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castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/22/2009 3:27:33 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/12/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 32 Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet training strike coming from Ceylon... seems like Ceylon is still well supplied... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 5 B5N Kate x 5 G4M1 Betty x 60 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 176 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 32 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 71 Ki-49 Helen x 62 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 30 casualties reported Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 99 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 21 Ki-27 Nate x 35 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 117 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 74 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 23 SBD Dauntless x 2 No Allied losses Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet most of the strike failed to locate the target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Suva , at 86,114 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 33 Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 A-20B Boston x 7 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14257 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4140 Defending force 62280 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1687 Allied ground losses: 81 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517 Defending force 213750 troops, 568 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5748 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chengtu Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358 Defending force 43299 troops, 509 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 900 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 38082 troops, 495 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1098 Defending force 12978 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196 Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported there are five Allied divisions at Suva now... with 6 or 7 Allied divisions on Timor I wonder how many divisions there are left to do a big style invasion somewhere. Of course there are more than enough RCTs and bgds around...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/23/2009 12:55:02 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/13/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1019 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships MSW Tamworth MSW Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 27 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet guess those Buffs are doing training runs here, then will be transferred back to Karachi and moved out with an AK to Australia. There are so few aircraft at Karachi that I´m pretty sure that most were moved to Australia. Surely nearly all British bomber squadrons are operating out of Northern Australia as can be seen due to the high number of Wellingtons and Blenheims there... at the moment there´s nothing I can do to interdict those convoys between Karachi and (probably) Perth though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 5 B5N Kate x 5 G4M1 Betty x 32 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 174 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 72 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 [X(] Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 135 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 5 Blenheim IV x 39 B-25C Mitchell x 246 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 88 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Blenheim IV: 21 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 63 destroyed, 120 damaged Japanese ground losses: 121 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet 1 x Blenheim IV bombing at 11000 feet while I have seen Cap levels of 170 to even 200 Tojos, of course today, when Miller starts another big attack, we only see 45% of our fighters in the air... nevertheless this attack is shredded (but as always we are sure that there´s another strike). The Tojos work very well against 2E bombers and when I look at the Blenheims, they die like flies when thinking about Nikmod bomber endurance. It´s good to see those Blenheim flying as this means the British bomber squadrons can´t get enough Wellingtons to fill them up. But there will also be the Liberator III soon, which means the British squadrons will get 30 Wellingtons and 30 Liberator III each month and this means more trouble soon... 10 fighters are lost on the ground for around 100 2E bombers shot down in the end... that would be an excellent result... one of those attacks can be fent off but... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 [:(] Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 66 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 60 Wellington III x 86 B-17E Fortress x 97 B-24D Liberator x 111 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 36 destroyed Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 15 destroyed, 30 damaged Wellington III: 5 destroyed, 76 damaged B-17E Fortress: 39 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 65 damaged Japanese ground losses: 305 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 33 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 234 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Wellington III bombing at 12000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet 20 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 12000 feet ... there´s always the second attack with the undestructable 4Es that NUKE your base... once again, all I can say is please look at the 4E losses... would be great if one of the Allied bases would be clouded in somtimes, or if the bombers couldn´t find the target... well, no luck and with the low Cap levels during the first attack, there´s not much in the air when those bombers show up and now my base is destroyed, with some 70 fighters destroyed on the ground. Only one B-17 and four B-24 are shot down. So once again it takes nearly 40 B-17s damaged to see one being downed and this by my "bomber killer" as I don´t have a comparable fighter in regards of firepower like the Tojo... hurrey... needless to say the base is closed again... [image]local://upfiles/13774/72831E9B10C345B590C73B06F5BFEFBA.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 99 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 25 Ki-27 Nate x 35 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 117 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Runway hits 122 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 24 SBD Dauntless x 16 Spitfire Vb x 7 P-36A Mohawk x 6 P-40E Warhawk x 7 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Suva , at 86,114 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 29 Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 A-20B Boston x 13 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14260 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4250 Defending force 62536 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1713 Allied ground losses: 188 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16035 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517 Defending force 213427 troops, 557 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5751 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported enemy av is decreasing rapidly... [:)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chengtu Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358 Defending force 43357 troops, 508 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 903 Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 46717 troops, 631 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1112 Defending force 12934 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 192 Japanese ground losses: 146 casualties reported Guns lost 2

