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castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/5/2009 12:55:22 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/31/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 42,71 Japanese Ships MSW W.6 MSW W.13 MSW W.4 MSW W.3 APD APD-2 Allied Ships SS Trusty Trusty tried to attack one of my mine layer TFs but thank god the sub fired at a MSW and it missed with 6 torps... no DCs dropped in return... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 139 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 36 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 9 destroyed Hurricane IIc: 8 destroyed IL-4c: 1 destroyed SB-2c: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 104 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet I guess there are around 150 British/Australian fighter bombers dispersed at the remaining bases in China, with the majority at Chungking, but none of them is flying Cap. I´m not sure I would try to attack the base if he would have 80-100 (or even more) Hurricanes on Cap as I guess the losses wouldn´t worth killing two or three dozen fighter bombers. The good thing is that there is probably no base in China left that has enough supplies to enable the enemy to draw replacements so as soon as most of the ac are destroyed it means game over for the Allied airforce in China. Long range bombers can still fly out to Akyab - Ceylon - Karachi. As mentioned earlier, China is knocked out of the war anyway, we will need some 5000 assault points to keep the frontline where it is now and for garrisson duties. The only base I´m going to attack will be Chengtu (North of Chungking) and then the enemy will be blocked at Chungking and Kweiyang to more or less starve away... I don´t expect the Chinese to be able to launch any offensive anymore... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 A6M3a Zero x 51 B5N Kate x 54 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 69 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 226 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 114 Aircraft Attacking: 5 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 76 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 34 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 Ki-49 Helen x 128 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 46 damaged Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 62 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet flak over Lautern is intense but the airfield stays 100% damaged after this attack. A hell a lot of Helens in the air today, the losses reflect the heavy usage of them today... we won´t be able to keep the base closed as soon as the 5 or 6 divisions return from their march on Dili, guess this will take another 3 weeks or so. Then there will be too many Allied eng at the base to keep the airfield closed. Shortly after the first Corsairs will appear also and then this means major trouble going out from Timor... [image]local://upfiles/13774/91234CD385964B3A86B8769B0839440E.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 129 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 95 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 16 P-36A Mohawk x 30 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 26 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 = 3521 Defending force 206191 troops, 408 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5609

kriegmarine -> RE: it goes on... (3/5/2009 7:06:56 PM)
Congratulations for the victory, I have followed your AAR since the beginning, and I have learned a lot with your game.....And to be continue...[&o][&o]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/5/2009 7:16:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kriegmarine Congratulations for the victory, I have followed your AAR since the beginning, and I have learned a lot with your game.....And to be continue...[&o][&o] thx! Very much appreciate every reader! [sm=00000436.gif]

bigbaba -> RE: it goes on... (3/5/2009 7:37:21 PM)
what is impressive is the speed of you and miller. its even faster then the japanese "blitzkrieg" in 1941-1942.[&o]

Ambassador -> RE: it goes on... (3/5/2009 10:10:45 PM)
Congratulations for the Allies' submission. Those honorless westerners (uh, easterners, from Japan's POV ?) barely deserve to be crushed by your mighty boots.[&o] Good continuation, you've got the moral victory, now let's just hope you hold longer than IRL.[sm=00000436.gif]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/6/2009 8:21:19 AM)
thanks guys, pace of the game is amazing, guess we will see a couple of funny weeks coming up... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/01/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 110,107 Japanese Ships SS I-10 Allied Ships AK Peter H. Burnett DD Ward DD Stewart DD Schley DD Chew South East Pacific, a convoy stumbles across one of my subs, the four second class DDs fail to locate my sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 A6M3a Zero x 58 B5N Kate x 54 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 206 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 100 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 139 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 51 B-17E Fortress x 95 B-24D Liberator x 117 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 21 destroyed, 97 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 29 destroyed B-17E Fortress: 8 destroyed, 79 damaged B-24D Liberator: 22 destroyed, 73 damaged Japanese ground losses: 150 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 83 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet 25 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 1 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet Found this attack pretty amazing as I had nearly 200 fighters on Cap the last days (out of nearly 290) so Miller is quite bold to send his bombers once again unescorted against Timor. Of course when the bombers show up, we don´t even get 50% of our fighters in the air and while the Wellingtons suffered quite hard today, the 4Es once again came away without that many losses even though we destroyed 3 weeks of replacements. But that´s not that much considering the fact that as soon as my opponent can launch escorted strikes this kill rate will go down to nearly no losses within the 4Es... [:(] When I see 8 B-17s being shot down immediately during the replay and only O N E out of 79 damaged crashes on the way home then I can only scream... it´s ridicoulos. They were beasts, but they weren´t Battlestar Galacticas... [8\|] at least 7 more B-24s crashed on their way home. FOW in WITP means the ground losses are DOUBLED, as always. We lose 42 undamaged fighters on the ground. During my order phase I´ve seen that 200+ aircraft were moved to Lautern (which must be damaged between 85 and 100%) but no strike was launched - pretty sure reason for that was the damage as weather was good. Aircraft were identified as mostly bobmers. I bet Miller will move them out next turn and the airfield will be empty again, but only he can see my aircraft transferes immediately... [image]local://upfiles/13774/7786F294785E437DB0ED81383CC9DAF9.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 41 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 18 P-36A Mohawk x 18 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Parachute Regiment, at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 11 SBD Dauntless x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 149 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3522 Defending force 205799 troops, 401 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5593

