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Yakface -> RE: it goes on... (5/19/2009 8:09:14 PM)
Hi Castor, I have to say this is one of the most impressive demolition of the Allies I've seen since Honda's He's given you a fantastic opportunity to run him out of his best airframes at PM. No base force means no radar (and they can only be shipped rather than flown in). No radar means no DL on incoming aircraft. Recon, then sweep to clear the skies, then send in the bombers (with some escorts). You may not get great sweep results, but the escots will massacre what's left. I'm not saying you won't get bounced at all, but it will resemble 'dead cat' rather than Indian rubber ball.

Ambassador -> RE: it goes on... (5/19/2009 10:26:18 PM)
Wow, I missed a lot of action in three weeks ![&o] Go on Chris, drive your tanks to Moscow and go relieve von Paulus !

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/20/2009 8:30:28 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Yakface Hi Castor, I have to say this is one of the most impressive demolition of the Allies I've seen since Honda's He's given you a fantastic opportunity to run him out of his best airframes at PM. No base force means no radar (and they can only be shipped rather than flown in). No radar means no DL on incoming aircraft. Recon, then sweep to clear the skies, then send in the bombers (with some escorts). You may not get great sweep results, but the escots will massacre what's left. I'm not saying you won't get bounced at all, but it will resemble 'dead cat' rather than Indian rubber ball. Hi Thanks, it´s fun but the curtain is soon falling and I will be getting in trouble I guess. It´s mid 43 after all. Two more days into the war (cr following soon) and Miller moved in two more units (by airtransport as I haven´t spotted any shipping) according to my recon. Those units are pretty surely air support units, Miller can´t ignore not having them at PM. [;)] Don´t know if he really forgot about them while loading his invasion TF or if it was planned to move them in with Dakotas. In the meantime we´ve spotted something like 80+ enemy fighters on Cap over PM. This means it would not just become a massacre for the Allied, it would also become one for the Japanese (I don´t even want to think about what flak will do to my bombers). The Allied get something like 150 top notch fighters per month (Corsair, Thunderbolt and Lightning, not even counting Spits...) and while there probably won´t be that many P-38s around, he surely has hundreds of Corsairs and also something like 150 Thunderbolts already. So really fighting them down is something I don´t want to do at the moment. In a month (at the latest, if r&r isn´t succesfull) we will produce roughly 600 Tonies a month and I don´t want to send in hundreds of high experienced Tojos when I can use those pilots in Tonies. The Tony "should" be a vast improvement over the Tojo. More maneuverable (biggest weakness of the "only fly straight ahead Tojo"), armor rating of 2 (Tojo 0) and the first single seat fighter for the Japanese with a gun value of 10. Hopefully this will mean I can take down a couple of Allied bombers more. At the moment I prefer to fight a defensive fight over my bases, with a level 3 airfield at PM, Miller will rather have to concentrate to defend the place than to mount an offensive out of it. With the Tony coming online I hope to be in a better position.

Historiker -> RE: it goes on... (5/20/2009 9:15:33 AM)
How is it possibly that the Tony arrives in 43 and AFTER the Tojo?

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/20/2009 10:30:01 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Historiker How is it possibly that the Tony arrives in 43 and AFTER the Tojo? because that´s Nikmod and the version that arrives is the cannon armed version and that was (according to Nikademus) not available until mid 43. It´s agreed within the forum that the stock arrival dates of both the Tojo and the Tony seem to be wrong.

Historiker -> RE: it goes on... (5/20/2009 3:25:32 PM)
I see :)

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/22/2009 10:37:55 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/19/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 J1N1-S Irving x 27 A6M3a Zero x 89 B5N Kate x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 105 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 96 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 82 PB4Y Liberator x 29 B-24D Liberator x 29 IL-4c x 11 Japanese aircraft losses H8K Emily: 1 destroyed D3A Val: 2 destroyed E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged PB4Y Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged B-24D Liberator: 9 damaged IL-4c: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 128 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 10000 feet 4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet I really consider it a joke that a CD unit (more than a dozen 4,7 inch DP guns), a big base force (three dozen AA guns of all calibres) and two IJN base forces (a dozen AA guns each) can´t do any damage. This is a low level attack and while I don´t think I should take out the whole bomber formation, they should at least be forced to attack higher. All what Nikmod has been about seems not to be true in this version anymore. Still true for Allied flak (it´s not just that I have to attack higher, I can´t attack Allied bases at all [8\|]) but Japanese flak is inferior to stock flak as the enemy aircraft are just far too durable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 16 SBD Dauntless x 18 TBF Avenger x 5 PBY Catalina x 4 Kittyhawk I x 6 P-36A Mohawk x 18 P-39D Airacobra x 18 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 14 Beaufighter VIC x 12 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 13 B-25J Mitchell x 53 B-26B Marauder x 38 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 77 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 54 Avenger I x 21 P-47C Thunderbolt x 59 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 1 damaged P-47C Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 71 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 62 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet same here, three base forces... they even were lucky today, taking one fighter bomber down that came in at 2000 ft... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft Barracuda x 35 P-40B Tomahawk x 23 Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet 58 more enemy aircraft, three base forces (fully operational, fully supplied) damage 2 lousy aircraft... what a joke... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 14 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 3rd Division, at 13,21 Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 13 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 89357 troops, 991 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2057 Defending force 85517 troops, 909 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 1732 Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rukhlovo Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 158275 troops, 1822 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 3383 Defending force 14922 troops, 173 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 343 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese max assault: 3388 - adjusted assault: 4363 Allied max defense: 377 - adjusted defense: 288 Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE Rukhlovo base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses R-12: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 358 casualties reported Guns lost 17 Allied ground losses: 1244 casualties reported Guns lost 86 Miller left one mountain division behind here, can´t see a reason for tha to be honest, the unit had no chance to achieve anything... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15871 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Defending force 284376 troops, 1499 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6753 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22570 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2443 Defending force 167717 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4832 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8143 troops, 268 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3450 Defending force 155770 troops, 1112 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3110 Allied ground losses: 197 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100272 troops, 827 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2616 Defending force 84007 troops, 899 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1691 Japanese ground losses: 89 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Guns lost 1