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/23/2009 1:37:42 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/14/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Takao CA Chokai DD Tanikaze DD Yamagumo DD Ariake DD Akatsuki DD Fubuki DD Usugumo Allied Ships PT PT-176 PT PT-178, Shell hits 15, and is sunk PT PT-186 due to the enemy fighters being back at Lautern I´ve decided to send in the cruisers (once again...). We meet the usual PT plague but this time they are surprised and after one is sunk the TFs break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Takao CA Chokai DD Tanikaze DD Yamagumo DD Ariake DD Akatsuki DD Fubuki DD Usugumo Allied Ships PT PT-169 PT PT-177, Shell hits 21, and is sunk PT PT-181 same with the second PT squadron, they are surprised, one is shot to pieces and then the TFs break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Chokai CA Takao Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Guns lost 2 and then the two heavy cruisers nuke the base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1019 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships MSW Tamworth MSW Kalgoorlie there´s not much left of the recently laid Type 88 mines... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 20 Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 G4M1 Betty x 33 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 No Japanese losses Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 61 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Catalina I: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 75 Aircraft Attacking: 34 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet wonder if Miller keeps his ac at this base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 55 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 Blenheim IV x 11 B-25C Mitchell x 129 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 9 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 3 damaged Blenheim IV: 11 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 54 damaged Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 11000 feet 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet the Tojos have been withdrawn and now Zeroes are flying LRCAP. The Zero isn´t a bomber killer, all that they are able to do is to scare the enemy bomber crews with their 7.7 mm MGs when the bounce off the armored cockpits... most of the bombers turn back but one and a half dozen bombers drop their loads over the base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 37 Wellington III x 39 B-17E Fortress x 58 B-24D Liberator x 68 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 9 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 29 damaged Wellington III: 16 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 32 damaged Japanese ground losses: 139 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 151 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 12000 feet 5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet 19 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 12000 feet 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet the 4E monsters show up also of course, nuking the base again... the remaining Zeroes damage a couple of bombers, even manage to take two 4Es down, flak acounts for a couple of bombers more shot down... as it looks now it seems that my LRCAP could at least damage enough bombers to get the airfield operational again as the unescorted bombers will turn back if running repeatadly into fighters... but for now, the base is 100% damaged... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 103 Ki-49 Helen x 112 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vb x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 24 damaged Allied aircraft losses Spitfire Vb: 5 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 10 destroyed PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 125 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet I´m more than amazed that Miller didn´t move a hell a lot more fighters to Lautern. As I´ve never seen the runway damage reaching 0% I guess the airbase is 100% damaged and this will make servicing his ac problematic. The Zeroe escorts didn´t have much problem with the fighters on Cap and the enemy also had very low morale turning back after some of their comrades were shot down... Hit rate of the bombers was "ok as well as the loss rate as we destroyed at least more ac on the ground than we lost bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 31 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 42 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet the majority of this strike failed to locate the target... that´s a common happening for our bombers... but in total losses we achieved another good result today... [image]local://upfiles/13774/888E9CE52F36403085B63D69882DE9EC.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 99 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-27 Nate x 34 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 158 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 154 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 25 SBD Dauntless x 16 Spitfire Vb x 12 P-36A Mohawk x 11 P-40E Warhawk x 13 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet looks like a lot of the USMC Wildcats have been replaced with Army fighters... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 A-20B Boston x 14 No Allied losses Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sasebo 2nd SNLF, at 86,114 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 24 Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 6 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14260 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4407 Defending force 62826 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1743 Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3516 Defending force 212842 troops, 541 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5747 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chengtu Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358 Defending force 43431 troops, 514 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 904 Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Shock attack Attacking force 46996 troops, 636 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1123 Defending force 12776 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 187 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied max assault: 1972 - adjusted assault: 2930 Japanese max defense: 180 - adjusted defense: 319 Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2) [:(] Allied forces CAPTURE Suva base !!! Japanese ground losses: 353 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Allied ground losses: 519 casualties reported Guns lost 25 after the initial success in the defence of Suva, unfortunately the base fell easily today... have already moved out fragments of all units and will bring out more troops, I don´t expect to lose any of the units completely and they will be rebuilt within the next two months I guess...

Ambassador -> RE: it goes on... (2/24/2009 9:39:13 AM)
Well, I've been away a few days, and it appears many things happened. So, congrats for the Exeter first - being sunk by a submarine when a german battleship (ok, pocket battleship[8\|]) failed, what a shame.[:D] Congrats for Miyitkina too, as well as Sian and Kweiyang, where the fighting goes your way. Excellent, you'll finally bottle up the Chinese in Chungking, if it continues that way.[&o] And finally, congrats too for the temporary success of your Tojos against the Allied bombers. At least, you don't lose the pilots when the planes are destroyed on the ground... And if Suva finally fell, at least it delayed the Allied advances a lot. It took a month for the base to fall, did it not ? Stucking a few divisions there, that good.[:)] However, I'm starting to fear future bad news. All those Wildcats training over Koumac will soon convert to Corsairs... and if Miller swapped them for Army fighters, it can only mean that either their XP level is high enough that more training runs can't help, or that he has Corsairs ready. I don't know whne they become available in Nikmod, but IIRC in stock it's January '43...[:(] Anyway, good luck and may Ares and Athena favor you.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/24/2009 12:21:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ambassador Well, I've been away a few days, and it appears many things happened. So, congrats for the Exeter first - being sunk by a submarine when a german battleship (ok, pocket battleship[8\|]) failed, what a shame.[:D] Congrats for Miyitkina too, as well as Sian and Kweiyang, where the fighting goes your way. Excellent, you'll finally bottle up the Chinese in Chungking, if it continues that way.[&o] And finally, congrats too for the temporary success of your Tojos against the Allied bombers. At least, you don't lose the pilots when the planes are destroyed on the ground... And if Suva finally fell, at least it delayed the Allied advances a lot. It took a month for the base to fall, did it not ? Stucking a few divisions there, that good.[:)] However, I'm starting to fear future bad news. All those Wildcats training over Koumac will soon convert to Corsairs... and if Miller swapped them for Army fighters, it can only mean that either their XP level is high enough that more training runs can't help, or that he has Corsairs ready. I don't know whne they become available in Nikmod, but IIRC in stock it's January '43...[:(] Anyway, good luck and may Ares and Athena favor you. thanks Exeter was heavily damaged though, surely no flt but a lot of sys damage when heading towards Perth so in fact it was a slooow and fat target for the sub. Still nice to kill ships with subs, that mostly hurts more than if something gets sunk by a couple of Betties. Even with the same result seeing Betties sink ships is something you´re more or less used to in WITP, losing capital ships due to sub attacks creats "different" feelings... [:D] Sian will fall soon, no doubt, I´m not sure I will continue any offensive afterwards. Am planning to take Chengtu though but as it looks now, Miller moved out already 2 units from Chungking and I guess they will head North. When I see Kweiyang´s units starving then this definetely means they can´t do offensive actions out of this base and my blocking force is more than sufficient and so I´ve met my goals. It was only a small success over Koepang, the base is closed now but I expect it to be operational again within the next 7 days and then everything starts again. [:D] Miller just has to knock out this base if he wants to continue the fight on Timor and out of it afterwards. And the very good news is the fact that he stopped his attacks at Dili, I guess he fears a counteroffensive against Lautern and has accepted that he can´t take Dili with his 5 (in words: five!! [:D]) divisions. The five divisions on the Fidjis are pretty much worn down, four of them only have 150-170 av left due to the unprepped landings on New Caledonia and Fidji, not because the fights have worn them down. [:D] The future really looks grim. The Corsair will roll out of the factory in 2/43, so I expect to see the first USMC squadrons showing up 3/43. As it is now there is no real place where he could mass deploy them - well Lautern would be but there is at least the chance to attack the airfield with CAs or even BBs. I guess the time between 3/43 and 7/43 will the a tough one as I won´t get the Tony earlier. 9/43 is the normal arrival date but I hope to move it two months forward with extensive R&D. But the Tony is no wonder weapon, it´s totally outclassed by the Corsair in every stat. But I guess it will do better than the Tojo.

