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castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/30/2008 11:54:52 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/15/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 32,56 Japanese Ships PC Ch 12 PC Ch 11 PC Ch 10 PC Ch 6 PC Ch 5 PC Ch 4 Allied Ships SS O20 luckily, the torps failed to detonate... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 83,63 Japanese Ships CL Tatsuta MSW Ataka Maru MSW Takasago Maru PG Edo Maru PG Saiko Maru AP Marsue Maru Allied Ships SS Trout Trout now sitting East of Wake... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 32,56 Japanese Ships PC Ch 12 PC Ch 11 PC Ch 10 PC Ch 6 PC Ch 5 PC Ch 4 Allied Ships SS O20 unbelievable but true the torps of the Dutch sub again failed to detonate! [X(] That is surprising as the Dutch and British don´t have the defective MK14... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 118 troops unloading over beach at Baker Island, 94,92 Japanese ground losses: 72 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Samarinda, 31,63, firing at TF 147 TF 147 troops unloading over beach at Samarinda, 31,63 26 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese ground losses: 196 casualties reported Guns lost 1 invasion of Southern Borneo begins... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 Ki-21 Sally x 156 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 452 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 87 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet there will be a lot of airattacks in the Philipines the next couple of months... and all my IJA bombers will be super high exp then... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 24,56 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 5 Blenheim I x 3 Martin 139 x 8 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 1 damaged Martin 139: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Chokai CA Mogami Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 32,56 Japanese Ships AK Utide Maru, heavy damage Allied Ships SS O20 no torps were launched... out of torps? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Laoag Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 23230 troops, 306 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 474 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 466 - adjusted assault: 214 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 214 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Laoag base !!! a division crosses the river from Aparri to Laoag (Northern Philipines) and shock attacks into the empty base... all my troops are marching towards Clark field now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Taiping Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4944 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1147 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 50 - adjusted assault: 52 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 52 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Taiping base !!! the game goes nuts and shows 4944 troops having an assault value of 1147 first. [&:] Taking the empty base North of Palembang, a bgd is on route to land here and move down on the road to Palembang. Couple of cruiser bombardments will be done to wear down the defenders. Would like to take the most important oil center intact. It will all come down to dice rolls... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Baker Island Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 543 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 36 - adjusted assault: 20 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Baker Island base !!! emtpy Baker Island is now Japanese also... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Samarinda Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1021 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24 Defending force 2391 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 73 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/30/2008 12:47:16 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/16/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 151 encounters mine field at Batavia (19,59) Japanese Ships DD Sagiri, Mine hits 1, on fire Sent a cruiser bombardment force to Batavia because the airfield there and Soerabaja is where I expect the RAF that fled from Singapore to be. Sagiri hits an Mk6 mine but will probably make it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1016 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships ML Rigel, Mine hits 1, on fire the small ML Rigel hits a sub laid Type 88 at Darwin... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Samarinda, at 31,63 Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Runway hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Batavia, at 19,59 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest IV: 4 destroyed Hawk 75A: 1 destroyed Blenheim I: 1 destroyed Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Chokai Allied ground losses: 580 casualties reported Guns lost 39 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 the result of the bombardment is ok as I´ve done no recon before as the base is out of recon plane range... The only thing I´m more or less afraid in this area at this stage of the war are Vildebeests and the dozen Dutch torp bombers, so it´s nice if some of them are destroyed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 101 troops unloading over beach at Jambi, 20,53 Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 38,59 Allied aircraft P-26A x 2 P-40B Tomahawk x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 2 Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 1 destroyed P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Maya, Shell hits 4 CL Natori DD Harukaze Aircraft Attacking: 2 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 1 x P-26A attacking at 100 feet 3 x P-40B Tomahawk attacking at 100 feet The Allied fighters in the Philipines now switched from airfield strafing to ship strafing. No damage is done... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 38,59 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Matue Maru, Shell hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 38,59 Allied aircraft P-35A x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Meiko Maru Aircraft Attacking: 2 x P-35A attacking at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 107,78 [X(] Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 D3A Val x 61 B5N Kate x 90 No Japanese losses Allied Ships CA Louisville, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage AP President Coolidge, Bomb hits 1 AP Hugh L. Scott, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet yesterday, I had KB 7 or 8 hexes NW of Pearl when my Glen equipped subs South of Pearl spotted several TFs going towards Pearl. I was sure that the BBs are coming back and was nearly shocked to see that. I´ve ordered KB to move full speed South to catch them. KB was spotted yesterday also so bigbaba was some kind of lucky, if he hadn´t spotted KB those TFs would now be destroyed. I still wanted to try to catch them, perhaps he would oversee the sighting of KB. He didn´t and the BB TFs moved full speed away again but we stumbled across this TF, which also surprised me. We sink CA Louisville and a big AP. Why, just why does he include this heavy cruiser in this TF and why is he sending them towards Pearl when he knows KB must be somewhere near. Not to talk about the move with his BBs! This is highly careless, if KB wouldn´t have been spotted he would have paid today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 107,78 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 24 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships AP President Coolidge CA Louisville, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 107,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 D3A Val x 39 B5N Kate x 43 No Japanese losses Allied Ships CA Louisville, on fire, heavy damage AP President Coolidge, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AP Hugh L. Scott, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet the TF was completely destroyed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Batavia at 19,59 Japanese Ships SS I-166 Allied Ships AP Speelman, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage a small AP is sunk at Batavia... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Samarinda, at 31,63 Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Runway hits 2 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 108 troops unloading over beach at Kiska Island, 92,35 Japanese ground losses: 276 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 66610 troops, 697 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1289 Defending force 13295 troops, 119 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 237 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Japanese max assault: 1600 - adjusted assault: 1850 Allied max defense: 248 - adjusted defense: 91 Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 5) Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong base !!! Japanese ground losses: 531 casualties reported Guns lost 50 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 9696 casualties reported Guns lost 54 Vehicles lost 1 Here´s the attack on HongKong! Like I have said before I prefer using real force to take bases fast than to have a long fight. It worked very well, the base fell with the first attack and we nearly suffered at all. As usual all facilities at Hong Kong are nearly totally destroyed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Samarinda Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2463 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 75 Defending force 1512 troops, 27 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Japanese max assault: 74 - adjusted assault: 75 Allied max defense: 18 - adjusted defense: 15 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Samarinda base !!! Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 76 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Vehicles lost 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/30/2008 12:53:49 PM)
Another victim of Japanese carrier based aircraft, the USN heavy cruiser Louisville was sunk today! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI! USS Louisville (CA-28, originally CL-28), 1931-1959 USS Louisville, a 9050-ton Northampton class light cruiser built at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, was commissioned in January 1931. In July 1931, during her shakedown cruise to the east coast, she was reclassified as a heavy cruiser and her hull number was changed from CL-28 to CA-28. During the rest of the decade and into the early 1940s, she operated with the U.S. Fleet and on independent missions, mainly in the Pacific but also visiting the Caribbean, the U.S. Atlantic coast and Latin American ports. In 1938, Louisville crossed the Pacific, calling on Australia, Tahiti and Samoa. When the European War began in September 1939 the cruiser, then making a South American cruise, was sent to South Africa to pick up British gold for transportation to the United States. In December 1941, when Japan opened World War II in the Pacific, Louisville was at sea escorting ships from the East Indies to Hawaii. She took part in U.S. aircraft carrier raids in the central and southern Pacific in February and March 1942. During the middle of the year, Louisville operated in the Aleutians area, then went to the southern Pacific late in 1942 to participate in the final months of the Guadalcanal campaign. In late January 1943, she was present during the air-sea Battle of Rennell Island. Hit by a dud torpedo, but not damaged, she then towed the crippled cruiser Chicago until that duty was taken over by the tug Navajo. Louisville was sent back to the Aleutians in April 1943 and remained in that area until after the recapture of Attu and Kiska. She was overhauled at the Mare Island Navy Yard and then began long service providing heavy gunfire support for amphibious landings. In this role, the cruiser bombarded Wotje, Kwajalein and Eniwetok, in the Marshall Islands, in January-February 1944. After serving with the carriers on central Pacific raids in March and April, Louisville provided invasion support bombardments at Saipan, Tinian and Guam during June and July 1944, Peleliu in September and Leyte in October. On 24-25 October, when the Japanese Navy attempted to counter the Leyte landings, she took part in the Battle of Surigao Strait. On 5-6 January 1945, Louisville was hit by two Japanese suicide planes but remained on station to support the invasion of Leyte at Lingayen Gulf. Withdrawn for repairs, she arrived back in the war zone in time to take part in the last weeks of the Okinawa campaign, and was hit by another Kamikaze on 5 June. After the end of the Pacific War, Louisville supported occupation activities along the China coast. She was sent back to the U.S. later in 1945 and decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in June 1946. Louisville was retained in the Reserve Fleet until September 1959, when she was sold for scrapping. [image]local://upfiles/13774/B986C125312347FEA662C5F0AE630A92.jpg[/image]