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/22/2009 10:45:06 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/20/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 27 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIC x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIC: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged Sweep but it didn´t turn out well at all. My 83 exp Zero daitai got bounced (what else?) and while only taking down four low experienced Beaufighters the Zeros lose two of their own. Two out of the three Beaufighter bursts killed a Zero immediately... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 89 No Japanese losses Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 48 SBD Dauntless x 46 TBF Avenger x 16 PBY Catalina x 5 Kittyhawk I x 15 P-36A Mohawk x 52 F4U-1 Corsair x 23 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 90 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 19 Beaufighter VIC x 15 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14 B-25C Mitchell x 46 B-26B Marauder x 45 No Allied losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 139 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 53 Avenger I x 23 P-47C Thunderbolt x 44 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 1 damaged P-47C Thunderbolt: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 41 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 68 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet just have to love my flak... [:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 14 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lae at 54,87 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AK Kanto Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Kano Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet max range attacks, thank god still with 500lb bombs... one will surely make it, the other one is more critical but has a chance to make it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 65 Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 41 PB4Y Liberator x 12 B-24D Liberator x 9 IL-4c x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 31 damaged Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 3 destroyed, 22 damaged PB4Y Liberator: 8 damaged B-24D Liberator: 9 damaged IL-4c: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet we suffer from the usual things, we just don´t get our fighters airborne. 200 Tojos set to 90% Cap, 65 in the air to meet the bombers. Senseless to try to defend your bases (even against unescorted strikes) until we will get land based radar... Thank god they were low on morale. We take a dozen bombers down in total, most turned back. 6 bombers dropped their load, destroying two Tojos on the ground. We were lucky anyway as most ot the Allied strike failed to locate the target... Otherwise we would have lost 100 Tojos today for downing 20 bombers... [image]local://upfiles/13774/43849FFD01A44C899D006EEB0DE5274D.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 86 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 61 Aircraft Attacking: 30 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 89539 troops, 997 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2158 Defending force 86496 troops, 918 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764 Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported lots of troops have been ordered to move towards Borzya to take out the base soon... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1869 Defending force 284619 troops, 1502 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6763 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22587 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2443 Defending force 167559 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4834 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8226 troops, 274 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3018 Defending force 155546 troops, 1113 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3109 Allied ground losses: 134 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100299 troops, 828 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2618 Defending force 83965 troops, 893 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1692 Japanese ground losses: 294 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Guns lost 4

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/22/2009 10:55:35 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/21/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 52,93 Japanese Ships SS I-165 Allied Ships DD Pakenham DD Nestor DD Nepal Looks like ships from Port Moresby are returning to the Townsville area. Those must have been disbanded in PM´s port... The British DDs dropped only some DCs but all missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 28,66 Japanese Ships AP Ayato Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Hoe big AP hit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 49 Ki-49 Helen x 43 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied Ships CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet God damn, how can the heavy cruiser still be afloat??? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 J1N1-S Irving x 27 A6M3a Zero x 89 B5N Kate x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 172 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 Ki-49 Helen x 80 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 156 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 30 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 48 SBD Dauntless x 41 TBF Avenger x 16 PBY Catalina x 5 Kittyhawk I x 16 P-36A Mohawk x 53 F4U-1 Corsair x 25 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 83 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 46 Avenger I x 21 P-47C Thunderbolt x 37 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 1 damaged P-47C Thunderbolt: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 48 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet flak? [>:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 27 Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 26 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet wow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lae at 54,87 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AK Kinka Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Borneo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet should have reacted after the last nav strike but haven´t moved in any fighters to cover my ships... another big AK in trouble... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator VI x 79 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator VI: 16 damaged Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 47 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 77 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 30 B-24D Liberator x 62 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed, 42 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 28 damaged B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 53 damaged Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet 62 fighters in the air last time, today 77. Absolutely funny to get 1/3 of your fighters into the air. Most of the bombers turned back again, a hell a lot has been damaged, the losses within the bombers is just depressing again. The Allied just does´t have to think about sending in heavy bombers into enemy fighter defenses as the fighters are no threat anyway... really wonder if the Tony will make that much difference. I´m absolutely sure that lots of radar and the Frank will make a difference. Lol, this will be in 12 months... [;)] [image]local://upfiles/13774/8809F5EC4BD04FE8B01B87C4717A693F.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 89710 troops, 1004 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2891 Defending force 87465 troops, 935 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 1798 Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15879 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1830 Defending force 284666 troops, 1491 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6769 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22567 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2449 Defending force 167893 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4848 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8256 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4019 Defending force 155658 troops, 1114 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3110 Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100300 troops, 827 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2616 Defending force 83803 troops, 887 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1687 Japanese ground losses: 338 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Guns lost 4

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/22/2009 12:05:39 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/22/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 J1N1-S Irving x 27 A6M3a Zero x 86 B5N Kate x 34 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 32 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 137 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 155 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 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 17 SBD Dauntless x 17 TBF Avenger x 6 PBY Catalina x 4 Kittyhawk I x 6 P-36A Mohawk x 18 F4U-1 Corsair x 15 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 2 Beaufighter VIC x 2 B-25C Mitchell x 11 B-26B Marauder x 33 No Allied losses Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft P-47C Thunderbolt x 48 Allied aircraft losses P-47C Thunderbolt: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 17 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 83 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 30,65 Japanese Ships AP Ayato Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Steelhead the big AP that was damaged by a sub before near Borneo is attacked again and sunk just off Balikpapan... means at least two Allied subs are operating in this area and none of my dozens of search ac has spotted them so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 89769 troops, 1005 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 4327 Defending force 88317 troops, 946 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 1825 Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Guns lost 1 I expect Borzya to all soon... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15846 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1822 Defending force 284721 troops, 1489 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 6782 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22605 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2448 Defending force 168084 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4849 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8276 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3912 Defending force 155865 troops, 1116 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3113 Allied ground losses: 66 casualties reported Guns lost 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100307 troops, 826 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2615 Defending force 83342 troops, 882 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1672 Japanese ground losses: 172 casualties reported Guns lost 19 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/22/2009 12:09:35 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/23/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 48,76 Japanese Ships AP Taiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire Allied Ships SS Bowfin Japanese ground losses: 54 casualties reported Bowfin hits a troop loaden, medium sized AP off the "North" Coast of New Guinea. This happened near Noemfor and I wonder what the sub is doing here as this surely is no shipping lane where Japanese subs are usually going... the AP is dead of course after taking two torps, no idea why it doesn´t even show up as heavily damaged... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 4th Army, at 64,20 Allied aircraft R-12 x 1 Allied aircraft losses R-12: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet Again I suffer from a stupid design... the dive bombers go in against a clouded base, my strike was cancelled... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 J1N1-S Irving x 27 A6M3a Zero x 88 B5N Kate x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 34 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 135 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 31 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 Ki-49 Helen x 88 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 91 Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 16 Beaufighter VIC x 15 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 16 B-25C Mitchell x 37 B-26B Marauder x 10 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 60 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 24 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 141276 troops, 1441 guns, 1290 vehicles, Assault Value = 4846 Defending force 89088 troops, 951 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 1852 Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported Guns lost 3 nearly all of our tank Army has arrived at Borzya. Open terrain, perfect terrain for the Japanese "tanks"... [:D] Borzya is a nice pocket to be cleared. Around 20-25% of the total available Russian av is trapped at Borzya... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15883 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828 Defending force 284848 troops, 1482 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 6786 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22635 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2450 Defending force 167664 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4849 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8286 troops, 280 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3943 Defending force 155984 troops, 1115 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112 Allied ground losses: 208 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100272 troops, 825 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2616 Defending force 82901 troops, 866 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1662 Japanese ground losses: 617 casualties reported Guns lost 15 Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Guns lost 3

