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castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/28/2008 3:55:35 PM)
SIG INT REPORT FOR 09/24/42 Radio transmissions detected at Iwo Jima. 188944 men are based at Saipan. 1st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Myitkyina. Radio transmissions detected at Tientsin. 20th Engineer Regiment is loaded on AP,Kiri Maru moving to Guam. 23rd Mixed Brigade is located at Luganville. 4301 men are based at Sakashima. Radio transmissions detected at Luganville. Radio transmissions detected at Kweilin. 11th Division is located at Mutanchiang. 48th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Luganville. 23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Lashio. 1st Mortar Regiment is located at Wake Island. Chinkai Base Force is located at Masan. 13th Division is located at Kweilin. 6th Division is located at Tientsin. Radio transmissions detected at Andaman Island. 37th Division is located at Rahaeng. 6938 men are based at Shimuzu. 5832 men are based at Nagasaki. interesting sigint. Doubt that Saipan has that many troops but it seems the enemy is already building up places like Guam which is thousands of miles behind the front line... and I guess all front line bases have lots of Japanese AA btn and rgt...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/28/2008 4:45:52 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/25/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Martlet II x 30 Spitfire Vb x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 123 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Airbase hits 10 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet the next two months will mostly see me doing training runs... then, with a FG upgraded to Lightnings (in Australia) and well exp pilots in India, we will become more offensive again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 15,25 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 14 Kittyhawk I x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 255th Indian Tank Brigade, at 30,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 39 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 26 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 10 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 7 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 16,21 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 44 Hurricane IIc x 28 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 23rd Aviation Unit , at 22,20 Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 13 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 13 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 16 A-20B Boston x 29 B-26B Marauder x 9 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 damaged A-20B Boston: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet I have ordered two old BBs that have completely repaired their damage from Pearl Harbour to Anchorage. We will then do bombardments against Dutch Harbour (and probably suffer mine hit after mine hit) as it seems we can´t hurt the base forces with our bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 7th Armoured Tank Brigade, at 30,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8980 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 233 Defending force 3730 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 171 Japanese ground losses: 330 casualties reported two Allied bgds are bombarding here doing 20 times more casualties than all my artillery units at Akyab. This is the difference of 7-8 fort levels... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3456 troops, 133 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1713 Defending force 99735 troops, 985 guns, 472 vehicles, Assault Value = 1795 Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/28/2008 5:24:48 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/26/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 4,103 Japanese Ships SS I-32, hits 2 Allied Ships MSW Lismore, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MSW Eland Dubois MSW Latrobe looks like it was a dumb idea to send out three MSW from Perth to hunt the spotted sub. The sub kills Lismore and RADM Lake goes down with the ship... [8\|] one real hit and a near miss in return... not the first admiral I´ve lost... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 42 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships PG Kaiun Maru PG Toyotsu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire PG Kanko Maru and a sub laid mines at Rangoon hits a PG. I have no idea why Hortlund isn´t even trying to do something against my mines. The two Dutch mine layer subs are by far the most dangerous subs so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 51 encounters mine field at Saipan (63,64) Japanese Ships PG Heijo Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Martlet II x 30 Spitfire Vb x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 140 No Allied losses Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 30 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 254th Indian Tank Brigade, at 30,27 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 43 D3A Val x 4 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 86 Ki-30 Ann x 46 Ki-21 Sally x 15 Ki-49 Helen x 11 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 89 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 3 Aircraft Attacking: 30 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 255th Indian Tank Brigade, at 30,27 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 16 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24 Ki-21 Sally x 22 Ki-49 Helen x 26 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 178 casualties reported Vehicles lost 9 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet unfortunately Hortlund has figured out that the three units that were left behind from our former stack to Akyab have no flak cover... the follow unit order has sent them one hex North instead of going with our stack South to Akyab... great eh?? now they will get bombed for at least a month I fear... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st UK Field Artillery Regiment, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 13 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x A6M3 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 16,21 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 70 Hurricane IIc x 28 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 22,8 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 47 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 56,94 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 13 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Brazil Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet the bombers completely evade the fighters (Hortlund won´t like that [:D]) and put 2x500lb bombs into the already sinking big AK. The ship succumbs right after the attack... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8980 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 233 Defending force 3299 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148 Japanese ground losses: 181 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 22,8 Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1132 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied max assault: 14 - adjusted assault: 9 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3450 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1715 Defending force 100668 troops, 1016 guns, 474 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 25,8 Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1121 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 92 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied max assault: 72 - adjusted assault: 36 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 36 to 1 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, still assault value 1 [sm=crazy.gif]. The damned unit retreats South and creates a ZOC... [sm=crazy.gif]