Ambassador -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/30/2008 4:01:31 PM)
1200 AV at Hong Kong ? What did you bring ? Three divisions ? Nice bombardment result with only three CA's. And that's what is called poetic justice, a minelayer hitting a mine.[:D] Ten days in the war, and he's hiding his CVs. With KB "sticking" near PH and so many of your Nell/Betty around Malaya & the Philippines, I would have thought he would strike in the south pacific, in the Marshalls, Gilberts, etc.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/30/2008 7:19:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ambassador 1200 AV at Hong Kong ? What did you bring ? Three divisions ? Nice bombardment result with only three CA's. And that's what is called poetic justice, a minelayer hitting a mine.[:D] Ten days in the war, and he's hiding his CVs. With KB "sticking" near PH and so many of your Nell/Betty around Malaya & the Philippines, I would have thought he would strike in the south pacific, in the Marshalls, Gilberts, etc. two divs, one bgd, arty, eng and a HQ. There´s nothing he can strike in the South Pacific, Marshalls or Gilberts. And if he dares to come within 11 hexes then he will be in range of 81 Betties/Nells from Kwajalein.

tocaff -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/30/2008 7:33:59 PM)
WOW! That's loads to take HK. I managed it with 1 Div of Inf, 2 Combat Eng Units and 3 or 4 Artillery units. It took until about Christmas for it to fall, but now I have some cheap labor for a railroad building project in Burma.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/30/2008 8:31:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: tocaff WOW! That's loads to take HK. I managed it with 1 Div of Inf, 2 Combat Eng Units and 3 or 4 Artillery units. It took until about Christmas for it to fall, but now I have some cheap labor for a railroad building project in Burma. that´s exactly what I don´t wanted. Those divs I used are around Canton anyway, so first I moved them to Canton, then set them alltogether to cross into the Hong Kong hex. One attack, the base fell. Casualties for me: some 500 troops. Two days later all my troops were in Canton again. And that is what I´m trying to do at all fronts at the moment. Attack with force to make the fighting as short as possible. I guess you will see more of what other would call overkill. [;)]

tocaff -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/31/2008 1:07:38 AM)
Overkill is good. I did HK on the cheap and got it on the 20th of December on the 2nd or 3rd assault. The other troops in China are off on other adventures.

Xxzard -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/31/2008 1:28:36 AM)
Still no plans to take advantage of his seeming inexpirience so far?

