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castor troy -> AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/27/2009 2:58:11 PM)
Hi With the second patch being out and it´s shortly following two hotfixes I´ve decided to look for my first AE PBEM. Didn´t take long and Rainer79 answered on my opponent wanted thread. Rainer is from Austria just like me and in his email he sent me with the first turn he called it Alpine Edition, so I hope he doesn´t mind if I use it for my AAR. He hasn´t started an AAR (yet) so I don´t know if he will ever do. We´re two weeks into the game already but I didn´t have the time to do the AAR due to being xmas time and the GF MKI standing behind me most of the time, forcing me to focus my time on the important things (which is doing turns instead of doing turns AND the AAR [;)]). Here we go, we´ve agreed on following settings and house rules: Full campaign 41-46 (the one where the IJN gets some advantages) Realism options: FOW ON Weather ON Allied damage control ON PDU ON historical first turn OFF Dec 7 surprise ON reliable USN torps OFF realistic R&D OFF no unit withdrawels OFF reinforcements VARIABLE +/- 60 days Game options: combat reports ON auto sub ops OFF TF move radius ON plane move radius ON facilities expand OFF auto upgrade ships and airgroups OFF air and ground replacements OFF turn cycle 1 TURN House rules: no new Allied TFs on turn 1 only one Japanese port strike cease fire in China until 1 Feb 42 no strategic bombing in China no Allied strategic bombing of occupied Allied territory at any time, Allied strategic bombing only allowed on Japanese held territory of 12/7/41 no Allied 4E bombers on naval attack below 10.000ft from 6/42 on. Valid for Army 4Es, not valid for USN heavy bombers at any time no moving out of Japanese troops from China or Kwangtung without paying PPs. Moving out units without paying PPs allowed if one (or both) theatre(s) have been knocked out completely (something that has to be agreed on if it happens as knocked out doesn´t necessarily mean that all bases have to be conquered), in this case, all garisson requirments have to be met though (not the 8000 av for the Kwangtung garisson but all BASE garisson requirments) as realistic R&D is turned OFF and I don´t exactly know how effectively it can really get, no overabuse of this function. Means not producing any aircraft earlier than 4 months of their normal arrival as it would be quite off to see Shidens or whatever super advanced ac a year earlier (or even earlier)

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/27/2009 2:58:54 PM)
This is a restricted Allied AAR so no Rainer79 beyond this point of the AAR!

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/27/2009 3:33:09 PM)
And here´s the first combat report. I know that many people (unlike me) prefer a summary of a couple of days/weeks on what happens in the game, I will nevertheless keep my style of AARs in posting annoted combat reports combined with screenshots as I see my AAR also always as some kind of testing the game, therefore seeing the actual happenings is better than to just give info on my "feelings" on what happens. Nevertheless, I try to delete as much from the crs as possible as a single cr is nearly three times as long as it has been in WITP. Here we go, the first turn. The Empire of Japan launches several surprise attacks and catches the Allied forces unprepared. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 68 B5N2 Kate x 144 D3A1 Val x 126 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed, 34 damaged D3A1 Val: 23 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY-5 Catalina: 4 destroyed on ground B-18A Bolo: 3 destroyed on ground P-36A Mohawk: 5 destroyed on ground B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground SBD-1 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground R3D-2: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships BB Maryland, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage AV Tangier, Torpedo hits 1, on fire BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DM Montgomery BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CL Helena, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage BB California, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage BB Nevada, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage BB Arizona, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CL Detroit, Bomb hits 1 SS Cachalot, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CA San Francisco SS Dolphin, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Schley, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CM Oglala, Torpedo hits 1, on fire SS Narwhal, Bomb hits 1 DD Phelps, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Raleigh, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Chew, Torpedo hits 1 xAKL Hirondelle, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Repair Shipyard hits 5 Airbase hits 42 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 118 Port hits 13 Port fuel hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x A6M2 Zero attacking from 100 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 17 x D3A1 Val diving from 10000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 27 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 15 x A6M2 Zero attacking from 100 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 25 x D3A1 Val diving from 10000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Port Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet 17 x D3A1 Val diving from 10000' Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 17 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Port Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet 17 x D3A1 Val diving from 10000' Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Port Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 25 x D3A1 Val diving from 10000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 14 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 25 x D3A1 Val diving from 10000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Port Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb our fleet at Pearl is hit hard, it was a devastating attack. When watching the replay I thought nearly none of my BBs would survive. This was one of the most effective attacks on Pearl Harbour I´ve suffered so far. 30 torpedo hits on my BBs. Losing three subs also hurts as I expect my subs to be the war winning factor in AE for the Allied. I guess subs in AE will be at least four times more effective than in WITP with the new features "patrol" and "react" and the less effective ASW. Haven´t seen mid-late war sub operations in PBEM yet though so who knows how it will really play out. Interesting is the fact that 14 Kates were wasted on City attack that knocked out a couple of points of my repair shipyard. Spending a couple of thousand supplies over the next week and everything will be fine though. Also a lot of Vals on port attack which in the end resulted in them not doing real damage as their bombs just bounced of the BBs´ armor. The 34 Vals more on airfield attack perhaps would have knocked out more of my aircraft, overall my aircraft losses aren´t bad. None of my fighters launched which in the end isn´t bad as they would have been shot out of the sky anyway. Watching the replay was nevertheless mega painful. None of my BBs sank outright during the replay though. 2 subs and a DD did... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wake Island , at 136,98 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 27 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb damn! In my AI test game the Nells went in to Wake also and they got slaughtered, therefore I was sure a PBEM player would stand them down and not do this unescorted attack and so I´ve set my Wildcats to nav attack 100ft to perhaps hit an expected incoming transport. This proved to be wrong as therefore no Cap was in the air and the Nells got a free run. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 G4M1 Betty x 27 Allied aircraft P-26A x 4 P-35A x 18 P-40B Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 1 destroyed P-35A: 2 destroyed P-40B Warhawk: 1 damaged P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 23 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb also the Philipines are attacked of course. The Zeroes were too good to be shot down but some of our fighters got through to the bombers taking some of them down. This was encouraging... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iba , at 78,75 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 42 G4M1 Betty x 27 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 53 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb also Iba was hit but this airfield was empty... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iba , at 78,75 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft P-35A x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-35A: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead then a sweep showed up, taking out some of our leaking Cap from Clark field... I hate leaking Cap... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 6 B5N1 Kate x 12 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb single CVL near Mindanao... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kota Bharu , at 51,75 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Ki-27b Nate x 52 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 140 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-27b Nate attacking from 100 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Heavy airstrike on Khota Baru which finds the airfield empty. The airfield is trashed and I have no doubt that this will be one of the Japanese targets for an amphibious landing. I won´t have a chance to move out the garrison but everywhere I will get the chance to evacuate my troops I will move them back to Singapore fortress... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iba , at 78,75 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27 Allied aircraft P-35A x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead Iba gets another visit of unescorted IJAAF light bombers. The flying trash called US fighter we put up wasn´t able to do anyhting... I won´t send a single replacement fighter or pilot to the Philipines, the ones there will fight and die... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,200 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 52 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 83 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 1200 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 31 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 1200 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb another unescorted strike but no fighters in the air to meet the bombers... note the low attack alt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-36 Ida x 27 Ki-44 Tojo x 6 Ki-51 Sonia x 24 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb 27 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb HongKong fortress also gets a visti... thos IJAAF "bombers" are even more crap than ours... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 17 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAP Hong Siang Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-43-Ia Oscar attacking from 100 feet no idea what this was... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 8 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 30 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 51 Aircraft Attacking: 30 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb I won´t defend any of the airfields in Malaya except Singapore... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 25 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 3 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 83 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet this strike was surprising to me. I first thought of moving the AVG to Rangoon immedietely but decided not to do so. Regretted it after the raid. But who knows, perhaps none of the fighters would have launched anyway due to "surprise" being on. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 18 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kota Bharu , at 51,75 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet * and the Zeroes would have made short process with the expected low numbers of my fighters on Cap... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 G4M1 Betty x 27 Allied aircraft P-26A x 3 P-35A x 6 P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 2 destroyed P-35A: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged P-40B Warhawk: 1 damaged P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 71 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 6th PS PAAC with P-26A (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead the P-26 and P-35 crap left aside we didn´t do bad in this engagement... probably because we were in a nice position above the incoming strike... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kota Bharu 6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Sendai DD Ayanami DD Uranami DD Isonami PB Tatsumiya Maru SC Ch 9 SC Ch 7 Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CL Sendai firing at 8th Indian Brigade DD Ayanami firing at 8th Indian Brigade DD Uranami firing at 8th Indian Brigade DD Isonami firing at 8th Indian Brigade PB Tatsumiya Maru firing at enemy troops SC Ch 9 firing at enemy troops SC Ch 7 firing at enemy troops DD Uranami firing at enemy troops DD Isonami firing at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft the first Japanese troops put their feet onto Malaya in the evening... no Allied aircraft were seen attacking the invasion convoys... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kota Bharu TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Kota Bharu, 51,75 Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 18 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad accidentally lost during unload of 12th Engr Rgt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Guam Japanese Ships DD Tachikaze DD Yamagumo PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Aso Maru #3 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) DD Tachikaze firing at Guam USN Base Force DD Yamagumo firing at Guam USN Base Force PB Nanpo Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru firing at enemy troops PB Aso Maru #3 firing at enemy troops DD Yamagumo firing at enemy troops Guam is also on the Japanese target list of day one... nothing we can do about it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Guam TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Guam, 106,95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Batan Island TF 96 troops unloading over beach at Batan Island, 85,70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3410 troops, 36 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 138 Defending force 4780 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 173 Assaulting units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade 3rd ISF Base Force Defending units: 56th Infantry Rgt /1 12th Engr Rgt /1 5th JAAF AF Coy /1 not that many IJAAF troops landed... will take some time until I will get used to the AE style of play as I´m still used to the numbers of WITP... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Laoag (81,72) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 253 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 9 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Laoag !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1 Not a single amphibious TF was spotted around the Philipines but Japanes paratroopers take Laoag, so I expect the first enemy ships to be arriving here tomorrow... what was also more than surprising to me was the fact that we didn´t get a single sub attack... [:(] the replay was over and it was time to look at the damage done by the agressors... didn´t look good: [image]local://upfiles/13774/51EEC166C7334E1E92E3640C71789922.jpg[/image] while watching torp hits on and on during the replay I was nevertheless shocked about the damage to my BBs. At this stage I was sure I would lose at least half a dozen BBs from today´s attack and another one tomorrow would sink the remaining two also. A disaster!

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/27/2009 3:40:30 PM)
Like I´ve said, the aircraft losses were surprisingly "low" for us. Especially the number of Allied ac destroyed at Pearl Harbour is more or less non existant. Hit rate on the airfield was superb but this didn´t result in the expected killed ac on the ground. Many many ac damaged but not destroyed. This is inline what many other players have reported also so I can only confirm that the ac losses at Pearl Harbour should be significantly higher. Instead of nearly losing 200 aircraft I´ve only lost some 30 at Pearl. Good for me, but not really a good result the game IMO. [&:] With fighters in the air we would have lost more ac though. [image]local://upfiles/13774/FF6C81618B9A48B191D46218A2863108.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/27/2009 4:20:03 PM)
day two of the war, needless to say it doesn´t really get better... [;)] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Sendai DD Ayanami DD Isonami PB Tatsumiya Maru SC Ch 9 SC Ch 7 CL Sendai firing at 8th Indian Brigade DD Ayanami firing at 8th Indian Brigade DD Isonami firing at 8th Indian Brigade PB Tatsumiya Maru firing at enemy troops SC Ch 9 firing at enemy troops SC Ch 7 firing at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft hoped to see one of my subs intervene with Khota Baru´s invasion but no... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Guam Japanese Ships PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Aso Maru #3 PB Nanpo Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru firing at enemy troops PB Aso Maru #3 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 250 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77) Allied Ships AM Tanager, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AM Bittern AM Finch AO Pecos, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 12 mines cleared the not really surprising sub laid mines at Bataan find their first victimes... Tanager sinks and AO is lost also (not because it sunk but it returned to Manila and has no chance to escape)... I don´t expect any ships being able to flee from Manila except the subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Tandjoengpinang at 50,85 Japanese Ships SS I-121 Allied Ships AMC Manoora, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SS I-121 is sighted by AMC Manoora SS I-121 launches 4 torpedoes at AMC Manoora first sub attack of the war... a Japanese one... [:(] the AMC is dead... Guess I-121 is on minelaying mission too. Is it still valid from WITP that I-120 - I-124 are the IJN subminelayers? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Tandjoengpinang at 50,85 Japanese Ships SS I-122 Allied Ships xAK Silverbeech, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SS I-122 is sighted by xAK Silverbeech SS I-122 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Silverbeech I-121 and I122 operate in the same area... guess they will mine the entrance to Singapore... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Dinagat at 81,87, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Myoko CA Haguro DD Kuroshio DD Oyashio Allied Ships xAKL Kanlaon II, Shell hits 12, and is sunk xAKL Latouche, Shell hits 14, and is sunk Reduced visibility due to Rain with 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 85% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 6,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Oyashio engages xAKL Latouche at 4,000 yards DD Oyashio engages xAKL Latouche at 4,000 yards DD Kuroshio engages xAKL Latouche at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Oyashio engages xAKL Latouche at 2,000 yards xAKL Kanlaon II sunk by CA Myoko at 2,000 yards xAKL Latouche sunk by DD Oyashio at 2,000 yards xAKL Latouche sunk by DD Oyashio at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... the new feature of TFs reacting hundreds of miles to engage the enemy (however those TFs get spotted) will make it more or less impossible to see something escape out of the Philipines... a couple of cruisers and a dozen DDs can effectively close down everything around the Philipinese... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Takao at 82,65, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships TB Chidori, Shell hits 4, heavy fires TB Manazuru, Shell hits 2, on fire TB Hatsukari TB Tomozuru, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships DD Scout DD Thanet DD Thracian Poor visibility due to Rain with 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 85% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 6,000 yards TB Tomozuru launches Torpedoes at DD Thanet at 6,000 yards Task forces break off... It was an endlessly long surface engagement (deleted the rest) without much of an outcome. My DDs from Hong Kong tried to surprise some enemy transports but we haven´t been really succesful... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lihue at 177,102 Japanese Ships CA Tone DD Akigumo DD Kasumi DD Arare DD Tanikaze DD Hamakaze Allied Ships SS Thresher SS Thresher is sighted by escort DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hamakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hamakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub first appearance of one of our subs... wrong way around though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75 Japanese Ships CL Jintsu DD Oshio DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki DD Arashio Allied Ships SS KXI, hits 4 SS KXI is sighted by escort DD Hibiki attacking submerged sub .... DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Arashio fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hibiki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub KXI sneaks into the invasion area but is driven off... heading back to Colombo for repairs already... sub war is starting encouraging isn´t it? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Lahaina at 188,105 Japanese Ships SS I-19 Allied Ships AVD McFarland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SS I-19 launches 6 torpedoes I-19 diving deep .... Sub escapes detection the enemy subs are doing far better... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75 Japanese Ships DD Asashio CL Jintsu DD Oshio DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki DD Arashio Allied Ships SS KXI SS KXI launches 2 torpedoes at DD Asashio KXI bottoming out .... DD Hibiki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub thank god ASW was toned down in AE as this means my subs at least survive most engagements with enemy surface forces... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Makin TF 15 troops unloading over beach at Makin, 136,125 Makin invaded on day 2 of the war... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Dadjangas at 80,94, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo CA Nachi DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze Allied Ships AVD William B. Preston, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Reduced visibility due to Rain Maximum visibility in Rain: 15,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards Jameson A. crosses the 'T' AVD William B. Preston engages CVL Ryujo at 7,000 yards DD Amatsukaze engages AVD William B. Preston at 7,000 yards DD Hayashio engages AVD William B. Preston at 7,000 yards Jameson A. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 6,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards DD Hayashio engages AVD William B. Preston at 11,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages AVD William B. Preston at 11,000 yards Range increases to 16,000 yards AVD William B. Preston sunk by CVL Ryujo at 16,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... enemy carrier TF shoots ub our AVD... [:(] that´s why carriers have guns... Preston was shot up and then finished by Ryujo... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Hengchun at 81,68, Range 14,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Naka DD Natsugumo DD Minegumo DD Asagumo DD Murasame DD Harusame DD Yudachi DD Samidare Allied Ships DD Scout, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Thanet, Shell hits 1 DD Thracian, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage one of those reaction engagements during the day... impossible to sneak up somewhere... two DDs down, one tries to flee... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Hong Kong at 75,66, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships xAKL Kanchow, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 18,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence xAKL Kanchow sunk by DD Nenohi at 18,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... some here, one engagement after another after the enemy DDs reacting a couple of hexes into our TFs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Hong Kong at 75,66, Range 20,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships xAKL Halldor Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards Allied TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 20,000 yards... Allied Cargo TF evades combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Hong Kong at 75,66, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships xAK Fatshan, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 18,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence DD Wakaba launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Fatshan at 18,000 yards xAK Fatshan sunk by DD Hatsushima at 18,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Hong Kong at 75,66, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships xAK Hanyang, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 18,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 18,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence xAK Hanyang sunk by DD Wakaba at 18,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... every ship is engaged... that´s not really right, especially as they were all different TFs going to different targets... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Hong Kong at 75,66, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships xAK Bennevis, Shell hits 40, and is sunk xAK Hinsang, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Munlock, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAK Hai Lee, Shell hits 22, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 18,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence DD Wakaba fires at xAK Hai Lee at 18,000 yards DD Hatsushima launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Hai Lee at 18,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... the DDs then start another attack in the same hex with a surprise long lance attack... nothing survives... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75 Japanese Ships xAK Hokusho Maru, Torpedo hits 1 Allied Ships SS KXII Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled xAK Hokusho Maru is sighted by SS KXII SS KXII launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Hokusho Maru first succesful Allied sub attack of the war... [&o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Hong Kong at 75,66, Range 20,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships xAKL Chengtu, Shell hits 41, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards and the last one is killed too... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75 Japanese Ships xAK Asakasan Maru DD Uranami DMS W-3 DD Ayanami DD Shikinami PB Tatsumiya Maru Allied Ships SS KXII, hits 9 SS KXII launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Asakasan Maru DD Ayanami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shikinami attacking submerged sub .... DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shikinami attacking submerged sub .... DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub this sub is out of action but not sinking... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 27 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 20000 feet empty airfield... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tablas at 79,81 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 14 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Allied Ships xAKL Princess of Negros, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Paz xAKL Palawan xAKL Sagoland Aircraft Attacking: 14 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo combined with the surface combat TFs around the Philipines and Betties on nav attack, I could also scuttle my ships in port... it will be painful... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manila at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 Allied aircraft P-26A x 6 P-35A x 6 P-40B Warhawk x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 45 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed lots of unimportant strikes on empty fields in Malaya and then this happened.. nice to watch, not one bomber survived... 6 high exp IJN bomber crews less... BANZAI... ähhm, I mean HURREY! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tablas at 79,81 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Allied Ships xAKL Palawan Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 7 bombers missing this slow AKL? pure luck... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Vigan TF 128 troops unloading over beach at Vigan, 80,73 10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 30th JNAF AF Unit /2 there we go... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Guam (106,95) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1488 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 756 troops, 0 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Japanese adjusted assault: 25 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Guam !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 91 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 817 casualties reported Squads: 20 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 110 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 46 (46 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: Sasebo 1st SNLF Defending units: Guam USN Base Force Guam falls on day two of the war... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batan Island (85,70) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 696 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 6 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Batan Island !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: 24th JAAF AF Bn also Bataan Island is invaded... non important place... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3382 troops, 36 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 134 Defending force 6434 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 192 Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade 3rd ISF Base Force Defending units: 12th Engineer Regiment 56th Infantry Rgt /1 41st JAAF AF Bn /1 5th JAAF AF Coy 91st JAAF AF Bn /1 our guns open fire on the beachhead... devastating effect to the enemy... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Makin (136,125) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1463 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 58 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 58 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Makin !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 51st Nav Gd /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 3707 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 192 Defending force 3768 troops, 40 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 134 Japanese adjusted assault: 94 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kota Bharu !!! Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1909 casualties reported Squads: 65 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 113 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 37 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 12th Engineer Regiment 56th Infantry Rgt /1 5th JAAF AF Coy 41st JAAF AF Bn /1 91st JAAF AF Bn /1 Defending units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade 3rd ISF Base Force not good, had hoped to at least fend off one attack... Floatation watch! After the devastating attack yesterday I was sure that half a dozen BBs would go down. Rainer must have had the same oppinion as he stated that he was very pleased with the outcome (not surprising [:D]) and therefore he didn´t order KB to do a second attack today. Perhaps the low number of Allied ac at Pearl made him think about my possible Cap too. Anyway, KB left and I took a look at the BBs. And was SURPRISED again! [image]local://upfiles/13774/9CCEA10051294C70BE095BF419ADA62A.jpg[/image] The BBs that were sent to the shipyards as well as those that were stood down pierside yesterday have dramatically reduced their floatation damage. Only Oklahoma couldn´t be sent to pierside or shipyard due to have been still on fire. Oklahoma will be stood down today and as it looks now, I don´t expect to lose a lot of BBs! If we are lucky with Oklahoma too, then this would mean we wouldn´t lose a SINGLE BB. WOW! Double WOW! Ships being stood down are more or less unsinkable in a big port it seems if they aren´t sunk immedietely. Though I won´t be able to move those BBs out for over a year I guess as I´ve heard that moving ships with major floatation damage is suicide and major flt damage won´t be repaired at pierside. This means I will have to first wait nearly a year to get three BBs flt damage repaired (in shipyard) and then start to work on the others. But hey, still better than to lose them.