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/6/2009 9:32:27 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/02/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 54 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 46 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 13 P-38G Lightning x 15 F-5A Lightning x 2 B-17E Fortress x 36 B-24D Liberator x 37 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged P-38G Lightning: 9 destroyed B-17E Fortress: 11 damaged B-24D Liberator: 32 damaged Japanese ground losses: 93 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet 13 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet after being shot up yesterday, the 4Es already launch again against Timor, meeting 46 out of 72 Tojos I´ve sent to Dili. It was great to see that my fighters were bouncing the Lightnings on escort and it soon turned out that the superior Allied fighter had no chance against the bouncing Tojos. Really love to see Miller using his Lightnings in those small numbers instead of waiting for three or four months to employ them for the first time. This way at least the Lightnings won´t be a real problem because there are only 30 coming out of the factory each month (until the J version with 75 or so). 13 bombers lost too so it was worth sending my fighters here. [:)] Will be interesting what Miller will be doing with his foothold on Timor. At some point he has to either withdraw or send massive reinforcements to make progress out of Timor. IMO he lost the initiative again. Would he have used his troops, CVs and massive bomber strikes to further attack after the loss of Lautern he could have gained the upper hand. As it is now, I had enough time to at least bog him down and prepare to further build up the defenses around Timor. But it will take at least 3-5 months more until I will have a deeper defensive net of supporting bases, not to talk about the problem of not enough ground units to heavily garrisson everything in the area. It won´t be before mid 43 when massive IJA ground reinforcements will show up and that´s normally the timeline I would like to keep the enemy out of vital areas. [image]local://upfiles/13774/12C1E76B06BE45BCA359AA2724659B43.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 86 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Parachute Regiment, at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 13 F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 SBD Dauntless x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 86 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3521 Defending force 205115 troops, 388 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5577 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Allied Shock attack [X(] Attacking force 5381 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 69 Defending force 4879 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149 Allied max assault: 100 - adjusted assault: 0 Japanese max defense: 140 - adjusted defense: 345 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 Allied ground losses: 533 casualties reported hmm, did Miller get a fresh PA division? Attack just to see his units dying faster...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/6/2009 9:56:38 AM)
This game is again heavily hit by the synch bug... [:@][:@][:@] Miller has been getting totally different results the last two turns... [:@][:@][:@] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/03/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 181 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 20 Hurricane IIc x 13 I-153c x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed, 59 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed, 12 damaged Hurricane IIc: 13 destroyed I-153c: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 66 casualties reported Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 41 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet damn it! Why, oh just why did I order this attack, when I´ve stated a couple of turns ago that it isn´t worth the losses as soon as Miller puts up some Cap again... [sm=00000117.gif] 36 Oscars for escort duty are far too few, especially if they get bounced for the whole engagement. I should have sent two Tojo sentais and another Oscar sentai to China. The Tojos to fly a sweep and 72 Oscars to fly escort... I haven´t so I´ve got what I deserved... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 64 B5N Kate x 54 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 102 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 108 Aircraft Attacking: 3 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 75 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 13 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 150 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 8 destroyed, 34 damaged [X(] Allied ground losses: 75 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet god damn Allied Nikmod flak... this day was a disaster for the IJA... taking that many losses for more or less nothing in return is not good if you want to keep your airforce in a state that is dangerous to your enemy. Attacking at 16.000ft didn´t help us, damage done is minimal and we suffer heavily. Going further up will only result in even less damage to the airfield. Soon Lautern will be operational again and this means trouble, major trouble... [image]local://upfiles/13774/229BC2A65B134B1CA037E29169F3F530.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 42 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Parachute Regiment, at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 15 SBD Dauntless x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 38 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16013 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517 Defending force 204185 troops, 377 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5567 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 150 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Defending force 4875 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/6/2009 5:23:22 PM)
nothing happens this turn... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/04/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 6 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 93 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 41 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 133rd IJN Base Force, at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 39 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 11 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Parachute Regiment, at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 14 SBD Dauntless x 14 P-40B Tomahawk x 35 P-40E Warhawk x 60 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 35 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet only training strikes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16023 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3519 Defending force 203986 troops, 369 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5574 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 150 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Defending force 4882 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/6/2009 6:04:03 PM)
again no action at all... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/05/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Ki-49 Helen x 73 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 65 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Parachute Regiment, at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 13 SBD Dauntless x 14 P-40B Tomahawk x 35 P-40E Warhawk x 67 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 35 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16023 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3522 Defending force 203575 troops, 359 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5570 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 150 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Defending force 4862 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/6/2009 7:32:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/06/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 5 B5N Kate x 54 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 139 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 95 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 34 Ki-49 Helen x 77 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 43 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 14 P-40B Tomahawk x 42 P-40E Warhawk x 80 No Allied losses Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 38 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 15 P-40E Warhawk x 40 Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16048 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3525 Defending force 203390 troops, 352 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5571 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 150 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Defending force 4862 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148 it should heat up a bit again in the next days...

Ambassador -> RE: it goes on... (3/6/2009 7:55:06 PM)
Hmmm, no action is rather a good thing, isn't it ?

