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castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/2/2008 5:22:27 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/27/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 35 troops unloading over beach at Sag Sag, 57,88 Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 22,49 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 53 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 107 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet I´m not sure where the Allied will fight in Malaya. First I thought at Malacca, but they withdrew. Perhaps they will now fight in Johore Baru. If not, they can only fight at Singapore... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malacca Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5004 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1623 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese max assault: 44 - adjusted assault: 46 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 46 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Malacca base !!! taking the empty base of Malacca... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2601 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36 Defending force 2664 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Midway reinforcement invasion will go in tomorrow. South Sea detachment will land after a cruiser TF will bombard the enemy positions. Hopefully this will then crack the defenses... The TF that was spotted yesterday disappeared, guess it headed full speed towards Hawai again...

Xxzard -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/3/2008 2:25:25 AM)
He didn't even defend Rangoon? [&:] I mean perhaps it is inevitable RG will fall, but usually there is at least a delaying action, and it is very strange the location of his build ups remain unknown.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/3/2008 7:56:27 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Xxzard He didn't even defend Rangoon? [&:] I mean perhaps it is inevitable RG will fall, but usually there is at least a delaying action, and it is very strange the location of his build ups remain unknown. yes, it´s totally unknown for me where he will intend to hold. In the Philipines it looks like he will hold at Clark and Manila, in Malaya I thought he would hold at Malacca but his troops are now falling back to Johore Baru, don´t know if he will fight there. Three of my divs were sent to Burma just to find the whole place emtpy, there hasn´t been a single Allied unit spotted so far in Burma. Target for the next weeks will be Java, at the moment there are a lot of troops in Batavia and Soerabaja. In China I have ordered my troops to assault Changsha as there are some 140.000 reported enemy troops there (so I guess we will face some 100.000). With the abandoned Ichang and Homan I can already defend a buffer zone if the enemy tries to counterattack further North. Don´t know if it is because of his assumed inexperience in PBEM or if it´s only a good tactic to confuse me, but at the moment my opponent is far less predictable than the most experienced opponent I could think of.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/4/2008 1:12:58 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/28/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Midway at 95,61 Japanese Ships AK Canton Maru MSW Tama Maru MSW Noshiro Maru #2 MSW Seki Maru #3 MSW Fumi Maru #2 MSW Banshu Maru #8 MSW Asahi Maru Allied Ships SS Plunger torps miss, this is my reinforcement for the Midway invasion going in... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Midway, at 95,61 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed 33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kako CA Furutaka, Shell hits 7 CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 12 Allied ground losses: 136 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 2 not really encouraging to see the Allied defenders returning fire at my cruisers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 103 TF 103 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61 910 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6 AP Shofuku Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire CL Yubari, Shell hits 1 MSW Tama Maru, Shell hits 27 CL Tenryu, Shell hits 14 AP Katsuragisan Maru, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 1130 casualties reported Guns lost 20 and again, my invasion is shot to pieces. The Midway nightmare continues, just like in every other PBEM I´ve had so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1052 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships MSW Colac -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Midway at 95,61 Japanese Ships AK Canton Maru MSW Tama Maru MSW Noshiro Maru #2 MSW Seki Maru #3 MSW Fumi Maru #2 MSW Banshu Maru #8 MSW Asahi Maru AP Kunimitsu Maru Allied Ships SS Plunger torps miss again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37 Ki-21 Sally x 138 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 274 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet hit rate is poor, lost 4 Sallies today, not worth the results... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Midway , at 95,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 B5N Kate x 133 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 64 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x B5N Kate bombing at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Sag Sag at 57,88 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 8 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Wuhu Maru AK Kunitama Maru Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet those Hudsons are now operating out of Rabaul... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 8879 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 192 Defending force 3239 troops, 75 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 37 Japanese max assault: 234 - adjusted assault: 18 [8\|][8\|] Allied max defense: 21 - adjusted defense: 20 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese ground losses: 589 casualties reported Guns lost 15 Allied ground losses: 202 casualties reported Guns lost 5 well, what more can I say? With such a modifier I would need 1500 assault points landed to overcome the defenders. At least we now have nearly 200 assault points on the island, I´m confident to take the base when disruption has come below 40. But it will take time... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sag Sag Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 670 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 18 - adjusted assault: 6 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Sag Sag base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2323 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33 Defending force 8123 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 152

Ambassador -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/4/2008 2:22:50 PM)
The hit rate over Manilla may be low, but at least they do some damage. Damage that is being repaired by engineers, instead of building fortifications. Or making them burn supply. Did your CAs off Midway really suffer ?

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/4/2008 2:44:51 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/29/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 22,49 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 113 Ki-15 Babs x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged Allied ground losses: 370 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 48 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet Johore Baru seems to be the line of defense for the Allied in Malaya. It seems, tomorrow, everything could be different again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32 Ki-21 Sally x 108 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 536 casualties reported Guns lost 20 Vehicles lost 5 Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 68 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 37 C5M Babs x 5 Ki-21 Sally x 61 Ki-49 Helen x 27 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 68 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 64 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet first attack on PM (Lae´s airfield was built up to level 4 yesterday). I want to knock out the airfield to interdict those nuissance airstrikes. Shouldn´t be much of a problem with those IJA medium bombers at Lae and there are nearly no engineers at PM to repair the damage. One more attack on PM and the af should be closed, then Rabaul will be targeted... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 93,61 Japanese Ships AP Amakasu Maru #1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Triton Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Triton kills an AP with a small contingent of the South Sea detachment that wasn´t unloaded at Midway... Unfortunately it carries the "parent unit" so if this ship goes down I fear to see the ghost unit bug then or the bug when the rest of the unit (which will be 99% in this case) won´t turn into the parent unit... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 35 troops unloading over beach at Arawe, 57,89 Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 57674 troops, 744 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1697 Defending force 23076 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 508 Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Moved a couple of divs, a HQ, some arty and engineers to Nanning to clear the road from China into Indochina. Only two Chinese corps there, in total 4 units so there must be two HQs also. Attack next turn, I expect the enemy to be forced to withdraw to the base one hex South where they will be destroyed then. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Allied Deliberate attack [X(][X(][X(] Attacking force 16146 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 507 Defending force 92946 troops, 977 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1697 Allied max assault: 491 - adjusted assault: 57 Japanese max defense: 1807 - adjusted defense: 2909 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 62 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Allied ground losses: 1621 casualties reported Guns lost 43 Now what´s that? Bigbaba sees nearly a dozen units marching into the base and the first turn he can attack he does so! How can he think that he could do damage to a dozen defending units with two understrenght and undersupplied Chinese corps? Well, it will make it even easier to destroy those units. Those units should have been immediately withdrawn on 7 Dec. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2333 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34 Defending force 8256 troops, 79 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 158 With those troops at Midway now I expect to see the base falling...