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/27/2009 5:56:44 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships CA Ashigara DD Matsukaze Allied Ships SS Seadragon, hits 2 SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at CA Ashigara DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub hit but no explosion, in return Seadragon takes 2 near misses that don´t do any damage... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tandjoengpinang at 50,85 Japanese Ships SS I-156 Allied Ships AMC Manoora, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage SS I-156 launches 8 torpedoes one of the subs that have a wrong torp tube number in the database kills an AMC. This sub should have 6 forward tubes, not 8. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships DD Matsukaze Allied Ships SS S-41 SS S-41 is sighted by escort DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub not lucky with subs that carry working torps yet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Aparri at 83,72 Japanese Ships xAK Tenzan Maru xAK Siraha Maru xAK Takaoka Maru xAK Kosei Maru xAK Sydney Maru PB Choun Maru #18 Allied Ships SS S-39, hits 1 SS S-39 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tenzan Maru S-39 bottoming out .... PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Choun Maru #18 loses contact with SS S-39 Escort abandons search for sub boy, torps failed to detonate... [&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Aparri TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Aparri, 82,73 Japanese ground losses: 109 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of Tanaka Det 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of Tanaka Det 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 40th JAAF AF Bn /2 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of Tanaka Det /2 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 28th JAAF AF Bn /3 10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 28th JAAF AF Bn at least some squads are lost from accidents... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Muntok at 50,89 Japanese Ships SS I-153 Allied Ships TK Iris, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Iris is sighted by SS I-153 SS I-153 attacking on the surface one of our precious TK is sunk... will be happy about every single TK that will make it out of the SRA... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Muntok at 51,89 Japanese Ships SS I-166 Allied Ships TK Manvantara TK Manvantara is sighted by SS I-166 SS I-166 launches 2 torpedoes at TK Manvantara at least those two torps miss... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Toboali at 51,94 Japanese Ships SS I-154 Allied Ships xAP Hong Kheng, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage xAP Hong Kheng is sighted by SS I-154 SS I-154 launches 8 torpedoes at xAP Hong Kheng next attack with 8 torps instead of 6. xAP sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 70,75 Japanese Ships xAK Syoka Maru PB Heiei Maru #7 Allied Ships SS Sargo SS Sargo is sighted by escort PB Heiei Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub while enemy ASW forces aren´t sinking my subs (yet), they effectively keep them from attacking... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Zamboanga at 75,87, Range 21,000 Yards Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo CA Nachi DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze Allied Ships xAKL Luzon xAKL Magallanes Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards Both Task Forces evade combat the transport gets away... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Zamboanga at 75,87, Range 22,000 Yards Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo CA Nachi DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze Allied Ships AM Bittern AO Trinity Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards Both Task Forces evade combat also these two vessels that scared away the enemy CV TF... [8D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Zamboanga at 75,87, Range 23,000 Yards Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo CA Nachi DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze Allied Ships AV Langley xAK Si Kiang xAP Neptuna Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards Both Task Forces evade combat more of the same... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships xAK Okiyu Maru xAK Siraha Maru xAK Tenzan Maru xAK Takaoka Maru xAK Kosei Maru xAK Sydney Maru PB Choun Maru #18 Allied Ships SS Porpoise SS Porpoise launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Okiyu Maru PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub torps missed... oh well, they wouldn´t explode anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Muntok at 52,90 Japanese Ships SS I-153 Allied Ships CMc Pro Patria, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CMc Pro Patria is sighted by SS I-153 SS I-153 launches 8 torpedoes more of those attacks with a wrong torp tube number... all subs of the KD-3 class in game have a wrong torp tube number, 8 subs have 8 tubes instead of 6. This could be a massive problem if those big spreads are being shot at one of my capitol ships... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft P-26A x 3 P-35A x 2 P-40B Warhawk x 5 P-40E Warhawk x 13 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 6th PS PAAC with P-26A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes great result... I have the feeling that the AE airwar will develop in a "who can go higher airwar" over the course of the campaign as this is also what I´ve seen in other AARs too. Our fighters have a slight chance to do some damage if they dive on the enemy, if they are on the same alt they have no chance and if they are bounced they get slaughtered... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 27 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead unfortunately Rainer knows how to knock out my airforce in the Philipinese. Sweeps are the way to go and the results are catastrophic for us... two or three days of sweeps and we won´t have any fighters left, without having done much damage... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Allied aircraft P-35A x 1 P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-35A: 1 destroyed P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes sweep after sweep reduces our fighters... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Manila at 79,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 12 Allied aircraft P-26A x 3 P-35A x 3 P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied Ships xAK Capillo xAK Tantalus xAK Ethel Edwards, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo then we get a shot at some bombers and take a good number of them down this turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 Allied aircraft P-26A x 1 P-35A x 1 P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 1 destroyed P-35A: 1 destroyed P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 6th PS PAAC with P-26A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes kill rates of 4:1 or even better for the Zeroes is really bad... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 102nd RN Base Force, at 77,61 (Hong Kong) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-36 Ida x 21 Ki-44 Tojo x 6 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 Ki-51 Sonia x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 3 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb 21 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... Also attacking 102nd RN Base Force ... will be interesting how long Hong Kong will hold... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 51,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 114 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Tavoy is empty, no sense attacking it... no attack on Singapore yet, which is quite surprising to me... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Dumaguete at 76,86 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 6 B5N1 Kate x 11 Japanese aircraft losses B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships AVD Childs TK Mindanao AM Whippoorwill, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo Ryujo will be a pain around Mindanao... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manila at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 6 Allied aircraft P-26A x 3 P-35A x 2 P-40B Warhawk x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAK Tantalus, Torpedo hits 1 xAK Capillo, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 9 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo leaking Cap, this time it helped us, I nevertheless don´t like it... every high experienced Betty crew that is shot down is a step into the right direction... other than shooting up unescorted raids we don´t have much of a chance... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iba at 77,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships MTB 11 MTB 12 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo had those MTBs from HongKong included in a transport TF to move them to the Philipinese, that´s why they are attacked by Betties... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dumaguete at 76,86 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 6 B5N1 Kate x 11 Japanese aircraft losses B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships AVD Childs TK Gertrude Kellogg xAP President Madison, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo wonder how many ships Ryujo will kill with it´s dozen Kates... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iba at 77,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 4 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied Ships MTB 12 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead another Betty dies... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 6 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: No.243 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Raid is overhead No.243 Sqn RAF Det with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes No.453 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (3 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes first sweep on Singapore with the expected result... no sense having all my pilots being killed here, Singapore will be evacuated... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships CL Kuma DD Matsukaze Allied Ships SS Swordfish, hits 2 SS Swordfish launches 4 torpedoes at CL Kuma DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub two near misses, nothing dramatic... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Toboali at 51,91 Japanese Ships SS I-158 Allied Ships CM Kung Wo, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SS I-158 launches 8 torpedoes Sub escapes detection only 8 subs around with the wrong tube number but they kill ship after ship... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vigan at 80,73 Japanese Ships xAK Hawaii Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SC Ch 12 SC Ch 4 DMS W-10 xAK Oigawa Maru xAK Takao Maru PB Kyo Maru #13 PB Kyo Maru #12 SC Ch 18 SC Ch 17 Allied Ships SS KXIV Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS KXIV launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Hawaii Maru PB Kyo Maru #13 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 18 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kyo Maru #13 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub occasionally we strike back... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Toboali at 51,91 Japanese Ships SS I-158 Allied Ships CM Kung Wo, Torpedo hits 4, heavy damage CM Kung Wo is sighted by SS I-158 SS I-158 launches 8 torpedoes and another 8 torp salvo... hard to miss with 8 torps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Vigan TF 88 troops unloading over beach at Vigan, 80,73 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Aparri TF 118 troops unloading over beach at Aparri, 82,73 Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) 18 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad lost in surf during unload of 3rd Ind. Engr Rgt 10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 3rd Ind. Engr Rgt 8 Engineers lost in surf during unload of 3rd Engineer Const Bn 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 3rd Ind. Engr Rgt /2 Motorized Support damaged beyond repair during unload of 14th Army 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 14th Army Motorized Support dropped into water during unload of 14th Army /2 Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 14th Army /3 7.7mm T99 AAMG lost in surf during unload of 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2028 troops, 153 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 633 Defending force 6583 troops, 132 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 226 Allied ground losses: 72 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 38th Division 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 66th Infantry Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 5th RF Gun Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Hong Kong Fortress 1st Middlesex Battalion Rifles of Canada Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force the Japanese arrived at Hong Kong... and the air losses of this turn... Zero losses look good for but those are not shot down over our bases, probably a lot of FOW and if correct than most pilots will have survived. Performance of our fighters vs the Zero sweeps was absolutely pathetic, direct kill rate during the engagements must be somewhere between 4 and 5:1... [:(] [image]local://upfiles/13774/AF60A4BC7849469FAA43624A0B366DCB.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/27/2009 6:01:08 PM)
Pearl Harbour floatation watch. It´s really surprising and one of the new features that is absolutely amazing to me. All BBs are reducing their flt damage and it now seems I won´t lose a single one. Minor flt damage is pumped out in no time, it will take forever to repari the major flt damage. The question now is if I should risk it in a couple of weeks to move my BBs, but at the moment I think I won´t move them out as long as they have more than 5 major flt damage. It will take over a year to reach that for the first halve of my BBs though, so in fact most of them are out of the war for the next 12 months. But losing none is a wet dream of course, especially if you don´t lose Manila´s subs neither. As I´ve done in WITP quite often, I will even more tend to do a Manila attack with KB in AE when playing the Japanese. [image]local://upfiles/13774/32EFB5B3D4274CC9AE0AD47E03F7E4BA.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/27/2009 7:14:47 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 10, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Billiton at 52,92 Japanese Ships SS I-156 Allied Ships TK Semiramis, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Semiramis is sighted by SS I-156 SS I-156 launches 8 torpedoes at TK Semiramis we keep on losing ships to the subs with the (wrong) 8 torp tubes... grrr... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships DD Asakaze CL Kuma DD Matsukaze Allied Ships SS Seawolf SS Seawolf launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asakaze Seawolf bottoming out .... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub ploink but not boom... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Zamboanga at 75,88, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo CA Nachi DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze Allied Ships AV Langley xAK Si Kiang xAP Neptuna Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 57% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range increases to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards Both TF attempt to withdraw! Range increases to 12,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat more of the same that was happening yesterday is happening tonight also... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships PB Kyo Maru #13 SC Ch 10 DMS W-17 xAK Oigawa Maru xAK Hawaii Maru, heavy damage PB Kyo Maru #12 SC Ch 18 SC Ch 17 Allied Ships SS Salmon, hits 8 SS Salmon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Kyo Maru #13 Salmon bottoming out .... PB Kyo Maru #13 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Kyo Maru #12 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 18 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 17 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub torps fired at an escort missed and Salmon is hit hard in return... will have to retire... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 270 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Allied Ships AM Toowoomba AM Ballarat 6 mines cleared now it´s obvious where the two IJN subs laid their mines... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 83,72 Japanese Ships PB Seki Maru #3 Allied Ships SS Seadragon SS Seadragon is sighted by escort PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near San Fernando at 77,69, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Naka DD Natsugumo DD Minegumo DD Asagumo DD Murasame DD Harusame DD Yudachi DD Samidare Allied Ships xAKL Joan Moller, Shell hits 18, and is sunk Low visibility due to Rain with 57% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 57% moonlight: 1,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... more Allied SC TFs react to shoot up my fleeing ships... reaction feature is too effective IMO... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Siquijor at 77,87, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Myoko CA Haguro DD Kuroshio DD Oyashio Allied Ships xAKL Don Jose, Shell hits 12, and is sunk xAKL Sagoland, Shell hits 16, and is sunk xAKL Paz, Shell hits 3, and is sunk Low visibility due to Rain with 57% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 57% moonlight: 1,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... more of the same... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Puerto Princesa at 70,78 Japanese Ships AMc Toroshima Maru xAKL Ryoyu Maru #21 PB Heiei Maru #7 Allied Ships SS Stingray SS Stingray is sighted by escort Stingray diving deep .... PB Heiei Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub sub is prevented from attacking again... it pays off to have escorts in your TFs and if it´s just a single one... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Jolo at 74,89, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Myoko CA Haguro, Shell hits 1 DD Kuroshio DD Oyashio Allied Ships PG Isabel, Shell hits 16, and is sunk PG Asheville, Shell hits 3, and is sunk PG Tulsa, Shell hits 7, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 57% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards PG Asheville sunk by CA Haguro at 7,000 yards CA Haguro engages PG Isabel at 7,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CA Haguro engages PG Tulsa at 4,000 yards CA Haguro engages PG Isabel at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CA Haguro engages PG Tulsa at 2,000 yards PG Isabel sunk by CA Haguro at 2,000 yards CA Haguro engages PG Tulsa at 2,000 yards DD Oyashio engages PG Tulsa at 2,000 yards Edmonds R. orders Allied TF to disengage PG Tulsa sunk by CA Haguro at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... another reaction... wonder how my ships are spotted magically all the time during the night, but the same goes for Japanese TFs that then are target of my reacting subs... too effective... one more problem with the reaction feature is that you can end up having a dozen of your subs suddenly somewhere in an enemy port having reacted there alltogether, even though they had completely different patrol zones. Another thing I don´t like is when subs start reacting BEFORE they reach their patrol zone. Contraproductive too and only increasing micromanagement once again as you first have to get your subs somewhere and then set them to react. Forgetting to do this for many of your subs is set by default... same goes for your ground troops that don´t revert to combat automatically when they reached their destination. You just can´t remember everything but the developers obviously expect you to not forget anything... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Vigan at 80,73 Japanese Ships CL Naka DD Asagumo DD Minegumo DD Samidare DD Yudachi DD Harusame Allied Ships SS Swordfish, hits 5, heavy damage SS Swordfish is sighted by escort DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yudachi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Samidare fails to find sub and abandons search DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harusame attacking submerged sub .... DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Swordfish is nearly dead... lying crippled in the waters 250 miles West of Bataan... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships PB Akitsui Maru Allied Ships SS Shark SS Shark is sighted by escort PB Akitsui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub no success again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Toboali at 51,93 Japanese Ships SS I-155 Allied Ships TK Strix, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Strix is sighted by SS I-155 SS I-155 launches 8 torpedoes at TK Strix the 8 torp super subs score of course... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships xAKL Gyokurei Maru xAKL Buyo Maru Allied Ships SS Shark SS Shark is sighted by escort Shark bottoming out .... Sub escapes detection our subs have to improve their performance... Rainer can´t complain so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships PB Seikai Maru Allied Ships SS Shark, hits 2 SS Shark is sighted by escort Shark bottoming out .... PB Seikai Maru attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub escort victorious once more... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships PB Akitsui Maru Allied Ships SS Shark SS Shark is sighted by escort PB Akitsui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub and another try... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships PB Rokko Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Shark SS Shark is sighted by escort PB Rokko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub how many times more? Hopefully this is good training for my sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Miri Japanese Ships TB Kasasagi APD Aoi Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) TB Kasasagi firing at enemy troops APD Aoi firing at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Miri TF 105 troops unloading over beach at Miri, 64,87 Miri invaded... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kavieng Japanese Ships xAKL Kaijo Maru #2 xAKL Tateyama Maru xAKL Kaijo Maru #2 firing at enemy troops xAKL Tateyama Maru firing at enemy troops xAKL Kaijo Maru #2 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kavieng TF 111 troops unloading over beach at Kavieng, 106,122 enenmy already landing near Rabaul... not really happy about the fast paced enemy advance... we´re only four days into the war... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Brunei 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Brunei TF 135 troops unloading over beach at Brunei, 65,87 Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of I/81st Nav Gd 17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of I/81st Nav Gd Brunei will fall also tomorrow... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS Searaven SS Searaven is sighted by escort Searaven bottoming out .... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub more ASW action... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kavieng Japanese Ships xAKL Kaijo Maru #2 xAKL Tateyama Maru xAKL Kaijo Maru #2 firing at enemy troops xAKL Tateyama Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Brunei Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 270 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Allied Ships AM Toowoomba AM Ballarat 15 mines cleared one or two turns more and there shouldn´t be any more mines left but we also don´t have any TFs going to or out of Singapore... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 79,69, Range 9,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hasu DD Tsuga DD Karii DD Yanagi Allied Ships xAKL Soochow, Shell hits 17, and is sunk Poor visibility due to Rain Maximum visibility in Rain: 10,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... SC TFs react hundreds of miles around to attack magically spotted TFs then engage them at visibilities that aren´t really that great... wonder how this really works, in any case it´s too effective... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Jolo at 73,93, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo CA Nachi DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze Allied Ships DD Thanet Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range increases to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range increases to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range increases to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards Both TF attempt to withdraw! Range increases to 26,000 yards... CA Nachi engages DD Thanet at 26,000 yards CA Nachi engages DD Thanet at 26,000 yards Task forces break off... Thanet escapes again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Hengchun at 83,68 Japanese Ships xAK Enzyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Seawolf xAK Enzyu Maru is sighted by SS Seawolf SS Seawolf launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Enzyu Maru exploding MK14 should score a kill... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,71 Japanese Ships xAK Aki Maru PB Akitsui Maru Allied Ships SS Swordfish, heavy damage SS Swordfish is sighted by escort Swordfish diving deep .... PB Akitsui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub heavily damaged Swordfish still diving deep... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 26 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,91 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AM Quail TK Gertrude Kellogg Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb mega long range attack, guess those Betties came from Palau... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 30 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 30 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 61 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb those air attacks in Malaya is something I don´t care at all... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Siargao at 86,88 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Escalante R, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Elcano xAKL Dos Hermanos Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Escalante R another ship sent to the bottom... a very intense day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tandjoengselor at 68,95 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N1 Kate x 7 Japanese aircraft losses B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships AVP Valk, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk TK British Sailor, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo what about this hit rate? CVL Ryujo couldn´t be much more dangerous... [:(] single hit each would have been enough also to kill both ships... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: No.243 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 1 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes No.453 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes still had some flying coffins in the air and pay the price... will have to wait for the Hurricanes... great thing, will get a dozen a month... I still wonder how the Allied were able to win the war in real life as the aircraft you get until late 44 are at best only a third of what you would need... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 17 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: No.453 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes we can only hope for op losses due to thunderstorms and extended Zero range but this hope is pathetic too... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong Fortress, at 77,61 (Hong Kong) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet no need sweeping Hong Kong, none of my aircraft left... I´m on full Sir Robin, something I haven´t been doing to that extend in WITP... but in AE I can´t see any other chance... [&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * there are about 70-80 Zeroes that can operate against the Philipines and another one or two daitais ready to operate against Malaya it seems. Haven´t looked at the Japanese side yet so I´m only talking from my impression (also don´t take notes...) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Iba , at 78,75 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong Fortress, at 77,61 (Hong Kong) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-36 Ida x 15 Ki-51 Sonia x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Ki-51 Sonia: 7 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 102nd RN Base Force ... Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong Fortress, at 77,61 (Hong Kong) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44 Tojo x 6 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sangi at 76,95 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 6 B5N1 Kate x 11 Japanese aircraft losses B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships AV Langley, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Neptuna, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AV Langley Ryujo runs out of torps but the bomb runs are effective enough... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Hengchun at 83,68 Japanese Ships xAK Enzyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Shark Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) xAK Enzyu Maru is sighted by SS Shark SS Shark launches 4 torpedoes Shark hits a merchant... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Calayan at 82,71 Japanese Ships TB Hatsukari xAK Tyoko Maru Allied Ships SS Pike SS Pike launches 4 torpedoes at TB Hatsukari Pike diving deep .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hengchun at 83,67 Japanese Ships TB Kamo Allied Ships SS Seawolf SS Seawolf launches 4 torpedoes at TB Kamo Sub escapes detection too many misses, too many escorts, too many duds... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Miri Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships TB Kasasagi APD Aoi TB Kasasagi firing at enemy troops APD Aoi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Brunei Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 21448 troops, 321 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 640 Defending force 6506 troops, 131 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 221 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 516 Allied adjusted defense: 357 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 316 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 405 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 55 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled) Assaulting units: 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 66th Infantry Regiment 38th Division 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Hong Kong Fortress Rifles of Canada Battalion 1st Middlesex Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force Hong Kong holds... have lost HK to the first attack against the AI... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Aparri (82,73) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3204 troops, 69 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 142 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 72 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 72 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Aparri !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment Tanaka Detachment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 56th Const Co 14th JAAF AF Bn 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 9th Field AF Construction Battalion 40th JAAF AF Bn 28th JAAF AF Bn 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Army /1 will be interesting what Rainer commits to take out the Philipinese and how fast he wants it to end... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Vigan (80,73) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2039 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 25 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Vigan !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: Kanno Detachment 30th JNAF AF Unit Pearl Harbour floatation watch... ships being safe! [:D] Will the KB return? Probably not as I guess Rainer will have at least 5 or 6 BBs showing up in his ships sunk list and will surely think this is more or less accurate due to the many hits reported on Dec 7. [:)] Even if KB returns, there would be 100+ fighters ready to meet the IJN flyboys. [image]local://upfiles/13774/27759749CD074C7680FBCF77FF5CF8FF.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/28/2009 1:51:40 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 11, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Miri Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships TB Kasasagi APD Aoi TB Kasasagi firing at enemy troops APD Aoi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Brunei Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops Northern Borneo will soon be in Japanese hands. Wonder when the first TFs will show up in Southern Borneo... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 270 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Allied Ships AM Toowoomba AM Ballarat 20 mines cleared soon there won´t be any sub laid mines left... and they haven´t done any damage as they were laid too late to catch my fleeing shipping anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 83,72 Allied Ships SS S-39 SS S-39 is sighted by escort Escort abandons search for sub ghost ASW or what? My S-class subs have been pretty useless so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 83,72 Japanese Ships TB Hatsukari Allied Ships SS Perch SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes at TB Hatsukari Perch bottoming out .... Escort abandons search for sub no boom as usual... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Samah at 69,64 Japanese Ships TB Otori Allied Ships SS Sturgeon SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at TB Otori Sub escapes detection same here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Patani at 52,72 Japanese Ships xAK Taibun Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage Allied Ships SS O19 Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled xAK Taibun Maru is sighted by SS O19 SS O19 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Taibun Maru at least some of my subs score... two hits are definetely enough to finish a Japanese transport... and every ship counts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships DD Satsuki DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS Permit, hits 1 SS Permit launches 4 torpedoes at DD Satsuki Permit bottoming out .... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatakaze attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub it seems we still hit eneny escorts at a very high rate (considering it should have been toned down in the latest patch), problem is that we miss the boom and only get ploinks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Miri at 64,86 Japanese Ships xAKL Hachirogata Maru Allied Ships SS Seal xAKL Hachirogata Maru is sighted by SS Seal SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Hachirogata Maru and sometimes we miss... [>:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS Searaven SS Searaven is sighted by escort Searaven bottoming out .... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub heavy sub action today but without real results... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 81,72, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships PC Kaki PC Sumire xAK Mito Maru xAK Tarayasu Maru xAKL Buyo Maru xAKL Kamishima Maru xAKL Keizan Maru xAKL Taiyo Maru xAKL Suez Maru xAKL Gyokurei Maru xAKL Tientsin Maru xAKL Shun Yuan xAP Kokuryu Maru Allied Ships MTB 11 MTB 12 MTB 26, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB 27, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching! Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 46% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 46% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards PC Sumire engages MTB 26 at 2,000 yards MTB 11 engages xAK Tarayasu Maru at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards xAP Kokuryu Maru , xAK Tarayasu Maru screened from combat PC Sumire engages MTB 27 at 3,000 yards MTB 27 sunk by PC Kaki at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards xAP Kokuryu Maru , xAK Tarayasu Maru , xAK Mito Maru screened from combat PC Sumire engages MTB 26 at 2,000 yards PC Kaki engages MTB 26 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards PC Sumire engages MTB 26 at 3,000 yards PC Sumire engages MTB 12 at 3,000 yards MTB 26 engages xAKL Keizan Maru at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards xAP Kokuryu Maru screened from combat MTB 26 engages PC Sumire at 2,000 yards MTB 26 engages PC Kaki at 2,000 yards MTB 26 engages xAK Tarayasu Maru at 2,000 yards xAP Kokuryu Maru , xAK Tarayasu Maru , xAK Mito Maru , xAKL Shun Yuan , xAKL Tientsin Maru screened from combat - escorted by PC Sumire PC Kaki engages MTB 26 at 2,000 yards PC Sumire engages MTB 26 at 2,000 yards MTB 26 engages xAP Kokuryu Maru at 2,000 yards xAP Kokuryu Maru , xAK Tarayasu Maru , xAK Mito Maru , xAKL Shun Yuan screened from combat - escorted by PC Sumire PC Kaki engages MTB 26 at 2,000 yards MTB 26 engages xAKL Tientsin Maru at 2,000 yards MTB 11 engages PC Sumire at 2,000 yards xAP Kokuryu Maru screened from combat MTB 26 engages PC Sumire at 2,000 yards MTB 26 sunk by PC Kaki at 2,000 yards xAP Kokuryu Maru , xAK Tarayasu Maru , xAK Mito Maru , xAKL Shun Yuan , xAKL Tientsin Maru , xAKL Gyokurei Maru , xAKL Suez Maru , xAKL Taiyo Maru , xAKL Keizan Maru screened from combat PC Kaki engages MTB 11 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards xAP Kokuryu Maru screened from combat PC Sumire engages MTB 11 at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards xAP Kokuryu Maru , xAK Tarayasu Maru , xAK Mito Maru , xAKL Shun Yuan , xAKL Tientsin Maru , xAKL Gyokurei Maru screened from combat - escorted by PC Sumire MTB 12 engages PC Kaki at 2,000 yards MTB 12 engages xAKL Suez Maru at 2,000 yards Task forces break off... expected to achieve something here but all that happens is we lose two of our British PTs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 81,72, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Maya CA Ashigara CL Kuma DD Asakaze DD Matsukaze Allied Ships MTB 7 MTB 8, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB 9 MTB 10 Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 46% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 46% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards CA Ashigara engages MTB 10 at 2,000 yards CA Ashigara engages MTB 9 at 2,000 yards MTB 7 engages CA Ashigara at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards CA Ashigara engages MTB 10 at 3,000 yards CA Ashigara engages MTB 9 at 3,000 yards MTB 8 sunk by CA Ashigara at 3,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards Task forces break off... one more lost when a Japanese cruiser TF shows up... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Miri at 64,87 Japanese Ships DD Nowaki DD Hagikaze DD Arashi Allied Ships SS Skipjack SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at DD Nowaki DD Hagikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Arashi attacking submerged sub .... DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the enemy ASW vessels are performing worse than my subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 60 encounters mine field at Merak (48,97) Japanese Ships SS I-165, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:D][:D][:D] Rainer saw my ships fleeing West through the passage near Merak and sent some of his subs to pursue my ships... Merak was mined by my Dutch minelayers though and it pays off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 81,72, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships DMS W-9 DMS W-10 DMS W-11 DMS W-12 DMS W-17 DMS W-18 PB Kyo Maru #12 PB Kyo Maru #13 SC Ch 4 SC Ch 5 SC Ch 6 SC Ch 10 SC Ch 11 SC Ch 12 SC Ch 16 SC Ch 17 SC Ch 18, Shell hits 5 xAK Brisbane Maru xAK Hawaii Maru, and is sunk xAK Sanko Maru xAK Takao Maru xAK Bunzan Maru xAK Shinko Maru xAK Oigawa Maru Allied Ships PT-31 PT-32 PT-33 Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching! Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 46% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 46% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards DMS W-18 engages PT-33 at 2,000 yards DMS W-18 engages PT-32 at 2,000 yards SC Ch 18 engages PT-31 at 2,000 yards SC Ch 16 engages PT-33 at 2,000 yards xAK Oigawa Maru , xAK Shinko Maru , xAK Bunzan Maru , xAK Takao Maru , xAK Sanko Maru , xAK Hawaii Maru , xAK Brisbane Maru screened from combat - escorted by PB Kyo Maru #13 , PB Kyo Maru #12 , SC Ch 11 , SC Ch 5 PT-33 engages SC Ch 18 at 2,000 yards DMS W-18 engages PT-32 at 2,000 yards PT-31 engages DMS W-18 at 2,000 yards Earp, M.J. orders Allied TF to disengage DMS W-9 collides with DMS W-18 at 81 , 72 PB Kyo Maru #12 engages PT-33 at 2,000 yards DMS W-18 engages PT-31 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards xAK Oigawa Maru , xAK Shinko Maru screened from combat - escorted by SC Ch 11 SC Ch 18 engages PT-33 at 5,000 yards DMS W-12 engages PT-33 at 5,000 yards DMS W-9 engages PT-33 at 5,000 yards Task forces break off... thought TFs caught unloading would be more vulnerable to my PTs but I was wrong... a couple of MG hits on a subchaser is all we get... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 81,72, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships DMS W-9 DMS W-10 DMS W-11 DMS W-12 DMS W-17 DMS W-18 PB Kyo Maru #12 PB Kyo Maru #13 SC Ch 4 SC Ch 5 SC Ch 6 SC Ch 10 SC Ch 11 SC Ch 12 SC Ch 16 SC Ch 17 SC Ch 18, Shell hits 1 xAK Brisbane Maru xAK Sanko Maru xAK Takao Maru xAK Bunzan Maru xAK Shinko Maru xAK Oigawa Maru Allied Ships PT Q-111 PT Q-112 PT Q-113 Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching! Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 46% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 46% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards PT Q-112 engages DMS W-18 at 2,000 yards DMS W-18 engages PT Q-111 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards xAK Oigawa Maru , xAK Shinko Maru , xAK Bunzan Maru , xAK Takao Maru , xAK Sanko Maru , xAK Brisbane Maru screened from combat - escorted by SC Ch 12 , SC Ch 10 , SC Ch 6 , SC Ch 5 DMS W-18 engages PT Q-113 at 4,000 yards DMS W-18 engages PT Q-111 at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards xAK Oigawa Maru , xAK Shinko Maru screened from combat - escorted by PB Kyo Maru #12 PT Q-113 engages DMS W-18 at 2,000 yards DMS W-18 engages PT Q-112 at 2,000 yards PT Q-111 engages DMS W-18 at 2,000 yards Manera L. orders Allied TF to disengage xAK Oigawa Maru , xAK Shinko Maru , xAK Bunzan Maru , xAK Takao Maru , xAK Sanko Maru , xAK Brisbane Maru screened from combat - escorted by SC Ch 16 , SC Ch 11 , SC Ch 5 PT Q-113 engages PB Kyo Maru #13 at 2,000 yards PT Q-113 engages SC Ch 18 at 2,000 yards DMS W-12 engages PT Q-111 at 2,000 yards DMS W-10 engages PT Q-113 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards xAK Oigawa Maru , xAK Shinko Maru , xAK Bunzan Maru , xAK Takao Maru , xAK Sanko Maru screened from combat - escorted by SC Ch 17 , SC Ch 6 PB Kyo Maru #13 engages PT Q-113 at 6,000 yards PT Q-112 engages DMS W-18 at 6,000 yards SC Ch 18 engages PT Q-113 at 6,000 yards DMS W-18 engages PT Q-113 at 6,000 yards Task forces break off... sent in all PTs we had in the Philipinese today, no result other than losing a couple of our PTs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Manado at 76,98, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo CA Nachi DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze Allied Ships xAK Si Kiang Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 46% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat thank god CV TFs are even scared by lonely transports... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Miri at 64,87 Japanese Ships xAKL Fukuyo Maru Allied Ships SS Seal xAKL Fukuyo Maru is sighted by SS Seal SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Fukuyo Maru we try to intervene with the Miri landings but this just doesn´t work if you have defective torps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 80,72 Japanese Ships xAP Kokuryu Maru xAKL Shun Yuan xAKL Tientsin Maru xAKL Gyokurei Maru xAKL Suez Maru xAKL Taiyo Maru xAKL Keizan Maru xAKL Kamishima Maru xAKL Buyo Maru Allied Ships SS Pike SS Pike launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Kokuryu Maru Sub escapes detection same here... so far our dud rate is extreme, far worse than what I´m used to. Even with the high dud rate we should see every 4th or 5th salvo doing boom... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Legaspi TF 89 troops unloading over beach at Legaspi, 82,82 Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of Kimura Det 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of Kure 1st SNLF 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 1st Naval Const Bn 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of Kimura Det /3 10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 1st Naval Const Bn /2 Rainer ordered an invasion also South of Manila... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Miri Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships TB Kasasagi APD Aoi TB Kasasagi firing at enemy troops APD Aoi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Miri Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAKL Yagi Maru xAKL Hachirogata Maru xAKL Fukuyo Maru 100th RN Base Force firing at xAKL Yagi Maru xAKL Yagi Maru firing at enemy troops xAKL Hachirogata Maru firing at enemy troops xAKL Fukuyo Maru firing at enemy troops xAKL Yagi Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Miri TF 134 troops unloading over beach at Miri, 64,87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Brunei Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Kalidjati at 51,97 Japanese Ships SS I-157, hits 1 Allied Ships TK Manvantara, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Manvantara is sighted by SS I-157 SS I-157 attacking on the surface another tanker lost... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships DD Fumizuki DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS Porpoise SS Porpoise is sighted by escort DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Miri Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships TB Kasasagi APD Aoi TB Kasasagi firing at enemy troops APD Aoi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Miri Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAKL Yagi Maru xAKL Hachirogata Maru xAKL Fukuyo Maru xAKL Yagi Maru firing at enemy troops xAKL Hachirogata Maru firing at enemy troops xAKL Fukuyo Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Brunei Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 270 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Allied Ships AM Toowoomba AM Ballarat 12 mines cleared still mines around... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Manado at 76,99, Range 23,000 Yards Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo CA Nachi DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze Allied Ships xAK Si Kiang Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards Japanese TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 25,000 yards... Range increases to 30,000 yards... Range increases to 30,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat also during daylight CV TFs try to evade whatever they meet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Manado at 76,99, Range 24,000 Yards Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo CA Nachi DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze Allied Ships DD Thanet Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards Range increases to 25,000 yards... Range increases to 29,000 yards... Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range increases to 29,000 yards... Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range increases to 29,000 yards... Range increases to 30,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat our DD decided not to chase in on the enemy... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 55 encounters mine field at Merak (48,97) Japanese Ships SS I-157, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage second sub that hits a mine at Merak today! [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 58 encounters mine field at Merak (48,97) Japanese Ships SS I-162, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage and the third one that hit a mine [:D][:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 59 encounters mine field at Merak (48,97) Japanese Ships SS I-164, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage and also this one hits a mine at Merak... three show up in the sunk ship list, I´m sure that at least two will be sunk due to a mine hit, even all four could be sunk... what a great result, laying those mines here really paid off. Losing four subs in a day is something that really hurts the Japanese... and I´m happy about every KD-3 class sub being sunk (those are the ones with the wrong 8 torpedo tube armament). I´m sure Rainer wasn´t happy about my mines here... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Patani at 53,72 Japanese Ships xAK Noto Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires Allied Ships SS O19 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) xAK Noto Maru is sighted by SS O19 SS O19 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Noto Maru O19 is on minelaying mission and hits a merchant on the way to her target hex... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships xAK Taizin Maru, Shell hits 3 Allied Ships SS S-40, hits 1 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) xAK Taizin Maru is sighted by SS S-40 SS S-40 attacking xAK Taizin Maru on the surface Lucker, N. decides to submerge SS S-40 due to damage like I´ve said, my S-class subs perform really bad so far... putting three shells into a transport without firing a single torp isn´t what I expect from my subs... from my experience, attacking on the surface isn´t a good idea in AE as unescorted transport most often land at least one shell on the sub too which usually results in enough damage to send the sub home. And I really don´t care about a couple of 3 or 4 inch shells put into a merchant, all that counts are torps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * don´t know what he keeps bombing and sweeping Tavoy as it has been empty since day one... hopefully some of his high exp pilots die due to op losses on these missions... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-51 Sonia x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 6 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 21 Ki-44 Tojo x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 3 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong Fortress, at 77,61 (Hong Kong) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb pretty dispersed strikes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 36 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Clark Field at 78,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N1 Kate x 11 Allied aircraft P-26A x 5 P-35A x 9 P-40B Warhawk x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 30 Japanese aircraft losses B5N1 Kate: 5 destroyed [:D][:D] this was a nice one too, all 11 Kates were shot down over the target... we had some transports loaded up with supply coming in and LRCAPed them. Obviously a CVL is cruising around West of Formosa (it isn´t Ryujo, she´s still cruising near Mindanao) and the dozen Kates were coming in without escorts. Unfortunetely though because I guess we would have been able to take out some of the obsolete escorts too... but I shouldn´t complain, a dozen high exp torp bomber crews less...[8D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Batjan at 76,104 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N1 Kate x 11 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Thanet Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb these are Ryujo´s bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 2/1st Ind Coy , at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb not sure why this unit is attacked, it has no combat ability anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Patani at 53,72 Japanese Ships xAK Nissyu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS O19 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) xAK Nissyu Maru is sighted by SS O19 SS O19 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Nissyu Maru O19 hits another ship, well done... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships TB Hatsukari Allied Ships SS S-41 SS S-41 launches 4 torpedoes at TB Hatsukari S-41 bottoming out .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Calayan at 82,69 Japanese Ships xAK Hiyoshi Maru xAKL Ina Maru PB Zosen Maru Allied Ships SS Perch, hits 4 SS Perch launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Hiyoshi Maru PB Zosen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 4 near misses, nothing serious... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Miri Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships TB Kasasagi APD Aoi TB Kasasagi firing at enemy troops APD Aoi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Manus TF 130 troops unloading over beach at Manus, 101,119 no idea where Manus is... even missed it during the replay...[&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Brunei Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Nauru Island Japanese Ships PB Tama Maru #5 PB Tama Maru #5 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Nauru Island TF 192 troops unloading over beach at Nauru Island, 127,128 10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 61st Nav Gd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 21151 troops, 321 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 620 Defending force 6116 troops, 131 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 194 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 388 Allied adjusted defense: 213 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 590 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 431 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled) Assaulting units: 38th Division 66th Infantry Regiment 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd RF Gun Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Hong Kong Fortress 1st Middlesex Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Rifles of Canada Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force Hong Kong holds... excellent, the longer the better... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Miri (64,87) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1174 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 107 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 19 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Miri !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: I./124th Infantry Battalion 34th Road Const Co /1 Defending units: 100th RN Base Force no chance for Miri´s defenders though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kavieng (106,122) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Defending force 89 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Japanese adjusted assault: 7 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kavieng !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) preparation(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: I/66th Naval Guard Unit Defending units: 2/1st Ind Coy or Kavieng´s "garrison"... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Brunei (65,87) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 487 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Defending force 360 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 3 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: I/81st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: 107th RN Base Force amazingly enough, Brunei held... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nauru Island (127,128) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1458 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 82 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 44 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 44 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Nauru Island !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 126 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 100 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 61st Nav Gd /1 Defending units: Wren Det.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/28/2009 3:22:46 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 12, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 270 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Allied Ships AM Toowoomba AM Ballarat 17 mines cleared I guess the number of mines cleared is pretty much FOW as there were only two subs laying mines and we´ve already cleared more mines that they can carry... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Miri at 65,86 Japanese Ships xAKL Hakka Maru PB Kantori Maru Allied Ships SS Skipjack SS Skipjack is sighted by escort PB Kantori Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub a single escort probably reduces the chances of a succesful sub attack by 50%... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships DD Satsuki DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS Tarpon SS Tarpon is sighted by escort Tarpon bottoming out .... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatakaze attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub at least my subs normally get away -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Balabac at 68,83, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Chokai CL Isuzu DD Sagiri TB Kari Allied Ships xAKL Shinai, Shell hits 8, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 35% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 8,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence Range closes to 6,000 yards CA Chokai engages xAKL Shinai at 6,000 yards xAKL Shinai sunk by CL Isuzu at 6,000 yards xAKL Shinai sunk by CL Isuzu at 6,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... not my transports though that are all spotted during the night (by whatever) and then the usual react and find feature jumps in... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Clark Field at 78,76, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships AM Finch, Shell hits 18, and is sunk xAK Yu Sang, Shell hits 22, and is sunk Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 35% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 35% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba fires at AM Finch at 2,000 yards DD Hatsushima fires at AM Finch at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba engages AM Finch at 2,000 yards DD Hatsushima engages AM Finch at 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages AM Finch at 2,000 yards AM Finch sunk by DD Hatsuharu at 2,000 yards DD Hatsushima engages xAK Yu Sang at 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages xAK Yu Sang at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAK Yu Sang at 4,000 yards DD Hatsushima engages xAK Yu Sang at 4,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAK Yu Sang at 6,000 yards DD Hatsushima engages xAK Yu Sang at 6,000 yards xAK Yu Sang sunk by DD Wakaba at 6,000 yards xAK Yu Sang sunk by DD Wakaba at 6,000 yards Task forces break off... what follows is the next "ghosts spot ships, SC TFs react, find and destroy"-marathon... can´t say I 100% like this new feature as it´s more or less bullet prove. The main problem is that the TFs are always spotted, even though there´s nothing searching for them. [&:][8\|] Then the react and find again feature is working too often too good too. All in all, have some of your TFs within 4 hexes of the enemy and you can bet you will be in trouble. How that works is beyond me, but it´s definetely too effective.[:-] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Clark Field at 78,76, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships xAKL Halldor, Shell hits 11, and is sunk Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 35% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 35% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAKL Halldor at 2,000 yards DD Hatsushima engages xAKL Halldor at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAKL Halldor at 2,000 yards xAKL Halldor sunk by DD Wakaba at 2,000 yards xAKL Halldor sunk by DD Wakaba at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... boom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Clark Field at 78,76, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships xAK Haraldsvang, Shell hits 22, and is sunk Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 35% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 35% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 1,000 yards... DD Nenohi engages xAK Haraldsvang at 1,000 yards DD Hatsuharu engages xAK Haraldsvang at 1,000 yards Range increases to 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... boom boom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 82,68 Japanese Ships SC Ch 18 Allied Ships SS Perch SS Perch is sighted by escort Perch diving deep .... SC Ch 18 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub damn escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71 Japanese Ships xAK Izumo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DMS W-20 Allied Ships SS Seadragon SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Izumo Maru Seadragon diving deep .... DMS W-20 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub two exploding MK14 sink a transport... if every sub I´ve got on station sinks two enemy ships during their patrol then I´m happy... the Dutch, British and S-class subs have to work hard to compensate the poor performance of US fleet subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kako CA Furutaka CA Kinugasa CA Aoba Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) CA Kako firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion CA Furutaka firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion CA Kinugasa firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion CA Aoba firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion wow, some heavy force attacking Wake, no doubt invasion will follow... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Shortlands TF 114 troops unloading over beach at Shortlands, 109,131 Solomons are getting mopped up, no TFs around Tulagi yet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Tarawa TF 116 troops unloading over beach at Tarawa, 136,128 Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 53rd Nav Gd 17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 53rd Nav Gd /1 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 53rd Nav Gd /3 Tarawa will be Japanese too at the end of the day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Oosthaven at 46,96 Japanese Ships SS I-155 Allied Ships AMc Djombang, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage AMc Ceram AMc Alor AMc Ardjoeno xAK Liran xAKL Sinabang xAKL Benkoelen xAKL Kwangtung SS I-155 launches 8 torpedoes at AMc Djombang I-155 diving deep .... Sub escapes detection another (wrong) 8 torp attack kills an AMc... expendable ship though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Davao at 83,92, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Myoko CA Haguro DD Kuroshio DD Oyashio Allied Ships xAK Governor Wright, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAK Ravnaas, Shell hits 6, and is sunk Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 1,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... Range closes to 1,000 yards... xAK Governor Wright sunk by CA Haguro at 1,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards DD Kuroshio engages xAK Ravnaas at 3,000 yards xAK Ravnaas sunk by CA Haguro at 3,000 yards Task forces break off... another spot, react, kill engagement... as ridicoulos as the super effective night engagements, visibility was 1000 yards and there were thunderstorms... try to find ships at this circumstances... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 82,70 Japanese Ships DMS W-20 Allied Ships SS S-38 SS S-38 is sighted by escort S-38 diving deep .... DMS W-20 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub lots of escorts around but nearly no transports left it seems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,71 Japanese Ships xAP Hakozaki Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Okuni Maru Allied Ships SS O16 SS O16 launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Hakozaki Maru Escort abandons search for sub good to see a troop transport hit... should be dead... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships DD Satsuki DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS Tarpon, hits 3 SS Tarpon is sighted by escort Tarpon bottoming out .... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatakaze attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub Tarpon is one of the preferred targets of IJN ASW efforts... 3 near misses but damage is accumulating, Tarpon is ordered home... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 Allied aircraft P-26A x 4 P-35A x 9 P-40B Warhawk x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 35 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 1 destroyed P-35A: 3 destroyed P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed [8\|][8\|] P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed [8\|][8\|][&o] Aircraft Attacking: 2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 15 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 11 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 9 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 6th PS PAAC with P-26A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes what can I say, the Zeroes achieve a 6:1 overall kill rate in this campaign, also against my best (cough) fighters (P-40). No matter what I do, no matter what alt they fly. It stays like it began, sweeps are the ultimate weapon to take out my fighters and it will be stratosphere fighting in the end in AE. The higher the better. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 C5M2 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 1 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes nothing left... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 38 G4M1 Betty x 21 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 23 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead the only way to kill Japanese fighters are op losses and perhaps some bombers are killed by flak... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Ki-27b Nate x 18 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 14 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 18 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 10000 feet * CAP engaged: 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes IMO, Rainer should concentrate on Clark and Manila... In the end, the kill rate will be 10:1 for the Japanese in the Philipinese... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 21st PA Infantry Division, at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 76 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb I don´t know what I should think about those attacks, guess this is only enhanced training? I would bomb Singapore instead... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 160 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 53 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 C5M2 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes 64 min left to engage the raid but we don´t have anything left that could be put into the air... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Dinagat at 81,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N1 Kate x 11 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Corregidor, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk xAKL Anakan, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Compagnia Filipinas, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Corregidor Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Compagnia Filipinas 11 Kates, 13 bomb hits... pff... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Abemama at 137,130 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3A Wildcat x 7 SBD-2 Dauntless x 36 SBD-3 Dauntless x 18 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Kamikaze Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage CM Tokiwa, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tenyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Nagata Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CM Okinoshima, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires Japanese ground losses: 1519 casualties reported Squads: 32 destroyed, 43 disabled Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 60 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless diving from 3000' Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kamikaze Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CM Tokiwa Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tenyo Maru but we strike back for the first time. Lexington and Enterprise were in the area and were waiting for further Japanese TFs after the Japs took Makin and Tarawa. Guess this TF was either heading towards Baker or further to Canton. Nothing will arive at it´s target and we´ve pretty much sunk something like a nav guard unit. A nice first success... Also two of the minelayer cruisers are hit hard, nice... same as in WITP, even though Japanese players know that two US CVs start out South West of Pearl that usually are ordered towards Australia, there are still Japanese amphib TFs sent into their way... in this case it´s always better to wait at least a week before sending TFs into the Gilberts... [image]local://upfiles/13774/4AC1BB189E4A4A03B01517AC90FE7FB3.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Abemama at 137,130 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft TBD-1 Devastator x 10 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Kamikaze Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tenyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 10000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kamikaze Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tenyo Maru even the obsolete TBDs hit something... most of them are tasked to do nav search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dinagat at 81,87 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Elcano xAKL Sarangami Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb rare happening when half a dozen Betties don´t achieve a single hit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 1st Marine Defense Battalion, at 136,98 (Wake Island) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 B5N2 Kate x 117 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 225 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VMF-211 Det with F4F-3 Wildcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... KB attacks Wake, where will it head next? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 74,94 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 6 B5N1 Kate x 11 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Luzon, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk xAKL Magallanes, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Luzon Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Magallanes 11 Kates, 9 bomb hits... they seem to not need any maintenance nor do they suffer any op losses at any time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near San Luis Obispo at 214,88 Japanese Ships SS I-8, hits 1 Allied Ships CV Saratoga, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage [:(][:(][:(] DD Preston DD Smith SS I-8 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Saratoga I-8 diving deep .... DD Preston attacking submerged sub .... DD Preston cannot establish contact with SS I-8 SS I-8 eludes ASW attack from DD Preston DD Preston cannot establish contact with SS I-8 DD Smith fails to find sub and abandons search DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston attacking submerged sub .... SS I-8 eludes DD Preston by diving deep DD Preston cannot reach attack position over SS I-8 Escort abandons search for sub god damn what a f*cking turn... not only do we lose two dozen Warhawks today (heck, that´s only a monthly replacement [8\|]) also this happens. This is as bad as the Pearl Harbour attack, if we lose the carrier, it would be even worse. What a damned lucky attack, this nearly two dozen hexes South West of LA, I´ve even set waypoints for the CV TF to keep it off the usual shipping lanes leaving LA. Either we stumbled just over the sub or it´s one of those ghost spottings and react thing. 6 DDs in the TF weren´t able to help either. It´s not sure at all if Saratoga will make it back to LA, the carrier is in a very bad state and I´m sure every IJN sub in the area is ordered to intercept the carrier. [8\|] Very well done Rainer! [&o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73 Japanese Ships AV Sagara Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Gosei Maru PB Eiko Maru Allied Ships SS O16 SS O16 launches 2 torpedoes at AV Sagara Maru PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Eiko Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we have to rely on our Dutch subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 Japanese Ships CA Kako CA Furutaka CA Kinugasa CA Aoba Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 42 Port hits 1 CA Kako firing at Wake Island CA Furutaka firing at Wake Island CA Kinugasa firing at Wake Island CA Aoba firing at Wake Island -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vigan at 80,73 Japanese Ships xAK Seikai Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage PB Toko Maru #4 Allied Ships SS Shark Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS Shark launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Seikai Maru Shark bottoming out .... PB Toko Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub a USN fleet sub was lucky too today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Jolo TF 120 troops unloading over beach at Jolo, 74,90 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 6 troops of a SNLF HMG Squad lost in surf during unload of 15th Nav Gd Jolo is on the list too... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Zamboanga Japanese Ships TB Hayabusa APD Hagi Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled TB Hayabusa firing at enemy troops APD Hagi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Zamboanga TF 121 troops unloading over beach at Zamboanga, 75,89 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 37mm Type 01 AT Gun dropped into water during unload of 16th Nav Gd /1 13.2mm T93 AAMG lost overboard during unload of 16th Nav Gd /1 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost in surf during unload of 16th Nav Gd /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Legaspi TF 183 troops unloading over beach at Legaspi, 82,82 8 Naval Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 3rd Base Force 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 3rd Base Force /2 8 Naval Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 3rd Base Force /3 8 Naval Support troops lost in surf during unload of 3rd Base Force /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 20805 troops, 321 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 597 Defending force 5721 troops, 130 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 174 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 352 Allied adjusted defense: 301 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 640 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 38 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 49 disabled Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 417 casualties reported Squads: 37 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 40 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (10 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 66th Infantry Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: 1st Middlesex Battalion Hong Kong Fortress Rifles of Canada Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force Hong Kong fights off a shock attack, good work. The longer Hong Kong holds and the more losses we inflict the longer will the Philipinese hold out as I expect the troops assaulting Hong Kong going to the Philipinese afterwards... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Legaspi (82,82) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4039 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 107 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 107 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Legaspi !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: Kimura Det Kure 1st SNLF 1st Naval Construction Battalion 3rd Base Force /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Brunei (65,87) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 495 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Defending force 355 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 16 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Brunei !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 133 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: I/81st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: 107th RN Base Force that´s it for Brunei... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarawa (136,128) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1401 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 27 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarawa !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 53rd Nav Gd /4 would have been great if my carriers would have shown up a day earlier near Tarawa, this would have meant to probably kill this invasion force too...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/28/2009 3:35:53 PM)
This is how Sara looked liked after the succesful sub attack. If not hit again, I expect the carrier to reach port and being saved, it nevertheless will take months to have the carrier operational again. Probably more than half a year of repairs... what a crap. [:(] [image]local://upfiles/13774/25701A7427364F1B89685706C2355CD0.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/28/2009 3:39:29 PM)
And today´s air losses. Zeroe sweep shows it´s uggly face again, no matter at what alt, we can not fight them. It will only take us until the end of 44 to perhaps have parity... As long as the Zero achieves a 7:1 kill rate against our Warhawks (that are flown by not really bad pilots either) there is no base on the whole map we can defend. Especially with those replacement rates that are not even enough to fight a prolonged battle in one area, not to speak about the whole map. [image]local://upfiles/13774/38E4C361209341E6823DBCFA8287A801.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/28/2009 4:07:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Camiguin TF 249 troops unloading over beach at Camiguin, 84,72 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost in surf during unload of 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Zamboanga Japanese Ships TB Hayabusa APD Hagi TB Hayabusa firing at enemy troops APD Hagi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83 Japanese Ships DD Sagiri Allied Ships SS Stingray SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at DD Sagiri Stingray diving deep .... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sagiri attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub our subs keep unsuccefully attacking enemy ASW vessels. We keep hitting them but keep hearing PLOINK... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71 Japanese Ships xAK Yamagiku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Kosei Maru Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Yamagiku Maru KXV diving deep .... Sub escapes detection but we also sink enemy ships now and then... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships DD Minazuki DD Harukaze Allied Ships SS Permit, hits 1 SS Permit launches 4 torpedoes at DD Minazuki Permit bottoming out .... DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub another unsuccesful attack... by now, we should have sunk at least two DDs when I think of the high number of attacks that actuall hit a target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Oosthaven at 46,97 Japanese Ships SS I-157, hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships CM Willem v d Zaan SS I-157 is sighted by escort CM Willem v d Zaan firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves this was very strange... why? Because I-157 was only hit by one MG salvo and it sunk immedietely... I´m not sure but I guess this is one of the four subs that has hit a mine at Merak earlier... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships xAK Achou Maru Allied Ships SS Porpoise xAK Achou Maru is sighted by SS Porpoise SS Porpoise launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Achou Maru we not just have defective torps, we also miss with every fourth salvo on average... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hengchun at 83,67 Japanese Ships PB Shonan Maru #17 xAK Nagara Maru PB Shonan Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Perch SS Perch launches 2 torpedoes at PB Shonan Maru #17 Perch diving deep .... PB Shonan Maru #17 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub and why escorts are the preferred target of the targetting routine is beyond me anyway... can´t the subs target transports instead of wasting their torps on escorts... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 81,70 Japanese Ships xAK Yamagiku Maru, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Pickerel SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes lots of useless attacks today... but this ship seems to be in a very bad state anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kako CA Furutaka CA Kinugasa CA Aoba Runway hits 1 Port hits 1 CA Kako firing at Wake Island CA Furutaka firing at Wake Island CA Kinugasa firing at Wake Island CA Aoba firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Abemama TF 15 troops unloading over beach at Abemama, 136,130 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost in surf during unload of 52nd Nav Gd /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Wake Island - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Yubari CL Tatsuta CL Tenryu DD Hayate AMC Kongo Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire PB Kaiun Maru PB Kaikei Maru PB Ikunta Maru PB Hakkaisan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire PB Fukui Maru Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) CL Yubari firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion CL Tatsuta firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion CL Tenryu firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion DD Hayate firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion 5in CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging AMC Kongo Maru at 12,000 yards CL Yubari fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards PB Kaiun Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kaikei Maru firing at enemy guns PB Ikunta Maru firing at enemy troops PB Hakkaisan Maru firing at enemy guns 5in CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Hakkaisan Maru at 2,000 yards PB Fukui Maru firing at enemy guns DD Hayate firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Wake Island TF 16 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 136,98 and here comes the Wake Island invasion... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Zamboanga Japanese Ships TB Hayabusa APD Hagi TB Hayabusa firing at enemy troops APD Hagi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Wake Island 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AMC Kinryu Maru CL Yubari PB Kaiun Maru PB Kaikei Maru PB Ikunta Maru PB Hakkaisan Maru, on fire PB Fukui Maru, Shell hits 1 CL Yubari fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards PB Kaiun Maru firing at enemy guns PB Kaikei Maru firing at enemy troops PB Ikunta Maru firing at enemy guns PB Hakkaisan Maru firing at enemy troops PB Fukui Maru firing at enemy guns 5in CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging PB Fukui Maru at 2,000 yards I´ve got two fleet subs near Wake to intervene with the invasion or perhaps get a lucky hit on one of the cruisers but so far they do nothing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Zamboanga Japanese Ships TB Hayabusa APD Hagi TB Hayabusa firing at enemy troops APD Hagi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 82,70 Japanese Ships CL Kinu xAK Kotohira Maru xAK Koto Maru xAKL Kaisho Maru SC Ch 23 Allied Ships SS Seawolf SS Seawolf launches 4 torpedoes at CL Kinu SC Ch 23 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we hit Kinu but only get the usual ploink... oh boy... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Soc Trang at 57,74 Japanese Ships E Shimushu Allied Ships SS O16 SS O16 is sighted by escort E Shimushu attacking submerged sub .... E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub those E class escorts aren´t killers it seems. When the campaign becomes more quiet I will have to look up all the Japanese ship classes as I really have no clue about what I´m really facing. All is new and I´m only used to WITP things... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Hengchun at 82,68 Japanese Ships xAK Misaki Maru Allied Ships SS Shark xAK Misaki Maru is sighted by SS Shark SS Shark launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Misaki Maru Twice a hit but no explosion... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships DD Minazuki DD Harukaze Allied Ships SS Permit SS Permit launches 2 torpedoes at DD Minazuki DD Harukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub those two fish missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Wake Island at 136,98 Japanese Ships AMC Kongo Maru, on fire DD Hayate DD Oite PB Kaiun Maru Allied Ships SS Tambor, hits 1 SS Tambor is sighted by escort DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub one near miss on Tambor that was ordered to retreat, but I forgot to set the "react" back to 0 again... therefore the sub ended up near Wake together with my other two subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,76 Japanese Ships xAKL Kembu Maru xAK Zinzan Maru APD Aoi Allied Ships SS Skipjack, hits 1 SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Kembu Maru Skipjack diving deep .... APD Aoi fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Aoi attacking submerged sub .... APD Aoi cannot reach attack position over SS Skipjack APD Aoi cannot establish contact with SS Skipjack APD Aoi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub hell a lot of sub attacks today, pathetic results... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * nothing left to be shot down by UBER Zeroes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 17 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * 2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * heavy sweeps on fortress Singapore, the Japs are only doing sightseeing flights... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-51 Sonia x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 6 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb Rainer should bomb my ground troops instead of the airfield... this way we perhaps can hold out some longer... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 21 Ki-44 Tojo x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb wrong target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong Fortress, at 77,61 (Hong Kong) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 102nd RN Base Force ... Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... right target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 50 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb the enemy is really attracted by the empty Tavoy... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Abemama at 136,130 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft F4F-3A Wildcat x 7 SBD-2 Dauntless x 18 SBD-3 Dauntless x 18 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships CM Okinoshima, Bomb hits 9, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless diving from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CM Okinoshima we kill off the remaining heavily damaged CM, I would have preferred to attack the other spotted transport TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Jaluit at 134,122 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-2 Dauntless x 18 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Aratama Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Toyotsu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Kaito Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk xAKL Katsura Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SBD-2 Dauntless diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Toyotsu Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Kaito Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Katsura Maru ...which is attacked by another strike, the AKLs are probably all dead, the xAK has a chance to survive a heavy bomb hit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Jaluit at 134,122 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft TBD-1 Devastator x 10 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Toyotsu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Aratama Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Santos Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 10 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 10000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Toyotsu Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Aratama Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PB Santos Maru but in a separate strike of the TBDs (they again attack alone) the remaining ships in this TF are finished... it was definetely worth it sending our two US CVs into the Gilberts... we couldn´t prevent the enemy from taking Tarawa during the first try but we destroyed an amphibious TF inbound for (expected) Baker or Canton Island. And we sent a dozen ships to the bottom, including two CMs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 1st Marine Defense Battalion, at 136,98 (Wake Island) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 B5N2 Kate x 118 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 61 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... another very heavy strike on Wake´s defenders... not needed, the base would fall without this strike easily too I guess... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 82,70 Japanese Ships CL Kinu, Torpedo hits 1 SC Ch 21 xAK Hukusei Maru xAK Keisyo Maru xAKL Jokuja Maru SC Ch 23 Allied Ships SS S-38 SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at CL Kinu SC Ch 23 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 23 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub first good hit of a S-class sub although only one torp hit the light cruiser, not doing any noticed damaged... Everything less than three torps is not enough to score a sure kill... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,72 Japanese Ships SC Ch 11 DMS W-17 DMS W-10 xAK Oigawa Maru xAK Shinko Maru PB Kyo Maru #13 SC Ch 17 SC Ch 16 SC Ch 12 Allied Ships SS S-36 SS S-36 is sighted by escort PB Kyo Maru #13 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Wake Island Japanese Ships PB Ikunta Maru CL Yubari PB Kaiun Maru PB Kaikei Maru PB Hakkaisan Maru PB Fukui Maru CL Yubari fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards PB Kaiun Maru firing at enemy guns PB Kaikei Maru firing at enemy guns PB Ikunta Maru firing at enemy guns PB Hakkaisan Maru firing at enemy guns PB Fukui Maru firing at enemy guns -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Zamboanga Japanese Ships TB Hayabusa APD Hagi TB Hayabusa firing at enemy troops APD Hagi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2033 troops, 153 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 575 Defending force 5148 troops, 130 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 161 Allied ground losses: 65 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 38th Division 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 66th Infantry Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Hong Kong Fortress Rifles of Canada Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force the enemy reverted to bombardment attacks after the failed attacks... good... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tuguegarao (82,74) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2408 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 85 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 81 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 81 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tuguegarao !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: Tanaka Detachment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Victoria Point (51,66) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1192 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 323 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Japanese adjusted assault: 21 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Victoria Point !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 210 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: I./143rd Infantry Battalion Defending units: 108th/2 Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 2 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Shortlands !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: II/66th Naval Guard Unit first base in the Solomons is Japanese now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manus (101,119) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 324 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 6 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Manus !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 5th JNAF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1443 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 71 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 24 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Jolo !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 15th Naval Guard Unit 8th JNAF Coy with the new rules about equipping bombers with torps, Jolo isn´t as important as it was in WITP. And with the UBER feature of "spot, react and destroy" bombers aren´t needed anyway to kill all ships fleeing out of the Philipinese... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Zamboanga (75,89) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1437 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64 Defending force 603 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Japanese adjusted assault: 12 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Zamboanga !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 296 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 16th Naval Guard Unit 6th JNAF Coy Defending units: 4th/101st PA Battalion 4th PI Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 288 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 Defending force 1538 troops, 18 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Wake USN CPNAB 1st Marine Defense Battalion Defending units: Maizuru 2nd SNLF /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1538 troops, 18 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 Defending force 756 troops, 21 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Japanese adjusted assault: 17 Allied adjusted defense: 2 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island !!! Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 207 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1414 casualties reported Squads: 47 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 92 destroyed, 84 disabled Engineers: 28 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 38 (32 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 15 (14 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: Maizuru 2nd SNLF /1 Defending units: Wake USN CPNAB 1st Marine Defense Battalion Wake falls easily, wonder if Midway is also on the list... the atolls have lost all their importance in AE IMO... don´t know what to do with them anyway... Island hopping probably won´t be the preferred tactic I guess as you can´t do much with the conquered islands other than shorten your supply lines to some extend... if needed, then it´s not much of a problem to retake the atolls anyway (at least I think so) as there´s no possibility to really garrison those places... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Abemama (136,130) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 262 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 12 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Abemama !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 52nd Nav Gd /2

bklooste -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/28/2009 5:00:10 PM)