witpqs -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/28/2008 5:32:45 PM)
You put an admiral on a minesweeper? [:-]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/28/2008 5:41:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs You put an admiral on a minesweeper? [:-] I clicked on auto select commander and when the MSW sunk I saw that RADM Lake was assigned as TF commander... [8\|]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/28/2008 5:46:15 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/27/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 18,11 Japanese Ships SS I-124, hits 1 <---- IJN mine layer sub Allied Ships PG Auricula PG Freesia DD Van Ghent DD Piet Hein DD Kortenaer DD Van Nes we spotted this sub at Bombay last turn and created 4 ASW TFs. Unfortunately the weakest one ends up in the same hex as the sub (2 hexes off Bombay). Mine sweeper TF will begin to sweep the mines tomorrow and our ASW TFs will try to go after the sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Martlet II x 30 Spitfire Vb x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 139 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 51 P-40E Warhawk x 48 Hurricane IIc x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yokosuka 2nd SNLF, at 16,21 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 71 Hurricane IIc x 27 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet nearly 400 fighters and fighter bombers on training runs in India today... excellent... we will need the pilots with around 80 exp. as our enemy will get the next generation IJA fighters in late 42 which is at least as good as our Warhawks. So it will again all come down to pilot quality... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 45 A-20B Boston x 58 B-26B Marauder x 29 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 2 damaged A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 44 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 25 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8980 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 233 Defending force 3092 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 137 Japanese ground losses: 109 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 16,21 Allied Shock attack Attacking force 10496 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied max assault: 308 - adjusted assault: 149 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 149 to 1 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! same sh*t with a non existant unit that retreats and creates a ZOC... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 22,8 Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1132 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied max assault: 14 - adjusted assault: 9 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 this one doesn´t die either... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3420 troops, 130 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1715 Defending force 100789 troops, 1015 guns, 474 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797 Japanese ground losses: 64 casualties reported Guns lost 4

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/28/2008 6:13:58 PM)
Yesterday already we have spotted several TFs going towards Akyab. This is either a supply convoy or another reinforcement convoy. Although with the high fort levels and the wooden hex, Hortlund could easily hold the base with half the troops he has there at the moment. I won´t send out my bombers as there have been several CVs identified and I guess this is KB again. Perhaps some of his ships will hit a sub laid mine at Akyab, can´t hope for more... [image]local://upfiles/13774/1789EAEA70F441749A195E0ED1518AFA.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/28/2008 7:41:58 PM)
Hortlund told me I was really lucky this turn. Well after looking at the turn I don´t know who was lucky. Looks like it´s always a matter of oppinion... so let´s see... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/28/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 20 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29) Japanese Ships DD Asagiri, Mine hits 1, on fire DD Tokitsukaze CL Kiso, Mine hits 1 His TF (probably surface combat as cover for the transports) comes in and two ships hit VH2 mines. Non are heavily damaged though. Well, perhaps here we are lucky, but he could have cleared those mines long ago, or at least BEFORE he moves in with dozens of ships. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 170 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39) Japanese Ships DD Amatsukaze -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Chandpur, at 30,25 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 4 destroyed A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed SB-2c: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Aoba CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Nachi Allied ground losses: 1481 casualties reported Guns lost 20 Vehicles lost 5 Airbase hits 23 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 127 Port fuel hits 1 then, to our surprise, he bombards Chandpur, for whatever reason. Lucky? Well, IMO he was lucky. Because a) he totally nuked the base with 4 CAs even though we had level 9 forts (once again this shows that forts help nothing against naval bombardments when the detection level is high enough) and b) my 2x9,2 inch and 18x6 inch guns didn´t fire a single shot. So who was lucky here? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Akyab at 30,29 [8\|] Japanese Ships CA Nachi DD Shikinami DD Murakumo DD Yugure DD Wakaba CA Mogami Allied Ships SS O20 oh wow!! We stay on the lucky side! O20 fired a salvo of four torps at Nachi and missed... thank god that we are so lucky... Zynic mode off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 171 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29) Japanese Ships MSW Hanata Maru #6 MSW Banshu Maru #51 AK Nishi Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire DD Yudachi an AK hits another VH2... what a pity those VH2 mines are the weakest ones... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chandpur , at 30,25 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 8 D3A Val x 22 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23 Ki-30 Ann x 53 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 3 destroyed, 16 damaged Ki-30 Ann: 8 destroyed, 36 damaged Allied Ships MSW Maryborough, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Baroda, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage MSW Cuttack, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Port hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet unbelievable for me, but true, Hortlund then sends in DIVE bombers from Akyab. I have yet to figure out why he attacks Chandpur! At this point I had to think if he wants to land troops there. I´ve got three damaged MSW and not even 40 aircraft there so why does he attack Chandpur? and now the hammer! After asking Steve why he thinks that I was lucky, he told me that he had set 400 more bombers (must be KB and LBA) to attack Chandpur but they didn´t take off! [X(][X(][X(] Why on earth am I the lucky one then?? It would have been a pleasure for me to see KB´s bombers and LBA attacking Chandpur and if there would have been really 400 bombers then 50 would have been shot down with more than 100 probably damaged. But BAD LUCK for us, they didn´t launch. All that was at Chandpur was destroyed or damaged, so those 400 bombers more would perhaps have destroyed a dozen aircraft more but would have really suffered in return. After explaining this to my opponent, he told me that he thought I would have had far more at Chandpur. I guess he then thought different about who really had luck this turn... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chandpur , at 30,25 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Martlet II x 29 Spitfire Vb x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 112 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 53 P-40E Warhawk x 43 Hurricane IIc x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet we just let the enemy do what he wants to do in Burma at the moment, sending in our aircraft doesn´t make sense yet and while a big part of the IJN is cruising just 250 miles off the coast of India, our aircraft are doing training raids against the remnants of the failed invasion... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31 No Japanese losses Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sasebo 1st SNLF, at 16,22 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 74 Hurricane IIc x 26 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 101 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 22,8 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 36 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 23rd Aviation Unit , at 22,21 Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 23 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 23 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chandpur , at 30,25 Japanese aircraft Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8984 troops, 79 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Defending force 3021 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 134 Japanese ground losses: 142 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 22,8 Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1132 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied max assault: 14 - adjusted assault: 16 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 16 to 1 looks like we can´t get rid of those 0,0,0 units... [8\|] the biggest joke is that those units still can create ZOCs and move around even though there are no troops... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3460 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712 Defending force 100754 troops, 1014 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 1801 Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 15,22 Allied Shock attack Attacking force 13216 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 344 Defending force 110 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied max assault: 554 - adjusted assault: 68 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 68 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 55 casualties reported Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Here are today´s air losses. Imagine how many more Japanese aircraft (and pilots) would have been lost over Akyab if there would have been 400 bombers more attacking... [image]local://upfiles/13774/D586D2C02FD649549AB55A35E2317A1C.jpg[/image]

Nikademus -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/28/2008 8:14:12 PM)
He was trying to give your base a 1-2 punch combo. AA defenses can be degraded if their disruption level is high enough. A port bombardment is a great way to acomplish that. If air attacks go in on the same turn after a successful bombardment that disrupts your AA and base units, the losses/damage can be far less. (though utilizing dive bombers is still not advised due to the hard code issue) apparantly not all the planned bombers attacked.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/28/2008 8:39:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nikademus He was trying to give your base a 1-2 punch combo. AA defenses can be degraded if their disruption level is high enough. A port bombardment is a great way to acomplish that. If air attacks go in on the same turn after a successful bombardment that disrupts your AA and base units, the losses/damage can be far less. (though utilizing dive bombers is still not advised due to the hard code issue) apparantly not all the planned bombers attacked. yeah, I was aware of that fact. That´s what I´ve done also in this game already. But still when I looked at my units at the base (and at the flak fire they put up against the one attack that went in) I´m sure he would have lost far more aircraft than I would have (there were only a dozen left at my base [:D]). And I´m sure I would have taken down more than a dozen attacking bombers, especially if he would have attacked with KB´s Vals. So IMO he was very lucky that his aircraft refused to attack - they could take off, they had excellent weather in the afternoon.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 1:26:04 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/29/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1048 encounters mine field at Bombay (20,10) Allied Ships MSW Tanager MSW Bittern MSW Finch as expected I-124 laid mines at Bombay... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Martlet II x 29 Spitfire Vb x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 134 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 40 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet I´ve upgraded the Martlet II to Seafires today as I hope they are slightly better. Faster and more manouverable but less durable and 2 points less gun value than a Martlet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34 No Japanese losses Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 30 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 15,25 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 14 Kittyhawk I x 13 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 15,25 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 28 Kittyhawk I x 14 P-39D Airacobra x 21 Hurricane IIc x 14 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 23rd Aviation Unit , at 22,21 Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 31 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 31 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 46 A-20B Boston x 54 B-26B Marauder x 30 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 3 damaged A-20B Boston: 3 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 21 Port hits 4 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet no casualties... looks like I really have to wait until the garrison there completely runs out of supply, which could take half a year... [8\|] that´s something I´ve never seen before. There is still a lot of flak fire but my bombers are unable to inflict losses within the base forces... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st UK Field Artillery Regiment, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73155 troops, 900 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797 Defending force 102610 troops, 936 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712 Allied ground losses: 286 casualties reported Guns lost 1 now the Japanese start doing bombardments also... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8984 troops, 79 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Defending force 2766 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 119 Japanese ground losses: 71 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 22,8 Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1144 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied max assault: 15 - adjusted assault: 9 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3434 troops, 131 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1710 Defending force 100579 troops, 1009 guns, 473 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797 Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported Guns lost 1

spence -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 1:52:16 PM)
quote: my 2x9,2 inch and 18x6 inch guns didn´t fire a single shot. So who was lucky here? check the ratings on the leader of the unit that includes the 9.2s...if possible replace with a combat unit commander who has a LAND rating in the upper 50s or better and a reasonably high aggression (over 50)...the LAND rating appears to be more important...those 9.2s can really ruin a cruiser captains day once they start shooting

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 2:06:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: spence quote: my 2x9,2 inch and 18x6 inch guns didn´t fire a single shot. So who was lucky here? check the ratings on the leader of the unit that includes the 9.2s...if possible replace with a combat unit commander who has a LAND rating in the upper 50s or better and a reasonably high aggression (over 50)...the LAND rating appears to be more important...those 9.2s can really ruin a cruiser captains day once they start shooting good advice! Never thought about that one, thanks.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 2:08:29 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/30/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1048 encounters mine field at Bombay (20,10) Allied Ships MSW Tanager MSW Bittern MSW Finch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 37 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships MSW Choun Maru #18 MSW Banshu Maru #52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vb x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 138 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 71 P-40E Warhawk x 23 Hurricane IIc x 2 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 16 Kittyhawk I x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 114 Kittyhawk I x 16 P-39D Airacobra x 24 Hurricane IIc x 48 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet 14 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet all my aircraft set to attack training targets flew today... excellent! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 69 No Japanese losses Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 35 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet also the Japanese are increasing numbers of aircraft in training mode again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 22,8 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 42 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chandpur , at 30,25 Japanese aircraft Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73174 troops, 900 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1800 Defending force 102298 troops, 936 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1717 Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8976 troops, 79 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Defending force 2797 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122 Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 22,8 Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1144 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied max assault: 15 - adjusted assault: 17 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 2 casualties reported finally, this unit died... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3384 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1717 Defending force 100532 troops, 1007 guns, 469 vehicles, Assault Value = 1800 Japanese ground losses: 73 casualties reported Guns lost 2

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 2:53:50 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/01/42 A great date! My subs (radar) and many ships upgrade and from now on we will receive 35 P-38G/month and 40 B-24D/month... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 59 P-40E Warhawk x 23 Hurricane IIc x 16 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yanam , at 22,21 Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 30 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 255th Indian Tank Brigade, at 30,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 13 Ki-49 Helen x 14 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 65 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 18th UK Division, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 7th Armoured Tank Brigade, at 30,27 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 29 Ki-49 Helen x 51 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 65 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Vehicles lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet the IJAAF attacks my TK bgds again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st UK Field Artillery Regiment, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73211 troops, 902 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1800 Defending force 102138 troops, 936 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1709 Allied ground losses: 148 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8996 troops, 79 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Defending force 2763 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120 Japanese ground losses: 91 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3370 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1709 Defending force 100435 troops, 1006 guns, 469 vehicles, Assault Value = 1800 Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 5:30:19 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/02/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vb x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 144 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 44 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yanam , at 22,21 Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 26 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 A6M3 Zero x 27 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 71 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 35 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 46 A-20B Boston x 58 B-26B Marauder x 31 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 5 damaged A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 41 casualties reported Runway hits 22 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet it will stay dangerous if we don´t disable guns... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73175 troops, 904 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876 Defending force 101965 troops, 936 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706 Allied ground losses: 62 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 9000 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Defending force 2701 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 114 Japanese ground losses: 77 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3385 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706 Defending force 102650 troops, 1009 guns, 611 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876 Japanese ground losses: 67 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 6:32:34 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/03/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 57 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships PC Kunashiri -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vb x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 155 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 48 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 80 P-40E Warhawk x 23 Hurricane IIc x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 16 Kittyhawk I x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 73 Hurricane IIc x 28 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3 Zero x 20 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 34 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 45 A-20B Boston x 59 B-26B Marauder x 29 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 4 damaged A-20B Boston: 4 damaged B-26B Marauder: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Guns lost 1 [&o] Runway hits 37 Port hits 7 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73076 troops, 905 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1872 Defending force 101974 troops, 943 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1709 Allied ground losses: 85 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8980 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Defending force 2616 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 109 Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3414 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1707 Defending force 102477 troops, 1008 guns, 609 vehicles, Assault Value = 1872 Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Interesting operational report: OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 10/03/42 Ki-49 Helen sighting report: 1 Allied ship at 27,35 , Speed 7 , Moving Southwest PBY Catalina sighting report: 9 Japanese ships at 25,31 , Speed 15 , Moving Northeast PBY Catalina sighting report: 8 Japanese ships at 25,31 , Speed 18 , Moving Northeast PBY Catalina sighting report: 7 Japanese ships at 25,31 , Speed 12 , Moving Northeast SB-2c has spotted Cuba Maru at 30,29 SB-2c has spotted Columbia Maru at 30,29 Columbia Maru is reported HIT IL-4c sighting report: 4 Japanese ships at 29,34 , Speed 22 , Moving East IL-4c has spotted Kunashiri at 29,34 IL-4c has spotted Kanzaki Maru at 30,29 SB-2c has spotted Yudachi at 30,29 PBY Catalina has spotted Yudachi at 30,29 Wellington III sighting report: 2 Japanese ships at 29,34 , Speed 7 , Moving East Hudson I sighting report: 2 Japanese ships at 28,77 , Speed 4 , Moving Southeast Hudson I has spotted Gyoraitei #4 at 28,77 Hudson I sighting report: 10 Japanese ships at 56,94 , Speed 2 , Moving Southwest Wellington III has spotted Zuiho at 25,31 Wellington III has spotted APD-31 at 29,34 Wellington III has spotted Cuba Maru at 30,29 Wellington III has spotted Yudachi at 30,29 PB2Y Coronado has spotted Choun Maru #18 at 29,34 Choun Maru #18 is reported HIT PB2Y Coronado damaged by flak PB2Y Coronado has spotted Columbia Maru at 30,29 PBY Catalina sighting report: 3 Japanese ships at 31,77 , Speed 9 , Moving Southeast B-25C Mitchell sighting report: 1 Japanese ship at 31,77 , Speed 10 , Moving Southeast B-25C Mitchell has spotted Mayachi Maru at 31,77 F-5A Lightning has spotted Mogami at 25,31 F-5A Lightning sighting report: 4 Japanese ships at 25,31 , Speed 16 , Moving Northeast F-5A Lightning has spotted Sanwa Maru at 30,29 F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Rangoon F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Mandalay Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Imphal C5M Babs takes recon photos of Kohima Hudson I takes recon photos of Koepang A-20B Boston takes recon photos of Lautem A-20B Boston takes recon photos of Lautem F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Gili Gili IL-4c has spotted Zuiho at 25,31 IL-4c has spotted Hanata Maru #6 at 30,29 Hanata Maru #6 is reported HIT <---- sunk SB-2c has spotted Yudachi at 30,29 IL-4c has spotted Furutaka at 25,31 Furutaka is reported HIT IL-4c drop 250kg AP bombs so if not FOW the CA should be damaged now... [:D] PBY Catalina has spotted Banshu Maru #51 at 30,29 CW-22 Falcon has spotted Kuwayama Maru at 30,29 Catalina I has spotted Eiko Maru at 25,31 Wellington III sighting report: 2 Japanese ships at 29,34 , Speed 7 , Moving Southeast Wellington III has spotted Cuba Maru at 30,29 Wellington III reports shadow in water at 24,25 Wellington III has spotted Hanata Maru #6 at 30,29 PB2Y Coronado reports diving submarine at 24,25 PB2Y Coronado has spotted AG-360 at 56,94 AG-360 is reported HIT <---- sunk F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Rangoon SB-2c takes recon photos of Mandalay SB-2c takes recon photos of Mandalay CW-22 Falcon takes recon photos of Akyab Ki-46-II Dinah takes recon photos of Chandpur Ki-15 Babs takes recon photos of Chandpur Hudson I takes recon photos of Koepang Hudson I takes recon photos of Koepang A-20B Boston takes recon photos of Lautem A-20B Boston takes recon photos of Lautem F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Gili Gili Ki-15 Babs takes recon photos of 21st Chinese Corps Sapporo expands port to size 7 Tatung expands airfield to size 4 Iman expands airfield to size 5 we have a good number of high exp Level bombers in India that are flying constant naval search as there´s nothing else they could do now and nearly every turn we achieve hits, mostly on AKs, PC or MSW. We sunk quite some ships this way already. Especially the Coronados with their bombload of 10x500lb bombs prove to be very effective when they are flown by high exp. pilots.