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/6/2009 7:55:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ambassador Hmmm, no action is rather a good thing, isn't it ? depends on what you plan... [;)]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/6/2009 9:26:01 PM)
back into real action again... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/07/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 26 Hurricane IIc x 25 I-153c x 5 I-16c x 58 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 24 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged Hurricane IIc: 2 destroyed, 14 damaged I-153c: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged I-16c: 30 destroyed and it´s as usual, we fight the hardcoded bounce due to a couple of Allied radar stations present... The Oscar sentai get´s wiped out, the Tojos did better but hey, the Hurricanes (perhaps exp 60) achieved a 3,5:1 kill rate today. My sentais were 80 exp... I love the bounce... alt doesn´t matter in the well designed WITP but nevertheless I´ve sent my fighters in at 25.000 and 30.000ft...[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 72 Ki-49 Helen x 170 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 18 Hurricane IIc x 20 I-153c x 3 I-16c x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 9 destroyed, 5 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 36 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 14 destroyed Hurricane IIc: 5 destroyed, 9 damaged I-153c: 2 destroyed I-16c: 17 destroyed IL-4c: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet and here comes the follow on strike and hey, our strike got endlessly bounced again and again and again... [sm=Christo_pull_hair.gif][sm=crazy.gif] another nice feature of the Allied radar sets, as you can see, we have destroyed... nothing on the ground... means the Allied launched 100% of their fighters... I love it, we are stuck with 50% in the best cases... [8\|] one more of those attacks and the presence of Allied fighters in China is history... [:@] [image]local://upfiles/13774/83E292B139AF4AC4BCC4BE168BD49A42.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 52 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 194 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 99 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 34 Ki-49 Helen x 81 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 74 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 14 P-40B Tomahawk x 40 P-40E Warhawk x 48 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 35 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16040 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3526 Defending force 203067 troops, 345 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5561 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 150 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Defending force 4815 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149 nearly 30 cruisers, the KB and another carrier TF (CV Junyo, Hiyo, CVLs and CVEs) popped up 6 hexes North of Broome today! Two cruiser TFs are tasked to bombard Broome and one Derby. KB and the other TF are ordered to provide air cover. Broome is full of ac and Derby has some 100 ac. I expect to see PTs popping up immediately and all ac being moved to the two bases on further West. I´ve also used Miller´s tactic of having a dozen float planes flying recon today, perhaps this enables us to do nukes tomorrow...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/7/2009 4:43:12 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/08/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Broome, at 21,85 Japanese Ships CL Isuzu CL Nagara CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Maya CA Atago CA Tone Allied ground losses: 396 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Vehicles lost 9 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 11 the bombardments go in, Miller moved out his aircraft... result is a joke... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Broome, at 21,85 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed Catalina I: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships CL Kuma CL Kinu CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Chokai CA Takao CA Chikuma Allied ground losses: 1068 casualties reported Guns lost 15 Vehicles lost 14 Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 57 Port hits 2 second bombardment on Broome with better results... there´s no counter fire from the beaches... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Derby, at 24,85 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIF: 1 destroyed PB2Y Coronado: 1 destroyed PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships CL Kiso CL Tama CA Kako CA Furutaka CA Kinugasa CA Aoba CA Kumano CA Suzuya Allied ground losses: 3412 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Vehicles lost 31 Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 94 Derby is hit hard, this can be considered a nuke... but just like at Broome, most of the aircraft were moved out... those attacks serve only one purpose: to make Miller nervous... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 7 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 158 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 63 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 Ki-49 Helen x 150 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 26000 feet this is what you get when you attack above effective flak range... nothing... two Allied units already arrived at Lautern from their march from Dili and they must have a lot of engineers as the base´s damage goes down rapidly now. And we won´t ever be able to keep it closed again... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 15 P-40B Tomahawk x 42 P-40E Warhawk x 71 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 38 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Parachute Regiment, at 67,111 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 14 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16040 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3526 Defending force 202615 troops, 339 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5552 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 150 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Defending force 4835 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/7/2009 4:45:27 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/09/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 53 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 68 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 203 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 81 Aircraft Attacking: 31 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 74 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet Clark field´s training school hasn´t many aircraft left, nearly all my aircraft are at the frontline now... also those attacking Pamakasan are near the front as it only takes one turn to send them from Soerabaja to Timor... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 19 SBD Dauntless x 16 P-40B Tomahawk x 48 P-40E Warhawk x 90 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 44 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 39 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet the enemy now also has hundreds of fighters doing training runs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16000 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3524 Defending force 202140 troops, 326 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5548 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 150 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Defending force 4856 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 61875 troops, 813 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1455 Defending force 8176 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 85 Allied max assault: 1478 - adjusted assault: 1662 Japanese max defense: 70 - adjusted defense: 29 Allied assault odds: 57 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 615 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 245 casualties reported Guns lost 17

