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Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/22/2007 12:31:15 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/22/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Takao [Formosa] , at 47,45 Allied aircraft Mosquito NF x 3 Allied aircraft losses Mosquito NF: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yenan [Cent China] , at 50,28 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 21 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 54 Ki-48-I Lily x 51 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed Resources hits 48 Well with how hard he is hitting me elsewhere it is time to begin getting very, very serious about the resource bombing campaign in China. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pakhoi [Cent China] , at 39,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged Resources hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 23 Ki-51 Sonia x 59 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 5 destroyed Resources hits 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tsuyun [W China] , at 41,35 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 7 No Japanese losses Resources hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kunming [W China] , at 38,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 3 damaged Resources hits 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manado [Celebes] , at 39,67 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 30 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D/F2A x 3 CW-21B Demon x 12 Hawk 75/P-36 x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses Brewster 339D/F2A: 1 damaged Well he attempted an intercept here but obviously his pilots must be very low quality a none of his 20 fighters got a kill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft D4Y1-C Judy x 7 Ki-27 Nate x 27 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 99 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Vehicles lost 2 Runway hits 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Midway Island [USA] , at 97,63 Japanese aircraft G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 36 G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 13 Me 264 Angel x 3 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G3M2/Ki-42 Nell: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 32 Ki-48-I Lily x 82 Ki-21-II Sally x 30 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 P-39D Airacobra x 1 P-40B Tomahawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 1 destroyed Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 56 I am seeing more Allied fighters in the air over Hawaii. Any day now I expect them to become active and try to strike back. That's when the 48 Zeroes and 60 Nates ( which will be upgrading to Mikes as soon as possible) at Hilo will come into play.It'll also act to divert fighters and bombers from China which is extremely important for me... I also expect a carrier raid here momentarily. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72 Japanese aircraft G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 13 G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 44 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 P-39D Airacobra x 1 P-40B Tomahawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lahaina [Maui] , at 115,73 Japanese aircraft D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 54 B4Y1 Jean x 20 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 15 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses D3A2 Val/Ki-52: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 52nd Division, at 17,16 Allied aircraft Lysander I x 2 Wirraway CA-1 x 4 IL-2 Shturmovik x 12 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 25th Field Army , at 51,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 9 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/82nd Battalion, at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 8 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 64 B4Y1 Jean x 7 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 114,75 Allied aircraft OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 3 SB2U-2 Vindicator x 9 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Wuhu Maru AK Keian Maru AK Nankai Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Gyoku Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kaifeng [Cent China] , at 51,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 14 Me-109E-4 Mike x 15 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 13 B-17E/F Fortress x 21 B-25C/D Mitchell x 20 IL-4C/DB-3F x 12 SB-2M x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-I Oscar: 1 damaged Me-109E-4 Mike: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E/F Fortress: 3 destroyed B-25C/D Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged IL-4C/DB-3F: 2 destroyed Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Not really a great outcome. I've bumped up the Mike CAP level in order to facilitate the turning back of future waves. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pangim [India] , at 16,14 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 11 Blenheim I x 3 Blenheim IV x 46 Hudson IV x 46 Martin 139/B-10 x 12 Spitfire VB x 15 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 68 The daily raid on Pangim comes in again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 8,3 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 9 A5M4 Claude x 2 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 19 B4Y1 Jean x 3 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 16 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AP Felix Roussel, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AP Empire Trooper, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 8,4 Japanese aircraft B4Y1 Jean x 7 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 14 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Empire Diplomat, on fire, heavy damage TK Empire Druid, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 8,4 Japanese aircraft B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 2 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Madura, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 58780 troops, 1174 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 1336 Defending force 74098 troops, 1499 guns, 763 vehicles, Assault Value = 2490 Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Guns lost 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 56321 troops, 1188 guns, 403 vehicles, Assault Value = 2490 Defending force 62327 troops, 1182 guns, 444 vehicles, Assault Value = 1336 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 51,40 Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 16402 troops, 243 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 973 Defending force 30051 troops, 443 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 711 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 30298 troops, 806 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1162 Defending force 53182 troops, 772 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1427 Japanese ground losses: 234 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2665 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123 Defending force 3759 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 125 Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6974 troops, 170 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 220 Defending force 10897 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 281 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bangalore [India] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 2991 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 109 Defending force 160 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Allied max assault: 206 - adjusted assault: 55 Japanese max defense: 10 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 55 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan [Borneo] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3022 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Defending force 7227 troops, 105 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 181 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lahaina [Maui] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 952 troops, 32 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 97 Defending force 1064 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported

Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/24/2007 2:34:25 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/23/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 51 encounters mine field at Hilo [Hawaii] (116,74) Japanese Ships DE Sanae -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hilo [Hawaii] at 116,74 Japanese Ships AK Durban Maru DE Sanae Allied Ships SS Dolphin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 42,46 Japanese Ships TK Manei Maru Allied Ships SS SHCH131 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1033 TF 1033 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36 16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied ground losses: 397 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Arshaan [Manchukuo] , at 61,25 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 24 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 18 IL-2 Shturmovik x 74 LaGG-3 x 11 R-12/Yak-4 x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 9 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 7 destroyed LaGG-3: 8 destroyed Heavy Industry hits 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yenan [Cent China] , at 50,28 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 15 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 35 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed Resources hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Hengchow [S China] , at 44,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 58 No Japanese losses Resources hits 19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tsuyun [W China] , at 41,35 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 7 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kunming [W China] , at 38,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 18 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Resources hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kungchang [N China] , at 46,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-48-I Lily x 29 No Japanese losses Resources hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pucheng [Cent China] , at 49,40 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 24 Ki-51 Sonia x 107 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed Resources hits 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo [Ceylon] , at 11,25 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 28 Ki-27 Nate x 10 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 8 B-17E/F Fortress x 19 B-25C/D Mitchell x 14 PBY-5 Catalina x 3 Hudson IV x 44 IL-4C/DB-3F x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses A-20B Boston: 3 destroyed B-17E/F Fortress: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged B-25C/D Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Hudson IV: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged IL-4C/DB-3F: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 5, on fire CVL Chitose, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage CVL Chiyoda, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CL Kinu, Bomb hits 1 I gambled that the Allied air force would be set to naval attack given that I put the two CVLs into a naval TF yesterday. I gambled and lost. These two CVLs will now certainly sink. I've gotten all the planes off but it is still a pity to see them sink. In his efforts to sink these CVLs the second wave of the invasion has been allowed to land freely and I think that Jagdfluger is going to pay for this. By week's end fully 16 division equivalent will be ashore and that should prove sufficient to take all of India even without the 3 division equivalents of the third wave. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Balikpapan [Borneo] , at 31,64 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 35 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft D4Y1-C Judy x 6 Ki-27 Nate x 34 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 100 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Runway hits 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Midway Island [USA] , at 97,63 Japanese aircraft G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 38 G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 13 Me 264 Angel x 3 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 2 destroyed Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72 Japanese aircraft G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 16 G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 27 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 13 P-36A Mohawk x 11 P-39D Airacobra x 12 P-40B Tomahawk x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 15 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2/Ki-42 Nell: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged G4M1/Ki-50 Betty: 8 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 4 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lahaina [Maui] , at 115,73 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 31 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 46 B4Y1 Jean x 20 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 13 Ki-27 Nate x 26 Ki-48-I Lily x 78 Ki-21-II Sally x 28 Allied aircraft P-35A Hawk x 35 Japanese aircraft losses D3A2 Val/Ki-52: 4 destroyed Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged Ki-48-I Lily: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-35A Hawk: 24 destroyed PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed SB2U-2 Vindicator: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 23 Airbase supply hits 12 Runway hits 130 Rather unsurprisingly the P-35 proves to be a bit of a death trap. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 52nd Division, at 17,16 Allied aircraft Lysander I x 2 Wirraway CA-1 x 4 IL-2 Shturmovik x 11 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/82nd Battalion, at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 8 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 64 B4Y1 Jean x 7 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D/F2A x 4 CW-21B Demon x 12 Hawk 75/P-36 x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged D3A2 Val/Ki-52: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pangim [India] , at 16,14 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 10 Blenheim I x 3 Blenheim IV x 47 Martin 139/B-10 x 12 Spitfire VB x 8 Japanese aircraft losses H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Hilo [Hawaii] at 116,74 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 15 Ki-27 Nate x 24 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 14 B-18A/B-23 Bolo x 12 P-39D Airacobra x 4 P-40B Tomahawk x 6 P-40E Warhawk x 11 OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses A-20B Boston: 1 damaged B-18A/B-23 Bolo: 2 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships AK Wuhu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DE Sanae AK Shinmei Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage AK Himekawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Gyoku Maru AK Taikai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Durban Maru Unfortunately it'll still be a few days before I can upgrade the Nates here to Mikes. Until then I will just have to swallow the necessary shipping losses. These ships are bringing 16,000 tons of supplies to Hilo, supplies which are badly needed, especially as I've had to re-route a couple of supply convoys to Wake to properly provision it for the bombing campaign against Wake. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 112,77 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Nankai Maru #2, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 58964 troops, 1182 guns, 443 vehicles, Assault Value = 1342 Defending force 74399 troops, 1506 guns, 767 vehicles, Assault Value = 2501 Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Guns lost 3 The Allied AV just continues to climb as disabled enemy forces repair in Manilla. I don't mind though as all of this repair just wastes supplies and my adjusted defence is well over 6,000. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 52,32 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12047 troops, 213 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 325 Defending force 797 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45 Japanese max assault: 299 - adjusted assault: 548 Allied max defense: 44 - adjusted defense: 37 Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 69 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan [Borneo] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 7320 troops, 109 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 183 Defending force 3344 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Japanese max assault: 340 - adjusted assault: 280 Allied max defense: 18 - adjusted defense: 61 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarakan [Borneo] base !!! Japanese ground losses: 89 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Allied ground losses: 5995 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1527 troops, 20 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 84 Defending force 110 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 56544 troops, 1199 guns, 405 vehicles, Assault Value = 2499 Defending force 62512 troops, 1190 guns, 445 vehicles, Assault Value = 1342 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 51,40 Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 16341 troops, 242 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 972 Defending force 30207 troops, 448 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 715 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 30382 troops, 814 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1182 Defending force 53032 troops, 765 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1424 Japanese ground losses: 205 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Lots of losses but nothing significant. These troops are still due to be relieved in the next 3 or 4 days and will continue to tie down significant portions of the enemy force. 13 enemy units are located at Poona with an additional 10 units at Bombay. In contrast only 3 enemy units are stationed at Karachi. One of these will be the Karachi fortress, another will be an aviation unit and the third will be an infantry combat unit. If it is only Brigade-strength then it may well be worth speculatively hurling a few divisions ashore into the teeth of the coastal defences. It'll certainly be a threat Jagdfluger has to honour. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2651 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122 Defending force 3741 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 124 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 7007 troops, 169 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 221 Defending force 10960 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 281 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lahaina [Maui] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1364 troops, 38 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 136 Defending force 1074 troops, 22 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 51 Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Meanwhile in China operation "draw the SOBs eastward" continues apace. Nanchang is next up to be abandoned and once that falls I will abandon everything east of and south of Shanghai ( but not including Shanghai). My strategic concept here is as follows: 1. to draw the Chinese ever westward and, potentially, northward... This essentially boils down to drawing them away from Hong Kong and the region to the west of it. 2. to destroy the resources and productive capacity in the cities of eastern China - thus reducing their garrison requirements throughout the rest of the war. This will also mean that when the Allies do retake India and China in 43 and 44 they will be utterly unable to sustain a significant strategic bombing campaign from China due to lack of indigenous supplies. 3. to increase the Chinese vulnerability to a sudden thrust into the vitals in the west.

Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/24/2007 8:09:41 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/24/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1033 TF 1033 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36 Allied ground losses: 510 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1037 TF 1037 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36 16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied ground losses: 1153 casualties reported Lots and lots of casualties being incurred here. I have been pulling cadres of units out by Mavis Express so that when he attacks I won't lose entire units and can rebuild them by the end of the year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 76,51 Japanese Ships MSW W.4 AP Muro Maru AP Nati Maru AP Nishiki Maru AP Ryohu Maru, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AK Anzan Maru AK Izan Maru AK Kyokusei Maru AK Akagane Maru AK Keizan Maru AK Kenshin Maru AK Kosyu Maru AK Rakuto Maru AK Ronsan Maru AK Sinko Maru AK Takegawa Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Asama Maru AK Bujun Maru AK Fuyukawa Maru AK Gyoun Maru AK Hachimanzan Maru AK Hisashima Maru AK Junpo Maru AK Kashu Maru AK Peihua AK Risen Maru AK Shingetsu Maru AK Showa Maru AK Shunsei Maru AK Suruga Maru AK Taichu Maru AK Yagi Maru Allied Ships BB Arizona CA New Orleans, heavy damage DD Shaw DD Phelps, Shell hits 2 DMS Wasmuth Japanese ground losses: 404 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Well now THIS was unexpected. In the middle of the ocean one of my convoys bringing reinforcements ( mainly base force and naval station troops) to my Central Pacific holdings manages to run smack into the middle of an enemy battlefleet. It looks like these are the least damaged survivors of the forces at Pearl Harbour. Obviously the ran norh-westward following my massacre of the forces at Midway. I am surprised to see them still heading toward the Home Islands though. Maybe this is a gambit to see just how strong my defences are? Well, time to let them in close before spotting them. Feigning poor recon coverage at this time could pay major dividends at a later stage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Adak Island [AK], at 97,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G4M1/Ki-50 Betty: 1 destroyed 90 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD SN Razyaryonny DD SN Revnostny DD SN Rezki DD SN Retivy, Shell hits 8, on fire DD SN Redki DD SN Rastoropny DD SN Stalin, Shell hits 4, on fire DD SN Baku, Shell hits 16, on fire, heavy damage DD SN Voykov, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage DD SN Tbilisi, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Port hits 3 Not bad, the CD unit does quite a job on the Soviet DDs heading for Alaska. The DD Baku is later confirmed as sunk but, really, the Soviet DDs are too weak to be much of a threat so whatever happens to them isn't too important. Their relative weakness will, sooner rather than later, condemn them to an early demise. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1033 TF 1033 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36 Allied ground losses: 90 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1037 TF 1037 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36 25 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships MSW SN BTShch-2 Allied ground losses: 273 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sunwu [Manchukuo] , at 66,26 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 15 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 141 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged Resources hits 31 Gees, the Nates don't even do well against unescorted strikes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yenan [Cent China] , at 50,28 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 19 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 45 Ki-48-I Lily x 41 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 8 No Japanese losses Resources hits 34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 21 Ki-51 Sonia x 99 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged Resources hits 30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 7 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Balikpapan [Borneo] , at 31,64 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 36 No Japanese losses Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 1st Tank Brigade, at 17,15 Allied aircraft Wirraway CA-1 x 4 IL-2 Shturmovik x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/82nd Battalion, at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 8 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 64 B4Y1 Jean x 7 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D/F2A x 4 CW-21B Demon x 14 Hawk 75/P-36 x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 99,37 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 8 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD SN Razyaryonny DD SN Tbilisi, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Lazar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pangim [India] , at 16,14 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 13 Blenheim I x 3 Blenheim IV x 51 Martin 139/B-10 x 15 Spitfire VB x 13 Japanese aircraft losses H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 1 damaged Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 86 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Taiping [Malaya] at 22,45 Allied aircraft B-25C/D Mitchell x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Niitaka Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 59137 troops, 1183 guns, 444 vehicles, Assault Value = 1347 Defending force 74464 troops, 1512 guns, 770 vehicles, Assault Value = 2508 Allied ground losses: 73 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 23,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1681 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Defending force 3071 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1527 troops, 20 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 82 Defending force 509 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14 Mustering an AV of only 14 it really looks like the Americans have taken a terrible beating. The Regiment they have landed should be able to muster an AV of at least 120 so 14 is really a shocking drop. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bandoeng [Java] Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2087 troops, 35 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 63 - adjusted assault: 31 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 31 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandoeng [Java] base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses CXIV-W: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 56647 troops, 1206 guns, 407 vehicles, Assault Value = 2508 Defending force 62685 troops, 1191 guns, 446 vehicles, Assault Value = 1347 Japanese ground losses: 1 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 51,40 Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 16300 troops, 238 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 972 Defending force 30448 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 719 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 30458 troops, 814 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1186 Defending force 52794 troops, 758 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1415 Japanese ground losses: 169 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2691 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123 Defending force 3718 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 124 Just a little holding action designed to tie down 2 British Brigades with 2 Thai divisions. These Brigades would be immensely useful in India but now are just biding time in a jungle achieving nothing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6988 troops, 165 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 221 Defending force 11014 troops, 185 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 283 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lahaina [Maui] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1356 troops, 37 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 136 Defending force 1076 troops, 23 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 51 Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Once my transports have finished unloading at Hilo I will begin moving these forces out of Lahaina. The Americans have moved an entire regiment into Lahaina and weakened PH by as much. This is a really poor decision on Jagdfluger's part as he should try to hold one or two things strongly rather than many points with minimal force. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN Sasebo NGF Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Luganville [New Heb] by attrition. A significant cadre, about 50% of the force, got away. To give an example of the strength of the ASW campaign which is being waged almost unmentioned by the IJN I should point out that today my naval search missions attacked and hit 5 separate enemy submarines with 6 different aerial attacks and one enemy submarine was noted to have succumbed to wounds inflicted several days previously. Below you can see the area in which my transport convoy ran into the enemy battlefleet. [image]local://upfiles/10809/6C9B115140D74C93A99CB33466522D99.jpg[/image]

Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/24/2007 8:37:56 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/25/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Hilo [Hawaii] at 116,74 Japanese Ships DD Oite DE Sanae AK Chicago Maru AK Durban Maru AK Gyoku Maru AK Havana Maru AK Keian Maru AK Taikai Maru Allied Ships PT -61, Shell hits 20, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 51 encounters mine field at Hilo [Hawaii] (116,74) Japanese Ships DD Oite DE Sanae AK Durban Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Suva [FIJI] at 83,117 Japanese Ships SS I-8 Allied Ships AK Arizonan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Suva [FIJI] at 83,117 Japanese Ships SS I-8 Allied Ships AK Arizonan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Guns lost 1 And down she goes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yenan [Cent China] , at 50,28 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 24 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 46 Ki-48-I Lily x 48 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed Resources hits 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Hengchow [S China] , at 44,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 60 No Japanese losses Resources hits 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wenchow [S China] , at 50,41 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 9 No Japanese losses Resources hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 21 Ki-21-II Sally x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 damaged Resources hits 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft D4Y1-C Judy x 3 Ki-27 Nate x 7 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 18 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D/F2A x 4 CW-21B Demon x 15 Hawk 75/P-36 x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses Brewster 339D/F2A: 1 damaged CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Cebu [Cebu] , at 43,57 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 13 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 70 B4Y1 Jean x 7 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses D3A2 Val/Ki-52: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F.K.51: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 12 Runway hits 34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 20 Ki-27 Nate x 9 Ki-48-I Lily x 80 Ki-21-II Sally x 30 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 20 P-35A Hawk x 13 P-36A Mohawk x 20 P-39D Airacobra x 20 P-40B Tomahawk x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 23 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 6 destroyed Ki-27 Nate: 7 destroyed Ki-48-I Lily: 13 destroyed, 9 damaged Ki-21-II Sally: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 damaged F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 10 destroyed P-35A Hawk: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 8 destroyed, 3 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed B-18A/B-23 Bolo: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 Hmm, the Zeroes did an excellent job but there were just too many fighters and many managed to break through and shot down quite a lot of my bombers. Time to withdraw most of my planes from Hilo and concentrate on defence for a while. Once that's done I can bring KB in to smash Pearl Harbour's airfield once again and rack up another 100+ Allied planes in a single day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 1st Tank Brigade, at 18,14 Allied aircraft Wirraway CA-1 x 4 IL-2 Shturmovik x 18 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 3rd Group Army , at 47,38 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 19 Ki-51 Sonia x 90 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 105 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IA 99th Brigade, at 12,19 Japanese aircraft G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 29 G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 18 Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 2 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Taiping [Malaya] at 22,45 Allied aircraft B-25C/D Mitchell x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Asakasan Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Taiping [Malaya] at 22,45 Allied aircraft Hudson IV x 3 Allied aircraft losses Hudson IV: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Kiji -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 21,41 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 5 B-25C/D Mitchell x 14 B-26A Marauder x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Michiyu Maru CL Akagi Maru AK Holland Maru AP Achou Maru AP Rozan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported And here we see some Allied bombers basing out of Burma seeking to interdict my SLOCs to Ceylon. Fine, I'll just detour around the southern end of Sumatra. It'll add a few days but this intervention comes too late to be decisive. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 14,15 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 3 Blenheim IV x 19 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Toyokawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Yasushima Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Yutaka Maru, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Taiping [Malaya] at 22,45 Allied aircraft B-26A Marauder x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-26A Marauder: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships AP Tofuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire AP Kizan Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 105 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island [AK] at 101,37 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 22 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD SN Rastoropny DD SN Retivy, on fire, heavy damage DD SN Rezki DD SN Redki DD SN Tbilisi, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Slava -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island [AK] at 101,37 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Gulfdisc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pangim [India] , at 16,14 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 11 Blenheim I x 3 Blenheim IV x 51 Martin 139/B-10 x 15 Spitfire VB x 8 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 22,44 Allied aircraft B-25C/D Mitchell x 2 Allied aircraft losses B-25C/D Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese Ships MSW W.16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Taiping [Malaya] at 22,45 Allied aircraft Hudson IV x 8 Allied aircraft losses Hudson IV: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships AK Asakasan Maru AK Aobasan Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 21,41 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 6 B-25C/D Mitchell x 9 B-26A Marauder x 6 Allied aircraft losses A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed B-25C/D Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Toko Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Taietsu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AP Daitei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AP Kagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported More attacks out of Tavoy etc. Of course all that's happening is the picking of low-hanging fruit here. It is easy to hop around from airfield to airfield along the interior picking up a few ships here or there. We'll have to see how things proceed when resistance is tougher. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 5 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Slava MSW SN BTShch-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hilo [Hawaii] at 116,74 Japanese Ships DD Oite DE Sanae Allied Ships SS Gato, hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Colombo [Ceylon] at 11,25 And it looks like the Royal Navy have decided to sell itself as dearly as possible. Unfortunately both of the ports at which I'm loading or unloading troops are well covered by my surface fleet. Japanese Ships CL Yura, Shell hits 5 CL Kinu, Shell hits 3, on fire CL Kuma DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1 DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo DD Isonami, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Shirayuki, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Hatsuyuki DD Murakumo DD Uranami, Shell hits 1 DD Shikinami DD Ayanami, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage DD Asagiri DD Sagiri, Shell hits 2 DD Yugiri DD Honda Allied Ships CL Enterprise, Shell hits 9, on fire CL Dragon, Shell hits 20, on fire, heavy damage DD Paladin, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage CL Manxman, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Colombo [Ceylon] at 11,25 Japanese Ships CL Yura, Shell hits 1, on fire CL Kinu, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Kuma DD Shinonome DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo DD Isonami, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Shirayuki, on fire DD Hatsuyuki DD Murakumo DD Uranami DD Shikinami DD Ayanami, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage DD Asagiri DD Sagiri DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Honda Allied Ships CL Enterprise, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage CL Dragon, Shell hits 18, on fire, heavy damage DD Paladin, Shell hits 18, and is sunk CL Manxman, Shell hits 18, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Colombo [Ceylon] at 11,25 Japanese Ships CL Yura, on fire, heavy damage CL Kinu, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Kuma DD Shinonome DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo DD Isonami, on fire, heavy damage DD Shirayuki, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Hatsuyuki DD Murakumo DD Uranami DD Shikinami DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, and is sunk DD Asagiri DD Sagiri DD Yugiri, on fire DD Honda Allied Ships CL Enterprise, Shell hits 31, and is sunk CL Dragon, Shell hits 13, and is sunk 3 CLs and a DD are sunk in return for the Ayanami. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat at 75,51 Japanese Ships AK Takegawa Maru, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships PG Isabel, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 11,27 Japanese Ships AK Takao Maru, Torpedo hits 1 AK Kosei Maru AK Koki Maru AK Tempei Maru AK Taibun Maru PC Ch 1 Allied Ships SS Travancore Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island [USA] at 85,72 Japanese Ships AP Yamakuni Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Plunger Yamakuni Maru sinks as a result of the multiple bomb and torpedo hits she has received over the last few days. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hilo [Hawaii] at 116,74 Japanese Ships AK Keian Maru DD Oite DE Sanae Allied Ships SS Gato, hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1119 troops unloading over beach at Nanumea [Ellice], 84,103 Allied ground losses: 437 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 59344 troops, 1188 guns, 444 vehicles, Assault Value = 1327 Defending force 74961 troops, 1528 guns, 774 vehicles, Assault Value = 2530 Allied ground losses: 79 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hangchow [SE China] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 21005 troops, 306 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 528 Defending force 13448 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 644 Japanese max assault: 1154 - adjusted assault: 904 Allied max defense: 634 - adjusted defense: 127 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 884 casualties reported Guns lost 13 Allied ground losses: 398 casualties reported Guns lost 17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yangku [Cent China] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 27620 troops, 381 guns, 55 vehicles, Assault Value = 827 Defending force 13729 troops, 213 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 725 Japanese max assault: 1702 - adjusted assault: 1954 Allied max defense: 711 - adjusted defense: 348 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 1745 casualties reported Guns lost 30 Allied ground losses: 281 casualties reported Guns lost 15 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 23,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1697 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Defending force 3062 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 57479 troops, 1221 guns, 408 vehicles, Assault Value = 2529 Defending force 62338 troops, 1192 guns, 444 vehicles, Assault Value = 1327 Allied max assault: 9 - adjusted assault: 0 Japanese max defense: 1335 - adjusted defense: 6293 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 1 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 217 casualties reported Guns lost 12 He's just testing the defences again. At this rate I think I can afford to remove another 200 to 300 AV from the encircling forces in order to bolster my Pacific holdings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kaifeng [Cent China] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 3234 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 133 Defending force 85845 troops, 1223 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 2311 Allied max assault: 126 - adjusted assault: 0 Japanese max defense: 2501 - adjusted defense: 3950 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied ground losses: 1542 casualties reported Guns lost 40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 51,40 Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 16352 troops, 234 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 981 Defending force 44750 troops, 677 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1112 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 30565 troops, 818 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1193 Defending force 52789 troops, 758 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1418 Japanese ground losses: 398 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2694 troops, 73 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123 Defending force 3751 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 125 Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 7012 troops, 168 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 221 Defending force 11051 troops, 187 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 284 Japanese ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lahaina [Maui] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1364 troops, 38 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 136 Defending force 1064 troops, 22 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanumea [Ellice] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1324 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88 Defending force 2084 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Allied max assault: 88 - adjusted assault: 12 Japanese max defense: 18 - adjusted defense: 26 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 108 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Cadre evacuation here continues also. I'm happy to let them take this atoll though as I can bypass it on my return AND it is within torpedo range of my own Level 4 airfields and, as such, will require sacrifice to resupply. The last of the two damaged CVLs at Colombo have succumbed to their wounds. This is a major stroke of luck for Jagdfluger but, at the same time, the fact that I now have 12 divisions and 5 Tank Regiments ashore in India is the most important factor here. I also just did a quick check on enemy naval forces. 408 enemy ships have been destroyed ( with about 20 British ships docked in Bombay and Karachi just waiting for the hammer to fall) so far in the 48 days since the war has began with my submarines accounting for an incredible 25 enemy ships destroyed, including 1 CL and 4 DDs with at least as many enemy ships being damaged. 2 friendly submarines have been lost so far while 38 enemy submarines have been destroyed.

Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/25/2007 3:27:14 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/26/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1119 troops unloading over beach at Nanumea [Ellice], 84,103 Allied ground losses: 303 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Wake Island [USA] at 85,72 Japanese Ships DE Karukaya Allied Ships SS Plunger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1119 troops unloading over beach at Nanumea [Ellice], 84,103 Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Johnston I [USA] at 104,78 Japanese Ships AK Nankai Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS S51 But S-51s success is short-lived. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yenan [Cent China] , at 50,28 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 20 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 50 Ki-48-I Lily x 48 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged Resources hits 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Hengchow [S China] , at 44,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 22 Ki-21-II Sally x 7 No Japanese losses Resources hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Ichang [C China] , at 47,34 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 24 Ki-51 Sonia x 98 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged Resources hits 33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Victoria Point [BMA] , at 25,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 23 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 29 Ki-21-II Sally x 52 Ki-49 -I Helen x 10 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 damaged Ki-21-II Sally: 5 damaged Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 15 Runway hits 119 Needless to say the bombers have already moved on. Still, it is better than not hitting the airfield and, once the airfield is hit, it will reduce Jagdfluger's future basing options. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tagbilaran [Bohol] , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 13 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 70 B4Y1 Jean x 7 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 1st Tank Brigade, at 18,14 Allied aircraft Wirraway CA-1 x 4 IL-2 Shturmovik x 18 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 51,40 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 4 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 99th Field Army , at 51,40 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 99th Field Army , at 51,40 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pangim [India] , at 16,14 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 4 Blenheim IV x 23 Martin 139/B-10 x 9 Spitfire VB x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 19 Most of the bombers are gone. I wonder where they will hit next? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Nanumea [Ellice] at 84,103 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Empire Standard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Nanumea [Ellice] at 84,103 Japanese aircraft G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 18 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2/Ki-42 Nell: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied Ships AK Matafele AK Proteus AK Fort Aklavik AK Balus, Bomb hits 1, on fire So much for skip bombing the enemy transports [8D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 27,51 Japanese Ships PC Ch 18 PC Ch 17 PC Ch 16 PC Ch 15 PC Ch 14 PC Ch 13 PC Ch 12 PC Ch 11 PC Ch 10 PC Ch 6 PC Ch 5 PC Ch 3 PC Ch 2 APD Patrol Boat No. 39 Allied Ships SS L-8, hits 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 59309 troops, 1185 guns, 444 vehicles, Assault Value = 1330 Defending force 74797 troops, 1520 guns, 774 vehicles, Assault Value = 2521 Allied ground losses: 61 casualties reported Guns lost 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 51,40 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 44924 troops, 682 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1117 Defending force 19311 troops, 267 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 977 Japanese max assault: 2184 - adjusted assault: 1729 Allied max defense: 974 - adjusted defense: 142 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 2134 casualties reported Guns lost 49 Allied ground losses: 699 casualties reported Guns lost 26 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hangchow [SE China] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1875 troops, 17 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 481 Defending force 12836 troops, 152 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 610 Japanese max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 0 Allied max defense: 550 - adjusted defense: 101 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang [Sumatra] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2729 troops, 67 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 114 Defending force 1174 troops, 25 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 25 Japanese max assault: 182 - adjusted assault: 78 Allied max defense: 23 - adjusted defense: 46 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Japanese ground losses: 60 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 I will take Palembang over the next few days as I am finally getting enough Oscars and Mikes online (with a sufficiently low ongoing loss rate) to begin converting my airgroups at a rapid pace - I am looking at a combined production of roughly 300 army fighters per month ( 100 Oscars and 200 Mikes). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cochin [India] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12853 troops, 146 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 373 Defending force 297 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Allied ground losses: 46 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 23,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1697 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88 Defending force 3062 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 56729 troops, 1210 guns, 408 vehicles, Assault Value = 2521 Defending force 62295 troops, 1189 guns, 444 vehicles, Assault Value = 1330 Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tatung [Cent China] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4782 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 959 Defending force 3323 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 31357 troops, 823 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1339 Defending force 52455 troops, 746 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1404 Allied max assault: 16 - adjusted assault: 0 Japanese max defense: 1327 - adjusted defense: 1501 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 152 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Allied ground losses: 228 casualties reported Guns lost 4 He's still testing things out. Obviously he wants to try to force an automatic retreat once my forces are relieved but if he tries for an auto-retreat and fails he is going to be in a world of hurt and invite a Shock Attack on the next turn... something I think he is aggressive enough to risk. It would, however, be a suboptimal choice on his part. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2713 troops, 73 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 124 Defending force 3664 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6991 troops, 169 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 219 Defending force 11134 troops, 187 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 287 Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanumea [Ellice] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1850 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 80 Defending force 2172 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28 Allied max assault: 164 - adjusted assault: 33 Japanese max defense: 23 - adjusted defense: 23 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 76 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 274 casualties reported Guns lost 6 It looks like Nanumea will fall tomorrow. That's fine though as I've got elements of all my units off the island so my losses will not be too severe at all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lahaina [Maui] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1810 troops, 48 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 175 Defending force 1072 troops, 22 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported I should also point out that S-51 was sunk at Johnston Island today following multiple attacks by my Kates and Vals. It turns out that this is the 39th Allied sub sunk so far. 2 additional submarines were also hit today. In addition I have a suspicion that I've found the US BB TF trying to sneak past Etoforu Jima on its way to the Soviet Union. I've moved some Bettys to a Level 4 airfield in Manchukuo - it will serve a dual purpose as an offensive platform AND bait - bait protected by over 70 of my Mikes and a load of barely trained ( 30 Exp or so) Jeans to a Level 2 airfield near the US fleet. I doubt the Jeans will even launch but if they do it will prove useful ( albeit expensive ) live training for them. [image]local://upfiles/10809/AF9AA0EE8F224445809E7DF4AF021F6D.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/25/2007 11:52:57 PM)
Why sneak BB's to Russia [&:], I cant see any point unless he's planning to invade japan from Vladivostok. Seems like a suicide mission for them imo.

Andy Mac -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/26/2007 6:58:08 PM)
Hmmm interesting looks like he is being very aggressive in China and Russia how will you respond will you pull troops back from other operations ?

Kereguelen -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/27/2007 2:56:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Andy Mac Hmmm interesting looks like he is being very aggressive in China and Russia how will you respond will you pull troops back from other operations ? I don't think that the term "pull back" is part of Nemo's vocabulary[;)]. The "battlefleet" may well be a TF of some subs (would make sense to station some old S-Class subs in Russia) or some AK's loaded with supplies... Both players have lost far too many ships (IMHO, speaking from the point of view of someone who has lost less than 70 Allied ships in a PBEM that is in 1944).

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/27/2007 5:40:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Kereguelen quote: ORIGINAL: Andy Mac Hmmm interesting looks like he is being very aggressive in China and Russia how will you respond will you pull troops back from other operations ? I don't think that the term "pull back" is part of Nemo's vocabulary[;)]. The "battlefleet" may well be a TF of some subs (would make sense to station some old S-Class subs in Russia) or some AK's loaded with supplies... Both players have lost far too many ships (IMHO, speaking from the point of view of someone who has lost less than 70 Allied ships in a PBEM that is in 1944). LOL thats some dumb spotter plane pilots up there then [;)].. Lt Blindasabatsu -- humm Submarine or battleship? i need thicker glasses commander-san commander- No Lt you need a transfer to the infantry, dismissed !

Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/27/2007 7:40:35 PM)
It looks like the TF on its way to the Soviet Union comprises APs and AKs along with escorts ( at least I've only identified APs and AKs and an Armed Merchant Cruiser ). On the other hand it looks like he has sneaked another convoy, comprising tankers, into Petropavlovsk - probably to refuel his BB TF ( that is supposition on my part obviously but I think it is also reasonable supposition. As to China and the Soviet Union. Well in China Operation "Draw Them East" will continue. It will allow me to considerably shorten the line I have to defend, shore up the defences against the Soviets by freeing some units from the Chinese theatre of operations AND set the Chinese theatre of operations up for my offensive later in the year. The cost is the resources and HI I will lose as the Chinese advance but since I don't require those HI and resources things should work out pretty well. Plus when I retake China my garrison requirements will be infinitesmal due to the complete destruction of HI and resources. So, really, it is a win/win proposition for me ( except for the lost resources and HI... which aren't really an issue). As to the Soviet Union. Well, I'm going to TRY to fight it out on the border in the Soviet Union but I'm not sure how possible that is as I've never, yet, faced a major Soviet offensive and am worried about how my Japanese forces will stack up to the Chinese. Kereguelen, Well I always find it interesting that people seem to have the idea that I won't pull back etc. Sure when I attack I try to hit as hard as possible but operational art is all about stringing together a pattern of acceptances and declinations of combat in order to gain advantage. That simply isn't possible if one isn't willing to pull back on occasion. In any case I plan to pull back from all but 5 Chinese cities which should settle the issue of whether or not the strategic withdrawal is within my remit for once and for all. Do you mind me asking why you say both sides have lost too many ships? True the Allies have lost over 400 ( but they receive over 5,500 ships) and the Japanese have lost over 80 ( but they get almost 3,000). I think that the context is important insofar as those 80 ships hae bought me the DEI, Port Moresby, Guadalcanal, the Pacific including a foothold in Hawaii and India. As with all things the price can only be assessed as worthwhile or excessive when the return on this investment is taken into account. I truly am interested why you think 80 ships is too much to pay for those holdings + the horrific losses I've inflicted on his merchant and battle fleet. I may be missing something, to be honest though I think that once I pay the hundred ships for India, the DEI and the Pacific that my losses will tend to fall markedly as I'll be able to phase future advances such that they can be covered, in series, by KB. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/27/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1119 troops unloading over beach at Nanumea [Ellice], 84,103 Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 71 encounters mine field at Colombo [Ceylon] (11,25) Japanese Ships MSW W.1 AK Taisei Maru, Mine hits 3, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Manado [Celebes], at 39,67 Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Myoko CA Maya CA Atago CA Takao Allied ground losses: 71 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 11 Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 8 Port supply hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Colombo [Ceylon] at 11,25 Japanese Ships AK Kanto Maru AK Amagisan Maru APD Patrol Boat No. 46 DE Tsuga AK Kenkon Maru AK Sasako Maru AP Santos Maru AP Awa Maru AP Koan Maru Allied Ships SS KXIV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Nanning [S China] , at 40,38 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 23 Ki-21-II Sally x 64 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 61 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 17 destroyed Ki-21-II Sally: 10 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 2 destroyed, 22 damaged Resources hits 3 A nice ambush over China costs me 27 planes and pilots. Painful losses indeed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Ichang [C China] , at 47,34 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 13 Ki-43-I Oscar x 2 Ki-21-II Sally x 10 No Japanese losses Resources hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Victoria Point [BMA] , at 25,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 2 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 27 Ki-21-II Sally x 51 Ki-49 -I Helen x 11 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 3 damaged Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 122 I'm trying to keep the Level 4 airbases he is hopping around closed through pre-emptive bombing for a few days while transport TFs pass close to them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo [Ceylon] , at 11,25 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 9 A5M4 Claude x 2 A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 7 Ki-27 Nate x 38 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 6 B-17E/F Fortress x 16 B-25C/D Mitchell x 26 Hudson IV x 32 IL-4C/DB-3F x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 3 damaged Ki-27 Nate: 11 destroyed, 5 damaged G3M2/Ki-42 Nell: 3 destroyed Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E/F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged B-25C/D Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged Hudson IV: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged IL-4C/DB-3F: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 46 The Nates, again, prove themselves completely incapable of even meeting unescorted bombers on a one to one basis. Fortunately as my fighter production continues to increase ( over 200 Zeroes, almost 200 Mikes and over 100 Oscar Is per month) I am continuing large-scale conversion from the outclassed Nates. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Balikpapan [Borneo] , at 31,64 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 32 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tagbilaran [Bohol] , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 13 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 70 B4Y1 Jean x 7 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Midway Island [USA] , at 97,63 Japanese aircraft Me 264 Angel x 20 Allied aircraft F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Me 264 Angel: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 2 destroyed PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 11 Interesting. I wanted to test how well the Me-264s would do in an unescorted raid. These Me-264s flew from Tokyo and while the losses were high they withstood the Wildcats relatively well, shooting down two of their number. Once I have enough Me-264s to mount massed raids I think I should be able to close any field within range whenever I want, a suitable counterweight to the American heavy bombers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Red 47th Guerilla Regiment, at 49,35 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 17 Ki-51 Sonia x 86 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on KNIL So Sumatra Gar Battalion, at 20,55 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 2 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 16 Ki-48-I Lily x 3 Ki-21-II Sally x 4 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Palembang Base Force, at 20,55 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 4 B4Y1 Jean x 15 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 15 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 50 Ki-48-I Lily x 4 Ki-21-II Sally x 22 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lahaina [Maui] at 115,73 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 10 Allied aircraft P-35A Hawk x 3 P-39D Airacobra x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 4 TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-35A Hawk: 1 damaged TBF/TBM-1 Avenger: 2 damaged Japanese Ships DE Sanae AK Gyoku Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Manado [Celebes], at 39,67 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Lockheed 212: 2 destroyed Beaufort VII: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Myoko CA Maya CA Atago CA Takao Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 7 Port supply hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lahaina [Maui] at 115,73 Japanese Ships DE Sanae DD Oite Allied Ships SS Narwhal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 59360 troops, 1189 guns, 444 vehicles, Assault Value = 1329 Defending force 75392 troops, 1543 guns, 780 vehicles, Assault Value = 2526 Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 49,35 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 15443 troops, 196 guns, 191 vehicles, Assault Value = 424 Defending force 766 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42 Japanese max assault: 798 - adjusted assault: 774 Allied max defense: 25 - adjusted defense: 25 Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 53 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 137 casualties reported Guns lost 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang [Sumatra] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2679 troops, 65 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 111 Defending force 1037 troops, 17 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 24 Japanese max assault: 178 - adjusted assault: 208 Allied max defense: 19 - adjusted defense: 25 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Palembang [Sumatra] base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Beaufort VII: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 110 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 52,36 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 12367 troops, 211 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 336 Defending force 840 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Japanese max assault: 388 - adjusted assault: 108 Allied max defense: 45 - adjusted defense: 106 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 879 casualties reported Guns lost 35 Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cochin [India] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12884 troops, 145 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 375 Defending force 217 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 23,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1671 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Defending force 3101 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kragen [Java] Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4709 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 177 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 174 - adjusted assault: 85 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 85 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kragen [Java] base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lahaina [Maui] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1220 troops, 41 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 175 Defending force 1090 troops, 22 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 51 Allied max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 12 Japanese max defense: 48 - adjusted defense: 93 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tatung [Cent China] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 18498 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 958 Defending force 3347 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Allied max assault: 1614 - adjusted assault: 279 Japanese max defense: 63 - adjusted defense: 33 Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Tatung [Cent China] base !!! Japanese ground losses: 193 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Allied ground losses: 149 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Good the Allied capture of Tatung will act as a severe supply drain on their forces once I reach my final defensive position. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 30760 troops, 825 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1322 Defending force 52387 troops, 738 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1404 Japanese ground losses: 255 casualties reported Guns lost 16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2710 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123 Defending force 3665 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6992 troops, 168 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 220 Defending force 26928 troops, 497 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 646 Japanese ground losses: 1 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanumea [Ellice] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1608 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 56 Defending force 1873 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Allied max assault: 86 - adjusted assault: 15 Japanese max defense: 14 - adjusted defense: 12 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 68 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Waingapu [Sumba] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 29 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 4 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Waingapu [Sumba] base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madicen [Java] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 20 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Defending force 21965 troops, 327 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 627 Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 0 Allied max defense: 637 - adjusted defense: 1033 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Unfortunately I lost the combat replay for January 28th but the main thing that happened was that a surface combat TF went in to Nanumea and caught 1 MSW and 2 AKs there. One of the Aks and the MSW were sunk while the other AK was driven off. Friendly forces sustained no damage. On the 29th these same forces were used to begin evacuating troops from Nanumea via Fast Transport TF. My bettys continue to refuse to attack the enemy convoy heading for the Soviet Union so, instead, I've ordered KB to make for the area. Soon after the beginning of February I should be able to greatly increase the cost of the Allied operations in the north. Once that's done I'll refuel using a tanker convoy which is loading fuel at Tokyo and will then swing down by Hawaii in order to close the airfield there once again and to provide close escort for an important resupply convoy heading for Hilo. [image]local://upfiles/10809/6E6FD0DCA0114A6DB420F04EF62D5224.jpg[/image]

Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/27/2007 10:08:04 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/29/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Batavia [Java] at 20,60 Japanese Ships AP Kensyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS SHCH108 Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 37 encounters mine field at Colombo [Ceylon] (11,25) Japanese Ships AP Kensyo Maru, and is sunk AP Kizan Maru, and is sunk AK Nana Maru, and is sunk MSW W.5 AK Kyokko Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 2883 casualties reported The report above is an error. Basically the Kyokko Maru hit a mine going into Colombo but the other 3 transports sank due to damage inflicted in previous battles all over the map. One sank near Batavia after being torpedoed by Beauforts while another sank as a result of an earlier pounding delivered by the enemy BB TF lurking south-east of Tokyo and yet another succumbed to bomb damage. Whatever killed them the point is that a lot of support troops went down with them. Ah well, omellettes and egg breaking and all that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Belitung I [NEI] at 22,57 Japanese Ships PC Ch 15 PC Ch 18 PC Ch 17 PC Ch 16 PC Ch 14 PC Ch 13 PC Ch 12 PC Ch 11 PC Ch 10 PC Ch 6 Allied Ships SS O16, hits 5, on fire These 5 hits include at least two direct hits by depth charges. I doubt O-16 will make it back to port. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Colombo [Ceylon] at 11,25 Japanese Ships DD Shikinami, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Honda DD Sagiri DD Asagiri DD Uranami DD Murakumo DD Hatsuyuki DD Shirakumo DD Usugumo DD Shinonome Allied Ships SS KXIV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Toyohara [Sakhalin] , at 73,33 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 23 IL-2 Shturmovik x 28 LaGG-3 x 3 Pe-2 x 50 R-12/Yak-4 x 5 Yak-1 x 14 Allied aircraft losses Pe-2: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 135 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Toyohara [Sakhalin] , at 73,33 Allied aircraft SB-2M x 63 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mishan [Manchukuo] , at 67,30 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 40 No Allied losses Resources hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Honan [Cent China] , at 49,31 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 22 Me-109E-4 Mike x 17 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 56 Ki-48-I Lily x 48 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D/F2A x 4 CW-21B Demon x 12 Hawk 75/P-36 x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Me-109E-4 Mike: 1 destroyed Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Brewster 339D/F2A: 2 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed Hawk 75/P-36: 4 destroyed Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 63 The Dutch Air Force gets involved in the defence of China. Unfortunately for them they prove singularly ineffective. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Liuchow [S China] , at 41,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 6 Ki-21-II Sally x 55 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tavoy [Burma] , at 28,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 18 Ki-21-II Sally x 21 Ki-49 -I Helen x 12 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PBN/GST/PBY Nomad: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Balikpapan [Borneo] , at 31,64 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 32 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-II Sally: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Madicen [Java] , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft Ki-48-I Lily x 38 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-I Lily: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Aparri/Tuguegarao , at 45,49 Japanese aircraft E8N2 Dave x 43 No Japanese losses Just a maximum altitude training run. If I can train these guys up to 80+ Exp then they should form a formidable ASW group. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tagbilaran [Bohol] , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 13 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 70 B4Y1 Jean x 7 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72 I decided to take a chance and order a sweep of Pearl Harbour. My idea is to drain the defenders at PH of their fighters such that they are unable to properly escort any bomber raids on Hilo. Unfortunately for this to be a viable strategy I would need to be able to maintain a strong CAP over Hilo while at the same time conducting sweeps. Unfortunately the resupply convoy I brought to Hilo got so savaged that by the time it unloaded the supplies which survived only 19,000 tons was present on Hilo, 1000 tons short of the 20,000 I needed to convert my Nate squadrons into Mikes. Soryu has therefore been detached from KB and is ferrying planes back to Kwajalein where they can convert to Mikes, be rushed to within ferry range of Hilo and fly into Hilo. Once that's done I'll have my solid core of 60 Mikes flying CAP and I can routinely run Zero sweeps of Pearl Harbour. Until then though my options will be very limited and I will have to spend the majority of my time being purely defensive. Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 50 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 P-35A Hawk x 13 P-36A Mohawk x 13 P-39D Airacobra x 23 P-40B Tomahawk x 6 P-40E Warhawk x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 10 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed P-35A Hawk: 4 destroyed P-36A Mohawk: 5 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 13 destroyed P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 16 destroyed 40 Allied fighters downed in return for 10 Zeroes. That's a highly favourable exchange rate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 2nd Tank Brigade, at 67,24 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 19 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 46 casualties reported Vehicles lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC Manchuria Adv Corps, at 53,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 30 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 8th/A Division, at 67,24 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 18 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 61 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 22,58 Allied aircraft Beaufort VII x 13 Allied aircraft losses Beaufort VII: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships APD Patrol Boat No. 37, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PC Ch 5 APD Patrol Boat No. 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 59541 troops, 1195 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 1336 Defending force 75748 troops, 1548 guns, 782 vehicles, Assault Value = 2543 Allied ground losses: 104 casualties reported Guns lost 10 And still the Allied AV climbs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cochin [India] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 35249 troops, 458 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 956 Defending force 220 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 Japanese max assault: 1924 - adjusted assault: 959 Allied max defense: 8 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 959 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Cochin [India] base !!! Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 105 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Hmm, it looks like I may have overdone it with Cochin. Three divisions looks like a bit of overkill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yangku [Cent China] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 25770 troops, 336 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 758 Defending force 13961 troops, 203 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 714 Japanese max assault: 1552 - adjusted assault: 640 Allied max defense: 711 - adjusted defense: 374 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 3272 casualties reported Guns lost 66 Allied ground losses: 532 casualties reported Guns lost 27 Close to a 2;1 but not quite. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 18,12 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 8317 troops, 31 guns, 504 vehicles, Assault Value = 231 Defending force 72 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Japanese max assault: 446 - adjusted assault: 878 Allied max defense: 5 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 878 to 1 Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bangalore [India] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 25813 troops, 244 guns, 492 vehicles, Assault Value = 816 Defending force 4893 troops, 124 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 217 Japanese max assault: 1468 - adjusted assault: 998 Allied max defense: 214 - adjusted defense: 42 Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Bangalore [India] base !!! Japanese ground losses: 661 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Vehicles lost 9 Allied ground losses: 606 casualties reported Guns lost 45 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 23,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1689 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88 Defending force 3041 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kaifeng [Cent China] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 411 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24 Defending force 86114 troops, 1224 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 2320 Allied max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 0 Japanese max defense: 2518 - adjusted defense: 4246 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied ground losses: 247 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 30943 troops, 830 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1337 Defending force 51852 troops, 722 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 1384 Japanese ground losses: 278 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2710 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 251 Defending force 3700 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 7001 troops, 167 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 317 Defending force 34212 troops, 600 guns, 301 vehicles, Assault Value = 907 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 3 I'll try an attack here tomorrow. All things considered I think I should get a 1:1 and begin the process of dropping the fort levels. Once they begin to go down and I begin pushing Allied Brigades backward those Brigades will rapidly become combat ineffective. In this way the Allied attempt to forward-deploy and stop me soon after I land works very much in my favour as it allows me to defeat them in detail and, by the time I run into their second line of defence the forces committed to the first line will have lost so much of their strength in these forced retreats as to be useless. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanumea [Ellice] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1563 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47 Defending force 1353 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Allied max assault: 86 - adjusted assault: 18 Japanese max defense: 5 - adjusted defense: 7 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 90 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported The Yokosuka 2nd SNLF ( one of my 3 airborne units) was evacuated overnight. 2 of the remaining 3 units on the atoll will be evacuated through the rest of today and tomorrow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Maumere [Flores] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 20 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 4 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Maumere [Flores] base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Mataram [Lombok] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Defending force 281 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14 Japanese max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 0 Allied max defense: 13 - adjusted defense: 13 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2) And throughout the course of the day 2 Allied submarines were attacked and hit by my bombers with unsuccesful attacks being carried out by over 20 additional aircraft on other submarines. 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Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (2/1/2007 10:47:37 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/30/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Colombo [Ceylon] at 11,25 Japanese Ships DD Honda DD Sagiri DD Asagiri DD Uranami DD Murakumo DD Hatsuyuki DD Shirakumo DD Usugumo DD Shinonome Allied Ships SS KXIV, hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Petropavlovsk [KAM] at 85,32 Japanese Ships SS I-166 Allied Ships TK Olympic, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Interesting, a tanker. My recon reports quite a number of the ships at Petropavlovsk are either transports or tankers. It would make sense for him to be trying to build up Petropavlovsk as a base from which to interdict my northern axis of operations BUT doing it in such a brazen manner is highly risky. I see two possibilities: a) he is willing to run massive risks and lose his shipping en masse as he plans to rely on Allied productive profligacy to make good his losses or b) this is not entirely planned and he is simply rerouting units which were due to reinforce his forces at Midway such that they don't have to return to base fully loaded. Either way KB is on the way and has been strengthened by the addition of two CVLs and the almost complete replenishment of its fighter and strike groups. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Singkawang [Borneo], 25,56, firing at TF 45 TF 45 troops unloading over beach at Singkawang [Borneo], 25,56 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships MSW W.15 Japanese ground losses: 185 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Colombo [Ceylon] at 11,25 Japanese Ships AP Santos Maru AP Enju Maru APD Patrol Boat No. 46 Allied Ships SS KXIV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Toyohara [Sakhalin] , at 73,33 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 6 IL-2 Shturmovik x 14 Pe-2 x 24 R-12/Yak-4 x 4 Yak-1 x 5 Allied aircraft losses Pe-2: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Asahigawa [Hokkaido] , at 72,36 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft SB-2M x 219 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1/Ki-50 Betty: 6 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 83 12 of my Bettys are destroyed on the ground as they refuse to launch against the Allied TF creeping northward around Sakhalin. I'm a bit baffled why the 70 bettys I have gathered at 4 different airbases all refuse to launch. Could there be Allied CVs providing CAP over the convoy? Fighter cover is the only explanation I can think of ( since weather wasn't a factor over my bases or the TF and neither was bomber morale, experience or leadership) and fighter cover couldn't have been provided by Soviet fighters as they are too short-legged to cover the convoy in its present position. It is very, very strange. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Arshaan [Manchukuo] , at 61,25 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 95 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 damaged Resources hits 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mishan [Manchukuo] , at 67,30 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 63 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Resources hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 15 Ki-21-II Sally x 8 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 1 Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 2 No Japanese losses Resources hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Honan [Cent China] , at 49,31 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 8 Me-109E-4 Mike x 22 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 54 Ki-48-I Lily x 49 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Liuchow [S China] , at 41,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 6 Ki-21-II Sally x 55 No Japanese losses Resources hits 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 4 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 2 damaged Resources hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Madicen [Java] , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft Ki-48-I Lily x 45 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-I Lily: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses Beaufort VII: 2 destroyed F.K.51: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tagbilaran [Bohol] , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 13 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 70 B4Y1 Jean x 7 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Midway Island [USA] , at 97,63 Japanese aircraft Me 264 Angel x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Me 264 Angel: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 1st Tank Brigade, at 18,11 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 33 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 9 Blenheim I x 5 Blenheim IV x 55 Do 24K-2 x 1 Martin 139/B-10 x 15 Spitfire VB x 7 IL-2 Shturmovik x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 4 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed Blenheim IV: 7 destroyed Martin 139/B-10: 5 destroyed Spitfire VB: 1 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 8 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 133 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 3 A nice little ambush over Bombay by Zeroes LRCAPing the Tank Brigade investing the city claims 26 Allied planes in return for only 4 Zeroes lost. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on KNIL West Borneo Gar Battalion, at 25,56 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 23 Ki-48-I Lily x 3 Ki-21-II Sally x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkawang Base Force, at 25,56 Japanese aircraft B4Y1 Jean x 15 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 12 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 52 Ki-48-I Lily x 4 Ki-21-II Sally x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 8th/B Division, at 67,24 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 20 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Toyohara [Sakhalin] , at 73,33 Allied aircraft R-12/Yak-4 x 1 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Petropavlovsk [KAM] at 85,32 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 4 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK H.T. Harper, Bomb hits 2, on fire Onboard fuel ignited following my bomb hits and the H. T. Harper burned merrily throughout the night. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 11,24 Japanese Ships AK Toyokawa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KXVI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 59593 troops, 1200 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 1335 Defending force 75913 troops, 1546 guns, 783 vehicles, Assault Value = 2553 Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 34300 troops, 601 guns, 302 vehicles, Assault Value = 912 Defending force 8883 troops, 218 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 316 Japanese max assault: 1810 - adjusted assault: 1636 Allied max defense: 289 - adjusted defense: 981 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Japanese ground losses: 3292 casualties reported Guns lost 87 Allied ground losses: 98 casualties reported Guns lost 7 An excellent result. I am going to let the Allies bring a little more force in and will then try to Shock Attack again with engineer regiments in order to reduce the fortifications further, get a 2:1 and begin routing a sizeable portion ( about 1/8th ) of the Allied defenders in India. Jagdfluger is defending too far forward and falling for the temptation I have offered him, the chance to stop me on ground eminently favourable to the defence. Unfortunately the fact that this ground is very far forward means that if he doesn't hustle forward his LCUs will be in a position where they can be defeated piecemeal with devastating consequences. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yangku [Cent China] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 21905 troops, 242 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 610 Defending force 13042 troops, 157 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 669 Japanese max assault: 912 - adjusted assault: 625 Allied max defense: 569 - adjusted defense: 117 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 1150 casualties reported Guns lost 26 Allied ground losses: 194 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! On 31st January the orders will go out to my forces in China to "cut and run". I will continue to hold 6 bastions, 3 in the very north-east of the country, Shanghai, Canton and Hankow. The 3 bastions in the north-east will be used to prevent the enemy breaking into Manchuria while the other 3 will be used to facilitate bomber training AND the attrition of Chinese resources and supplies. In addition this will allow me to free up a significant number of units to dissuade major Soviet attacks and for offensive use when the time comes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 16,18 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1558 troops, 8 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 187 Defending force 2902 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 112 Japanese max assault: 104 - adjusted assault: 43 Allied max defense: 80 - adjusted defense: 18 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 92 casualties reported Vehicles lost 3 Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 23,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1689 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88 Defending force 3050 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 31105 troops, 840 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 1338 Defending force 51701 troops, 718 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 1376 Japanese ground losses: 143 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2701 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 250 Defending force 3702 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123 Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6791 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 300 Defending force 29534 troops, 471 guns, 302 vehicles, Assault Value = 740 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singkawang [Borneo] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 409 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24 Defending force 2478 troops, 65 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 92 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanumea [Ellice] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1560 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48 Defending force 1194 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Allied max assault: 88 - adjusted assault: 20 Japanese max defense: 2 - adjusted defense: 6 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Soerabaja [Java] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 8 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Defending force 11430 troops, 64 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 62 Japanese max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 0 Allied max defense: 73 - adjusted defense: 179 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5) Just a little test to see what is there. I expect to face about 1000 AV at Madoien ( where Jagdfluger has made his stand). Since they will have Level 9 forts AND be defending in wooded terrain AND are going to be fully prepped for Madoien I could see that AV being increased to 18,000 assuming 100% experience and leadership. While that won't be the case it is also definitely true that the enemy will be able to muster an adjusted AV significantly greater than the 2000 I can hope to muster via a Shock Attack. So, Jagdfluger has created a position which will hold against any assault I can muster over the next month. The answer is, of course, to manoeuvre a bit but, unfortunately, the road net will not allow it. I do have a solution but it will have to wait for a week or so and it should prove an extremely cheap way to defeat over 3 divisions of defenders dug in in the most favourable terrain imaginable. My plan only requires one thing to go right for it to succeed, if it does I think it will be an extremely clean disembowelling stroke to the defence of the DEI. Either way it'll be an interesting, intricate and risky solution and so I'll enjoy trying it [:D] Forgive the black box in the pic below. Sometimes when I'm switching programmes etc I think I run out of memory and cannonfire shows up in this manner. [image]local://upfiles/10809/BC4F1BA86000472DAE38D4E8DA14ADC1.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (2/1/2007 11:31:28 PM)
It'll be interesting to see what you have planned for soerbaja, paras maybe ? I'd just starve them out and take it in june cos im lazy [;)] good luck as ever

Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (2/2/2007 1:18:05 AM)
Rob, Paras, amphibious and overland - a combination of all 3 is required as several areas need to be captured within 1 day. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/31/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Manado [Celebes], 39,67, firing at TF 42 TF 42 troops unloading over beach at Manado [Celebes], 39,67 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Minazuki Japanese ground losses: 205 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Manado [Celebes], 39,67, firing at TF 42 TF 42 troops unloading over beach at Manado [Celebes], 39,67 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Asahigawa [Hokkaido] , at 72,36 Allied aircraft SB-2M x 209 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 27 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Heiho [Chosen] , at 66,25 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 60 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Resources hits 26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Arshaan [Manchukuo] , at 61,25 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 91 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 damaged Resources hits 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sunwu [Manchukuo] , at 66,26 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 58 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed Resources hits 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shikuka [Sakhalin] , at 74,31 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 26 IL-2 Shturmovik x 27 Pe-2 x 56 Allied aircraft losses Pe-2: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Oil hits 16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tatung [Cent China] , at 53,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 21 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 15 Ki-21-II Sally x 6 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 1 Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 3 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sian [Central China] , at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 22 Ki-48-I Lily x 53 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D/F2A x 2 CW-21B Demon x 10 Hawk 75/P-36 x 1 I-16 Type 24 x 42 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 6 destroyed Ki-48-I Lily: 17 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 11 damaged Resources hits 1 A nice ambush over China. It is time to pull my horns in. Fortunately for me I achieved about 90% of what I wanted to achieve by this time in the game and my massive withdrawal from China began today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 6 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Resources hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Ichang [C China] , at 47,34 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 27 Ki-51 Sonia x 115 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 5 damaged Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 104 Just burning supplies in order to slow the pursuit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Madicen [Java] , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft Ki-48-I Lily x 48 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft D4Y1-C Judy x 4 Ki-27 Nate x 21 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 38 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Aparri/Tuguegarao , at 45,49 Japanese aircraft E8N2 Dave x 43 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tagbilaran [Bohol] , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 13 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 70 B4Y1 Jean x 7 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 34 Training. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Iman [AMUR] , at 67,31 Japanese aircraft Me-109E-4 Mike x 72 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 1st Tank Brigade, at 18,11 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 16 Blenheim I x 5 Blenheim IV x 44 Do 24K-2 x 1 Hurricane I x 3 Martin 139/B-10 x 9 Spitfire VB x 18 IL-2 Shturmovik x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Vehicles lost 2 In a couple of days time I may just sweep here again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC Manchuria Adv Corps, at 53,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 31 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on KNIL West Borneo Gar Battalion, at 25,56 Japanese aircraft B4Y1 Jean x 15 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 12 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 51 Ki-48-I Lily x 4 Ki-21-II Sally x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 78 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Prepping the way for the assault at Singkawang. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkawang Base Force, at 25,56 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 17 Ki-48-I Lily x 3 Ki-21-II Sally x 6 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Petropavlovsk [KAM] at 85,32 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 6 Allied aircraft Mosquito NF x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships TK Gulfdisc TK Dillwyn, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage And yet more tankers are found around Petropavlovsk. Weird, very weird. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 100,33 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 12 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Vladivostok -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 14 troops unloading over beach at Toboali [Banka], 21,57 Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 54025 troops, 1098 guns, 436 vehicles, Assault Value = 1336 Defending force 76098 troops, 1550 guns, 782 vehicles, Assault Value = 2563 Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 52,36 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10817 troops, 168 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 277 Defending force 804 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Japanese max assault: 277 - adjusted assault: 118 Allied max defense: 42 - adjusted defense: 115 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 197 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Just keeping a Chinese guerilla regiment athwart my line of retreat pinned down. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bombay [India] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8121 troops, 29 guns, 496 vehicles, Assault Value = 224 Defending force 17815 troops, 333 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 And Bombay is, relatively speaking, very weakly held. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 13,19 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 14103 troops, 218 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 394 Defending force 40 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese max assault: 762 - adjusted assault: 383 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 383 to 1 Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Just pushing elements of 4 Allied units up to the last Allied base on the coast south of Pangim. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singkawang [Borneo] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2524 troops, 66 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 93 Defending force 828 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Japanese max assault: 186 - adjusted assault: 237 Allied max defense: 8 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 237 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Singkawang [Borneo] base !!! Allied aircraft no flights No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 93 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Allied ground losses: 46 casualties reported Guns lost 1 The two Allied units at the base retreat into the jungle. Perfect, they will allow me to create two further training bases on the Western coast of Borneo. At this rate I'm going to have more than enough baes to train my pilots ;). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 23,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1689 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88 Defending force 3008 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanchang [C China] Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 60359 troops, 1004 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 5740 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied max assault: 2959 - adjusted assault: 1859 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 1859 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Nanchang [C China] base !!! I had abandoned Nanchang a day or two ago. Now the Chinese collect it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 5031 troops, 106 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 256 Defending force 7118 troops, 98 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 248 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kaifeng [Cent China] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 501 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25 Defending force 86372 troops, 1226 guns, 193 vehicles, Assault Value = 2327 Allied max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 0 Japanese max defense: 2522 - adjusted defense: 3226 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied ground losses: 263 casualties reported Guns lost 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 31154 troops, 842 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 1340 Defending force 51666 troops, 716 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 1376 Japanese ground losses: 93 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6823 troops, 157 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 299 Defending force 29673 troops, 477 guns, 302 vehicles, Assault Value = 744 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manado [Celebes] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 643 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35 Defending force 2709 troops, 59 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanumea [Ellice] Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1581 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48 Defending force 362 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Allied max assault: 44 - adjusted assault: 10 Japanese max defense: 2 - adjusted defense: 2 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported More and more of my forces on the island have been succesfully withdrawn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 15,17 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1392 troops, 8 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 49 Defending force 2202 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 84 Japanese max assault: 90 - adjusted assault: 68 Allied max defense: 62 - adjusted defense: 13 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 55 casualties reported Vehicles lost 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Pushing more Allied forces back in south-western India. Here's a picture of the situation in India with the road and rail net being highlighted. [image]local://upfiles/10809/AA7FC735C710423C8826D392AB9CC7DA.jpg[/image]

Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (2/2/2007 11:06:20 PM)
And with the end of the first month's play against Jagdfluger I think it is time to revisit the Allied and Japanese situations. Firstly ships: Japan, 89 ships lost. 3 CVLs - all lost when they ported in India and got slaughtered by a port attack. 1 CVE - lost in the same way. Fortunately I've managed to save most of the planes from these CVs. 2 CA, 2 CL, 2 AMCs ( Armed Merchant Cruisers) 1 CLAA, 7 DD, 1 DE, 2 APD, 15 AP, 41 AK, 1 AO, 4 TK, 2 SS, 2 AV, 2 MSW, 1 PT Allied Losses: 411 ships. 10 BB ( 3 more severely damaged and ported in Bombay Harbour), 4 CA, 14 CL, 4 AMC, 42 DD, 25 AP, 120 AK, 5 AO, 23 TK, 40 SS, 4 AV, 6 AVD, 4 AS, 2 AR, 1 AGP, 1 AE, 15 MSW, 7 ML, 3 DMS, 7 DM, 46 PT, 3 SC, 12 PG, 12 PC. And below is a production summary. Overall I have a surfeit of oil but am constrained in terms of the resources available. In a similar vein my shipyard production is only barely sufficient to meet demand. Airframe and engine production has been expanded massively with real bottlenecks beginning to develop in Ishikawajima production ( mostly due to the 50 G5Ns I am trying to build a month - they take 200 engines out of my production run leaving too few for my Bettys) and Mansyu production continuing to be given top priority. By the end of February I should be producing just over 480 Mansyus per month along with 120 Me-264 Angel airframes. That is going to allow me to begin conserving my Army and Navy bomber pilots to a far, far greater degree and will ease my current shortage of trained pilots for my fighter groups. Overall though given that I have been facing the full might of every air force on the map, including the almost limitless pockets of the Soviet Air Force, I think my forces are doing pretty well with the conversion away from Nates being speeded by increased Oscar production [image]local://upfiles/10809/DA9BF10C0FF7416288A00FB550ECC02A.jpg[/image]

Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (2/2/2007 11:20:20 PM)
And now for the overall losses summary: Well, strangely enough we just managed to hit 4000 Allied planes destroyed today. Obviously though Japanese losses have also been extremely heavy, particularly in terms of Operational and FlAK losses but that is only to be expected given that, at this time, Japanese forces are in precipitous advance and flying many missions over extremely long range. In addition I haven't managed to convert my force from an unarmoured air force to a fully-armoured one. When the war starts only the Ki-51 Sonia is armoured. All of my other planes are unarmoured and suffer the consequences when facing enemy FlAK. With time, however, the Mike will become my primary interceptor ( armoured), while my land-based bomber squadrons all convert to Me-264 Angel ( all armoured - I anticipate conversion will be completed by about October of this year) and my Betty and Nell squadrons convert to the Marlina, which I expect to be absolutely lethal in the torpedo attack role. The Me-264 Behemoth with its guided missiles is going to be most useful for Port Attack missions. [image]local://upfiles/10809/ADA5B686FEB14AE4ADCBB7682CB6DA09.jpg[/image]

Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (2/3/2007 1:25:50 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/01/42 The HUGE news today is that it really looks like Jagdfluger is serious about invading the Home Islands. The ships which were in northern Soviet ports are now making their way south- I suspect the are heading towards Toyohara. Cool, that's well within airlift range from seveal bases plus I've had the 7th Infantry Division lurking around at sea ready to react to such an invasion. KB will also arrive from its lurking place on the 4th. I expect the initial landings will go well although I have a better than 50/50 chance of holding at the landing site whereupon all will depend upon how quickly and completely I slaughter the invasion fleets. Either way this is going to be damned interesting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Manado [Celebes], 39,67, firing at TF 42 TF 42 troops unloading over beach at Manado [Celebes], 39,67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Petropavlovsk [KAM] at 85,32 Japanese Ships SS I-166 Allied Ships TK H. M. Storey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Crosby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Pangim [India], at 16,14 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 6 destroyed Allied Ships CL Glasgow CA Georges Averoff DD Isis CL Mauritius CL Ceres CL Durban CL Hobart CA Cornwall CA Australia BB Royal Sovereign Japanese ground losses: 1255 casualties reported Guns lost 24 Vehicles lost 22 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 Port hits 9 Port supply hits 9 I imagine this is to try to draw my CVs out of position. I won't respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 34,64 Japanese Ships DD Satsuki DD Sazanami DD Inazuma DD Akatsuki DD Wakaba DD Hatsushimo Allied Ships SS SHCH110, hits 3, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wakkanai [Hokkaido] , at 72,34 Allied aircraft SB-2M x 206 Allied aircraft losses SB-2M: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 62 He's closing the airbases from which I could base into Toyohara. This is sloppy, it telegraphs his move and is only useful if he has the force available to survive any concentration of forces I order in reaction to his upcoming invasion. At present he doesn't have the force to survive KB and so he shouldn't be telegraphing things like this. When I'm weak I never hit a target hard before I attack it. Better to rely on deception and surprise than brute force when you don't have the greater brute force. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tatung [Cent China] , at 53,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 23 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Nanchang [C China] , at 48,38 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 3 Ki-43-I Oscar x 3 Ki-21-II Sally x 12 Me 264 Angel x 23 No Japanese losses Resources hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Honan [Cent China] , at 49,31 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 14 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 38 Ki-48-I Lily x 31 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Nanning [S China] , at 40,38 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 53 No Japanese losses Resources hits 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Ichang [C China] , at 47,34 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 19 Ki-43-I Oscar x 24 Ki-51 Sonia x 114 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Resources hits 26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tavoy [Burma] , at 28,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 18 Ki-21-II Sally x 22 Ki-49 -I Helen x 11 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Ki-49 -I Helen: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses A-20B Boston: 3 destroyed Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 16 Finally managed to anticipate one of his bomber moves and caught 6 A20s on the ground. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft D4Y1-C Judy x 4 Ki-27 Nate x 26 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 37 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tagbilaran [Bohol] , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 2 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 70 B4Y1 Jean x 7 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Midway Island [USA] , at 97,63 Japanese aircraft Me 264 Angel x 2 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Me 264 Angel: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 47 Allied aircraft P-35A Hawk x 13 P-36A Mohawk x 9 P-39D Airacobra x 13 P-40B Tomahawk x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 15 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-35A Hawk: 9 destroyed P-36A Mohawk: 5 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 6 destroyed P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed 15 for 26. Not great but not too bad either. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 1st Tank Brigade, at 18,11 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 5 Blenheim I x 5 Blenheim IV x 39 Hurricane I x 3 Martin 139/B-10 x 6 Spitfire VB x 21 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 54 casualties reported Vehicles lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 38th Division, at 19,12 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 13 Do 24K-2 x 1 IL-2 Shturmovik x 10 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC Manchuria Adv Corps, at 53,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 100th Field Army , at 51,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 12 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 34,64 Japanese aircraft F1M2 Pete-FF x 3 A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 7 Allied aircraft Beaufort VII x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Beaufort VII: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 99,32 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Vladivostok, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 89,50 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 20 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 44 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 8 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PG Isabel, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Gees, PG Isabel stumbles over KB in the middle of the damned ocean. There goes my surprise. Ah well c'est la guerre. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 34,64 Japanese aircraft F1M2 Pete-FF x 3 A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 7 Allied aircraft Beaufort VII x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Beaufort VII: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Asagumo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 54043 troops, 1097 guns, 435 vehicles, Assault Value = 1177 Defending force 76582 troops, 1574 guns, 789 vehicles, Assault Value = 2571 Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 96 casualties reported Guns lost 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manado [Celebes] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2776 troops, 65 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 113 Defending force 1166 troops, 10 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 35 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese max assault: 190 - adjusted assault: 52 Allied max defense: 32 - adjusted defense: 6 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado [Celebes] base !!! Allied aircraft no flights No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 1903 casualties reported Guns lost 13 Vehicles lost 1 1 assault and down. Time to mount up for Balikpapan and Java. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 52,36 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10587 troops, 161 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 269 Defending force 784 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40 Japanese max assault: 269 - adjusted assault: 231 Allied max defense: 41 - adjusted defense: 100 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 112 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 23,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1689 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88 Defending force 2952 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4966 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 255 Defending force 7139 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 249 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 31258 troops, 845 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344 Defending force 51728 troops, 716 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 1378 Japanese ground losses: 130 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6825 troops, 155 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 370 Defending force 30413 troops, 520 guns, 302 vehicles, Assault Value = 748 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanumea [Ellice] Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1635 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Defending force 13 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Allied max assault: 45 - adjusted assault: 12 Japanese max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 12 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [image]local://upfiles/10809/3AD69AFCB1464CA69A0EE9583A0B9943.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (2/3/2007 6:39:50 PM)
Darn this is fun.

Nemo121 -> Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/4/2007 1:27:00 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/02/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 36 encounters mine field at Colombo [Ceylon] (11,25) Japanese Ships MSW W.1 PC Ch 7 AK Uyo Maru, Mine hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Balikpapan [Borneo], at 31,64 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Myoko CA Maya CA Atago CA Takao Allied ground losses: 404 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Vehicles lost 4 Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 47 Port supply hits 1 Balikpapan begins to be prepared for invasion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Bombay [India] at 18,11 Japanese Ships SS RO-67 Allied Ships CL Durban, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Isis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 11,1 Japanese Ships SS RO-64 Allied Ships MSW Cochin, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Not a bad day for the subs near India. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kwajalein [Nanyo] at 81,84 Japanese Ships AK Showa Maru Allied Ships SS Grayback -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Keijo [Chosen] , at 59,36 Allied aircraft SB-2M x 155 No Allied losses Armament Assembly hits 27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tatung [Cent China] , at 53,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 21 No Japanese losses Resources hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Nanchang [C China] , at 48,38 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 15 Ki-43-I Oscar x 27 Ki-51 Sonia x 112 Ki-21-II Sally x 12 Me 264 Angel x 24 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged Resources hits 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Honan [Cent China] , at 49,31 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 22 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 50 Ki-48-I Lily x 38 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 13 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 damaged Resources hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Nanning [S China] , at 40,38 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 56 No Japanese losses Resources hits 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tavoy [Burma] , at 28,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 18 Ki-21-II Sally x 20 Ki-49 -I Helen x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pontianak [Borneo] , at 25,58 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 66 Ki-48-I Lily x 7 Ki-21-II Sally x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Port hits 4 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft D4Y1-C Judy x 5 Ki-27 Nate x 14 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 96 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 75 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 3 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Aparri/Tuguegarao , at 45,49 Japanese aircraft E8N2 Dave x 43 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tagbilaran [Bohol] , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 67 B4Y1 Jean x 7 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 32 Allied aircraft P-35A Hawk x 5 P-36A Mohawk x 7 P-39D Airacobra x 10 P-40B Tomahawk x 4 P-40E Warhawk x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-35A Hawk: 1 destroyed P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 6 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed Another sweep over Pearl Harbour. With their numbers harrowed over the past few days the Allied fighters don't have much fight left in them and quickly bug out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA Imperial Guards Division, at 17,18 Allied aircraft Lysander I x 2 IL-2 Shturmovik x 11 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 91st Field Army , at 51,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 4 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 25th Field Army , at 51,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 6 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on AA 22nd Brigade AIF , at 23,49 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 4 B4Y1 Jean x 13 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 12 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Toyohara [Sakhalin] , at 73,33 Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 11 Allied aircraft R-12/Yak-4 x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Hankow/Wuhan , at 48,35 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 27 Ki-43-I Oscar x 15 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 23 B-25C/D Mitchell x 27 Hudson IV x 27 IL-4C/DB-3F x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 3 damaged Ki-43-I Oscar: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs: 3 destroyed Ki-51 Sonia: 5 destroyed Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged B-25C/D Mitchell: 10 damaged Hudson IV: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged IL-4C/DB-3F: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 91,32 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 2 Mosquito NF x 2 Allied aircraft losses A-20B Boston: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Tone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Toyohara [Sakhalin] at 73,33 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 41 G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 15 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 7 destroyed G4M1/Ki-50 Betty: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged All of the Bettys were destroyed by FlAK from the BBs. Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 10 destroyed Allied Ships BB Mississippi BB New Mexico Well, that clinches it. The two remaining battleworthy US BBs have been assigned to this mission so it must be a major effort. KB is 2 days away so while it is going to be uncomfortable for a while this is just going to result in a lot of sunk Allied ships and Allied forces holding, at most, one base in this island... and not holding it for long. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Balikpapan [Borneo], at 31,64 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Beaufort VII: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Myoko CA Maya CA Atago CA Takao Allied ground losses: 91 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 45 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 40 encounters mine field at Balikpapan [Borneo] (31,64) TF 40 troops unloading over beach at Balikpapan [Borneo], 31,64 23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PC Ch 4 Japanese ground losses: 421 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Toyohara [Sakhalin], 73,33, firing at TF 1015 TF 1015 troops unloading over beach at Toyohara [Sakhalin], 73,33 468 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Kilty AK Luther Hurd, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Cushing, Shell hits 2 DD Cummings, Shell hits 6, on fire DD Conyngham, Shell hits 1 DD Talbot, Shell hits 1 DD Hatfield DD Brooks DD Crane DD Lawrence, Shell hits 1 AK Waimea, Shell hits 3, on fire AK Mokihana AK Steel Ranger, Shell hits 2 AK Jeff Davis, Shell hits 2 AK Henry S Grove, Shell hits 2, on fire AK Coloradan, Shell hits 1, on fire AP President Fillmore, Shell hits 1 DD Sands Japanese ground losses: 41 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 3603 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 2 10 DDs and 8 transports begin landing the 2nd USMC and 161th US Army Regiment at Toyohaa. Unfortunately for the Allies this lies within the Northern Zone and thus those troops are suffering something like 5 times the normal disablements on landing. The landing at Toyohara is going to be a disaster since combined with these excessive losses I have 1 Brigade due to arrive tomorrow ( I have abandoned the base north of Toyohara in order to hold onto Toyohara since Toyohara has a Level 3 port and a more developed airfield and will allow me to both bring in troops more quickly and establish aerial supremacy more quickly... with those two conditions met I can take back the northern base at my leisure.) and am flying in elements of 3 more Brigades by airbridge. With the arrival of the 7th Division on the 10th and the arrival of an additional 900 AV over the next 3 weeks the Allied account should be settled fairly quickly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 54079 troops, 1097 guns, 438 vehicles, Assault Value = 1179 Defending force 76637 troops, 1573 guns, 785 vehicles, Assault Value = 2578 Allied ground losses: 75 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 30528 troops, 526 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 803 Defending force 12021 troops, 257 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 448 Japanese max assault: 1388 - adjusted assault: 503 Allied max defense: 427 - adjusted defense: 945 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese ground losses: 3383 casualties reported Guns lost 41 Allied ground losses: 174 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Vehicles lost 1 Hmm, looks like I mistimed this assault. The two Brigades I was expecting to arrive tomorrow arrived earlier and were decisive in repulsing my attack. No matter, I'll just conduct phase II of the Madras operation and cut it off from other Allied bases. In the end it will just be an impromptu prison camp for 4 Brigades of Allied troops. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 52,36 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10464 troops, 158 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 264 Defending force 702 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36 Japanese max assault: 266 - adjusted assault: 464 Allied max defense: 36 - adjusted defense: 103 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 145 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 14,18 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 14153 troops, 217 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 381 Defending force 8 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese max assault: 770 - adjusted assault: 772 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 772 to 1 Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Toyohara [Sakhalin] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1054 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33 Defending force 1785 troops, 29 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 23,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1660 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Defending force 2944 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4942 troops, 98 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 255 Defending force 7132 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 248 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 31400 troops, 848 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349 Defending force 51681 troops, 712 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 1376 Japanese ground losses: 130 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6760 troops, 145 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 434 Defending force 28177 troops, 453 guns, 322 vehicles, Assault Value = 636 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Balikpapan [Borneo] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2126 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52 Defending force 6043 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 169 Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanumea [Ellice] Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1662 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied max assault: 46 - adjusted assault: 48 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 48 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Toboali [Banka] Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 602 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 7 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Toboali [Banka] base !!! 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Nemo121 -> RE: Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/4/2007 1:30:39 PM)
And the units due to be trapped at Madras. [image]local://upfiles/10809/7E564FE3324E445AA13C75D99A5D7E1D.jpg[/image]