stldiver -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/31/2008 1:44:58 AM)
Castor doesn't need plans to take advantage of inexperiance, Inexperiance alone means one commits mistakes that are costly. In many of my games I blunder thru many mistakes, not respecting bettys and nells, Not knowing how strong the KB was, etc. What the inexperiance doesn't give you, is truly how vulnerable the Japanese position can be, it is a lot of show and power at the point of attack, but if you let it accelerate and tuck tail it will be able to consolidate. If you interfere, and you can it has to slow and protect. Because its like an eggshell easily cracked and broken. Once again the great thing about two new opponents playing, as in my game vs Scott, its mainly not knowing what the opponent's tendancies are. Castor can already count on his opponent making inexperianced mistakes, what he doesn't know is how he will react? Tuck tail and run (An effective strategy for allied command, can always comeback in 43 but slow and boring game). Or start jabbing back and enjoy the ride, once again the allies always will gain overwhelming arms and in my opinion will win the vast majority of the time. The question becomes how fun was the ride. Castor, I like your opening move, Hitting Manila I believe is key, but I never thought about hitting pearl airfields to get around the one port strike. Very well done. I disagree with your rush to take Hong Kong, as allied I will rush to Canton to prevent what you have done, but there is no need to rush. The slow pounding will eventually disable the british and you can capture most of the industry intact. Your overwhelming force is good for speed, but you pay in supply points to rebuild. Once again both ways work its a style choice. Enjoy the ride.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/31/2008 8:34:16 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Xxzard Still no plans to take advantage of his seeming inexpirience so far? No, I don´t want to take advantage of his experience. It´s the other way around, I´m thinking of slowing my advance down a bit. This doesn´t mean that I will halt my advance when the historical goals are achieved though. Seizing the historical targets is most times too boring in a PBEM, especially if the Allied do a complete Sir Robin - which seems to be the case here. But for sure, I will try not to exploit his inexperience too much, if this is possible. Of course I can´t stop him from sending Force Z into it´s death a week after the war has started when they are cruising around in the Malacca straight. The next couple of crs include some nice moves of bigbaba, so hopefully the "overall strategy" will soon become an advanced beginners strategy! [;)] Honestly, I didn´t even know that he was a PBEM beginner. All I´ve realized in his opponent wanted thread was that he joined the forum 2006 (good), played UV PBEM (good) and he looked for an experienced IJN opponent (good). So I´ve thought that he would have played a couple of games already.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/31/2008 8:45:36 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: stldiver Castor doesn't need plans to take advantage of inexperiance, Inexperiance alone means one commits mistakes that are costly. In many of my games I blunder thru many mistakes, not respecting bettys and nells, Not knowing how strong the KB was, etc. What the inexperiance doesn't give you, is truly how vulnerable the Japanese position can be, it is a lot of show and power at the point of attack, but if you let it accelerate and tuck tail it will be able to consolidate. If you interfere, and you can it has to slow and protect. Because its like an eggshell easily cracked and broken. Once again the great thing about two new opponents playing, as in my game vs Scott, its mainly not knowing what the opponent's tendancies are. Castor can already count on his opponent making inexperianced mistakes, what he doesn't know is how he will react? Tuck tail and run (An effective strategy for allied command, can always comeback in 43 but slow and boring game). Or start jabbing back and enjoy the ride, once again the allies always will gain overwhelming arms and in my opinion will win the vast majority of the time. The question becomes how fun was the ride. Castor, I like your opening move, Hitting Manila I believe is key, but I never thought about hitting pearl airfields to get around the one port strike. Very well done. I disagree with your rush to take Hong Kong, as allied I will rush to Canton to prevent what you have done, but there is no need to rush. The slow pounding will eventually disable the british and you can capture most of the industry intact. Your overwhelming force is good for speed, but you pay in supply points to rebuild. Once again both ways work its a style choice. Enjoy the ride. The reason KB was hitting Pearls airfields is the fact that I don´t need KB anywhere else, so destroying those 200+ ac there is just a bonus. And of course it means that on day two you have the chance to see KB being in range of one, two, three... BBs that are running from Hawai. This wasn´t the case but I´ve killed another two dozen ships in Pearl, including a couple of SS [:D], DM, AR and other ships of all kind of types. In the SRA there is no need for KB as there are no Allied targets left. [;)] So the main focus for KB will be the Pacific, mopping up some attols or stumbling across a couple of cargo TFs. I don´t expect to meet the enemy carrier force or seeing my opponent intervening with my offensive there as he knows that KB is near and this would be near suicide. Hong Kong, yes you are right, as the Allied you should rush to Canton. Well, I know that and 1500 assault points were blocking the way TO Canton on the railroad in a wooden hex NW of Canton. So, not blocking the way to Canton would be a beginners fault. [;)] My experience with Allied troop concentrations (non Chinese) in bases with industry/rescources/oil is that even if I pound them to death, at the end I always seem to experience the dice roll that destroys 90-100% of what is there. Knowing this I normally don´t expect to get anything when there are Allied troop concentrations, for example in Malaya, when they do a fighting retreat. I´ve had Kuala Lumpur (big resource center with 600 rescources) completely destroyed a lot of times already, no matter what I´ve tried so getting it with 502(600) like this time is a bonus for me. And I took the UNOCCUPIED base - still nearly 20% was destroyed. Taking Canton without losses and fast makes it now possible for my troops to rest in Canton, being combat ready asap, as you know, nearly all of the units in China start understrenght or with disabled squads. And I won´t spend any supplies rebuilding destroyed industry/resource/oil centers anyway. If something bad happens, like the destruction of a major oil or resource center, then normally I adjust my plans and try to seize another (non historical) target that provides me with the oil/resource that was destroyed at the historical target.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/31/2008 11:46:28 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/17/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 108 troops unloading over beach at Kiska Island, 92,35 Japanese ground losses: 45 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Batavia at 19,59 Japanese Ships SS I-165 Allied Ships AP Van Diemen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire don´t know what those APs doing at Batavia... they should be already somewhere near Northern Australia... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 156 troops unloading over beach at Singkawang, 25,57 Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 156 troops unloading over beach at Singkawang, 25,57 Japanese ground losses: 70 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3 Ki-21 Sally x 84 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 244 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 35 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet it took me TEN days to see the first strike against Singapore... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 170 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 346 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 32 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 113 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet amazing hit rate from that height... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 25,57 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 6 Brewster 339D x 8 Martin 139 x 15 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Yamagiku Maru AK Mansei Maru AK Hokuzan Maru AK Chuko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire MSW W.9, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet those Martins are getting dangerous. With such a high number of bombs, they can pretty fast get ship killers when the pilot´s exp goes up. Even though they are only dropping 250lb bombs, such a bomb is enough to sink a MSW... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 25,57 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 2 Brewster 339D x 7 Martin 139 x 15 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Atlas Maru AK Hoeisan Maru MSW W.10, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Yamagiku Maru MSW W.9, on fire, heavy damage AK Hokuzan Maru Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet I forgot about a CA escort TF so the attackers are targetting my invasion TF. I´m getting overconfident it seems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 25,57 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 10 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Yamagiku Maru AK Hoeisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5024 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1152 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 50 - adjusted assault: 27 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur base !!! taking the empty Kuala Lumpur, the Allied troops are on full retreat... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jambi Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 674 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 23 - adjusted assault: 24 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Jambi base !!!

