Nemo121 -> RE: Empires Ablaze: Challenge Accepted (1/24/2007 8:37:56 PM)
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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.
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