Ambassador -> RE: it goes on... (2/24/2009 1:20:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy Exeter was heavily damaged though, surely no flt but a lot of sys damage when heading towards Perth so in fact it was a slooow and fat target for the sub. Still nice to kill ships with subs, that mostly hurts more than if something gets sunk by a couple of Betties. Even with the same result seeing Betties sink ships is something you´re more or less used to in WITP, losing capital ships due to sub attacks creats "different" feelings... [:D] Indeed. That's why I track the score of each submarine, and not the surface combattant's.[:D]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/24/2009 2:50:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/15/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 28,72 Japanese Ships AP Unkai Maru #3, Shell hits 5, on fire Allied Ships SS O16 Japanese ground losses: 53 casualties reported Guns lost 3 O16 missed with a torp salvo but then scored with the deck gun and 40mm AA gun... AP Unkai Maru carries a small part of an AA rgt... This is North of Maumere, O21 is also operating South of Soerabaja and was hit twice by Jakes this turn. If not FOW then I guess 2x60 kg GP bombs will have done enough damage to force the sub home... Miller told me that his fleet subs are all in their homeports waiting for their 1/43 radar upgrades as I´ve asked him where all his subs have gone. So I guess our shipping lanes are flooded with subs starting in 2/42 again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1019 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships MSW Tamworth MSW Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 7 Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 B5N Kate x 26 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 49 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 24 No Japanese losses Runway hits 31 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 88 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Catalina I: 3 destroyed Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet the Catalinas at the base become damaged due to the base being damaged also and so we begin to kill more of them on the ground... We have to keep Bulla closed and I´m planning to take the base at some point... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 Ki-49 Helen x 82 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 50 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet parts of the strike failed to locate the target, couple of bombers and Zeroes crashed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 99 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 22 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 163 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 34 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 102 Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet 2/3 of a night fighter sentai started training, I will use the night fighter variant of the Nik to fly daylight Cap over bases that can only be reached by Allied bombers. The Nik has a gun value of 11 which is the highest of all Japanese fighters at the moment (the next one that comes close is the Tojo with 8!!!) but 2 of the cannons are mounted as "schräge Musik" so I don´t know if those cannons even shoot at the bombers during the daylight attacks. Anyway, they are sure enough to damage a couple of bombers which is the same as my Oscars can do... one of the oversights I´ve encountered in Nikmod is the fact that while Nik has moved back several production dates of Japanese aircrafts, he didn´t change the reinforcements and so you get new sentais/daitais that come in with no aircraft for example, or with only very few as there is no production when the reinforcements arrive. This happened with a Tojo sentai that arrived with 8 ac that were in the pool but no production and also with this Nik nightfighter sentai that arrived when the production just had started. This is a problem as when you fill out the sentai slowly with aircraft, you have to use pilots from the pool all the time instead of the sentai arriving with trained pilots NOT coming from the pool... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 33 SBD Dauntless x 16 P-36A Mohawk x 17 P-40E Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 A-20B Boston x 9 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Maizuru 2nd SNLF, at 86,114 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 140 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 248 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet all my bombers concentrated on one LCU today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 10 Hudson I x 9 Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet guess this is a newly arrived Hudson squadron that is set to nav/airfield attack by default and it attacked Malir, just to encounter heavy flak fire... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 27,70 Japanese Ships AK Tsurugisan Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage MSW Banshu Maru #18 MSW Wa 6 MSW Wa 3 Allied Ships SS O16 damn O16 attacked again today, the escorts were useless... 3 out of 4 torps hit the small AK that sinks immediately... the AK was fully loaded with 1750 supplies (cargo capacity in Nikmod was greatly reduced...) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 280040 troops, 2254 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 4508 Defending force 63074 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1766 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Japanese max assault: 4274 - adjusted assault: 3044 Allied max defense: 1539 - adjusted defense: 1483 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Japanese ground losses: 4632 casualties reported Guns lost 80 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 3500 casualties reported the enemy has no guns left but still inflicts a lot of casualties within our troops. This is a good example of how poor the WITP ground combat routine is. I´m more or less sure that the enemy is totally out of supply and without a single gun left, we suffer 80 guns disabled / lost today. Lol, a bajonette charge through my lines to take out mortars or howitzers behind my attack lines? [:o] And troops out of supply shouldn´t do any damage at all, or only very small damage... guess the worst thing for combat troops is to run out of ammunition, that´s a bigger problem than to run out of food, at least when it comes down to the ability to inflict losses within the enemy when he attacks your lines... you can be starved for weeks but as long as you have ammunition for your 8.8 you can still put a couple of T-34 out of action. As soon as you don´t have 8.8 ammunition but lots of canned beef it will get hard to knock out the tanks... in WITP´s ground routine it´s all about assault points with modifiers that also don´t work well when out of supply troops still fight at 25% combat strenght. This can end in 200% combat strenght or even more if you have 9 forts, urban hex or mountaineous hex with 100% preparation. That´s just wrong IMO. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3518 Defending force 212670 troops, 531 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5744 Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chengtu Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358 Defending force 43483 troops, 511 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 909 Japanese ground losses: 37 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 48921 troops, 671 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1094 Defending force 11710 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 160 Japanese ground losses: 638 casualties reported Guns lost 13