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/31/2008 11:51:54 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/18/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 156 troops unloading over beach at Singkawang, 25,57 Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 156 troops unloading over beach at Singkawang, 25,57 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1032 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships MSW Whippoorwill MSW Lark MSW Tanager MSW Finch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Samarinda at 31,63 Allied aircraft Vildebeest IV x 9 [X(] Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest IV: 9 damaged Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Kumano, Torpedo hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet I´m really getting too careless. Is this because my subconscious knows that my opponent is inexperienced? [8\|] Luckily, this torp hit is only FOW. Landing at Singkawang when your opponent can base low range torp bombers just one hex to the West is something really stupid... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 25,57 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Takao Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 25,57 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 9 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 4 damaged Japanese Ships CA Atago BB Mutsu Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet there are bomb magnets at Singkawang now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 24,56 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 6 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 3 damaged Japanese Ships CA Chokai CA Mikuma Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 25,57 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Hokuzan Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 25,57 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships AK Kosei Maru Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 25,57 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 5 Brewster 339D x 7 Martin 139 x 8 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 4 damaged Japanese Ships BB Nagato CA Takao DD Inazuma Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 25,57 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 9 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 3 damaged Japanese Ships BB Nagato BB Mutsu Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 24,56 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships CA Mikuma Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 33,64 Allied aircraft Vildebeest IV x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Suwa Maru Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet we were lucky that we damaged all 9 attacking torp bombers in the morning phase... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singkawang Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2620 troops, 0 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 105 Defending force 849 troops, 6 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 94 - adjusted assault: 89 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Singkawang base !!! Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! I´m an experienced player but once again I make a mistake. On the stock map, there is a road from Singkawang to Pontianak just one hex South, but this is in fact only a trail! [8\|] So I shouldn´t have landed both TK rgts here but one here and the other one in the next base...

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/31/2008 12:04:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/19/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 19,59 [X(][X(][X(] Japanese Ships CA Chokai CA Mogami CA Mikuma DD Ayanami DD Asagiri DD Yugiri DD Amagiri Allied Ships PT TM-10 PT TM-11 PT TM-12 PT TM-13 PT TM-14 PT TM-15 Seems the number of mistakes I´m doing increases steadily. Haven´t done recon and my sub didn´t spot anything here (perhaps the PTs just moved in, could be also). I send in another bombardment TF and am SUPER LUCKY! The surface combat begins and THE ALLIED TF SUPRISES THE JAPANESE TF!!! [X(] Three PTs launch torps at DDs and all miss! Phewww... then the engagement is over... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Balikpapan, at 31,64 Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya Allied ground losses: 114 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 11 Balikpapan´s airfield was totally missed it seems as we didn´t destroy any of the bombers there... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Pontianak, at 25,58 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest IV: 4 destroyed T.IVa: 3 destroyed Catalina I: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CL Jintsu CL Naka CA Atago CA Takao BB Mutsu BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 867 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Vehicles lost 4 Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 71 Port fuel hits 1 after bigbaba saw my BBs being moved to Singkawang he also moved torp bombers to Pontianak. Well, at least this was predictable and so I´ve sent my battlewaggons to visit the base and torch the bombers on the ground. Recon helped a lot and there shouldn´t be any attacks today coming from this base. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Batavia, at 19,59 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed Martin 139: 1 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Chokai Allied ground losses: 855 casualties reported Guns lost 13 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 the scared Japanese cruisers do a half hearted attack after the PT attack but still inflicted a good number of casualties within the defenders. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 139 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 202 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet am thinking about reducing Singapores CD defense with port strikes and then later on move in two BB TFs to bombard the base as this would surely kill most of the support troops, which would make bombing a lot saver... I´ve got somewhat respect of Singapores CD defense though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 193 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 11 damaged Allied ground losses: 184 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 34 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Jolo , at 38,59 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-35A x 15 P-40B Tomahawk x 18 P-40E Warhawk x 35 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-35A: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-40B Tomahawk attacking at 100 feet bigbaba keeps ordering strafing attacks... amazing to me... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 34,61 Allied aircraft T.IVa x 4 Allied aircraft losses T.IVa: 1 damaged Japanese Ships PG Eifuku Maru Aircraft Attacking: 4 x T.IVa bombing at 5000 feet more torp bombers were moved to Balikpapan. Have 80 fighters on Cap over my cruisers so the bombers attacked an incoming cargo TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 25,57 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 5 Brewster 339D x 3 Martin 139 x 5 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 damaged Japanese Ships AK Kotoku Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire AK Hokuzan Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet damn it! I´ve moved in fighters for Cap yesterday but they can´t launch because the airfield is 71% damaged. Thougth it would still be possible to fly Cap... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 25,57 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 5 Brewster 339D x 3 Martin 139 x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships MSW W.18, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet another MSW is finished by one 250lb bomb... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 34,61 Japanese Ships PG Muro Maru PG Eiko Maru PG Eifuku Maru Allied Ships SS KXVI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kiska Island Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 546 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 15 - adjusted assault: 9 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kiska Island base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 28,38 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1574 troops, 0 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Defending force 656 troops, 4 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 116 - adjusted assault: 60 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 60 to 1 Allied ground losses: 1 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating! 1 casualty?

