RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy

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Q-Ball -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/7/2008 10:08:46 PM)
Here is a picture of Taiyo: http://warships.web4u.cz/lode.php?language=E&stat=JAP&typ=CVE&trida=Taiyo That's a great site by the way for pictures and line drawings of hard to find ships. I don't know who this Czech gentleman is who developed the site, but he's got a great site, hope he plays WITP!!!! Website LinK: http://www.warshipsww2.eu/staty.php?language=E&period=

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/7/2008 11:01:48 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants Just got caught back up. Nice news about the CVEs. [&o] In the long run, the loss of all those DDs has got to hurt. Once you start getting the Fletcher's in numbers, he is going to pay. Placing a few Cleveland Class CL along with the Fletchers in a SC TF should give even the Japanese CA some pause. [;)] thanks! But again it wasn´t much of an achievement of mine, it was more a (for me not understandable) fault of Hortlund as he knew that I have at least 48 4E bombers on Ceylon that attacked his shipping around Andaman Island a couple of times. So sending his helpless CVEs (5 Zeroes from Hosho were the only fighters in this TF) right next to Ceylon (6 hexes) is really careless and just asked for a punishment. In fact his CVEs were in range of my bombers already a couple of times, but they never launched, so perhaps he became a bit too confident. But nevertheless it´s great to see this threat being sunk as 54 Kates in the Indian Ocean caused some trouble in the past. At the moment I use my Brooklyn and Cleveland class CLs as escorts for my CVs (don´t have that many CLs though) while my CAs are used as escorts also. If we are in need of a bombardment TF then this will also be a task for my CAs. All BBs that are faster than 21 knots are also escorting my CVs. Not because of their AA value but more as a torpedo and bomb magnet. If you have 2 CVs and 2 BBs in a TF then normally 35-45% of the bombers are going after the BBs (at least this is my experience). If Hortlund uses CAs as convoy escorts (obviously very rarely) then I normally won´t engage his TFs with surface raiders. I once did with two of my BBs at Kendari and paid for it with the loss of BB Resolution. So if there are BBs or CAs I will try to engage them with bombers or leave those TFs alone. All other TFs are in danger of being attacked by my small to medium sized surface combat TFs as seen in the past. IMO I did quite a good job with those surface TFs so far. [8D]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/7/2008 11:04:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Q-Ball Here is a picture of Taiyo: http://warships.web4u.cz/lode.php?language=E&stat=JAP&typ=CVE&trida=Taiyo That's a great site by the way for pictures and line drawings of hard to find ships. I don't know who this Czech gentleman is who developed the site, but he's got a great site, hope he plays WITP!!!! Website LinK: http://www.warshipsww2.eu/staty.php?language=E&period= thanks for the link. I knew the page but I didn´t pay much attention as I don´t understand a single word of Czech. But here you go! Here´s a pic of CVE Taiyo, IMO a really awful looking ship. I liked the painting more! [;)] [image]local://upfiles/13774/7BC1C305896D4B389E207691179046C8.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/7/2008 11:05:28 PM)
and here´s the Chuyo: [image]local://upfiles/13774/D1399DF7A3AE489399D0B9D9289135E2.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/8/2008 8:43:33 PM)
Just after the sinking of two enemy CVEs, we have a very bad turn... a lot of those [8\|] smilies today... [;)] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/16/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Andaman Island at 23,34 Japanese Ships CA Mogami CA Kako, Shell hits 2, on fire CL Kuma, Shell hits 3 DD Kisaragi DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, on fire Allied Ships CA Frobisher CL Leander, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Fletcher DD Chevalier, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Like I mentioned last turn, we send a cruiser TF to Andaman Island and see an enemy cruiser TF reacting! Don´t know where it came from, we haven´t spotted them before, so this was an excellent move by our opponent. The battle shows an amazing fact. CL Leanders 6 inch shells did penetrate the IJN CA armor at 6000yards, while the 7,5 inch shells from CA Frobisher didn´t! [X(] What kind of crap is that ship? Not surprising, our torps miss while the enemy hits as usual. CL Kuma was hit by 3x5 inch shells from Fletcher that penetrated the CL´s armor. At this point we hoped to see no further encounter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Andaman Island at 23,34 Japanese Ships CA Mogami, Shell hits 1 CA Kako, Shell hits 1, on fire CL Kuma, Shell hits 6 DD Kisaragi DD Uzuki, on fire Allied Ships CA Frobisher, Shell hits 4, on fire CL Leander, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Fletcher, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Chevalier, on fire But as usual, when the Japanese have superior forces we see more than one encounter. Again, our torps missed while the enemy torps hit. [8\|] Also Frobisher is hit by 3x8 inch shells that penetrated the armor. After having our ships damaged, we knew they wouldn´t move a lot of hexes during the day... [image]local://upfiles/13774/99A1AF41E7AA45478D6446133C1351D6.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 77 encounters mine field at Andaman Island (23,34) Japanese Ships MSW Hinode Maru #18 MSW Banshu Maru #8 MSW W.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 63 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 48 TBF Avenger x 29 PBY Catalina x 5 Wellington III x 62 PV-1 Ventura x 24 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 160 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 47 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 56 P-40E Warhawk x 21 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 75 Kittyhawk I x 14 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet suddenly the AA unit in this hex becomes a killer. We lose 7!! Hurricanes today... [8\|] All in all, today we lose 12 aircraft for no enemy aircraft lost. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 21,33 [8\|] Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 4 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Leander, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet our SC TF was split in single ship TFs after the battle during the night and ALL single ship TFs were spotted during the day! [8\|] Those 4 Kates from Andaman of course sink Leander. [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 20,32 [8\|] Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 10 damaged Allied Ships CA Frobisher, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet and of course we see the lonely CA Frobisher being attacked also from Betties on long range torp attack. In sinking condition, chance to survive 15%. On the other hand our 100+ 4Es did spot the enemy CA/DD/AK TF (some 12+ ships) 8 hexes from Cooktown but of course didn´t launch - like so many times before. Unfortunately our opponent seems not to face such problems. I was already amazed to see all 4 single ship TFs being spotted, not to talk about seeing both single cruisers being attacked. [>:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 42030 troops, 552 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1514 Defending force 94618 troops, 933 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1695 Allied ground losses: 79 casualties reported Guns lost 1

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/8/2008 8:48:16 PM)
CL Leander was lost with all men after a night engagement at Andaman Island due to torp attacks of 4 enemy torpedo bombers. HMS Leander (Light Cruiser, 1933-1949) Later HMNZS Leander HMS Leander, the 7289-ton (standard displacement) lead ship of a class of five light cruisers, was built at Devonport, England. Completed in March 1933, she served with the Royal Navy until April 1937, when she was transferred to New Zealand and became HMNZS Leander. The cruiser mainly served in the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas until 1940, then operated in the Mediterranean and Red Sea. On 29 October 1940 her embarked aircraft attacked a fish cannery at Mogadishu, Somalia, and on 27 February 1941 she encountered and sank the Italian auxiliary cruiser RAMB 1 near the Maldive Islands. HMNZS Leander served in the East Indies and South Pacific in 1941-1943. While operating with a U.S. Navy task force she was torpedoed by Japanese ships during the 13 July 1943 Battle of Kolombangara. Though badly damaged, with 28 of her crew dead, she was able to leave the battle area under her own power. Temporary repairs in New Zealand during the remainder of 1943 were followed by a transit to the U.S. East Coast, where she received permanent repairs at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts. This work continued from early 1944 until August 1945, by which time the Second World War was effectively at an end. Now back in the Royal Navy, HMS Leander steamed back to the United Kingdom in the fall of 1945. She was sold for scrapping in December 1949. [image]local://upfiles/13774/42E8FF63A88C49DA9A4AFE363DBF5CEE.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/9/2008 7:47:46 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/17/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 79 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships PC Shonan Maru #2 PG Eiko Maru APD APD-31 would like to see the APD hit a sub laid mine... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 169 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 113 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 35 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Hudson I x 7 B-25C Mitchell x 230 Japanese aircraft losses E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 6 destroyed, 29 damaged Japanese ground losses: 153 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 24 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 115 Aircraft Attacking: 45 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet 11 Mitchells in total and 10 against this base were lost today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 31,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 72 Kittyhawk I x 13 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 31,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 55 P-40E Warhawk x 20 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet I´m waiting for the Corair to be available and for CV Essex to arrive at Brisbane (in transit at the moment) to start our first major offensive. In the meantime I have to try to close as many airfields as possible, seems to be impossible to close more than one though...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/9/2008 9:42:14 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/18/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 45,48 Japanese Ships PC Sado PC Oki DD Susuzuki Allied Ships SS Grampus Grampus gets away North of the Philipines. I have sent two subs towards Japan and as soon as they were near the Philipines (on transit) one was hit by a Helen, the other one attacked also. I made no more comments about the bomber vs sub attacks but they still happen nearly daily with 3 subs hit in the last week. And no, they are far from Japan or the Philipines, but it´s enough to be within 8 hexes of any Japanese base. [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 34,63 Japanese Ships AK Muroran Maru AK Udo Maru PG Kantori Maru PG Akitsu Maru DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS Herring yes, you guess right. Torps missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 15 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 27 TBF Avenger x 9 PBY Catalina x 4 Wellington III x 48 PV-1 Ventura x 24 Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Wellington III: 1 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 141 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 40 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 135 Kittyhawk I x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 19 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 185 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet I had set 300 bombers to attack this stack of 4 enemy units but clicked the wrong button, so I saw 20 Wellingtons take recon photos only instead of 200 of them bombing the target. [sm=00000946.gif] The 120 Marauders were grounded due to bad weather... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Andaman Island at 23,34 Japanese Ships PC Takunan Maru #5 PC Shonan Maru #2 PG Eiko Maru APD APD-31 Allied Ships SS S-35 A ASW killer group tries to engage one of my subs. CVE Hosho is still at Andaman Island and we also spotted an AR there. Andaman is port level 1 and Hortlund seems to not know that his AR only helps if disbanded in port. He would be better off trying to send Hosho to Rangoon IMO.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/11/2008 6:01:44 PM)