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/4/2008 2:47:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ambassador The hit rate over Manilla may be low, but at least they do some damage. Damage that is being repaired by engineers, instead of building fortifications. Or making them burn supply. Did your CAs off Midway really suffer ? It will stop them from building more forts and this is the reason why I fly those attacks. And the fact that I can achieve supply hits. But repairing damage doesn´t use up any supply, only building uses up supply. My CAs didn´t suffer at all as the 155mm guns can´t really harm them, but it´s a very bad sign if your bombardment TF goes in and gets heavy return fire. Your invasion TF following will then be hit hard most certainly, as seen in this invasion also.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/5/2008 8:02:09 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/30/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18 Ki-21 Sally x 74 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 3 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed Blenheim I: 1 destroyed T.IVa: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet after first having most of the Allied airforce in the SRA stationed at Batavia, my opponent took the aircraft further back to Bandoeng to have them save against shore bombardments. But after having Palembang, Bandoeng is now in normal range of IJA medium bombers, so some 110 bombers were ordered to attack Bandoeng´s airfield after having it reconned for the last days. 74 bombers locate the target and we destroy a dozen aircraft on the ground but only one of the dangerous [;)] Dutch torp bombers was destroyed. Hit rate on the airfield wasn´t satisfying but I´m now starting on seriously wearing down the Allied airforce within the SRA - if bigbaba this time decides to fight and not withdraw the airforce immediately, like it was done in Malaya. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 49 G3M Nell x 63 G4M1 Betty x 35 Allied aircraft Wirraway x 3 Hawk 75A x 7 CW-21B Demon x 3 Brewster 339D x 3 Buffalo I x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged G3M Nell: 11 damaged G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 4 destroyed Hawk 75A: 5 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed Buffalo I: 1 destroyed CW-22 Falcon: 3 destroyed Lockheed 212: 2 destroyed Martin 139: 3 destroyed C-60A Lodestar: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 289 casualties reported Guns lost 14 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet This was a better strike, coming in from Balikpapan. Normally I really don´t like using IJN torp bombers for anything else than nav attack but in the case of Java, there´s not much else I can do than also using my long range bombers. The defending fighters weren´t a threat at all, flak is far more dangerous here. And still, this attack was a total success, we´ve destroyed a lot of aircraft in total, while still we haven´t destroyed enough bombers in total today. Only bombers are a threat to my upcoming invasion of Java. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 53 C5M Babs x 5 Ki-21 Sally x 62 Ki-49 Helen x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 54 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet no enemy bombers destroyed today but the airfield should be closed now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 89420 troops, 976 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1697 Defending force 20657 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 329 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese max assault: 1775 - adjusted assault: 1296 Allied max defense: 207 - adjusted defense: 365 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Japanese ground losses: 539 casualties reported Guns lost 23 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 122 casualties reported Guns lost 1 hmm... I was amazed to see the base NOT falling today with this force attacking and the failed Allied attack yesterday. Doesn´t matter, casualties within our troops are light, disruption is very low and the base should fall tomorrow. BUT! I proved to be a dumb ass again, no matter how many thousand PBEM turns I´ve played already. Imagine that: I forgot the division under Southern Area command that is scheduled to attack Hong Kong (38th div?). Instead of moving this unit out to be deployed somewhere else, I just wondered why it seems that I´m not having the troops on hand for my conquests that I normally have... [8\|] After more than 3 weeks of war I figured out that I was missing this division... now it will take a week to have the lift capability in position to take up the division and at least another 10 days to have it redeployed... [>:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Arawe Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 624 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 16 - adjusted assault: 6 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Arawe base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2342 troops, 64 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35 Defending force 8484 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 164 Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported ordered a deliberate attack tomorrow and hope that the base will fall after three attacks... it will take me at least two weeks to long to take this base...

Ambassador -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/5/2008 2:50:30 PM)
Ow, bad news for the 38th , good news for the CAs. And bad news for bigbaba's air force. Good luck for Midway.[:)]

Lecivius -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/5/2008 8:11:07 PM)
My vote on Burma is a stand at Akyab. Rangoon will never hold up during the initial attack, so defending it is a sink of scarce resources. A determined defence at Akyab will start to stretch the Japanese neck, an if you make a mistake he can crucify you there.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/6/2008 7:58:57 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lecivius My vote on Burma is a stand at Akyab. Rangoon will never hold up during the initial attack, so defending it is a sink of scarce resources. A determined defence at Akyab will start to stretch the Japanese neck, an if you make a mistake he can crucify you there. Akyab can turn out to be a torn in the a$$ of the Japanese in Burma. But it can alos turn out to be a blood bath for the Allied when they have to bring in troops and Rangoon is full of IJN bombers. [;)] Two of my divisions in Burma are one hex South of Mandalay now and we spot ONE [:)] enemy unit there. The third division that was sent to Burma is now at Rangoon, waiting to get shipped out again.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/6/2008 5:15:22 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/31/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 105,74 Japanese Ships SS I-174 Allied Ships AK Steel Exporter DD Allen DMS Long DMS Trevor DMS Hopkins [X(] this is East of Johnston. We´ve spotted at least a dozen ships moving towards Johnston (ended up one hex East), so this must be a reinforcement convoy for the atoll. Torps hit the target but failed to detonate... Bold move because he knows that KB is still in the area... If KB doesn´t resupply the escorts then the carriers will be in range of this TF next turn. I do expect them not to be though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 35 troops unloading over beach at Gasmata, 59,90 Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 104th Division, at 40,38 Allied aircraft IL-4c x 5 Allied aircraft losses IL-4c: 3 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 2 x IL-4c bombing at 5000 feet Couple of Chinese bombers try to disrupt my divs that will attack the Allied positions at Nanning today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 40,38 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 5 Allied aircraft losses SB-2c: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 5 x SB-2c bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 31,64 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 2 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Suzuya Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 8662 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 168 Defending force 2932 troops, 64 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 35 Japanese max assault: 128 - adjusted assault: 37 Allied max defense: 25 - adjusted defense: 11 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Japanese ground losses: 146 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Allied ground losses: 125 casualties reported Guns lost 3 no doubt, Midway will fall... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 88579 troops, 956 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1648 Defending force 20447 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 322 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese max assault: 1630 - adjusted assault: 1105 Allied max defense: 217 - adjusted defense: 143 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanning base !!! Japanese ground losses: 480 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 192 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! two HQs and two corps retreated to Pakhoi and will be destroyed within the next week. There are a lot of Chinese units moving towards Canton now, I guess this is an attempt to divert my forces but I´ve got enough troops at Canton to hold off the Chinese for the whole century there. In Central China, my troops are marching on Changsha... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2179 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30 Defending force 8397 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 154

