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Rainer79 -> RE: it goes on... (4/17/2009 6:48:35 PM)
Have you thought about sending a couple of MSWs on a suicide mission to Wyndham's harbor (or one hex away if you are feeling lucky)? They probably will die horribly but it might help reduce further mine hits.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/17/2009 7:08:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rainer79 Have you thought about sending a couple of MSWs on a suicide mission to Wyndham's harbor (or one hex away if you are feeling lucky)? They probably will die horribly but it might help reduce further mine hits. they won´t get there. They only move 2 or in the best case 3 hexes a day and as soon as they´re within 4 hexes of Wyndham they will be attacked by LBA. And I´m not really a fan of such suicide missions, not even if there are only MSWs involved. The supply convoy will unload unharmed there and I won´t go there again. It´s just not worth it, the mine hits there are a joke.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/17/2009 7:11:33 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/31/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77 Japanese Ships AO Ondo AO Iro DD Numakaze DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Shikinami Allied Ships SS KXVIII, hits 5 AOs are bringing fuel to Koepang, I´m running desperately low on fuel on the whole map. Never experienced such a fuel shortage like in this campaign. Total fuel on the map is now only 1.400.000 and that´s near to nothing when you think about how dispersed it is. The sub takes a hit and four near misses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 18 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 70 No Japanese losses Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 201 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 105 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 188 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865 Defending force 280491 troops, 1548 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6676 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Thursday Island Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 6653 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 150 Defending force 500 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Japanese max assault: 106 - adjusted assault: 103 Allied max defense: 8 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 103 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported three of my divs have entered the hex where the four Allied divs retreated to South of Darwin and I have ordered a shock attack tomorrow. I don´t expect much though... hopefully at least we won´t take that many casualties... my other three inf units should enter the hex tomorrow but can´t join the attack...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/17/2009 8:36:17 PM)
Yet another great day for the Empire! [sm=character0169.gif] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/01/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 35,83 Japanese Ships DD Kawakaze DD Hatsushima DD Shinonome DD Yugiri DD Yayoi DD Yuzuki Allied Ships SS KXIV, hits 3 sent out an ASW TF from Darwin with the usual minimal results... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77 Japanese Ships AO Notoro, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Numakaze DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Shikinami Allied Ships SS KXVIII, hits 2, on fire grmpf... The damned TF that arrived yesterday obviously didn´t dock at the port, otherwise it would have been immune to sub attacks (level 4 port). What the hell, do I have to check every sht now manually??? [:@] There go 8000 tons of fuel... and the ship has only a small chance to survive as it´s burning heavily... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 2 G4M1 Betty x 51 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 69 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 205 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 105 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 164 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet it will take three months to bring all my fighter daitais back to the strenght they had before the attacks on the enemy carriers along Australia´s North coast. But it will definetely take Miller longer to replace his carriers... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 7th USA Division, at 36,89 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 20 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 40th USA Division, at 36,89 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 43 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 37th USA Division, at 36,89 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 37 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet good to see three out of the four divs being attacked as we´re shock attacking later in the day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [sm=character0169.gif][sm=character0214.gif][sm=character0169.gif] Day Air attack on TF at 7,91 [image]local://upfiles/13774/4948049745E445E3A2139265C9798AED.jpg[/image] Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 23 A6M3a Zero x 15 B5N Kate x 23 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 5 damaged B5N Kate: 2 damaged Allied Ships CV Hornet, Bomb hits 31, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 3 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet after refulling at Koepang we have set KB to full speed towards Perth to catch the two undamaged retreating British BBs (only possible if they run out of fuel) and while KB never launched a strike the last two days against spotted TFs, today we end up in range of the heavily damaged US CV Hornet... that´s it for the mighty ship! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 7,91 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 21 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied Ships CV Hornet, Bomb hits 12, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet again, we launch several strikes instead of one combined... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 7,91 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 24 A6M3a Zero x 2 B5N Kate x 24 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 4 damaged Allied Ships CV Hornet, Bomb hits 21, on fire, heavy damage DD Arunta Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet this is already in the afternoon, the aircraft carrier is still afloat, taking bomb after bomb. Never have seen 64 bomb hits (around 20 didn´t penetrate the belt armor) on an enemy carrier, the damned ship just refused to sink. But in the end it slipped beneath the waves. None of the other spotted TFs were attacked and that´s once again depressing... but now the funny thing, Miller asked me this when he sent this turn back: I am suprised you did not send the KB after Yorktown and Hornet.......they would be dead by now if you had............* looks like he wasn´t aware of the fact that KB was so close to one of his damaged carriers already. He didn´t spot KB and I don´t know what he thought it would be when there were Alfs and Jakes spotting his TFs the last two turns... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 36,89 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 61406 troops, 575 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1574 Defending force 40299 troops, 537 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 964 Japanese max assault: 2068 - adjusted assault: 386 [X(][sm=Christo_pull_hair.gif][8\|] Allied max defense: 628 - adjusted defense: 598 [:(] Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 927 casualties reported Guns lost 31 Vehicles lost 3 Allied ground losses: 256 casualties reported Guns lost 21 now how does that work? We were more than 100% supplied, max disruption was 34, our bombers flew 3 attacks on the four enemy units and while our adjusted av looks horrible the enemy still gets nearly his full av. The enemy must have been highly disrupted (retreated two days ago and due to air attacks) and probably was far from fully supplied as you lose all supply in a retreat. That´s it, doubt we can do anything now, our troops are now 70+ disrupted and the enemy will be able to move South. Once again it seems Miller is the one with the super lucky die rolls. But after the loss of Hornet today I guess this happening here isn´t that much motivating... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 281187 troops, 1553 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6693 Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Thursday Island Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 6600 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148 Defending force 500 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Japanese max assault: 106 - adjusted assault: 202 Allied max defense: 7 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 202 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 92 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd USMC Para Battalion Wiped Out at Thursday Island by attrition!!!