slowly moving on but soon the first Corsair will leave factory... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/19/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 175 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 77 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet don´t know if Hortlund wants to build up this base (6 hexes NE of Darwin) but those attacks should prevent him from building it up... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft F-5A Lightning x 4 B-17E Fortress x 41 B-24D Liberator x 83 Japanese aircraft losses H8K Emily: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 93 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 47 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 21000 feet high alt, not much flak and a more or less acceptable hit rate. Takes 6 of those attacks to finally close the base though with the damage repaired every day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 44 TBF Avenger x 21 PBY Catalina x 1 Wellington III x 53 PV-1 Ventura x 23 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 1 damaged PBY Catalina: 1 damaged Wellington III: 1 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 72 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 41 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet Kiska was reinforced with troops but it seems that there´s still not much flak... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 129 Kittyhawk I x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 20 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 112 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet would like to attack the AA unit again... 4 Hurricanes are lost today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 43,45 Japanese Ships MSW Wa 1 Allied Ships SS Grampus South of Hong Kong, the single escort won today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 25,34 Japanese Ships PC Hachijo APD APD-31 PC Kunashiri PG Eiko Maru MSW Hinode Maru #18 PC Takunan Maru #5 PC Shonan Maru #2 MSW W.20 MSW Banshu Maru #8 Allied Ships SS S-18, hits 2 House rule of ASW TF with 6 ships??? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 30,71 Japanese Ships AP Marsue Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Thresher Japanese ground losses: 52 casualties reported Thresher was heading home with only 4 torps left and encounters a medium AP and probably sinks it with two torps. [8D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 25,34 Japanese Ships APD APD-31, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PC Hachijo PC Kunashiri PG Eiko Maru MSW Hinode Maru #18 PC Takunan Maru #5 PC Shonan Maru #2 MSW W.20 MSW Banshu Maru #8 Allied Ships SS S-18, hits 1 must be our super lucky day, S-18 sinks APD-31 with two MK10 torps. Excellent, only one or two APDs with a high ASW value left! [&o]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/11/2008 7:14:20 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/20/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Kiska Island, at 92,35 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 18 BB Maryland, Shell hits 5 Japanese ground losses: 226 casualties reported Guns lost 5 another example about the myth that CA/BB outrange the 5,5inch CD guns and therefore won´t be attacked. Pennsylvania loses a couple of AA mounts... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 4 B-25C Mitchell x 170 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 27 damaged Japanese ground losses: 69 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 66 Aircraft Attacking: 39 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 63 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet 15 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 50 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 43 Liberator VI x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet wonder if it is possible to completely destroy an LCU with air attacks only... I will try... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 52 P-40E Warhawk x 21 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 88 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 63 B-26B Marauder x 89 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 90 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 18000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 89 Liberator VI x 4 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 107 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 42,45 Japanese Ships AP Dainiunyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Grampus Daininunyo Maru is another example of how careless our opponent is with ships. This AP was already torpedoed South of Saigon and made it heavily damaged all the way to this hex South of Hong Kong. Would Hortlund care about his ships (is it that hard to look at the TF that was attacked by a sub? [&:]) then he would have sent this small AP into the next level 5 port and it would have been probably no problem to save it as it can´t have been so heavily damaged when it made another 20 hexes. Plays in our hands but that´s almost like playing against the AI that doesn´t care about damaged ships either.