Xxzard -> RE: it goes on... (5/22/2009 10:30:07 PM)
Hello again, it has been a while, but still.... wow! [:D] This really is just about the biggest allied destruction since Honda. Now I know you probably won't be too enthusiastic to hear this, but I can't wait for the later game, because I think with the number of bases you have taken, and the number of high exp pilots still around, and the fully functional KB, you can hold on long enough to start introducing some of the late war aircraft successfully and in large numbers. I mean, you say that it is terrible that Jap base force radar and the Ki-84 Frank are ten months off, but even in the worst case scenario I can think of, your opponent doesn't even have the shipping to be in a "good" position in that time frame, let alone the naval air support. Now land based air combat will, I'm sure, be more challenging, with much griping about who bounces who, [;)] but you can survive that long enough to produce some really cool stuff. Honestly, you are just too good at this. Cheers, best of luck and good hunting!

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/24/2009 6:12:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Xxzard Hello again, it has been a while, but still.... wow! [:D] This really is just about the biggest allied destruction since Honda. Now I know you probably won't be too enthusiastic to hear this, but I can't wait for the later game, because I think with the number of bases you have taken, and the number of high exp pilots still around, and the fully functional KB, you can hold on long enough to start introducing some of the late war aircraft successfully and in large numbers. I mean, you say that it is terrible that Jap base force radar and the Ki-84 Frank are ten months off, but even in the worst case scenario I can think of, your opponent doesn't even have the shipping to be in a "good" position in that time frame, let alone the naval air support. Now land based air combat will, I'm sure, be more challenging, with much griping about who bounces who, [;)] but you can survive that long enough to produce some really cool stuff. Honestly, you are just too good at this. Cheers, best of luck and good hunting! thanks for the encouraging words. The thing with the high experienced pilots unfortunately is something that can change within one or two months when I have to throw them into an area where the enemy can use Corsairs and has radar. Within one day I can lose 10% of the total, high experienced IJAAF and IJNAF pilots. Even if this is Nikmod, the airwar can produce a hundred killed pilots in one day easily. And the pilots I have needed 4 or 5 months of training to reach that level. The Frank is still at least a year away (if I will get it two months early), we will see the first radar sets being delivered to the front in 6 months, hopefully this will help somewhat. I have one more big plan and am quite confident at the moment, you will see soon... [:D]

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/24/2009 6:19:18 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/24/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 52,94 Japanese Ships SS I-165, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Pakenham DD Nestor DD Nepal DD Inconstant the enemy uses fast tranport TFs to resupply/reinforce Port Moresby... the surely 2000 mines that are still there are of no value... guess what would happen if I would send in a surface combat or naval bombardment group... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wallis Island at 93,107 Allied Ships SS S-36 ghost attack... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 53,92 Japanese Ships SS I-158, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Edwards, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Panther DD Wilson DD Sterett no ghost attack, the enemy loses one of his modern DDs... one out of 300... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 52,94 Japanese Ships SS I-155, hits 5, on fire Allied Ships CL Birmingham, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:D] DD Panther DD Wilson DD Sterett DD Lang DD Ellet DD Benham DD Morris DD Hammann good day for our subs, CL Birmingham takes a torp and even shows up as heavily damaged... the cruiser nevertheless was able to move 6 hexes during the day, so the damage can´t be that bad I guess... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 52,94 Japanese Ships SS I-155, hits 4, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Pakenham DD Nestor DD Nepal DD Inconstant DD Hotspur I-155 takes some more damage and has to retire with 52 flt damage... good chances to make Rabaul... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 4th Army, at 64,20 Allied aircraft R-12 x 1 Allied aircraft losses R-12: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 30 Ki-49 Helen x 54 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged Allied Ships CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet it´s just a joke that the heavy cruiser is still afloat... one of those strange outcomes of strange coding IMO... one other thing that is strange or better say not that well designed is the fact that if there´s only one or only a couple of ships in the port than most of your strike doesn´t target the ship(s) but nearly all bomb the port facilities... well, I would like to target the f*cking CA! [:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 3 A6M3a Zero x 9 B5N Kate x 3 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 14 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3 Ki-49 Helen x 57 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 53 SBD Dauntless x 46 TBF Avenger x 16 PBY Catalina x 3 Kittyhawk I x 16 P-36A Mohawk x 57 F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 93 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 17 Beaufighter VIC x 14 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14 B-25C Mitchell x 35 B-26B Marauder x 21 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 56 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft P-40N Warhawk x 19 P-47C Thunderbolt x 61 Allied aircraft losses P-40N Warhawk: 3 damaged P-47C Thunderbolt: 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 50,97 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 15 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged Allied Ships DD Conway DD LaVallette, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Newcastle Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet bombers from Lae attack, flak fire was insane but a Fletcher class DD takes two torps and surely is in danger of sinking now... If we are lucky then this fast transport mission has cost Miller two DDs and a CL is heavily damaged for three Betties lost and a damaged sub... excellent... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 63 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 54 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15867 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1827 Defending force 284823 troops, 1484 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6781 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22688 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2450 Defending force 167582 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4847 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8320 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3973 Defending force 156003 troops, 1116 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3106 Allied ground losses: 154 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100286 troops, 825 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2618 Defending force 82386 troops, 844 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1651 Japanese ground losses: 314 casualties reported Guns lost 15 Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Guns lost 3