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/25/2009 9:05:06 AM)
boring turn, mostly training raids... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/16/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 2 No Allied losses Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 G4M1 Betty x 6 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 33 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 24 No Japanese losses Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 88 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Catalina I: 3 destroyed Allied ground losses: 30 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 99 B5N Kate x 10 G4M1 Betty x 21 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 164 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 25 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 102 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 36 SBD Dauntless x 16 Buffalo I x 3 P-36A Mohawk x 24 P-40E Warhawk x 26 No Allied losses Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 A-20B Boston x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sasebo 2nd SNLF, at 86,114 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-49 Helen x 70 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 62 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14236 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4236 Defending force 57951 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463 Allied ground losses: 168 casualties reported deliberate attack in two days again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3520 Defending force 212367 troops, 527 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5741 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 49114 troops, 677 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1103 Defending force 10175 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 107 Allied max assault: 978 - adjusted assault: 841 Japanese max defense: 94 - adjusted defense: 103 Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 61 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 208 casualties reported Guns lost 12 the Allied divisions start their deliberate attacks to kill off the defenders that were driven out of Suva... Miller asked me today when I will start my invasion of Australia as he can see that I have gathered the whole IJN at Soerabaja! Looks like setting a couple of units to prepare for Northern Australia and putting a lot of merchant ships to Soerabaja to make it look like my number one port on the map does scare him a bit! [:D] Also Emilies are flying recon over all four Northern Australian bases and we spotted three more units moving to Broome in the far West. I´ve told him so often that I´m going to land in Australia that he can´t really believe me but it nevertheless seems he´s more and more concerned about it... hehe... every unit that is sitting in Northern Australia for garrisson purposes can´t go on the offensive... [;)]