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/7/2009 4:48:12 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/10/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 15 P-40E Warhawk x 33 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 27th Special Base Force, at 86,114 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 48 A-20B Boston x 74 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 184 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 44 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15997 troops, 199 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3522 Defending force 201606 troops, 319 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5546 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 61729 troops, 805 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1440 Defending force 6831 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32 Allied max assault: 1480 - adjusted assault: 1057 Japanese max defense: 23 - adjusted defense: 9 Allied assault odds: 117 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 545 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 43 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maizuru 2nd SNLF Wiped Out at Suva by attrition!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27th Special Base Force Wiped Out at Suva by attrition!!! Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Suva all my remaining units were wiped out today, we were able to fly out big parts of each unit and they will all be rebuilt... Miller moved 200+ fighters to Lautern today!! And also the Northern Australian bases are now full of bombers again... Miller stated that he´s sure that KB is at Koepang, which is correct, not hard to figure out if you see 150 additional Zeroes flying Cap there. It´s not just the KB at Koepang, I have nearly the whole IJN in the Timor area now and Miller isn´t sure yet what I´m up to, at least that´s what he told me. He will find out soon...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/7/2009 7:10:06 PM)
A turn that just completely pisses me off... [:@] from idiocy to ridicoulosness... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/11/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 68 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78) Japanese Ships CL Yura, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Cruiser is dead! Allied mines kill cruisers, Japanese mines don´t even sink a sub... am not saying a mine couldn´t kill a cruiser but the discrepancy between an Allied mine killing a cruiser and a Japanese mine not killing a sub is a joke so to say... [:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 76 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78) Japanese Ships DD Arare, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 8 out of ten times we enter this hex we hit a mine, this has long become a joke... there aren´t even a lot of mines but hey, at least there aren´t any of our mines that we could hit like we already did a dozen times... I just could [sm=vomit-smiley-020.gif] second dead ship... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Chikuma CA Takao CA Chokai CA Ashigara CA Mogami CA Mikuma CL Kinu CL Kuma DD Amatsukaze DD Tokitsukaze, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Urakaze DD Nowaki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Hagikaze DD Tanikaze Allied Ships PT PT-176 PT PT-179 PT PT-186 hey ho! AFB says: Allied PTs in WITP are underrated!!! Two more Japanese DDs killed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Chikuma CA Takao CA Chokai CA Ashigara CA Mogami CA Mikuma CL Kinu CL Kuma DD Amatsukaze DD Tokitsukaze, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Urakaze, Shell hits 1 DD Nowaki, on fire DD Hagikaze DD Tanikaze Allied Ships PT PT-169, Shell hits 7, and is sunk PT PT-181 PT PT-196, Shell hits 5, and is sunk two 20mm Oerlikon hits are like hits by 250lb bombs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Chikuma CA Takao CA Chokai CA Ashigara CA Mogami CA Mikuma CL Kinu CL Kuma DD Amatsukaze DD Tokitsukaze, on fire, heavy damage DD Urakaze DD Nowaki, on fire DD Hagikaze DD Tanikaze Allied Ships PT PT-176, Shell hits 5, and is sunk PT PT-179, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT PT-186 [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Chikuma CA Takao CA Chokai CA Ashigara CA Mogami CA Mikuma CL Kinu CL Kuma DD Amatsukaze, Shell hits 1 DD Tokitsukaze, on fire, heavy damage DD Urakaze DD Nowaki, on fire DD Hagikaze DD Tanikaze Allied Ships PT PT-181 [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Chikuma CA Takao CA Chokai CA Ashigara CA Mogami CA Mikuma CL Kinu CL Kuma DD Amatsukaze DD Tokitsukaze, on fire, heavy damage DD Urakaze DD Nowaki, on fire DD Hagikaze DD Tanikaze Allied Ships PT PT-186 [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Chikuma CA Takao CA Chokai CA Ashigara CA Mogami CA Mikuma CL Kinu CL Kuma DD Amatsukaze DD Tokitsukaze, on fire, heavy damage DD Urakaze DD Nowaki, on fire, heavy damage DD Hagikaze DD Tanikaze Allied Ships PT PT-181, Shell hits 10, and is sunk [8\|] one thing that is absolutely bad about those engagements on and on is the fact that during engagements that pop up in the replay the damage increases and increases and increases and if there are enough engagements back to back then the ship sinks... when there are more replays, the damage is ALWAYS far higher than if there´s only one engagement. Mentioned it often enough but I´m sure it was never even looked at. I once lost a BB to one 14" shell hit. No, not a mag explosion. First it was only "on fire", next engagement "on fire" .... four engagements later "on fire, heavy damage"... what the heck? More and more and more engagements, BB "sunk"... [sm=scared0008.gif][sm=dizzy.gif] If your ships are hit, just hope there are no more engagements because otherwise the damage routine always goes crazy... 5 PTs sunk today, we have probably lost three DDs and one CL... HEY HO! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78 Japanese Ships CL Kuma CL Kinu CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Chokai CA Takao CA Chikuma Allied ground losses: 148 casualties reported Guns lost 14 Vehicles lost 3 fcking sht bombardment routine... why on earth can´t we hit a base that we have reconned with DinahIIs for months??? [:@][:@][:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78 Japanese Ships CL Kiso CL Tama CA Kako CA Furutaka CA Kinugasa CA Aoba CA Kumano CA Suzuya Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Guns lost 2 REPEAT: fcking sht bombardment routine... why on earth can´t we hit a base that we have reconned with DinahIIs for months??? [:@][:@][:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 G4M1 Betty x 7 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 119 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 53 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77 [:@][:@][:@] Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 30 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 115 Spitfire Vb x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 22 destroyed [>:][>:][>:] Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 27 damaged Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged [8\|][8\|][8\|] anything else that totally goes wrong this turn? Turns like this and I would love to just throw the game out of the window... Wth? 82 and 84 exp Tojo sentais against what? Probably 60-65 exp Allied squadrons, we lose 11:1 today!!!!!!!! And no, I did not save 50% of the pilots! We lost 19 pilots today! But hey, could have been worse, I could have lost 22 pilots. It´s funny to have a WITP special edition. Other players have been telling me for 4 years now that they lose 50 PTs for one hit on a Japanese DD (LOL) and they save most of their pilots (LOL). Oh well, I´m a newb. Only did some 5000 turns or more... Hey, don´t bring up the Corsair please... [8\|] [image]local://upfiles/13774/B7099ABFCB014F58BA06C838D9EB5AC8.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 22 SBD Dauntless x 16 P-40B Tomahawk x 50 P-40E Warhawk x 96 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 45 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 32 Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15976 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3522 Defending force 201225 troops, 316 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5534 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 62061 troops, 807 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1448 Defending force 953 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Allied max assault: 1497 - adjusted assault: 1276 Japanese max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 1276 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 1268 casualties reported the last unit died. I was wrong last turn! I wasn´t able to save all my units! Two of them turned into GHOSTS!!! F*ck those damned bugs in this game![8\|] anything else to say about this turn?