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/17/2009 8:42:19 PM)
American CV Hornet sunk by superior IJN naval forces! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI! [sm=character0169.gif] USS Hornet, a 19,800 ton Yorktown class aircraft carrier, was constructed at Newport News, Virginia. Commissioned in October 1941, she spent the next four months shaking down in the Atlantic. Transferred to the Pacific in March 1942, Hornet was immediately employed on the Doolittle raid. On 18 April 1942, she launched 16 Army B-25 bombers to attack Japan, a strike that caused relatively little damage, but which had enormous strategic implications. Hornet was then sent to the South Pacific to reinforce U.S. units there following the Battle of Coral Sea, but was recalled to Pearl Harbor in mid-May. She then took part in the Battle of Midway, on 4-6 June, during which her planes shared in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Mikuma. In August 1942, Hornet returned to the South Pacific to join in the fight for Guadalcanal. During much of September and October, she was the only operational U.S. aircraft carrier available to oppose the Japanese in that area. On 26 October 1942, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, her planes attacked and badly damaged the Japanese carrier Shokaku. In return, however, Hornet received heavy bomb and torpedo damage, necessitating her abandonment. Though accompanying U.S. destroyers attempted to scuttle her, she remained afloat until torpedoed and sunk by Japanese ships early in the morning of 27 October. [image]local://upfiles/13774/36946EA59FDC45059CC20CA46019125E.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/18/2009 12:44:26 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/02/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 81 G4M1 Betty x 81 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 53 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 21 Ki-49 Helen x 65 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 68 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 66 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 213 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 105 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 34 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 172 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 43rd USA Division, at 36,89 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 87 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 169 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet all my units entered the hex with the four Allied divs 5 hexes South of Darwin now and I have ordered a shock attack for tomorrow. Those units that suffered from the 0:1 shock attack last time are still at 50% disruption but if the enemy again only gets a 600 adjusted av then I´m confident to overcome the defenders... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 89 B-25C Mitchell x 1 B-26B Marauder x 45 Allied aircraft losses A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 63 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet I definetely prefer seeing Miller training his bomber crews than training his fighter crews... it´s all about fighters IMO... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15798 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 282299 troops, 1559 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6712 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported for what reason ever, Chungking´s troop number and av is going up rapidly... [X(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3130 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4897 Defending force 142072 troops, 1053 guns, 358 vehicles, Assault Value = 3035 Allied ground losses: 55 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/19/2009 1:42:03 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/03/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 80 G3M Nell x 6 G4M1 Betty x 165 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 56 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet I´m working on opening another pilot training school on Mindanao. Air support is moving to Cagayan as I have more daitais in need of training than I have room at my bases I´ve been using for training so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 24 Ki-49 Helen x 37 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 49 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet this is training and has a useful purpose. Who knows what Miller is really up to with Lautern, better make sure to see it remain 100% damaged... troops are prepping for Lautern already... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 215 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 136 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 7th USA Division, at 36,89 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 36 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 105 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 37th USA Division, at 36,89 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 66 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 80 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet good to see the bombers attacking... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 36,89 Japanese Shock attack [sm=character0169.gif] Attacking force 106648 troops, 1062 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2182 Defending force 39280 troops, 486 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 938 Japanese max assault: 3052 - adjusted assault: 1696 [:)] Allied max defense: 598 - adjusted defense: 553 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 [&o] Japanese ground losses: 1574 casualties reported Guns lost 28 Allied ground losses: 779 casualties reported Guns lost 28 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! four enemy divisions are forced to retreat for the second time! That is good news, we will try to follow them further South. If we manage to force them to retreat four of five times then there´s nothing left to really fear. Will take nearly a year to rebuild those divs so we won´t see them before mid 44 again. [8D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15835 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 283117 troops, 1569 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6734 seeing Chungking´s av going up 20 points each turn is concerning me a bit. But being in an urban hex makes me still confident that we don´t have to fear anything here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 7415 troops, 252 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4948 Defending force 143320 troops, 1074 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 3052 Allied ground losses: 225 casualties reported Guns lost 2 with the thousands of tons of supplies, the Allied units at Wyndham are now gaining strenght too of course...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/19/2009 1:50:13 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/04/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77 Allied Ships SS Sawfish ghost sub attack... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Darwin at 36,84 Japanese Ships DD Hatsushima DD Kawakaze DD Shinonome DD Yugiri DD Yayoi DD Yuzuki Allied Ships SS Pogy, hits 10, on fire, heavy damage my ASW TF is target of Pogy but the sub missed. In return it takes a hit and 9 near misses. Pogy was later confirmed sunk after being hit by a Helen on nav search... We currently have 56 Allied subs confirmed sunk. That´s not that much considering the fact that we´ve sunk more than 2 dozen subs during our port attacks on Manila and Pearl Harbour. Means we have only been able to sink another 2 dozen subs in 15 months of war. This is mostly due to the fact that my DDs have been more or less useless all the time. Only 11 subs were confirmed sunk by DCs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77 Japanese Ships PC Hachijo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage APD APD-36 PC Iki PC Oki PC Etoforu PC Kunashiri Allied Ships SS Sawfish, hits 7 sent in one of my best ASW TFs (when it comes down to ASW value) and one of my modern PCs is hit hard. The PC is in high danger of being sunk, chance to survive perhaps 10%. Disbanded into port at Koepang (level 4), nav HQ and AR present. 7 near misses on Sawfish will probably mean the sub will return to it´s home port... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21 [X(] Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 16 Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet I guess Miller newly received this dive bomber squadron on Ceylon with the default setting "airfield attack". The bombers chose to attack Madras where we have a big base force sitting... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 81 G3M Nell x 8 G4M1 Betty x 162 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 45 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 215 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 68 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 146 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 49 Kittyhawk I x 61 P-40E Warhawk x 53 Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet Miller moved in fighters again... guess I will have to strenghten my flak defenses here. Increasing flak defense over Luganville forced him to halt his training runs there... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 9,88 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 23 A6M3a Zero x 17 B5N Kate x 24 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AO Platte, Bomb hits 24, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet KB sinks a damaged AO on his way back into the SRA. As I don´t really fear an Allied offensive now, it´s time for R&R and all the upgrades. Guess we will have six months now to bring everything back into perfect shape. Hopefully this will also mean that we can stock some fuel as my fuel levels are really, really low... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15825 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 283920 troops, 1574 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6747 wonder where the Chinese were drawing supply from... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8372 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4995 Defending force 144055 troops, 1075 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 3058 Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported more than a dozen art units are doing a whopping 26 casualties...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/19/2009 1:54:13 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/05/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1028 encounters mine field at Tongatapu Island (94,114) Allied Ships MSW Swallow MSW Starling the last of my sub laid mines are cleared... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 80 G3M Nell x 8 G4M1 Betty x 169 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 22 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-49 Helen x 75 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 88 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 215 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 72 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 54 Kittyhawk I x 33 P-40E Warhawk x 50 Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 3 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Port hits 2 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet only Allied and Japanese training runs the whole day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15845 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 284749 troops, 1573 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6758 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8352 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4923 Defending force 144745 troops, 1080 guns, 360 vehicles, Assault Value = 3063 Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported pretty boring turns now, guess this is what we will mostly see for the next couple of months. Perhaps Miller will start some limited action somewhere. Air attacks out of Cairns or Townsville against PM, Gili Gili or Thursday Island comes to mind. But I doubt we will see any major invasion without carrier support. I will work on further increasing our defenses in the Pacific and I have now also decided to attack the SOVIET UNION! [sm=character0169.gif] I have 15.000 assault points already prepped for their targets and I´ve started to move air and ground units into Manchuko to further increase our offensive capability. Guess we will see the start of hostilities against Russia in two months.

Xxzard -> RE: it goes on... (4/19/2009 5:51:11 PM)
Well, good luck with that cause, I'm interested to see how the IJA does against the russian 64 plane squadrons- hopefully with obsolete fighters though. You seem to do well enough with ground campaigns, and against an immobile defense I'm sure you'll accomplish much.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/19/2009 6:54:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Xxzard Well, good luck with that cause, I'm interested to see how the IJA does against the russian 64 plane squadrons- hopefully with obsolete fighters though. You seem to do well enough with ground campaigns, and against an immobile defense I'm sure you'll accomplish much. Doubt that the Soviets will have a higher exp than 60 so hopefully my Tojos will eat them alive (if they get airborne). The plan is as follows: surprise attack from three of my airfields on the two or three biggest Soviet airfields in the area. This should knock out a couple of hundred enemy aircraft on the first day, leaving most of the rest either damaged or hopefully with very low morale. The enemy won´t be immobile though, as is done in most (if not all) PBEMs I will of course grant Miller some time to move his ground units around as soon as I have activated the Soviets. I will move in, activate them and then will keep my LCUs static for two weeks, this should give Miller enough time to move his LCUs around on the railline. I will keep on using my airforce though. Unfortunately, Soviet fighters are FAR from being obsolete! They have some very good fighters and they would eat my Tojos alive if flown by equally skilled pilots, they lack good bombers though.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/19/2009 6:59:15 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/06/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 63,44 Japanese Ships AP Surabaya Maru Allied Ships SS Tinosa Spotted two subs moving towards Japan the last two turns, this night SS Tinosa attacks for the first time but misses the AP... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Takamatsu at 62,42 Japanese Ships AK Jokuja Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire PG Nikkai Maru PG Nanpo Maru PG Nagata Maru PG Muro Maru PG Myoken Maru PG Magan Maru PG Kyo Maru #10 PG Kure Maru #5 Allied Ships SS Tinosa but the damned sub gets another chance and this time hits with two torps. Once again the big escort is totally useles... The excellent damage model of WITP leaves the big AK behind with 43 sys, 48 flt and 13 fires. [8\|] No way the ship will sink, will be disbanded into Osaka´s port tomorrow. While it is annoying to see subs around Japan, it´s definetely the worst place for Allied subs to operate. Why? Because when the hit something off the coast, most times the ship will be disbanded into a big port immediately, making it very hard to actually sink the ships. Would be far better for Miller to operate his subs in the SRA. I won´t complain... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 81 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 179 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 52 Port supply hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-49 Helen x 69 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 9 damaged Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 37 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 37,90 Japanese Shock attack [:D] Attacking force 87991 troops, 945 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2133 Defending force 28893 troops, 379 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 672 Japanese max assault: 3244 - adjusted assault: 2373 Allied max defense: 507 - adjusted defense: 207 Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 1964 casualties reported [:(] Guns lost 50 Vehicles lost 6 Allied ground losses: 514 casualties reported Guns lost 13 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! The four Allied divs are once again forced to retreat. And again we score over 130 points for Allied ground losses. Those divs will soon be totally worn down. But today, they again inflict heavy losses within my ground units, even though those are nearly all disablements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15863 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 284824 troops, 1562 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6761 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8376 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4823 Defending force 146175 troops, 1091 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3075 Allied ground losses: 257 casualties reported

Ambassador -> RE: it goes on... (4/20/2009 8:30:10 AM)
quote: CA Haguro, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SUNK!!!!!!! Ouch, that hurts ! AK's and AP's resist to one, sometime two torpedoes, but a cruiser goes down with only one !?![X(]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/20/2009 10:17:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ambassador quote: CA Haguro, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SUNK!!!!!!! Ouch, that hurts ! AK's and AP's resist to one, sometime two torpedoes, but a cruiser goes down with only one !?![X(] yup, as Haguro suffered a MAGAZINE EXPLOSION. And while other players seemed to have made different experiences, in MY special WITP edition, mag explosions ALWAYS immediately result in a sunk ship. BIG BOOOOOM -> SUNK... The possibility for a mag explosion is very looooow, so like I´ve said, Miller really was lucky here sinking Haguro just outside of Darwin (level 6 port, nav HQ and AR) with one torp. oh well

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/21/2009 10:39:31 AM)
The whole turn boring training runs, but boring is good for the Japanese at this stage of the war... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/07/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 81 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 185 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 42 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 25 Ki-49 Helen x 65 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 76 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 215 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 216 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 6 Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet 6 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 29 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Port hits 1 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865 Defending force 285015 troops, 1562 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6752 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8332 troops, 284 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4898 Defending force 146683 troops, 1097 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3073 Allied ground losses: 82 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/21/2009 1:10:24 PM)
Very bad things happened this turn... [:(] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/08/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 187 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 50 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-49 Helen x 47 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 31 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 215 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 193 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 40 Hudson I x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 55 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 2 damaged Hudson I: 1 destroyed PV-1 Ventura: 4 destroyed, 14 damaged Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet Miller now uses level bombers from Noumea to attack our troops on Luganville.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 6 Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 24 Allied aircraft losses A-20B Boston: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 25 B-24D Liberator x 94 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged B-24D Liberator: 15 damaged Japanese ground losses: 126 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15862 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1864 Defending force 284833 troops, 1554 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6746 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22656 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2490 Defending force 176424 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5068 Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8342 troops, 285 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4920 Defending force 147198 troops, 1099 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3079 Allied ground losses: 95 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 36,91 Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 50551 troops, 599 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1201 Defending force 33598 troops, 370 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 725 Allied max assault: 994 - adjusted assault: 525 Japanese max defense: 681 - adjusted defense: 245 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 830 casualties reported Guns lost 43 Allied ground losses: 768 casualties reported Guns lost 16 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! really interesting how much you lose due to "strange happenings" in the game. Due to a "naval movement flaw" I´ve lost a light cruiser, due to the not working follow unit order I had problems in the past. Today, two of our divs get shredded South of Darwin because two units moved, the other four units show 75 miles now. God damn it, there are so many bugs left... the result is of course devastating. Not just that my troops didn´t move in but moved 75 miles in a 60 mile hex [8\|] I also get a fridging bad adjusted av. Just can´t belive Miller really achieved a 2:1... If we would have had just 18 av more than he would have only got a 1:1. Why we get such a bad ajusted av is beyond me anyway, the units were more than fully supplied and very low disrupted. Once again, he´s the luckier one of us two it seems... my troops lost 20% of their strenght and it will take 4 months to rebuild them in Japan. Thank you!