Ambassador -> RE: it goes on... (2/25/2009 9:42:31 AM)
Hehe, intelligence, counter-intelligence, scams, psycho war... very good, all that. It's time to amphib attack San Francisco !!![:D]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/26/2009 5:45:55 PM)
Miller keeps moving troops around on the Northern Australian coast, seems like he really thinks I´m going to land... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/17/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 25 No Japanese losses Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 88 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 74 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 58 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 99 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 164 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 26 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 135 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 38 SBD Dauntless x 14 Buffalo I x 10 P-36A Mohawk x 30 P-40E Warhawk x 34 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sasebo 2nd SNLF, at 86,114 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32 Ki-49 Helen x 104 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 97 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3 Ki-49 Helen x 36 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 64 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14224 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4344 Defending force 57999 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1486 Allied ground losses: 150 casualties reported deliberate attack tomorrow... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517 Defending force 211949 troops, 525 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5743 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 49185 troops, 670 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1093 Defending force 9282 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 84 Allied max assault: 983 - adjusted assault: 727 Japanese max defense: 73 - adjusted defense: 103 Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 155 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 200 casualties reported Guns lost 7 my troops won´t last that much longer I guess, I had ac flying parts of them out but today my ac were intercepted so I will stop it...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/26/2009 5:52:53 PM)
a good day... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/18/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 82,114 Japanese Ships SS I-27 Allied Ships AK Empire Bunting SC SC-708 SC SC-639 SC SC-638 SC SC-521 SC SC-520 we´ve spotted a convoy West of the Fidjis and decided to attack it with subs... I-27 ends up near the convoy but is driven off by a couple of subchasers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1019 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships MSW Tamworth MSW Kalgoorlie sub laid mines... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 B5N Kate x 54 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 58 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 86 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 58 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 Ki-49 Helen x 106 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 8 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet too many Helens crashed today... 6 pilots lost... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 52 G3M Nell x 54 G4M1 Betty x 104 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 111 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet pretty amazing hit rate but all in all we´ve lot far too many ac again today. And we normally lose nearly all our pilots also. My aircraft are just too fragile... [:(] [image]local://upfiles/13774/B3EB7BCC0411485F9A8D5DF75C1AAD34.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 47 SBD Dauntless x 16 Buffalo I x 19 P-36A Mohawk x 36 P-40E Warhawk x 44 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 39 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 A-20B Boston x 9 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32 Ki-49 Helen x 94 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4 Ki-49 Helen x 31 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian [:D][:D][:D] Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 274287 troops, 2167 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 4452 Defending force 58273 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530 Japanese max assault: 4231 - adjusted assault: 3963 Allied max defense: 1215 - adjusted defense: 457 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 4) [8D][8D][8D] Japanese forces CAPTURE Sian base !!! Japanese ground losses: 1709 casualties reported Guns lost 53 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 107052 casualties reported [&o][:D] Guns lost 2 And the defenses of Sian collapse! It was a hard fight but in the end I´ve known from the first attack on that the base won´t hold forever. It was surprising to see it surrendering today though, thought it would need another two or even three attacks. I now have more than 350.000 troops sitting at Sian and Homan waiting to get new orders. The troops at Sian need at least 6 weeks for r&r to come back to combat readiness... Nearly 110.000 Chinese prisoners account for 656 points of Allied ground losses that are now at 17.067! [8D] And I´m not yet done! [;)] The Chinese aren´t worth a lot, when I think about Myitkina where we have seen 25.000 British troops surrender, they accounted for over 800 points of ground losses! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3515 Defending force 211758 troops, 519 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5743 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 76441 troops, 657 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2084 Defending force 71235 troops, 878 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 50 casualties reported Guns lost 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 49066 troops, 671 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1074 Defending force 8558 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/26/2009 5:57:15 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/19/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 86 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 57 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 45 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 164 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 29 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 81 Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 54 SBD Dauntless x 14 Buffalo I x 25 P-36A Mohawk x 42 P-40E Warhawk x 56 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3520 Defending force 211093 troops, 512 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5725 I´m not sure I will attack further inland in China. The front is now at Chungking and Kweiyang and the supply situation for all those Chinese soldiers is just grim. And it will get even worse when all those units reappear at Chungking with 1/3 strenght that surrendered at Sian yesterday. In fact, the Chinese have been knocked out of the war many months ago already. I now have to get enough supply North to repair the oil centers at Lanchow as this base could provide me with 125 x 6 oil points a day which would be something like 5% of my total oil need. So I guess it will be worth it to invest 60.000 supplies there to get it back to 125 as we won´t have to spend a lot of supplies for the ground war in China anymore anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 76575 troops, 655 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2087 Defending force 71204 troops, 873 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1464 Japanese ground losses: 41 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 49385 troops, 678 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1100 Defending force 8614 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 80 Allied max assault: 1014 - adjusted assault: 593 Japanese max defense: 69 - adjusted defense: 49 Allied assault odds: 12 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 167 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Allied ground losses: 122 casualties reported Guns lost 8

Ambassador -> RE: it goes on... (2/26/2009 6:27:31 PM)
Fine, Sian down, it's either Kweiyang next, or a lot of freed troops for use elsewhere (north ?[;)]). And the reduced supply consumption will be useful too. Well done.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/26/2009 6:29:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ambassador Fine, Sian down, it's either Kweiyang next, or a lot of freed troops for use elsewhere (north ?[;)]). And the reduced supply consumption will be useful too. Well done. north? where north? The North is cleared already! [:D]

Ambassador -> RE: it goes on... (2/26/2009 6:32:57 PM)
A little further north... or east, or whatever the direction is in WitP distorted geography.[:D]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/26/2009 6:35:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ambassador A little further north... or east, or whatever the direction is in WitP distorted geography.[:D] in WITP geography it would be East then... [;)]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/26/2009 7:59:03 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/20/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 45 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 132 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 29 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 73 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 61 SBD Dauntless x 15 Buffalo I x 25 P-36A Mohawk x 40 P-40E Warhawk x 66 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 47 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sasebo 2nd SNLF, at 86,114 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3526 Defending force 210773 troops, 502 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5721 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 76638 troops, 652 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2093 Defending force 71181 troops, 872 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1464 Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 49837 troops, 668 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1336 Defending force 8283 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67 Japanese ground losses: 103 casualties reported in terms of combat, nothing interesting at all happening this turn. What is interesting though is the fact that 3 of the Allied units already left their positions sieging my base at Dili, now being on the trails West of Lautern. And I bet Miller will move out all his troops. I´ve stated in my last email that it´s obvious that he gave up on taking Dili and if he will be lucky then perhaps his units will be back at Lautern when my troops storm ashore... [;)] Also interesting is the fact that three USMC para btns were moved to the Fidjis (seen them during their bombardment this turn). Three para btns? Looks like Miller is preparing to grab some bases in the South Pacific...