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/7/2009 7:16:32 PM)
And here we have the three dying DDs! All are heading to Koepang, a level 3 port. This means they will live on for another two weeks in port there and then they will sink one after another. If we would save one of them it would be a miracle as the fires will make sure that the flt damage will go up. Next "big" port is Kendari, level 5 but that´s just too far away... hey ho, trade 3 DDs for 5 PTs and a mine destroyed... [image]local://upfiles/13774/5736C4F1E3EB4C5EA0628C5AA301AA1C.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/7/2009 7:20:49 PM)
and to complete the report of this turns idiocy, here is CL Yura that hit a VH2... thank god it wasn´t a MK6, because then the CL would have sunk before I would have had a chance to take a screenshot. Well, the three or four times an Allied sub hit one of my mines - no matter if Type 4, Type 93 or Type 88, not once the sub sunk. Not once... Yura is also heading towards Koepang, with one hex a movement phase... [8\|] But! The ship at least accounted for another mine destroyed! BANZAI![image]local://upfiles/13774/B383934A18364AB8A289143B6C1677DD.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/7/2009 7:43:36 PM)
Miller stated that he just loves his PTs! Well, I don´t wonder... And... "click" another PT boat squadron popped up at Lautern today! [8\|] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/12/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Broome , at 21,85 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 G3M Nell x 26 G4M1 Betty x 78 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 7 damaged G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 31 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 16 destroyed Catalina I: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 120 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 24 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 63 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet Miller has hundreds of fighters in Northern Australia and on Timor but obviously not enough to guard all his bases with reasonable Cap levels. Well, Broome has never had Cap since he moved his bombers back and the last three turns those damned Marauders hit two of my subs in this area (one is dead, the other one might make it). The only good thing for me is that Miller always takes time until he learns... [;)] He does learn, but it takes time. He didn´t Cap his carriers in port, he then didn´t Cap the cruisers in Darwin. He had four CVs damaged and only with total, unbelievable luck on his part 300 of my bombers didn´t sink a single carrier. He lost four heavy cruisers due to not enough Cap at Darwin afterwards. He came back with lots of fighters, just to swap them out with bombers again. Then we withdrew our long range bombers to strike his airfields again. He came back with fighters. We withdrew, he came back with bombers, again without Cap, he pays again. I guess at this point he has to realize that he can´t put only bombers into a base, even though his flak is deadly as usual. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Broome , at 21,85 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 36 G4M1 Betty x 59 H8K Emily x 4 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 5 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 14 destroyed PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed Catalina I: 1 destroyed Wellington III: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 50 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 79 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet also the full second strike found it´s target and we achieve 142 hits on the runways and 32 on the base facilities. Guess the airbase is out of action for two days. The loss of nearly 60 Marauders is the replacement rate of two months but Miller shouldn´t be in low supply of Marauders. It´s been quite a time since we´ve seen the 4Es and big numbers of Mitchells again. I guess Miller thinks I will invade Australia in the next days and when he will spot transport TFs he will move 600 4Es and Mitchells back into his bases in Northern Australia. We paid this small success with 13 lost crews. Even though only 4 bombers were shot down by flak immediately a dozen more crashed on the way home. So out of 4 damaged bombers, more than one is lost and 1 crew is lost for sure. I remember the last big 4E attack when 1 out of 79 damaged B-17 crashed. And no, I´m not saying a Betty should be comparable to a B-17 but yet again the discrepancy seems to high for me, as this means the B-17 has a 20 times higher chance to survive. Guess 10 times higher would be high enough but perhaps an aircraft buff can come up with a study about the loss ratios of B-17s and Betties. And we haven´t really encountered a super flak stack so far, all those bases are only "lightly" defended by some base forces. [image]local://upfiles/13774/780964E5EE2D45E59F04CFCC6C06E813.jpg[/image] note again! FOW in WITP means that ac destroyed on the ground are doubled... always doubled... glad that FOW in AE will be more FOW than this laughable feature... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 19 SBD Dauntless x 16 P-40B Tomahawk x 50 P-40E Warhawk x 97 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 45 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 12 P-40E Warhawk x 29 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 90,114 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 13 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 damaged Allied Ships AVD Thornton AK William E. Channing, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AVD William B. Preston, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet we have spotted TFs moving to Tongatapu (South West of Pago Pago) on and on, coming from Suva and never have our bombers attacked. Today a small group of Nells attack and achieved a hit rate that´s pretty high, too high so to say. Four ships are reported in this TF, heading towards Tongatapu. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 109,107 Japanese Ships SS I-10 Allied Ships TK Mobilube, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PG Moncton PG Vancouver TK Kekoskee DD Gilmer PG Tui PG Moa I-10 hits a fuel loaden tanker in the shipping lanes East of Canton island. Miller is really having his TFs closely passing my atolls in the South Pacific. He´s only lucky that N O N E of them has been attacked by long range IJN bombers so far. We had chances to attack en masse! [8\|] Guess with the succesful raid of mini KB against his big TK convoy there is not that much fuel for his Navy in Australia and every tanker full of fuel is precious. One out of six torps hit but doesn´t even do heavy damage. At least all the fuel will be lost... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15992 troops, 199 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3526 Defending force 200891 troops, 300 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5521 Kweiyang is losing a dozen assault points on average per day, means 400-500 troops. [8D] China´s army will be starved to death, when the dozens of units that were destroyed at Sian return at Chungking, the supply drain will be even higher. Miller got a lot of intel about my troops prepping for Russian bases and as we don´t have a hr, he asked me if I will give him time to move his troops after I will (if I will...) attack Russia. I´ve told him that I will activate them (if I will attack... [;)]) and then my troops will stay in place for two or three weeks. I will keep my airforce active though as he can move his aircraft.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/7/2009 8:23:45 PM)
