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castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/25/2009 9:56:40 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/20/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 82 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78) TF 82 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78 177 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AP Waura Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 2128 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 time for the Allied on Timor to be wiped out... a div at 80/80 and two nav guard units land together with an Army HQ. Everything is unloaded within one turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 82 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78) TF 82 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78 213 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AP Yuzan Maru, Shell hits 2 AP Juko Maru, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 326 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 52 Ki-49 Helen x 73 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 20 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 265 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 46 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 106 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 238 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 38 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 38 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 67 Hudson I x 12 PV-1 Ventura x 63 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 5 damaged Hudson I: 2 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 117 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet the enemy bombers are always coming in in the afternoon, this pretty sure means they are set to port attack/nav attack... Soon there´s nothing left of my AA units and they won´t recover in a malaria base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 93,107 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 22 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Taiyu Maru, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet nice hit rate... [8\|] we lose a small AK that was able to bring 1000 supplies to Wallis island... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Nanomea Atoll at 87,101 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 24 G4M1 Betty x 23 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged Allied Ships AK Brastagi, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Lesuth, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Menkar, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet in return we sink three small Allied AKs with troops going to Nanomea atoll... not good, I guess Miller is preparing this chain of three atolls for his airaft. All three atolls can be built up to level 4 airfields and then Makin, Tarawa and Apamama are in range of 4Es... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15857 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 282871 troops, 1513 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 6702 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22707 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491 Defending force 174461 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5013 Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8342 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5000 Defending force 151916 troops, 1129 guns, 364 vehicles, Assault Value = 3099 Allied ground losses: 134 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lautem Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 14743 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 153 Defending force 22861 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 514 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported there are less troops but a higher assault value than I expected...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/25/2009 10:03:15 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/21/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 36 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 184 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 30 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet With KB entering various ports in Japan tomorrow, I will move 200+ carrier based fighters into my training bases. This means I don´t have nearly enough room for all my daitais that will be set to train. I either have to find another place where I can do combat training (not really easy as it takes weeks to build up a small airfield) or I have to fly out some of my daitais to make room for my carrier based fighters. And there are also 250+ carrier based bombers that could need some training... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 72 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 5 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 25th USA Division, at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 43 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 88 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15874 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 282311 troops, 1510 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 6686 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22633 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489 Defending force 174404 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22872 troops, 265 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1440 Defending force 172129 troops, 999 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2792 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8366 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5006 Defending force 152093 troops, 1131 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 3101 Allied ground losses: 74 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lautem Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2741 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 517 Defending force 20868 troops, 28 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 149 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 1 ordered a deliberate attack tomorrow... as the enemy flak is still firing this means there is still supply for the Allied and it´s a wooden hex. Probably level 9 forts as usual so I don´t expect too much. But the enemy is worn down already and I´m confident that I will have enough troops to take the base after a couple of deliberate attacks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lautem Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 14621 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148 Defending force 22931 troops, 253 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 517 Japanese ground losses: 2 casualties reported here you can see what is still defending Lautern. Months ago I´ve thought I would be able to cut off half a dozen divisions on Timor when I landed on Northern Australia and started to fight the enemy there. There was never a convoy going to Timor but the enemy was able to nearly completely move out all his troops by air transport... [:(] [image]local://upfiles/13774/92570A1DBC4B44988D8AFFF5C7A998B8.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/26/2009 12:08:34 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/22/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1002 encounters mine field at Suva (86,114) Allied Ships APD Ward no luck with the sublaid mines this time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 186 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 64 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 17 Ki-49 Helen x 71 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 31 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 412 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 222 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 40 P-40E Warhawk x 19 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 37 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 25th USA Division, at 33,78 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 37 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 88 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 71 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 107 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 20000 feet the Venturas are coming in higher today... and where are the Brits? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15874 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 282073 troops, 1507 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 6677 Chungking´s av is going down rapidly again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22633 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492 Defending force 174475 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4992 Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported and Kweiyang´s av drops under 5000 today... [8D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22866 troops, 264 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1942 Defending force 172076 troops, 1000 guns, 163 vehicles, Assault Value = 2790 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8372 troops, 284 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5012 Defending force 152363 troops, 1132 guns, 364 vehicles, Assault Value = 3096 Allied ground losses: 145 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lautem [8D] Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 19701 troops, 252 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 519 Defending force 20595 troops, 24 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 143 Japanese max assault: 549 - adjusted assault: 772 Allied max defense: 121 - adjusted defense: 84 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 5) [X(][X(][&o] Japanese forces CAPTURE Lautem base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 293 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 25971 casualties reported Guns lost 20 Vehicles lost 59 WOW! This was far easier than I had expected it to be. Only level 5 forts instead of the expected Maginot line and a pretty crappy Allied adjusted av even though being in a wooden hex. Guess supply was critical in the end. Another 25.000 Allied troops surrendered, this brings the total Allied troops lost since the start of my offensive in this area to something like 60-70.000 when I think about the troops lost due to being forced to retreat a couple of times and all the troops that were lost at Broome. Together with the total defeat of the Allied Navy in this are this is a nice victory. The Allied lost 379 points for ground losses today, now being at 20.895. So Timor is Japanese now and all I can say is that my offensive was a full success. Mission accomplished. Our initial goal was to halt the Allied offensive out of Timor and it was obvious that this would be doable after we took Darwin. Then we were dreaming about killing off the troops on Timor and the 150.000 troops at Wyndham. While killing off the troops at Wyndham will remain a dream, we took Broome, Derby and Darwin, forced four Allied divisions to retreat a couple of times (they are now heading South), destroyed a thousand Allied aircraft and the highlight surely was the sinking or heavily damaging of half a dozen Allied CVs, half a dozen CVEs and a couple of BBs during the Allied resupply mission to Wyndham. We have lost a couple of hundred aircraft, lost a CA to a lucky torp hit that caused a mag explosion and two of our divisions were forced to retreat due to the movement bug when the rest of the units moved 75 miles in the hex instead of moving out. What really has hurt was the loss of nearly two dozen DDs in the battles around Northern Australia. Nearly all were lost due to either being hit by PTs or the oh so mighty Allied minefields. All in all, I would say the offensive was a total success. Not just did we stop the Allied offensive, we surely bought us 6 months of time due to the fact that the Allied lost so many carriers AND due to the fact that we probably have locked up (or destroyed) more than half of the available Allied divisions in Wyndham. I guess Miller will soon get enough carriers to mount one big CV TF again that will be enough to attack one of my atolls but he doesn´t get enough US or Australian divs to mount a big offensive to break the siege of Wyndham as the Allied are usually "short" of divisions until mid 44 - especially with the losses so far. I guess we will be able to hold our position in Northern Australia for at least another 6 months. Will be interesting how long the Allied supply lasts in Wyndham...

bigbaba -> RE: it goes on... (4/26/2009 1:46:33 PM)
wow, gratz on the big victory for the tenno, chris. the SRA is secured and your KB is still intact. and all that even in 1943.[&o]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/26/2009 5:30:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: bigbaba wow, gratz on the big victory for the tenno, chris. the SRA is secured and your KB is still intact. and all that even in 1943.[&o] thx I´m now expecting the enemy to advance through the Pacific as this will be the best place to use "limited" carrier support. If he attacks Wake, Canton or Baker Island and has 200 Hellcats flying Cap then there´s nothing I can do to oppose the landings. All I can do is to garisson those places with enough troops to make it costly for the attacker. This works in WITP, it won´t work in AE anymore, I fear the Allied will be sitting on Iwo Jima by 1/43 at the latest when you can garisson atolls with only 6.000 troops.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/26/2009 5:36:32 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/23/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 439 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 198 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Avenger I x 24 PBY Catalina x 3 Allied aircraft losses Avenger I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged PBY Catalina: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Avenger I bombing at 22400 feet a lucky shot downs an Avenger... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 42 P-40E Warhawk x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 42 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99 Allied aircraft PB2Y Coronado x 4 B-24D Liberator x 66 Allied aircraft losses PB2Y Coronado: 3 damaged B-24D Liberator: 21 damaged Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet half of the strike failed to locate the target and I´m amazed to see a port attack... trying to knock out my coast defenses? This smells like pre invasion work... 3 Liberators are lost coming from Pago Pago that turned into a level 5 airfield today. The Liberators are now flying from a base big enough for them to carry their full bombload... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 46 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15878 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 281710 troops, 1504 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 6674 Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22632 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492 Defending force 174240 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4987 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22866 troops, 264 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1944 Defending force 172116 troops, 1000 guns, 163 vehicles, Assault Value = 2792 Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8372 troops, 284 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5016 Defending force 152593 troops, 1134 guns, 372 vehicles, Assault Value = 3105 Allied ground losses: 131 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1

Q-Ball -> RE: it goes on... (4/27/2009 3:36:31 AM)
Keep going please, I am an avid reader! Good '43 offensive for Japan!