Xxzard -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/7/2008 4:10:38 AM)
Good moves in China, sometimes it is hard to keep focus because of the large scale of that theater.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/7/2008 9:43:37 AM)
A good and somewhat bad day today! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/01/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25 Ki-21 Sally x 123 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 4 Brewster 339D x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed Brewster 339D: 5 destroyed T.IVa: 1 destroyed Blenheim I: 3 destroyed Martin 139: 6 destroyed Allied ground losses: 158 casualties reported Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 14 Runway hits 69 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet The Allied airforce on Java is hit hard... good to see a lot of bombers being destroyed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 67 G4M1 Betty x 35 Allied aircraft Wirraway x 3 Hawk 75A x 8 CW-21B Demon x 3 Brewster 339D x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 7 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 4 destroyed Hawk 75A: 7 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged C-60A Lodestar: 1 destroyed Lockheed 212: 2 destroyed F.K.51: 1 destroyed Martin 139: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 574 casualties reported Guns lost 13 Vehicles lost 7 Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 39 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet At Soearabaja there are mostly fighters other aircraft but not many bombers. But also here, the enemy is hit hard. Today has been the day with the highest Allied aircraft losses since the attacks on 7 Dec. [image]local://upfiles/13774/52C56BE752C14EED9DB9BFA4E0DE4518.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 48 Ki-21 Sally x 47 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 345 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Vehicles lost 5 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 104th Division, at 40,38 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the happening when I think we had a good (and at the same time bad) day: Day Air attack on TF, near Johnston Island at 102,74 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 D3A Val x 76 B5N Kate x 114 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Allen, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DMS Trevor, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK William Luckenbach, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Alabaman, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK J.L. Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DMS Long, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Steel Voyager, Bomb hits 1 AK Steel Trader, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Steel Exporter, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Julia Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DMS Hopkins, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Steel Navigator, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 419 casualties reported Guns lost 26 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet As mentioned yesterday, our subs reported a big convoy heading towards Johnston Island (where it arrived tonight) and KB was still sitting near Midway to cover the still ongoing supply unloading and fights on the atoll. I´ve ordered a full speed run towards Johnston and unbelievable, KB managed to move 9 out of the max 10 hexes and ended up just in the hex 240 miles North of Johnston, which means that the torp bombers would drop torps. 114 Kates dropped torps, means 3 times more than what KB will have available in AE [;)] The convoy was hit hard. BUT, as expected it was a reinforcement convoy and this convoy had time to unload in the night phase and even though many ships sunk outright, I fear that the enemy landed a couple of thousand troops. When the ships were reported sunk we got the message that parts of the 25th USA / C division and parts of the 3rd USMC def btn were rescued. When you see what the USMC def btn is able to put up for a fight against my invasion of Midway, then I have to really think about attacking Johnston when there are now more troops than on Midway. Even though our opponent lost his convoy and a big part of the troops, he can consider this operation a success because I am now thinking of not going in against Johnston. I expect him to also reinforce Palmyra and Canton, which would probably be the A and B of the 25th USA division. With 100+ assault points on an atoll, I would have to bring at least a div and a bgd - which aren´t available of course. But we have time and who knows what I will decide to do in two months time as there will be a lot of divs available coming from the Philipines and Malaya. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 94,62 Japanese Ships AK Canton Maru CL Tatsuta MSW Tama Maru MSW Noshiro Maru #2 MSW Seki Maru #3 MSW Fumi Maru #2 MSW Banshu Maru #8 MSW Asahi Maru Allied Ships SS Plunger, hits 1 Near Midway... torps miss, DCs achieve a near miss.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 8517 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 159 Defending force 2723 troops, 60 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 30 Japanese max assault: 137 - adjusted assault: 75 Allied max defense: 22 - adjusted defense: 21 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Japanese ground losses: 92 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 142 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 I expect the base to finally fall tomorrow.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Taung Gyi Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3468 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 109 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 96 - adjusted assault: 48 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 48 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Taung Gyi base !!! empty base in Burma... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Gasmata Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 572 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 15 - adjusted assault: 9 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Gasmata base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17097 troops, 233 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 470 Defending force 15444 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 472 two days ago I spotted 8 Allied units marching down the railroad from Manila to Naga and I was highly alerted! This was a move I didn´t expect my opponent as I thought he would just sit at Clark Field and Manila. I´ve only landed minor troops at Naga, biggest unit was a nav guard with some 100 assault points. So all available transport aircraft were flown into the area to bring as many troops to Naga as possible and we were able to raise the assault points from 200 to 450+ in three days and there is also a bgd coming in with a convoy that should arrive in two days. I expected some 800 Allied assault points but as we can see now, not even 500 are attacking and even if there are no forts, I don´t see a chance for the attacker as it is a wooden hex. When our bgd arrives, our assault value will be around 700. Even though bigbaba seems not to be up for a fight on the whole map, he still surprises me with unexpected moves like this one. Another unexpected move (and here the question is if it is a good one) happens in Malaya. First the Allied troops abandoned Malacca and I moved in to take the empty base with level 3 forts. Then the Allied troops sit at Johore Baru and now bigbaba decides to move against my troops at Malacca again! This will be the easiest way to attack them... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2104 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Defending force 8390 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 152