You got Sara. moving at 3 or 10 ? curious.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/28/2009 5:23:16 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 79,74, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Naka DD Natsugumo DD Minegumo DD Asagumo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Murasame DD Harusame DD Yudachi DD Samidare Allied Ships PT-31 PT-32 PT-33 Reduced sighting due to 17% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 17% moonlight: 1,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... Range closes to 1,000 yards... PT-32 engages DD Samidare at 1,000 yards DD Asagumo engages PT-33 at 1,000 yards DD Minegumo engages PT-32 at 1,000 yards Range increases to 2,000 yards DD Yudachi engages PT-32 at 2,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-33 at 2,000 yards DD Natsugumo engages PT-33 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards DD Minegumo engages PT-33 at 3,000 yards DD Samidare engages PT-32 at 3,000 yards DD Minegumo engages PT-31 at 3,000 yards DD Asagumo engages PT-33 at 3,000 yards Earp, M.J. orders Allied TF to disengage Task forces break off... we try again with our PTs and this time it pays off... will be interesting if the DD will make it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Calayan at 82,71 Japanese Ships SC Ch 3 DMS W-19 DMS W-15 xAK Anzan Maru #2 xAK Keiyo Maru xAKL Kurama Maru PB Taiko Maru PB Kamitsu Maru SC Ch 15 SC Ch 14 Allied Ships SS S-36 SS S-36 is sighted by escort PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Kamitsu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub would be great if my S-class subs would attack more often... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,74 Japanese Ships DD Michishio CA Atago DD Arashio DD Oshio Allied Ships SS Saury SS Saury launches 4 torpedoes at DD Michishio Saury diving deep .... DD Arashio fails to find sub and abandons search DD Michishio fails to find sub and abandons search DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Oshio attacking submerged sub .... DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the usual failed attack on an enemy escort... here you can see another fact that I don´t like about the react feature. Subs keep following the enemy into base hexes which is not what I want. The only possibility would be to set them not to react at all, but this would completely negate the new mega feature and would more or less reset subs to what they were in WITP. I had a dozen subs in a couple of base hexes already and they kept reacting into them on an on... annoying so to say. So many toggles to set this or that but no toggle to set subs to "do not enter enemy bases"... oversight... this will be especially annoying when you will keep losing subs to enemy mines... how is the chance to hit mines if you have a dozen of your subs react into Tokyo???[:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Kompong Trach at 55,73 Japanese Ships xAK Hikosan Maru Allied Ships SS KX xAK Hikosan Maru is sighted by SS KX SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Hikosan Maru missed the lonely AK... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Legaspi at 82,82, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Yamakaze DD Kawakaze DD Umikaze DD Suzukaze DD Shiokaze Allied Ships xAK Ming Sang, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Reduced sighting due to 17% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 17% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages xAK Ming Sang at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CL Nagara engages xAK Ming Sang at 7,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards xAK Ming Sang sunk by DD Yukikaze at 4,000 yards xAK Ming Sang sunk by DD Yukikaze at 4,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... and the usual we react to everything feature... night attack... WWII Awacs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 72,72 Japanese Ships PB Ginyo Maru xAKL Ina Maru PB Zosen Maru Allied Ships SS Seadragon SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Ginyo Maru PB Zosen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Zosen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Zosen Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Zosen Maru is out of ASW ammo PB Zosen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Zosen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub considering the fact that most of my attacks actually hit enemy escorts then I wonder how well the hotfix is working as we were told that escorts are now harder to hit... if the torps would do boom, I would have sunk two dozen escorts already... [8\|] which would be far too many IMO... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Calayan at 82,69 Japanese Ships SC Ch 13 DMS W-19 DMS W-16 xAK Anzan Maru #2 xAK Matsukawa Maru xAKL Kurama Maru PB Taiko Maru PB Kamitsu Maru SC Ch 15 SC Ch 14 Allied Ships SS S-37 SS S-37 is sighted by escort S-37 diving deep .... PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kamitsu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 15 attacking submerged sub .... SS S-37 eludes ASW attack from SC Ch 15 SC Ch 15 cannot reach attack position over SS S-37 SC Ch 15 loses contact with SS S-37 SS S-37 eludes ASW attack from SC Ch 15 SC Ch 14 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 15 attacking submerged sub .... SS S-37 eludes ASW attack from SC Ch 15 SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub sub is driven off once again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 81,72, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Maya CA Ashigara CL Kuma, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Asakaze DD Matsukaze Allied Ships PT-34 PT-35 PT-41 Reduced sighting due to 17% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards PT-41 engages CL Kuma at 2,000 yards CA Ashigara engages PT-41 at 2,000 yards DD Matsukaze engages PT-41 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards CL Kuma engages PT-41 at 3,000 yards DD Matsukaze engages PT-41 at 3,000 yards DD Asakaze engages PT-41 at 3,000 yards CA Ashigara engages PT-41 at 3,000 yards PT-35 engages CA Ashigara at 3,000 yards PT-34 engages DD Asakaze at 3,000 yards Kingman, C.I. orders Allied TF to disengage CA Ashigara engages PT-41 at 3,000 yards DD Matsukaze engages PT-34 at 3,000 yards DD Asakaze engages PT-34 at 3,000 yards Task forces break off... more PT action and success again... MK8 torp won´t kill the CL but perhaps a sub will be lucky and finish the light cruiser off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 81,72, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Ashigara DD Asakaze DD Matsukaze Allied Ships PT Q-111 PT Q-112, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT Q-113, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Reduced sighting due to 17% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 1,000 yards... PT Q-113 engages DD Matsukaze at 1,000 yards DD Matsukaze engages PT Q-112 at 1,000 yards PT Q-113 sunk by DD Asakaze at 1,000 yards Range increases to 2,000 yards CA Ashigara engages PT Q-112 at 2,000 yards DD Matsukaze engages PT Q-112 at 2,000 yards Ichimiya, Yoshiyuki orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 4,000 yards CA Ashigara engages PT Q-112 at 4,000 yards PT Q-112 sunk by DD Matsukaze at 4,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards PT Q-111 engages DD Matsukaze at 6,000 yards Manera L. orders Allied TF to disengage Task forces break off... then two of the PTs die... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Channel Islands at 221,82 Japanese Ships SS I-19 Allied Ships DD Preston DD Smith SS I-19 is sighted by escort DD Preston fails to find sub and abandons search DD Smith fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Smith attacking submerged sub .... DD Smith cannot establish contact with SS I-19 DD Smith fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub couple of DCs dropped for no result... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Kompong Trach at 55,73 Japanese Ships xAK Ikuta Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KX xAK Ikuta Maru is sighted by SS KX SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Ikuta Maru another xAK finished... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Kompong Trach at 55,73 Japanese Ships xAK Kurohime Maru Allied Ships SS KX xAK Kurohime Maru is sighted by SS KX SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kurohime Maru PLOINK on the second one though... rare event... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Channel Islands at 221,82 Japanese Ships SS I-19 Allied Ships DD Preston DD Smith SS I-19 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Preston I-19 diving deep .... DD Preston fails to find sub and abandons search DD Smith attacking submerged sub .... DD Smith cannot reach attack position over SS I-19 DD Smith cannot establish contact with SS I-19 DD Smith cannot reach attack position over SS I-19 DD Smith attacking submerged sub .... DD Smith loses contact with SS I-19 DD Smith is out of ASW ammo DD Smith is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub first we attack the sub, then the sub dares to launch 6 torps at DD Preston... all miss, as well as the depth charges... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Zamboanga at 75,89 Japanese Ships xAK Santos Maru xAKL Raizan Maru APD Hagi Allied Ships SS KXVIII SS KXVIII launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Santos Maru KXVIII bottoming out .... APD Hagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub both torps missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 82,70 Japanese Ships xAK Tamashima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage PB Toko Maru #4 Allied Ships SS Pickerel SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tamashima Maru PB Toko Maru #4 attacking submerged sub .... PB Toko Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub but Pickerel has one of the rare functioning torps aboard... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kuching - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami Allied ground losses: 115 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) CA Kumano firing at 2/15 Punjab Battalion CA Suzuya firing at 2/15 Punjab Battalion CA Mikuma firing at 2/15 Punjab Battalion CA Mogami firing at Sarawak Force Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft strong force attacking Kuching... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kuching TF 11 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 58,88 with troops following... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Attu Island TF 119 troops unloading over beach at Attu Island, 153,49 10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 5th JAAF AF Bn /2 Japanese invasions also in the North... I´m not really interested in the North anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Kompong Trach at 55,74 Japanese Ships xAKL Nichizui Maru, Torpedo hits 1 Allied Ships SS Snapper xAKL Nichizui Maru is sighted by SS Snapper SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Nichizui Maru Snapper seems to score but the small transport isn´t really harmed it seems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 79,74, Range 19,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Naka DD Natsugumo DD Minegumo DD Murasame DD Harusame DD Yudachi Allied Ships PT-34 PT-35 PT-41, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... DD Yudachi engages PT-41 at 19,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-41 at 19,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-41 at 17,000 yards DD Yudachi engages PT-41 at 17,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-41 at 17,000 yards DD Minegumo engages PT-41 at 17,000 yards PT-41 sunk by DD Natsugumo at 17,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-35 at 11,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-35 at 11,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Yudachi engages PT-35 at 8,000 yards DD Yudachi engages PT-35 at 8,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards DD Yudachi engages PT-35 at 12,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-35 at 12,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-34 at 12,000 yards DD Minegumo engages PT-35 at 12,000 yards DD Natsugumo engages PT-35 at 12,000 yards Range increases to 15,000 yards CL Naka engages PT-35 at 15,000 yards DD Yudachi engages PT-35 at 15,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-34 at 15,000 yards Range increases to 18,000 yards DD Yudachi engages PT-35 at 18,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-35 at 18,000 yards DD Minegumo engages PT-34 at 18,000 yards DD Natsugumo engages PT-35 at 18,000 yards Range increases to 20,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-34 at 20,000 yards DD Minegumo engages PT-35 at 20,000 yards DD Natsugumo engages PT-35 at 20,000 yards Task forces break off... my PTs retreated to Iba where the enemy was already waiting... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 79,74, Range 17,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Naka DD Natsugumo DD Minegumo DD Murasame DD Harusame DD Yudachi Allied Ships PT Q-111, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 19,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards... Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 17,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards DD Natsugumo engages PT Q-111 at 14,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards DD Natsugumo engages PT Q-111 at 11,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Natsugumo engages PT Q-111 at 7,000 yards DD Minegumo engages PT Q-111 at 7,000 yards PT Q-111 sunk by DD Natsugumo at 7,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... my PTs are finished off now, not many left... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Quinhon at 70,71 Japanese Ships xAKL Yagi Maru Allied Ships SS Seadragon xAKL Yagi Maru is sighted by SS Seadragon SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Yagi Maru Seadragon has a full complement of not working wonder weapons... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near San Fernando at 79,73, Range 15,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Naka DD Natsugumo DD Minegumo DD Murasame DD Harusame DD Yudachi Allied Ships MTB 7, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB 9 MTB 10 MTB 11, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB 12, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards... CL Naka engages MTB 12 at 15,000 yards MTB 12 sunk by DD Harusame at 15,000 yards DD Yudachi engages MTB 7 at 15,000 yards orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 10,000 yards MTB 7 sunk by DD Minegumo at 10,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards DD Harusame engages MTB 11 at 6,000 yards DD Murasame engages MTB 11 at 6,000 yards DD Minegumo engages MTB 11 at 6,000 yards MTB 11 sunk by DD Natsugumo at 6,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CL Naka engages MTB 10 at 8,000 yards DD Murasame engages MTB 10 at 8,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards CL Naka engages MTB 10 at 12,000 yards DD Harusame engages MTB 9 at 12,000 yards DD Murasame engages MTB 10 at 12,000 yards DD Minegumo engages MTB 10 at 12,000 yards DD Natsugumo engages MTB 10 at 12,000 yards Range increases to 16,000 yards DD Yudachi engages MTB 9 at 16,000 yards DD Harusame engages MTB 10 at 16,000 yards DD Minegumo engages MTB 10 at 16,000 yards DD Natsugumo engages MTB 10 at 16,000 yards Range increases to 20,000 yards DD Yudachi engages MTB 10 at 20,000 yards DD Harusame engages MTB 9 at 20,000 yards DD Minegumo engages MTB 9 at 20,000 yards Task forces break off... the British PTs do miserable, they didn´t attack at all during the night and with reactions from both side they meet their doom... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Quinhon at 70,71 Japanese Ships xAKL Hachirogata Maru, Shell hits 4 Allied Ships SS Seadragon xAKL Hachirogata Maru is sighted by SS Seadragon SS Seadragon attacking xAKL Hachirogata Maru on the surface Ferrall, W.E. decides to submerge SS Seadragon due to damage bit of gunfire which is completely useless, no torps fired and no damage to the sub at all... if I will remember, then this skipper will be replaced as soon as Seadragon retired to her home port... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * Tavoy? Why keep attacking Tavoy? [&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 Allied aircraft P-26A x 3 P-35A x 4 P-40B Warhawk x 10 P-40E Warhawk x 16 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 1 destroyed P-35A: 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 14 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27400 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27400 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27400 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27400 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 6th PS PAAC with P-26A (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27400 , scrambling fighters to 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes we send our fighters into the Stratosphere and dive on the Zeroes... which doesn´t mean that we would shoot a single one down... how uber are those buggers really? Hopefully sweep works as well for me in 44 (won´t be able to do something earlier anyway...) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Siargao at 82,88 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Sarangami xAKL Elcano, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Elcano Betties from Palau on bomb runs... enough to sink a small cargo ship... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 52 G4M1 Betty x 25 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 28 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 11 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27400 Raid is overhead 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27400 Raid is overhead Rainer has no problem at all to perfectly coordinate his attacks... nothing we can do against a 52 Zero escort... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * most of his Zeroes do sweeps on extended range but this doesn´t decrease their performance at all... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-27b Nate x 17 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 54 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb still not regularly bombing Singapore... that´s fine with me... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Siargao at 82,88 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAKL Dos Hermanos, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Dos Hermanos and the second xAKL of this TF is sunk... the new loadout (compared to WITP) for the Betty works very welll against merchants as 6 bombs dropped is quite a load and alos the 60kg bombs can really harm a merchant... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iba at 77,70 Japanese Ships xAK Yamabuki Maru AS Nagoya Maru xAK Holland Maru xAKL Kokuei Maru SC Ch 23 Allied Ships SS Pickerel SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Yamabuki Maru SC Ch 23 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub no boom... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kompong Trach at 55,74 Japanese Ships xAKL Nichizui Maru, on fire Allied Ships SS KX SS KX launches 2 torpedoes no hit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships xAK Ryuzin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage DD Kuri Allied Ships SS S-39 SS S-39 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ryuzin Maru S-39 bottoming out .... DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub and a sunk xAK... [&o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 19759 troops, 318 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 576 Defending force 5150 troops, 130 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 163 Japanese adjusted assault: 292 Allied adjusted defense: 309 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) [&o][:D] Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1486 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 77 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 80 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 384 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Assaulting units: 38th Division 66th Infantry Regiment 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Hong Kong Fortress Rifles of Canada Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force and Hong Kong still holds... will we manage to hold over two weeks as in real life? Doubtful but we will try... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 51,76 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3712 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 125 Defending force 2194 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 73 Japanese adjusted assault: 110 Allied adjusted defense: 22 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(-), disruption(-) fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 53 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 599 casualties reported Squads: 37 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 56th Infantry Regiment Defending units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade 3rd ISF Base Force the enemy is moving down the rail from Khota Baru, our troops are so shot up already that they aren´t able to move fast enough... none of them will reach Singapore... everything else will... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Camiguin (84,72) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 487 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 20 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Camiguin !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuching (58,88) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 970 troops, 4 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Defending force 1532 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Assaulting units: Sarawak Force 2/15 Punjab Battalion 106th RN Base Force Defending units: II./124th Infantry Bn /4 guess Kuching has a chance to hold back one enemy attack... if we´re lucky...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/28/2009 5:24:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: bklooste You got Sara. moving at 3 or 10 ? curious. I had Sara moving at 10, which is 3 hexes. I think I either don´t understand your question or you think it could move either 3 or 10 hexes. [&:] Max speed after she was hit was 3 hexes, normal speed 1.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/28/2009 5:36:24 PM)
over a week into hostilities but it´s not really getting better... [:)] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73 Japanese Ships DMS W-3 AK Sasako Maru xAK Awajisan Maru DD Ayanami PB Tatsumiya Maru SC Ch 9 Allied Ships SS O16 SS O16 is sighted by escort O16 diving deep .... DD Ayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 9 fails to find sub and abandons search DD Ayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ayanami attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub couple of escorts around and no attack run by our sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Calayan at 82,69 Japanese Ships AMc Choun Maru #7 xAK Chuko Maru xAK Siraha Maru xAK Tenzan Maru xAK Takaoka Maru xAK Kosei Maru xAK Sydney Maru PB Choun Maru #18 Allied Ships SS Porpoise SS Porpoise is sighted by escort Porpoise diving deep .... PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub same here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,69 Japanese Ships SC Ch 4 xAK Oigawa Maru xAK Brisbane Maru PB Kyo Maru #13 SC Ch 17 SC Ch 16 SC Ch 12 Allied Ships SS S-37 SS S-37 is sighted by escort S-37 diving deep .... PB Kyo Maru #13 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 17 fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub and here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73 Japanese Ships DD Yugao Allied Ships SS Skipjack SS Skipjack is sighted by escort DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugao attacking submerged sub .... DD Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub also here... Rainer has to be happy with his escorts, they do quite well... they´ve not sunk something yet but one sub is heavily damaged and crippled, won´t make it home... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kuching 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Atago CA Takao CL Tama CL Yura CL Jintsu DD Michishio DD Asashio Allied ground losses: 65 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Atago firing at Sarawak Force CA Takao firing at Sarawak Force CL Tama firing at Sarawak Force CL Yura firing at Sarawak Force CL Jintsu firing at 2/15 Punjab Battalion DD Michishio firing at Sarawak Force DD Asashio firing at Sarawak Force Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kuching TF 5 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 58,88 more troops coming ashore... bad news... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Samah at 68,65 Japanese Ships xAK Ume Maru Allied Ships SS Spearfish xAK Ume Maru is sighted by SS Spearfish SS Spearfish launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ume Maru all torps missed... nice shooting... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Calayan at 82,69 Japanese Ships xAK Soyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Kuri Allied Ships SS S-39 SS S-39 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Soyo Maru S-39 diving deep .... DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub a kill! [&o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Soc Trang at 56,74 Japanese Ships xAK Johore Maru, Torpedo hits 1 Allied Ships SS KXIII xAK Johore Maru is sighted by SS KXIII SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes not sure about this one... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Samah at 69,64 Japanese Ships xAK Ume Maru Allied Ships SS Sturgeon xAK Ume Maru is sighted by SS Sturgeon SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ume Maru again a miss... [>:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near San Francisco at 209,87 Japanese Ships SS I-175 Allied Ships TK Gulfland PC Reliance SS I-175 is sighted by escort PC Reliance fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub enemy sub near SF... Have got a lot of search ac in the air but they just don´t spot anything... couple this with a non existing replacement rate of Catalinas and you can´t even compensate your op losses, not to even speak about any combat losses... can this be real? Pfff.... we won´t have fully equipped search squadrons until 45... [X(][8\|] but this is true for most of the fighter and bomber squadrons too if I want to equip them with something else than crap... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tenasserim BAF Battalion, at 54,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 19 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuching at 58,88 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft Vildebeest III x 13 Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 2 CL Tama CA Atago, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Vildebeest III bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x Vildebeest III bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb my Vildebeest are the best anti shipping weapon I´ve got (except my carrier based SBDs)... I had hoped to see Rainer moving in to Kuching without heavy cruisers but I was wrong unfortunately... but we score two penetrating hits on Jintsu, that don´t do reall damage it seems... transports alone with some PBs would have been in trouble, not when cruisers come along though... well done again Rainer... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tenasserim BAF Battalion, at 54,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 183 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kuching at 58,88 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft Vildebeest III x 7 Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships CA Takao CL Tama CA Atago Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Vildebeest III bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x Vildebeest III bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb losing a couple of biplanes, not good... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 2/15 Punjab Battalion, at 58,88 (Kuching) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 22 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 95 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 22 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Kuching will fall... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Soc Trang at 58,74 Japanese Ships xAKL Nichizui Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KXIII xAKL Nichizui Maru is sighted by SS KXIII SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes small AK breaks into pieces... hopefully this will pay off over time... and hopefully every transport counts... haven´t got a single shot at a Japanese tanker so far though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Alor Star (49,73) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1865 troops, 2 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 220 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 108 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 108 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Alor Star !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 1st Tank Regiment 5th Engineer Regiment 5th Recon Regiment 6th Tank Regiment empty Alor Star is Japanese now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lingayen (79,75) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1224 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 101 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 21 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingayen !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: fatigue(-) Assaulting units: Kanno Detachment 2nd Tank Regiment as is empty Lingayen... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Attu Island (153,49) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 690 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 5 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Attu Island !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: 5th JAAF AF Bn and Attu... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuching (58,88) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 847 troops, 4 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 28 Defending force 3429 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 114 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Sarawak Force 2/15 Punjab Battalion 106th RN Base Force Defending units: II./124th Infantry Battalion III./124th Infantry Bn /3 23rd JAAF AF Bn /4 no deliberate attack at Kuching today which is surprising... guess it will fall tomorrow... CV Saratoga managed to get to LA without being attacked again, but she doesn´t look good. The ship is in a very bad state and won´t be operational before summer 42... that´s a real problem... 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castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/28/2009 5:52:36 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 16, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Samah at 72,71 Japanese Ships CL Kinu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire SC Ch 21 xAK Hukusei Maru xAK Keisyo Maru xAKL Jokuja Maru SC Ch 23 Allied Ships SS Pike SS Pike launches 4 torpedoes at CL Kinu Pike diving deep .... SC Ch 23 attacking submerged sub .... SS Pike eludes SC Ch 23 by diving deep SC Ch 23 cannot reach attack position over SS Pike SC Ch 23 cannot establish contact with SS Pike SS Pike eludes ASW attack from SC Ch 23 SC Ch 23 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub CL Kinu was earlier reported hit by a S-class sub but we still find it escorting this transport TF so I guess the first hit was FOW... also this one doesn´t seem to have caused any significant damage... [&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Takao at 83,65 Japanese Ships DMS W-17 SC Ch 4 xAK Oigawa Maru xAK Brisbane Maru PB Kyo Maru #13 SC Ch 17 SC Ch 16 SC Ch 12 Allied Ships SS Porpoise SS Porpoise launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-17 PB Kyo Maru #13 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 17 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 16 fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub one of four subs that reacted into Takao... [:-] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Kota Bharu at 53,74 Japanese Ships xAKL Matsutan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KX xAKL Matsutan Maru is sighted by SS KX SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Matsutan Maru at least my subs near Manila and South of Saigon are doing good... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Vigan at 80,73, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Naka DD Natsugumo DD Minegumo DD Murasame, Shell hits 1 DD Harusame DD Yudachi DD Samidare Allied Ships PT-31 PT-32 PT-33 Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 1,000 yards... PT-33 engages CL Naka at 1,000 yards DD Samidare engages PT-33 at 1,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-33 at 1,000 yards DD Natsugumo engages PT-33 at 1,000 yards Range increases to 2,000 yards DD Samidare engages PT-33 at 2,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-33 at 2,000 yards DD Minegumo engages PT-33 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CL Naka engages PT-33 at 6,000 yards DD Samidare engages PT-33 at 6,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-31 at 6,000 yards Task forces break off... the PTs survive another round... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Takao at 84,64 Japanese Ships SC Ch 10 SC Ch 4 xAK Oigawa Maru xAK Brisbane Maru PB Kyo Maru #13 SC Ch 17 SC Ch 16 SC Ch 12 Allied Ships SS Porpoise SS Porpoise launches 4 torpedoes at SC Ch 10 Porpoise bottoming out .... PB Kyo Maru #13 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 17 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 16 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 12 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub please stay out of base hexes... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 27 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 8 damaged Allied Ships HDML 1062, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk HDML 1063, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Port hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes the enemy comes in at night and sinks two crap boats in port... what on earth am I expected to do with HDMLs? I honour all the exact OOB work but those ships are only there to get the enemy some victory points, they are of no use at all...[&:] Flak could have been much more effective IMO, considering the low attack alt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 27 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 6 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes another night strike of a full daitai... the enemy gets nice numbers in his daitais, we have to deal with 3 and 5 plane airgroups... another thing that is surely correct and good OOB work but just kills any fun and increases micromanagement enormously as I´m not just dealing with single pilots all the time, I´m also moving around single ac all the time... to much for a game dealing with the scale of the Pacific war... why not going into detail of equipping single soldiers with guns? I would have preferred putting more work into more features and making existing ones work better than to make it so historical accurate OOB wise... but that´s jsut me... I´m sure moving around single bombers from Pearl Harbour to Brisbane is a wet dream for some history buffs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Wake Island at 136,98 Japanese Ships DD Kisaragi AMC Kongo Maru DD Hayate DD Oite PB Kaiun Maru Allied Ships SS Tambor SS Tambor launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kisaragi Tambor bottoming out .... DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Oite fails to find sub and abandons search PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Groot Natoena at 58,79 Japanese Ships CL Yura DD Asashio DD Arashio DD Michishio DD Oshio Allied Ships SS Stingray SS Stingray is sighted by escort DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashio fails to find sub and abandons search DD Michishio fails to find sub and abandons search DD Oshio attacking submerged sub .... DD Oshio attacking submerged sub .... DD Oshio attacking submerged sub .... DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub it´s the escorts´ turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Kodiak at 182,43 Japanese Ships SS I-171 Allied Ships xAKL Pacific, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAKL Pacific is sighted by SS I-171 SS I-171 launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Pacific and an empty xAKL is sunk near Kodiak... 