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castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/15/2010 12:34:19 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 06, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balabac at 71,82 Japanese Ships DD Sawakaze DD Oite DD Asanagi Allied Ships SS Jack, hits 2 SS Jack launches 6 torpedoes at DD Sawakaze DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub I hate these attacks... Jack has to head home, 12 sys 14 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 43,010 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 21 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 51 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VMF-111 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 21800 , scrambling fighters between 34000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 21800 , scrambling fighters to 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VMF-115 with F4U-1A Corsair (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 36800 , scrambling fighters to 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes VMF-217 with F4U-1A Corsair (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 36800 , scrambling fighters to 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes VMF-311 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36800 , scrambling fighters to 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes well, what can I say... it seems like it proves to be what I think about it, no matter if radar spots the incoming raid or not, as long as you´ve got radar at the base you get your fighters into the air now... and altitude seems not be trumping everything anymore, seems to have shifted to detection now (even if you haven´t detected it... lol [:D])... same as last time, it´s a radar - dive - massacre... it really turns out to be what I thought it would be before the patch came out, with the exception that I thought it would only be like this if radar actually DETECTS the incoming strike but it also seems to work now without radar detection... with 30% Cap and rest on escort and rest we still get more fighters in the air than we had in the air pre patch with 80% Cap 20% rest even though radar FAILED to detect anything here... and then we get the near never ending dive and the Georges are shot to pieces... as expected, our bases are becoming really tough targets, kind of kamikaze missions for the enemy, we also expect the enemy bases to be at least three or four times tougher now than before and we´re now going back trying to engage only leaking Cap because it doesn´t make sense to sacrifice our fighter squadrons one by one when the enemy can send up his fighter hordes en masse now... A2A was a clear 5-6:1 this turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 4 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * 4 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * [8\|] this hasn´t changed and probably never will... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pare Pare , at 66,104 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 47 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 73 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pare Pare , at 66,104 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 30 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pare Pare , at 66,104 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 22 No Allied losses Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 29 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 35 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 24 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 46 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VMF-111 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 21800 , scrambling fighters between 36900 and 45010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 21800 , scrambling fighters between 35900 and 44010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VMF-115 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36800 , scrambling fighters to 44010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes VMF-217 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36800 , scrambling fighters to 34900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes VMF-311 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36800 , scrambling fighters to 44010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes here comes the second George sweep with the exact same outcome as the first one... radar failed to pick up the strike, didn´t matter... we had enough fighters in the air and they all had the dive... what I really like are the messages about fighters scrambling to 44010 ft, about 6000ft higher the Corsair can reach... I don´t wonder that radar isn´t picking up these sweeps as we´ve got only two radar sets at the base and they may well miss the strikes but then we shouldn´t get that many fighters into the air with the very low Cap setting... in fact, it should be the same as pre patch if radar fails, heck, it isn´t... [image]local://upfiles/13774/C3E682363851489DB21ECFE6F8536416.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 16 B-17F Fortress x 11 B-24D Liberator x 12 B-24J Liberator x 32 P-40K Warhawk x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 109 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 19 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 28 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 21 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 31 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 P-40K Warhawk x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/15/2010 12:53:08 PM)
seems like KB´s damaged carriers have made it back to Soerabaja without being attacked again, got no clue about their whereabouts... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 07, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tanegashima at 103,67 Japanese Ships TK Takekun Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage TK Ogura Maru #2 E Kamome Allied Ships SS Aspro SS Aspro launches 6 torpedoes at TK Takekun Maru E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we get a hit on another tanker which is an excellent way to start into the day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,89 Japanese Ships xAK Malta Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Kokuryu Maru xAK Kurohime Maru xAK Naples Maru xAK Holland Maru xAK Aden Maru E Sagi Allied Ships SS O24, hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS O24 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Malta Maru O24 diving deep .... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi attacking submerged sub .... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the Dutch subs are also still active as I´ve lost very few of them so far... sinking a troop carrying freighter is nice too... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 103,67 Japanese Ships E Kamome Allied Ships SS Peto SS Peto is sighted by escort Peto diving deep .... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Damar at 75,113 Japanese Ships SS I-37, hits 13, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DE Encounter DE Express SS I-37 is located by DE Encounter I-37 diving deep .... DE Express attacking submerged sub .... DE Encounter attacking submerged sub .... DE Express fails to find sub and abandons search DE Encounter attacking submerged sub .... Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface! Escort abandons search for sub four direct hits, expect the sub to be sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balabac at 71,82 Japanese Ships DD Sawakaze DD Oite DD Asanagi Allied Ships SS Jack SS Jack is located by DD Sawakaze Jack diving deep .... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Sawakaze is out of ASW ammo DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 9 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 27 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 5 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 9 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * CAP engaged: 23rd FG/74th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40000 Raid is overhead 23rd FG/76th FS with P-38H Lightning (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 40000 Raid is overhead 51st FG/449th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40000 Raid is overhead thought I would be smart in sending some P-38 to Hanoi to have them fly LRCAP over Vinh as they should be suited quite well for this duty... well, found out the hard way that they aren´t, the enemy fighters on 6000ft kept diving on my P-38 at 40000ft... result was a victory for the Japs as they got a 1:1 and trading Lightnings 1:1 with Japanese fighters is a big loss for the Allied... everything below 4:1 is a loss for us as we just lost more than a weekly replacement... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 42nd JNAF AF Unit , at 63,113 (Waingapoe) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 1 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 59 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet * 20 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet * 20 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet * CAP engaged: 251 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes wow, we get the majority of three squadrons to target at the same time, pity we only meet one Zeke... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 [8\|] Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 7 No Japanese losses No Allied losses CAP engaged: 23rd FG/74th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 40000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 23rd FG/76th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 40000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 51st FG/449th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 40000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes nothing more to say to the three fighters lost on nearly every sweep... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 42nd JNAF AF Unit , at 63,113 (Waingapoe) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 9 PV-1 Ventura x 48 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 42nd JNAF AF Unit , at 63,113 (Waingapoe) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 8 PV-1 Ventura x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ... Also attacking 42nd JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ... Also attacking 42nd JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ... Also attacking 42nd JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Engineer Co , at 63,113 (Waingapoe) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 31 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 23rd FG/74th FS with P-38H Lightning (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 40000 Raid is overhead 23rd FG/76th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 51st FG/449th FS with P-38H Lightning (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 40000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes we only had a couple of Lightnings left when the bombers showed up... at least some of them were downed... Ligthnings are by far not as potent as Thunderbolts... [image]local://upfiles/13774/B9A2D2F204BF497EA1687F57CB642AF2.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 80,71 Japanese Ships E Kari, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E Hayabusa Allied Ships SS Muskallunge SS Muskallunge launches 6 torpedoes at E Kari E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the air war was disappointing today, while the sub war was a full success...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/15/2010 1:25:24 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 08, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balabac at 69,83 Japanese Ships TK Meisan Maru E Nadakaze Allied Ships SS Angler, hits 3 SS Angler launches 6 torpedoes at TK Meisan Maru E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub .... E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub SS Angler missed the tanker with six torps, quite an achievement I guess... in return the sub is damaged and retires with 5 sys 16 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 12 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed on ground Beaufort I: 1 destroyed on ground Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground Vengeance I: 1 destroyed on ground PBY-5A Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 11 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes NIGHT ATTACK! So far none of the sides has ever flown a night attack and I deliberately kept me from doing it because I´m not really convinced about how it works in the game. Though I never thought about a hr either because I wanted this to decide the Japanese player because what´s good for the goose... with radar working now Rainer said he has to find a way to attack me and he starts off with this night raid... he picks the base with the most flak guns on Earth but torches lots of precious ac on the ground in heavy clouded weather... I don´t know if he´s aware about opening Pandora´s box because while being surprised about this attack, I´ve set more than 200 heavy bomber to night airfield attacks on several enemy bases for tomorrow... if the enemy wants to play night airwar in the Pacific then that´s fine with me, my bombers carry 2.5 times more bombs to double the distance than the enemy´s bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 11 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 11 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY-5A Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed on ground Vengeance I: 1 destroyed on ground Beaufort I: 2 destroyed on ground B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes even a second and third wave is coming in, torching more aircraft on the ground... I´ve also flown some night fighters to Rangoon and also have set some Hurricanes on night Cap at Hanoi because I´m pretty sure that base is going to be attacked too soon as that place got more P-47 than any other base on the map and Rainer sure would be glad about torching a dozen of them on the ground... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Taytay at 74,80 Japanese Ships E Shimakaze E Nadakaze Allied Ships SS Plunger, hits 2 SS Plunger launches 4 torpedoes at E Shimakaze E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub .... E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Plunger does what shouldn´t be done and retires with 14 sys 25 flt damage... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 6 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * 6 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * 2 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 7 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 7 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 10 No Japanese losses Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb wonder why not all the IJAAF bombers in this area flew a night attack on Rangoon or at the same time on Hanoi... today we have been surprised, from tomorrow on, we´re going to have at least some fighters on night Cap and we´re also going retaliating this... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 65 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 61 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 34 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 63 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb all these bombers will be ordered to fly night attacks from tomorrow on, takes quite some time to change all the orders for a couple of dozen bomber squadrons because you have to change each squadron one by one to night operations... in total we´ve lost nearly 20 aircraft on the ground today, the enemy was shot up by flak and a dozen enemy bombers are reported to be lost... but this only because Rangoon is flak city with something like 4-500 heavy calibre flak guns, a totally unrealistic concentration but I had no success at all with realistic flak concentrations against bombers at heights between 10-15000ft... like I´ve said, the enemy would have been better off to use all his IJAAF bombers together against Hanoi to take out my P-47 and Spitfire squadrons, this would have reall hurt... the losses at Rangoon aren´t nice but not a back breaker... [image]local://upfiles/13774/A88AB016B39F4860BBB7DD22E647EA3E.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Waingapoe (63,113) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2749 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 152 Defending force 785 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Allied adjusted assault: 71 Japanese adjusted defense: 34 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-), morale(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 181 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st USMC Parachute Battalion 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion 503rd Parachute Regiment 1st Australian Para Battalion Defending units: 1st Engineer Co 42nd JNAF AF Unit the paras are now assaulting the enemy positions at Waingapoe... perhaps we should fly some ground support missions with the airforce on Timor but the heavies are now tasked to start the night offensive...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/15/2010 1:44:12 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 09, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 74,84 Japanese Ships DD Mikazuki E Omae AO Kyuko AO Kyokuto Maru AO Shiriya AO Ondo DD Mochizuki DD Yugiri Allied Ships SS Gurnard SS Gurnard launches 6 torpedoes at DD Mikazuki Gurnard diving deep .... DD Mochizuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugiri attacking submerged sub .... DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub oh well... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Saigon , at 60,71 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator II x 7 Liberator B.III x 9 B-24D1 Liberator x 27 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Liberator II: 1 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes the first night strike out of Rangoon targetted Hanoi because I´ve thought the enemy bombers will be flown out to this base but other than some enemy fighters there was nothing at the base... hit rates weren´t great anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Saigon , at 60,71 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes follow on strike of a single B-24 squadron achieves a bit more but isn´t spectacular either... guess these retaliation strikes won´t keep the enemy from night bombing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Saigon , at 60,71 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes another Nick is torched and that´s it for tonight... [:(] over 200 more bombers set to night attacks didn´t even take off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Sorong 78 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Frobisher CA Hawkins CL Concord CL Marblehead CL Richmond CL Achilles CL Leander CLAA Prince Robert LST-17 LST-19 LST-18 DMS Elliot LST-20 Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Frobisher firing at 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment CA Hawkins firing at 8th JAAF Base Force CL Concord firing at 8th JAAF Base Force CL Marblehead firing at 8th JAAF Base Force CL Richmond firing at 8th JAAF Base Force CL Achilles firing at 8th JAAF Base Force CL Leander firing at 8th JAAF Base Force CLAA Prince Robert firing at 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Sorong TF 297 troops unloading over beach at Sorong, 82,107 Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) 105mm M2 Howitzer dropped into water during unload of 7th Infantry Div /2 Motorized Support accidentally lost during unload of 226th USN Base Force 13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad 43 lost from landing craft during unload of 43rd Infantry Div /4 10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 43rd Infantry Div /6 Sorong is the next target and the troops are storming ashore in excellent condition as always when being 100% prepped... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Sorong 67 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Frobisher CA Hawkins CL Concord CL Marblehead CL Richmond CL Achilles CL Leander CLAA Prince Robert LST-17 LST-19 LST-20 DMS Elliot Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Frobisher firing at 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment CA Hawkins firing at 8th JAAF Base Force CL Concord firing at 8th JAAF Base Force CL Marblehead firing at 8th JAAF Base Force CL Richmond firing at 8th JAAF Base Force CL Leander firing at 8th JAAF Base Force CLAA Prince Robert firing at 8th JAAF Base Force Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 1 LST rips open bottom and lies dead in the water... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,77 Japanese Ships E Asagao Allied Ships SS Perch, hits 4 SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes at E Asagao E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao attacking submerged sub .... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Perch isn´t smarter than all the other subs and retires with 28 sys 35 flt 2 eng... subs shouldn´t do this, it just happens far too often while you get dozens of subs heavily damaged every month... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Sorong at 82,107 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 P1Y1 Frances x 12 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 12 [:(] Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed P1Y1 Frances: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied Ships BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 1 (plus one more dud) [:(] CA Louisville Aircraft Attacking: 14 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * 12 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead oh no... a Frances strike coming from Babledaob attacks our SC TF that is covering our invasion and we´ve only got 12 Hellcats of leaking Cap showing up over Repulse... we´ve placed the carriers one hex off the invasion in a direct line to Peleliu and Babeldaob and thought the enemy would only target our carriers anyway, the problem we´ve faced this turn was the fact that the enemy didn´t even SPOT our carrier fleet... nor was the invasion fleet spotted by any aircraft but if you are in an enemy hex your TFs are spotted by default... guess it couldn´t have gone much better for the enemy, it could have gone far worse for us though because one of the torps that hit Repulse actually was a dud... I don´t even want to think about what would have happened if a hundred enemy torp bombers would have shown up... losing Repulse might be acceptable in the game, losing two dozen APA of the invasion fleet would be a major disaster... the single torp caused quite some damage... [image]local://upfiles/13774/7849B2847F2C49EA8428C674BAB9B8EE.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sorong at 82,107 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 P1Y1 Frances x 13 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 32 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed P1Y1 Frances: 9 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead the enemy is again coming in in the afternoon but this time we had by far more Hellcats covering the invasion hex... all enemy aircraft were shot down... we claim a good number of enemy ac today but also pay with Repulse being torpedoed and out of the war for a couple of months... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kangean at 60,103 Japanese Ships E Kuretake, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Tawakaze Allied Ships SS KXVI SS KXVI launches 4 torpedoes at E Kuretake KXVI bottoming out .... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we take revenge for Perch being damaged today and sink E Kuretake... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Sorong Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-476 LST-470 LST-73 LST-43 LST-39 LST-17 LST-476 fired at enemy troops LST-470 fired at enemy troops LST-73 fired at enemy troops LST-43 fired at enemy troops LST-39 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sorong (82,107) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 5022 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 193 Defending force 30059 troops, 455 guns, 577 vehicles, Assault Value = 823 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment 88th Naval Guard Unit 1st Naval Construction Battalion 8th JAAF Base Force Defending units: 7th Infantry Div /20 43rd Infantry Div /20 V US Amphib Corps /1 159th USA Base Force /1 226th USN Base Force /6 176th USAAF Base Force /5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Waingapoe (63,113) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2717 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 150 Defending force 795 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28 Allied adjusted assault: 53 Japanese adjusted defense: 28 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), op mode(-), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 139 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 503rd Parachute Regiment 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion 1st USMC Parachute Battalion 1st Australian Para Battalion Defending units: 1st Engineer Co Yokosuka 2nd SNLF /1 42nd JNAF AF Unit going to take longer than expected to conquer the place with my para units...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/15/2010 1:46:19 PM)
The Hellcats claimed quite some enemy aircraft for no loss, nevertheless the torp hit on Repulse leaves a bad taste... the ship will be heading to Capetown with a heavy escort... as you can see the start of our night air offensive wasn´t really amazing due to 80% of our bombers not launching and attacking a more or less empty airfield of Hanoi... [image]local://upfiles/13774/81609F0275CD4EA49EC5279FBA7F32FA.jpg[/image]

crsutton -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/15/2010 11:11:25 PM)
You should send a note to Ranier and propose a limitation. We have done it in our game with no more than one squadron per theater on night attack and a limit to night torpedo attacks as well (these can hurt) Night attacks are better than WITP but still a little too effective. You will have a distinct advantage as you get some decent night fighters and they actually work but to have both sides go over to massive night attacks sort of borks the game. As it is, I don't use them and Viperpol as the Japanese side uses them sparingly. They are a nuisance but not unreasonable and even my regular fighters shoot down a bomber on occasion. I really only drop mines at night and find bombing useless as when I am bombing a base, the purpose it is to close it down more so than to kill planes and I want to hit it hard.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/17/2010 10:46:58 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: crsutton You should send a note to Ranier and propose a limitation. We have done it in our game with no more than one squadron per theater on night attack and a limit to night torpedo attacks as well (these can hurt) Night attacks are better than WITP but still a little too effective. You will have a distinct advantage as you get some decent night fighters and they actually work but to have both sides go over to massive night attacks sort of borks the game. As it is, I don't use them and Viperpol as the Japanese side uses them sparingly. They are a nuisance but not unreasonable and even my regular fighters shoot down a bomber on occasion. I really only drop mines at night and find bombing useless as when I am bombing a base, the purpose it is to close it down more so than to kill planes and I want to hit it hard. I´ve already sent some statements about night bombing and the issue will solve itselve I guess as soon as my bombers actually fly... if the Japanese want to do night bombing, they will get it paid back by the full force of USAAF heavy bombers...[:D]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/17/2010 11:01:51 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 10, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Samah at 71,69 Japanese Ships xAK Argun Maru, Torpedo hits 1 xAK Ryuun Maru xAK Hokumai Maru xAK Yomei Maru xAK Kogane Maru E Aotaka E Yurijima Allied Ships SS Shad, hits 2 SS Shad launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Argun Maru Shad diving deep .... E Aotaka fails to find sub and abandons search E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yurijima attacking submerged sub .... E Yurijima attacking submerged sub .... E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the freighter is hit, damage unknown... sub is hit too, 18 sys 24 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Soerabaja at 57,103 Japanese Ships DD Tawakaze Allied Ships SS Tally Ho, hits 2 SS Tally Ho launches 2 torpedoes at DD Tawakaze DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Tawakaze is out of ASW ammo DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub next sub severly damaged... 10 sys 34 flt...[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Bandjermasin at 62,101 Japanese Ships TK San Pedro Maru DD Suruyame Allied Ships SS KXI, hits 2 SS KXI is sighted by escort DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame attacking submerged sub .... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub two near misses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Soerabaja at 57,103 Japanese Ships DD Tawakaze DD Hokaze Allied Ships SS KXII SS KXII launches 4 torpedoes at DD Tawakaze KXII bottoming out .... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub missed as usual... what a day for the subs again... seems to get just worse and worse... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56 Weather in hex: Light cloud Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 12 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 7 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 14 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 11000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes here´s the long expected night bombing of Hanoi... while the first night attack on Rangoon was a surprise for us, we now have dedicated night fighters over Rangoon and three squadrons of Hurricanes set to night Cap over Hanoi... the Hurricanes aren´t able to get to the bombers but probably 50% of the bombers turned around due to not having escorts... lol... and you can´t have an escort at night, so the Hurricanes accounted for halve the strike turning back... nice new feature... [:D][:D][:D] and then all bombers missed the airfield... believe me, as I´ve told the enemy that we will retaliate all night bombing with force, he will soon stop it... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Tourane , at 66,65 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 6 Wellington B.X x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes now we launch a strike from Hanoi... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Tourane , at 66,65 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Allied aircraft Wellington GR.VIII x 9 Allied aircraft losses Wellington GR.VIII: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Tourane , at 66,65 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Overcast Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 36 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes seems like more bombers flew today, also attacking the Peleliu area... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Overcast Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 26 Japanese aircraft losses H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground J2M2 Jack: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes all three targets of the Southern Air force are attacked today... guess Rainer isn´t happy about it...[:'(] none of these targets can be attacked during the day as they´re just too heavily defended and it would be pure suicide now that radar is sending up all fighters, attacking at night is a good way to wear the enemy down for no or minimal losses within the attacking squadrons... that´s what I´ve meant when I said he opened Pandora´s box... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Overcast Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Overcast Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes if we get enough bombers over the target and it´s good weather we sure can take out several aircraft with each attack and that would rack up torched ac over a longer period... and it also would wreck the morale of the enemy units... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Overcast Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes I really like that replay because all but the bombers from Rangoon flew their attacks and it shows the enemy that he should stop his attacks sooner than later... also told the enemy that I don´t like bombing anyway and I am going to stop it too as long as the Japanese refrain from doing it... so let´s see... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Tourane , at 66,65 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 19 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Overcast Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Overcast Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes we lose a single bomber to flak today but torch two dozen enemy aircraft on the ground and damaged at least the same number... good result for the first real day of our night offensive... [image]local://upfiles/13774/31963193852F41C6A77C2289B9DDC728.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kangean at 60,103 Japanese Ships DD Kisaragi DD Nagatsuki DD Kikuzuki Allied Ships SS KXVI, hits 11 SS KXVI is sighted by escort KXVI bottoming out .... DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Kikuzuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kikuzuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Kikuzuki is out of ASW ammo DD Kikuzuki is out of ASW ammo DD Kikuzuki is out of ASW ammo DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub what a day for our subs... next one knocked out... 31 sys 9 flt... guess the Japanese can´t complain about the ASW performance and it´s just going to get worse for us... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Waingapoe Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCT-168 LCT-461 LCT-474 LCT-168 fired at enemy troops LCT-461 fired at enemy troops LCT-474 fired at enemy troops LCT-168 fired at enemy troops bringing supplies for the paras... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Waingapoe TF 307 troops unloading over beach at Waingapoe, 63,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Waingapoe Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCT-161 LCT-161 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Waingapoe TF 312 troops unloading over beach at Waingapoe, 63,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Waingapoe Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCT-369 LCT-369 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Waingapoe TF 337 troops unloading over beach at Waingapoe, 63,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Bandjermasin at 61,102 Japanese Ships DD Hokaze Allied Ships SS KIX, hits 2 SS KIX is located by DD Hokaze DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub I must be dreaming... fifth sub knocked out today, in sinking condition with 37 sys 53 flt... in terms of killing subs, the Allied escorts (at least the DD) are still better than the IJN but in terms of knocking out subs the IJN is at least as good as the Allied... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,99 Japanese Ships DD Hokaze Allied Ships SS KXIV SS KXIV is sighted by escort KXIV diving deep .... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12 Ki-84a Frank x 13 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 32 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb if night bombing, then I would all my bombers for it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Waingapoe (63,113) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2676 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 145 Defending force 871 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34 Allied adjusted assault: 53 Japanese adjusted defense: 43 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 127 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Allied ground losses: 86 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 1st USMC Parachute Battalion 503rd Parachute Regiment 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion 1st Australian Para Battalion Defending units: 1st Engineer Co Yokosuka 2nd SNLF /1 42nd JNAF AF Unit only 1:1 today, really a tough fight here... at least forts are at 1 now... perhaps some A2G attacks are needed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Waingapoe (63,113) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 417 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 2611 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 138 Assaulting units: 1st Engineer Co Yokosuka 2nd SNLF /1 42nd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion 503rd Parachute Regiment 1st USMC Parachute Battalion 1st Australian Para Battalion