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/27/2009 7:18:10 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Q-Ball Keep going please, I am an avid reader! Good '43 offensive for Japan! thx we will keep going but I´m afraid the next months won´t be that exciting. Good for Japan but probably not that good for the AAR... [;)]

veji1 -> RE: it goes on... (4/27/2009 10:33:54 AM)
brilliant play.. All the troops stuck in Wyndham are troops he can't use anywhere else.. Be very careful about the North pacific as well, the line between Anchorage and PJ is quite short and it is a great avenue of attack for an allied player in a tough situation...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/27/2009 10:43:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: veji1 brilliant play.. All the troops stuck in Wyndham are troops he can't use anywhere else.. Be very careful about the North pacific as well, the line between Anchorage and PJ is quite short and it is a great avenue of attack for an allied player in a tough situation... yeah, I´m aware of the Northern route and have built up and garissoned Paramashiro Jima and Onekotan Jima (sp?), wich are the two Eastern mountaineous islands. He would need at least 5 divs to take them I guess. All other islands are empty, they are all level 0 airfields in Nikmod, so they can´t be built up to more than level 3 and therefor are not that useful anyway. At the moment I can´t see a chance for an Allied offensive in this area as KB would make any attempt to achieve something up there a disaster. And in the next 6 months I get some nice reinforcements that could bring up the assault value even more. And without those two islands there is no chance anyway to advance closer to home islands.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/27/2009 7:40:37 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/24/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 41,76 Japanese Ships AP Mogamigawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied Ships SS Balao grrr... unescorted big AP meets a sub near Amboina... the ship has a very slight chance to make it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 184 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 58 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet and the rest of the day are only training runs, took me 10 minutes to do the whole turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 140 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port supply hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 447 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 220 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Avenger I x 21 PBY Catalina x 3 Allied aircraft losses Avenger I: 4 damaged PBY Catalina: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Avenger I bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 40 P-40E Warhawk x 11 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 40 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 20 PV-1 Ventura x 83 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 138 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 19000 feet 5 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 20000 feet the enemy comes in high but still kills a couple of flak guns every turn... well, not kills but disables and this means they are gone as they don´t seem to recover in a malaria base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 280998 troops, 1498 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 6669 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22653 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492 Defending force 174134 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4981 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22872 troops, 265 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1939 Defending force 172158 troops, 1000 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2793 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8342 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5020 Defending force 152747 troops, 1131 guns, 372 vehicles, Assault Value = 3107 Allied ground losses: 201 casualties reported Guns lost 2

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/27/2009 8:37:01 PM)
Came across quite a high air balance at Alice Spring which is a level 4 airfield, means there could be 200 ac stationed due to our stacking rule. The air balance was 2419!! [X(] So I´ve used an Emily chutai to take a look and after a couple of turns, the number of ac was more than 1600 in total. Well, we know how crappy recon is but usually it´s something around twice as much as there is really. Seeing the airbalance number and the high recon reports I´ve asked Miller what he has at this level 4 airfield and I got the answer that there are around 1600!!! ac. 1600? [&:] Well, the stacking limit says af size x 50 + something like 10% max (while I wouldn´t care if there are 235 or something like that) so why on earth are there 1600 ac? This is odd. Miller said he would have to throw his ac into the sea as there is not enough room on Australia´s airfields but when I look at the airbalance numbers near Sydney, Brisbane, Rockhampton, etc. then there are only VERY FEW ac. I told him that one of the side effects of the stacking rule is that you just have to use more base forces all over the map too. Wonder what he will say... Reason why I don´t like it seeing 1600 ac at Alice Springs is that from there he can just fly in new fighters, bombers,... to Wyndham in one day if the first day his squadrons there are trashed (if I would decide to attack) so it´s not like it wouldn´t matter how many ac there are at Alice Springs. Either there is a stacking rule or there isn´t IMO. I wouldn´t care if LA or San Francisco would have that many ac as those are just like off map bases. Perth also has an insane air balance, bet there are far more ac than allowed too...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/29/2009 9:30:03 AM)
stacking rule issues have been sorted out and Miller dispersed his ac throughout Australia... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/25/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 51 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 183 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 38 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 422 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 241 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 69 Avenger I x 6 PBY Catalina x 3 P-36A Mohawk x 49 P-39D Airacobra x 36 Hurricane IIc x 16 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 4 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged Hurricane IIc: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet Miller tried another training run with his fighters from Efate but my flak is still strong enough to hurt him... guess he will stop it again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 98,95 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 24 G4M1 Betty x 31 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Allied Ships MSW Sage, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Heed, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Latimer, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AP Bolivar, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Miller obviously forgot about this TF as we spotted it for several days already coming North from the Fidjis. It hasn´t been attacked for days and at some point I thought it would be a four sub TF but today the bombers finally launched when the TF was just 6 hexes East of Baker Island... two big APs but one will get away... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 40 Hudson I x 6 PV-1 Ventura x 68 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15798 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1869 Defending force 280531 troops, 1487 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 6650 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22653 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2490 Defending force 173777 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4974 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22872 troops, 265 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1943 Defending force 172179 troops, 999 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2793 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8322 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5022 Defending force 153060 troops, 1131 guns, 372 vehicles, Assault Value = 3108 Allied ground losses: 177 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Vehicles lost 1