Mike Solli -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (10/31/2008 5:17:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 28,38 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1574 troops, 0 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Defending force 656 troops, 4 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 116 - adjusted assault: 60 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 60 to 1 Allied ground losses: 1 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating! 1 casualty? The guy probably tripped and was trampled. [:D]

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 9:43:30 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Mike Solli quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 28,38 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1574 troops, 0 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Defending force 656 troops, 4 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 116 - adjusted assault: 60 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 60 to 1 Allied ground losses: 1 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating! 1 casualty? The guy probably tripped and was trampled. [:D] [:D]

Ambassador -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 11:19:46 AM)
The privates fragged their commander before retreating ?[:D]

tocaff -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 11:28:09 AM)
Sounds like the story of my friend in Nam: At a fire base in the Central Highlands things were peaceful and only outgoing until one night they got a rocket & mortar bombardment raining down on the base. Everyone spilled out of the hooch running for cover and he dove under the steps to the hooch, which collapsed on him under the weight of the stampede. He got a Purple Heart for the splinters in his posterior region. [:D] If the bombardment had been accompanied by an assault he said that the base would've been overrun in nothing flat due to the panic & lack of organization.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 2:27:14 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/20/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 18 troops unloading over beach at Talasea, 59,88 Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 130 TF 130 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61 1055 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. [X(] Japanese Ships AP Kuraido Maru, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage CL Tenryu, Shell hits 4 PG Saiko Maru, Shell hits 12 CL Yubari, Shell hits 4 AP Tafuku Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire AP Yokohama Maru, Shell hits 2 Japanese ground losses: 921 casualties reported [X(] Guns lost 7 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported every game again, Midway is my nightmare... to top the fiasco, my CA bombardment TF didn´t do anything... and the cruisers in the invasion TF couldn´t surpress the CD either... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 130 TF 130 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1036 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships PG Warrego -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Talasea at 59,88 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 9 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Taiho Maru AP Tarushima Maru Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet Hudsons from PM... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 56,87 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Yamamiya Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pontianak , at 25,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 G3M Nell x 35 G4M1 Betty x 23 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest IV: 1 destroyed Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet Bigbaba moved bombers to Pontianak, he didn´t realize that this is a level 1 airfield and he can´t fly attacks from there. Well, I realized it after I bombed the base... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Midway , at 95,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 B5N Kate x 133 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged Allied ground losses: 75 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x B5N Kate bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 3068 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 3701 troops, 93 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Japanese max assault: 142 - adjusted assault: 13 [8\|] Allied max defense: 24 - adjusted defense: 18 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese ground losses: 439 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Guns lost 5 as expected after the heavy beating during the landing, my attack force can do nothing. Have to bring in reinforcements... like I´ve said, Midway is a nightmare of mine in every IJN game... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Vigan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 8185 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1567 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 19 - adjusted assault: 21 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Vigan base !!! everywhere on the map we take empty bases... believe it or not, also in China the Allied are on full retreat mode. Homan and Ichang have been abandoned. Well, this is just an invitation for me to do an offensive sooner or later. You can´t hold all of China but at least you should do a fighting retreat IMO. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2716 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Defending force 2330 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuantan Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 477 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 30 - adjusted assault: 17 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuantan base !!!