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/24/2009 6:32:07 PM)
good news and total ridicoulos happenings this turn... [:o] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/25/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 J1N1-S Irving x 27 A6M3a Zero x 89 B5N Kate x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 152 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 Ki-49 Helen x 56 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 160 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 60 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 27 P-40E Warhawk x 16 P-38G Lightning x 27 P-47C Thunderbolt x 9 Hurricane IIc x 7 F4U-1 Corsair x 38 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 52 destroyed [8\|][8\|][8\|] Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 19 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 5 damaged P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged P-47C Thunderbolt: 3 damaged [8\|] Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 4 damaged [8\|] well, this is the 100% ridicoulos happening. The usual stupid mini Cap out of 200 fighters at the base, in this case we were lucky because would we have had 200 fighter in the air, the Corsairs and Thuds would have achieved a 200:0 kill rate... [sm=crazy.gif] ALL of those Tojo sentais had experience 80+ and while they take some Kittyhawks down, the Corsairs and Thunderbolts achieve a 40:0 kill rate today! 40:0? Boy, this surely proves that the stats are just totally crap, seems like Nik even has them wronger than stock. I´m pretty sure that my pilots still had a good dozen more points of experience than the Allied fighters, we defend over our own base and the Tojos get shot down 40:0. Lol, such results makes me wonder again and again why bother playing this game (mod)... [8\|] This was the highest kill rate seen in the war so far. 90 exp Zeros against 40 exp Chinese biplanes couldn´t achieve a 40:0 kill rate, well, probably 70 exp Corsairs and Thuds can achieve it against 80+ experienced Tojos... [sm=crazy.gif][sm=Christo_pull_hair.gif] 5 months of training for nothing after this single attack... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 73 B-17E Fortress x 44 B-24D Liberator x 125 IL-4c x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 20 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 6 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed L2D2 Tabby: 11 destroyed Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged B-24D Liberator: 20 damaged IL-4c: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 269 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 27 Airbase supply hits 14 Runway hits 104 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet this then of course had to happen, ultra long range attack from Australia, four AA rgts, base force and other Japanese SH*T defending the base makes it for the Allied bombers less dangerous than it is to just fly my bombers from Truk to Rabaul... So what to do now? Of course moving everything out of Corsair range now as the first thing. Second thing is not to attack anything. Allied Uber Cap and super Uber Allied Nikmod flak makes it impossible to attack a defended base so the only thing left is to try to strike against his shipping. Which will lead to disasters as soon as the enemy shipping is Capped... Hurrey! [image]local://upfiles/13774/3237198AADE241A29F70C14BE7CEDE0F.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 11 Beaufighter VIC x 14 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 8 B-25C Mitchell x 29 B-26B Marauder x 31 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 50 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 14 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 71 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 76 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 54,83 Japanese Ships AK Bujun Maru Allied Ships SS Bowfin torps missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 232522 troops, 1917 guns, 3349 vehicles, Assault Value = 5421 Defending force 90387 troops, 979 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 1867 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8 Japanese max assault: 5233 - adjusted assault: 3003 Allied max defense: 1912 - adjusted defense: 2637 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 8) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 8 Japanese ground losses: 9407 casualties reported Guns lost 307 Vehicles lost 75 Allied ground losses: 2182 casualties reported Guns lost 51 ouch... I have to wonder yet again why our adjusted av is below our base av when our troops are 100% prepped and have ample supply... can understand the defender´s av... this base will fall... it will fall soon... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15851 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1824 Defending force 285291 troops, 1487 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6785 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22674 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2449 Defending force 167576 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4841 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8320 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3997 Defending force 155918 troops, 1119 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3105 Allied ground losses: 166 casualties reported Guns lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100336 troops, 824 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2619 Defending force 82163 troops, 824 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1645 Japanese ground losses: 262 casualties reported Guns lost 17 Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 1 and the good thing I´ve mentioned at the beginning of this post is the fact that the Tony R&D was another time succesfully, we will get the new fighter two months early, means in 7/43 now... In a couple of days the first sentai will be upgraded... after the super performance of the Corsairs this turn over Lae, I have no hopes that the Tony will do any better though...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/24/2009 6:36:21 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/26/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 51 Ki-49 Helen x 75 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged Allied Ships CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage Port hits 10 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet another attack, another time only a couple of bombers try to attack the CA... remember when there were a dozen ships in the port, we scored both a dozen hits on this CA and a CL... as soon as there are not a lot of ships anymore, even a CA doesn´t get attention... that the ship is still afloat after 5 torp hits and 20x250kg AP bombs is a joke anyway... I´m just getting upset too easily when the game produces such stupid results... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 30 G4M1 Betty x 50 Ki-49 Helen x 61 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Port hits 3 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 53 SBD Dauntless x 46 TBF Avenger x 16 PBY Catalina x 5 Kittyhawk I x 16 P-36A Mohawk x 58 F4U-1 Corsair x 64 No Allied losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 88 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 20 Beaufighter VIC x 12 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 12 B-25C Mitchell x 24 B-26B Marauder x 31 No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 62 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft P-47C Thunderbolt x 72 Allied aircraft losses P-47C Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 20 No Allied losses Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12 Allied aircraft Yak-9D x 9 IL-2 Shturmovik x 58 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 121 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Aircraft Attacking: 38 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 44 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 53,81 Japanese Ships AP Yamura Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Bowfin Japanese ground losses: 56 casualties reported damn Bowfin attacks again... another big AP lost... Allied APs of that size would just laugh about one torp hit and some bursts from small calibre AA guns... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15845 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1824 Defending force 285224 troops, 1487 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6771 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22691 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2452 Defending force 167206 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4831 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pokrovka Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22676 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 967 Defending force 7960 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148 Allied ground losses: 80 casualties reported Guns lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8300 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4018 Defending force 155900 troops, 1118 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3107 Allied ground losses: 110 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100352 troops, 827 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2687 Defending force 81922 troops, 808 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1642 Japanese ground losses: 221 casualties reported Guns lost 7