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/7/2008 1:38:41 PM)
One of KB´s victims today: USS Allen (Destroyer # 66, later DD-66), 1917-1946 USS Allen, a 1071-ton Sampson class destroyer built at Bath, Maine, was commissioned in January 1917. She operated along the U.S. east coast and in the Caribbean area during her initial months of service, performing patrol and escort missions after the United States entered World War I in April. In June 1917 Allen escorted a troop convoy across the Atlantic and then began began combat service out of Queenstown, Ireland. Until the fighting ended in November 1918 she escorted shipping and made anti-submarine patrols in the waters off the western British Isles and France. In December Allen was one of the many U.S. Navy destroyers that escorted President Wilson, embarked on the transport George Washington, into Brest, France. Less than a month later, she returned to the United States. In 1919 Allen resumed peacetime operations in the western Atlantic and in the West Indies area. She was designated DD-66 in July 1920, when the Navy implemented its hull number system, and was placed out of commission in June 1922. She returned to commissioned service three years later as a Naval Reserve training ship, based at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Allen was again decommissioned in March 1928 and spent the next dozen years laid up in the Philadelphia Navy Yard's "red lead row". In August 1940, when Allen was the last survivor of her class, she was placed back in commission in response to the growing crisis that followed the outbreak of World War II in Europe. Shortly afterwards she was sent to the Pacific and was thereafter based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was present there on 7 December 1941, when Japanese aircraft carriers delivered a devasting raid that formally brought the United States into the war. Allen's crew claimed assists in shooting down three of the attacking planes. For the rest of the Pacific War, the old destroyer was employed on escort and patrol duties, mainly in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands, but with some voyages to and from the U.S. mainland. In September 1945, with hostilities concluded, she steamed from Pearl Harbor to Philadelphia, where she was decommissioned in mid-October. USS Allen was stricken from the list of Naval vessels at the beginning of November 1945 and sold for scrapping in September 1946. [image]local://upfiles/13774/C04845F29F414CD48791ACE994F569D7.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/7/2008 1:58:02 PM)
an unexpected good day... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/02/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Johore Bahru, at 22,49 Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 16 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 4 we start off with a bombardment that hits an empty base though. [8\|] When I´ve ordered the attack three turns ago, there were some 40.000 troops at Johore Baru... then I forgot about the TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 48 Ki-21 Sally x 154 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 9 damaged Allied ground losses: 823 casualties reported Guns lost 14 Vehicles lost 6 Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 58 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 D3A Val x 114 B5N Kate x 132 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Kilty, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DMS Boggs, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Waters, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Kahuku, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Nebraskan, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DMS Hovey, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage AK Walter Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Steel Seafarer, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 240 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet now this more than surprises me! [X(] Yesterday I´ve beat up this big TF with a US Army rgt and a USMC btn at Johnston Island and what is bigbaba doing? He sails another convoy just right into KB´s range! [&:] My position yesterday was between Johnston Island and FFS and there is KB also today. We shoot up another TF with a huge strike and see most of the 115 USN base force going down with the ships. I´ve asked my opponent yesterday if I´m right in saying that he seems to be defending the Pacific atolls and he told me that when I invaded Midway I crossed the red line and he won´t accept losing those atolls in the Pacific. Either his troops will hold or they will come back in body bags. Well, it´s only early Jannuary, so he will have to bring a lot of body bags then! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 93,61 Japanese Ships AP Amakasu Maru #1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Triton Triton kills off the already dead Amakasu Maru. So far, more than 50% of the MK14 torps that hit the target exploded... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 107 troops unloading over beach at Hansa, 53,83 Japanese ground losses: 70 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malacca [:D] Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 138027 troops, 1322 guns, 646 vehicles, Assault Value = 2825 Defending force 25707 troops, 212 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 404 Japanese max assault: 2767 - adjusted assault: 1619 Allied max defense: 393 - adjusted defense: 197 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 1716 casualties reported Guns lost 52 Vehicles lost 11 Allied ground losses: 2279 casualties reported Guns lost 45 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! this is what I´ve found so strange! First my opponent let´s me take all those bases in Malaya without a fight, then when I´m just 180 miles North of Singapore, he decides to move his troops back North. 12 units were at Malacca and they were easily forced to retreat South again. Like I´ve said, this is making it easy for me, even though we´ve took some casualties. With the forced retreat the Allied took a beating though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Midway Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 8452 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 157 Defending force 2534 troops, 55 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Japanese max assault: 156 - adjusted assault: 69 Allied max defense: 20 - adjusted defense: 9 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Midway base !!! [&o] Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 3 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 163 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 3965 casualties reported Guns lost 85 Vehicles lost 1 after a long and hard fight, the atoll finally fell. One of my nav guard units is completely beat up and will stay as garrisson on Midway and will get back to strenght with a couple of support units and enough supply... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Mandalay Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 44897 troops, 508 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 983 Defending force 2434 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 68 Japanese max assault: 1054 - adjusted assault: 586 Allied max defense: 63 - adjusted defense: 27 Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Mandalay base !!! Japanese ground losses: 309 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 150 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Two IJA divs shock attack across the river into Mandalay and force a small unit to retreat. We take the oilfields nearly intact 48 (50). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17182 troops, 233 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 473 Defending force 15375 troops, 161 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 470 Japanese ground losses: 77 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Johore Bahru Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 408 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Defending force 8237 troops, 88 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 159 Japanese max assault: 48 - adjusted assault: 0 Allied max defense: 154 - adjusted defense: 129 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese ground losses: 261 casualties reported Guns lost 2 yesterday the base was empty. Today during the night naval phase the base was empty. Unfortunately it wasn´t empty anymore when my paras were dropped in. The paras were completely destroyed. Goal of this attack was to take the empty base to destroy expected forts but as you can see, there are no forts at all. This means, the enemy in Malaya has no chance to hold this line and will soon be driven back to Singapore... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the DMS that was sunk today. Fine with me if he sacrifices those valuable ships... USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136, later DD-136, IX-36, AG-19, DMS-3 and AG-19), 1918-1946 USS Boggs, a 1090-ton Wickes class destroyer built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, was commissioned in September 1918. She performed her initial active service in the western Atlantic during the spring and early summer of 1919, then returned to the West Coast where she operated until decommissioned in June 1922. In mid-1931 Boggs was reclassified as an auxiliary (first as IX-36 and very soon afterwards as AG-19) and converted for employment as a radio-controlled target ship. She served in this role, as well as being used for towing targets and for minesweeping, for nearly a decade. In November 1940, after being transferred to Pearl Harbor from California, she was reclassified as a high-speed minesweeper, with the new hull number DMS-3. Boggs mainly operated out of Pearl Harbor for the first two years of World War II, performing minesweeping, patrol, towing and transportation duties. In April 1944 she joined the Operational Training Command at San Diego, California, serving as a fast target tug. She was redesignated AG-19 in June 1945 and shortly afterwards sent to the central Pacific to provide target towing services closer to the combat zone. Returning to the United States early in 1946, USS Boggs was decommissioned in March and sold for scrapping in November of that year. USS Boggs was named in honor of Rear Admiral Charles S. Boggs (1811-1877), who commanded several ships during the Civil War and led the European Fleet in the early 1870s. [image]local://upfiles/13774/F04A2AD58ED54D16A532BF0A85787DCD.