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/29/2009 10:38:29 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/26/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 180 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 53 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 140 No Japanese losses Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 417 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 186 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Avenger I x 19 PBY Catalina x 2 Allied aircraft losses Avenger I: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Avenger I bombing at 22400 feet only the Avengers are coming in, no fighters anymore... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 76 PV-1 Ventura x 78 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 114 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 36 P-40E Warhawk x 15 F4U-1 Corsair x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 33 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 99,93 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 48 G4M1 Betty x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships MSW Heed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet we have also spotted the AP but only attack the MSW in this single ship TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 71,105 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc x 10 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AG AG-360, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AG AG-2098, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG AG-2091, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet those Hurricanes really seem to be barge busters... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15768 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865 Defending force 280332 troops, 1476 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 6651 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22624 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2490 Defending force 173334 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22872 troops, 265 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1945 Defending force 172161 troops, 999 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2794 Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8288 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5019 Defending force 153371 troops, 1127 guns, 382 vehicles, Assault Value = 3114 Allied ground losses: 201 casualties reported Guns lost 2

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/29/2009 12:02:34 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/27/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1002 encounters mine field at Suva (86,114) Allied Ships APD Ward APD Schley again no luck with the sublaid mines.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 185 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 56 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 139 No Japanese losses Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 423 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 299 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 [X(] Allied aircraft Wellington III x 35 Liberator VI x 66 B-17E Fortress x 39 PB4Y Liberator x 7 B-24D Liberator x 42 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 damaged [8\|] B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged [8\|] B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged [8\|] Japanese ground losses: 109 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 87 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Liberator VI bombing at 12000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 12000 feet 15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet PM is also one of the expected targets of an Allied offensive in a couple of months, but at the moment I don´t really have to fear an invasion. Miller sends in the bombers at 12.000 ft and has 3 of them damaged. Joke of the week again, there are three 100% combat ready base forces that can´t even damage bombers coming in at 12.000ft. Who said that Nikmod flak is any better than stock? Well, it is against attacks at 2.000 or 6.000 ft, but as soon as the bombers go higher than 10.000 ft your flak does nothing if you don´t stack all flak guns on the map into one hex. With the increased super durability of Allied bombers, they take no losses even at long range. No op losses, no flak losses... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Avenger I x 20 PBY Catalina x 3 Allied aircraft losses Avenger I: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Avenger I bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99 Allied aircraft PB2Y Coronado x 5 B-24D Liberator x 132 Allied aircraft losses PB2Y Coronado: 4 damaged B-24D Liberator: 18 damaged Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 8 Port supply hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet flak here is a little better but we have nearly 50 4.7 inch DP guns on the island and more of other calibres... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15825 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862 Defending force 280114 troops, 1468 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 6641 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22649 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494 Defending force 173212 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4959 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22872 troops, 265 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1942 Defending force 172167 troops, 1000 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2791 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8279 troops, 284 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5021 Defending force 153196 troops, 1128 guns, 381 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112 Allied ground losses: 122 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/29/2009 12:09:59 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/28/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 108 G3M Nell x 8 G4M1 Betty x 236 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 139 No Japanese losses Port hits 2 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 A6M3a Zero x 423 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 154 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 27 Liberator VI x 53 B-17E Fortress x 31 PB4Y Liberator x 5 B-24D Liberator x 33 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 109 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 65 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator VI bombing at 12000 feet back to back attack and again 3 full base forces achieve nothing against a not really high flying bomber strike... [:(][:(] the enemy now has at least a fatigue of 36 but again nothing in terms of op losses... I´ve lost more ac today doing one or two hex strikes against a totally undefended target than the Allied have lost against strongly defended targets at ranges of 9 or more hexes...[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Avenger I x 18 PBY Catalina x 3 Allied aircraft losses Avenger I: 2 damaged PBY Catalina: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Avenger I bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 44 F4U-1 Corsair x 8 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 43 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PB2Y Coronado x 3 B-24D Liberator x 113 Japanese aircraft losses H8K Emily: 1 destroyed E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PB2Y Coronado: 3 damaged B-24D Liberator: 17 damaged Japanese ground losses: 63 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 110 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet 15.000 ft seems to be the best attack alt for the 4Es. They still knock out an airbase in one turn but don´t have to fear counterfire... I guess there won´t be any of my bases (except Japan) that could put up more flak fire than this one but it´s senseless... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc x 12 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AG AG-5164, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AG AG-5139, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AG AG-5141, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet 3x4 Hurricanes attacked 3 barges, all sunk... thank god there aren´t more of those fighter bombers on Efate... real barge killers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15829 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 279436 troops, 1455 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 6632 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22649 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493 Defending force 173342 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4949 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22872 troops, 265 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1944 Defending force 172128 troops, 1000 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2791 Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8339 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5025 Defending force 153288 troops, 1133 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112 Allied ground losses: 87 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/30/2009 2:00:31 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/29/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 104 G3M Nell x 8 G4M1 Betty x 233 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 139 No Japanese losses Port hits 3 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 A6M3a Zero x 422 B5N Kate x 11 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 234 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 69 Avenger I x 15 PBY Catalina x 3 P-36A Mohawk x 56 P-39D Airacobra x 42 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Avenger I: 2 damaged PBY Catalina: 1 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 6 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Port hits 3 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet not much flak left but enough to at least take some of the fighters down... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 111 Hudson I x 5 PV-1 Ventura x 82 B-25C Mitchell x 48 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 2 damaged Hudson I: 1 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 58 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet Miller is now using all three bases on New Caledonia to launch training strikes against Luganville... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 39 P-40E Warhawk x 25 F4U-1 Corsair x 6 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 35 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 71,105 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc x 12 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AG AG-110, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG AG-114, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG AG-367 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet the barge killers in action... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 86,103 Japanese Ships SS I-23 Allied Ships AK Phobos, Shell hits 3, on fire odd one... I-23 attacks a lonely small AK on the surface puts a shell from the deck gun and two salvos from a 25mm AA gun into the AK and that´s it... no torps were fired... the AK probably has outrun the sub... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15853 troops, 178 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1868 Defending force 278756 troops, 1448 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 6614 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22670 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493 Defending force 173096 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4942 Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22844 troops, 263 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1943 Defending force 172005 troops, 1000 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2791 Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8249 troops, 285 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5023 Defending force 153319 troops, 1134 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 3116 Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/30/2009 2:03:42 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/30/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 30,68 Japanese Ships AK Yubari Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Billfish Billfish kills a small AK near Borneo. At least the sub was later hit by a Sally. I have yet to figure out Miller´s strategy to use his subs. So far it looks like there is none to be honest. A couple of subs show up now and then but they don´t even seem to focus on the shipping lanes, they are just moving around and often encounter my TFs at very "strange" places just out of pure luck as usually there is no shipping traffic. Well, suits me well. If I would be the Allied, at this date I would flood the Japanese shipping lanes with subs already... torps are working now and most of the subs should have radar also... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 140 No Japanese losses Port hits 6 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 395 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 135 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 108 PV-1 Ventura x 81 B-25C Mitchell x 41 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 3 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 78 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15841 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1864 Defending force 277944 troops, 1445 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6596 Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22687 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492 Defending force 173274 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4940 Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22858 troops, 264 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1940 Defending force 171924 troops, 998 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2795 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8279 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5019 Defending force 153719 troops, 1133 guns, 394 vehicles, Assault Value = 3127 Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/30/2009 2:05:20 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/01/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 108 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 238 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 38 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 27 B5N Kate x 87 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 25 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 65 Avenger I x 17 PBY Catalina x 3 P-36A Mohawk x 53 P-39D Airacobra x 43 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 4 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet I´m amazed that Miller keeps his fighters on those training runs as my flak hasn´t been completely silenced yet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 2 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 12000 feet most of the strike failed to locate the target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15871 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 277457 troops, 1440 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6583 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22707 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494 Defending force 173168 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4934 Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22844 troops, 262 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1940 Defending force 171974 troops, 998 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2793 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8299 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5014 Defending force 153925 troops, 1132 guns, 393 vehicles, Assault Value = 3126 Allied ground losses: 94 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/30/2009 2:11:58 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/02/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 107 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 237 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 58 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 63 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 140 No Japanese losses Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 13 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 8 A6M3a Zero x 346 B5N Kate x 91 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 207 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet except the dive bombers, nearly all KB based aircraft are in training mode now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 33 Liberator VI x 65 B-17E Fortress x 38 PB4Y Liberator x 7 B-24D Liberator x 41 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 12 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 7 damaged Liberator VI: 24 damaged B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged B-24D Liberator: 14 damaged Japanese ground losses: 101 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port hits 15 Port supply hits 14 [8\|] Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet strike from NE Australia again. Have moved three sentais of fighters to Buna (two hexes East of PM) to hope for leaking Cap to PM. One of the sentais sent some fighters and a dozen fighters damaged something like 50 enemy bombers. [8\|] None was shot down during the replay but 6 were accounted lost A2A for the loss of 2 Tojos A2A (both pilots are dead). In total the enemy lost 19 ac on the map today. The three base forces at PM did NOTHING again, just as if they would be ghost units... [:@][:@] 10.000 ft and three base forces don´t even damage a dozen bombers... excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 58 Avenger I x 17 PBY Catalina x 4 P-36A Mohawk x 37 P-39D Airacobra x 35 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Avenger I: 1 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 4 damaged Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 109 PV-1 Ventura x 71 B-25C Mitchell x 26 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 3 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 113 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet those level bomber attacks will soon silence all my flak... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99 Allied aircraft PB4Y Liberator x 23 B-24D Liberator x 133 Allied aircraft losses PB4Y Liberator: 3 damaged B-24D Liberator: 22 damaged Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 95 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 12000 feet big strike from Pago Pago again. At least we damage two dozen bombers, very few are lost... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Darwin at 36,84 Japanese Ships AK Shoyu Maru Allied Ships SS Balao spotted sub sitting at Darwin, it missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15829 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 277315 troops, 1444 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6573 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22667 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495 Defending force 173050 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4936 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22862 troops, 265 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1943 Defending force 172086 troops, 999 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2795 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8319 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5022 Defending force 154223 troops, 1135 guns, 394 vehicles, Assault Value = 3130 Allied ground losses: 146 casualties reported

bigbaba -> RE: it goes on... (4/30/2009 3:42:47 PM)
seems that you get some quiet turns after the furious action of the last weeks. and you use this time to train up the mighty KB and hopefully consolidate the economy and rice production[:D] at home. the insulting anglo-american attacks on the peacefull people of PM would stop when they face 200 tojo and tonys over the target next time.[;)]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (4/30/2009 4:03:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: bigbaba seems that you get some quiet turns after the furious action of the last weeks. and you use this time to train up the mighty KB and hopefully consolidate the economy and rice production[:D] at home. the insulting anglo-american attacks on the peacefull people of PM would stop when they face 200 tojo and tonys over the target next time.[;)] yeah, guess there will be some quiet weeks/months ahead. Well, at least against the Western Allied forces as you all know that we plan to attack the Soviet Union. But my tank units haven´t arrived in Port Arthur yet so I estimate the start of the hostilities against the Russians in three weeks as it also takes some time to move the tanks from Port Arthur to the front. 200 Tojos on Cap over PM would be funny but that´s not possible. As soon as I move the fighters to PM, the Allied immediately can see it. That´s the nice design feature we all know about, so surprise isn´t possible. And moving 150 fighters to Buna to fly LRCAP isn´t really worth it either as I would just take too many op losses when doing it daily as the Allied bombers aren´t coming in daily and I can only guess when they will show up again. But perhaps I will LRCAP it now and then. BTW, Tonies aren´t available anyway...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/3/2009 4:08:33 PM)
Been three days to Mallorca with 16 other guys, so the war was halted over the weekend. Back home and back into the war... a boring one... [;)] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/03/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 107 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 238 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 59 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 55 Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 137 No Japanese losses Port hits 2 Port supply hits 6 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 8 A6M3a Zero x 377 B5N Kate x 162 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 114 casualties reported Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 208 Port hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 49 Avenger I x 16 PBY Catalina x 3 P-36A Mohawk x 51 P-39D Airacobra x 30 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 7 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 2 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 111 PV-1 Ventura x 70 B-25C Mitchell x 35 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 2 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 64 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15819 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1864 Defending force 281853 troops, 1445 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6561 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22658 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492 Defending force 172874 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4940 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22852 troops, 265 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1945 Defending force 172092 troops, 999 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2793 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8356 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5020 Defending force 154212 troops, 1138 guns, 393 vehicles, Assault Value = 3129 Allied ground losses: 73 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/3/2009 4:10:44 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/04/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 107 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 234 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 59 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 33 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 57 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 3 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 140 No Japanese losses Port supply hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 163 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported Port hits 6 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 45 Avenger I x 18 PBY Catalina x 4 P-36A Mohawk x 51 P-39D Airacobra x 28 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Avenger I: 1 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet my flak isn´t effective enough anymore to really harm the Allied fighters... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 12000 feet a lucky shot downs a Ventura... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 98,99 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 14 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Tone Maru AK Ryotoku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Kosho Maru AK Taga Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet those 4Es aren´t any less effective shipkillers than Mrs. Betty and Mrs. Nell... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 98,99 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Taichu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Taga Maru, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet 3 small AKs go down today... we´ve delivered some 15.000 supplies to Canton island... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15817 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 281235 troops, 1434 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6551 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22658 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494 Defending force 172699 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4935 Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22852 troops, 265 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1943 Defending force 172140 troops, 1000 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2794 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8396 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5020 Defending force 154527 troops, 1139 guns, 401 vehicles, Assault Value = 3137 Allied ground losses: 93 casualties reported Guns lost 2