3500 supplies reached the outpost... doubt the Japanese will move that far but who knows... not that I would care of... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Samah at 68,65 Japanese Ships DMS W-3 DD Shikinami SC Ch 7 AK Sasako Maru xAK Awajisan Maru DD Ayanami PB Tatsumiya Maru SC Ch 9 Allied Ships SS Sturgeon, hits 1 SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-3 Sturgeon diving deep .... DD Ayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 9 fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ayanami fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 9 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 9 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub another time PLOINK and a near miss in return... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet wonder why those Zeroes sweep at 6000ft... an oversight that happened quite a couple of times already... not that it would matter, they would shoot up my Warhawks at 30.000ft anyway, no matter at what alt they fly... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet follow on sweep on 20.000ft though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet the brave defenders of Hong Kong get visited by a IJNAAF sight seeing tour... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied Ships xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage AO Pecos, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AS Otus, Bomb hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Port hits 4 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb have damaged ships at Manila and a (now not working anymore) AS for my subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 108th/2 Base Force, at 51,65 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-51 Sonia x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb Rainer still doesn´t focus all air attacks on the ground units... amazing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong Fortress, at 77,61 (Hong Kong) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44 Tojo x 6 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tenasserim BAF Battalion, at 54,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 194 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 Allied aircraft P-26A x 2 P-35A x 2 P-40B Warhawk x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 1 destroyed P-35A: 1 destroyed P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27400 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 27000. Raid is overhead 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27400 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 27000. Raid is overhead 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27400 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27400 Raid is overhead 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27400 Raid is overhead 6th PS PAAC with P-26A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27400 Raid is overhead what can I say, not a single Zero shot down, but we lose 5 fighters again... alt advantage and outnumbering them doesn´t help at all... the Zeros will probably keep up their 6-7:1 kill rate until I can field hundreds of Corsairs... not happening anytime soon... [image]local://upfiles/13774/3534492049B84A14A8ECDE99DBD00302.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2061 troops, 153 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 522 Defending force 4813 troops, 129 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 151 Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 66th Infantry Regiment 38th Division 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Rifles of Canada Battalion Hong Kong Fortress Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga (81,81) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3673 troops, 36 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 419 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 114 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 114 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Naga !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 9th Infantry Regiment 16th Engineer Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 16th Recon Regiment Kimura Det -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuching (58,88) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2716 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 114 Defending force 1208 troops, 8 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Japanese adjusted assault: 32 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuching !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1911 casualties reported Squads: 80 destroyed, 77 disabled Non Combat: 99 destroyed, 65 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (6 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Units destroyed 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: II./124th Infantry Battalion III./124th Infantry Battalion 23rd JAAF AF Bn Defending units: Sarawak Force 2/15 Punjab Battalion 106th RN Base Force Kuching falls...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/29/2009 2:04:34 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 17, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Talaud-eilanden at 80,97, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Myoko CA Haguro, Shell hits 1 CL Kiso CL Oi DD Kuroshio DD Oyashio DD Yamagumo Allied Ships AM Penguin, Shell hits 3, and is sunk Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 12,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 11,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards AM Penguin sunk by CA Haguro at 9,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... more of the strange spottings and reactions of TFs... wrong, just wrong... in the end this will be a major disaster for the Japanese as my subs are doing the same sht... I just don´t get what the devs think when subs and SC TFs react around to targets that get magically spotted during the night...[&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island at 136,101 Japanese Ships AMC Kinryu Maru AMC Kongo Maru DD Hayate DD Oite PB Kaiun Maru Allied Ships SS Tambor SS Tambor launches 4 torpedoes at AMC Kinryu Maru Tambor diving deep .... DD Hayate fails to find sub and abandons search DD Oite fails to find sub and abandons search PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we will see most of our torps fail to detonate during the next 18 months... [:(] but I´m sure we´ll also sink a hell a lot of ships with our subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Saigon at 60,73 Japanese Ships xAKL Nittatsu Maru Allied Ships SS Stingray xAKL Nittatsu Maru is sighted by SS Stingray SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Nittatsu Maru lone xAKL but the sub is helpless... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Saigon at 60,73 Japanese Ships xAK Hokko Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Stingray xAK Hokko Maru is sighted by SS Stingray SS Stingray attacking xAK Hokko Maru on the surface but then Stingray attacks on the surface... what I don´t like once again is the fact that the sub reacted into Saigon... losing a sub to mines wouldn´t be surprising even though we don´t have ordered them to move into bases anyway on their patrol... but the reaction feature does it´s own... doubt that the AK is finished when disbanded into the shipyard... and would I be Rainer I would try to save every single ship... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 G3M2 Nell x 13 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 4 damaged Allied Ships AM Ballarat AM Toowoomba Aircraft Attacking: 13 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo forgot my minesweeping TF but the Nells perform really bad... Singapore is open for sub replenishment again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 69 Allied aircraft P-35A x 1 P-40B Warhawk x 8 P-40E Warhawk x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 19 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 14 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes wow! We shot down a Zero... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-27b Nate x 35 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 4 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 10000 feet 7 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes will soon stand down everything that is left, which isn´t much anyway... no sense trying to fight the enemy here, too many UBER Zeroes around... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-51 Sonia x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 9 damaged Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong Fortress, at 77,61 (Hong Kong) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44 Tojo x 6 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 C5M2 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 108th/2 Base Force, at 51,65 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 108th/2 Base Force, at 51,65 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 13 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Tenasserim BAF Battalion, at 54,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iba at 74,73 Japanese Ships APD Hagi, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAKL Raizan Maru Allied Ships SS KXVIII SS KXVIII launches 4 torpedoes at APD Hagi KXVIII diving deep .... Sub escapes detection finished an APD... good... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2080 troops, 153 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 535 Defending force 4833 troops, 129 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 155 Allied ground losses: 87 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 66th Infantry Regiment 38th Division 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 5th RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Rifles of Canada Battalion Hong Kong Fortress Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force another day when my Hong Kong fortress holds out... nice delay, hopefully the enemy division has suffered some losses so far and isn´t the needed reinforcement for the Philipines anymore, but I guess that´s only wishful thinking...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/29/2009 2:16:39 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 18, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 83,67 Japanese Ships SC Ch 15 SC Ch 18 Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV is located by SC Ch 15 SC Ch 18 fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub seems like the enemy has formed some ASW TFs around Formosa... not much else around, will have to think about regrouping my subs elsewhere... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 82,67 Japanese Ships E Kiku SC Ch 3 Allied Ships SS Porpoise SS Porpoise is located by E Kiku Porpoise diving deep .... E Kiku fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 3 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub even if the ASW TFs aren´t really effective, my subs aren´t either... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 78,75, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Naka DD Natsugumo DD Minegumo DD Murasame DD Harusame DD Yudachi DD Samidare Allied Ships PT-34 PT-35, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB 9 MTB 10, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards PT-35 engages DD Samidare at 2,000 yards DD Samidare engages MTB 10 at 2,000 yards MTB 10 engages DD Harusame at 2,000 yards MTB 10 sunk by DD Natsugumo at 2,000 yards PT-35 sunk by DD Harusame at 2,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-34 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-34 at 5,000 yards DD Minegumo engages PT-34 at 5,000 yards Task forces break off... the enemy is now hunting my PTs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Gardner Island at 150,145 Japanese Ships SS RO-68, hits 8, and is sunk Allied Ships DMS Hopkins DMS Southard DMS Elliot DMS Long SS RO-68 launches 2 torpedoes at DMS Hopkins RO-68 diving deep .... DMS Elliot fails to find sub and abandons search DMS Long fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS Long attacking submerged sub .... DMS Long cannot reach attack position over SS RO-68 SS RO-68 eludes ASW attack from DMS Long SS RO-68 forced to surface! DMS Elliot firing on surfaced sub .... DMS Long firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves Japanese sub fired a torp salvo and is sunk in return after being forced to surface it was shot to pieces... could be sub number 5 being sunk (4 by mines)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Saigon at 60,71 Japanese Ships xAKL Kashi Maru Allied Ships SS O19, hits 3 xAKL Kashi Maru is sighted by SS O19 SS O19 attacking xAKL Kashi Maru on the surface Kolling, H.F.B. decides to submerge SS O19 due to damage great idea to attack submerged (mostly a stupid idea in AE it seems)... the sub was hit three times by 8cm gunfire and had to withdraw with 19 flt damage... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83 Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru Allied Ships SS Seal SS Seal is sighted by escort Seal diving deep .... PB Kantori Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 79,74, Range 19,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Naka DD Natsugumo DD Minegumo DD Murasame DD Harusame DD Yudachi DD Samidare Allied Ships PT-34, Shell hits 2, and is sunk MTB 9 Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... DD Samidare engages PT-34 at 19,000 yards DD Yudachi engages PT-34 at 19,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-34 at 19,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-34 at 17,000 yards DD Natsugumo engages PT-34 at 17,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards DD Samidare engages PT-34 at 14,000 yards PT-34 sunk by DD Harusame at 14,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards DD Harusame engages MTB 9 at 10,000 yards DD Murasame engages MTB 9 at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards DD Minegumo engages MTB 9 at 9,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards CL Naka engages MTB 9 at 14,000 yards Range increases to 17,000 yards DD Yudachi engages MTB 9 at 17,000 yards Range increases to 20,000 yards Task forces break off... not much left of my PT force... the PTs were the only surface assets to defend the Philipinese... they´ve probably sunk a DD and damaged a CL and that´s it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 14 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 6000 feet Nates in the Philipinese? Replacing Zeroes perhaps? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 G4M1 Betty x 18 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged Allied Ships AS Otus, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AO Pecos, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Port hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Rainer spotted my remaining ships in port... losing the AS is a mess but I´m in the process of withdrawing my subs around Formosa and the Philipinese anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-27b Nate x 18 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Repair Shipyard hits 1 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 108th/2 Base Force, at 51,65 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-51 Sonia x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 10 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong Fortress, at 77,61 (Hong Kong) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44 Tojo x 6 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 108th/2 Base Force, at 51,65 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island at 136,98 Japanese Ships xAK Shofuku Maru PB Kohuku Maru Allied Ships SS Triton SS Triton launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Shofuku Maru Triton bottoming out .... PB Kohuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub two subs around Wake but it´s pretty much safe for the IJN... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 19138 troops, 318 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 556 Defending force 4821 troops, 129 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 161 Japanese adjusted assault: 418 Allied adjusted defense: 357 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 140 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 390 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 66th Infantry Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 5th RF Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Hong Kong Fortress Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Rifles of Canada Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force and the Hong Kong defenders hold off the enemy once more... guess they won´t last much longer though and we nearly do no damage anymore, only kills count anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tavoy (54,60) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3949 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 151 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 84 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 84 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tavoy !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 112th Infantry Regiment 55th Cavalry Regiment the enemy finally takes Tavoy and moves further South... haven´t spotted any enemy division in Malaya...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/29/2009 2:23:20 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 19, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Billiton at 53,92 Japanese Ships SS I-159 Allied Ships AM Toowoomba SS I-159 is sighted by escort I-159 bottoming out .... AM Toowoomba fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub one of the rare events when one of our escorts prevents an enemy sub from attacking... it´s unbelievable how much I lack escorts... I´m more or less using everything (except this HDML crap) for escort duty but probably 3 out of 4 TFs move around unescorted... will be happy 6 months for the IJN subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island at 136,98 Japanese Ships xAK Nikki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PB Kohuku Maru Allied Ships SS Triton Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS Triton launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Nikki Maru PB Kohuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we finally score a hit near Wake, hopefully the ship won´t make it as it´s a far way to a bigger port but the damage seems light... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 73,83 Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru Allied Ships SS Seal SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at PB Kantori Maru Seal bottoming out .... PB Kantori Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Puerto Princesa Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Chosa Maru PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops next invasion... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Puerto Princesa TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Puerto Princesa, 73,83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Puerto Princesa Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Chosa Maru PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kuching at 60,86 Japanese Ships PB Nako Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Sailfish SS Sailfish is sighted by escort Sailfish bottoming out .... PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Itbayat Island at 83,69 Japanese Ships SC Ch 18 SC Ch 15 Allied Ships SS S-36 SS S-36 launches 4 torpedoes at SC Ch 18 S-36 diving deep .... SC Ch 18 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 15 attacking submerged sub .... SS S-36 eludes SC Ch 15 by diving deep SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub performance of my S-class subs is really depressing, I guess they have only sunk two or three ships so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 Ki-51 Sonia x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Ki-51 Sonia: 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Kowloon Brigade ... Also attacking Hong Kong ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong Fortress, at 77,61 (Hong Kong) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 21 Ki-44 Tojo x 4 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Takao at 84,64 Japanese Ships SC Ch 10 SC Ch 11 Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV is located by SC Ch 10 SC Ch 11 fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub like I´ve said, only ASW TFs left around Formosa... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 20202 troops, 321 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 551 Defending force 4520 troops, 129 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 142 Japanese adjusted assault: 223 Allied adjusted defense: 277 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) [:D] Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 169 casualties reported [8\|] Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 495 casualties reported [:(] Squads: 10 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 66th Infantry Regiment 38th Division 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd RF Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Rifles of Canada Battalion Hong Kong Fortress Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force Rainer seems to become impatientely. After the failed attack yesterday he orders another one today which fails again. But he didn´t take any losses so it doesn´t hurt him anyway... [8\|] Still amazing how lucky we´ve been with the die rolls in Hong Kong to hold the town until this date... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Iba (78,75) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1224 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 6 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Iba !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Assaulting units: Kanno Detachment The enemy is moving on Clark... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Taiping (49,75) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3632 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 122 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 122 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Taiping !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 42nd Infantry Regiment

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/30/2009 3:12:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 20, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island at 136,98 Japanese Ships xAK Nanman Maru, Torpedo hits 1 PB Kohuku Maru Allied Ships SS Tambor SS Tambor launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Nanman Maru Tambor bottoming out .... PB Kohuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub another AK is hit near Wake, probably in trouble... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island at 136,98 Japanese Ships xAK Nanman Maru PB Kohuku Maru Allied Ships SS Tambor SS Tambor launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Nanman Maru Tambor bottoming out .... PB Kohuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub or not... another attack and the ship doesn´t show up as damaged at all... [&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,78 Japanese Ships PB Fuji Maru #4 Allied Ships SS Skipjack SS Skipjack is sighted by escort Skipjack diving deep .... PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub guess we will have to focus on anti resource/oil - TFs soon as the invasion and supply convoys will soon drastically reduce in numbers... only chances left will be around Java and Southern Bormeo... IMO Rainer will have conquered everything within the next three months at the latest as the Allied just have nothing to put in the Japanese way... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kuching at 59,88 Japanese Ships PB Nako Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Sculpin SS Sculpin is sighted by escort PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Manado - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Tachikaze DD Kamikaze xAK Zuiko Maru DD Nokaze DD Tachikaze firing at Manado Base Force DD Kamikaze firing at Manado Base Force DD Nokaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Manado TF 9 troops unloading over beach at Manado, 75,99 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Type 95 Light Tank dropped into water during unload of 8th Tank Rgt Type 89A Medium Tank dropped into water during unload of 8th Tank Rgt 10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 3rd JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Davao Japanese Ships PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Kanko Maru Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled PB Nanpo Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kanko Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Davao TF 19 troops unloading over beach at Davao, 79,91 Japanese ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 146th Infantry Rgt 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 146th Infantry Rgt /3 20 troops of a IJA HMG Squad accidentally lost during unload of 146th Infantry Rgt /5 10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 146th Infantry Rgt /7 the losses during invasions has been so much toned down for AE that the Japanese can conquer the whole SRA and have all their troops more or less completely intact... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Sorong Japanese Ships DD Namikaze DD Hakaze DD Minekaze Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) DD Namikaze firing at Sorong Det. Base Force DD Hakaze firing at Sorong Det. Base Force DD Minekaze firing at Sorong Det. Base Force DD Namikaze firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Sorong TF 192 troops unloading over beach at Sorong, 82,107 nothing around to defend New Guinea... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Davao Japanese Ships PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Kanko Maru PB Nanpo Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kanko Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 Ki-27b Nate x 38 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17 Allied aircraft P-35A x 1 P-40B Warhawk x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 2 destroyed Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 32400. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Raid is overhead the Zeroes did nothing and our fighters were able to get a shot at the Nates... this is Rainer´s first mistake, he shouldn´t use Nates in the frontline, but I guess he wants to use his Zeroes somewhere else already and there are nearly none of my fighters left in the Philipinese... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters to 2000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Raid is overhead as soon as Zeroes show up our fighters are dead... just no sense fighting 80 exp pilots with 50 exp pilots (at best) in obsolete aircraft compared to the Zero... no matter at what altitude, the Zero is clearly superior to everything the Allied can put in the air until late 42... oh boy... unfortunetely tactics aren´t inplemented in AE... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 47 G4M1 Betty x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged Allied Ships AS Holland, Bomb hits 1, on fire Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet and we can´t count on flak either... I´m still used to WITP Nikmod flak that could actually harm low incoming strikes but in AE we´re pretty much back to WITP stock flak values, which means pretty useless... on the other side, every flak kill counts as two kills in WITP as I guess the production numbers in AE will (hopefully) be lower... at the moment I doubt that they will be significantly lower though... time will tell... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 3rd SSVF Battalion, at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 10 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 16 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 73 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AO Pecos, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 6th Burma Rifles Battalion, at 55,55 (Moulmein) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 123 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 C5M2 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet even if we would engage such a low alt sweep, we would get our heads handed over... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAKL Kumakawa Maru, Shell hits 1 DD Nokaze APD Nadakaze APD Shimakaze 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Kumakawa Maru at 12,000 yards DD Nokaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards APD Nadakaze firing at enemy troops APD Shimakaze firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Davao Japanese Ships PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Kanko Maru PB Nanpo Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kanko Maru firing at enemy troops total losses looked good though today... a very small morale boost... [image]local://upfiles/13774/23439DBA7B5246549CB3D0A550BDD28A.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/30/2009 3:40:06 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 21, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAKL Kumakawa Maru, Shell hits 1 DD Nokaze APD Nadakaze APD Shimakaze 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Kumakawa Maru at 12,000 yards DD Nokaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards APD Nadakaze firing at enemy troops APD Shimakaze firing at enemy troops I don´t know how it would look like if the enemy would engage major CD defenses but so far if there are a couple of 75mm up to 6 inch CD guns they do more or less nothing while firing a couple of shots at best and the rest of the guns isn´t engaging landing troops at all it seems (unlike WITP)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Davao Japanese Ships PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Kanko Maru PB Nanpo Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kanko Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Port Moresby at 98,132 Japanese Ships SS RO-33 Allied Ships AM Deloraine SS RO-33 is sighted by escort RO-33 diving deep .... AM Deloraine fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Deloraine attacking submerged sub .... AM Deloraine cannot reach attack position over SS RO-33 SS RO-33 eludes ASW attack from AM Deloraine AM Deloraine fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we´re bringing some reinforcements and supply to PM, one of our most important bases... unfortunately we have not really a lot to put there at the moment, it just takes too long to get things moving... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Wake Island at 136,98 Japanese Ships PB Kohuku Maru Allied Ships SS Triton SS Triton is sighted by escort Triton bottoming out .... PB Kohuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub it seems Rainer is pulling some of the troops he´s landed here out again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Hino Maru #3 DD Nokaze 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Hino Maru #3 at 12,000 yards DD Nokaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Davao Japanese Ships PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Kanko Maru PB Nanpo Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kanko Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,74 Japanese Ships PB Takunan Maru #8 Allied Ships SS Shark SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes at PB Takunan Maru #8 Shark diving deep .... PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Daido Maru DD Nokaze 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Daido Maru at 12,000 yards DD Nokaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Davao Japanese Ships PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Kanko Maru PB Nanpo Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kanko Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 82,67 Japanese Ships E Kiku SC Ch 3 Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV is sighted by escort KXV diving deep .... E Kiku fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 3 fails to find sub and abandons search E Kiku attacking submerged sub .... E Kiku fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub more and more ASW TFs show up to engage our subs... will have to relocate... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,76 Japanese Ships xAK Giyu Maru PB Kantori Maru Allied Ships SS Seal SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Giyu Maru PB Kantori Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub hit but no explosion... nothing new... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet except two recon Buffalos there´s nothing left in Singapore... no sense having everything shot to pieces when fighting the Japanese UBER airforce... kill rates of 6-7:1 make it unworthy to engage the enemy... even if our pilots in the 50s are crap, getting them killed and replaced with pilots in the 20s is even worse... and in late 44 the RAF will get two dozen Thunderbolts a month, perhaps we the 50s pilots are of use then... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 53 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 65 Allied aircraft P-35A x 1 P-40B Warhawk x 6 P-40E Warhawk x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40B Warhawk: 3 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 15 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes what can I say, there´s nothing an Allied player can do against the Zeroes if the Japanese player isn´t making a mistake... in WITP you were at least partially able to hurt the Japanese, even without the Japanese player screwing something up, but in AE I can´t see any hope to punish the Japanese if they keep on going methodically... by now, I guess the Japanese are already producing three times more Oscars and Zeroes than I get "first line fighters" and if you add in the kill rate of Zeroes vs my "first line fighters" than I would only need 300 of them each month... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 30 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18 Ki-27b Nate x 19 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 30 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment ... Also attacking Singapore Fortress ... Also attacking 2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment ... Also attacking Singapore Fortress ... attacking a ground unit at Singapore is the wrong target at the moment as it doesn´t prevent me from building up the forts... I don´t expect my forts reaching a higher level than 3 though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Penang Fortress, at 49,74 (Georgetown) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Ki-27b Nate x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Repair Shipyard hits 3 Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 53 Buffalo I x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: No.21 Sqn RAAF with Buffalo I (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Raid is overhead AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes AVG/2nd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes No.67 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes No.243 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 23000. Raid is overhead No.243 Sqn RAF Det with Buffalo I (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Raid is overhead a probing sweep to Rangoon it seems, hopefully half a dozen Zeroe pilots haven´t returned... Rainer keeps doing the high alt sweeps as this works just fine with the Zeroes... we´ve more or less operating at max alt now and the AVG is our best unit - needless to say... the aircraft losses show 9 Zeroes lost today, perhaps 5 or 6 pilots died... I´m expecting to see 70-80 Zeroes on a sweep soon, which will mean that the AVG will be whiped out within two or three attacks for the loss of 20-25 Zeroes in total (with 15 pilots perhaps)... I´m not going to defend Burma, I´m on full retreat and convoys are coming in to pick up the Burma division, the RAF HQ and at least three base forces... the rest, which is nothing but those crappy small units, will first stay at Rangoon and when the enemy closes in will be withdrawn North and perhaps moved overland to India (if the enemy isn´t faster than us)... am thinking about defending (and building up) Akyab and Cox Bazar... will be hard though if the Japanese keep Zeroes in Rangoon... [image]local://upfiles/13774/BABDBE13C2A845279DAF8A50FE3F6F4B.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manado Base Force, at 75,99 (Manado) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 16 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb I´m amazed that Rainer quite often orders those ground strikes against our "combat units" at his invasion sites as we can´t put up anything against his landed troops anyway, no matter with or without his ground strikes... the Betties don´t suffer op losses during these attacks on quite a distance so it´s probably just a good ground bomb training run... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Daido Maru, Shell hits 1 DD Nokaze 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Daido Maru at 12,000 yards DD Nokaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Davao Japanese Ships PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Kanko Maru PB Nanpo Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru firing at enemy troops PB Kanko Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2085 troops, 153 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 562 Defending force 4234 troops, 127 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 38th Division 66th Infantry Regiment 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Rifles of Canada Battalion Hong Kong Fortress Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force 14 days into the war and Hong Kong is still Allied... not far away from the 17 days HK held out in real life... this is where Betty attacks would make a difference... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Atimonan (80,79) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 20 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Atimonan !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 16th Recon Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 50,77 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3732 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Defending force 1584 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Japanese adjusted assault: 25 Allied adjusted defense: 25 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 102 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 125 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 56th Infantry Regiment Defending units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade 3rd ISF Base Force the troops that were pushed out from Khota Baru are able to hold off one attack on the railway... surprisingly... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Davao (79,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3846 troops, 32 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 154 Defending force 344 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Japanese adjusted assault: 71 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 71 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 351 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 146th Infantry Regiment Defending units: 1st /101st PA Battalion wonder if the enemy will land more on Mindanao than just this rgt... in a week I will receive a PA division as reinforcement which should get up my assault value at Cagayan to around 200... but Mindanao isn´t important at all at this stage, I always preferred to bypass it completely and in AE this is even more an option as I can´t put any ac there because I´ve got none... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sorong (82,107) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 342 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Defending force 83 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 15 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Sorong !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Assaulting units: 1st Indpt SNLF Coy Defending units: Sorong Det. Base Force no chance at Sorong... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Puerto Princesa (73,83) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 141 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 7 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Puerto Princesa !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy Defending units: 2nd PI Base Force

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/30/2009 3:57:11 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 22, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Feni Islands at 108,126 Japanese Ships BB Hiei CA Chikuma CL Abukuma DD Isokaze DD Kasumi DD Arare DD Tanikaze DD Hamakaze Allied Ships SS Tarpon, hits 4 SS Tarpon is sighted by escort DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arare attacking submerged sub .... DD Tanikaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Hamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub this is near Rabaul... BB Hiei? This pretty much looks like the KB´s escort but we haven´t spotted any carriers (yet)... Even if it wouldn´t be KB, I don´t like to see any major IJN naval assets near Rabaul as this could indicate an attempt to attack PM... or it´s only the escort for the invasion of Rabaul... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island at 132,101 Japanese Ships xAK Nanman Maru PB Hirotama Maru Allied Ships SS Triton SS Triton launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Nanman Maru Triton diving deep .... PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hirotama Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we keep firing torps at Nanman Maru but even 12 torps so far aren´t enough to sink this ship... in real life I´m pretty sure it would have been enough to sink this merchant, even with the high dud rate, because in real life, less torps would have been fired at once and the hit rate was always FAR higher than in both WITP and AE... guess we will keep on firing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Rabaul TF 6 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 106,125 Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) 75mm T94 Mtn Gun lost in surf during unload of 144th Infantry Rgt 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost overboard during unload of 15th Base Force /1 8 Naval Support troops lost in surf during unload of 15th Base Force /1 8 Engineers lost overboard during unload of 15th Base Force 8 Naval Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 15th Base Force /3 8 Engineers lost overboard during unload of 15th Base Force /3 10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 144th Infantry Rgt /2 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 144th Infantry Rgt /3 10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 144th Infantry Rgt /4 Rabaul was evacuated and the troops were brought to Port Moresby... if he sends only this rgt to PM then we will probably have a good chance to hold... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Daido Maru, Shell hits 1 DD Nokaze 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAK Daido Maru at 12,000 yards DD Nokaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Newcastle at 95,171 Japanese Ships SS I-17 Allied Ships xAK Lewis Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Lewis Luckenbach is sighted by SS I-17 SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Lewis Luckenbach guess this was an AK I could have converted to an AE? [:(] got no escorts available, therfore this TF is moving unescorted... not much chances, either not moving out of port or mostly moving unescorted... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 68 Ki-27b Nate x 19 Allied aircraft P-35A x 1 P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 15 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 11 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 17 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 29000. Raid is overhead 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes another sweep with nearly 70 Zeroes... what can I do to stop them... can´t say Rainer has any problems coordinating his attacks, everything works just fine... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 33 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Ki-27b Nate x 18 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 7 Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 18 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Raid is overhead 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Raid is overhead our fighters in the air were dead meat once again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-44 Tojo x 4 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 5 Ki-51 Sonia x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Ki-51 Sonia: 7 damaged Allied ground losses: Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Kowloon Brigade ... Also attacking Hong Kong ... Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... Also attacking Hong Kong ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong Fortress, at 77,61 (Hong Kong) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 3 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 102nd RN Base Force ... Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... Also attacking 102nd RN Base Force ... Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 G4M1 Betty x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged Allied Ships xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AO Pecos, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 33 C5M2 Babs x 1 Ki-27b Nate x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 18 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 50,77 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 14 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 16 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 115 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 8th Indian is moving to Singapore... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manado Base Force, at 75,99 (Manado) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 22 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 22 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Ternate Japanese Ships PB Kure Maru #5 PB Kure Maru #5 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Ternate TF 107 troops unloading over beach at Ternate, 78,102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manado (75,99) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 944 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 85 Defending force 1599 troops, 2 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Japanese adjusted assault: 40 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 929 casualties reported Squads: 21 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 8th Tank Regiment 3rd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: Manado Garrison Battalion Manado Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 20462 troops, 321 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 577 Defending force 4216 troops, 126 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 130 Japanese adjusted assault: 443 Allied adjusted defense: 133 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 211 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 7313 casualties reported Squads: 397 destroyed, 61 disabled Non Combat: 418 destroyed, 104 disabled Engineers: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 255 (249 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 113 (112 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units destroyed 5 Assaulting units: 66th Infantry Regiment 38th Division 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 5th RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Rifles of Canada Battalion Hong Kong Fortress Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force Hong Kong finally surrenders... nearly achieved historical performance, surrendering one day earlier than real life... not bad... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 50,77 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3688 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 124 Defending force 1398 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42 Japanese adjusted assault: 100 Allied adjusted defense: 10 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 545 casualties reported Squads: 40 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 56th Infantry Regiment Defending units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade 3rd ISF Base Force

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/30/2009 5:24:25 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 23, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Ternate Japanese Ships PB Kure Maru #5 PB Kure Maru #5 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 345 encounters mine field at Cam Ranh Bay (64,72) Allied Ships SS Saury, Mine hits 1 and here we go... this is what I´ve described earlier and what I don´t want to see at all... Saury, who had it´s patrol zone nearly a dozen hexes away of Cam Ran Bay reacted and reacted until it ended up in the base hex, promptly hitting a mine... the sub will get away as the IJN mine is more of a handgrenade but there was also a lot of luck involved... just don´t want to see my subs reacting into ports but I can´t prevent them from doing so... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Lord Howe Island at 98,172 Japanese Ships SS I-17 Allied Ships xAK Hauraki, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage xAK Hauraki is sighted by SS I-17 SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Hauraki damn I-17... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sangi at 76,97 Japanese Ships DD Kamikaze, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Nanrei Maru DD Nokaze DD Tachikaze Allied Ships SS KXVII SS KXVII launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kamikaze DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Tachikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Nokaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tachikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub but we strike back and hit a nice target... heard the sound of a sinking ship so I guess the DD broke apart... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Ternate Japanese Ships PB Kure Maru #5 PB Kure Maru #5 firing at enemy troops ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Busuanga TF 149 troops unloading over beach at Busuanga, 77,80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Ocean Island Japanese Ships DD Yunagi DD Asanagi DD Yunagi firing at Heron Det. DD Asanagi firing at Heron Det. DD Yunagi firing at enemy troops DD Asanagi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Ocean Island TF 184 troops unloading over beach at Ocean Island, 130,130 am amazed that Rainer is mopping up completely unimportant atolls already... there are more juicy targets around... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Manado at 76,99, Range 19,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Myoko CA Haguro CL Kiso CL Oi DD Kuroshio DD Oyashio DD Yamagumo Allied Ships xAK Nanning, Shell hits 20, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 19,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 19,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 19,000 yards CA Myoko engages xAK Nanning at 19,000 yards CL Kiso engages xAK Nanning at 19,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages xAK Nanning at 19,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards CA Haguro engages xAK Nanning at 17,000 yards CL Oi engages xAK Nanning at 17,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages xAK Nanning at 17,000 yards DD Oyashio engages xAK Nanning at 17,000 yards DD Kuroshio engages xAK Nanning at 17,000 yards Range closes to 13,000 yards CA Haguro engages xAK Nanning at 13,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards DD Kuroshio engages xAK Nanning at 10,000 yards CA Myoko engages xAK Nanning at 10,000 yards CL Oi engages xAK Nanning at 10,000 yards CL Kiso engages xAK Nanning at 10,000 yards xAK Nanning sunk by DD Kuroshio at 10,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... guess there are only two or three transports left in the SRA that were helplessly moved around by the "flee from enemy routine"... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Horn Island at 93,130 Japanese Ships SS RO-33 Allied Ships AVD Childs xAP Rochambeau AM Quail SS RO-33 is sighted by escort AM Quail fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub sub missed, TF for PM... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Ternate Japanese Ships PB Kure Maru #5 PB Kure Maru #5 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Quinhon at 66,70 Japanese Ships xAK Meiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Shark SS Shark launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Meiyo Maru Sub escapes detection this one is a kill... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes a remaining Warhawk acted as a training target for the Zeroes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 G4M1 Betty x 22 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged Allied Ships AO Pecos, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb the last ships are sinking in the Philipinese... homeport for my subs have been reset to Singapore and Soerabaja already... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-27b Nate x 19 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged Allied Ships AS Holland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 17 Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb also the AS at Clarkfield is history... should have tried to move them out but they would have caught by the UBER surface combat TFs anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Blair RN Det , at 46,58 (Port Blair) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 24000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 [:@][:@] Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 30 B5N2 Kate x 26 D3A1 Val x 13 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAKL Fiona, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Matthew Flinders, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk xAKL Coolana, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAKL James Cook, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Burwah, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 9 x D3A1 Val diving from 1000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 13 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 4 x D3A1 Val diving from 10000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb Coolana caught transferring cargo ... Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Matthew Flinders Burwah caught transferring cargo ... my mistake! I should have known better when we spotted BB Hiei, KB is in the area... This TF has brought supplies to PM and has nearly completed unloading... not a major target but I hate losing ships, no matter if Queen Mary or just a couple of xAKLs... nothing we can do against such a hit rate... when KB is operating near PM then I don´t doubt that this is the next target... hey, we´re already 16 days into the war, why not invading PM soon? [8\|] Heck, I knew I should have trust the guys that said AE is really slowing down the pace of advance... lol, what a joke, it´s as fast as in WITP, if not faster due to the Japanese knowing that the Allied can´t do anything anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 B5N2 Kate x 25 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AM Deloraine, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Koolama, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo also the second TF that has brought troops and supplies to PM is history... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Lord Howe Island at 102,172 Japanese Ships SS I-17 Allied Ships xAK Michael Goulandris, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Michael Goulandris damn bugger is following my TF and I can´t do anything against it, changed direction twice already... guess the f*cking sub will sink my AKs as long as it carries torps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Malden Island at 172,151 Japanese Ships SS I-16 Allied Ships AG Argonne, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage AM Grebe SS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at AG Argonne I-16 diving deep .... AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Grebe attacking submerged sub .... AM Grebe cannot reach attack position over SS I-16 AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub another AK history... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Amchitka Island TF 2 troops unloading over beach at Amchitka Island, 158,52 Japanese ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 8th Garrison Unit 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 8th Garrison Unit 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 8th Garrison Unit /3 Rainer moves further East in the Aleutans... he can move to Anchorage and I wouldn´t care... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Ternate Japanese Ships PB Kure Maru #5 PB Kure Maru #5 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3971 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 165 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 29 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: fatigue(-) Assaulting units: 144th Infantry Regiment 15th Base Force empty Rabaul falls... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ternate (78,102) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1184 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 88 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 38 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Ternate !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 154 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: I./4th Infantry Battalion Defending units: Ternate Det. Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 102 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Defending force 211 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Japanese adjusted assault: 6 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Blair !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), morale(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 391 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /1 Defending units: Port Blair RN Det -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ocean Island (130,130) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1468 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 82 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 24 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Ocean Island !!! Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 122 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 61st Nav Gd /2 Defending units: Heron Det.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/30/2009 5:41:00 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 109 encounters mine field at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Ships DMS W-19 DMS W-18 DMS W-17 DMS W-16 DMS W-15 DMS W-12 DMS W-11 DMS W-10 DMS W-9 247 mines cleared preparation work for moving out the victorious troops at Hong Kong it seems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near San Luis Obispo at 218,82 Japanese Ships SS I-19 Allied Ships xAK Panaman, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Panaman is sighted by SS I-19 SS I-19 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Panaman can´t await 43 when I will have enough escorts for my convoys... then it will be payback time... guess during the course of the war I will lose two merchants for every IJN sub I will sink... more wouldn´t be good, the less the better... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Tourane at 67,67 Japanese Ships xAK Meiyo Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Shark xAK Meiyo Maru is sighted by SS Shark SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes mmmm.... [>:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Morotai TF 131 troops unloading over beach at Morotai, 80,101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 109 encounters mine field at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Ships DMS W-19 DMS W-18 DMS W-17 DMS W-16 DMS W-15 DMS W-12 DMS W-11 DMS W-10 DMS W-9 75 mines cleared two days and no mine will be left... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Tourane at 68,66 Japanese Ships xAK Meiyo Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Seadragon xAK Meiyo Maru is sighted by SS Seadragon SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes Shark missed and Seadragon can´t score either on the heavily damaged ship... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68 Japanese Ships PB Suyozai Maru PB Seki Maru #3 PB Toko Maru #4 Allied Ships SS Perch SS Perch is located by PB Suyozai Maru PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Toko Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toko Maru #4 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub one of the ASW TFs in this area... I guess the risk of meeting ASW TFs is acceptable as long as we don´t encounter pure DD ASW TFs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Christmas Island at 172,143 Japanese Ships SS I-16 Allied Ships AM Grebe SS I-16 is sighted by escort I-16 diving deep .... AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the AK that moved supplies to Christmas was lost (after unloading luckily) and the AM is now retiring to Pearl... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 60,84 Japanese Ships xAKL Haguro Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAKL Kaishi Maru PB Nako Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Sculpin SS Sculpin launches 8 torpedoes at xAKL Haguro Maru Sculpin diving deep .... PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Sculpin scores... would like to see a Japanese merchant sunk every day for the next two months... will be hard to achieve... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Raid is overhead zzz... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 G4M1 Betty x 14 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Allied Ships AS Canopus, Bomb hits 1 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 50 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 18 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 16000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 35 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 12 damaged Allied Ships AS Canopus, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb we´re still able to build forts at Clark field and Manila but I´m not sure we will ever reach 3, currently being around 2 (25%)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Adak Island TF 158 troops unloading over beach at Adak Island, 162,52 Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 75mm Infantry Gun dropped into water during unload of I./33rd Inf Regt 20 troops of a IJA HMG Squad lost in surf during unload of I./33rd Inf Regt shouldn´t invasions in winter around Alaska be deadly? The Japanese invasion bonus seems to be also enabled against Alaskan Winter... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sidate (75,100) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 944 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 81 Defending force 900 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28 Japanese adjusted assault: 38 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Sidate !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 449 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 8th Tank Regiment Defending units: Manado Garrison Battalion Manado Base Force it took the Japanese Tank regiment only a couple of days to move out of Menado to kick our retreating troops on hex further... why the TK rgt is following us is beyond me though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Amchitka Island (158,52) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3133 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 119 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 106 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 106 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Amchitka Island !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 8th Garrison Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lucena (79,79) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 37 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 37 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lucena !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(+) Assaulting units: 16th Recon Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Busuanga (77,80) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 315 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 5 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Busuanga !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 4th JNAF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Georgetown (49,74) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1468 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 346 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 28 Allied adjusted defense: 2 Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Georgetown !!! Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 888 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 65 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 91st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Penang Fortress static unit at Georgetown surrenders... and here´s the bad news of the day... like I´ve already feared, the enemy is clearly moving on Port Moresby... heck, what were the guys smoking when they said also the Japanese advance will be slowed down by the new "features" of AE? And what was the guy smoking that said AE would be the ALLIED Edition? lol, nothing more to say I guess... [image]local://upfiles/13774/591A3CD410334BB1A2EA37B4716EA2F0.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/30/2009 5:54:17 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 25, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Takao at 84,64 Japanese Ships SC CHa-15 SC CHa-11 Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV is sighted by escort SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub another ASW TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68 Japanese Ships PB Seki Maru #3 PB Toko Maru #4 Allied Ships SS O20 SS O20 is located by PB Seki Maru #3 O20 diving deep .... PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub same here, but those TFs are really useless and it seems there are no transport TFs around anymore... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Morotai at 80,101 Japanese Ships xAKL Kashiwa Maru Allied Ships SS KXVI xAKL Kashiwa Maru is sighted by SS KXVI SS KXVI launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Kashiwa Maru non-defective torps seem to miss too often... firing only two torps at a merchant results in a miss nearly 50% of the time in WITP and AE... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Norfolk Island at 111,172 Japanese Ships SS I-25 Allied Ships xAK Andrea Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage xAK Andrea Luckenbach is sighted by SS I-25 SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Andrea Luckenbach my AK TF that left Brisbane for LA is under constant sub attack... I´m changing direction daily but this just doesn´t help with the react feature of the subs... [8\|] means that I will lose all ships in this TF if there are enough subs around... pff... guess this was even one of the precious AKs I wanted to upgrade to an AE... grrrrrr........... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Morotai at 80,101 Japanese Ships xAKL Fukkai Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KXVI xAKL Fukkai Maru is sighted by SS KXVI SS KXVI attacking xAKL Fukkai Maru on the surface two torp salvoes and some gunfire to kill this small transport... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,125 Japanese Ships DD Akikaze xAK Shinwa Maru xAK Kogyoku Maru DD Yakaze Allied Ships SS Sealion, hits 2 SS Sealion launches 4 torpedoes at DD Akikaze Sealion bottoming out .... DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub two near misses, no mines at Rabaul yet... sub reacted... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Ontong Java at 114,128 Japanese Ships xAKL Katsuragisan Maru, Shell hits 56, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Thresher, hits 3 Japanese ground losses: 83 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled xAKL Katsuragisan Maru is sighted by SS Thresher SS Thresher attacking xAKL Katsuragisan Maru on the surface SS Thresher low on gun ammo, Lawson E. breaks off surface engagement and submerges wow, now that was a shootout... the small transport was pumped full with cal.50 MG fire and more than a dozen 3 inch shells... not one torp was fired but I guess the transport should sink... Thresher isn´t damaged so I guess this is FOW... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Morotai at 80,101 Japanese Ships xAKL Kashiwa Maru Allied Ships SS KVIII xAKL Kashiwa Maru is sighted by SS KVIII SS KVIII attacking on the surface Caspers, J.W. decides to submerge SS KVIII due to damage the torps missed (again[8\|]) and then the sub submerges due to damage that isn´t existing... great... the skipper must have been drunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet good to see the Zeroes are still in the Philipinese... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 19 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 G4M1 Betty x 15 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk Port hits 9 Port supply hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb not enough damage to prevent us from building up the forts but there aren´t really a lot of engineers in the Philipinese so it really is going on sloooowly... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,78 Japanese Ships xAKL Kaika Maru xAKL Kaishi Maru PB Nako Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Sailfish SS Sailfish launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Kaika Maru Sailfish diving deep .... PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub PLOINK... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Morotai (80,101) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 5 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Morotai !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: Bandasan SNLF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Beaufort (66,87) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 486 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Defending force 262 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 17 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Beaufort !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 72 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: I/81st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: 107th RN Base Force the enemy is moving on PM, I don´t have any doubts about this anymore... I´ve got the troops at PM that start there and everything that was at Rabaul, plus a base force that was moved in... hopefully only the rgt that landed at Rabaul is moving in, if it´s more that is coming in than I´m screwed... with KB flying ground attacks, the rgt would be enough anyway... with the enemy not being slowed down in AE at all (heck, who really notices a slow down of the Japanese movement??) I am absolutely caught with my pants down. I wanted to build up PM as much as possible and have 600 assault points there, I´ve even moved a British division into the region but it would still be two weeks out, just not possible to move faster. Same goes for my reinforcements that are coming from Australia, I didn´t concentrate on moving everything possible to PM from day one on (due to the thought AE really would slow down something) so I´m lost here now... but I´ve learned for my next PBEM (no matter if Allied or Japanese), if you want to defend PM you have to move everything you can within the first week of the war, otherwise you´re screwed... slowing down the pace... lol...[8\|]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/30/2009 6:26:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 26, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 80,72 Japanese Ships xAKL Ichiyo Maru SC CHa-24 Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV is sighted by escort KXV diving deep .... SC CHa-24 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub another unsuccesful engagement of one of our subs with functioning torps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Ontong Java at 114,131 Japanese Ships xAKL Tateyama Maru Allied Ships SS Tautog xAKL Tateyama Maru is sighted by SS Tautog SS Tautog launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Tateyama Maru these torps failed to ignite... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Norfolk Island at 116,175 Japanese Ships SS I-25 Allied Ships xAK Oakbank, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Oakbank is sighted by SS I-25 SS I-25 attacking xAK Oakbank on the surface something IJN subs don´t experience... more ships of my AK TF going out from Brisbane are sunk... yes, changed direction yesterday once again... only thing that would help against the new react-feature would be to scatter the ships into single ship TFs... [>:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Ambon 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAP Baikal Maru, Shell hits 1 AV Sanuki Maru CM Itsukushima APD Tade Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 150mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAP Baikal Maru at 12,000 yards CM Itsukushima fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards APD Tade firing at enemy troops perhaps I should intervene with the Ambon invasion... got some surface assets in the area, but the IJN CVLs are also nearby and two dozen Kates are easily able to kill off any capitol ships... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Ambon TF 89 troops unloading over beach at Ambon, 76,109 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of Sasebo 1st SNLF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Boela TF 243 troops unloading over beach at Boela, 80,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kavieng at 107,121 Japanese Ships xAK Ryunan Maru xAK China Maru PB Tama Maru #8 Allied Ships SS Pompano SS Pompano launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ryunan Maru Pompano diving deep .... PB Tama Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tama Maru #8 attacking submerged sub .... PB Tama Maru #8 cannot establish contact with SS Pompano PB Tama Maru #8 loses contact with SS Pompano PB Tama Maru #8 cannot reach attack position over SS Pompano PB Tama Maru #8 cannot establish contact with SS Pompano PB Tama Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub those torps missed... we´re far away from sinking a merchant every day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Ambon 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CM Itsukushima, Shell hits 2 AV Sanuki Maru APD Tade Allied ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 150mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging CM Itsukushima at 12,000 yards CM Itsukushima fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards APD Tade firing at enemy guns 150mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging APD Tade at 2,000 yards and coast defenses are pretty much teethless too... 4x150mm and half a dozen 75mm CD guns can´t do much... this is one of our bases that has a "real" coast defense when you leave Singapore and Bataan aside... but I guess Singers, Bataan and Pearl Harbour are the only ones that can really harm the enemy... and Singapore and Bataan will be gone in a couple of weeks/months wihtout having shot a single shell at enemy shipping... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Rekata Bay at 114,133 Japanese Ships xAKL Tateyama Maru Allied Ships SS Thresher SS Thresher launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Tateyama Maru hit but no boom... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet would be nice to see some op losses but none show up in my aircraft loss list... no idea how accurate it is anyway, the combat reports are completely useless when it comes down to losses... wonder why because they don´t even reflect what you can see during the replay, which is wrong IMO... FOW yes, but you should see the same losses in the report as in the replay, it´s only divided by two or three anyway all the time... just like the great FOW in WITP when destroyed ac on the ground always were divided by two... [>:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Clark Field at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 G4M1 Betty x 5 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Yat Shing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet Yat Shing caught transferring cargo ... Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Yat Shing for what reason ever this xAKL stopped unloading at 500 tons even though I´ve set it to unload for at least four times... oh well... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 53 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 1 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet no Dutch fighters here... they will die soon enough anyway, I expect the Zeros achieve a 15:1 kill rate... so the Dutch fighter force will be whiped out for the loss of two Zeroes and one Zero pilot will probably survive... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,77 (Manila) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 10 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 51st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... no idea why ground attacks, airfield attacks would be better IMO... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18 Ki-27b Nate x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead Training flight from 24th PG/20th PS has been caught up in attack have set all my remaining fighters (only a couple of them left) to training and one was damaged in this raid... not even this shows up in the combat report... when you see two dozen damaged aircraft in the replay, they don´t show up in the report, which makes it even more important to watch each replay carefully... don´t get it why the cr was cut down completely, making it more or less useless... with the replay and the loss list though you can get a good picture of what really happened it seems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 51 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 16000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 16000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 29 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 16000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 16000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb bad weather, high alt makes a very poor hit rate... flak is more or less useless though against bombes coming in that high... but such attacks can´t prevent us from further building up the forts... I´ve also replaced the leader of our command HQ in Singapore (has cost me 150pp [X(]) so we´ll see if it will help (doubt it). If we could get the forts to five (doubt it) then the nearly 1200 av at Singapore could do some damage. We´ve got more than enough supplies it seems to fight a prolonged fight and if the enemy bombers come in lower to actually do some damage then perhaps our flak will start to score... I´ve rebuilt all units that were able to rebuild, perhaps this increases our combat ability... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 16000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb no hits at all at extended range... amazing that not all bombers are coming from bases in Malaya yet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,53 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 54 Buffalo I x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (3 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes AVG/2nd Sqn with H81-A3 (6 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 32400. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (6 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes No.67 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes No.243 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes most of the Oscars were split from the bombers they were tasked to escort, so this turned out to be something like a sweep... the 1:1 losses are completely BS again (I reall hate that as you have to start taking more and more notes if you want to do an AAR [8\|]) as we´ve took out 3 Oscars over the base while damaging at least half a dozen more (Oscar on fire, etc...) this was clearly a small victory for us... waiting for the massed Zero sweep at 20.000ft+... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,53 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 36 Buffalo I x 18 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed [8\|][8\|][8\|] complete BS... CAP engaged: AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (10 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes AVG/2nd Sqn with H81-A3 (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (11 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes No.67 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes No.243 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes and here are the bombers that should have had a 36 Oscar escort... not one bomber survived and half a dozen high experienced crews died... the cr is absolutely wrong again...overall a clear victory in the air today... due to me doing the UBER Sir Robin with my airforce (except the Dutch and the fighters in the Philipines that can´t move out) and due to the low damaged done to my airforce on Hawai the overall airlosses don´t look to bad compared to the Japanese... but this will change as soon as we have to make a stand and throw in the flying crap we have... [image]local://upfiles/13774/1F15187AE0684E0383112B5E1259A4B5.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Rekata Bay at 114,133 Japanese Ships xAKL Tsuneshima Maru, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships SS Thresher Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled xAKL Tsuneshima Maru is sighted by SS Thresher SS Thresher attacking xAKL Tsuneshima Maru on the surface SS Thresher low on gun ammo, Lawson E. breaks off surface engagement and submerges breaking off due to low gun ammo is great if you haven´t fired a single torp... one shot and submerge... damn the cowardly skipper... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,72 Japanese Ships xAK Hiyoshi Maru PB Ginyo Maru Allied Ships SS Sailfish SS Sailfish launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Hiyoshi Maru PB Ginyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Sailfish fired but the torps failed to explode... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Ambon at 76,109 Japanese Ships CA Haguro CA Myoko CL Oi CL Kiso Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 2 CA Haguro firing at Ambon CA Myoko firing at Ambon CL Oi firing at Ambon CL Kiso firing at Ambon quite a support force for the Ambon invasion... Rainer seems to know that Ambon´s defender have quite some CD guns... hindsight? [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kavieng at 108,118 Japanese Ships PB Toshi Maru #3 xAK China Maru PB Tama Maru #8 Allied Ships SS Sealion SS Sealion launches 4 torpedoes at PB Toshi Maru #3 Sealion diving deep .... PB Tama Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub unsuccesful day for the submarine force again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Ambon 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAP Baikal Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire AV Sanuki Maru CM Itsukushima APD Tade 150mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAP Baikal Maru at 12,000 yards CM Itsukushima fires to suppress enemy guns at 12,000 yards APD Tade firing at enemy troops 3 big shells hits don´t really touch the big troop ship... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 596 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 13 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Adak Island !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: disruption(-) Assaulting units: I./33rd Inf Regt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cabanatuan (80,76) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 600 troops, 0 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 136 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 55 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 55 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Cabanatuan !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: Tanaka Detachment 7th Tank Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 359 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55 Defending force 1462 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Assaulting units: Molukken Garrison Battalion 4th Coastal Gun Battalion Ambon Base Force Defending units: Sasebo 1st SNLF /3

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/30/2009 6:28:42 PM)
there´s no doubt the Japanese will invade Port Moresby on the 27th Dec, 20 days after outbrake of the war... slow pace... [image]local://upfiles/13774/863DD9C649434E7E9C700730E3B6FDAE.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/30/2009 7:20:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 27, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73 Japanese Ships xAKL Kaishi Maru PB Nako Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Shark SS Shark is sighted by escort Shark diving deep .... PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub no matter if the escort attacks first, the torps would miss or fail to ignite probably anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Ambon at 76,109 Japanese Ships CA Haguro CA Myoko CL Oi CL Kiso Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Runway hits 4 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 CA Haguro firing at Ambon CA Myoko firing at Ambon CL Oi firing at Ambon CL Kiso firing at 4th Coastal Gun Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Tawi Tawi TF 12 troops unloading over beach at Tawi Tawi, 72,90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Auki at 114,135 Japanese Ships xAKL Tsuneshima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Thresher Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) xAKL Tsuneshima Maru is sighted by SS Thresher SS Thresher launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Tsuneshima Maru but this xAKL should be dead... looks like this TF is moving on Tulagi... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Auki at 114,135 Japanese Ships xAKL Tateyama Maru, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Gudgeon Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled xAKL Tateyama Maru is sighted by SS Gudgeon SS Gudgeon attacking on the surface and two of our subs have been reacting to this TF for at least three turns already... subs really stick on enemy convoys, no matter what weather and no matter how the visibility looks like... in this case it was a mistake not to have an escort in the TF, two ships sunk, none left it seems (or the subs lost contact during the day)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 8 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (98,130) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DMS Taneko xAK Yokohama Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy fires Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Rabaul Det. Base Force firing at DMS Taneko 1 mine cleared I had only time for one minelaying mission with a CM and so it´s not surprising that 120 mines can´t harm the enemy at all... and the CD guns are useless too... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Truk at 110,112 Japanese Ships PB Toshi Maru #3 PB Tama Maru #8 Allied Ships SS Sealion SS Sealion launches 4 torpedoes at PB Toshi Maru #3 Sealion diving deep .... PB Tama Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tama Maru #8 attacking submerged sub .... PB Tama Maru #8 is out of ASW ammo PB Tama Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub another react into an enemy port... no mines at Truk? Doubt it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 38 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 12 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb daily bombings now it seems... today the bombers came in lower and their hit rate increased significantly, as did flak effectiveness... not that many bombers reported shot down in the end though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 14 damaged Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Singapore won´t ever see Allied aircraft again, the two Hurricane recons will die there... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,77 (Manila) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Ki-27b Nate x 18 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 51st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking 51st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... ground attack? Would concentrate on the airfield instead... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 22 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 10 damaged Japanese Ships CA Haguro CL Kiso CA Myoko DD Yamagumo DD Kuroshio Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb isn´t it great what you get told... you don´t get a lot of B-17 (heck you don´t get enough to even fill out your squadrons and when you fill them out, they will withdraw with all bombers a month later), but they are really, really hard to shoot down and Japanese flak won´t be able to do so anyway... same as Japanese paper fighters... well, let´s have a look at the losses later... that they can´t hit something isn´t surprising anyway, have been training them since day one though... learned something today, it was a mistake to send out the bombers, I should conserve them until mid 43... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 8 damaged Japanese Ships CA Myoko CL Kiso CA Haguro Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb afternoon attack, again against the cruisers, I would have liked to target the merchants that were unloading, perhaps we could hit them but I doubt that too... 8 out of 8 bombers damaged... interesting to see that those IJN cruisers put up more flak fire than all my AA guns at Singapore it seems (which more or less has all of Malaya´s AA guns)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Larantoeka at 67,112 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 29 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo Aircraft Attacking: 1 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 32810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes Hosho-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes we´ve also sent three of our "Fortresses" to attack the three IJN baby carriers South of Borneo... nearly 30 Zeroes were set on Cap (didn´t take long to upgrade all Claudes???) and shot down a bomber immedietely while heavily damaging the others too... one bomber dropped some bombs that landed 87 miles off the target... we lose 5 B-17... 8 is the monthly replacement rate... lol[8\|] [image]local://upfiles/13774/1484F6C78C1846798C1C5980C80EC7FA.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Molukken Garrison Battalion, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 22 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 22 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 49th Australian Battalion, at 98,130 (Port Moresby) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 B5N2 Kate x 133 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 103 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 15th RAAF Base Force ... Also attacking Port Moresby Brigade ... Also attacking Rabaul Det. Base Force ... Also attacking 49th Australian Battalion ... when I look at this number of Kates than I don´t want to get anywhere near the KB for the next 24 months... our LCU is max disrupted and had no combat ability after this attack... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Memboro at 61,112 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 B5N1 Kate x 11 Japanese aircraft losses B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied Ships AM Ballarat AO TAN 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AO TAN 3, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk AM Eland Dubois Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo Baby Kido Butai attacked a TF consisting of short ranged AO that I´ve used to bring fuel from Soerabaja to Northern Australia... two are sunk, two more remaining... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Port Moresby - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Tatsukaze xAKL Amakasu Maru PB Takunan Maru #2 PB Shonon Maru #15 PB Shuko Maru #5 PB Sonan Maru #6 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DD Tatsukaze firing at 15th RAAF Base Force 6" Mk XI/XII Gun Coastal Battery engaging xAKL Amakasu Maru at 12,000 yards DD Tatsukaze fires to suppress enemy troops at 12,000 yards PB Takunan Maru #2 firing at enemy troops PB Shonon Maru #15 firing at enemy troops PB Shuko Maru #5 firing at enemy troops PB Sonan Maru #6 firing at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft every CD gun was able to fire 3 shots... amazing performance... CD fire was definetely toned down to non existant in AE, that´s obvious... same non existant gun fire was possible in WITP too but only if the CD unit got disrupted by air attacks or nav bombardments before... our CD guns weren´t disrupted at all but still do nothing... the Japanese land the 4th DIVISION!!!!! [8\|] And they suffer ridicoulosly for invading the place... a fridging squad is DISABLED... laughing my a$$ off, really... not just can the Japanese land everywhere just like in WITP, it seems to be even easier... 20 days after the outbreak of the war, the 4th division that starts the war in Japan lands without suffering any losses at Port Moresby... AE is really doing well, it´s really, really hard for the Japanese, just like it was in real life... boy... even if I would have spent every fridging pp for Aussie troops and used every available AP in Australia I couldn´t do ANYTHING against the invasion of a full fridging division... but hey, as you know, the Japanese haven´t invaded anything else... they landed everywhere with ease and can still land a division in PM and three days earlier a full rgt on Rabaul... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Port Moresby TF 8 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 98,130 Japanese ground losses: 189 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 16 troops of a IJA Cavalry Squad lost overboard during unload of 4th Div 18 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad accidentally lost during unload of 4th Div /3 17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 8th Base Force 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 8th Base Force 10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 8th Base Force 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 8th Base Force /4 8 Engineers lost in surf during unload of 8th Base Force /5 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 4th Div /4 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 4th Div /4 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 4th Div /5 10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 4th Div /5 10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 4th Div /5 10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 4th Div /6 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 4th Div /6 10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 4th Div /6 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 4th Div /7 10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 4th Div /7 10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 4th Div /7 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 4th Div /8 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 4th Div /8 10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 4th Div /8 in the afternoon, with our CD guns not firing a single shot, some of the Japanese troops go overboard, causing horrendous losses... PM is lost, no doubt... without having enough TKs to move fuel to Australia and with PM lost, there´s nothing I can do the next 8-10 months. What really pisses me off is the fact that you need the tanker capacity of 100.000 tons to bring fuel to Australia MONTHLY to just feed the damned industry there that is sucking your fuel depots dry and you have no possibility to turn the damned HI off. This is the biggest joke within many I´ve "discovered" so far... This means that 25% of your total TK capacity is used just to feed Australia´s industry and you haven´t brought a single ton of fuel for your ships. Considering the fact that it takes at least a month for a TF to move from the West Coast to Australia and another month back then you will use 50% !!!! of your TK capacity just to haul fuel to OZ for nothing but to get HI points for your pool that you don´t need at all. If this is correct than I´m Buggs Bunny! Anyone ever thought about this before releasing the game? [8\|] I´ve not done exact calculations but around Sidney alone is enough HI to suck your fuel depots dry. So what is the solution? Not using Australia as a staging point for operations at all? Just because you can´t deny HI to use your fuel? What a crappy BS... Hey, let´s go through the Aleutains and land on Hokkaido with massive carrier support in mid 43... must be a funny game then... I seriously doubt that 50% of the US TK fleet in the Pacific was used to feed Australia´s heavy industry. Seriously... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kendari Japanese Ships PB Hakata Maru #2 PB Aso Maru #7 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled PB Hakata Maru #2 firing at enemy troops PB Aso Maru #7 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kendari TF 235 troops unloading over beach at Kendari, 70,106 10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of III./4th Infantry Bn /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Boela !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: III/66th Naval Guard Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1466 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Defending force 2043 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52 Japanese adjusted assault: 12 Allied adjusted defense: 16 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 74 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Sasebo 1st SNLF Defending units: Molukken Garrison Battalion 4th Coastal Gun Battalion Ambon Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kendari (70,106) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 529 troops, 9 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 25 Defending force 2358 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86 Assaulting units: Kendari Garrison Battalion Kendari Base Force Defending units: III./4th Infantry Bn /1 II./4th Infantry Bn /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 348 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47 Defending force 1444 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Assaulting units: Molukken Garrison Battalion 4th Coastal Gun Battalion Ambon Base Force Defending units: Sasebo 1st SNLF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2412 troops, 30 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 133 Defending force 11253 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 402 Assaulting units: 49th Australian Battalion B Coy/NG Rifles Lark Battalion D Coy/NG Rifles A Coy/NG Rifles Port Moresby Brigade 15th RAAF Base Force Rabaul Det. Base Force Defending units: 4th Div /2 8th Base Force /2 no doubt, a fridging full IJA division is coming ashore with a full base force... another full base force landed on Rabaul... isn´t this also something the Japanese are so terrible short of?

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