Let´s keep the sh*t going on... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/13/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 40 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78) [sm=dizzy.gif][sm=dizzy.gif][sm=dizzy.gif] Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo, Mine hits 1, on fire Surprised? Well, I was dumb enough to set my carriers to escort my BBs and therefor they also entered the hex. What did CVL Ryujo hit??? A Type 88 MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [image]local://upfiles/13774/F4EDA633D7FC4E3F97CE03F537E8F0BF.jpg[/image] Nice damage for a single mine hit on a carrier... this even more so makes me wondering why my mines can´t sink an Allied sub when two mines would sink an IJN carrier... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Tone CA Atago CA Maya, Shell hits 3 CA Haguro CA Nachi CL Nagara CL Isuzu DD Kagero DD Kuroshio DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Maikaze DD Hamakaze Allied Ships PT PT-184, Shell hits 31, and is sunk PT PT-185, Shell hits 6, and is sunk "Click"... PT pop up routine... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Tone CA Atago CA Maya CA Haguro CA Nachi CL Nagara CL Isuzu DD Kagero, Torpedo hits 1 [&o] DD Kuroshio DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Maikaze DD Hamakaze Allied Ships PT PT-175 PT PT-182, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT PT-187, Shell hits 12, and is sunk WE surprised THEM! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Tone CA Atago CA Maya CA Haguro CA Nachi CL Nagara CL Isuzu DD Kagero, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk [&o] [&o] [&o] [&o] DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1 DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Maikaze DD Hamakaze Allied Ships PT PT-175 single PT then surprised US... I couldn´t take a screenshot because the DD sunk after three torp hits!!! AFB says: PTs are not overrated! You will lose 50 PTs for one hit on an IJN DD! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Kumano CA Aoba CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CA Kako CL Tama CL Kiso DD Yamagumo DD Asagumo DD Kasumi DD Shiratsuyu DD Shigure Allied Ships PT PT-175, Shell hits 1, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- let the joke begin... Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78 Japanese Ships CL Isuzu CL Nagara CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Maya CA Atago CA Tone Allied ground losses: 213 casualties reported [8\|] Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78 Japanese Ships CL Kuma CL Kinu CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Chokai CA Takao CA Chikuma Allied ground losses: 400 casualties reported [8\|] Guns lost 12 Vehicles lost 3 Airbase hits 2[8\|] Runway hits 1[8\|] Port hits 1[8\|] Port supply hits 3[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78 Japanese Ships CL Kiso CL Tama CA Kako CA Furutaka CA Kinugasa CA Aoba CA Kumano CA Suzuya Allied ground losses: 237 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Runway hits 5[8\|] Port hits 1[8\|] Port supply hits 3[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78 Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 1252 casualties reported Guns lost 29 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 3[8\|] Runway hits 6[8\|] Port hits 3[8\|] Port supply hits 5[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78 Japanese Ships BB Ise BB Yamashiro BB Fuso Allied ground losses: 222 casualties reported[8\|][8\|][8\|] Guns lost 9 Vehicles lost 1 it won´t take long and I will send my ships on a suicide run to Pearl Harbour to hand over my surrender afterwards... nearly the whole IJN is here doing bombardments and it´s not possible to get a couple of hits on the base... Miller just has to laugh about my attacks... seems like he can rely on the fact that the IJN only works in early and mid 42 but from late 42 on it´s impossible to do damage it seems... but hey, another DD lost to PTs today, another mine hit... it only was a CVL... who cares... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 93,114 Japanese Ships SS I-23 Allied Ships AK William Williams, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Zachary Taylor AVD Thornton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 A6M3a Zero x 2 G4M1 Betty x 6 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 20 No Japanese losses Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15978 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3522 Defending force 200666 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5522

Zond -> RE: it goes on... (3/7/2009 9:00:08 PM)
My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/7/2009 9:28:19 PM)
guess the happenings in the coming year would kill me if I would drink a beer for everything that goes wrong... [;)]

Zond -> RE: it goes on... (3/7/2009 9:57:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy guess the happenings in the coming year would kill me if I would drink a beer for everything that goes wrong... [;)] Dude, you're spreading the bad vibes [:D] Change the way of thinking, imagine ... a nickle every time something goes wrong. This time, next year, you are going to be a millionare! Or you can stick with beer, never too much beer [:D]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/8/2009 3:19:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Zond quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy guess the happenings in the coming year would kill me if I would drink a beer for everything that goes wrong... [;)] Dude, you're spreading the bad vibes [:D] Change the way of thinking, imagine ... a nickle every time something goes wrong. This time, next year, you are going to be a millionare! Or you can stick with beer, never too much beer [:D] when I think about the effects of Allied radar then I´m better off with drinking beer I guess... [;)] Allied radar will be the major factor, but hey, in 1/44 I will start to get 30 Type 13 radar sets a month. [:D]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/8/2009 3:39:00 PM)