Nemo121 -> RE: Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/4/2007 1:41:16 PM)
And lastly the situation near Toyohara. I still think it was suicidal to send his shipping on this mission since, without the ability to resupply at will, his ground forces are doomed. Obviously he is just hoping to divert me from other operations - and will almost certainly use this period of time to bring significant reinforcements into Hawaii/invade Hilo under cover of his CV force. Well once this little sideshow is taken care of I'll be covering Pearl with a whole gaggle of Zeroes and Nells. I have also managed to base 70 or so Jeans in Hokkaido. They are from my training cadre and have experience of between 20 to 40 so they are unlikely to achieve much in the torpedo attack role. As such I'm just sending them in at maximum altitude as level bombers. I have found torpedo bombers to achieve excellent results in such a role at little cost. It will also form a great final training routine for them. Also note that Shikuka is ungarrisoned. I fully expect the enemy to land at Shikuka and take it tomorrow but it only has Level 1 airfields and ports and thus it will take some time to unload and build up... time I won't give it. Already my Me-264s are basing at Tokyo in order to commence a strategic bombing campaign bolstered by Mikes and Rufes operating out of Toyohara. [image]local://upfiles/10809/A163FE6A594D457C98FB182B86AE9EB1.jpg[/image]

VSWG -> RE: Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/4/2007 2:28:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nemo121 And lastly the situation near Toyohara. I still think it was suicidal to send his shipping on this mission since, without the ability to resupply at will, his ground forces are doomed. [image]http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7879/matrix2k41yf4.jpg[/image] [;)] Very entertaining, thanks for keeping us updated!

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/4/2007 5:28:23 PM)
He cant be prepped for that landing very well either so that will make the landing losses even worse ! I have to agree with your assesment that he's doomed here and thats a lot of useful allied troops, esp the AA units that are valuable (in stock at least) not to mention the marines who will take forever to rebuild (if he has subs capable of evaccing that is) heavy ASW presence might make some of those units permanently dead for little risk imo. LOL VSWG

Nemo121 -> RE: Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/4/2007 7:33:57 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/03/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 40 encounters mine field at Balikpapan [Borneo] (31,64) TF 40 troops unloading over beach at Balikpapan [Borneo], 31,64 Japanese Ships PC Ch 4 AP Kiri Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire Coastal Guns at Balikpapan [Borneo], 31,64, firing at TF 40 37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AK Ushio Maru, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Toyohara [Sakhalin], 73,33, firing at TF 1126 TF 1126 troops unloading over beach at Toyohara [Sakhalin], 73,33 Allied ground losses: 484 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Noumea [New Cal] at 66,117 Japanese Ships SS I-155 Allied Ships MSW Killegray, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage And sinks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Balikpapan [Borneo], at 31,64 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Myoko CA Maya CA Atago CA Takao Allied ground losses: 65 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 3 Just keeping the Beauforts out of Balikpapan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 11,24 Japanese Ships AK Zenyo Maru DD Hiyodori Allied Ships SS KXVI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kwajalein [Nanyo] at 81,84 Japanese Ships DD Asanagi DD Hayate Allied Ships SS Grayback -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 40 encounters mine field at Balikpapan [Borneo] (31,64) TF 40 troops unloading over beach at Balikpapan [Borneo], 31,64 38 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AK Yamafuji Maru, Shell hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Toyohara [Sakhalin], 73,33, firing at TF 1126 TF 1126 troops unloading over beach at Toyohara [Sakhalin], 73,33 15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AK Waimea, Shell hits 3, on fire Allied ground losses: 143 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 11,26 Japanese Ships AK Yamagiri Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PG RTN Sukhothai AK Oyama Maru AK Chuko Maru AK Hinko Maru Allied Ships SS Truant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Toyohara [Sakhalin] , at 73,33 Allied aircraft R-12/Yak-4 x 1 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tatung [Cent China] , at 53,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 17 No Japanese losses Resources hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wenchow [S China] , at 50,41 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 58 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SS SHCH124, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SHCH-124 was damaged at sea and docked in order to repair damage. Well, let's try to confound her repairs shall we? Port hits 6 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Honan [Cent China] , at 49,31 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 19 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 43 Ki-48-I Lily x 32 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 2 damaged Ki-48-I Lily: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 6 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 2 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tavoy [Burma] , at 28,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 21 Ki-49 -I Helen x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-49 -I Helen: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft D4Y1-C Judy x 6 Ki-27 Nate x 14 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 95 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Aparri/Tuguegarao , at 45,49 Japanese aircraft E8N2 Dave x 43 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Batan Islands [PH] , at 46,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 14 Ki-51 Sonia x 29 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 6 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tagbilaran [Bohol] , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 13 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 70 B4Y1 Jean x 7 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA Imperial Guards Division, at 18,18 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 13 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 91st Field Army , at 51,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 3 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 25th Field Army , at 51,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 4 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 81st Field Army , at 53,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 37 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 8th Guerilla Regiment, at 49,36 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 18 Ki-21-II Sally x 8 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Sovetskaya Gavan at 73,30 Japanese aircraft B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 3 G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 29 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1/Ki-50 Betty: 1 damaged Allied Ships TK Santa Maria, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage TK Spencer Kellogg, Torpedo hits 1, on fire TK Tide Water, Torpedo hits 2, on fire TK Paul M Gregg, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Jagdfluger has told me that he put these empty tankers here to act as a decoy TF in order to draw my bombers away from his fleet. It is an expensive option and one which is important to bear in mind for future defensive planning. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Sovetskaya Gavan at 73,30 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 3 Me 264 Angel x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Tide Water, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Dent TK Santa Maria, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 85,41 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 4 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 24 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 24 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2/Ki-47 Kate: 1 destroyed Allied Ships MSW SN BTShch-6 TK Gulfdisc, Bomb hits 12, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage MSW SN BTShch-5 And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how we spell overkill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Toyohara [Sakhalin] at 73,33 Japanese aircraft B4Y1 Jean x 34 Allied aircraft Mosquito NF x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships AK Luther Hurd, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Coloradan AK Waimea, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Steel Ranger, Bomb hits 1 Allied ground losses: 230 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Vehicles lost 1 Not a bad outcome for obsolete aircraft piloted by my worst trainees ( 20 Exp pilots). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Toyohara [Sakhalin] at 73,33 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 3 Me 264 Angel x 6 Allied aircraft Mosquito NF x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships AK Luther Hurd, on fire, heavy damage AK Coloradan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Toyohara [Sakhalin] , at 73,33 Allied aircraft R-12/Yak-4 x 1 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Hankow/Wuhan , at 48,35 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 27 Ki-43-I Oscar x 27 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 18 B-25C/D Mitchell x 24 Blenheim IV x 38 Hudson IV x 20 IL-4C/DB-3F x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-43-I Oscar: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-56/LO Thalia: 2 destroyed Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses A-20B Boston: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged B-25C/D Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 11 damaged Hudson IV: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged IL-4C/DB-3F: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 Nice losses in the Allied twin-engine stable here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 74,33 Japanese aircraft B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DMS Boggs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 74,33 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 12 G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2/Ki-42 Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Conyngham AK Admiral Day, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Another good strike puts torpedoes into a Candian AMC and an empty AK. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 81,35 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 17 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 20 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 30 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Waters, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK West Cactus, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage These empty ships were trying to egress the area. Tough luck guys [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Sovetskaya Gavan at 73,30 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 26 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Tide Water, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage TK Paul M Gregg, on fire TK Spencer Kellogg, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Dent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Sovetskaya Gavan at 73,30 Japanese aircraft Me 264 Angel x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Tide Water, on fire, heavy damage TK Spencer Kellogg, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage By day's end 6 of the Allied ships in this area had sunk. Since I estimate that there are at least 50 enemy ship in the are these are hardly instantly devastating losses but, over time, they will add up. I need to sink them more quickly but my BBs are still in the process of meeting up with their destroyer escort and I don't want to send them in to that maelstrom of BBs, CAs and enemy DDs without some sort of escort. My basic hope is that if my BBs can destroy or damage the enemy BBs and CAs and some DDs then my bombers will get much clearer shots at the enemy transports - plus I'm going to need to close Shikula airfield once it is taken. I can expect Jagdfluger to pack it with as many fighters as he can manage - if he can find 300 then he will place 300 on it... and by our house rules that's entirely fair [:D] - and I think a good bombardment TF may be my only chance of closing it rapidly. What will my losses amount to? Well I will lose the 3 DDs I am sending in with the BBs and will probably lose at least one of the BBs with the other two being yard birds for many, many months. Still, if it gives my bombers clear shots at the enemy fleet it will be well worth it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Pontianak [Borneo], 25,58, firing at TF 45 TF 45 troops unloading over beach at Pontianak [Borneo], 25,58 51 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships MSW W.15, Shell hits 1, on fire AP Haaburu Maru, Shell hits 2 Japanese ground losses: 149 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 54199 troops, 1095 guns, 438 vehicles, Assault Value = 1184 Defending force 76889 troops, 1579 guns, 785 vehicles, Assault Value = 2588 Allied ground losses: 65 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Toyohara [Sakhalin] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1082 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 286 Defending force 2013 troops, 44 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 85 This is what the USMC 2nd Division, the 161st Army Regiment and various engineer units have been reduced to. I foresee a Japanese Shock Attack in the near future [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 23,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1643 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86 Defending force 2923 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kalgan [Cent China] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 13462 troops, 112 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 699 Defending force 8572 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 228 Allied max assault: 1080 - adjusted assault: 518 Japanese max defense: 238 - adjusted defense: 36 Allied assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Kalgan [Cent China] base !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 21 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 577 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Allied ground losses: 43 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Ok now THIS was unexpected. I just lost 57 Nates - and more importantly their pilots. My units there had well over 300 AV so I was very surprised to see the adjusted AV was only 36. Well, cue a massive scramble to send 1500 AV up there to retake Kalgan. The one nice thing is that knowing Jagdfluger's habits by now I should be able to hit his bombers when they fly in to take advantage of Kalgan's airfield. He may have the advantage with all my rebasings being telegraphed to him before his order phase but I still have inspired guesswork to fall back on ;). Let's hope it is enough. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 31472 troops, 856 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 1353 Defending force 51741 troops, 718 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 1376 Japanese ground losses: 211 casualties reported Guns lost 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2657 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 254 Defending force 7107 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 248 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 3 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6804 troops, 150 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 440 Defending force 29428 troops, 471 guns, 325 vehicles, Assault Value = 676 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Balikpapan [Borneo] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2105 troops, 42 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Defending force 6779 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pontianak [Borneo] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 898 troops, 12 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Defending force 1671 troops, 43 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shikuka [Sakhalin] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 248 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied max assault: 26 - adjusted assault: 8 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Shikuka [Sakhalin] base !!! Wow, paratroopers. I had expected him to land amphibiously. I certainly hadn't expected paratroops. Obviously Jagdfluger was saving them up for surprise use in the invasion of Korea/Manchuria but has felt the need to commit them to salvage his Toyohara venture. [image]local://upfiles/10809/3ED9E8D0C35A4222A7BA413397051800.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/4/2007 7:37:12 PM)
Hmpf! Intresting. Are you sure that you can repulse Jagdfluger? He seems very experiened opponent and IF he goes for Home Islands I doubt he is not fully prepared for this? ...Banzai indeed! [:-]