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/3/2009 4:13:09 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/05/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 106 G3M Nell x 8 G4M1 Betty x 239 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 59 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 70 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 137 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port supply hits 6 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 8 A6M3a Zero x 377 B5N Kate x 163 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 50 casualties reported Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 160 Port hits 8 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet nothing happening... just nothing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 39 Avenger I x 19 PBY Catalina x 4 P-36A Mohawk x 43 P-39D Airacobra x 26 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged PBY Catalina: 1 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 118 PV-1 Ventura x 68 B-25C Mitchell x 40 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 4 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 66 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Truk at 63,78 Japanese Ships MSW W.13 MSW W.6 MSW W.4 MSW W.3 DD Yunagi DD Asakaze Allied Ships SS Cisco, hits 1 Cisco has been sitting spotted at Truk for quite some time already... today we achieve a near miss that damages the forward tubes... hurrey... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15817 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865 Defending force 280966 troops, 1424 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6538 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22670 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491 Defending force 172458 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4944 Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22872 troops, 265 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1944 Defending force 172044 troops, 999 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2793 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8359 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5021 Defending force 154716 troops, 1140 guns, 401 vehicles, Assault Value = 3135 Allied ground losses: 97 casualties reported Guns lost 2 my tank units have unloaded at Port Arthur and have been ordered to take their positions to assault the Russians. Have also loaded up some amphibious TFs and am moving in more aircraft to strike soon...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/3/2009 6:08:46 PM)
some action this turn... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/06/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 108 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 237 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 58 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 30 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 60 Port hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 139 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port supply hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 148 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 84 casualties reported Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet so far nothing but the training runs we´re used to... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and then... Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84 [X(] Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 176 [8\|] Allied aircraft Catalina I x 5 Wellington III x 36 Liberator VI x 69 P-40B Tomahawk x 72 P-38G Lightning x 87 B-25C Mitchell x 25 B-25J Mitchell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 61 destroyed, 55 damaged H8K Emily: 2 destroyed Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Catalina I: 2 damaged Wellington III: 17 damaged Liberator VI: 43 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 9 destroyed, 30 damaged P-38G Lightning: 46 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 16 damaged B-25J Mitchell: 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 238 casualties reported Airbase hits 27 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet 6 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet ... a big raid from Wyndham suddenly shows up over Darwin and once again our fighter defense has it´s pants down... out of around 250 fighters on Cap we see 176 in the air which is 70% and not that bad, BUT we get bounced!!! [:@] oh my... we defend over our base, our fighters are set to 20.000 ft, the enemy comes in at 10.000ft with the bombers (means 13.000ft for his fighters) and hey ho, we get bounced... so the first dozen Tojos are shot down immediately by the Lightnings that suffer not a single loss during that phase. Our Tojo sentai in the lead gets shredded and then my other Tojos show up, now bouncing the Lightnings, bringing the kill rate up again. When the Tomahawks show up, we get bounced again, the P-40Bs achieve a kill rate in their favour. Then the usual totally off Nikmod fighter vs bomber result, with NOT A SINGLE BOMBER SHOT DOWN during the replay!!!!! [sm=crazy.gif][sm=crazy.gif][sm=crazy.gif] 84 bombers get damaged during the replay but not even O N E is shot down during the replay... boah, I´m getting sick... out of 84 bombers, then 7 crash but not even O N E of the 43 damaged Liberator VI. Oh boy, Nik... no more comment on that one... [>:] I don´t know if this attack was due to Miller being bored or for whatever reason. At least I can´t see a good reason to launch this attack, as in the end the enemy lost 6 weeks of P-38 replacements, while we have to send two of the Tojo sentais into training schools again. Due to the fact that Nikmod never really sees the bombers being hurt, I´ve totally ramped up my fighter production and therefore I really don´t care about fighter losses on the ground anymore. My Tony R&D has nearly reached 500 ac but the date hasn´t moved forward and is still at 9/43. I hope to get this fighter at 7/43 and then I will be able to employ the first 10 Tony sentais within a month. With a better gun value, an armor value of 2 and a maneuverability rating nearly as good as the allied fighters, I hope to be more competitive as the Tojo stays totally obsolete against enemy fighters. Ok against unescorted bombers, but obsolete as soon as enemy fighters show up. Even though we achieved an A2A kill rate in our favour today, you may not forget that we fought over our own base, the enemy was on escort and we only employed pilots with 80+ exp, while I doubt that the enemy fields pilots that are equally skilled (not yet, but probably soon). I expect to face equally skilled fighter pilots within the next couple of months though. Miller so far missed to fight a war of attrition and if he now tries to start one without of his short ranged (5 hexes) fighters then he will attrit his long range escorts ten times faster than I would run out of point defense fighters. IMO he should have tried to grab a base somewhere in the Solomons to start the atrittion war, or even better, he should have tried to immediately exploit his attack on Timor. For the moment, all our hopes are leaning towards the arrival of the Tony, I hope it won´t be disappointing... [image]local://upfiles/13774/CF29F20B65624BE09C7B4475F0E06470.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 41 Avenger I x 17 PBY Catalina x 4 Beaufighter VIF x 21 Beaufighter VIC x 7 P-36A Mohawk x 42 P-39D Airacobra x 22 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 damaged Beaufighter VIF: 3 damaged Beaufighter VIC: 1 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Darwin at 36,84 Japanese Ships AK Nittatsu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Balao Balao keeps sitting in Darwin´s base hex, below our escorts and has been spotted a hell a lot of times, then a new convoy shows up and one small AK is hit... those routines are all working so great... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15834 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1868 Defending force 280311 troops, 1418 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6529 Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22670 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494 Defending force 172149 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22864 troops, 264 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1943 Defending force 172080 troops, 997 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2793 Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8379 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5022 Defending force 154858 troops, 1141 guns, 400 vehicles, Assault Value = 3134 Allied ground losses: 78 casualties reported Guns lost 4

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/3/2009 7:01:10 PM)