Q-Ball -> RE: it goes on... (2/26/2009 9:28:03 PM)
How is the isolation of Manila going? Any plans to take it anytime soon? From your combat reports, it looks like they are out of ammo; no hits on your 2000ft Oscars. I suppose that unless you need the points for Auto Victory soon, what's the point of attacking even before 1944? They might all be gone by then.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/27/2009 10:31:52 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Q-Ball How is the isolation of Manila going? Any plans to take it anytime soon? From your combat reports, it looks like they are out of ammo; no hits on your 2000ft Oscars. I suppose that unless you need the points for Auto Victory soon, what's the point of attacking even before 1944? They might all be gone by then. Manila is sieged by about 100 Japanese assault points. [:D] With the urban bonus the remaining 25.000 Allied troops can´t do anything. I´ve been using Manila as a training target for the last 10 months and at the moment I´m not thinking about taking it at all. As it stands now, I will achieve autovictory in two weeks with a 4,5:1 ratio. Not as impressing as the nearly 6:1 I had two months ago but still. I can´t see how Miller will prevent me from scoring the autovictory in 1/43. But honestly, IMO it´s only nice but that´s it. Miller can (and probably) will win the game. Winning for me means to kill off the Japanese before mid 45 as the Allied. Winning as the Japanese for me is to do better than real life. In terms of conquered territory I did far better than real life but if Miller would be able to drive into the heart of the SRA within the next year then I´ve more or less lost earlier than the real life Japanese. At the moment I guess I won´t take Manila before I really need to as Clark is a big airfield only one hex away from the target and therefore I´m minimizing my op losses to a max as my ac are just crap and the training strikes from 2 hexes range cause a lot of op losses. Miller can use his bombers to do training runs even against defended bases at max range and doesn´t suffer the op losses I have when attacking an undefended target at 2 hexes.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/27/2009 10:34:37 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/21/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 36 B5N Kate x 54 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 130 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 155 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 107 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 102 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 78 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 Ki-49 Helen x 133 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 38 damaged [8\|] Allied ground losses: 155 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 70 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet My losses are just too high, all I can do is attack from 26.000ft to achieve 3 bomb hits with 100 bombers... [image]local://upfiles/13774/490831CA75D944C180D55FC385B41893.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 163 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 31 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 91 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 56 SBD Dauntless x 14 Buffalo I x 29 P-36A Mohawk x 42 P-40E Warhawk x 73 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 35 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16060 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3518 Defending force 210404 troops, 489 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5708 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 76850 troops, 654 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2101 Defending force 71304 troops, 876 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1465 Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Guns lost 1

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (2/27/2009 3:36:11 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/22/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1042 troops unloading over beach at Tongatapu Island, 94,114 Allied ground losses: 185 casualties reported a TF unloads troops here, don´t know if it´s a fast TF or troop transports... the dozens of search ac in this area spotted... nothing... [8\|] another AP/AK TF was spotted though, heading towards Wallis island... seems like Miller wants to make sure I don´t have bases remaining down in the South East Pacific to start carrier raids again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 36 B5N Kate x 54 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 106 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 172 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 109 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 7 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 164 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 32 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 72 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16060 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3520 Defending force 209820 troops, 476 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5709 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 77014 troops, 655 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2105 Defending force 71262 troops, 875 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1465 Japanese ground losses: 61 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Allied ground losses: 62 casualties reported Guns lost 13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tongatapu Island Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1200 troops, 0 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 14 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied max assault: 16 - adjusted assault: 6 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Tongatapu Island base !!! atoll shock attack... empty base...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/1/2009 10:05:40 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/23/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Russell Islands, 66,96 [X(][X(] Japanese ground losses: 82 casualties reported First I was shocked as I just couldn´t imagine that Miller would be able to sneak a convoy through all my search aircraft... then I realized it´s one of my TFs that unloads a small unit to take the last empty base in the Solomons... [:)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Russell Islands, 66,96 Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 36 B5N Kate x 54 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 106 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 180 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Parachute Regiment, at 68,112 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 69 SBD Dauntless x 14 Buffalo I x 36 P-40E Warhawk x 78 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3523 Defending force 209136 troops, 474 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5697 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 160963 troops, 472 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5697 Defending force 170756 troops, 1868 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 3523 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 the enemy starts bombardments again... using up supplies is a good idea when you seem to be already so low on supply that your troops starve... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 77039 troops, 639 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2107 Defending force 71156 troops, 872 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463 Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Guns lost 4