Nemo121 -> RE: Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/4/2007 7:38:13 PM)
Aztez, Well, to be honest, I don't care. If he beats me then that's brilliant since I'll have found someone who will really challenge me and the first thing I'll do is ask for a rematch. I don't play to win, I play to be challenged AND to try to put risky, skillful ops into action against excellent players so if I don't repulse him then that'll be fine too. I THINK I can repulse him as I have quite a large force available but if I'm wrong I'm wrong and I'll be happy to find an opponent who challenges me this much. And in another picture recapping events of the day... Some of the slower elements of KB manage to run into a fleeing Soviet tanker convoy. Results, predictable [8D] [image]local://upfiles/10809/50FC5EFA1B414C5998094E56FDEB7382.jpg[/image]

Nemo121 -> RE: Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/4/2007 7:48:20 PM)
NO-ONE in the Japanese pilot training programme disbelieves in Darwin. When you are ordered to fly over and attack enemy battleships and transports in only your 2nd week of pilot training you get a firm grasp of Darwinian Selection in an evidence-based manner [:D] [image]local://upfiles/10809/0E372CAB90E14585B8AFDA7C230DBBAC.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/4/2007 11:29:46 PM)
"Well, to be honest, I don't care. If he beats me then that's brilliant since I'll have found someone who will really challenge me and the first thing I'll do is ask for a rematch. I don't play to win, I play to be challenged AND to try to put risky, skillful ops into action against excellent players so if I don't repulse him then that'll be fine too. I THINK I can repulse him as I have quite a large force available but if I'm wrong I'm wrong and I'll be happy to find an opponent who challenges me this much." I salute that sentiment ! [&o], already planing a rematch and swopping sides with Joe myself [:D]

Andy Mac -> RE: Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/4/2007 11:48:59 PM)
Yup its the right attitude !!!! Some of cannot leave our quasi historical baggage at home and play the game with that attitude�(me for one) I am following this with great interest Jad is probably cursing me at present given his strategy for some of the things I did to defend ;)

Nemo121 -> RE: Japan vs EVERYONE !!! (2/5/2007 1:21:14 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/04/42 Well things are really building up. What looked like 30 ships at one stage is now looking more like 40 to 50 and that number may even increase more. I'm running into massive numbers of tankers and oilers which he obviously used to refuel his ships before their final dash in. What an imaginative operation, I'm impressed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Toyohara [Sakhalin], 73,33, firing at TF 1126 TF 1126 troops unloading over beach at Toyohara [Sakhalin], 73,33 16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied ground losses: 182 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Toyohara [Sakhalin], 73,33, firing at TF 1126 TF 1126 troops unloading over beach at Toyohara [Sakhalin], 73,33 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied ground losses: 81 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Gumma [Honshu] , at 66,42 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 18 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 27 B-17E/F Fortress x 17 B-25C/D Mitchell x 27 Blenheim IV x 12 Hudson IV x 26 IL-4C/DB-3F x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A5M4 Claude: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-57/MC-21 Topsy: 25 destroyed Ki-56/LO Thalia: 8 destroyed Allied aircraft losses A-20B Boston: 2 damaged B-17E/F Fortress: 4 damaged B-25C/D Mitchell: 1 destroyed Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Hudson IV: 2 destroyed IL-4C/DB-3F: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 315 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 69 Well, if he wants to hit worthless transports on the ground then he is welome to them. I have about 350 of these obsolete transports available to me so their loss isn't significant. I think he'd have done better hitting a base from which I was launching strikes but hey let's let him make mistakes. When you are at war with pretty much the entire world and they've just invaded your backyard you shouldn't quibble when your opponent messes up [:D]. He doesn't do too much wrong after all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Toyohara [Sakhalin] , at 73,33 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 6 Me-109E-4 Mike x 7 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 32 IL-2 Shturmovik x 31 Pe-2 x 56 Japanese aircraft losses B4Y1 Jean: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 4 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged Pe-2: 4 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 46 A significant portion of the bombers sortied against Toyohara turned back in the face of my Mikes. My Mike losses have been infinitesimally small, I think he is just completely avoiding places where he knows them to be - this would make sense and be in keeping with my sense of their abilities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Arshaan [Manchukuo] , at 61,25 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 94 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed Resources hits 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Muroran [Hokkaido] , at 70,36 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 31 R-12/Yak-4 x 5 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tatung [Cent China] , at 53,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 25 No Japanese losses Resources hits 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Honan [Cent China] , at 49,31 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 37 Ki-48-I Lily x 27 Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 2 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 3 destroyed Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Nanning [S China] , at 40,38 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 33 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged Resources hits 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pontianak [Borneo] , at 25,58 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 76 Ki-48-I Lily x 9 Ki-21-II Sally x 30 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 2 damaged Allied Ships SS SHCH106, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft D4Y1-C Judy x 5 Ki-27 Nate x 14 Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 95 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tagbilaran [Bohol] , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 13 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 70 B4Y1 Jean x 7 Japanese aircraft losses D3A2 Val/Ki-52: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on IJA 3rd Tank Brigade, at 18,18 Allied aircraft IL-2 Shturmovik x 15 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 100th Field Army , at 51,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on ROC 8th Guerilla Regiment, at 49,36 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-I Oscar x 14 Ki-21-II Sally x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on AA 22nd Brigade AIF , at 23,49 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 B4Y1 Jean x 15 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 74,32 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 22 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 6 B4Y1 Jean x 45 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 3 Me-109E-4 Mike x 22 Japanese aircraft losses B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Prince Robert, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Admiral Day, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage It seems that once the enemy TFs fragment they fall foul of the serried ranks of my torpedo bombers. I just have to keep the damage coming. Unfortunately I just don't have any good Level 2 bases in the area. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 74,32 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 9 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 21 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 46 No Japanese losses Allied Ships CL Prince Robert, on fire, heavy damage Plus KB has decided to waste its strike on an already sunk ship. [:@][:@][:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 74,32 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 4 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 13 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 4 No Japanese losses [:@] And again [:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 74,32 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 8 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 18 B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 24 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Admiral Day, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 74,32 Japanese aircraft B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 12 No Japanese losses And again. Give me patience!!! [:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Suchan [AMUR] at 66,34 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 14 G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 13 G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 10 No Japanese losses Allied Ships CL Concord DD Kennison, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage This looks like another sacrificial TF. Why do I say this? Simple, it comprises more than one ship - enough to be noticed - but nothing very important AND it has raced out from where the US fleet is to lie just offshore of the Soviet Union in close proximity to my Betty bases. It has succeeded in its mission. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Toyohara [Sakhalin] at 73,33 Japanese aircraft G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 3 Me 264 Angel x 13 Allied aircraft Mosquito NF x 3 I-16 Type 24 x 10 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1/Ki-50 Betty: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Mosquito NF: 1 damaged I-16 Type 24: 7 damaged Allied Ships AK Luther Hurd, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Steel Ranger, Bomb hits 1 The Me-264s did a real number on the intercepting fighters [:)]. 8 out of 13 were damaged when trying to intercept the Me-264s. Obviously though this is much more a sign of the Soviet pilots' lack of experience than any invulnerability of the Me-264 as US Navy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Shikuka [Sakhalin] at 74,31 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 18 D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 14 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 36 LaGG-3 x 12 Yak-1 x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 4 destroyed D3A2 Val/Ki-52: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 3 destroyed Allied Ships DD Kilty, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Suchan [AMUR] at 66,34 Japanese aircraft A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 16 G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 23 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1/Ki-50 Betty: 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Concord, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage And sinks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Toyohara [Sakhalin] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 10806 troops, 202 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 366 Defending force 2083 troops, 44 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 90 Only 90 AV. Troops and supplies are still landing but I doubt that this AV will change significantly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH] Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 54228 troops, 1097 guns, 438 vehicles, Assault Value = 1183 Defending force 77113 troops, 1588 guns, 785 vehicles, Assault Value = 2599 Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 23,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1642 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86 Defending force 2921 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kalgan [Cent China] Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 13374 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 695 Defending force 5499 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 173 Allied max assault: 511 - adjusted assault: 195 Japanese max defense: 178 - adjusted defense: 25 Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 130 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 2 2 more days... Just hold for 2 more days and then it should be 1:1. 2 days after that I should be able to get a 2:1 myself easily enough. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Poona [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 35187 troops, 926 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361 Defending force 51628 troops, 706 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1377 Japanese ground losses: 245 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2651 troops, 64 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 254 Defending force 7133 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 248 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras [India] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6829 troops, 151 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 442 Defending force 24779 troops, 433 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 643 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Balikpapan [Borneo] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2117 troops, 43 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 51 Defending force 6777 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172 Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pontianak [Borneo] Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 874 troops, 12 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Defending force 1661 troops, 43 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 In two days I've flown in 157 AV from 3 separate Brigades. I think it is safe to say that Toyohara is now extremely secure. The fight is going to be over what happens to Shikuka. I have identified 22 transports and 20 surface combat vessels guarding Shikuka. In addition I have identified at least 10 DDs, 2 BBs and a CA among these warships so there can be no doubt but that this represents a very significant portion of the American surface fleet. What have I got arrayed against it? Well, tomorrow, 56 Bettys and Nells escorted by 16 Zeroes will sortie from Kiamusze, 60 Bettys and Nells escorted by 47 Zeroes will sortie from Mutankiang, 57 Jeans, 4 Kates and 7 Vals escorted by 28 Zeroes and a smaller number of Mikes and Rufes will sortie from Toyohara ( I have 30 Mikes and 24 Rufes at Toyohara but they are dedicated to providing CAP over the base so won't do much of the escort work) while 41 Me-264s will sortie from Tokyo to bomb the field at Shikula. In addition 98 Zeroes ( 60% CAP ), 98 Kates and 55 Vals will sortie from KB while another 47 Kates and Vals and 18 Zeroes stand ready to sortie from Kaga ( which has fallen a little behind in the race to intercede). These forces will strike the enemy for two days after which a surface combat TF under the command of Yano, H. comprising Kirishima, Nagato, Mutsu and two DDs will move to Shikuka under the cover of darkness and engage the enemy survivors in a night action. I could send them in tonight and kill more of the enemy troops before they unload but I am mindful of the two enemy BBs and would like to soften them up a little more before engaging with my vastly overwhelmed but qualitatively superior battleline. I am not even all that anxious to risk losses to "sink everything immediately" as many benefits will accrue to my forces from damaging enemy ships, namely; 1. Every enemy ship damaged will create one more straggler which will stray from the main fleet providing plenty of opportunity for my Bettys and Nells to engage single ship TFs without fear of their LRCAP. 2. Every damaged enemy ship which makes port will be one more ship Jagdfluger has to defend against attack. As such it will provide me with an excellent opportunity to remove experienced Soviet fighter pilots from their squadrons. 3. As my bases in the Northern Area of Operations continue to develop and I can cover the sea with some squadrons on naval search I will be able to CVL Shoho is patrolling the waters between Petropavlovsk and Midway to catch escapers and I will be joined by CVL Mizuho in two days time which can be alloted as required by the outcome of the next two day's activities. Mostly though I envision most of KB striking at the enemy around Shikula while Kaga backstops them about 360 miles eastward and Shoho backstops me about 1200 miles east and Mizuho races to interdict routes of retreat toward Midway. In addition the ASW war continues apace with the US sub Grayback and a Soviet sub both being hit by my ASW aircraft. [image]local://upfiles/10809/A9CE4858E3D942ADA66440B17F09CAEC.jpg[/image]

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