and one of those days where I keep only shaking my head because it totally pisses me off... [:@] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/07/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 72,107 [8\|][8\|][8\|][>:] Allied Ships CL Phoenix CL Helena CL St. Louis CA Wichita CA Vincennes CA Quincy CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis CA Astoria CA New Orleans CA Salt Lake City CA Chicago CA Chester CA Northampton CA Indianapolis CA Portland Japanese ground losses: 1650 casualties reported Guns lost 21 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 108 Port hits 10 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 16 idiotic! Why? Guess those of you that have been reading this AAR for quite some time know that except a BB and a CA that was sunk due to a lucky torp that caused a mag explosion I have also lost some two dozen DDs to mine hits at those Northern Australian bases. Well, I´ve never seen such a BS before but I thought, well, what is good for the goose... so I´ve sent my MLs to mine Luganville. There are not only a couple of mines now, we´re talking about thousands. At the moment, there are 3874 mines!!! No idea how many mines the Allied had at Wyndham, Derby and Broome (when 9 out of 10 times a surface combat or bombardment TF hit a mine) but I doubt that those two Allied MLs could lay that many at three different bases until they were sunk. Does a single Allied ship hit a mine here? No. Do they even encouter the mines? No. Do they get their nuke they are used to in 95% of the cases in this campaign? Hell, of course they do! idiotic... there´s nothing left on Luganville... idiotic... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 108 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 235 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 57 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 28 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 63 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tacloban , at 44,58 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105 No Japanese losses Port hits 7 Port supply hits 8 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 8 A6M3a Zero x 377 B5N Kate x 163 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 188 Port hits 6 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Derby , at 24,85 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 28 Liberator VI x 34 P-38G Lightning x 9 F-5A Lightning x 2 B-25C Mitchell x 15 B-25J Mitchell x 9 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 11 damaged Liberator VI: 10 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged B-25J Mitchell: 4 damaged Japanese Ships MSW Toshi Maru #7, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 199 casualties reported Port hits 16 Port supply hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet [8\|][8\|][8\|] let´s continue with idiocy... I´ve deliberately kept this damaged MSW at Derby to trigger an Allied port attack as I wanted to lure them into my flak defenses. We have 4 AA rgt/btn, three base forces and a special base force there, the enemy comes in at 6.000ft!!!!! we damage only 27 bombers and how many are lost??? N O N E!!!! Those are the bombers that flew 14 hexes yesterday already... Guess how many milk run aircraft we lost today? 7!!!!! idiocy... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 38 Avenger I x 18 PBY Catalina x 4 Beaufighter VIF x 13 Beaufighter VIC x 7 P-36A Mohawk x 40 P-39D Airacobra x 20 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIF: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet nothing left to put up counterfire... we have to give our positions up on the Allied training bases, no chance to do anything it seems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 66 PV-1 Ventura x 37 B-25C Mitchell x 31 No Allied losses Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 90,101 [X(] Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 33 F4U-1 Corsair x 48 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 4 damaged Japanese Ships CL Naka CL Tatsuta, Torpedo hits 1, on fire [>:] CL Natori CL Tama DD Asanagi CL Abukuma CL Yura CL Nagara Aircraft Attacking: 2 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet how great... one of the atolls turned into a level 2 airfield and Miller moved in TBFs... I didn´t pay attention and of course opposite to the Allied player, I can´t see the Allied air transfers anyway... Tatsuta will have a hard time trying to make port... one torp is enough to sink an IJN light cruiser, but usually not enough to sink a small Allied AK... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 79,114 Japanese Ships SS I-177 Allied Ships SC SC-703 SC SC-702 SC SC-647 SC SC-646 SC SC-642 SC SC-633 let´s look on the bright side of this turn, our sub was not sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15794 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1870 Defending force 280060 troops, 1408 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6519 Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22633 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2490 Defending force 171990 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4956 Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22850 troops, 264 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1941 Defending force 172096 troops, 998 guns, 163 vehicles, Assault Value = 2793 Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8426 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5021 Defending force 155237 troops, 1140 guns, 410 vehicles, Assault Value = 3142 Allied ground losses: 96 casualties reported Guns lost 1

GordoNZ -> RE: it goes on... (5/4/2009 11:41:50 AM)
A feel your pain - I too am playing Japan at this stage of the war. Everything you are saying is like Dejavu to me. In my game my opponent regularly bombards my bases with thousands of mines and misses every mine. One base had over 8000 and not a scratch. The worst I think is the fact the Allies know where we move our aircraft and can move theirs accordingly and when they attack we only get 50% CAP. Anyway - you're doing amazing. This AAR is a must read for me and I hang out for updates.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/4/2009 12:34:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GordoNZ A feel your pain - I too am playing Japan at this stage of the war. Everything you are saying is like Dejavu to me. In my game my opponent regularly bombards my bases with thousands of mines and misses every mine. One base had over 8000 and not a scratch. The worst I think is the fact the Allies know where we move our aircraft and can move theirs accordingly and when they attack we only get 50% CAP. Anyway - you're doing amazing. This AAR is a must read for me and I hang out for updates. thanks, glad you enjoy it. Well, most of my issues are just the usual emotional rant of mine, perhaps I should have called this AAR "The rant goes on part II". [:D] I don´t know why, some things like I´ve seen in this PBEM is something I´ve never seen before. Whenever my TFs entered a base in Northern Australia they hit a mine, lost something like two dozen DDs. There surely are a lot of mines, but surely not as many as I have at my bases - this just because of the fact that I´ve got far more MLs as the Allied lost most of them. The fact that Miller seems to be able to nuke my bases 9 out of 10 times doesn´t make it any better. Both things is something I´ve never experienced before and I´ve played thousands of IJN PBEM turns before. The issue with the Allied player seeing Japanese aircraft transferes immediately is something that is changed as well as the stupid air balance number.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/4/2009 3:22:26 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/08/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 72,107 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Phoenix CL Helena CL St. Louis, Shell hits 2 CA Wichita CA Vincennes CA Quincy CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis CA Astoria CA New Orleans CA Salt Lake City CA Chicago CA Chester CA Northampton CA Indianapolis CA Portland Japanese ground losses: 452 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 46 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 3 [8\|][8\|][8\|] Miller even gets wonderful results if he uses his cruisers twice... the joke gets better and better... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 107 G4M1 Betty x 155 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 58 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 26 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 23 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 A6M3a Zero x 377 B5N Kate x 163 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 73 casualties reported Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 105 Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 43 Avenger I x 2 PBY Catalina x 4 Beaufighter VIF x 8 P-36A Mohawk x 42 P-39D Airacobra x 27 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 1 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 23 No Allied losses Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 12000 feet nothing I can do against his airstrikes anymore... sending his cruisers for one time is enough... excellent... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15820 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 279410 troops, 1404 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6507 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22670 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491 Defending force 172060 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4946 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22861 troops, 263 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1941 Defending force 172138 troops, 999 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2795 Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8436 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5024 Defending force 155367 troops, 1142 guns, 410 vehicles, Assault Value = 3144 Allied ground losses: 102 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1

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