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/21/2009 1:14:27 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/09/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1025 encounters mine field at Suva (86,114) Allied Ships APD Brooks, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Brooks runs into a newly sublaid minefield... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 211 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 35 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-49 Helen x 69 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 215 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 91 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 76 P-36A Mohawk x 72 P-40B Tomahawk x 60 P-40E Warhawk x 24 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed, 17 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 22 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 3 destroyed, 21 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 37 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet after this attack, Miller told me that there´s too much flak over his training targets and that he will have to send his BBs in for some nukes. Well, I bet he will get his nukes as usual but he shouldn´t be too confident. At some point I will kick some a$$ and his BBs will take a dozen torps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 55 PV-1 Ventura x 69 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 107 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet the level bombers aren´t effected by my flak though, 15000 ft is already too high for Japanese flak it seems. And my flak units get worn down quickly... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 54 Kittyhawk I x 58 P-40E Warhawk x 48 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 1 damaged Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 51 B-24D Liberator x 75 Allied aircraft losses A-20B Boston: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 54 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 4 Port supply hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15871 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 284495 troops, 1553 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6732 av at Chungking is going down again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22631 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491 Defending force 176056 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5060 same goes for Kweiyang... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8386 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4935 Defending force 148252 troops, 1116 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3094 Allied ground losses: 124 casualties reported Guns lost 4

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/21/2009 1:17:19 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/10/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 46,48 Japanese Ships PC Ch 22 PC Shonon Maru #15 PC Kyo Maru #11 PC Kyo Maru #6 PC Kyo Maru #2 PC Fumi Maru Allied Ships SS Jack, hits 1 spotted two Allied subs moving West into the SRA and sent out two of the PC ASW TFs. They prove to be useless as usual... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 encounters mine field at Broome (21,85) Japanese Ships MSW Yoshino Maru MSW Toshi Maru #8 MSW Toshi Maru #7 MSW Toshi Maru #2 MSW Seki Maru MSW Rokko Maru MSW Kyo Maru #5 MSW Choun Maru #21 MSW Banshu Maru #18 MSW Wa 6 MSW Wa 3 my MSW arrived to finally clear the mines in Broome... they will move to Derby to do the same there as soon as Broome has been cleared... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 encounters mine field at Broome (21,85) Japanese Ships MSW Yoshino Maru MSW Toshi Maru #8 MSW Toshi Maru #7 MSW Toshi Maru #2 MSW Seki Maru MSW Rokko Maru MSW Kyo Maru #5 MSW Choun Maru #21 MSW Banshu Maru #18 MSW Wa 6 MSW Wa 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-49 Helen x 69 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 53 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 A6M3a Zero x 183 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 32 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 64 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 137 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 72 Hudson I x 13 PV-1 Ventura x 63 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 11 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 127 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Port hits 9 Port fuel hits 6 Port supply hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet as you can see, my flak units die like flies, 3 AA rgt and 2 base forces can´t harm those bombers coming in at 15.000ft... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 54 Kittyhawk I x 39 P-40E Warhawk x 43 Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft A-20B Boston x 46 B-24D Liberator x 63 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15871 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1868 Defending force 284044 troops, 1545 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6722 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22601 troops, 263 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489 Defending force 175730 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5054 Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8416 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4951 Defending force 148632 troops, 1111 guns, 364 vehicles, Assault Value = 3100 Allied ground losses: 142 casualties reported Guns lost 2

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/21/2009 1:19:32 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/11/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 encounters mine field at Broome (21,85) Japanese Ships MSW Yoshino Maru MSW Toshi Maru #8 MSW Toshi Maru #7 MSW Toshi Maru #2 MSW Seki Maru MSW Rokko Maru MSW Kyo Maru #5 MSW Choun Maru #21 MSW Banshu Maru #18 MSW Wa 6 MSW Wa 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 44,48 Japanese Ships PC Ch 20 PC Ch 13 PC Ch 8 PC Ch 3 PC Ch 2 PC Ch 1 Allied Ships SS Tinosa another try, another time the IJN vessels prove to be useless... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 211 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 29 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-49 Helen x 67 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 81 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet first strike out of Cagayan... have nearly 900 aircraft on training mode now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 215 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 67 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 108 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 67 Hudson I x 13 PV-1 Ventura x 60 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 54 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 50 P-40E Warhawk x 38 Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79 Japanese Ships PC Shonon Maru #11 PC Shonon Maru #10 PC Shonon Maru #3 PC Sonan Maru #6 PC Sonan Maru #5 PC Nichi Maru #1 Allied Ships SS S-36 have I said that IJN vessels are better kept disbanded in port? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15875 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 283905 troops, 1542 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6717 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22583 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489 Defending force 175557 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5051 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8416 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5014 Defending force 148930 troops, 1115 guns, 364 vehicles, Assault Value = 3101 Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Guns lost 1