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/24/2009 7:12:29 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/27/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 53,92 Japanese Ships SS I-162, hits 2 Allied Ships DD Panther another fast transport operation... guess what! No the thousands of mines at PM achieved no hit... well, those are Allied ships going in after all, not Japanese... didn´t know that the Allied only used hovercraft ships in WWII... oh sorry, that´s only what the WITP designer knew... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 51,96 Japanese Ships SS I-165 Allied Ships DD Lang DD Panther DD Jupiter DD Le Triomphant DD Wilson DD Sterett 4 torps missed the DD... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 53,92 Japanese Ships SS I-162, hits 3 Allied Ships DD Pakenham DD Nestor DD Nepal DD Inconstant DD Hotspur 3 near misses... it seems that the DDs are not that effect as usual when they are in a fast transport TF... could also be just luck of course... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 J1N1-S Irving x 27 A6M3a Zero x 65 B5N Kate x 35 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 221 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 186 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 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 52 SBD Dauntless x 46 TBF Avenger x 16 PBY Catalina x 5 Kittyhawk I x 15 P-36A Mohawk x 56 F4U-1 Corsair x 64 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 108 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 20 Beaufighter VIC x 14 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 10 B-25C Mitchell x 27 B-26B Marauder x 33 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 75 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft P-47C Thunderbolt x 53 Allied aircraft losses P-47C Thunderbolt: 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lae at 54,87 Allied aircraft Barracuda x 38 [:(] Kittyhawk I x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 9 P-40N Warhawk x 10 P-38G Lightning x 16 P-47C Thunderbolt x 6 F4U-1 Corsair x 26 Allied aircraft losses Barracuda: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Hikawa Maru AP Heian Maru, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AP Nichibi Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AP Hie Maru AP Kinryu Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AP Haruna Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet damn it, proves that I´m not that playing perfectly at all... after the super duper Corsair sweep against Lae, I´ve ordered all fighters out of the base but forgot about one of the TFs that was heading there... Miller has now the best single engined torpedo bomber at PM with a torp range of five hexes... their first appearance is a disaster for this TF already... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lae at 54,87 Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 14 B-17E Fortress x 9 B-24D Liberator x 53 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Hie Maru, Bomb hits 17, on fire, heavy damage AP Hikawa Maru AP Kinryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 92 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet now the super joke of this turn... no, not the atack on the TF, but the fact that the stupided, bugged game must have seen this attack as an AIRFIELD attack... [&:][&:][&:] Lae was 99/99 damaged after this turn! WTH? There are 300 engineers at the base and no attack but the airfield is out of a sudden completely damaged? Is this game now going totally nuts? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 56,86 Allied aircraft Barracuda x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 2 P-40N Warhawk x 2 F4U-1 Corsair x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Yasukuni Maru Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 44 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 56,86 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 26 Allied aircraft Barracuda x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Barracuda: 5 destroyed, 12 damaged Japanese Ships AP Nikki Maru, Torpedo hits 1 AP Fukko Maru AP Yawata Maru Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet leaking Cap from Siador takes some of the Brits down... only a small consolation prize... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Finschafen at 55,87 Allied aircraft Barracuda x 9 Kittyhawk I x 8 P-40E Warhawk x 8 P-40N Warhawk x 8 P-38G Lightning x 14 P-47C Thunderbolt x 6 F4U-1 Corsair x 20 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Kanto Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet and another AK sunk... as you can see, Miller is using most of his fighters from PM for escort already. He just can be totally confident about his flak defense there and the fact that the uber radar effects still will bring up a hundred fighters, even if they are set to only a small percentage of Cap...[8\|] We spot "only" some 50 fighters on Cap over PM each turn... an attack would nevertheless run into 100+ fighters that would 100% surely get the bounce... [image]local://upfiles/13774/DAFA3AFB0C2B4A7DA88CF8C87C9DDD6F.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15825 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1823 Defending force 285213 troops, 1485 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6773 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22660 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2452 Defending force 167170 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4835 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pokrovka Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22701 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 968 Defending force 7877 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 145 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Vladivostok Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 26069 troops, 256 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1010 Defending force 13506 troops, 138 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 331 Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8300 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4042 Defending force 155814 troops, 1118 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 3106 Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100439 troops, 829 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2686 Defending force 81795 troops, 806 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1636 Japanese ground losses: 348 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Guns lost 4

bigbaba -> RE: it goes on... (5/25/2009 9:00:57 AM)
hi chris, PM seems to become very nasty obstacle for your war efforts. can you grab some divisions, put em at transport ships and retake PM with the support of KB and the battlefleet? in the long term, the costs PM will cause for you will be larger then the costs of a recapture of the base.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/25/2009 10:59:20 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: bigbaba hi chris, PM seems to become very nasty obstacle for your war efforts. can you grab some divisions, put em at transport ships and retake PM with the support of KB and the battlefleet? in the long term, the costs PM will cause for you will be larger then the costs of a recapture of the base. Hi I have this in mind as an option but the plan that is being in process already looks different... really different... [;)] So this would be plan B. But to be honest, sending in KB with something like 200 fighters max against bombers at PM (that can be escorted by a hundred Corsairs) and hundreds of heavy bombers at Townsville and Cairns is not really what would bring me further I guess. The problem is that in the long term, every base in this region will cost me a lot as all those bases are in overlapping range of the Corsair and as in all WITP games, it´s all about this fridging aircraft. Victory or loss, all about the Corsair. IMO, Miller would have been far better of taking Gili Gili and then taking PM as Gili Gili is far better suited to launch an offensive out of it. But no matter what base in this region, there is always a "next step" within five hexes, so even taking PM back will only result in an Allied attack against another base that then would be the same as PM is now.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/25/2009 12:31:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/29/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 50,97 Japanese Ships SS I-8 Allied Ships DD Panther DD Jupiter DD Le Triomphant DD Wilson DD Sterett another fast transport run to PM is forming up 6 and 5 hexes South West of PM... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Lae at 54,87 Japanese Ships AG AG-5071, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Bowfin, hits 2 Bowfin kills a barge but the barge was shooting back with it´s 25mm AA gun... guess that was only FOW... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 50,97 Japanese Ships SS I-8 Allied Ships DD Lang DD Panther DD Jupiter DD Le Triomphant DD Wilson DD Sterett DD Ellet DD Benham DD Morris DD Hammann DD Anderson DD Frazier DD Woodworth torps missed DD Lang... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 35 G4M1 Betty x 49 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 88 casualties reported Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 20 Beaufighter VIC x 12 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 37 B-26B Marauder x 37 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 66 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft P-47C Thunderbolt x 49 Allied aircraft losses P-47C Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 99 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 24 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12 Allied aircraft Yak-9D x 9 IL-2 Shturmovik x 62 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 159 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Nagasaki at 58,42 Japanese Ships DD Yukaze DD Yakaze DD Shiokaze DD Akikaze DD Okikaze DD Samidare Allied Ships SS Paddle two ASW TFs were formed last turn after Paddle was spotted there... this one tried to do something but achieved nothing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Nagasaki at 58,42 Japanese Ships DD Tomozuru DD Hatsukari DD Manazuru DD Chidori DD Tachikaze DD Hokaze Allied Ships SS Paddle, hits 3 also the second tries to engage, three near misses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 229295 troops, 1719 guns, 3318 vehicles, Assault Value = 5247 Defending force 88147 troops, 875 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 1767 Japanese max assault: 4895 - adjusted assault: 2659 Allied max defense: 1797 - adjusted defense: 2539 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 8) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 7 Japanese ground losses: 7775 casualties reported Guns lost 178 Vehicles lost 65 Allied ground losses: 1583 casualties reported Guns lost 35 Vehicles lost 1 losses on both sides were lighter than last time, while losses on our side still were quite high. But the losses are 95+% disablements... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pokrovka Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 67436 troops, 778 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 1443 Defending force 7884 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 144 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese max assault: 1344 - adjusted assault: 1225 Allied max defense: 149 - adjusted defense: 40 Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Pokrovka base !!! Japanese ground losses: 191 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Allied ground losses: 8838 casualties reported Guns lost 41 we take the base East of Borzya easily against two enemy units (a base force and a static region fortress). Both enemy units surrendered, we scored nearly 100 points for ground losses today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1825 Defending force 284973 troops, 1476 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6772 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22638 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2452 Defending force 167029 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4844 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8246 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4084 Defending force 155917 troops, 1117 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3106 Allied ground losses: 85 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100366 troops, 828 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2692 Defending force 81076 troops, 776 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1616 Japanese ground losses: 281 casualties reported Guns lost 5