absolutely bloody day... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/14/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77 Japanese Ships AK Nanman Maru Allied Ships SS Shark got 3x6 DD ASW TFs undocked in the hex, 72 Helen are flying ASW patrol out of Maumere (3 hexes away), the sub was spotted yesterday and the days before... well, at least the two MK14 torps missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77 Japanese Ships AR Aden Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire [:@][:@][:@] Allied Ships SS Shark god damn! Can´t change luck the side again? The AR will live on but it was the only chance for my damaged ships in Koepang... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 28 Hurricane IIc x 41 I-153c x 1 I-16c x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 14 destroyed, 8 damaged Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 3 destroyed, 14 damaged Hurricane IIc: 8 destroyed, 25 damaged I-153c: 1 destroyed I-16c: 10 destroyed Miller once again gets a huge Cap, means surely something like 80-90% in the air. He of course also gets the never ever ending bounce and once again the Hurricanes shred my sweeping fighters. Those two sentais are now out of the war for the next three months. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 [:@][:@] Ki-49 Helen x 167 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 21 Hurricane IIc x 25 I-16c x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 37 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 11 destroyed Hurricane IIc: 7 destroyed, 11 damaged I-16c: 3 destroyed Allied ground losses: 101 casualties reported Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet one f*cking Oscar sentai just stayed at home, didn´t even take off, reason for this is unknown. The enemy did NOT get the bounce and was shredded. [8\|] Been looking at thousands of air combats in the last years and I´ve never stopped thinking that either the testers of this product were blind or the developers didn´t want to listen to the testers. The results are in at least 3 out of 5 cases totally off. And all is about the BOUNCE! And the bounce is related to radar... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 54 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft Seafire x 19 SBD Dauntless x 14 P-40B Tomahawk x 53 P-40E Warhawk x 91 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 53 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 31 Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tongatapu Island at 94,114 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 45 Ki-49 Helen x 20 [8\|] Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 37 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 18 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied Ships AVD Thornton, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Zachary Taylor, Bomb hits 3, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 3000 feet why 90% of my bombers stay at home all the time is beyond me, seems like I have to be happy about the fact if there are even a couple of them flying. Why 9 of the Zeroes stayed home is also another question. But hey, it doesn´t matter. We get another totally off result IMO, the 45 Zeroes achieve a 18:1 kill rate... being on escort, the bounce for a short time in the beginning on the Allied side. As soon as the bounce was over, the Warhawks got shot up. Totally off... [:-] The AVD should be dead, the medium sized AK isn´t impressed after being hit by 3 x 250kg bombs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 61 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 15 Spitfire Vb x 9 Beaufort I x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged Spitfire Vb: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged Beaufort I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Osaka Maru Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Miller has moved his aircraft back to Lautern, it´s easy for him to move out before my bombardments and in again when the ships have left. We don´t do any damage with nearly the whole IJN so he can use the airfield immediately again. We get our ridicoulos 40% Cap rate as usual and as usual WE get BOUNCED. We get bounced over our own base from escorting fighters. Nice. It absolutely didn´t pay off in kills for the Allied this time but what you should not forget is the fact that if you have the bounce your losses are also far smaller. In this case we achieved a clear victory though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 61 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 31 Spitfire Vb x 34 Beaufort I x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 18 destroyed, 23 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed, 15 damaged Spitfire Vb: 8 destroyed, 18 damaged Japanese Ships AP Hokumyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1 AP Michiyu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet but there´s a second strike and unfortunately the second strike gets the bigger escort. Miller doesn´t have a single figther on Cap over Lautern. [X(] All his bombers and fighters are set to offensive missions - the airfield at Lautern is totally stacked, there are some 300 aircraft. We again had to fight the bounce and due to the fact that the second strike is most always deadly, our Cap was shredded. You may not forget that we still have an exp advantage of surely 15 points but that doesn´t help us anymore... due to Allied radar coverage nearly everywhere. In a month, those Wildcats will be Corsairs, this means game over for every airbase in range of Corsairs and Allied radar. Once AP was scuttled, the other one has a 30% chance to make it... At the end of the day, the enemy has lost nearly twice the number of aircraft we did but this kind of attrition is something we can´t withstand long. My 80+ exp pilots die like flies at the moment and the fact that we even get bounced over our own bases makes it more than problematic. One day of fighting and I have to withdraw the involved daitais for at least 3 months of training. So in an all out fight against Allied fighter squadrons I could probably hold out for 14 days, afterwards there wouldn´t be a combat ready fighter daitai left. Hopefully I´m not forced to fight a prolonged fighter vs fighter battle over one of my bases in the near future. [image]local://upfiles/13774/791A1A87F0A74550AB36051FCA316243.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15963 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3515 Defending force 200190 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5511 Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/8/2009 5:05:29 PM)
A rather quiet day... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/15/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 53 G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 238 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 107 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet As you can see here, I have 7 Tojo sentais in training mode, 2 of them are combat ready, four are at best semi combat ready while one is absolutely full of rookies... I guess I have something like 1000 IJA fighters so 25% are in training mode at the moment. And we haven´t seen extensive combat so far... biggest problem stays the fact that I always get a crappy Cap percentage and therefore have to use masses of fighters to see perhaps 140+ in the air... depressing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 23 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet Koumac (Northern tip of New Caledonia) auto switched sides today so Miller just lost one of his training targets! Nice! [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 27 Spitfire Vb x 40 No Allied losses He tried another sweep to take out some Tojos but all of them were LRCAPing one of my troop transports that left the base. Again there was no Cap over Lautern... I guess the day when I will decide to bomb the base we will see a hundred fighters in the air again... no negative thoughts... [:-] no negative thoughts... [:-] no negative thoughts... [;)] would be nice to have radar and 140 Tojos in the air bouncing such a sweep... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15963 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517 Defending force 199912 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5502 another screenshot that might be of interest... [image]local://upfiles/13774/2CDE8938B1904BFCA5CF1A93005AA0C8.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (3/9/2009 11:43:23 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/16/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 69 Ki-49 Helen x 160 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 25 Hurricane IIc x 28 I-16c x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 14 destroyed, 17 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 8 destroyed, 37 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 11 destroyed, 3 damaged Hurricane IIc: 11 destroyed, 6 damaged I-16c: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged SB-2c: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 74 casualties reported Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet it´s not a smart decision to fly those attacks. Once again I´m not listening to my own words. Seeing only 2 dozen fighters in total on Cap the last two days I decided to finish them off once and for all, just to find out that the day we attack the damned Allied radar once again gets 100% of the fighters to scramble... [>:] Only 2 were destroyed on the ground... [:o] The Hurricanes down more of my aircraft than we destroy and I´m once again asking myself why I´m even flying those attacks as the enemy squadrons can´t do anything in China anyway. All those attacks that have been flown in the last two weeks were a stupid idea. Absolutely stupid. The IJAAF has been ordered to withdraw from the China theatre as there´s no need for them to be there anymore. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 9 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 198 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 69 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77 Allied aircraft F-5A Lightning x 1 Allied aircraft losses F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 A6M3a Zero x 100 [X(][X(][:@][:@] Ki-49 Helen x 194 Ki-46-II Dinah x 6 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 27 Spitfire Vb x 36 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed, 10 damaged A6M3a Zero: 9 destroyed, 10 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 21 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 21 destroyed Spitfire Vb: 39 destroyed Allied ground losses: 156 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 28 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 119 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet it´s just like I´ve mentioned the last turns, while there was NEVER a Cap the last days, exactly the day we attack there is Cap again! [:@] It´s crazy, no idea how often I have already wondered about Miller´s timing. It´s nearly like he would know about my attacks before I know it... what get´s me once again totally upset is the fact that KB is sitting at Kendari and launched 100 carrier based fighters even though it is set to 90% Cap so with something like 180-200 fighters aboard, so why on earth is the stupid game sending 100 of them to escort a land based strike? I want to preserve my carrier based fighter pilots but if you can´t rely on the settings you did that becomes hard then. In the end the enemy is shredded but what if they would have shot down 50 of my carrier based fighter pilots? This could have made my upcoming operations impossible. [:@] Once again take a look at the ground losses... It´s ridicoulos. Guess 100% of the undamaged fighters were airborne once again. Radar is working 100% of the time. Needless to say that we got bounced all the time. The only thing that helped us in this case was the fact that we have sent ELITE fighter pilots and the Zero is an excellent dogfighter when going in against Wildcats or Spitfires. Every turn I see all enemy fighters scramble and bounce my strikes for 100% of the time I get more and more pissed off. Should say still pissed off, as it has been like this for over four years now. But I even seem to have had luck as we´ve spotted Spitfires and Wildcats flying LRCAP over Dili so in fact there could have been far more Allied fighters on Cap over Lautern. No idea why Miller is flying LRCAP but it serves me good. With the game engine working as it does in regards of Allied radar it seems that it does not make any sense to send in bombers as they always hit an empty airfield anyway so if you only want to kill enemy fighters, you´re better off sending only sweeps. But with the hardcoded bounce and new Allied fighters soon this will then reverse in slaughters of the sweeper. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 27 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 9 P-40B Tomahawk x 55 P-40E Warhawk x 44 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 49 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77 Allied aircraft F-5A Lightning x 1 Allied aircraft losses F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 122 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 Spitfire Vb x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 6 destroyed, 12 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 12 destroyed Spitfire Vb: 14 destroyed This sweep was ordered to go in first but even though weather forecast said overcast, Dili was clouded in in the morning. So our sweep goes in in the afternoon to kill off the remaining Cap. We got bounced for 80% of the engagement and achieve most of our kills at the end. During the bounce it was at best a 1:1. Without the bounce it was a 12:1+ in our favour... Lol, funny to see a difference of 10:1+ in kills with and without the bounce. It´s just too powerful. Good thing today was that we killed Spitfire replacements of more than two months but the RAAF sqadrons can also upgrade to Kittyhawks and there are surely enough F4F-4 for the Marines (and they will get Corsairs in three weeks anyway). Miller stated that it´s obvious that I don´t want to have him aircraft on Timor. What makes him thinking like that? [;)] As you can see, 350+ Japanese medium bombers were able to kill the laughable number of 10 Allied aircraft on the ground. Attacking airfields with 200+ aircraft there in total... Allied radar should be an advantage, but it´s ridicoulos how it works in WITP as it works 100% of the time to have all fighters scrambled and in position to bounce the incoming strike, no matter what alt it goes in... [image]local://upfiles/13774/45353E184A23466189010317AA0FDC0E.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15978 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3518 Defending force 199789 troops, 265 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5494 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported

anarchyintheuk -> RE: it goes on... (3/9/2009 6:43:03 PM)
I'm sure the Manchukuo garrison is only there for defensive purposes. [;)]

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