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/7/2008 3:51:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/03/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 107 troops unloading over beach at Hansa, 53,83 Japanese ground losses: 64 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 92 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships MSW W.2 MSW W.1 MSW W.19 MSW W.16 MSW W.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Mersing, at 23,49 Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise Allied ground losses: 180 casualties reported Guns lost 4 pretty pathetic result. Been reconning this base for weeks now, there are 5 units (15.000) troops reported at the base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Dagua, 51,81 Japanese ground losses: 37 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Dagua, 51,81 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 107 troops unloading over beach at Hansa, 53,83 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24 Ki-21 Sally x 120 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 2 Brewster 339D x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 6 destroyed Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed Martin 139: 4 destroyed Blenheim I: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 175 casualties reported Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 77 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet don´t know why we still hit so many aircraft at this base, would be better to spread them out as he could use the rail transfer... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 48 Ki-21 Sally x 153 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 495 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 67 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 43,41 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 56 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet The Chinese are pretty self confident. They moved a dozen units to Canton! Lol, they can´t achieve anything here and my huge Army is marching on Changsha... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 110 troops unloading over beach at Wewak, 52,81 Japanese ground losses: 152 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hansa Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1278 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 7 - adjusted assault: 5 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Hansa base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pakhoi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 24980 troops, 334 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1025 Defending force 14330 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 243 Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Guns lost 1 deliberate attack tomorrow... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17295 troops, 233 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 476 Defending force 31082 troops, 359 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 789 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported nothing to achieve for the Philipine divisions here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Canton Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 15039 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1508 Defending force 69118 troops, 645 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1055 one Chinese unit seems to try to flank Canton, no idea for what reason. He can´t circle those troops as we have Hong Kong in the South were we "could" [:D] retreat. With the urban bonus he would need some 10.000 assault points to achieve anything as we have also some forts. And he can´t starve me because I can ship in supplies if he manages to cut the town off from the road heading East. Instead of marching on Canton, bigbaba should concentrate on Changsha as this is the place where he could lose some 100.000+ troops if he doesn´t act.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/7/2008 5:08:57 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/04/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Dagua, 51,81 Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 92 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships MSW W.2 MSW W.1 MSW W.19 MSW W.16, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MSW W.20 [:D] a rare occassion in WITP, a minesweeper hits a mine and sinks immediately... the only loss at Rangoon! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Johore Bahru, at 22,49 Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro BB Fuso Allied ground losses: 1306 casualties reported Guns lost 22 Vehicles lost 5 Runway hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 most of the enemy troops in Malaya are at Johore Baru again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34 Ki-21 Sally x 144 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 349 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 50 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 69 G4M1 Betty x 36 Allied aircraft Wirraway x 2 Hawk 75A x 4 CW-21B Demon x 4 Brewster 339D x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 13 damaged G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 1 destroyed Hawk 75A: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed Brewster 339D: 5 destroyed CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed Blenheim I: 3 destroyed C-60A Lodestar: 1 destroyed F.K.51: 3 destroyed Lockheed 212: 1 destroyed T.IVa: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 320 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet I guess there won´t be much of the enemy airforce left on Java when I land on the island... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47 Ki-21 Sally x 158 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 554 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 104 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 31,64 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Shinonome Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet this strike came from Soearabaja though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Rabaul, 61,88, firing at TF 8 TF 8 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 61,88 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese ground losses: 488 casualties reported Rabaul will be Japanese next round... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wewak Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1260 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 42 - adjusted assault: 21 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wewak base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 196067 troops, 2690 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 4842 Defending force 80600 troops, 582 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2202 Allied ground losses: 1289 casualties reported Guns lost 23 nice casualties, but those are surely all within the leading HQs... a big enemy troop concentration is spotted marching from Sian to Homan now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pakhoi Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 57959 troops, 592 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030 Defending force 14221 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 249 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese max assault: 1020 - adjusted assault: 782 Allied max defense: 221 - adjusted defense: 39 Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Pakhoi base !!! Japanese ground losses: 288 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Allied ground losses: 25621 casualties reported Guns lost 31 cleared our Western flank in China, two HQs and two corps surrendered... I can now whip out the 38th div... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 32,62 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1370 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39 Defending force 1498 troops, 20 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese max assault: 29 - adjusted assault: 13 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! mopping up Dutch units on Borneo... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 34,30 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 22183 troops, 255 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 485 Defending force 1603 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Japanese max assault: 414 - adjusted assault: 230 Allied max defense: 40 - adjusted defense: 19 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 274 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! crossing the river towards Lashio. Burma road is closed soon... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Dagua Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1334 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 3 - adjusted assault: 3 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Dagua base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17356 troops, 234 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 478 Defending force 31196 troops, 358 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 788 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 63209 troops, 479 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2180 Defending force 263707 troops, 2982 guns, 337 vehicles, Assault Value = 4842 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 965 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48 Defending force 6737 troops, 74 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 204 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 2