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/17/2010 12:01:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 11, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Roti at 66,115 Japanese Ships SS I-179 Allied Ships LCT-327 LCT-66 SS I-179 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT Sub escapes detection like I´ve mentioned before, since I´ve been using two PT to escort my eight LCT in each landing craft TF I have not lost a single LCT to subs anymore as they have to attack submerged due to the PT in the TF but obviously are never able to target LCT with torps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 12 Allied aircraft losses Wellington Ic: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Wellington B.X x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 28 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Wellington GR.VIII x 6 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Wellington GR.VIII: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes next round of the night air offensive starts... bombing an empty airfield in bad weather for no result... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 4 B-24J Liberator x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes also returning to Balikpapan in clear sky... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Clear sky Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 16 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes also good weather at Soerabaja and some IJAAF night fighters in the air... they are chanceless against the 4E... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 33 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes seems like weather in the night is better than what you usually get in daylight... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 8 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 11 B-24D Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 damaged E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 8 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes using night fighters against the heavies only resulted in more Japanese losses... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Clear sky Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 8 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes tonights raid resulted in one and a halve dozen enemy aircraft destroyed with two bombers lost to ops... you may have noticed that the enemy has NOT flown any night attacks this turn... [:D] [image]local://upfiles/13774/B0843BC88290428FB5D213AC27992AD1.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Waingapoe Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCT-477 LCT-478 LCT-479 LCT-477 fired at enemy troops LCT-478 fired at enemy troops LCT-479 fired at enemy troops more supply coming in... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Waingapoe TF 338 troops unloading over beach at Waingapoe, 63,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73 Japanese Ships xAK Hokumai Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Ryuun Maru xAK Ryuzan Maru xAK Shinko Maru E Aotaka E Yurijima Allied Ships SS Guardfish SS Guardfish launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Hokumai Maru Guardfish diving deep .... E Aotaka fails to find sub and abandons search E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yurijima attacking submerged sub .... E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yurijima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yurijima attacking submerged sub .... E Yurijima is out of ASW ammo E Yurijima is out of ASW ammo E Yurijima is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub Guardfish kills a freighter and gets away with it due to the escort being low on DC... we´ve got to take revenge for the five heavily damaged subs yesterday... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Groot Natoena at 60,84 Japanese Ships DD Asagiri E Omae AO Kyuko AO Kyokuto Maru AO Shiriya AO Ondo DD Mochizuki DD Yugiri Allied Ships SS Bowfin SS Bowfin launches 6 torpedoes at DD Asagiri Bowfin diving deep .... DD Mochizuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Mochizuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugiri attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub this will never stop... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 7 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 7 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 8 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 8 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 74 PV-1 Ventura x 36 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 84 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb you can´t get your fighters to fly a combined sweep but it´s possible to see three of four squadrons escort some bombers... that´s AE logic... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 PV-1 Ventura x 36 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 91 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb but I´m better off having my bombers fly alone anyway, two P-38 lost to ops from doing a sightseeing trip in clear sky... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 36 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vigan at 79,73 Japanese Ships E Hayabusa Allied Ships SS Muskallunge SS Muskallunge launches 6 torpedoes at E Hayabusa Muskallunge diving deep .... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub .... E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub thank god there´s only one of the buggers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Waingapoe (63,113) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2667 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 153 Defending force 472 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Allied adjusted assault: 42 Japanese adjusted defense: 16 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 99 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st USMC Parachute Battalion 503rd Parachute Regiment 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion 1st Australian Para Battalion 102nd USN Base Force Defending units: Yokosuka 2nd SNLF /1 1st Engineer Co 42nd JNAF AF Unit 2:1 and forts down to 0 now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Waingapoe (63,113) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 369 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14 Defending force 4339 troops, 32 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 151 Assaulting units: Yokosuka 2nd SNLF /1 42nd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 503rd Parachute Regiment 1st USMC Parachute Battalion 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion 1st Australian Para Battalion 102nd USN Base Force

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/17/2010 12:47:30 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Bandjermasin at 62,102 Japanese Ships DD Kikuzuki DD Kisaragi DD Nagatsuki Allied Ships SS S-44, hits 5 SS S-44 is located by DD Kikuzuki S-44 bottoming out .... DD Nagatsuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Nagatsuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Nagatsuki is out of ASW ammo DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub I´m close to ordering all my subs back to port and keep them there... the Kriegsmarine had a field day compared to what the IJN has been doing to my subs since Dec 43 when ASW suddenly skyrocketed... 25 sys 30 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 70,74 Japanese Ships DD Murakumo PB Naruto Maru #3 PB Taiko Maru TK Palembang Maru TK Arita Maru TK Okigawa Maru TK Teiyo Maru DD Isonami E Saishu Allied Ships SS Pompano, hits 3 SS Pompano launches 4 torpedoes at DD Murakumo Pompano diving deep .... DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub and abandons search E Saishu attacking submerged sub .... DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Saishu attacking submerged sub .... DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub .... E Saishu fails to find sub and abandons search DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub .... DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub more of the same stupidity... escorts being attacked in three out of four times, the results are either misses or duds (couple of times more than 10%, so I guess the messages are all wrong) and heavily damaged or sunk subs... 37 sys 43 flt... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vigan at 79,73 Japanese Ships E Hiyodori E Hayabusa Allied Ships SS Muskallunge SS Muskallunge launches 4 torpedoes at E Hiyodori E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub [>:][>:][>:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 99,60 Japanese Ships E Kamo DD Yukaze Allied Ships SS Tunny, hits 4, heavy damage SS Tunny launches 6 torpedoes at E Kamo Tunny diving deep .... DD Yukaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Kamo attacking submerged sub .... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo attacking submerged sub .... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub it´s getting really silly... silly... 8 sys 59 flt 9 eng... up to late 43 performance of both the subs and the enemy escorts pretty much mirrored real life, since 1.5 months, the USN is mirroring real life Kriegsmarine in the Atlantic and the IJN is mirroring real life ASW, Allied ASW... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Waingapoe Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCT-365 LCT-366 LCT-368 LCT-365 fired at enemy troops LCT-366 fired at enemy troops LCT-368 fired at enemy troops LCT-365 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Waingapoe TF 56 troops unloading over beach at Waingapoe, 63,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Taytay at 72,77 Japanese Ships E Asagao SC Ch 41 SC Ch 24 Allied Ships SS Shad SS Shad launches 4 torpedoes at E Asagao Shad diving deep .... E Asagao attacking submerged sub .... E Asagao is out of ASW ammo E Asagao is out of ASW ammo E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub there´s something just seriously flawed... I don´t care much about the 2-300 torps being spent to sink one DD or one E but I care about the subs attacking escorts all the time when they then run danger of being heavily damaged all the time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Soerabaja at 57,103 Japanese Ships DD Kikuzuki Allied Ships SS KXII, hits 9 SS KXII is located by DD Kikuzuki KXII bottoming out .... DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kikuzuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub so easy to have a dozen subs damaged in two or three turns for perhaps one or two enemy ships sunk... my subs are changing position all the time of course... but if they end up with enemy escorts they usually also end up heavily damaged now... 39 sys 31 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 7 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * 7 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet will still take a couple of weeks to have radar at this base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 22 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 28 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * 2 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet [image]local://upfiles/13774/24978066B7DF449CA0A9B71BCB300BDC.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,72 Japanese Ships xAK Ryusei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Siberia Maru xAK Mitimei Maru SC CHa-63 SC CHa-60 SC CHa-52 Allied Ships SS Guardfish SS Guardfish launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Ryusei Maru Guardfish diving deep .... SC CHa-63 fails to find sub and abandons search SC CHa-60 fails to find sub and abandons search SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Guardfish scores again, one of the subs that is doing quite good... the exception at the moment... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vigan at 79,73 Japanese Ships E Otori E Hayabusa Allied Ships SS Muskallunge SS Muskallunge launches 4 torpedoes at E Otori Muskallunge diving deep .... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub .... E Hayabusa is out of ASW ammo E Hayabusa is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub what else... E out of ammo saves the sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Waingapoe (63,113) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2658 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 156 Defending force 112 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Allied adjusted assault: 71 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 71 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Waingapoe !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 136 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 503rd Parachute Regiment 1st USMC Parachute Battalion 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion 1st Australian Para Battalion 102nd USN Base Force Defending units: Yokosuka 2nd SNLF /1 42nd JNAF AF Unit /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sorong (82,107) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 21277 troops, 422 guns, 410 vehicles, Assault Value = 829 Defending force 7639 troops, 62 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 192 Allied adjusted assault: 1522 Japanese adjusted defense: 311 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 512 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Allied ground losses: 414 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled) Assaulting units: 43rd Infantry Division 7th Infantry Division V US Amphib Corps 176th USAAF Base Force 159th USA Base Force 226th USN Base Force Defending units: 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment 88th Naval Guard Unit 1st Naval Construction Battalion 8th JAAF Base Force landed troops at Sorong but forgot about them until today, silly me... the two divs attack and with a fully prepped (working) HQ we get a wonderful adjusted av... due to high forts the enemy doesn´t take high losses but the defenders won´t have a chance and the base is going to fall soon, no doubt about that...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/17/2010 1:12:37 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 13, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Taytay at 72,77 Japanese Ships xAK Tihuku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage AG Muroto xAK Kosin Maru xAK Misaki Maru xAK Sinkyo Maru xAK Tatuha Maru xAK Siraha Maru xAK Gokoku Maru #2 E Ishinui E Fukue Allied Ships SS Paddle, hits 2 SS Paddle launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Tihuku Maru Paddle diving deep .... E Ishinui attacking submerged sub .... E Fukue fails to find sub and abandons search E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search... E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search... E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search... E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub freighter full of fuel is hit and probably sunk... Paddle gets away with two near misses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Babo at 83,110 Japanese Ships SST Yu-5, hits 33, heavy damage Allied Ships DE Express DE Encounter SST Yu-5 is sighted by escort Yu-5 bottoming out .... DE Express fails to find sub, continues to search... DE Encounter attacking submerged sub .... DE Express fails to find sub, continues to search... DE Encounter attacking submerged sub .... DE Encounter is out of ASW ammo DE Encounter is out of ASW ammo DE Encounter is out of ASW ammo DE Express attacking submerged sub .... Debris floats to surface in area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub the best ASW TF on the map is back in action, taking out a transport sub that is supplying bases around Ambon... as mentioned earlier, I doubt using these subs with a very limited transport capacity makes any sense... a singly 500lb bomb getting a supply hit is able to destroy more supply such a sub is able to carry... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Taytay at 72,77 Japanese Ships xAK Hokko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AG Muroto xAK Kosin Maru xAK Uga Maru xAK Misaki Maru xAK Sinkyo Maru xAK Tatuha Maru xAK Siraha Maru xAK Singapore Maru E Ishinui E Fukue Allied Ships SS Paddle, hits 16, heavy damage SS Paddle launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Hokko Maru E Ishinui fails to find sub and abandons search E Fukue fails to find sub, continues to search... E Fukue attacking submerged sub .... E Fukue fails to find sub, continues to search... E Fukue fails to find sub, continues to search... E Fukue attacking submerged sub .... Debris floats to surface in area of attack! [:(] Escort abandons search for sub Paddle attacks again and sinks another freighter but is also sunk in return... Kriegsmarine... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vigan at 79,73 Japanese Ships E Otori E Hiyodori Allied Ships SS Muskallunge, hits 1 SS Muskallunge launches 6 torpedoes at E Otori Muskallunge diving deep .... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hiyodori attacking submerged sub .... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hiyodori attacking submerged sub .... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we keep on ging on the same path... silly attacks without any chance to achieve something, damaged or sub sunks in return... one down today, this one got 21 sys 24 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Waingapoe at 64,113 Japanese Ships SS I-179 Allied Ships PT-258 LCT-361 LCT-320 LCT-143 SS I-179 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy PT I-179 diving deep .... Escort abandons search for sub neither LCT nor PT can be targetted... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 50 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 13 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 32 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 75 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 131 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb that´s it for the night airwar in the Pacific... as Rainer hasn´t flown any more night attacks, I´ve also switched to daylight attacks again... if the Japanese attack at night, we will do the same with twenty times the bombload... feeling like Adolf Hitler... You will understand that we shall now give a reply, night for night, and with increasing force. And if the British Air Force drops two, three or four thousand kilos of bombs, then we will drop 150,000, 180,000, 230,000, 300,000 or 400,000 kilos, or more, in one night. If they declare that they will attack our cities on a large scale, we will erase theirs! We will put a stop to the game of these night-pirates, as God is our witness. The hour will come when one or the other will crumble, and that one will not be National Socialist Germany. I have already carried through such a struggle once in my life, up to the final consequences, and this then led to the collapse of the enemy who is now sitting these in England on Europe’s last island. but we really got the bigger bombers... [:D] neither us nor the Japanese can really attack a target with a couple of hundred fighters, at least not as long as you´re not willing to accept losses that by far exceed monthly replacements of aircraft... part of the original speech with a cut from a non original film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmyn2bQx_qI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 13 B-24J Liberator x 25 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 55 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 75 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 19 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes wow, we got all three squadrons to fly together... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * [image]local://upfiles/13774/2CD9E344816D44D69FDB283D34A4687D.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sorong (82,107) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 20854 troops, 422 guns, 409 vehicles, Assault Value = 800 Defending force 6349 troops, 53 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 138 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 1157 Japanese adjusted defense: 441 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 834 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 53 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 54 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Allied ground losses: 187 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) Assaulting units: 43rd Infantry Division 7th Infantry Division 176th USAAF Base Force V US Amphib Corps 159th USA Base Force 226th USN Base Force Defending units: 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment 88th Naval Guard Unit 1st Naval Construction Battalion 8th JAAF Base Force Sorong will be ours soon...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/17/2010 1:21:11 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 14, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 77,69 Japanese Ships TK Teiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Naruto Maru #3 PB Taiko Maru TK Palembang Maru TK Arita Maru TK Okigawa Maru DD Murakumo DD Isonami E Saishu Allied Ships SS Cero, hits 1 SS Cero launches 6 torpedoes at TK Teiyo Maru Cero diving deep .... DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... E Saishu fails to find sub and abandons search DD Isonami attacking submerged sub .... DD Isonami attacking submerged sub .... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami attacking submerged sub .... DD Isonami is out of ASW ammo DD Isonami is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub one of the few succesful attacks nowadays... not without paying a price though, SS Bonefish took a bomb today, 25 says 5 flt 4 eng... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,99 Japanese Ships DD Tawakaze Allied Ships SS Seal SS Seal is located by DD Tawakaze Seal diving deep .... DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Tawakaze cannot reach attack position over SS Seal DD Tawakaze cannot reach attack position over SS Seal DD Tawakaze cannot reach attack position over SS Seal DD Tawakaze cannot reach attack position over SS Seal DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Soebi-besar at 58,85 Japanese Ships PB Yamahagi Maru #3 Allied Ships SS Tarpon, hits 1 SS Tarpon is sighted by escort PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Yamahagi Maru #3 attacking submerged sub .... PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Obi at 76,106 Japanese Ships SS RO-61 Allied Ships LCT-357 LCT-364 LCT-135 SS RO-61 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT RO-61 diving deep .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Endeh at 66,114 Japanese Ships SS I-179, hits 4 Allied Ships DD Hale, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD McKee SS I-179 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Hale I-179 diving deep .... DD McKee fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McKee fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McKee fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McKee attacking submerged sub .... DD McKee fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we send out an ASW TF and lose a destroyer to the damned sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near North Male at 22,49 Japanese Ships SS I-32 Allied Ships xAK Dellwood, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Dellwood is sighted by SS I-32 SS I-32 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Dellwood as the loss of the DD wouldn´t be enough, we also lose a freighter today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 12 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 13 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 38 Japanese aircraft losses L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 47 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb attacking the island South of Mindanoa, also going to be on the target list soon... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * [8\|] just the same every turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet [image]local://upfiles/13774/F9E55B2262AA43039E7643DD7FBFEE18.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sorong (82,107) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 20677 troops, 422 guns, 408 vehicles, Assault Value = 794 Defending force 5138 troops, 46 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 90 Allied adjusted assault: 1456 Japanese adjusted defense: 123 Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Sorong !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1375 casualties reported Squads: 42 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 135 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 68 (66 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 4 Allied ground losses: 269 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 43rd Infantry Division 7th Infantry Division 159th USA Base Force V US Amphib Corps 176th USAAF Base Force 226th USN Base Force Defending units: 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment 88th Naval Guard Unit 1st Naval Construction Battalion 8th JAAF Base Force the third attack took the base and the Japanese units are kicked out and are retreating to the dot base East of Sorong losing most of their strength...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/17/2010 1:28:00 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 15, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Madjene at 64,101 Japanese Ships DD Tawakaze Allied Ships SS KXIV, hits 1 SS KXIV is located by DD Tawakaze KXIV diving deep .... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 72,72 Japanese Ships E Kanju xAK Yuzan Maru DD Minekaze E Uruyame Allied Ships SS Skate SS Skate launches 6 torpedoes at E Kanju DD Minekaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Miri at 62,82 Japanese Ships E Yanagi E W-6 SC Ch 9 SC Ch 8 TK Kotai Maru TK Takane Maru TK Shiranesan Maru TK Kenwa Maru TK Kyokuho Maru DD Asakaze E W-23 E W-11 E W-8 Allied Ships SS Finback SS Finback launches 4 torpedoes at E Yanagi DD Asakaze fails to find sub and abandons search E W-23 fails to find sub and abandons search E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-8 fails to find sub and abandons search E W-11 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub with defective torps in 43 my subs have been more succesful than they are now with working torps... while being absolutely active we haven´t lost many more subs than were lost in real life, but this has totally changed in 12/43... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 B-24D1 Liberator x 27 B-24J Liberator x 17 No Allied losses Airbase hits 12 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 12 B-24D1 Liberator x 16 B-24J Liberator x 3 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb only bombing secondary targets to keep them supressed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 10 B-24J Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

d0mbo -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/17/2010 1:30:53 PM)
Castor, what would you do if the DEVs really squash all bugs in AE??? [;)]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/17/2010 2:44:02 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: d0mbo Castor, what would you do if the DEVs really squash all bugs in AE??? [;)] the bugs aren´t as much a problem as the "design decisions" that I find to be totally off. If halve of them (5 or 6 are really bad and for sure not realistic at all... eg 3 fighters lost of most squadrons on sweep all the time) would be "fixed" I probably would have a second ongoing PBEM. Same as WITP, AE is an excellent programme when it comes down to bugs, needless to say that the effort the guys are still putting into the programme to further fix bugs has always been great.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/21/2010 2:26:14 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 16, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,77 Japanese Ships xAK Yamahagi Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage SC Ch 46 AKE Kato Maru AKE Noshima xAK Yozan Maru xAK Imaji Maru xAK Tsukuba Maru xAK Kusuyama Maru xAK Asuka Maru xAK Ginyo Maru E Ishizaki E Natsushima Allied Ships SS Hackleback SS Hackleback launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Yamahagi Maru Hackleback diving deep .... E Ishizaki fails to find sub and abandons search E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub I´m unsure about the convoy routing of Rainer, it doesn´t seem that he uses the same convoy routes which could be beneficial IMO as you could sweep these routes from my subs better than trying to clean the whole South China Sea (where we´ve got two dozen subs at the moment)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,79 Japanese Ships xAK Mikage Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SC Ch 46 AKE Kato Maru AKE Noshima xAK Yozan Maru xAK Imaji Maru xAK Tsukuba Maru xAK Kusuyama Maru xAK Asuka Maru xAK Ginyo Maru E Ishizaki E Natsushima Allied Ships SS Hackleback SS Hackleback launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Mikage Maru Hackleback diving deep .... E Ishizaki fails to find sub and abandons search E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Hackelback gets another kill... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Donggala at 67,97 Japanese Ships xAK Kinsyu Maru xAK Glasgow Maru xAK Florida Maru E Sureko Allied Ships SS Trident, hits 7, heavy damage SS Trident is sighted by escort E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sureko attacking submerged sub .... E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the enemy takes revenge and puts Trident in sinking condition... 31 sys 62 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47 Japanese Ships SC CHa-65 SC CHa-53 SC CHa-41 Allied Ships SS Seadragon Captain of SS Seadragon elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Seadragon diving deep .... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 67,74 Japanese Ships xAK Yuzan Maru DD Minekaze E Uruyame Allied Ships SS Burrfish, hits 8, heavy damage SS Burrfish is sighted by escort Burrfish diving deep .... DD Minekaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Uruyame attacking submerged sub .... E Uruyame attacking submerged sub .... E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... E Uruyame attacking submerged sub .... E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub for two sunk freighters we´ve got two heavily damaged subs... this one tries to get home with 40 sys 72 flt 11 eng... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 22 N1K1-J George x 6 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 Raid is overhead my Lightning squadrons have become totally obsolete, wonder why... the Lightnings aren´t that worse compared to Corsairs but they are hardly able to deal with Zekes, let alone Georges... to make it worse for us, the Lightning squadrons are full of our best pilots... we trade the Lightnings 2:1 over the target but have so many damaged that it comes down to a 1:1 most times... and losing Lightnings 1:1 to Zeroes and Georges is something you just can´t afford as the Allied because the Japanese will laugh about anything below 3:1... what more can you do than to fill them up with aces and set them all to sweep? The oh so great working "routine" for coordination of sweeps makes any numerical advantage ad absurdum... it´s nothing but a flawed piece of programming... and in this case, we are attacking leaking Cap because it would be suicide to attack the base with the fighters itselve with radar now... now you´ve got radar and still the shtty coordination routine that is semi working for bomber strikes but totally rubbish in any way as soon as fighters are involved, no matter if it´s about escorts or sweeps... don´t even want to think about how silly it is when carrier based fighters are trying to escort some LBA strikes, this is even more absurd than the rest... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet this is as silly as it has been since day one after release... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 8 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 8 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 3 Liberator B.III x 12 Liberator GR.III x 3 B-24D1 Liberator x 76 P-38H Lightning x 74 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 2 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 9 damaged P-38H Lightning: 4 destroyed Airbase hits 23 Airbase supply hits 22 Runway hits 180 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb 8 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 7 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes you can make it even worse, you can also send your Lightnings on escort... this means they are shot to pieces then and just reminds me of what I´m saying all the time... just send your bombers realistically unescorted and you end up with 20% of the losses... note that all three P-38 squadrons set to sweep show up with this bomber strike... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 5 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft Liberator GR.III x 12 Wellington Ic x 12 Wellington B.X x 11 B-24D1 Liberator x 9 P-38H Lightning x 59 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington Ic: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 85 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb 11 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * CAP engaged: 286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes the Lightnings then show up AGAIN (at least those that weren´t shot down or damaged during the first strike)... insane, they´re flying two missions in the same phase... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 11 P-38H Lightning x 59 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * CAP engaged: 286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes and they show up AGAIN! how stupid does this get? [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 59 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * 14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * and then they show up for the fourth time! There are only three P-38 squadrons at Hanoi and all three were flying four sweeps at this point of the day... OMG... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 59 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * 14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * then one after another P-47 squadron shows up... good idea to show up AFTER the bombers when being set to sweep, also a good idea to have the squadrons sweep one after another... omg, this routine is so friging stupid, it really must hurt every sane man working on this "product"... unbelievable this is accepted the way it is... oh yeah, the P-38 fly their FIFTH sweep this day... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 59 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * 14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * next P-47 squadron doing a single squadron sweep, accompied by the P-38 from Hanoi again, now sweep number six this day... silly... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 31 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 8 Runway hits 107 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 14 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 59 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 13 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * 15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * next P-47 squadron (it must be hard not to notice how silly this is) and of course P-38 sweep NUMBER SIX!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pare Pare , at 66,104 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 37 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 71 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pare Pare , at 66,104 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 61 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 112 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb the bomber strikes are at times also looking just weird... how does this pass testing for release? Either implement the routines from BOB Bombing the Reich and make it a tactical game which isn´t possible or make it at least somewhat closer to having strikes that actually look like strikes and not training flights over the Bermuda triangle that all get lost... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 59 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 7 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * 3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * and here´s the perfect example of the total silliness you have got now (this is sillier than the all in one strike of WITP)... the "lost" fighters of three P-47 squadrons in one sweep, plus the SEVENTH P-38 sweep this turn, all flown by the same P-38 squadrons... can you imagine how fat of these squadrons is going to look like????? And what this means to losses? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 59 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * 9 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * not over yet, more "lost" P-47 and another P-38 sweep... number NINE to be exact... [sm=crazy.gif] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 59 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * wow, I praise the beta tester that told me "you will find out that all the air routines are borked"... the coordination thing is silly, it´s a totally flawed routine, the thing with the P-38 flying TEN!!! sweeps in one day must be a bug (for the first time in this PBEM)... it´s interesting to read about Fifth AF in later days when you then read "80 P-38 were escorting the bombers to attack Lae", claiming dozens of enemy fighters and wrecking the airfield... my problem already starts when you can´t send the sweeps in a way you would accept it or when the escorts are usually shot to pieces by totally outnumbered and obsolete enemy fighters that face my flying circus... must be these days when the player is doing somethign wrong... neither do I see AARs showing any different "coordination" than my PBEM, nor is my opponent able to do it, nor does any of these famous "tips" on the forum help anything at all... the only thing I´ve found out so far is modding exp to 70+ which seems to help or having all squadrons on different airbases at different ranges as this works even better than having all the squadrons at the same base... how stupid is that? But that´s exactly how it is and is often enough shown by screenshots in the AARs when you see ten "strike lines" going to the same target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lang Son , at 70,56 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 20 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 2 Spitfire Vc Trop x 2 Spitfire VIII x 2 P-40K Warhawk x 2 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes No.17 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (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 40500 Raid is overhead No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (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 6000 Raid is overhead No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (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 40500 Raid is overhead 5318th PAU/FS with P-40K 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 6000 Raid is overhead 51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37000 Raid is overhead 8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 37000 Raid is overhead 347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 37000 Raid is overhead all my attacks resulted in a bad outcome for us, now a Zeke sweep against leaking Cap from Hanoi ends up on the receiving end... even though only two Zekes show up as destroyed, all of them were either shot down or sent home damaged for only two op losses on our side... without this engagement, the enemy would have achieved another victory in the air, even though he faced a total numerical superiority of Allied fighters... guess we´ve ordered some 200 fighters to sweep the enemy today, facing something like 40-50 enemies (all inferior fighters compared to P-38 and P-47)... our squadrons are flown by the best you can get but the way the game works it doesn´t help at all to have a 4 or 5:1 numerical superiority because you can´t bring it to the fight as it is now... add in the dive or no dive and you either end up with a total victory or a defeat... we didn´t have the dive today for our P-38 up to this point but the leaking Cap from Hanoi in this example had the dive, bad news for the sweeping Zekes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djailolo , at 78,101 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 45,010 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 13 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 13 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 41010 feet * CAP engaged: VMF-111 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 21800 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 13 N1K1-J George x 4 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 Raid is overhead 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 74 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes and then the follow on sweeps on Dadjangas, as can be seen clearly, WITH the never ending dive for the P-38... amazing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 24 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 Raid is overhead and that´s it for the sweeps... the P-38 from Hanoi took absurd losses today, mostly probably because they flew nine or ten missions in one day (clearly a bug), you can imagine how the fat looked like, the P-38 from Ternate sweeping Mindanao achieved a victory in the end with this sweep getting the never ending dive... more than two weeks P-38 replacements were lost today, we killed a weekly replacement of Zekes, definately not something we can afford... [image]local://upfiles/13774/2D6358E298A844CD921273E9C53BA4CB.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Donggala at 69,96 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 1 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 22 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Kinsyu Maru, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Seisyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAK Kyokusei Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 10 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb and for the first time we attack a convoy South of Borneo with USN bombers coming from Ambon (got countless messages both in the morning and afternoon about bombers failing to locate the target due to range or weather or failing to link up)... 22 out of 72 bombers finally attack the convoy at the very end of the turn and probably sink these three freighters (more than a dozen ships reported)... while formations of bombers fail to locate the targets in 80% of the time, you nevertheless get halve a dozen sightings from patrol aircraft... something seems to be mismatching here, but good for the game when the fleets aren´t whiped out as soon as they get in range of LBA... you just have to wonder what happened in real life, thinking about the Bismarck Sea for example, the Japanese were clearly whiped out as soon as they got into range... what was the loss rate for ships in the famous Battle of the Bismarck Sea? 90%? goes for both sides though, the enemy´s bombers are just as bad in locating targets that have been spotted and shadowed by patrols as the Allied ones...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/21/2010 3:41:58 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 18, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Puerto Princesa at 73,84 Japanese Ships DD Hayate DD Sawakaze DD Asanagi Allied Ships SS O21, hits 4 SS O21 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hayate DD Sawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub .... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub O21 is stupid enough to attack a DD... 15 sys 33 flt 10 eng... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Obi at 76,105 Japanese Ships SS RO-61 Allied Ships AVD Ballard LCI-222 AVD Williamson AVD Hulbert SS RO-61 is sighted by escort AVD Williamson fails to find sub and abandons search AVD Hulbert fails to find sub, continues to search... AVD Hulbert fails to find sub, continues to search... AVD Hulbert fails to find sub, continues to search... AVD Hulbert fails to find sub, continues to search... AVD Hulbert fails to find sub, continues to search... AVD Hulbert fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Jap sub driven off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 10 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 10 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 2 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * [sm=crazy.gif] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 22 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 35 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 69 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 9 damaged Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 66 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb If we are thinking about attacking Menado or even landing on Mindanao we also have to knock out or take Talaud eilanden... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Chichi-jima at 107,71 Japanese Ships xAK Kurohime Maru, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kokuryu Maru xAK Yahiko Maru xAK Naples Maru xAK Holland Maru xAK Aden Maru E Sagi Allied Ships SS Herring, hits 1 SS Herring launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Kurohime Maru Herring diving deep .... E Sagi attacking submerged sub .... E Sagi attacking submerged sub .... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Herring kills a freighter and gets away with it... one freighter for one damaged sub today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Dili by attrition!!! Rainer is moving some fragments back into Dili and as soon as they arrive they are wiped out by attrition even though there´s no fight...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/21/2010 4:10:05 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 19, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Puerto Princesa at 72,84 Japanese Ships DD Hayate DD Sawakaze DD Asanagi Allied Ships SS Gurnard, hits 3 SS Gurnard launches 6 torpedoes at DD Hayate DD Sawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub .... DD Asanagi is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub another day, another attack on enemy destroyers... result is the same as in 98% of the attacks as the sub misses... taking 26 sys 22 flt in return... you wouldn´t want to be on an Allied sub at these days... Kingfish later was hit by air ASW 48/19/8... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,68 Japanese Ships E Hayabusa Allied Ships SS Grampus SS Grampus is sighted by escort Grampus diving deep .... E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub .... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Perth at 47,147 Japanese Ships SS I-39, hits 7 Allied Ships AM Bobolink AM Cairns PG Hindustan PG Clive SS I-39 launches 6 torpedoes at AM Bobolink PG Hindustan attacking submerged sub .... PG Clive fails to find sub and abandons search PG Hindustan fails to find sub, continues to search... PG Hindustan fails to find sub, continues to search... PG Hindustan attacking submerged sub .... PG Hindustan fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we damage an IJN sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djailolo , at 78,101 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: VMF-111 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 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 the enemy is now sweeping the dot base North of Ternate, Zekes are coming from Mindanao... 10 of them sounds a bit few to me but only a single Corsair is leaking out... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7 Ki-84a Frank x 16 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (16 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes ok, here we go with the usual silly stuff... we set a couple of squadrons on sweep, hey ho, they all show up one by one... starting off with this P-47 squadron, dive for the P-47 and losses for the Japanese, dive switched sides and some P-47 are lost... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8 Ki-84a Frank x 16 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes here comes the next squadron, dive exclusively for the Allied... Japanese fighters are massacred... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 7 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes more of the insanity... next squadron, next sweep, next never ending dive for the P-47, next massacre... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 21 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * CAP engaged: 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes same as above, now the P-38 squadrons are showing up... of course, also all one by one... how much more stupid could this really be? And then try to attack a base with radar and all enemy fighters in the air... the enemy tried that twice at Ternate and was shred twice... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * [8\|][8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 59 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 77 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 47 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 56 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 8 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * THE COORDINATION ROUTINE MUST BE THE MOST STUPID SUB ROUTINE OF A PROGRAMME RELEASED IN THE LAST 101 YEARS... if this is ok for the godlike master of airwar on Earth, the Moon and on the Mars then I really fear there is no expert knowledge there at all, otherwise I really would like to see at least one source telling me that THIS is how it was done in real life... so mega stupid it is frustrating turn after turn after turn... there wasn´t a single issue in WITP that got me so mad as the totally insane "coordination routine" (calling it that way is stupid to start with as it has nothing to do with coordination) is feding me up in AE... and I get crazy every time again and again...[:@][:@][:@] devs are playing this game (at least some of them), devs are reading AARs (at least some of them), at least one dev is doing an AAR with combat reports (where I see exactly the same)... so now tell me that the devs are either not aware of this stupidity or think it would be ok... most of these people got such a knowledge about the Pacific war you can only call them experts on this matter, or historians if you look at all the research they´ve put into this game, so I just can´t believe the majority of them would really think that every fighter squadron in the war that was taking off their home base lost a couple of fighters on their way to target EVERY day... so many things in this game are such a leap forward compared to WITP, so many things are so much more detailed (OOB, map,...) than anything else that has been released... and then you get something that is commonly called coordination routine that in fact is nothing but borked, resulting in totally stupid make ups of strikes (strikes and how they look like were PLANNED in real life)... these stupid looking strikes then have to face the enemy, most often resulting in even more stupid results, mostly depending on the never ending dive kicking in or not (now also to count on radar of course which is going to create even more loops than before IMO)... it´s a pity, it´s a real pity... [:(] sending out four squadrons, all losing 2 of their fighters which then join up and form a strike of their own? Day after day after day? Sorry, don´t make me laugh, my sick stomach can´t stand it... out of ten turns, you must be lucky to see one turn that got strikes actually looking realistic, because every squadron losing two or three fighters on the way to target is not, all fighters arriving after the bombers when they launched from the same base is not, 50 bombers coming in in 4 waves over the whole morning/afternoon is not when you order them to attack the same target... but a 505 aircraft strike lauching at once from KB that fields a total of 600 ac (100 fighters on Cap) on the other hand is not, when KB could only launch 50% of their ac at the same time at best... etc, etc etc... like I´ve said a coule of times already, go play BOB bombing the Reich and make up your strikes the same way the game is stupidly doing all the time and you will soon find out that you can´t even deal with the AI of BOB, no matter if you play the Allied or German side... the tactical aspect of AE has to be kept to a minimum, ok, same was done in WITP... you can do it in a better way it was done in WITP and the thought about it was great, as are some aspects and probably most thoughts that went into the air routines... but the outcome? sorry... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 31 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 2x3 lost fighters of the first two squadrons then joined the third one... zzzZZZzzz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * STUPID![8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * another "full squadron" (15 of each squadron were tasked to sweep)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * [8\|][8\|] the whole turn shows the total weakness of the air routines, both the silly (non) coordination and the dive effect... but hey, many people aren´t even watching the replay and with the interesting FOW that is going into the combat reports they then think it would be a good result if one side lost 3 and the other one 2 aircraft in the combat report, just to find out, it was more like one side lost 15 and the other one 2... in the end it is another day of "why does he complain?"... yeah, the dive enabled the P-47 to shred the enemy, no matter if the sweeps were coming in with 13 aircraft each, with 6 aircraft, or with even only 1, as long as the incoming strike got the never ending dive, there is nothing to fear for the P-47, not even if there would be 1500 fighters on Cap and 50 sweeps made up of 3 fighters because they will dive, kill, dive, kill, run out of ammo, oil pressure, the mood to fight or something else and they would head home without even being shot at... but does this make it look any better? No, sorry, not for me... don´t put all lauching aircraft in one basket (even though the WITP decision perhaps was the way to go with a strategy game with only two phases during the day) but also don´t come up with something like it is seen in this turn or in 500 other combat reports of this PBEM... [image]local://upfiles/13774/D426039D271A4BE48A6B618D1A015CE0.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Dili (71,115) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 121741 troops, 1910 guns, 3054 vehicles, Assault Value = 4350 Defending force 315 troops, 0 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 3187 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 3187 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 762nd Tank Battalion 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 1st USMC Tank Battalion 13th Australian Brigade 5th Australian Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st Australian Division 754th Tank Battalion 3rd Australian Division 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 2nd Australian Division 4th Australian Division 1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion 2nd Marine Division 151st Combat Engineer Regiment 131st Combat Engineer Regiment 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 3rd Marine Division 102nd Combat Engineer Regiment 3rd Motor Brigade 1st Marine Division 767th Tank Battalion 30th Australian Brigade 11th Marine Defense Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 7th USN Naval Construction Regiment I Australian Corps 41st USN Naval Construction Battalion 8th USN Naval Construction Regiment 503rd Coast AA Regiment 203rd Coast AA Regiment 119th USAAF Base Force 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 255th USN Base Force 177th USAAF Base Force 2nd Medium Regiment 181st Field Artillery Regiment 249th Field Artillery Battalion 94th Coast AA Regiment South Pacific 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion 216th Coast AA Regiment 143rd USA Base Force 96th Coast AA Regiment 210th Coast AA Regiment 97th Field Artillery Battalion 154th FA Bn 225th USN Base Force 40th USN Naval Construction Battalion 104th USN Base Force II Australian Corps 9th RAAF Base Force 4th Field Artillery Battalion 146th USA Base Force 168th Field Artillery Regiment 197th Coast AA Regiment 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion USN AirCenPac Defending units: 16th Army /1 another fragment that is destroyed on Timor...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/21/2010 4:28:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djailolo , at 78,101 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: VMF-111 with F4U-1A Corsair (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 another Zeke sweep coming from Mindanao, the Corsair is damaged and made it home... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 10 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 10 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet see, it´s just the same for both sides... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 72 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 30 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 45 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 8 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes today was a better day for the Lightnings as they were able to dive on the Zekes... the result of getting the dive is obviously when looking at the losses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 5 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes we´re only able to sweep against leaking Cap though, wouldn´t send in any of my fighters against a base I know it´s going to have radar and lots of fighters... I would if I could be sure about three of four squadrons joining to sweep the whole Cap together, I even would set them on different altitudes to get a possible advantage or not (who knows what it really means in the game), but as it is now, I won´t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 110 minutes and there goes the last one... all Zekes on Cap were either damaged or shot down instantly today, 9 Zekes being reported lost, I guess 6 or perhaps 7 were really lost for one P-38 crashing and a damaged Corsair that was patched up over night... [image]local://upfiles/13774/41DCCAAD901248DCBBC1BC64AD413B88.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tanegashima at 104,67 Japanese Ships xAK Oridono Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage PB Nanei Maru SC CHa-24 SC CHa-12 xAK Konsan Maru xAK Hiyoshi Maru xAKL Shinsoku Maru xAKL Shuntai Maru xAKL Daigen Maru E Tobui PB America Maru PB Uchide Maru Allied Ships SS Aspro SS Aspro launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Oridono Maru Aspro diving deep .... E Tobui attacking submerged sub .... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub and abandons search E Tobui fails to find sub and abandons search PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub not to forget the sub war, we´ve been lucky, it´s been a couple of days since we´ve lost the last sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 101,68 Japanese Ships xAK Belgium Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Genoa Maru PB Narita Maru Allied Ships SS Wahoo SS Wahoo launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Belgium Maru Wahoo diving deep .... PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Narita Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Narita Maru loses contact with SS Wahoo PB Narita Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Wahoo PB Narita Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Wahoo SS Wahoo eludes ASW attack from PB Narita Maru Escort abandons search for sub and we get another two freighters today, not even a damaged sub in return... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Horn Island at 89,127 Japanese Ships SS I-45, hits 3 Allied Ships AP Gen. T.H.Bliss AP William Ward Burrows AK Brevard AK Beaverhead xAP Kota Baroe xAP Mormacdove xAK Age xAK Arizonan DM Sicard SS I-45 is sighted by escort I-45 bottoming out .... DM Sicard attacking submerged sub .... DM Sicard cannot reach attack position over SS I-45 DM Sicard attacking submerged sub .... DM Sicard cannot reach attack position over SS I-45 DM Sicard attacking submerged sub .... DM Sicard is out of ASW ammo DM Sicard is out of ASW ammo DM Sicard fails to find sub, continues to search... DM Sicard fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub and an enemy sub is damaged... was amazed how quickly the DM ran out of depth charges until I realized how few they actually carry... doesn´t matter, the escorts did their job in protecting the convoy, sinking subs is up to the dedicated ASW TFs...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/22/2010 9:35:05 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 21, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balabac at 69,84 Japanese Ships TK Oei Maru TK Ryusho Maru TK Tokuhei Maru TK Hoshin Maru E Naryu PB Spey Maru Allied Ships SS Pampanito SS Pampanito is sighted by escort E Naryu fails to find sub and abandons search PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Spey Maru attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,99 Japanese Ships DD Hokaze DD Tawakaze Allied Ships SS KXIV SS KXIV is located by DD Hokaze KXIV diving deep .... DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub .... SS KXIV eludes DD Tawakaze by diving deep DD Tawakaze loses contact with SS KXIV DD Tawakaze cannot reach attack position over SS KXIV DD Tawakaze loses contact with SS KXIV DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Jesselton at 68,85 Japanese Ships PB Yodozo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage TK Oei Maru TK Ryusho Maru TK Hoshin Maru E Naryu Allied Ships SS Apogon SS Apogon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Yodozo Maru Apogon diving deep .... E Naryu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Naryu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Naryu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Naryu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Naryu fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub claiming a PB today, there would have been better targets though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,99 Japanese Ships DD Hokaze DD Tawakaze Allied Ships SS KXIV SS KXIV is located by DD Hokaze KXIV diving deep .... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Jesselton at 67,85 Japanese Ships E Naryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage TK Ryusho Maru TK Hoshin Maru PB Spey Maru Allied Ships SS Pampanito SS Pampanito launches 6 torpedoes at E Naryu PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub also sinking an E which is rather a rare event... would have again preferred to hit a tanker... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kanoya at 105,67 Japanese Ships xAK Oridono Maru, Torpedo hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage PB America Maru Allied Ships SS Dragonet Japanese ground losses: 122 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled SS Dragonet launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Oridono Maru Dragonet diving deep .... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub and a troop convoy is hit... can´t complain about the subs today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tanegashima at 104,67 Japanese Ships E Hato DD Yukaze E Kamo Allied Ships SS Aspro, hits 1 SS Aspro launches 4 torpedoes at E Hato Aspro diving deep .... DD Yukaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub Aspro missed but got away with it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 10 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet 10 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 1 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes the usual story, three squadrons ordered to sweep, all coming in alone and all losing a couple of fighters on the way to target... all hail to realism! [&o][&o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 14 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet [8\|] silliness -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 1 on standby, 3 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes silliness... 3x3 fighters as each squadron lost three on the way to target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 6000 Raid is overhead here´s the main part of the second squadron... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead and the main part of the third squadron... bet I will rather get rid of AE than the devs get rid of this stupidity... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 5 Hurricane IIc Trop x 1 Spitfire Vc Trop x 2 Spitfire VIII x 2 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: No.1833 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes No.17 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40500 Raid is overhead No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40500 Raid is overhead 51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 37000 Raid is overhead 8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 42000 Raid is overhead 347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes not that a really good idea to attack my leaking Cap if leaking Cap looks like this... the Tojos got a bloody nose... Cap did better than my Lightning sweeps even though they did better than lately... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 10 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 10 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Galeia , at 79,101 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: VMF-111 with F4U-1A Corsair (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 [image]local://upfiles/13774/F3F4D4CA86544E94B21A228A11F36963.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 11 B-24J Liberator x 18 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 34 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kanoya at 105,67 Japanese Ships PB America Maru Allied Ships SS Dragonet SS Dragonet launches 6 torpedoes Dragonet diving deep .... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/22/2010 9:38:41 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 104,67 Japanese Ships E Kamo DD Yukaze Allied Ships SS Aspro, hits 3 SS Aspro is located by E Kamo DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub .... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub Aspro stays on station... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nagoya at 109,64 Japanese Ships PB Kaiun Maru SC Ch 33 SC Ch 20 xAK Alaska Maru xAK Turuga Maru SC Ch 48 SC Ch 43 Allied Ships SS Amberjack SS Amberjack launches 6 torpedoes at PB Kaiun Maru PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 48 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Amberjack missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aogashima at 112,66 Japanese Ships xAK Kyokuzan Maru DD Hatsuyuki E Sagi Allied Ships SS Grouper, hits 3 SS Grouper is sighted by escort Grouper diving deep .... DD Hatsuyuki attacking submerged sub .... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuyuki attacking submerged sub .... E Sagi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub and Grouper takes some near misses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 62nd Division, at 72,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 15 Liberator B.III x 12 Spitfire VIII x 4 Wellington Ic x 15 Wellington B.X x 15 B-24D1 Liberator x 54 B-25C Mitchell x 45 P-38H Lightning x 22 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 616 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 54 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 72 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.III bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Liberator II bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Wellington B.X bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 3rd Tank Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 39th Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 39th Division ... Also attacking 3rd Tank Division ... Also attacking 102nd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 39th Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 62nd Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 62nd Division ... Also attacking 3rd Tank Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 3rd Tank Division ... Also attacking 102nd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 3rd Tank Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 102nd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 62nd Division ... Also attacking 3rd Tank Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 3rd Tank Division ... Also attacking 102nd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 17th Division ... the enemy has moved his stack that abandoned Nanning (why is still beyond me) into a clear hex and we let loose the bombers... looks like a lot of damage but the casualties are spread between lots of units so it isn´t really severe... the enemy is reported moving out of the hex now though... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 104th Division, at 72,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 P-38H Lightning x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 79 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 104th Division, at 72,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 39th Division, at 72,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 104th Division, at 72,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 39th Division, at 72,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb lots of follow on strikes and that´s it for today...