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/25/2009 12:55:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/30/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 52,94 Japanese Ships SS I-165, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Pakenham DD Nestor the enemy is running his DDs to PM, I-165 is attacked and takes a near miss... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 52,94 Japanese Ships SS I-165 Allied Ships DD Panther also the second fast transport TF tries to attack I-165 but only one out of a dozen DDs tried to engage but failed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 50,97 Japanese Ships SS RO-34 Allied Ships DD Panther DD Jupiter DD Le Triomphant RO-34 is also attacked unsuccesfully, our subs did nothing during the night, the fast transport TFs again ignored the two thousand IJN minefield... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1049 encounters mine field at Rabaul (61,88) Allied Ships SS Hoe, Mine hits 1, on fire a rare event when Hoe hit a Type 93 mine at Rabaul, needing some new paint now... [8\|] Japanese mines can´t sink much more than a PT... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 J1N1-S Irving x 27 A6M3a Zero x 62 B5N Kate x 35 G3M Nell x 36 G4M1 Betty x 53 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 222 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 66 casualties reported Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 120 Port hits 4 Port supply hits 1 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 125 SBD Dauntless x 62 TBF Avenger x 16 PBY Catalina x 5 Kittyhawk I x 15 F4U-1 Corsair x 64 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 136 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft P-47C Thunderbolt x 37 Allied aircraft losses P-47C Thunderbolt: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 98,99 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 5 Liberator VI x 77 Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 4 damaged Liberator VI: 18 damaged Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet a laughable single bomber was lost here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 50,97 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 23 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed, 11 damaged Allied Ships DD Arunta DD Foxhound DD Cony DD Pakenham, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Newcastle DD Conway, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet have moved two daitais and a chutai of Betties to Gasmata together with two Zero daitais to provide escort and set them on nav attack to fly against the fast transport operations to PM... we launch a strike in the morning of which 50% missed the target. Once daitai goes in against this TF and is badly shot up by the DDs... flak is murderous. We hit one modern DD hard, perhaps this one will sink but I can´t be sure about that, only three torp hits are usually enough to really see an Allied ship bigger than a MSW being sunk. The Betty daitai is out of the war for the next three to four months after losign 25% of the crews. Using a daitai with 30 exp pilots doesn´t make sense at all. The aircraft will be moved out of this base again as I expect the 4Es coming in for a visit nuking the base as usual... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 25 Ki-49 Helen x 159 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 11 damaged Allied Ships CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported Port hits 20 Port fuel hits 5 Port supply hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet the stupidity at Colombo goes on, we hit the unsikable CA Suffolk again and again and again... The damage done to the port is repaired by the Allied super duper engineers within one day... I can understand that a bombed runway (non concrete) can be repaired in no time but why Allied engineers can repair port facilities and airbases within one day is beyond me. All very abstract... [8\|] as the level 6 port seems to be enough to make the heavy cruiser being unsinkable and it´s impossible to damage the port I guess I will give it up as soon as the cruiser has been hit by another 100 250kg AP bombs... this should then be enough to prove that this routine is more than flawed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 70 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 50,97 Japanese Ships SS RO-34 Allied Ships DD Nestor no sub attacks on the enemy fast transport TFs and the DDs didn´t do any damage to my subs today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15843 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828 Defending force 284755 troops, 1479 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6766 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22667 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2453 Defending force 166868 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4833 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8286 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4100 Defending force 155980 troops, 1119 guns, 425 vehicles, Assault Value = 3107 Allied ground losses: 87 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100394 troops, 829 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2692 Defending force 80866 troops, 773 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1605 Japanese ground losses: 262 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 2

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/25/2009 8:26:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/01/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 50,98 Japanese Ships SS I-158, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Panther a near miss, the DDs are returning to Cairns... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 60,77 Japanese Ships AP Toko Maru Allied Ships SS Seahorse Seahorse missed... far too many attacks by Allied subs at the moment. My search aircraft and ASW patrols are pretty much useless and due to the high traffic in the region around Rabaul the Allied subs stumble across my convoys just every turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 36 G4M1 Betty x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 121 SBD Dauntless x 62 TBF Avenger x 16 PBY Catalina x 5 Kittyhawk I x 15 F4U-1 Corsair x 25 No Allied losses Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 73 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 25 Wellington III x 58 Liberator VI x 53 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 1 damaged Wellington III: 3 damaged Liberator VI: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator VI bombing at 13000 feet so many British bombers attacking Wallis? Invasion preparations? Can´t be, Wallis is one of his training targets... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 44 P-47C Thunderbolt x 38 Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged P-47C Thunderbolt: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 8th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12 Allied aircraft Yak-9D x 9 IL-2 Shturmovik x 62 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 144 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 21 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 9 B-25J Mitchell x 75 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 59 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 54,83 Japanese Ships AP Humburugu Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Steelhead while a sub missed in the morning, this one kills another AP... damn it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4806 troops, 139 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4806 Defending force 84415 troops, 779 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 1603 Allied ground losses: 98 casualties reported Guns lost 2 we will attack soon again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15883 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828 Defending force 285004 troops, 1474 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6777 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22670 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2449 Defending force 166744 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4829 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8258 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4119 Defending force 155975 troops, 1120 guns, 425 vehicles, Assault Value = 3104 Allied ground losses: 256 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100347 troops, 827 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2695 Defending force 80617 troops, 765 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1600 Japanese ground losses: 226 casualties reported Guns lost 8

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/25/2009 8:32:46 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/02/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 49,100 Japanese Ships SS I-8, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Panther again only a near miss, but my subs are kept from attacking... that´s the difference between Allied and Japanese naval forces. While the Allied subs attack one of my ASW TFs first in 3 out of 4 times, our subs seem to be attacked by the ASW forces first, also 3 out of 4 times... this s*cks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 55,84 Japanese Ships AP Kotobuki Maru #5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied Ships SS Steelhead Japanese ground losses: 52 casualties reported grrrr... [:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1010 encounters mine field at Cairns (47,100) Allied Ships DD Conway, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage after taking two torpedo hits from my Betties, DD Conway still made it all the way back to Cairns (7 hexes)... [>:] a sub laid mine finished the DD off though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 49,99 Japanese Ships SS I-122 Allied Ships DD Nestor DD Nepal I-122 was the sub that laid the mines that killed DD Conway... attacked by two DDs on it´s way back to Rabaul... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 J1N1-S Irving x 27 A6M3a Zero x 73 B5N Kate x 8 G3M Nell x 35 G4M1 Betty x 42 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 222 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 154 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 19 Beaufighter VIC x 13 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 19 Wellington III x 60 Liberator VI x 57 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 122 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Liberator VI bombing at 13000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 40 P-47C Thunderbolt x 20 Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged P-47C Thunderbolt: 3 damaged Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 13 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 Ki-49 Helen x 177 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged Allied Ships CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage [>:][>:][>:] Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Port hits 16 Port fuel hits 7 Port supply hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet how stupid is this really??? Looks like we can score a hundred bomb hits on this CA, it will never sink because as an Allied ship you are invincible if you sit in a level 6 port... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIC x 2 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 16 B-25C Mitchell x 20 B-26B Marauder x 19 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 7076 troops, 221 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4863 Defending force 83833 troops, 766 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 1566 Allied ground losses: 296 casualties reported Guns lost 6 deliberate attack tomorrow... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15849 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828 Defending force 284527 troops, 1469 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6775 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22687 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2451 Defending force 166806 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4831 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8258 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4133 Defending force 155778 troops, 1119 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 3109 Allied ground losses: 300 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100347 troops, 828 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2694 Defending force 80448 troops, 759 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1594 Japanese ground losses: 179 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 4 two enemy fast transport TFs have again taken position six hexes SW of Port Moresby. My subs are again waiting and I have also brought in Betties to two different bases. Miller of course can see my aircraft transfers immedietely so I expect him to send his nuclear bombers... I have upgraded the first Tojo sentai into a Tony sentai at Rabaul today... we are able to upgrade a sentai every second day if we don´t see combat as we are now mass producing our new IJAAF fighter.

