planes. Too bad these mediums just don’t have the range to hit Port Moresby, their added weight might have closed that field down. I’ve been tempted to switch over my mediums to heavy bombers, but I prefer to try and play the game only with the groups that start out as heavies if I can. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Sunderland x 5 B-25C Mitchell x 94 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Sunderland: 1 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 8000 feet 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 8000 feet 48 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 8000 feet 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 8000 feet 5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 8000 feet 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 8000 feet 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 8000 feet 2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 8000 feet 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 8000 feet 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/17/42 In a very unusual mid-ocean sub attack, the SS Herring surfaces and fires torpedoes twice at AK Nitiran Maru. Both salvoes miss, but then the deck guns open up and score five hits. I doubt they caused much damage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 64,74 Japanese Ships AK Nitiran Maru, Shell hits 5 Allied Ships SS Herring -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air strikes from Ledo and Imphal both launch this turn and Mandalay and Myitkyina both get hit and suffer heavy damage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 21 P-38G Lightning x 20 B-18A Bolo x 48 A-20B Boston x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 56 Allied aircraft losses B-18A Bolo: 2 damaged A-20B Boston: 1 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 125 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 8000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 36 P-39D Airacobra x 23 P-40B Tomahawk x 30 P-40E Warhawk x 24 I-153c x 46 IL-4c x 12 SB-2c x 23 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 47 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 31 Kittyhawk I x 6 Blenheim IV x 39 Wellington III x 67 Beaufort V-IX x 15 P-40E Warhawk x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 84 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan’s air strike from Rangoon launches as well and Akyab suffers moderate damage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 15 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 15 Ki-21 Sally x 47 Ki-49 Helen x 21 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 54 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Given last turns failure to launch, I send my P-38’s from Cooktown on a high altitude sweep over Port Moresby to see if they’ll even fly and they get shredded. I expected them to do much better since the Japanese fighters had to climb to intercept and morale and experience was high (both mid 70’s). Fatigue was non-existent as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 33 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 9 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 26 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 10 destroyed, 2 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/18/42 My routine strikes at Mandalay and Myitkyina are launched again this turn. Otherwise nothing much else to report today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 20 B-18A Bolo x 55 A-20B Boston x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 47 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 117 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 8000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 19 P-39D Airacobra x 10 P-40B Tomahawk x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 12 I-153c x 23 IL-4c x 8 SB-2c x 40 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 30 Kittyhawk I x 11 Blenheim IV x 36 Wellington III x 66 Beaufort V-IX x 15 P-40E Warhawk x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 100 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet <snip> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do want to let everyone know that I’ve finally got my two VR squadrons back aboard the CVE Nassau this turn. What I did was send the two squadrons to Pearl via AK and when they unloaded I tried rebasing the parent groups to Hilo. Unlike what happened on the West Coast where both damaged and non-damaged aircraft rebased at the same time, both parent groups moved alone and the large fragment groups remained at Pearl. So I immediately loaded the fragments back aboard the AK’s to prevent them from rebasing to the parent formation as they repaired and sent CVE Nassau to Pearl ASAP. Well it worked (sort of). I rebased the small parent formations aboard as the CVE was getting close to Pearl and unloaded the two fragment groups from the AK’s. But once the Nassau reached Pearl, the SBD group drew a bunch of air frames to try and flesh out to 54. So when I disbanded it into port and the fragments reformed automatically with the parent groups, I ended up with 39 F4F’s and 95 SBD’s aboard the CVE. Here’s a screenshot of it: [image]local://upfiles/5815/7627E350147D451F81A80FB503275A5D.jpg[/image] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/19/42 Since my nighttime sweep missions over Mandalay don’t seem to be helping pilot experience, I’ve switched my night fighter group at Imphal to air strikes at Pagan. This is going to be a routine mission so I’ll refrain from further reporting unless something actually happens. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nothing else to report really, other than my routine strikes at Mandalay and Myitkyina went in today and the normal three Japanese training raids flew as well. I suspect that with the cease fire in China things are going to be very boring until I can finally manage to launch my first counter-strike. Here’s a copy of the email I sent Nemrod after my last turn: quote: Well the air frames on Nassau are balancing themselves out, F4F’s went up to 54 (normal compliment for a VR group) and the 95 SBD’s is down to 60+ this turn. Guess it will eventually get back to 54. Pilots however have stayed on board to the tune of 95 SBD pilots and 76 F4F pilots. Oh well beggars can’t be choosers I guess, at least they’re back aboard. I spent some time seriously pondering my options this turn. Man the possibilities are endless. Conserving my forces for 43 was a good idea, I just don’t have enough to do everything I want to do, so I have to decide where to strike. If I do well I can move from op to op with my main force using it to get things rolling in all the different theatres. If I screw the pooch and you’re able to smash my force, I’m stuck till 1944 before I can do anything. I’m finding it tough to decide just how to proceed and in what order. Guess I’ll have to get used to this new phase of the game where I decide the tempo and pace of things. I’ve been reacting to you for a year and a half real time, it’s going to be hard to switch gears at first. The other big pain is I’ve basically had most of my shipping busy shuttling supply and reinforcements all over the place and I’ve found huge amounts of my lift capacity are far out of place. I’ll have to reorganize a lot of routine convoys to get everything where I need it. I should have been doing this for the past 3 months due to the lead times necessary to get things where needed. Combat forces can be moved rather quickly, but my lift capacity takes months to get anywhere. I’m truly envious of the interior lines you get to operate within. You can reposition and shuttle forces in half the time I can. Jim

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