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/22/2010 9:55:08 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 23, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Brunei at 66,85 Japanese Ships DD Minazuki DD Uzuki Allied Ships SS Apogon, hits 6 SS Apogon is sighted by escort DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Apogon is knocked out... 23/22/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83 Japanese Ships DD Oite DD Sawakaze DD Asanagi Allied Ships SS Pampanito, hits 2 SS Pampanito is located by DD Oite DD Sawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub .... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub .... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Pampanito too, 19 sys 30 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 14 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes unfortunately our sweep only meets a single Zero that is leaking out of Davao... the sweeps just look the same as always, everything coming in on it´s own... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 14 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 14 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 6000 Raid is overhead then there´s leaking Cap showing up again to be shot down... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes even the P-38 claim some Zekes today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 2 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 22 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 60 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 9 N1K1-J George x 5 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 12 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes the Corsairs seem to be the non plus ultra against leaking Cap from Davao, which is quite amazing to me as the Corsairs aren´t that much superior to the Lightnings and the pilots are definately not as good as all the aces flying Lightnings... what really strikes me is the ability of 6 x cal.50 armed fighters to down enemy fighters far more easily than Lightnings with 4 x cal.50 and a 20mm all being center lined... AFAIK, the Lightning´s armament was rated to be better than the "spraying" 6 packs of all the other fighters but in the game, it still seems that gun value is all that counts and accuracy is by far not as much a factor as it should be... the Corsairs with their six packs down twice the number of enemy fighters than the Lightnings... when the Corsairs get three kills, the Lightnings get one kill and two damaged at best... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 27 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 43 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 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 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes when the Lightnings get the never ending dive their lethal though, just like every other modern Allied fighter now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 3 N1K1-J George x 3 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 7 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes after seeing only a single Zeke leaking out against our first sweep I´ve thought we wouldn´t claim a lot of enemies today but as it turned out, we met more and more enemy fighters, always in near perfect numbers for us... the whole turn was a massacre... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 19th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 72,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 12 Liberator B.III x 9 Wellington Ic x 12 Wellington B.X x 12 B-24D1 Liberator x 39 B-25C Mitchell x 36 P-38H Lightning x 12 Allied aircraft losses Liberator II: 1 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 1162 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 50 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 54 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Liberator B.III bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Liberator II bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Wellington B.X bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 8th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 62nd Division ... Also attacking 39th Division ... Also attacking 102nd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 19th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 8th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 62nd Division ... Also attacking 39th Division ... Also attacking 102nd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 8th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 62nd Division ... Also attacking 39th Division ... Also attacking 102nd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 19th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 8th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 62nd Division ... Also attacking 39th Division ... Also attacking 102nd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 104th Division ... if the enemy is in a clear hex and as long as the weather is always clear (fixed with the new patched) you could really wreck every Army with air attacks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 17th Division, at 72,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 18 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 116 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 3rd Tank Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 3rd Tank Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 3rd Tank Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Tank Division, at 72,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 72,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 132 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/24B60760094E414285AEC9347EED4044.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/22/2010 10:09:37 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 24, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Brunei at 65,85 Japanese Ships xAK Kinai Maru PB Taian Maru xAK Mogamigawa Maru xAK Yamazuki Maru E Yaeyama E Wakatake Allied Ships SS Apogon, hits 4, heavy damage SS Apogon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kinai Maru Apogon diving deep .... E Yaeyama attacking submerged sub .... E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaeyama fails to find sub and abandons search E Wakatake attacking submerged sub .... E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search... E Wakatake attacking submerged sub .... E Wakatake is out of ASW ammo E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search... E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Apogon already has been damaged and is stupid enough to attack a convoy on her way home, resulting in four torps missing the freighter and Apogon now being in sinking condition... 31 sys 65 flt 4 eng... SS Scorpion is hit by air ASW 32 sys 5 flt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68 Japanese Ships E Hiyodori E Hayabusa Allied Ships SS Gar SS Gar launches 6 torpedoes at E Hiyodori Gar diving deep .... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Peleliu at 87,102 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 4 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 354 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 16 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 16 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes VC(F)-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-60 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes I have moved the carriers towards Peleliu to draw some strikes from that area and we´re lucky enough that Rainer hasn´t stood down or greatly reduced the range of his aircraft and a couple of Rufes start off after missing some bombers they tried to escort... needless to say that the Rufes didn´t have much of a chance to get back home... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 9 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet 9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Peleliu at 87,102 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 60 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 P1Y1 Frances x 13 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 23 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 337 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed P1Y1 Frances: 4 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 6 destroyed Allied Ships CV Saratoga Aircraft Attacking: 1 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 15 planes vectored on to bombers VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 14 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 19 planes vectored on to bombers VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers VF-60 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers here comes the strike from Babeldaob... this Frances unit has caused us some trouble before, two AVD and BC Repulse have been hit by these bombers already... neither the escorts nor the bombers had much of a chance but one again penetrated the Cap which was quite funny as we´ve seen the same as we´ve seen before too, we had probably a hundred messages of Hellcats diving on this last bomber but nothing happened... it wasn´t nice to see this bomber then drop a torp that was aimed at Saratoga, luckily the torp missed because Saratoga and Lexington are really beasts and take forever to be repaired... it´s a pity that the enemy so far never really used more of his LBA to attack my carriers as we could easily deal with strikes of a hundred ac I guess and this could wear the enemy down but usually no strikes are flown against our fleet or only a couple of bombers are coming in... the fleet is in the area because we´re going to invade Biak to clear our Eastern flank... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 3 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 29 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 30 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 3 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 78 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 182 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes no idea where these fighters were coming from... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 3 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 33 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 62 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes the low number of Georges claim two B-24 shot down over the target... wasn´t amused about that and it again gives the enemy a morale boost as he already told me that he´s just waiting to see 50 Georges attacking my bombers at some point... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 15 B-24J Liberator x 18 No Allied losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 8 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 8 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet a clear aerial victory today... interesting to see A6M2 and the c version of the Nick because the A6M2 has long been outdated and the enemy could easily replace them with something else I guess and I´ve thought it would be best to keep the a version of the Nick due to it´s guns... [image]local://upfiles/13774/F92EE54017E94FD6A9F9ADD79B9470E4.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/23/2010 6:22:04 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 25, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vigan at 78,73 Japanese Ships TK Arita Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage PB Taiko Maru SC Ch 32 TK Palembang Maru TK Marifu Maru TK Okigawa Maru DD Murakumo DD Isonami E Saishu Allied Ships SS Scamp, hits 1 SS Scamp launches 6 torpedoes at TK Arita Maru Scamp diving deep .... DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Isonami attacking submerged sub .... E Saishu fails to find sub and abandons search DD Isonami attacking submerged sub .... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub one of the nicer attacks... [:)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,72 Japanese Ships E Kanju xAK Nanko Maru xAK Koki Maru DD Minekaze E Uruyame Allied Ships SS Guardfish, hits 3 SS Guardfish launches 4 torpedoes at E Kanju Guardfish diving deep .... DD Minekaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Uruyame attacking submerged sub .... E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... E Uruyame attacking submerged sub .... E Uruyame attacking submerged sub .... E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Guardfish tried to hit an escort... senseless attempts all the time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 8 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 8 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 6000 Raid is overhead the enemy got a small unti South of Davao, we target it with our sweeps and get some good results... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 5 N1K1-J George x 2 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 12 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes of course it doesn´t change the usual situation of all sweeping squadrons going in on their own... funny enough that 18 aircraft sized Marine squadron don´t lose a couple of fighters on the way to target all the time... this seems to be hardcoded for bigger units... [8\|] having the dive, the Corsairs are unbeatable... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 13 N1K1-J George x 1 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 11 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 6000 Raid is overhead 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Raid is overhead 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead more of the same, this time the dive ended at some point though... doesn´t really matter, it was a massacre... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 N1K1-J George x 4 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 11 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 41010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 75 minutes the enemy lost two dozen fighters to our Corsairs for one Corsair downed over the target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet the Lightnings then sweep empty space... they come in one by one of course... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 18 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 3 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 23 No Japanese 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 5 Runway hits 42 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 15 B-24J Liberator x 17 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet another Corsair squadron... using halve of them would be enough and the hope that at least some of them would fly together is senseless anyway... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 29 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 2 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 35000 feet CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 19 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes we then try to use our Lightnings but as always, they fail to fly together too... what a great design, "coordination" of at least two fighter squadrons fails in 98% of the time... must be pure realism I guess... the result when you don´t get the dive with your fighters is obvious too, this sweep was totally shot up with a couple of P-38 downed immediately and many more being damaged... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 15 [8\|] Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 35000 feet CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes the next squadron shows up alone with a whopping 15 figthers... they had the dive though, all enemy ac were shot down or damaged for not even a single P-38 damaged... hear, hear, the dive isn´t the all dominating factor... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 13 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 35000 feet and here´s the third squadron, managing to arrive over the target with 13 fighters... [&o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Corsair II x 7 Liberator II x 11 Liberator B.III x 9 B-24D1 Liberator x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 9 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb then the first bombers show up but the results aren´t impressive in bad weather... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 12 Wellington B.X x 12 B-24D1 Liberator x 35 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 B-25C Mitchell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb very few Tojos were on the airfield, most of them must have been in the air... amazing, as radar failed if you look at the pre warning time... end results were satisfying today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 7 B-25C Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/CA1F39D346AD471C9FD274BA2421F7E4.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/25/2010 2:14:49 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 26, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships DD Yukaze E Kamo Allied Ships SS Tang, hits 1 SS Tang launches 6 torpedoes at DD Yukaze Tang diving deep .... DD Yukaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Kamo attacking submerged sub .... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Tang scores with one of the still many duds (or the messages are all plain wrong)... in return a single hit brings the sub to 7 sys 8 flt 4 eng... retires... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 98,59 Japanese Ships DD Yukaze E Kamo Allied Ships SS Amberjack, hits 4, heavy damage SS Amberjack launches 6 torpedoes at DD Yukaze Amberjack diving deep .... DD Yukaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo attacking submerged sub .... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo attacking submerged sub .... E Kamo is out of ASW ammo E Kamo is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub I just don´t get why the game is the way it is... not asking about the enemy being whiped out but due to it being totally senseless to attack escorts, wouldn´t it be just better for the subs to EVADE the escorts and just not attack? [8\|] next sub in sinking condition... 