[;)]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/11/2008 9:26:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/21/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 5 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships MSW Hinode Maru #18 MSW Banshu Maru #8 MSW W.20 PC Takunan Maru #5 PC Shonan Maru #2 PG Eiko Maru PC Hachijo AR Akashi, Mine hits 1 hehe, AR Akashi now needs an AR... sub laid VH2... those are the escorts that attacked my S-class sub yesterday, so they are not a dedicated ASW TF of more than 6 ships! Shame on me... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 33,63 [8D] Japanese Ships TK Akatuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PC Ch 10 PG Hayakafuku Maru MSW W.17 Allied Ships SS Flying Fish excellent! This is East of Balikpapan, one out of 6 torps hit and we see oil cargo burning, most times this means the tanker is lost. It doesn´t take many TKs lost to see it become a problem for the Japanese, especially in Nikmod with the reduced capacities. This TK is a big one with "only" 11.000 tons. As soon as the Japanese have lost 15-20 of those TKs it will already get severe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 136 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 67 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft F-5A Lightning x 5 B-17E Fortress x 83 B-24D Liberator x 84 Japanese aircraft losses H8K Emily: 1 destroyed A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 58 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 90 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 21000 feet even if flak fire isn´t effective, we still have more than 20 bombers inoperational after one attack. Gili Gili and Thursday Island can be closed and kept closed probably. So we have Port Moresby´s airfield left (not many eng there, probably we will be able to close it also) and Lae which will be the main airfield for the Japanese in Southern New Guinea. At the moment there are some 150 fighters on Cap! [X(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 63 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet 15 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 48 TBF Avenger x 30 Wellington III x 62 PV-1 Ventura x 24 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 1 damaged Wellington III: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 73 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 53 P-40E Warhawk x 21 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet excellent, we hit the AA unit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,27 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 42 B-26B Marauder x 45 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 59 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 18000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 39 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 34,27 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 14 B-26B Marauder x 33 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 18000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 113 Liberator VI x 12 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 89 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 12 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 7 P-40B Tomahawk x 60 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet a newly arrived BG that was set to naval attack / airfield attack. Better design decision would have been to set new arriving units to TRAINING...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/12/2008 5:08:21 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/22/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 33,64 Japanese Ships TK Nissan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PC Ch 10 PG Hayakafuku Maru MSW W.17 Allied Ships SS Flying Fish, hits 1 great! Yesterday a big TK hit and burning and Flying Fish kills another big TK today. Two torp hits and oil cargo burning means this one is dead! [&o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 5 B-25C Mitchell x 219 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 28 damaged Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 118 Aircraft Attacking: 30 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet I lose 12 Mitchells here today and my bombardment and CV TFs are still stuck between Cairns and Port Moresby. Those bugs suck...[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 65 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Hortlund saw a single Spitfire unit on Cap yesterday (newly arrived unit) and today he sent a large sweep from Lautern... I´ve noticed my Spitfire Cap too and stood it down though... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 48 TBF Avenger x 29 Wellington III x 59 PV-1 Ventura x 22 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 160 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 127 Kittyhawk I x 14 Beaufighter VIC x 5 P-40E Warhawk x 21 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 142 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/12/2008 5:15:06 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/23/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 25,62 Japanese Ships TK Kyuei Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Whale WHOOOOHOOO! What´s going on? Looks like the phase when we saw 90% of our torps missing is suddenly over. Encouraged by the pityful performance of my subs Hortlund decided to send a TK TF unescorted into the area West of Borneo where a couple of my subs are raiding the shipping lanes. Whale attacks the small TK on the surface and sinks it! [&o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 26,64 Japanese Ships TK Terukawa Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Sealion, hits 1 Two hexes further South Sealion attacks the same TK TF on the surface sinking another empty, small TK! Absolutely amazing, the last three days we sunk 2 big and 2 small TKs. [:)] No doubt, tomorrow the airbases around this area will be full of Helens. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 123 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 7 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 2 P-38G Lightning x 24 B-17E Fortress x 81 B-24D Liberator x 81 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 10 damaged B-24D Liberator: 22 damaged Japanese Ships AK Boston Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Brisbane Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Dakar Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AP Anzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Asama Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Penang Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage AK Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 153 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 68 Port hits 7 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet 18 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet No major numbers of enemy fighters at bases in Southern New Guinea that can be reached by my Lightnings. The P-38 took down 2 Rufes and lost one of their own (including pilot) to ops. A couple of more ships are sunk, the airfield is still operational and it seems the base was reinforced with more flak units. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 63 No Allied losses Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 50 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet is this already a ghost unit? We don´t do anymore damage... [&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 68 Kittyhawk I x 14 Beaufighter VIC x 4 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 88 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 15 B-26B Marauder x 28 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 53 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 58 P-40E Warhawk x 21 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 45 B-26B Marauder x 49 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 93 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 27,65 Japanese Ships TK Funakawa Maru Allied Ships SS S-34 [:D] unfortunately S-34 missed the big TK with 4 Mk10 torps. Well, I´m happy that 4 out of 5 attacks on TKs in the last three days were successes!

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/12/2008 5:31:02 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/24/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Thursday Island, at 49,90 Allied Ships CA Vincennes CA Quincy CA Minneapolis CA Pensacola CA Chicago CA Indianapolis CA Portland Japanese ground losses: 159 casualties reported Guns lost 3 isn´t that great? After a week of being stuck, our bombardment TF moved today, the result isn´t worth a comment... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Kiska Island, at 92,35 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 3 BB Maryland Japanese ground losses: 1582 casualties reported Guns lost 19 Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 8 Port hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 61 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 46 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 40 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet no more Japanese ground losses... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 125 Kittyhawk I x 14 Beaufighter VIC x 5 P-40E Warhawk x 24 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 153 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/13/2008 3:48:37 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/25/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 62 No Allied losses Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 47 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet in three months we will have P47-C as fighter bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 48 TBF Avenger x 32 Wellington III x 61 PV-1 Ventura x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 58 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet nearly non existing flak, still takes down two of our aircraft... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 67 Kittyhawk I x 14 Beaufighter VIC x 5 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 137 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet 5 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 161 Liberator VI x 11 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 196 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/13/2008 5:37:56 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/26/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 4 A6M3 Zero x 90 A6M3a Zero x 21 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 4 P-38G Lightning x 24 B-17E Fortress x 67 B-24D Liberator x 47 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 10 destroyed, 36 damaged A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 20 destroyed B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed, 57 damaged B-24D Liberator: 15 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 17 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet Hortlund set up a good ambush at PM in setting all his fighters at Lae (no more Cap spotted there) on LRCAO. The Lightnings had no chance but took down a couple of enemy fighters and most of my bombers turned back. Once again Nikmod proves to be a mod where you are far better off sending bombers EVERYTIME unescorted. Would the bombers have gone in alone I would have lost 2 or 3 more but not 20 Lightnings.[8\|] The only reason I still send escorts with my bombers is to have a bit sense of realism as I don´t want to completely game the game... only 7 bombers lost. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 63 No Allied losses Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 59 P-40E Warhawk x 24 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 113 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 50 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet no more losses on the ground. Will pick up a RCT that is 100% prepped and will unload it at Dutch Harbour. Recon tells us 1000 troops 0 guns 0 vehicles now at Dutch Harbour. Will be enough though, if our RCT again gets 95% disabled just from the landing... [8\|]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/13/2008 5:40:09 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/27/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 26,65 Japanese Ships MSW Seki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MSW Toshi Maru #7 MSW Shintohoku Maru Allied Ships SS Pickerel Hortlund sends third class MSWs to hunt my subs around Borneo. One is sunk... Only thing