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/8/2008 1:34:17 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/05/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 8 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 61,88 Japanese ground losses: 359 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Johore Bahru, at 22,49 Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 2206 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Vehicles lost 2 Runway hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 the support troops at the base are hit hard it seems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Allied aircraft I-16c x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16c: 10 destroyed don´t know why but bigbaba has some three dozen obsolete fighters stationed at the level 1 airfield of Wuchow. Nice training for my IJA pilots... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25 Ki-21 Sally x 125 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 destroyed Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed T.IVa: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 90 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 21st Division, at 33,30 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 21 Hudson I x 15 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 60 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Vehicles lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing at 11000 feet 12 x Hudson I bombing at 11000 feet The RAF starts flying ground attacks out of India into Burma. I have only inf units on the front but base forces and AA units are on the way. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 7th Chinese Corps, at 43,41 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 60 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet attacking the units that were moved to Canton. There are also base forces now and a Nate is shot down... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 168689 troops, 2326 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 4210 Defending force 79166 troops, 556 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2186 Allied ground losses: 818 casualties reported Guns lost 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 32,62 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1353 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Defending force 216 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 29 - adjusted assault: 30 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 9437 troops, 84 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 214 Defending force 2688 troops, 15 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 49 Japanese max assault: 224 - adjusted assault: 177 Allied max defense: 45 - adjusted defense: 55 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul base !!! Japanese ground losses: 57 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 4134 casualties reported Guns lost 10 looks like landing a bgd wasn´t that much overkill when we only achieve a 3:1... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17395 troops, 234 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 477 Defending force 31175 troops, 357 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 783 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 70879 troops, 525 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2170 Defending force 234442 troops, 2617 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 4210 Japanese ground losses: 118 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/8/2008 1:38:44 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/06/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 92 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships MSW W.2 MSW W.1 MSW W.19 MSW W.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-21 Sally x 142 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 10 damaged Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 363 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 24 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 70 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet with the forced retreat the Allied troops suffered at Malacca I´m now sure that they won´t be able to hold on to Johore Baru (level 0 forts) so the enemy will be pushed back to Singapore easily I guess. With the unconventional moves of my opponent I have now again changed my plan for Singapore. Therefore my airforce is now attacking Singapore. While it first looked like that all enemy forces on Malaya will retreat without a fight to Singapore (where I just wanted to starve them), the enemy now took serious losses while achieving nothing. This means the troops that will be at Singapore can be worn down pretty fast I guess as we have nearly 2500 assault points on the island. Instead of starving the enemy in Singapore I have now decided to take the base. The plan to just starve the Allied troops on the Philipines is still valid though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 48 Ki-21 Sally x 161 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 376 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 123 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 40,38 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 4 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SB-2c bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 21st Division, at 33,30 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 24 Hudson I x 14 P-40B Tomahawk x 13 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 80 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Blenheim IV bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 44,40 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 52 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 188918 troops, 2580 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 4134 Defending force 78293 troops, 537 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2181 Allied ground losses: 885 casualties reported Guns lost 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 32,62 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1357 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Defending force 177 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 29 - adjusted assault: 16 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17393 troops, 233 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 476 Defending force 26382 troops, 265 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 666 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 70484 troops, 506 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2156 Defending force 232387 troops, 2616 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 4134 Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/8/2008 1:43:31 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/07/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Johore Bahru, at 22,49 Japanese Ships CL Jintsu CL Naka CA Atago CA Takao CL Natori CA Ashigara CA Maya Allied ground losses: 713 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 95 troops unloading over beach at Buna, 55,90 Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 128 troops unloading over beach at Gili Gili, 56,94 Japanese ground losses: 38 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Allied aircraft I-16c x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16c: 8 destroyed Bigbaba still has his obsolete Chinese fighters on Cap near the front for unknown reason. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 104th Division, at 40,38 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-2c bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 19th Mixed Brigade, at 40,38 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-2c bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 10th Ind. Brigade, at 49,30 Allied aircraft IL-4c x 3 Allied aircraft losses IL-4c: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 10th Division, at 45,35 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 21 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SB-2c bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 21st Division, at 33,30 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 12 Blenheim IV x 8 Hudson I x 9 P-40B Tomahawk x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 44,40 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 55 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Johore Bahru Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 135616 troops, 1270 guns, 555 vehicles, Assault Value = 2843 Defending force 31407 troops, 238 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 578 Japanese max assault: 2618 - adjusted assault: 1319 Allied max defense: 493 - adjusted defense: 217 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru base !!! Japanese ground losses: 1152 casualties reported Guns lost 40 Vehicles lost 11 Allied ground losses: 1383 casualties reported Guns lost 75 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Over a dozen units are again forced to retreat and now the best thing: while those troops retreated into Singapore (with nearly no combat effectivness left) there are still four units at Mersing! Why keeps bigbaba over 10.000 troops at Mersing when I´m at Johore Baru already? The troops at Mersing have no retreat path and will be destroyed within the next 7 days I guess. Then we will assault Singapore... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 189174 troops, 2586 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 4140 Defending force 77384 troops, 526 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2162 Allied ground losses: 992 casualties reported Guns lost 16 The enemy units in China left Canton again already and the march on Homan was a bluff also, there are only 3 enemy units now. My army is sieging Changsha and a big number of divisions is flanking the city in the North and in the South. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 32,62 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1383 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40 Defending force 130 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 31 - adjusted assault: 16 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pagan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3488 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 109 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 94 - adjusted assault: 96 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 96 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Pagan base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lashio Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 21949 troops, 254 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 475 Defending force 1086 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29 Japanese max assault: 409 - adjusted assault: 370 Allied max defense: 26 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 370 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lashio base !!! Allied ground losses: 261 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Burma road is closed, doesn´t make the life for the Chinese any easier! [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17430 troops, 234 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 477 Defending force 25875 troops, 258 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 651 Japanese ground losses: 2 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 70024 troops, 488 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2120 Defending force 232780 troops, 2622 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 4140 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported

Xxzard -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/10/2008 3:23:08 AM)
How important is the Burma Road in the game anyway?

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/10/2008 8:03:32 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Xxzard How important is the Burma Road in the game anyway? It is important as the Chinese get IIRC 500 supplies over the Burma road every turn. When you take Lashio, the Burma road is closed. The supply situation in China is severe (in Nikmod not so severe as in stock though) and losing those 500 supply points just makes it more severe. But there´s nothing an Allied player can do against losing it anyway.

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/10/2008 9:42:54 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/08/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 104,74 Japanese Ships SS I-174 Allied Ships DD Case DD Drayton DD Cummings DD Fanning DD Dunlap DD Craven DD Jarvis DD Patterson near Johnston, don´t know if this is a dedicated ASW TF but we do have a house rule of max 6 ships in an ASW TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Johnston Island at 102,74 Japanese Ships SS I-21 Allied Ships DD Case DD Drayton DD Cummings DD Fanning our subs must have a lucky day today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Mersing, at 23,49 Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise Allied ground losses: 848 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Vehicles lost 5 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 8 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 9 Port supply hits 10 the trapped troops in Mersing are doomed, they will soon be attacked by over 1500 assault points... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68 Japanese Ships SS I-1, hits 3 Allied Ships DMS Elliot DMS Perry DMS Dorsey DD Mugford DD Helm DD Blue DD Bagley another TF going to FFS, the sub takes 3 near misses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 103,74 Japanese Ships SS I-2 Allied Ships DD Jarvis, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Case DD Drayton DD Cummings DD Fanning The (probable) ASW TF moves out of Johnston towards Pearl Harbour again and on it´s way North one DD takes a torp and the sub gets away unharmed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 103,73 Japanese Ships SS I-6 Allied Ships DD Jarvis, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Case DD Drayton Jarvis takes another torp, also I-6 evades all attacks! [&o] Guess DD Jarvis is doomed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68 Japanese Ships SS I-1 Allied Ships AK Jacob Luckenbach AK Bridge DMS Elliot DMS Perry DMS Dorsey DD Mugford DD Helm DD Blue DD Bagley Bigbaba brings more troops to FFS, there are now 4 reported units at the dot base. I´m not interested in this base so close to Hawai and Midway is far enough away that it isn´t that dangerous to see this base built up. The sub missed with 4 torps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-21 Sally x 121 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 1 destroyed Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed T.IVa: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 113 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 95 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 70 G4M1 Betty x 35 Allied aircraft Wirraway x 1 Hawk 75A x 6 CW-21B Demon x 5 Brewster 339D x 3 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 1 destroyed Hawk 75A: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed C-60A Lodestar: 2 destroyed T.IVa: 1 destroyed Martin 139: 1 destroyed Lockheed 212: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 223 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 C5M Babs x 6 Ki-21 Sally x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 53 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 39 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 45,35 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 23 Allied aircraft losses SB-2c: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 21st Division, at 33,30 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 15 Hudson I x 9 P-40B Tomahawk x 14 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 25903 troops, 260 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 651 Defending force 18898 troops, 248 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 479 Japanese ground losses: 70 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Allied ground losses: 60 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 189606 troops, 2592 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 4154 Defending force 76267 troops, 506 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2125 Allied ground losses: 1276 casualties reported Guns lost 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 32,62 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1422 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 80 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 33 - adjusted assault: 18 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Gili Gili Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 755 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 7 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Gili Gili base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Buna Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 395 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 12 - adjusted assault: 26 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 26 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Buna base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17441 troops, 234 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 478 Defending force 25795 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 651 Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 69402 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2091 Defending force 233352 troops, 2628 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 4154 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Homan Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17266 troops, 142 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 541 Defending force 56520 troops, 598 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 857