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/1/2009 10:12:24 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/24/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 B5N Kate x 53 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 103 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 179 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 72 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 13 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 164 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 134 Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Derby , at 24,85 [:D] Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 53 Ki-49 Helen x 228 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 15 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 16 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 13 destroyed Blenheim IV: 15 destroyed PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed PB2Y Coronado: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 96 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 24 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 97 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet Christmas eve brings a surprise to the Allied sitting in Northern Australia! I´ve moved IJA bombers to Koepang to attack Derby´s airfield at max range. And my bombers do so with good results, I was surprised in two ways. First, flak was far from what I´ve expected it to be and second, we only destroyed "few" Mitchells as I´ve expected there to be at least 200+ of them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Derby , at 24,85 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 G3M Nell x 47 G4M1 Betty x 71 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 6 destroyed Blenheim IV: 5 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 16000 feet and here comes the follow on strike from further North, parts of the strike failed to locate the target though. In the end we took fewer losses than expected as flak at Derby is far from what we´re used to but we´ve also failed to achieve our goal which was to destroy at least a hundred Mitchells or if we would be lucky, to kill a dozen 4Es on the ground. But Miller mostly had obsolete British bombers at Derby and his 4Es are either sitting at Darwin or Wyndham. But in the end I guess it was a nice surprise. Miller has yet to really cap his bases, I thought after my port attacks many weeks ago he would realize that his bases in Northern Australia aren´t safe but he still hasn´t strong fighter units present. I hope that he will bring more fighter squadrons as this would result in fewer bombers. My bomber losses in this attack were extremly low... Happy x-mas! [image]local://upfiles/13774/3C5E89D5655D4ECCB712CE099C5ADFA3.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Russell Islands Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 648 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 20 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Russell Islands base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3526 Defending force 209009 troops, 471 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5684

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/1/2009 10:15:22 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/25/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 A6M3a Zero x 6 B5N Kate x 51 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 105 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 203 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 86 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 18 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 164 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 97 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Parachute Regiment, at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 3 F4F-4 Wildcat x 51 Buffalo I x 29 P-40E Warhawk x 59 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 83,114 Japanese Ships SS I-27 Allied Ships AK Carina, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Gainsar AK Alkaid AK Eidsvold AK Lynx AK Eridanus MSW Grebe MSW Token MSW Herald MSW Heed today´s only highlight, a small AK is sunk West of the Fidjis... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16025 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3522 Defending force 208886 troops, 465 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5684 another sub spotted a small TF a dozen hexes West of Canton Island heading South West. Don´t know if this is an invasion TF or just a convoy that get´s to close to my atolls...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/1/2009 11:29:51 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/26/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 18 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 163 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 99 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 15 P-36A Mohawk x 50 Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 43 Aircraft Attacking: 44 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet Efate recently turned into a level 2 airfield and is used as a training base immediately... lot´s of shipping reported at Suva, guess the next Allied operations will be somewhere against my outposts in the Pacific... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16025 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3521 Defending force 208487 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5673

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/1/2009 1:30:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/27/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 14,85 Japanese Ships SS I-21 Allied Ships MSW Katoomba, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Shepparton MSW Launceton MSW Latrobe MSW Gympie 2 out of 6 torps hit a MSW that sinks immediately... the rest of the TF failed to locate my sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 160 Allied aircraft I-153c x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-153c: 8 destroyed SB-2c: 2 destroyed IL-4c: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 80 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet even though there is only light flak fire, my bomber losses are once again excessive... 5 pilots dead... [:(] [image]local://upfiles/13774/26E1FF95CFD94EE190DD1B0401D14C27.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 A6M3a Zero x 20 B5N Kate x 6 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 41 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 180 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 53 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 164 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 87 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 2 P-36A Mohawk x 4 Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Parachute Regiment, at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 4 F4F-4 Wildcat x 69 Buffalo I x 42 P-40E Warhawk x 111 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16048 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3520 Defending force 208034 troops, 448 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5664

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/2/2009 12:58:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/28/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 A6M3a Zero x 22 B5N Kate x 54 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 187 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 76 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8 Ki-49 Helen x 42 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet we´ve spotted ac yesterday but Miller moved them out again... the airfield should be 100% damaged though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 128 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 70 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft P-36A Mohawk x 43 Allied aircraft losses P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Airbase hits 8 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 38 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Parachute Regiment, at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 4 F4F-4 Wildcat x 48 Buffalo I x 27 P-40E Warhawk x 84 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tongatapu Island at 94,114 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 48 Ki-49 Helen x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged Allied Ships AVD Gillis, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 3000 feet spotted a TF at Tongatapu yesterday so we took the risk to set our bombers on naval attack. Risk because I´m not aware where the US CVs are and they could pop up right next to my base and we would have to watch 100+ ac going down for nothing again... only the IJA bombers took off, not a single IJN bomber flew this attack, but the Helens were enough to sink the single ship TF. Gillis probably only was there to operate a Catalina squadron... during the initial landings, there were only parts of a USMC para btn and a seabee unit... the first bombers missed but after the first bomb hit the AVD was a sitting duck and bomb after bomb struck the doomed ship... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16048 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3521 Defending force 207673 troops, 443 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5641 thought this screenshot would be interesting, showing the total air losses. Not surprisingly, a couple of Japanese aircraft show up within the top ten of aircraft lost as we have pretty much focussed on only a couple of aircraft types and use them excessively, which would be the Zero, the Helen and the Tojo, the Oscar and Sally are nearly not used anymore. But also the B-25C losses are quite high and I was surprised that they are that high already. IIRC there are coming 75 out of the factory every month beginning in 1/42 so with 900 produced so far, nearly 800 were destroyed. Of course there are also the reinforcements with a couple of squadrons arriving. But all in all, I guess Miller doesn´t have as many Mitchells as he would like to have and pools are surely low. There are also 30 B-26 each month and I have seen Marauder strikes of 250+ bombers already. With only 30 Wellingtons each month, this ac type should also be in low supply for the Allied at the moment. Not to forget are the 30 LibIII that will come out of the factory in a week. There are also surely not enough Warhawks for all the USAAF squadrons and the B-17s should also be low in the pools if there are any with 10/month. Those total losses look encouraging first hand but on the other side, when I see 600+ bombers launching out of Northern Australia in one turn then there are enough Allied bombers around I guess... After streamlining production of my aircrafts I´m in good supply of all aircraft needed. Of course I can lose over a hundred Tojos in one day when the Allied bomber armada shows up (unescorted) over Koepang. Don´t want to think about an escorted strike when 100 Warhawks and two dozen Lightnings would show up before or with the bombers. But for the moment, aircraft supply, no matter if bombers or fighters, looks pretty good. [image]local://upfiles/13774/F96A2D0B30664186995761BE03C71B57.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/5/2009 12:05:52 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/29/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 133 Allied aircraft I-153c x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-153c: 5 destroyed IL-4c: 1 destroyed SB-2c: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet we will close the airfield down and will then start to fly ground attacks (am not sure my bombers will even launch for ground attacks 6 hexes...) [image]local://upfiles/13774/CD821C2C13B742BDB281FE37BEBEC4A9.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 A6M3a Zero x 32 G4M1 Betty x 8 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 160 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8 Ki-49 Helen x 32 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 1 casualties reported Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft P-36A Mohawk x 37 Allied aircraft losses P-36A Mohawk: 7 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 34 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Parachute Regiment, at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 5 F4F-4 Wildcat x 51 Buffalo I x 29 P-40E Warhawk x 89 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet there are only a couple of disabled 47mm AT guns left... can´t fly them out, sometimes it works, sometimes not... [8\|] around half of them were airlifted out... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3523 Defending force 207230 troops, 436 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5636