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 2:28:47 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/21/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 95,62 Japanese Ships AP Tafuku Maru, on fire Allied Ships SS Trout Trout missed my damaged AP south of Midway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 95,62 Japanese Ships AK Venice Maru CL Tenryu MSW Ataka Maru MSW Takasago Maru PG Edo Maru PG Saiko Maru Allied Ships SS Trout Trout attacked again with 6 torps, missed again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Midway , at 95,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 B5N Kate x 128 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x B5N Kate bombing at 20000 feet not much sense flying those attacks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Georgetown Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 21976 troops, 250 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 471 Defending force 2461 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Japanese max assault: 497 - adjusted assault: 444 Allied max defense: 48 - adjusted defense: 15 Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Georgetown base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Allied ground losses: 1370 casualties reported Guns lost 18 the static base force surrendered... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 27,38 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1574 troops, 0 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Defending force 412 troops, 2 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 116 - adjusted assault: 106 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 106 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Talasea Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 788 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 23 - adjusted assault: 22 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Talasea base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2677 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Defending force 2399 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 2:30:53 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/22/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Palembang, at 20,55 Japanese Ships CL Jintsu CL Naka CA Atago CA Takao BB Mutsu BB Nagato Airbase hits 10 Runway hits 1 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 2 [X(] realized AFTER the bombardment that bigbaba alos abandoned Palembang! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 26,39 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1544 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Defending force 232 troops, 2 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 114 - adjusted assault: 104 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 104 to 1 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2707 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Defending force 2494 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported we´re only 15 days into the war and it´s already totally quiet... nothing is happening, all Allied LCUs retreat where they can and not a single Allied ship (except a couple of SS) is spotted somewhere... What seems to become obvious now though is that the Allied are making a stand in Malaya NORTH of Singapore...

Ambassador -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 2:58:52 PM)
Well, there's a full-strength USMC Defense Bn at Midway - Wake's is only half-strength. And that's a lot of machineguns... Did you only bring two SNLFs, or something like that ? That's quite different from your usual & successful overkill method.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 4:27:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ambassador Well, there's a full-strength USMC Defense Bn at Midway - Wake's is only half-strength. And that's a lot of machineguns... Did you only bring two SNLFs, or something like that ? That's quite different from your usual & successful overkill method. I brought two SNLFs, but not those with around 20 assault points but together nearly 100. Should be enough for 16 defending assault points. Not when your invasion gets totally shot up though. [;)]

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 8:19:42 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/23/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Midway, at 95,61 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 47 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kako, Shell hits 7 CA Furutaka, Shell hits 10 CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 5 Allied ground losses: 92 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Not much damage done to the defenders of Midway... will land another combat unit in a couple of days... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Jambi at 20,53 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 7 Brewster 339D x 3 Blenheim I x 8 Martin 139 x 9 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Chihaya Maru AP Kiyozumi Maru AP Maya Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AP Kasima Maru MSW W.1 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet the enemy spots a big troop transport TF at Jambi, it´s the TF that brought a bgd to take Palembang but as this base is abandoned, the bgd will be shipped out again. The medium sized AP could make port... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Jambi at 20,53 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Maya Maru, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Talasea at 59,88 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 9 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Taiho Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire AP Tarushima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 37 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet will soon do something against those raids from PM... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Jambi at 20,53 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Ayaha Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 86 troops unloading over beach at Tarakan, 33,61 Japanese ground losses: 134 casualties reported also Tarakan is empty... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lingayen Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5860 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1093 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 79 - adjusted assault: 37 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 37 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingayen base !!! as is Lingayen... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Balikpapan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2467 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 69 - adjusted assault: 68 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 68 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Balikpapan base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed T.IVa: 1 destroyed Vildebeest IV: 3 destroyed and Balikpapan is empty also... couple of ac were left behind and I´m happy about every torp bomber destroyed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Victoria Point Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1544 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Defending force 369 troops, 4 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese max assault: 57 - adjusted assault: 59 Allied max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 59 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Victoria Point base !!! Allied ground losses: 519 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 base force surrendered... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Samarinda Allied Shock attack Attacking force 633 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23 Defending force 9882 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 160 Allied max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 0 Japanese max defense: 153 - adjusted defense: 193 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 93 casualties reported one unit that was originally located at Tarakan crossed the river into Samarinda but achieved nothing of course... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2579 troops, 74 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35 Defending force 2486 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 8:23:05 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/24/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Midway at 95,61 Japanese Ships AK Yasukawa Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied Ships SS Trout 5 Allied SS are around Midway now... one manages to hit a big AK that could make port. Flt at 42 at the moment but it´s a long way to Kwajalein... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Malacca , at 22,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 143 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet level 1 airfield impossible to hit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 C5M Babs x 4 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 121 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed, 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 222 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 [8\|] Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet the Allied fighters returned to Manila and Clark Field a couple of turns ago. We destroy nearly a dozen but in return we lose 7 Sallies today with 1 to flak and half a dozen to ops... [:(] The hit rate is more than poor, we achieved more than 100 runway hits from the same height a couple of turns ago... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 21,53 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Maya Maru, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 23,55 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 3 Blenheim I x 3 Martin 139 x 19 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 1 damaged Martin 139: 4 damaged Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato CA Takao Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 23,55 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 3 Blenheim I x 3 Martin 139 x 3 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 3 damaged Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1319 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 32 - adjusted assault: 10 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarakan base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3448 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 109 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 105 - adjusted assault: 54 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 54 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Moulmein base !!! another empty base. Also Rangoon is empty! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ichang Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2070 troops, 0 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 93 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 78 - adjusted assault: 80 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 80 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE Ichang base !!! Ichang (central China) is empty too... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2609 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35 Defending force 2552 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 56

Ambassador -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 9:18:21 PM)
Do you know if he's consolidating somewhere in the DEI, or did he manage to actually evacuate all those units to Oz or India ?