still hurting my subs are the Helens with 3 or 4 hits every week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 45,86 Japanese Ships CA Aoba CA Ashigara Allied Ships SS Sunfish ASW attack? This is NW of Thursday Island, must be another escorted reinforcement or supply convoy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 63 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 50 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 44 Liberator VI x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 104 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 6 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 135 Kittyhawk I x 14 Beaufighter VIC x 10 P-40E Warhawk x 19 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 223 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 63 B-26B Marauder x 71 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 104 Liberator VI x 4 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 147 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/14/2008 7:06:53 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/28/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 48 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 72 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 28 destroyed, 16 damaged we moved 96 Kittyhawks to Tenimbar to sweep Lautern as Timor has now not that many fighters on Cap anymore, probably a lot are transferred to Southern New Guinea. First wave fails to locate the target and in the end we get shot to pieces more or less... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 21 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 6 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 211 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 20 damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 damaged Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 6 destroyed, 37 damaged Japanese ground losses: 365 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 30 Airbase supply hits 12 Runway hits 174 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet then the bombers from Darwin are going in. You can imagine that Hortlund isn´t happy about the result, in the end we lose 11 bombers, only 7 crews. The base is hit hard but being a level 6 af, it´s still far from being closed, recon shows only 42% damage and 40.000 troops there should repair it quickly. We really have to wait for Corsairs to be operational in a couple of weeks to wear down the enemy here. And honestly, I doubt the Corsair will be the wonder weapon we are waiting for as my Marine pilots are only in the mid 50s so they will be shot to pieces by Zeroes flown by pilots in the 80s. But these attacks here should draw more forces into the area as it will be harder for the enemy to defend both Southern New Guinea and Timore with sufficient force, which means hundreds of fighters. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 63 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 30 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 137 Kittyhawk I x 14 Beaufighter VIC x 10 P-40E Warhawk x 20 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 183 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 57,84 Japanese Ships AK Onoe Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AP Kyuden Maru AP Kiri Maru DD Isokaze Allied Ships SS Pompano another sub hit. Even a DD as escort... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships DD Hayate DD Yuzuki DD Nagatsuki DD Asagiri DD Ayanami Allied Ships SS S-42, hits 4 Two IJN BBs have been sitting at Lautern for months now and even though the small port doesn´t prevent sub attacks, we have yet to attack them. S-42 has to retired damaged...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/14/2008 7:11:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/29/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 9 encounters mine field at Lae (54,87) Japanese Ships DD Kuri -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 65 encounters mine field at Truk (63,78) [:D][8D][:D] Japanese Ships CV Kaga, Mine hits 1 one of our intelligence mines tells us that CV Kaga is now at Truk. Mk10 mine could cause a dozen sys damage. Honestly, while it´s BS that you get such intelligence it´s surely good for the game as such things are the "highlights" we need to have fun and if it would be realistic and we wouldn´t get those messages, a lot of fun would be gone also IMO. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 39 Ki-49 Helen x 134 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged Allied aircraft losses Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet flying at extended range the IJAAF tries to take out our fighters that were flying the sweep to Lautern yesterday. AF is nearly empty and hit rate is poor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 2 B-25C Mitchell x 189 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 17 damaged Japanese ground losses: 122 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 127 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet our Mitchells attacking Thursday Island are doing better, but we also lose 8 of them... PM and Gili Gili are fully operational again with 200+ fighters at Lae and 200+ fighters at Gili Gili at the moment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 62 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 47 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 48 TBF Avenger x 32 Wellington III x 61 PV-1 Ventura x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 171 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 44 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 40 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 128 Kittyhawk I x 14 Beaufighter VIC x 10 P-40E Warhawk x 21 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 101 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 66 B-26B Marauder x 85 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 112 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 10000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/14/2008 7:13:17 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/30/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 50,92 Japanese