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/21/2009 6:15:36 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/12/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 encounters mine field at Broome (21,85) Japanese Ships MSW Yoshino Maru MSW Toshi Maru #8 MSW Toshi Maru #7 MSW Toshi Maru #2 MSW Seki Maru MSW Rokko Maru MSW Kyo Maru #5 MSW Choun Maru #21 MSW Banshu Maru #18 MSW Wa 6 MSW Wa 3 no enemy mines left... now to Derby... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 211 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 36 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet rest of the day are training raids, we´ve lost 6 ac doing training runs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-49 Helen x 73 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 81 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 103 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 49 Kittyhawk I x 46 P-40E Warhawk x 38 Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 4 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15830 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 283661 troops, 1536 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 6716 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22629 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492 Defending force 175375 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5048 Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8406 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5027 Defending force 149381 troops, 1116 guns, 364 vehicles, Assault Value = 3110 Allied ground losses: 72 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/23/2009 9:47:39 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/13/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 43,47 Japanese Ships PC Ch 22 PC Shonon Maru #15 PC Kyo Maru #11 PC Kyo Maru #6 PC Kyo Maru #2 PC Fumi Maru Allied Ships SS Billfish keep using the useless PCs... I´m not doing bad hunting the subs as my ASW TFs usually are in the same hexes as the subs but my vessels are just not doing anything... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 43,55 Japanese Ships AP Taihei Maru, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Mingo near the Philipines, Mingo sinks an empty AP. Missed a couple of times, guess Mingo has nearly no torps left... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 210 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 30 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-49 Helen x 73 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 79 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105 No Japanese losses Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 215 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 163 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 49 Kittyhawk I x 39 P-40E Warhawk x 35 Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 3 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 55 Hudson I x 15 PV-1 Ventura x 65 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 15 damaged Hudson I: 3 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 6 destroyed, 20 damaged Japanese ground losses: 199 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet Miller suddenly sends in the level bombers at 6000ft and has to pay for it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Broome at 21,85 Japanese Ships MSW Toshi Maru #7 MSW Yoshino Maru MSW Toshi Maru #8 MSW Toshi Maru #2 MSW Seki Maru MSW Rokko Maru MSW Kyo Maru #5 MSW Choun Maru #21 MSW Banshu Maru #18 MSW Wa 6 MSW Wa 3 Allied Ships SS Sculpin, hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15829 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 283469 troops, 1533 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6722 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22690 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493 Defending force 175134 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5056 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8372 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5048 Defending force 149889 troops, 1119 guns, 364 vehicles, Assault Value = 3114 Allied ground losses: 79 casualties reported Guns lost 2

Historiker -> RE: it goes on... (4/23/2009 10:02:04 AM)
You needn't complain about your ASW efforts. In scen. 12 - that I started with bigbaba - he sinks one ASW ship per turn and I don't have any success... I now withdraw all of my ASW forces as they prooved to be useless and hope for trained LB groups in the future...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/23/2009 12:18:30 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/14/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 23,81 Japanese Ships AK Bisaku Maru Allied Ships SS Sculpin sub missed the unescorted AK... big TF with 72 x 5.500 ton AKs going to Broome to pick up all my tanks... you can surely imagine where I will ship them to... [8D] next stop R U S S I A... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 209 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 47 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-49 Helen x 72 No Japanese losses Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 81 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port supply hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 215 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 162 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet have lost 10!!!! aircraft to ops again today... none of the ones that were flying 1 hex from Clark field to Manila but as soon as you have your daitais flying 2 hexes (all three other training bases) they die like flies... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 48 Kittyhawk I x 40 P-40E Warhawk x 38 Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 5 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 7 B-26B Marauder x 9 B-24D Liberator x 128 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 20000 feet while the enemy flies twice, three or four times the distance against defended targets and loses... nothing to ops... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15821 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 283719 troops, 1529 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6720 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22699 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493 Defending force 174887 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5039 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8382 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5058 Defending force 150240 troops, 1121 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112 Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Guns lost 1

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/23/2009 12:21:00 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/15/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 encounters mine field at Derby (24,85) Japanese Ships MSW Yoshino Maru MSW Toshi Maru #8 MSW Toshi Maru #7 MSW Toshi Maru #2 MSW Seki Maru MSW Rokko Maru MSW Kyo Maru #5 MSW Choun Maru #21 MSW Banshu Maru #18 MSW Wa 6 MSW Wa 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 208 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 58 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-49 Helen x 73 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 40 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 78 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 102 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port supply hits 5 second day in a row that we lose 10 training ac (with 7 pilots lost)... [8\|][8\|][8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 77 P-36A Mohawk x 69 P-40E Warhawk x 2 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 27 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 62 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 48 Kittyhawk I x 30 P-40E Warhawk x 29 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 3 damaged Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet at least the enemy loses nearly a dozen training ac too this turn, but he´s attacking a base with three AA rgt and two base forces, while I´m bombing targets without oposition... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Allied aircraft PB4Y Liberator x 1 B-24D Liberator x 3 Allied aircraft losses PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 72,106 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 14 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AG AG-5091 AG AG-110 AG AG-5141 AG AG-2068, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet barges near Luganville... one is killed by the fighter bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15801 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 283562 troops, 1524 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6710 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22707 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493 Defending force 174499 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5031 Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8382 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5070 Defending force 150569 troops, 1122 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112 Allied ground losses: 175 casualties reported Guns lost 2