ny59giants -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 7:03:46 PM)
Just found out in my CHS PBEM game that the Beaufighter VIC makes a very good barge buster - multiple cannons, range 7/9, and carries both 250 and 500 lb. [:D] You might want to place those around bases he is sending barges into. Since I have PDU on, some of my useless Wirraways can upgrade to them vs. waiting for the Kittyhakws IIIs.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 7:35:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants Just found out in my CHS PBEM game that the Beaufighter VIC makes a very good barge buster - multiple cannons, range 7/9, and carries both 250 and 500 lb. [:D] You might want to place those around bases he is sending barges into. Since I have PDU on, some of my useless Wirraways can upgrade to them vs. waiting for the Kittyhakws IIIs. My Wirraways have all gone the way to Hurricane IIB but I don´t have Beaufighters at the moment. Only a night fighter variant of which I have 12 aircraft on the whole map. Those barges have been sitting at Gili Gili doing nothing for weeks already with a couple being sunk by search aircraft. Unfortunately those 100ft attacks often cause the synch bug and as we have been hit by this damned bug already a couple of times I won´t do 100ft attacks if it isn´t a must. Normally I really like those low attacks with Beaufighters or well armed 2E bombers as they have also a good chance to avoid CAP but like I´ve said, the synch bug is too much of a risk for me.[:(]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 8:11:17 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/05/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Dutch Harbor, at 103,36 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 18 [8\|][8\|] BB Maryland, Shell hits 6 Japanese ground losses: 138 casualties reported [8\|] Guns lost 3 [8\|] what an earth is this island? A super fortress? Casualties aren´t worth mentioning and my BBs got shot up pretty bad. No penetrating hits of course but together my BBs accumulated 7 sys damage points. But hey, we disabled 3 guns... out of probably 50 that are able to either fire at ships or aircraft... we will soon be back... I´m happy that we didn´t hit any mines... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 16 Kittyhawk I x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 42 Kittyhawk I x 16 P-39D Airacobra x 22 Hurricane IIc x 20 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yanam , at 22,21 Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 22 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3 Zero x 22 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 71 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st UK Field Artillery Regiment, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed no idea how many exactly but I think flak has shot down more than two dozen recons over our troops at Akyab so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73045 troops, 909 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 101883 troops, 945 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1711 Allied ground losses: 50 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8980 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Defending force 2508 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 105 Japanese ground losses: 137 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3470 troops, 133 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1711 Defending force 102509 troops, 1015 guns, 612 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported

Nikademus -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 8:15:52 PM)
Recon planes have to fly at much more realistic heights in Nikmod....otherwise the losses mount up fast. [:)] 6000 feet is not a good idea.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 8:34:36 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nikademus Recon planes have to fly at much more realistic heights in Nikmod....otherwise the losses mount up fast. [:)] 6000 feet is not a good idea. don´t tell that Hortlund! [;)] My recons, like the F5 I have in use now are flying at 40.000ft and take minimal losses. Perhaps 1 plane lost out of 100 missions. Too high for flak and too high for fighters. And they still seem to be able to achieve reasonable results as they even spot subs and small ships from that height (which seems strange though)...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 8:52:59 PM)
A day with training raids only. I guess most of the turns in the next two months will loke like this one, perhaps with more Japanese aircraft on training mode also... thank god we´re rushing through those months... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/06/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 31 Spitfire Vb x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 189 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 41 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 48 Hurricane IIc x 2 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 16 Kittyhawk I x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 114 Kittyhawk I x 14 P-39D Airacobra x 3 Hurricane IIc x 32 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Yanam , at 22,21 Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 26 No Allied losses Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet with the big number of aircrafts doing training runs we suffer an average of 6 aircraft lost to ops at the moment... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 A6M3 Zero x 27 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 71 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 30 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 44 A-20B Boston x 52 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 30 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet and the garisson at Dutch Harbour is just laughing about our attacks while they are taking down bomber after bomber each turn... recon reports 6000 troops and 60 guns... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed and the next Babs is shot down over Akyab! [:D] Like I´ve said before, Steve is just careless with his material! [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73032 troops, 905 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1871 Defending force 101786 troops, 949 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712 Allied ground losses: 111 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 9000 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Defending force 2298 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 95 Japanese ground losses: 37 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yanam Allied Shock attack Attacking force 11228 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 256 Defending force 40 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Allied max assault: 230 - adjusted assault: 112 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 112 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Yanam base !!! Japanese ground losses: 95 casualties reported Yanam is captured and the two mini units there are destroyed... troops at Mannargudi left which we won´t take as we need it as training target. And there are two Japanese mini units playing guerilla in the area of Benares - Lucknow... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3468 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712 Defending force 102478 troops, 1008 guns, 612 vehicles, Assault Value = 1871 Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported

Nikademus -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 9:01:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy don´t tell that Hortlund! [;)] My recons, like the F5 I have in use now are flying at 40.000ft and take minimal losses. Perhaps 1 plane lost out of 100 missions. Too high for flak and too high for fighters. And they still seem to be able to achieve reasonable results as they even spot subs and small ships from that height (which seems strange though)... If he's paying attention to losses on the intel screen, he may notice but alot of players miss it. Flying higher does reduce the speed (in terms of # of turns) in which Detection Levels rise over a target base but they'll still get the job done ultimately.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 9:30:06 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/07/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 32 Spitfire Vb x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 182 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 56 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 48 Hurricane IIc x 16 No Allied losses Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 16 Kittyhawk I x 16 No Allied losses Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 81 Spitfire Vb x 3 Hurricane IIc x 15 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 88 No Japanese losses Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Indian Division, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged only a damaged Babs this time! [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 40 A-20B Boston x 55 B-26B Marauder x 32 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 3 damaged A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 46 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet Guns! We need to destroy GUNS!!! [:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Indian Division, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Toyokuni Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet [8\|] unbelievable how bad my bombers in Australia are when it comes down to finding the target. Once again 90% of my bombers fail to locate a TF that was spotted 3 times and consists of reported 7 ships. We could have had a field day as to my surprise there wasn´t a single fighter on Cap over Koepang. Anyone a guess what Hortlund is doing again?? [X(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73090 troops, 905 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1873 Defending force 101431 troops, 950 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1713 Allied ground losses: 280 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8988 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 231 Defending force 2295 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3440 troops, 136 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1710 Defending force 102505 troops, 1009 guns, 611 vehicles, Assault Value = 1873

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 10:14:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/08/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Dutch Harbor, at 103,36 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 30 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 19 BB Maryland Japanese ground losses: 155 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 16 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 and again the coast defense of this damned base proves to be very effective. So much about the CD guns being outranged by 14 and 16 inch guns of my BBs... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 15 Kittyhawk I x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 89 Spitfire Vb x 7 Kittyhawk I x 16 P-39D Airacobra x 21 Hurricane IIc x 32 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 35 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 A6M3 Zero x 27 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 56 No Japanese losses Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 42 A-20B Boston x 36 B-26B Marauder x 16 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 3 damaged A-20B Boston: 3 damaged B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged Runway hits 10 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet only 40 BB bombarments more to take out the garisson of this damned mountaineous spot. The airforce can´t help at all... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 27,31 Japanese Ships DD Numakaze DD Mikazuki Allied Ships SS O24 this is the hex where KB and two other TFs are sitting. 3 hexes South West of Akyab... just sitting there, for what reason ever... over a week already... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73222 troops, 902 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876 Defending force 101041 troops, 945 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1713 Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 9000 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Defending force 2377 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 102 Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3437 troops, 133 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1713 Defending force 102635 troops, 1004 guns, 611 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876 Japanese ground losses: 45 casualties reported Guns lost 1

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 11:05:41 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/09/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 32 Spitfire Vb x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 188 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 53 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet at the moment I´m losing more Warhawks doing those training attacks at two hexes range than I get as replacements... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 30 Hurricane IIc x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 16 Kittyhawk I x 16 No Allied losses Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 81 Spitfire Vb x 11 Hurricane IIc x 16 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 59 No Japanese losses Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 251st UK Brigade, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73203 troops, 901 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1874 Defending force 100949 troops, 946 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1713 Allied ground losses: 209 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 9000 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Defending force 2238 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 95 Japanese ground losses: 62 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3463 troops, 134 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1712 Defending force 102570 troops, 1002 guns, 608 vehicles, Assault Value = 1874 Japanese ground losses: 45 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (2/29/2008 11:46:52 PM)
bad turn for us... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/10/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1048 encounters mine field at Bombay (20,10) Allied Ships MSW Tanager MSW Bittern MSW Finch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 27,31 Japanese Ships AK Kuwayama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied Ships SS O24 we start off with a hit AK at least... retiring convoy from Akyab... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 171 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships MSW Banshu Maru #51 DD Yudachi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 16 Kittyhawk I x 16 No Allied losses Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 143 Spitfire Vb x 2 Kittyhawk I x 16 P-39D Airacobra x 24 Hurricane IIc x 32 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 43 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 A6M3 Zero x 27 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 59 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 27,32 [:(][:(][:@][:@] Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 112 A6M3 Zero x 11 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 4 LB-30 Liberator x 30 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 16 damaged A6M3 Zero: 6 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 4 destroyed LB-30 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 16 damaged damn it!!! KB was retiring last turn so I´ve set my bombers to nav attack but not at full range. Only enough hexes to catch the retiring AK convoy. What happens? KB stops again... [8\|] of course my bomber crews then decide it would be a good day to die. Would have been nice if I wouldn´t have hit the die rolls to see unescorted raids against KB... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 27,32 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 112 A6M3 Zero x 11 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 29 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 14 damaged A6M3 Zero: 3 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 6 destroyed, 17 damaged of course one wave isn´t enough... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 27,32 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 112 A6M3 Zero x 11 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 5 damaged this is, when morale was already below 30... now at 21... [image]local://upfiles/13774/7C944C1C79CA413C8F1C5998C24ADB55.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 26 A-20B Boston x 24 B-25C Mitchell x 5 B-26B Marauder x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Runway hits 6 Port hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet what??? not a single burst from flak fire? what´s wrong now?? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 27,32 Japanese Ships CL Nagara, Torpedo hits 1, on fire [:D] DD Hayate DD Matsukaze DD Yuzuki DD Nagatsuki DD Ayanami DD Hatsuharu DD Suzukaze Allied Ships SS O24 O24 scores again... we had to watch the sacrifice of our bombers but at least we were able to hit a CL. Would be nice to see two torp hits at some point as one won´t do much and it´s only 5 hexes to Rangoon... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73134 troops, 902 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1871 Defending force 100737 troops, 943 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1715 Allied ground losses: 676 casualties reported [X(][X(][X(] Guns lost 2 10/10/42 and the Japanese forces use a tactical nuclear weapon for the first time in the war... out of a sudden my losses due to Japanese bombardments explode... [&:] my leading HQ unit is already down to 23/96... what a wonderful idea to march to Akyab... I should just turn back as this can be a stalemate that lasts for over a year... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8988 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 231 Defending force 2181 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94 Japanese ground losses: 155 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3477 troops, 133 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1711 Defending force 102547 troops, 1001 guns, 607 vehicles, Assault Value = 1871 Japanese ground losses: 90 casualties reported Guns lost 1

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/1/2008 12:32:09 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/11/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Dutch Harbor, at 103,36 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 28 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 10 BB Maryland Japanese ground losses: 90 casualties reported Guns lost 5 we still have to fight it out with the CD of Dutch Harbor. Pennsylvania lost two mounts of her secondary armament today... we have yet to achieve a single hit on the port or airfield... doing those attacks now every couple of days, something Hortlund showed us. I´m not really a fan of those unlimited BB bombardments but my opponent didn´t want to limit them so here we go. We have an AE at Unmak Island one hex away so we can do bombardments every second day if needed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Seafire x 22 Spitfire Vb x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 191 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 54 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 16 Kittyhawk I x 15 No Allied losses Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 98 Spitfire Vb x 14 Kittyhawk I x 2 P-39D Airacobra x 3 Hurricane IIc x 18 No Allied losses Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet 6 aircraft on training were lost today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 63 No Japanese losses Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 33 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 155 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 1 destroyed A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged Japanese ground losses: 167 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 70 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 21000 feet not a single fighter over Lautern the last days so we sent in the bombers to force the Japanese to fly Cap here instead of doing training from New Guinea. 5 bombers were lost (3 to flak). We are operating nearly at the max height of the B-25 which would be 21.200ft. Still, I´m satisfied with the hits on the base. 3 of those attacks and the base would be closed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 42 A-20B Boston x 37 B-25C Mitchell x 8 B-26B Marauder x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 15 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet again, not a single flak burst. Tomorrow, attack from 6000ft... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73173 troops, 904 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1873 Defending force 100214 troops, 942 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1716 Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported we´re back to low casualties again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 9000 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Defending force 2059 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88 Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3480 troops, 136 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1716 Defending force 102570 troops, 1003 guns, 606 vehicles, Assault Value = 1873 Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Guns lost 2

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/1/2008 12:44:08 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/12/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 37 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39) Japanese Ships MSW Banshu Maru #52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Dutch Harbor, at 103,36 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania BB Maryland, Shell hits 5 Japanese ground losses: 253 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Port hits 4 Port supply hits 1 still CD fire. First time we achieve hits on the base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Seafire x 22 Spitfire Vb x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 123 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 49 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Benares , at 28,18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 48 Hurricane IIc x 16 No Allied losses Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mannargudi , at 16,23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 138 Spitfire Vb x 14 Kittyhawk I x 16 P-39D Airacobra x 3 Hurricane IIc x 31 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 48 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 18th UK Division, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses have the recons gone higher?? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 16 Wellington III x 42 A-20B Boston x 37 B-25C Mitchell x 8 B-26B Marauder x 15 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 22 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet suddenly all flak fire has gone... excellent, time to move the fighters in... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 18th UK Division, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 73117 troops, 904 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1870 Defending force 100397 troops, 944 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1719 Allied ground losses: 321 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8976 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 230 Defending force 2025 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86 Japanese ground losses: 55 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3480 troops, 136 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1714 Defending force 102462 troops, 1003 guns, 607 vehicles, Assault Value = 1870 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported

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