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/26/2009 8:21:47 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/03/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 51,95 Japanese Ships SS I-158 Allied Ships DD Panther DD Jupiter DD Le Triomphant DD Wilson DD Sterett DD Lang DD Ellet DD Benham DD Morris DD Hammann DD Anderson more of the same like the last days... the fast transport TFs run for PM, the subs are more or less useless and the thousands of remaining IJN mines at PM aren´t existing anyway... with a dozen DDs such a TF can surely carry more than 1000 supplies each supply mission... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 53,92 Japanese Ships SS RO-61, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Hammann DD Panther DD Jupiter DD Le Triomphant RO-61 fires two torps at Hammann but missed... a near miss in return... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 51,95 Japanese Ships SS I-158, hits 2 Allied Ships DD Nestor DD Nepal two near misses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 51,96 Japanese Ships SS I-8 Allied Ships DD Nestor DD Nepal DD Inconstant my subs only act as targets... pretty much the same what my ASW TFs are doing all the time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 35 G4M1 Betty x 46 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PB4Y Liberator x 10 B-24D Liberator x 91 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed H8K Emily: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PB4Y Liberator: 3 damaged B-24D Liberator: 18 damaged Japanese ground losses: 150 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 87 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet this turn once again is just the bullet prove of what all was done wrong while making design decisions... thank god there are those people that have been working on AE for years... like mentioned yesterday, Miller can see it immedietely when I move my bombers in (yes, there was an airfield symbol before also...). [8\|] Not just is it totally stupid to enable the Allied player to see all aircraft transfers of the Japanese, it´s also stupid that 100% of your aircraft launch for port and airfield strikes, but as soon as you put them on naval attack, the electrone pilots just decide on their own how many of them will attack. You ORDER them to fly a strike, they decide it´s not worth flying... well done... so both stupid design decisions then enable the Allied player to torch your aircraft on the ground. How often have I seen this BS already? Probably hundreds of times and it still pisses me off so much, every time I could [sm=vomit-smiley-020.gif] on Mr. Grigsby´s shoes (or whoever was coming up with such a great idea...) Please also note how many bombers were lost doing such a long range attack... but that is more of a mod issue, stats of Allied bombers (or effect of a hundred Japanese flak guns) are just too far off in this version of the mod... but hey, the bombers come in HIGH, bombing out of the stratosphere... One bomber lost... one! Hear me? O N E... [sm=happy0065.gif] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 45 PBY Catalina x 3 Kittyhawk I x 12 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 33 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 20 Beaufighter VIC x 12 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 3 P-47C Thunderbolt x 2 Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 18 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12 Allied aircraft Yak-9D x 9 IL-2 Shturmovik x 62 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 140 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 50,97 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 50 G3M Nell x 6 G4M1 Betty x 25 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vb x 8 P-40N Warhawk x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 10 destroyed, 20 damaged G3M Nell: 6 damaged G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 21 damaged Allied aircraft losses Spitfire Vb: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged P-40N Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged Allied Ships DD Hotspur DD O'Bannon DD Van Galen DD Nepal, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Newcastle, Torpedo hits 1 DD Taylor DD Perkins DD Fanning, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet this is what launched from Goodenough Island. It´s not just the fact that Miller can order a bomber strike against my bomber base immediately, it´s also possible for him to set his fighters on LRCAP over his TF because he get´s immediete info of my aircraft transfers. So I lose aircraft on the ground and I lose aircraft in the air due to that feature... it´s mid 43 and 84 exp Zeros just have no chance anymore, not even against mediocre Allied fighters on LRCAP. This turn just once again showed me that it´s not worth going into such kind of attrition battle, it just wears down my airforce to quickly. You can´t fight a stupid game design, it´s just like the possibility for the Allied to cheat 100% of the time (I´m not saying that the Allied didn´t have total superiority in intel but not as it is in the game with the aircraft transfers). So due to the Allied magic abilities in WITP we lose 30 high experienced aircraft today for no gain. One torpedo hit on an Allied DD is just like a cal.50 burst into an IJN aircraft carrier... no, wait, the cal.50 burst into the aircraft carrier has a fair chance to sink the carrier... The strike from Lae failed to locate the target, probably good for me, otherwise there would have just been more losses for no or nearly no gain... CA Suffolk is still afloat, but why should an Allied heavy cruiser sink after being hit by five torps and nearly 3 dozen 250kg AP bomb hits? This is a game after all... [sm=crazy.gif] [image]local://upfiles/13774/FFA09FD44F6D44EC95545970C9F9C0C6.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 63 TBF Avenger x 15 Avenger I x 24 PBY Catalina x 1 Kittyhawk I x 13 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 11 Beaufighter VIC x 12 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 16 B-25C Mitchell x 39 B-25J Mitchell x 78 B-26B Marauder x 45 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 116 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 230134 troops, 1872 guns, 3293 vehicles, Assault Value = 4915 Defending force 82953 troops, 755 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 6 Japanese max assault: 4551 - adjusted assault: 3514 Allied max defense: 1459 - adjusted defense: 1937 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 6) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 6 Japanese ground losses: 4160 casualties reported Guns lost 125 Vehicles lost 42 Allied ground losses: 2132 casualties reported Guns lost 68 Vehicles lost 2 we´re close to a 2:1 already, losses look good. Compared to the insane losses we suffered at the beginning of our assault, it already looks like the Russian could have supply issues. Hard to imagine though as their bases should all be fully stocked with supplies... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15875 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1829 Defending force 284063 troops, 1460 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6772 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22679 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2448 Defending force 166762 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4827 Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8246 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4152 Defending force 155554 troops, 1118 guns, 425 vehicles, Assault Value = 3109 Allied ground losses: 294 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100407 troops, 827 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2697 Defending force 80502 troops, 757 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1596 Japanese ground losses: 311 casualties reported Guns lost 17 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Guns lost 1