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/1/2008 9:46:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ambassador Do you know if he's consolidating somewhere in the DEI, or did he manage to actually evacuate all those units to Oz or India ? no, he seems to stick to a couple of places, he wouldn´t have enough pps anyway to evacuate all troops... and there is no sign of a single ship...

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/2/2008 2:27:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/25/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 19,59 Japanese Ships CL Kuma DD Asakaze DD Harukaze DD Matsukaze DD Hatakaze Allied Ships PT TM-10 PT TM-11, Shell hits 3, and is sunk PT TM-12 PT TM-13, Shell hits 3, and is sunk PT TM-14 PT TM-15 I see those six PTs at Batavia as a threat, so I moved in a SC TF to tangle with them. With surprise on our side, two of them were sunk and then the engagment was already over... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 18 troops unloading over beach at Kavieng, 61,86 Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Fergusson Island at 57,94 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 G3M Nell x 25 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PG Moa AK Irenee Du Pont PG Kiwi AK Liberty Glo, Bomb hits 1 AK Sagadahoc Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet Wonder what this TF is doing here. Nells are stationed at Lae (airfield 3) and while Nells are ship killers when attacking with torps, they are pretty useless when attacking with bombs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 754 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 24 - adjusted assault: 13 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Palembang base !!! we take the empty base and 30% of the oil is damaged... [8\|][8\|][8\|] Pretty bad news, considering that this is the biggest oil field... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2611 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35 Defending force 2599 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/2/2008 4:08:18 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/26/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 46 encounters mine field at Batavia (19,59) Japanese Ships CL Kuma, Mine hits 1, on fire DD Hatakaze, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [8\|] damn those mines, Hatakaze probably won´t make it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 96,63 Japanese Ships DD Kasumi DD Arare DD Tanikaze Allied Ships SS Tambor, hits 3 Tambor gets 3 near misses South of Midway... a TF with only 2 spotted ships was spotted 6 hexes East of Midway speed 0. This speed 0 makes me curious. I guess this could be a TF of some half dozen ships going into position to do a bombardment run on Midway. Or a fast transport perhaps. Pretty much suicide with KB around Midway. We will see what happens tomorrow... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 19,59 Japanese Ships CL Kuma, on fire DD Asakaze DD Harukaze DD Matsukaze DD Hatakaze, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships PT TM-10 PT TM-12 PT TM-14, Shell hits 3, and is sunk PT TM-15, Shell hits 3, and is sunk two more PTs are sunk and my bombardment TF goes in... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 19,59 Japanese Ships CA Chokai CA Mogami CA Mikuma DD Shigure DD Kawakaze DD Ayanami DD Asagiri DD Yugiri DD Amagiri Allied Ships PT TM-10, Shell hits 15, and is sunk PT TM-12, Shell hits 14, and is sunk ...to kill the last two PTs remaining... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Batavia, at 19,59 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed Martin 139: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Chokai Allied ground losses: 812 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Vehicles lost 3 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 6 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 a lot of casualties and a lot of port hits. Would like to target the airfield though as there are reported 40 bombers. Guess there will be two dozen then... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 20,59 Japanese Ships CL Kuma Allied Ships SS KXII this would have caused trouble and Kuma would be seriously hurt. Two torps miss though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 156 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 6 P-40E Warhawk x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 189 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 31 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet We torch a dozen fighters on the ground, the hit rate of my bombers is once again pathetic though. My fighters don´t achieve high kill rates as the defenders are so low on morale that the bogey out all the time... But with only 40 P-40B a month as replacement, every fighter lost hurts... no sense fighting here for the Allied but I like it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Homan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 7679 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2079 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 152 - adjusted assault: 71 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 71 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese forces CAPTURE Homan base !!! next empty base taken... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kavieng Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 402 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 14 - adjusted assault: 9 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kavieng base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rangoon Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1780 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1480 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 8 - adjusted assault: 2 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Rangoon base !!! also Rangoon is empty. I don´t spot a single enemy unit in Burma! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2601 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36 Defending force 2639 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 304 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 13 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Naga base !!! empty Naga was taken by parachutes and a troop transport TF will start unloading tomorrow...

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