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/10/2008 9:44:32 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/09/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Mersing, at 23,49 Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro BB Fuso Allied ground losses: 474 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 16 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Johnston Island at 102,74 Japanese Ships SS I-4 Allied Ships AK Canadian MSW Robin DMS Southard AK Shooting Star we´re not that lucky when it comes down to attack slow moving merchants. More troops are brought to Jonston it seems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-21 Sally x 140 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 247 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 31,64 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 2 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Kumano Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 35 troops unloading over beach at Shortlands, 63,93 Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 21651 troops, 230 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 647 Defending force 18958 troops, 244 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 483 Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 190060 troops, 2600 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 4166 Defending force 74685 troops, 475 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2099 Allied ground losses: 1332 casualties reported Guns lost 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 32,62 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1435 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Defending force 80 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 34 - adjusted assault: 19 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 Allied ground losses: 189 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 74923 troops, 1065 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1790 Defending force 49639 troops, 583 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 1158 Allied ground losses: 861 casualties reported Guns lost 37 Vehicles lost 10 a lot of enemy troops at Clark field but we have another 800 assault points moving in... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17542 troops, 232 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 482 Defending force 25707 troops, 235 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 647 Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 68832 troops, 437 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2064 Defending force 233786 troops, 2636 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 4166 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Homan Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17215 troops, 142 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 540 Defending force 85164 troops, 991 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1452 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/10/2008 9:46:55 AM)
DD Jarvis was hit twice by IJN subs off Johnston Island. The destroyer isn´t confirmed sunk but after two torp hits, I guess the ship is doomed! USS Jarvis (DD-393), 1937-1942 USS Jarvis, a 1500-ton Bagley class destroyer built at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, was commissioned in October 1937. After shakedown and alterations, she spent the next two years operating in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean. Jarvis was based in Hawaii after April 1940, taking part in the U.S. Fleet's preparations for the increasingly likely outbreak of war with Japan. She was tied up at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard when the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941 and used her guns in the efforts to repel the Japanese aircraft. During the next seven months, Jarvis participated in several operations, including the abortive Wake Island Relief expedition in December 1941, anti-submarine patrols and aircraft carrier screening duties in January 1942 and escorting convoy to Australia, in February-March and May-June 1942. Jarvis was then employed on patrol and escort work in the south Pacific until mid-July, when she joined the task force that was preparing for the U.S. Navy's first major Pacific War offensive undertaking, the invasion of Guadalcanal and Tulagi. Arriving in the invasion area on 7 August 1942, Jarvis covered the landing forces as they put U.S. Marines ashore. The next day, she was hit by a torpedo when Japanese aircraft counter-attacked. Though badly damaged and down at the bow, she was still seaworthy enough to proceed independently to Australia for repairs. While steaming past the northeastern end of Guadalcanal during the night of 9 August, she was briefly and ineffectively engaged by Japanese ships during the Battle of Savo Island. Shortly after noon on that day, USS Jarvis was attacked by an overwhelming force of Japanese land-based bombers. Hit repeatedly, she was lost with her entire crew. [image]local://upfiles/13774/1E7574DB77B94E7292A96AB742713232.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/10/2008 10:03:16 AM)
Interesting developments... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/10/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 92 encounters mine field at Hong Kong (43,42) Japanese Ships MSW Choun Maru #21 MSW Choun Maru #8 MSW Choun Maru #7 MSW Choun Maru #6 MSW Banshu Maru #56 MSW Banshu Maru #52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-21 Sally x 143 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 190 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 82 Ki-21 Sally x 160 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-35A: 4 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed Allied ground losses: 424 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 15 Runway hits 51 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet yesterday, the enemy flew in fighters to Clark field to fly Cap and our recons spotted some 40 fighters in the air. The base and airfield are heavily damaged though and while the undamaged fighters were flown out again, there were still a dozen left when my bombers showed up with a strong fighter escort to destroy a good number of aircraft on the ground. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 44,40 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 93 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 [X(] Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 20 Ki-21 Sally x 16 Ki-49 Helen x 47 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 21 destroyed Allied Ships DD Whipple CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AP Zealandia, Torpedo hits 1 AP Katoomba CA Houston CL Achilles, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL De Ruyter CL Tromp CA Canberra, Bomb hits 2, on fire CL Perth, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Leander DD Witte de With DD Van Nes Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet The enemy troop transport TF made it unspotted all the way to PM! [X(] We have 200 aircraft at Lae, the bombers set to nav attack and not a bad number of bombers took off to attack the American/Australian/Dutch TF at Port Moresby. Unfortunately we have only one daitai of IJN torp bombers at Lae as we´ve needed the Army bombers to attack the airfield. Even though the IJA bombers are between 75 and 80 exp, the hit rate is rather poor. What is really amazing is the kill rate of my Zeroes. For the loss of 1 Zero, they took down 22!!!! Hurricanes, piloted by Australian pilots! The pm strike won´t face many fighters I guess... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 44 G3M Nell x 10 Ki-21 Sally x 24 Ki-49 Helen x 31 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged G3M Nell: 4 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed, 11 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied Ships AP Koolama, Bomb hits 1 CA Pensacola, on fire, heavy damage CL De Ruyter CA Canberra, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AP Katoomba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Boise CA Houston CL Tromp Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet This is the pm strike and again a good number of bombers attack but again the bombing runs are spread out over nearly all combat ships and so we don´t really do much damage. And still, at the end of the day, there are two burning and heavily damaged Allied CAs at Port Moresby. This is a reinforcement TF for PM and NOT an evac attempt! And that´s great, I love to see my enemy reinforcing PM!!! [8D] This will be the grave of a lot of ships, ac, troops as he will have to supply this base and as soon as I have recons and bombers at Gili Gili this will be a nightmare for my opponent. Hopefully weather allows us to fly strikes tomorrow, would love to really kill off one or two cruisers. What was really devastating was the flak fire the Allied cruisers were able to put up already. At the end of the day, we have lost 13 bombers to flak. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 18 G4M1 Betty x 13 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied Ships DD Helm AK K.I. Luckenbach AK Boreas, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Regulus DMS Perry DD Blue DMS Dorsey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Bridge Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet strike coming from Midway, we have 81 long range IJN torp bombers there, only 31 attack this big TF and score only 2 torp hits... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 21603 troops, 231 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 642 Defending force 19058 troops, 243 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 485 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 190498 troops, 2604 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 4175 Defending force 72828 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2064 Allied ground losses: 811 casualties reported Guns lost 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Homan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 67547 troops, 935 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1635 Defending force 38152 troops, 274 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1107 Japanese max assault: 1454 - adjusted assault: 680 Allied max defense: 1152 - adjusted defense: 743 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 913 casualties reported Guns lost 31 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 477 casualties reported Guns lost 1 DAMN! We´ve ordered a deliberate attack and exactly this turn, the Chinese were able to move in more troops. Northern China will get interesting as the enemy is now (again) moving on Homan AND 4 units are also spotted to move on Chengting in the North. I guess I will have to send two or three divs from the South to reinforce my positions in the North if the Chinese really get serious mounting an offensive. With fort levels between 2 and 5 I hope to hold long enough until the reinforcement arrives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Mersing Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 61184 troops, 710 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748 Defending force 8221 troops, 66 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 181 Allied ground losses: 104 casualties reported Guns lost 4 That´s what I call overkill. I´ve spotted 4 enemy troops at Mersing so I decided to bring in the hammer, just to find out that those 4 units only are some 8000 troops with 181 assault value. I expect the base to fall after the first attack. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 82125 troops, 1139 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 2113 Defending force 47827 troops, 533 guns, 208 vehicles, Assault Value = 1155 Allied ground losses: 136 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shortlands Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 500 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 11 - adjusted assault: 24 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Shortlands base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17620 troops, 232 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 485 Defending force 25614 troops, 228 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 642 Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 61898 troops, 421 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2027 Defending force 234304 troops, 2640 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 4175 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Homan Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 17130 troops, 137 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1100 Defending force 92194 troops, 1046 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1545 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 36575 troops, 509 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1155 Defending force 124064 troops, 1319 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 2113

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/10/2008 10:10:56 AM)
Well, at the moment I´m a bit shocked. This is a closed IJN AAR and I was more than surprised to see my opponent reading my AAR while I posted another day: I´ve pm´d my opponent and I am pretty unsettled at the moment. [8\|] The first pages clearly says that this is a closed AAR, but as I see my opponent lurking in my AAR I am now not anymore surprised to see his moves... [8\|] From now on, there will be no more talks about strategy and no more new combat reports. I´m thinking about not posting a combat report that is not at least 7 days in the past. [8\|] [image]local://upfiles/13774/EC8AB27F77834C2D8667C5188511F92B.jpg[/image]

Ambassador -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/10/2008 12:10:04 PM)
I don't want to throw rocks too soon, but if he did it on purpose (ie not by accidentally clicking on the thread and going back immediately without reading a single line), what a shame ![:-]

castor troy -> RE: Waiting for AE - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy (11/10/2008 1:36:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ambassador I don't want to throw rocks too soon, but if he did it on purpose (ie not by accidentally clicking on the thread and going back immediately without reading a single line), what a shame ![:-] mmm, I´ve got a reply on my pm that I´ve sent him and he told me that he didn´t know that he´s not allowed to read it, he thought he would only be not allowed to POST something in my AAR. Well, this means that all I have written so far was read by my opponent. This for example also explains why I see his troops turning around two days after I post here that I find it strange that they retreat, this gives him free info on everything so far. Now what should I say...[8\|]

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