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/23/2009 12:46:14 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/16/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 encounters mine field at Derby (24,85) Japanese Ships MSW Yoshino Maru MSW Toshi Maru #8 MSW Toshi Maru #7 MSW Toshi Maru #2 MSW Seki Maru MSW Rokko Maru MSW Kyo Maru #5 MSW Choun Maru #21 MSW Banshu Maru #18 MSW Wa 6 MSW Wa 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 53 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 199 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 24 Ki-49 Helen x 73 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 62 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 80 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 104 No Japanese losses Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 215 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 32 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 207 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 62 PBY Catalina x 4 P-36A Mohawk x 61 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed, 14 damaged PBY Catalina: 1 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 4 destroyed, 21 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 38 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet guess Miller will soon stop his training runs with fighters if he gets a couple more of those results... or he will send in some BBs, which will give us the chance to hurt them... but probably only our base will be nuked... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 45 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 44 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Derby at 24,85 [8\|] Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 39 No Allied losses Japanese Ships MSW Banshu Maru #18, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Rokko Maru MSW Toshi Maru #2, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage MSW Kyo Maru #5 MSW Wa 3, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MSW Choun Maru #21 MSW Seki Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet I moved the MSWs to Derby to clear the minefield there, even though I don´t have to as I won´t send a single ship there. So I get what I deserve. My MSW were spotted yesterday so Miller set some of his bombers to nav attack 6 hexes and he can do it without fearing anything. Didn´t move fighters to Derby (even though I have plenty of them in the area and have enough air support at Derby) and Darwin is 7 hexes from Wyndham (where I have the BB TF and 250 Tojos) so it was easy for Miller. What was surprising and shocking at the same time for me is the hit rate of the Mitchells. My 80+ exp Helens performed awfully in the nav attacks on Allied shipping a couple of weeks ago, so I didn´t reall fear the Allied level bombers. Proved to be wrong and pay for my obsolete execution of this "operation"... but I don´t really care about those MSWs, they a) respawn and b) they are useless for anything except mine sweeping anyways... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 64 Hudson I x 12 PV-1 Ventura x 71 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 10 damaged Hudson I: 2 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 250 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Derby at 24,85 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 31 No Allied losses Japanese Ships MSW Wa 3, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Derby at 24,85 [8\|] Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 13 No Allied losses Japanese Ships MSW Toshi Maru #7, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MSW Choun Maru #21, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage MSW Yoshino Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage MSW Kyo Maru #5, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet can´t believe that they are SOOO good... [8\|][8\|] 11 hits out of 13 possible... god... and Miller wants to have long range torp bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Broome at 21,85 Japanese Ships APD APD-46 APD APD-36 PC Iki PC Oki PC Etoforu PC Kunashiri Allied Ships SS Sculpin, hits 10, on fire, heavy damage we somewhat take revenge for the loss of 10 MSW today, SS Sculpin is attacked by one of my premium ASW TFs. A Type 95 and a Type 2 hit and 8 near misses leave the sub heavily damaged. Not that far to Wyndham (level 5 port) but it will take the sub a week to go there if it can only go 1 hex a phase. Perhaps it will sink the next days but my hopes aren´t high if a sub isn´t sunk immediately... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15821 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862 Defending force 283424 troops, 1522 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6706 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22662 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2490 Defending force 174377 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5029 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8396 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5026 Defending force 150962 troops, 1122 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3116 Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Guns lost 1 what really surprises me is the fact that the Allied av at Wyndham isn´t going up as fast as I had expected it to. But the enemy will probably have supplies for 4 - 6 months. Would be interesting how much supply 150.000 Allied troops need per month. There are also probably 200 fighters on Cap. The enemy supply convoy surely brought 60.000 supplies, when looking at my deliberate attacks there surely still was supply at Wyndham so we´re talking about something like 70-85.000 supplies there. If 150.000 troops need 20.000 supplies a month then they will run out in 4 months. If they need less... in either case, there is no chance to take Wyndham at any time IMO...

Canoerebel -> RE: it goes on... (4/23/2009 3:24:00 PM)
Castor, I thought Miller had withdrawn and that Ambassador would be handling the Allied side. Did something change? I scrolled back several pages to try to find information, but didn't see anything.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/23/2009 4:13:48 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Canoerebel Castor, I thought Miller had withdrawn and that Ambassador would be handling the Allied side. Did something change? I scrolled back several pages to try to find information, but didn't see anything. Hi! After the first shock of losing a US CV and the British ones Miller wanted to throw in the towel but wanted to give me some more rounds fun until I would take Wyndham. The next turn, I hit Yorktown and Hornet which then was too much for him and he told me there´s no sense to go on (again I think this is more of a "first shock"). Then bigbaba agreed to take over again, the command then changed to Ambassador and as he needed some time to do his "first turn" I was not sure if he would go on and I posted that on the forum. Then Miller sent me an email that the game would lure him in again and he would like to go on regardless of any Allied losse and he already sent the next turn with his reply. So the game goes on with Miller as he´s responsible for the Allied situation... [:)]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/24/2009 2:55:11 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/17/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 24,56 Japanese Ships TK Nanei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PG Okuyo Maru PG Kogyoku Maru PG Koei Maru PG Kiso Maru PG Keijo Maru Allied Ships SS Lapon, hits 4 it doesn´t make sense at all to use Japanese escorts. My merchant navy isn´t decimated because I use the same obsolete strategy the Japanese did in real life, I´m losing my ships because the escorts are 100% useless. I don´t expect them to sink the subs, but at least they could sometimes keep them from attacking... perhaps 1 out of 7 times they attack the sub first...[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 48 G3M Nell x 5 G4M1 Betty x 188 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 51 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-49 Helen x 74 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 86 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 80 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 103 No Japanese losses Port hits 3 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 212 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 184 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Broome , at 21,85 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 3 Liberator VI x 24 B-17E Fortress x 44 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 1 damaged Liberator VI: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged Japanese Ships SS I-15, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [8\|] Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Port hits 5 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet strike coming out of Wyndham, losses to the bombers are non existing. The sub has 64 flt now, will try to make Koepang. I-15 has been pumped out at Broome the last couple of days. Like to see Miller basing bombers in Wyndham though, hopefully he will use them more often, they could eat up his supplies faster than he likes it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 42 PBY Catalina x 3 P-36A Mohawk x 37 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 15 damaged PBY Catalina: 3 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 18 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 34 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet Miller now placed PT boats at MY base! He´s blockading my base with PTs set to patrol do not retire... nice tactic... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 39 P-40E Warhawk x 19 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 71,105 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AG AG-362, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet 3 fighter bombers, 3 hits... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 66 Hudson I x 11 PV-1 Ventura x 68 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 2 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 102 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 12000 feet 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat at 35,84 [8\|] Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Yamashiro DD Yamakaze DD Umikaze DD Hatsuyuki DD Akikaze DD Yakaze DD Tachikaze Allied Ships PT PT-236, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT PT-243, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT PT-244, Shell hits 1, and is sunk oh boy... have sent out my BBs from Darwin to draw a bomber strike (which of course didn´t happen) and we encounter two squadrons of PTs sent towards Darwin... Darwin is 7 hexes from Wyndham so we see out of fuel PT operations again...[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat at 35,84 Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Yamashiro DD Yamakaze DD Umikaze DD Hatsuyuki DD Akikaze DD Yakaze DD Tachikaze Allied Ships PT PT-257 PT PT-258 PT PT-261, Shell hits 2, and is sunk PTs aren´t as effective during the day as they are in night attacks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15833 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 283286 troops, 1514 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6712 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22667 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492 Defending force 174352 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5014 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8386 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4981 Defending force 151161 troops, 1124 guns, 362 vehicles, Assault Value = 3117 Allied ground losses: 78 casualties reported Guns lost 2

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/24/2009 8:27:23 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/18/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 24,53 Japanese Ships AO Shiretoko AO Ondo DD Numakaze DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Shikinami Allied Ships SS Tinosa as usual, the sub attacks... as usual, the DDs do nothing... the only thing that saved the big AO were dud torps... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 24,55 Japanese Ships MSW W.24 Allied Ships SS Tinosa Tinosa then missed during the day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 50 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 214 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 28 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 12 Ki-49 Helen x 33 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 81 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 104 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 213 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 70 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 152 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 33 F4U-1 Corsair x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 41 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 30 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 65 Hudson I x 11 PV-1 Ventura x 61 B-24D Liberator x 2 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 6 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 104 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet useless flak... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 36,84 Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Yamashiro DD Yamakaze DD Umikaze DD Hatsuyuki DD Akikaze DD Yakaze DD Tachikaze Allied Ships PT PT-110 PT PT-230 PT PT-231, Shell hits 18, and is sunk PT PT-232, Shell hits 18, and is sunk PT PT-233, Shell hits 5, and is sunk PT PT-237, Shell hits 1 then PTs show up during the day at Darwin, coming from Wyndham (range 7 [8\|])... surprised and killed off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 36,84 Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Yamashiro DD Yamakaze DD Umikaze DD Hatsuyuki DD Akikaze DD Yakaze DD Tachikaze Allied Ships PT PT-110 PT PT-230, Shell hits 1 PT PT-237, Shell hits 3, and is sunk another surprise round, two will drift back to Wyndham without fuel... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15838 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865 Defending force 283226 troops, 1516 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6713 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22681 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491 Defending force 174515 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8386 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4989 Defending force 151333 troops, 1126 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3111 Allied ground losses: 55 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/25/2009 9:51:55 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/19/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 215 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 No Japanese losses Runway hits 57 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-49 Helen x 74 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 42 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 3 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 A6M3a Zero x 267 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 44 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 103 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 237 Aircraft Attacking: 30 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 42 PBY Catalina x 2 P-36A Mohawk x 24 P-39D Airacobra x 14 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed, 14 damaged PBY Catalina: 2 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet our flak on Luganville can´t harm level bombers at 15.000ft but we can interupt the fighter pilot training and that´s what is important... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 35 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet Miller figured out he could send in his torp bombers higher... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99 [:(] Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PB2Y Coronado x 6 B-24D Liberator x 159 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 7 destroyed E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed H8K Emily: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PB2Y Coronado: 4 damaged B-24D Liberator: 18 damaged Japanese ground losses: 61 casualties reported Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 73 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet I´ve feared this attack for long already, unfortunately it goes in exactly when I moved in some bombers too. 15.000ft attack, means my flak is useless. There are at least 6 dozen flak guns, including 48x4,7 inch DP guns from a CD unit and a big base force. Attack an Allied base with 48 guns of that calibre and you lose 1/3 of your bombers coming in at 15.000ft with the rest being damaged...[8\|] Canton is one of the expected targets for the next Allied offensive... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15841 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 283134 troops, 1521 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 6710 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22687 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488 Defending force 174694 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5016 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8372 troops, 285 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4994 Defending force 151740 troops, 1129 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3109 Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Guns lost 1

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