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/26/2009 8:47:29 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/04/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 49,99 Japanese Ships SS RO-34, hits 2 Allied Ships DD Nestor DD Inconstant sending my subs after the damaged DDs, for no gain... but I better stop ranting, at least my subs survive... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 3 A6M3a Zero x 6 G3M Nell x 35 G4M1 Betty x 47 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 20 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 47 PBY Catalina x 3 Kittyhawk I x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 35 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 16 Beaufighter VIC x 11 No Allied losses Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 25 Wellington III x 71 Liberator VI x 61 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 damaged Liberator VI: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 45 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Liberator VI bombing at 13000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 8th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12 Allied aircraft Yak-9D x 9 IL-2 Shturmovik x 62 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 60 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 21 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 30 Ki-49 Helen x 195 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged Allied Ships CA Suffolk, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage Port hits 18 Port fuel hits 11 Port supply hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet and it goes on... lol, everything I would say would be just repeating the same things on and on... nearing 40 bomb hits... after five torps... gooooood design... a hundred Allied engineers repair the port damage within one day... WWII, Allied supermen at work... just because I´m so pissed off anyway I will continue to bomb and bomb and bomb. 6 Helens lost today (yes, we don´t have 100% invincible bombers and no, we are not flying 1500 miles), so if (big if) at some point the cruiser will be sunk it will have cost us a hundred bombers at least... if it will never sink, I will kill all the IJAAF medium bombers with those attacks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 54 TBF Avenger x 15 Avenger I x 24 PBY Catalina x 1 Kittyhawk I x 15 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 58 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Avenger I bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 11 Beaufighter VIC x 10 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 34 B-25J Mitchell x 73 B-26B Marauder x 43 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 132 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13022 troops, 405 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4633 Defending force 79142 troops, 656 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1416 Allied ground losses: 304 casualties reported Guns lost 15 two days rest and we will attack again... guess we´ll need another two or three attacks and the first major stack of Russian troops will surrender... my drive on Russia is totally off, it will be a cake walk. It´s surely fun for the game (well, I don´t know if it´s fun for Miller) but what I´ve done in this campaign with the Japanese on a strategic level is pretty much off. Again, it´s fun but off. But still, no matter what side I play, not the strategic possibilities (of both sides) is what pisses me off, it´s all about the tactical level. Air combats, ground combat, base building, etc is what "isn´t working" (it is working, just not how I would expect it to work). While I´m 100% sure that the tactical level of AE will be a 500% improvement over WITP, I still fear that it will reduce the strategic possibilities of the Japanese to such an extend that we will never see really interesting campaigns like they were possible in WITP. Judging about something I haven´t even seen... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15875 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1827 Defending force 283802 troops, 1458 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6770 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22625 troops, 265 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2447 Defending force 166736 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4821 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8260 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4163 Defending force 155170 troops, 1116 guns, 425 vehicles, Assault Value = 3111 Allied ground losses: 445 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100355 troops, 824 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2695 Defending force 80090 troops, 735 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1585 Japanese ground losses: 349 casualties reported Guns lost 18 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 1

veji1 -> RE: it goes on... (5/26/2009 12:00:06 PM)
Stop bombing the suffolk, It doesn't make sense, there is a design flaw there, you will have to leave with it...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/26/2009 1:21:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: veji1 Stop bombing the suffolk, It doesn't make sense, there is a design flaw there, you will have to leave with it... I won´t give it up and if it will cost me every single high experienced IJAAF medium bomber pilot... [sm=00000003.gif] If it´s just to prove how borked the damage routine really is...

veji1 -> RE: it goes on... (5/26/2009 4:32:54 PM)
what's the point it would ruin the game for both of you.. Consider the ship dead in the water.. Maybe talk to Miller to see if you can agree that the ship is gone and he promises not to move the ship from Colombo for the next 2 years or something like that.. You are a great player and your rant is legitimate but in the end it is a game and like all complicated games some aspects of it are borked, this is one of them... Ruining the IJAAF would be silly and ruin the fun for both of you and mainly for me and the others who read this AAR... For your audience.[;)]

Historiker -> RE: it goes on... (5/26/2009 5:12:21 PM)
Ships can't be resolved in witp despite this happend dozend times in the war. So why complain if a small number of ships survive intensive bombardements in a big harbour? Even if it isn't sunk, it'll be off the front for months...

castor troy -> RE: it goes on... (5/26/2009 5:12:52 PM)
we will see.. so far I´ve attacked only every second day as fatigued Japanese bombers are even more crappy than they are usual. Now I´ve decided to fly a couple of back to back attacks, perhaps this will be enough to sink the bastard... I know that I´m thinking wrong but damaging ships gives me nothing, I´m always up to sink them... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/05/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 J1N1-S Irving x 27 A6M3a Zero x 67 B5N Kate x 8 G3M Nell x 35 G4M1 Betty x 52 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 288 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 50 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 153 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 3 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 48 PBY Catalina x 3 Kittyhawk I x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 4 Beaufighter VIC x 2 No Allied losses Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chita , at 62,15 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 22 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet wow, four base forces manage to down a Mitchell... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 8th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 55,12 Allied aircraft Yak-9D x 9 IL-2 Shturmovik x 62 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 70 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet if my two mongolian inf divs aren´t moving into this base soon they will be killed off by the Shturmoviks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 63 TBF Avenger x 15 Avenger I x 21 PBY Catalina x 1 Kittyhawk I x 15 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 11 Beaufighter VIC x 9 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 34 B-25J Mitchell x 68 B-26B Marauder x 41 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 119 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Borzya Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13077 troops, 408 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4693 Defending force 78420 troops, 628 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 1390 Allied ground losses: 308 casualties reported Guns lost 7 ordered the next deliberate attack for tomorrow... have long spotted a lot of transports at Borzya so I expect the enemy to fly out troops, this also explains the steadily decreasing troop number. Guess they are flown North to be rebuilt at Irkutsk again as soon as Borzya surrenders. This means the next target will be Irkutsk and not (like planned) the rest of Russia. First Irkutsk, then the rest... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15858 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1827 Defending force 283369 troops, 1448 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 6766 a new division as reiforcement will arrive soon, will make me more confident, even though that I think the Chinese can´t achieve something anyway. Still 2200 av in urban hex looks better... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22617 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444 Defending force 166622 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4827 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8296 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4175 Defending force 154545 troops, 1106 guns, 424 vehicles, Assault Value = 3107 Allied ground losses: 228 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100404 troops, 826 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2699 Defending force 79792 troops, 717 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578 Japanese ground losses: 222 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Guns lost 5

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