Ships SS I-21 Allied Ships AR Mormacrio pfff... [&o] we sent a lonely AR on it´s way to Darwin to support the ships up there and we are lucky that 6 IJN torps missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Wellington III x 151 Liberator VI x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 5 damaged Liberator VI: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 222 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 102 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet nice it rate from that alt, but most of my bomber crews are in the high 80s!!! from constant attacks. Would like to send them on ship hunting, but I doubt we will ever see the IJN in the area around Akyab again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 1 B-25C Mitchell x 156 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Japanese ground losses: 104 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 114 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 48 No Allied losses Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 47 TBF Avenger x 29 Wellington III x 58 PV-1 Ventura x 13 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 88 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 35 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 50 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 128 Kittyhawk I x 14 Beaufighter VIC x 10 P-40E Warhawk x 21 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 68 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/14/2008 7:42:25 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/31/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 71 B-26B Marauder x 90 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 141 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 55 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81 [8D] Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 118 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 57 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 18 destroyed, 58 damaged Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 3 destroyed, 31 damaged Allied ground losses: 81 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet Hortlund was totally upset about this attack. It wasn´t that he forgot to stand down his bombers that pissed him off, it was the result! He thinks that it is completely ridicoulos that Allied fighters can take down Japanese bombers in droves! IN DROVES?? [X(][&:] Well, 57 Kittyhawks shot down 13!! Helens over Tenimbar another 6 were lost A2A but must have crashed on the way home or during landing and 5 were claimed lost to flak. Hmm, IMO this result is pretty near reality and is something I would expect in real life. 57 fighters claim 13 out of 118 medium bombers being shot down over the target. Not too much, not too few IMO. After sending this turn, he told me that no more turns would arrive for a while as Nikmod really pisses him off as in his oppinion cripples the Japanese completely, making Allied bombers super immune to Japanese fighters, while Allied fighters can take down Japanese bombers just like in stock! [X(] One day after this battle happened I can say now that Japanese bombers are also at least 4 times as hard to down as in stock, there are not just leakers, but 90% of strikes of 100+ bombers are getting through Cap of 60 fighters. For me, IJN bombers vs Allied fighters is working excellent in Nikmod. Japanese fighters have 0 problem to take down Allied fighters at all, but are helpless against Allied medium bombers, not to talk about 4E bombers, as those seem to be nearly immune to everything (but are damaged all the time and available in very low numbers concerning replacement rates). I agree 100% with Hortlund that kill rates of Japanese fighters against Allied bombers are too low. IMO they should be doubled but that´s it then. What Hortlund seems not to accept is the fact that Allied fighters had far more fire power than the Japanese fighters and that Allied bombers could take far more damage than Japanese bombers. So weaker Japanese fighters and stronger Allied bombers just have to result in lower Allied bomber losses when they encounter Japanese fighters compared to Japanese losses when Japanese bombers encounter Allied fighters. This is realistic. What is a problem is really the fact that lets say 80 Zeroes only take 10 out of 200 Mitchells down, which seems to low for me, but perhaps someone can correct me. While I have some problems with the mod too (probably far less thans with stock though) I think it´s like Nik said: the overall picture looks good, so again thanks for the work he puts into creating the mod! [image]local://upfiles/13774/7BF86F9D365C49898B1C537E9740CAC5.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 63 No Allied losses Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 67 Kittyhawk I x 14 Beaufighter VIC x 10 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/14/2008 10:20:44 PM)
The day when the Corsair enters production! This is the good news! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/01/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1030 troops unloading over beach at Dutch Harbor, 103,36 [:@][:@][:@][:@][:@] Allied ground losses: 1955 casualties reported [sm=crazy.gif][sm=crazy.gif][sm=crazy.gif][sm=crazy.gif][sm=crazy.gif] last time I landed a RCT (that was 40% prepped) here it got 95% disabled from just the landing. There was a lot of Bullshit explanation about pip and pap blah blah abstracted small gun fire and so on. Last time not a single shot showed up in the replay so all this blah blah of small arms fire was just a joke IMO as this "small arms fire" that doesn´t show up in the report disabled 95% of my RCT, even though all that Hortlund had at this base were 2500 completely crappy troops that were bombed by air and naval bombardments for months without a break. The RCT was wrecked! Now, months later, I sent the next RCT (100% prepped now) against this base that was bombed a couple of months more with a single, completely disabled mini naval guard unit left (recon shows 1000 troops). This unit is so wrecked, my SBDs on ground attack stopped causing casualties a week ago, so this unit is just like a ghost! Well, my 100% prepped