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/5/2009 12:27:05 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/30/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 A6M3a Zero x 37 B5N Kate x 54 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 219 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 96 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-49 Helen x 78 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 129 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 57 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 6 Spitfire Vb x 6 Kittyhawk I x 5 P-40B Tomahawk x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Kittyhawk I: 4 destroyed P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged Dili has turned into a level 2 airfield a couple of turns ago and I can use it for offensive missions now also. Based two Zero daitais here and swept Darwin today to clear the path for a bomber strike that I´ve ordered out of Northern New Guinea. Our sweep had to suffer from the Allied bounce and we only get a 2:1 in air losses and when the Zeroes headed home there were still a lot of Allied fighters in the air... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 62 G4M1 Betty x 115 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 Spitfire Vb x 5 Kittyhawk I x 1 P-40B Tomahawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 6 destroyed Spitfire Vb: 7 destroyed Kittyhawk I: 10 destroyed P-40B Tomahawk: 10 destroyed Wellington III: 3 destroyed C-47 Dakota: 13 destroyed Dakota I: 6 destroyed Allied ground losses: 86 casualties reported Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 29 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 80 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet and here comes the bomber strike, well escorted and the whole strike managed to locate the target. The escorts made short process with the remaining Allied fighters and again to my surprise the flak fire over this important base is really light. Recon told me about two units moving out of this base (probably to bolster the defenses of the bases West of Darwin) and as it looks now the defense of Darwin is far from being strong. Unfortunately though, we again didn´t achieve what I wanted to achieve: kill big numbers of either Mitchells or 4Es. Even though we destroyed over 100 enemy ac today, our losses aren´t really worth this result. Only ac destroyed that are valuable are the Wellingtons and the Tomahawks that could fly "long range" escort. Miller has increased the numbers of fighters at every Northern Australian base. We now see more and more fighters in the air, guess he had to move them in by rail and the squadrons are now being repaired and only parts have been flying Cap so far. Many bombers will probably be at Perth, the rest at the East coast bases... [image]local://upfiles/13774/AB9F41325AB14FDBBC2A23572A81738C.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 22 P-36A Mohawk x 32 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16051 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3525 Defending force 206670 troops, 423 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5621 Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/5/2009 12:38:47 PM)
[sm=character0169.gif] ! ! ! V I C T O R Y ! ! ! [sm=character0169.gif] [image]local://upfiles/13774/184EE961AEA04EA98E5747F824E0422B.jpg[/image] after having a victory ratio of around 6:1 a couple of months ago, it dropped considerably again after the loss of Noumea. But we´re still having a nice point ratio, considering the fact that we have NOT seized Manila, which is worth 1300 points for the Allied. Would we have seized this base (wouldn´t be a problem at all) like it is normally done, then our victory ratio would be far over 5:1 with the point loss for the base and 30.000 Allied troops surrendering. But I won´t complain, autovictory never has been a goal for me and while it tells you to a small extend if you´re doing well or bad, IMO it doesn´t tell you if you win or lose. Couple of good moves by Paul and I can still lose in 43 already, not to talk about 44 or even 45. For the moment, I´m doing better (far better [;)]) then the Japs done in real life but that´s of course also because I am able to do things in the game that were just not possible in real life. The game of course goes on, we will soon getting into a phase that will be purely frustrating for me I guess as the Corsair, Lightning, Thunderbolt and Liberator will make my life hell.

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