RCT lands and gets 73% disabled and 2% are dead! Nearly all heavy weapons are disabled as well as the support squads. We have a whopping 29 assault points left! Sorry, but there´s nothing that could justify such a result AGAIN! It´s just BS to see troops landing without opposition (don´t come up with this small arms fire - that´s a joke and not abstracted in the game as the enemy unit has nothing left to shot at my troops) being completely wrecked. And I have seen this same BS often enough while landing at empty bases also - and Dutch Harbour is nowhere different to an empty base. Use the development of AE to look at some major flaws in the engine. Now or never. I fear never... [8\|] [image]local://upfiles/13774/31692E3E475C4B2F83E693B3E8DE2BB7.jpg[/image] Just look at the disruption! The landing was just "perfect" when looking at the disruption, still the RCT isn´t existing as combat unit anymore... [sm=crazy.gif] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1030 troops unloading over beach at Dutch Harbor, 103,36 Allied ground losses: 476 casualties reported [8\|][8\|][8\|][8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 63 No Allied losses Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 69 Kittyhawk I x 14 Beaufighter VIC x 10 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 67 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 50 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet This is the completely wrecked Naval Guard Unit on Dutch Harbour. No casualties are caused anymore... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 64 P-40E Warhawk x 21 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 68 casualties reported Vehicles lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

2ndACR -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/14/2008 10:45:14 PM)
I wonder if the date has anything to do with this. I mean, it is Feb 43 in the Aleutions. Weather up there is absolutly horrible in the winter.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/14/2008 11:05:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: 2ndACR I wonder if the date has anything to do with this. I mean, it is Feb 43 in the Aleutions. Weather up there is absolutly horrible in the winter. I have no idea. That´s the first explanation I hear that sounds really reasonable. Now the question is, does weather influence invasions (of course it does in real life, but does it also in WITP?). In real life an invasion at this date wouldn´t be possible, would it? I have never heard of it nor read. This would be a new dimension then if thunderstorms or winter in Alaska influence invasions. That would be so important that it would be an unbelievable oversight to not mention it in the manual.

jumper -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/14/2008 11:59:21 PM)
Well, actually this issue IS mentioned in manual [;)] During the winter in northern area the casualties are trippled..

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/15/2008 9:28:26 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jumper Well, actually this issue IS mentioned in manual [;)] During the winter in northern area the casualties are trippled.. Yes, like jumper says, I was wrong in thinking after years of playing I would know the rules of the game. I stand corrected, here´s the reason for the high casualties and I´m just a dork who wrecked two RCTs in two different invasions in winter: Cold Zones during the winter impact ground units the same way as Malaria Zones (above), with the following added penalties:... o Ground units unloading at an enemy base/beach or into a non-base hex with an enemy unit will suffer roughly three times the losses they would normally suffer

2ndACR -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/15/2008 9:42:20 AM)
Nah, not a dork. I have played since first release, and still do not know all the rules of this game. Plus you get really used to be able to invade anywhere and anytime on every other part of the map. I have been lucky in all my games to not have to fight up north. So this same rule probably would have bit me too.

Adnan Meshuggi -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/15/2008 11:01:01 AM)
About the "bomber versus fighter" theme jep, i think the nikmod has a problem. cause the huge numbers of allied 2/4-engine-bombers, the japanese is not only helpless but can´t do anything against. If (big if) the japanese player is able to mount 300-400 fighters, a 200-bomber-attack is doomed. Point. No way they will survive. cause they do not the box-defence but pairs flying in. So a lot fighters against few bombers. If the japanese fighters are as fast as the bombers and have exp.75+ the allies should loose (if not turn) 50-80% of its attack. But with nikmod it is under best conditions maybe 5-10%. To remember, in the best case. If the odds went bad for the japanese player, he can´t do anything against unescorted med/heavy-bombers that destroy anything the japanese try to do. So the only chance for an ongoing game is a house rule for med/heavy attacks. e.g. say only with escorts, never more groups as the base-air-level (+1 for <4 Bases), etc... so the numbers of attacking bombers stay in an accectable range and a heavy defence could knock out such attacks Normally i am against such rules, but with nickmod the alternate is to drop or (as the japanese) do also everything beyond any hr.

jumper -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/15/2008 11:30:38 AM)
Actually I know this rule, because some time ago I have landed the Americal division on unguared Omnetokan Jima, got 70% disablements and wondered why. I was really surprised to find the answer in the manual.. [;)]

String -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/15/2008 2:04:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jumper Actually I know this rule, because some time ago I have landed the Americal division on unguared Omnetokan Jima, got 70% disablements and wondered why. I was really surprised to find the answer in the manual.. [;)] I think your men just hated you after you ordered them to land through freezing water and ice slosh during the winter... [:'(]

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