26 sys 62 flt... there´s really not much difference between the Kriegsmarine in real life and Allied subs in the game at this point and it sure gets far worse in later 44 with all the super E vessels... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 174 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Advent AM Adroit AM Freemantle AM Echuca xAP Am. Leader Allied ground losses: 118 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AM Advent fired at enemy troops AM Adroit fired at enemy troops AM Freemantle fired at enemy troops AM Echuca fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards that´s the reason for our carriers being in the area, we´re clearing our Eastern flank and land on Biak... as in all the previous invasions in the last 6 monts, we don´t expect any Japanese intervention... no idea where KB is parking at the moment... suits me well, our CV strenght is growing steadily, at the moment we´ve got another 6 CVE and two modern BB moving to the front... if you notice the xAP in this TF, well, I´ve loaded some of them by accident when I loaded up the amphib TF and didn´t want to unload/load again and lose another four days doing so... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Biak TF 107 troops unloading over beach at Biak, 87,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 155 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Frobisher CA Hawkins CL Concord CL Marblehead CL Richmond CL Achilles CL Leander CLAA Prince Robert LST-17 LST-19 LST-18 DMS Elliot CA Frobisher firing at 6th JAAF Base Force CA Hawkins firing at 56th JNAF AF Unit CL Concord firing at 6th JAAF Base Force CL Marblehead firing at 54th JNAF AF Unit CL Richmond firing at 54th JNAF AF Unit CL Achilles firing at 54th JNAF AF Unit CL Leander firing at 56th JNAF AF Unit CLAA Prince Robert firing at 56th JNAF AF Unit Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards that´s the real invasion TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Biak TF 297 troops unloading over beach at Biak, 87,110 Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) 11 troops of a Can Inf Section accidentally lost during unload of 13th Canadian Bde /2 10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 141st USA Base Force 10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 149th USA Base Force /3 Motorized Support accidentally lost during unload of 32nd Infantry Div /5 10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of V US Amphib Force /3 APA Heywood hits underwater rocks while attempting to unload at Biak that´s probably the only loss, the precious APA got 80flt (72 maj) though no sys dam at all so perhaps we´re able to save the ship... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 148 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Advent AM Adroit AM Freemantle AM Echuca xAP Am. Leader Allied ground losses: 84 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AM Advent fired at enemy troops AM Adroit fired at enemy troops AM Freemantle fired at enemy troops AM Echuca fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 76 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Frobisher CA Hawkins CL Concord CL Marblehead CL Richmond CL Achilles CL Leander CLAA Prince Robert LST-17 DMS Elliot LST-18 LST-19 Allied ground losses: 62 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Frobisher firing at 6th JAAF Base Force CL Concord firing at 6th JAAF Base Force CL Marblehead firing at 56th JNAF AF Unit CL Richmond firing at 56th JNAF AF Unit CLAA Prince Robert firing at 6th JAAF Base Force Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards seems like there´s nothing really dangerous on Biak, our troops are coming ashore in perfect shape as usual when being 100% prepped... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 2 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 23 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 139 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Advent AM Adroit AM Freemantle AM Echuca xAP Am. Leader Allied ground losses: 62 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AM Advent fired at enemy troops AM Adroit fired at enemy troops AM Freemantle fired at enemy troops AM Echuca fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 92 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-447 LST-446 LST-354 LST-353 LST-342 LST-339 LST-20 LST-19 DMS Elliot LST-17 LST-18 Allied ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled LST-447 fired at enemy troops LST-446 fired at enemy troops LST-354 fired at enemy troops LST-353 fired at enemy troops LST-342 fired at enemy troops LST-339 fired at enemy troops LST-20 fired at enemy troops LST-19 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Biak (87,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4474 troops, 43 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 227 Defending force 36798 troops, 575 guns, 866 vehicles, Assault Value = 1249 Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Sasebo 6th SNLF 19th Naval Guard Unit 89th Naval Guard Unit 59th Field AA Battalion 56th Construction Battalion 29th Field AA Machinecannon Company 6th JAAF Base Force 56th JNAF AF Unit 54th JNAF AF Unit 59th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 22nd Marine Rgt /5 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 32nd Infantry Div /22 24th (Sep) Infantry Rgt /5 1st Army Tank Regiment 104th Combat Engr Rgt /3 766th Tank Bn /2 4th USMC Tank Battalion 13th Canadian Bde /6 14th Canadian Bde /6 165th Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Force /1 209th Field Artillery Battalion 135th USA Base Force /1 98th Field Artillery Battalion 141st USA Base Force /1 149th USA Base Force /1 while we´ve trained a secondary corps with lots of units smaller than divs there are even less enemy troops on the island than expected and it won´t be much of a problem to take the place I guess... I would like to use divs for tough targets only but feared to meet 150-200 enemy av more on the island so I´ve decided to use 32nd Inf div as the spearhead for this invasion... units in Bde or Rgt size usually get worn down quickly and aren´t suitable for really tough targets IMO if there aren´t divisions with them to take over the real fighting... for those interested in the current strategic situation, here´s the map. As you can see, we´ve left the central Pacific totally aside, only took Adak in the North to have a big port for our sub operations around Japan. I can´t see what it does the Allied good to engage in the central Pacific other than shortening the line of supply which isn´t really necessary with all the freighters you´ve got as the Allied. We´ve been moving everything to Australia and since we´ve took Darwin our expansion North directly into the SRA was a full success so far in destroying several enemy divisions and lots of other troops. The enemy so far hasn´t been intervening with his LBA nor KB (well, KB was sighted a couple of times but refused to close in on my carriers). We are now on the doorstep of Mindanao and Borneo which are the next most obvious targets (guess there´s no doubt that the enemy isn´t aware of what we´re planning anyway), but out of Darwin (our main base in the region) we can also mount an offensive on Java or on Peleliu and Babeldaob to threat the Guam area. Neither Java or Peleliu got the same effect as invasion of Borneo though because if we succesfully land on Eastern Borneo, we are able to interdict all shipping in the South China Sea as bombers could launch from Borneo and if the enemy starts using shipping lanes further North we can fly anti nav strikes out of Hanoi, which again shows how important the area around Hanoi down to Vinh is for the Allied and what the Chinese offensive in this area really meant. Our next target is going to be Manado, a potential level 9 airfield. As soon as the airfield is built up to full size (currently level 4, some 20000 enemy troops there) we´re going to move in hundreds of aircraft to knock out Mindanao´s and South Borneo´s airfields. On Mindanao the enemy has positioned some 50 units, guess that´s where he´s going to draw the line. There are also some 300 fighters and a couple of dozen bombers at the moment, the fighters mostly being at Davao. There aren´t that many places for me close to the front that can be built up to level 9 airfields other than Manado and the enemy isn´t focussing enough on that place, a real fault IMO. If we take Manado and are able to build it up, then say good bye to enemy hopes in this area. I´ve always planned to move East into the Guam area of course as we get B-29 within the next two months but noticed that the B-29 hardly can reach Japan with most of it being out of reach completely or only at extended range at best, so I´m not really sure what to do with that plan at the moment. 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castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/25/2010 2:29:11 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 27, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 172 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Advent AM Adroit AM Freemantle AM Echuca xAP Alcoa Pennant Allied ground losses: 110 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AM Advent fired at enemy troops AM Adroit fired at enemy troops AM Freemantle fired at enemy troops AM Echuca fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards due to not having the troops on appropriate invasion shipping, the unloading takes a turn longer than usual but we´re not really in danger so I´ve decided it wouldn´t be a problem... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 92 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-473 LST-456 LST-451 LST-354 LST-344 LST-122 LST-73 LST-40 LST-19 LST-17 LST-18 DMS Elliot LST-20 Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled LST-473 fired at enemy troops LST-456 fired at enemy troops LST-451 fired at enemy troops LST-354 fired at enemy troops LST-344 fired at enemy troops LST-122 fired at enemy troops LST-73 fired at enemy troops LST-40 fired at enemy troops LST-19 fired at enemy troops LST-17 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Legaspi at 83,82 Japanese Ships TK Jinei Maru TK Ryusho Maru TK Hoshin Maru PB Spey Maru Allied Ships SS Flier SS Flier launches 6 torpedoes at TK Jinei Maru Flier diving deep .... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub torps missed... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Brunei at 64,81 Japanese Ships PB Myoken Maru TK Mirii Maru TK Kumanoyama TK Ogura Maru #3 PB Muroran Maru Allied Ships SS Bluefish, hits 1 SS Bluefish launches 6 torpedoes at PB Myoken Maru Bluefish diving deep .... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub another missed salvo... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Brunei at 64,81 Japanese Ships PB Kozan Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage TK Mirii Maru TK Ryoei Maru TK Kumanoyama TK Ogura Maru #3 PB Muroran Maru Allied Ships SS Bluefish SS Bluefish launches 4 torpedoes at PB Kozan Maru Bluefish diving deep .... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Bluefish another time, another time targetting a useless escort instead of a precious tanker... this time 3 out of 4 torps hit the PB... guess the PB is probably sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Advent AM Adroit AM Freemantle AM Echuca xAP Alcoa Pennant AM Advent fired at enemy troops AM Adroit fired at enemy troops AM Freemantle fired at enemy troops AM Echuca fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 86 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-475 LST-473 LST-467 LST-456 LST-451 LST-447 LST-446 LST-354 LST-341 LST-122 LST-73 LST-18 LST-17 DMS Elliot LST-19 Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled LST-475 fired at enemy troops LST-473 fired at enemy troops LST-467 fired at enemy troops LST-456 fired at enemy troops LST-451 fired at enemy troops LST-447 fired at enemy troops LST-446 fired at enemy troops LST-354 fired at enemy troops LST-341 fired at enemy troops LST-122 fired at enemy troops LST-73 fired at enemy troops LST-18 fired at enemy troops LST-17 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards hmm, no idea why the real invasion TF wasn´t able to unload in one day and why it nearly takes another full turn to unload... looks like some really bad invasion loading of my part... have to do that more carefully next time again when it goes against a more dangerous target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Advent AM Adroit AM Freemantle AM Echuca xAP Alcoa Pennant AM Advent fired at enemy troops AM Adroit fired at enemy troops AM Freemantle fired at enemy troops AM Echuca fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 45 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-473 LST-471 LST-465 LST-452 LST-449 LST-354 LST-353 LST-344 LST-343 LST-335 LST-120 LST-73 LST-71 LST-40 LST-20 LST-19 LST-17 LST-18 LST-473 fired at enemy troops LST-471 fired at enemy troops LST-465 fired at enemy troops LST-452 fired at enemy troops LST-449 fired at enemy troops LST-354 fired at enemy troops LST-353 fired at enemy troops LST-344 fired at enemy troops LST-343 fired at enemy troops LST-335 fired at enemy troops LST-120 fired at enemy troops LST-73 fired at enemy troops LST-71 fired at enemy troops LST-40 fired at enemy troops LST-20 fired at enemy troops LST-19 fired at enemy troops everything on the beach now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iwo-jima at 104,71 Japanese Ships xAK Ohio Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage PB Kaiun Maru xAK Naples Maru xAK Aden Maru E Fukue E Sado Allied Ships SS Corvina, hits 21, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS Corvina launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Ohio Maru E Fukue attacking submerged sub .... E Sado fails to find sub, continues to search... E Fukue attacking submerged sub .... E Sado attacking submerged sub .... E Fukue fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sado attacking submerged sub .... E Fukue fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sado attacking submerged sub .... Sounds of submarine breaking up detected! Escort abandons search for sub we kill a freighter but pay with the next sub sunk... the super E get their next victim... hello, my name is Karl Dönitz... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 11 N1K1-J George x 2 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 11 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 33000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 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 33000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes hello, my name is Hermann Göring... the squadrons always have been and still are too stupid to coordinate their attacks if coming from the same base... no problem if you send them in from five different bases with different ranges and different directions of course... no, wait, it´s not my quadrons being to stupid, it´s pure realism... ehhh, no wait again, it´s probably just a borked routine... doesn´t matter here, the Corsairs get the dive, result obvious... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 7 N1K1-J George x 5 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 7 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 33900 and 41010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 33000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes here comes the next squadron... why should it be possible to see 3 or 4 squadrons join in their attacks on the same target if they launch from the same base? Only god (no, the dev) knows... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 37000 and 38900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 74 minutes and the next one... don´t complain please, USMC squadrons at least aren´t suffering from the hardcoded "lose 3 fighters on the way to target" feature... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 33000 Raid is overhead only one Zeke left for this squadron... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 2 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet lol, it is so STUPID! [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 3 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 32 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 40 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 23 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 68 Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet oh, there´s another USMC squadron coming in alone? none but the first squadron took losses with two out of the four lost Corsairs being write offs... [image]local://upfiles/13774/8233B020E28B4F1C96C2BEFC525C645D.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 44 B-24J Liberator x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 72 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 15 B-24J Liberator x 15 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 12 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 33 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 39 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 24 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Runway hits 36 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAP Am. Leader xAP Alcoa Pennant xAP Am. Leader fired at enemy troops xAP Alcoa Pennant fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Biak Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-473 LST-471 LST-460 LST-447 LST-446 LST-354 LST-121 LST-120 LST-119 LST-45 LST-17 LST-20 LST-18 LST-19 LST-32 LST-43 LST-473 fired at enemy troops LST-471 fired at enemy troops LST-460 fired at enemy troops LST-447 fired at enemy troops LST-446 fired at enemy troops LST-354 fired at enemy troops LST-121 fired at enemy troops LST-120 fired at enemy troops LST-119 fired at enemy troops LST-45 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Biak (87,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4451 troops, 43 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 219 Defending force 37486 troops, 577 guns, 879 vehicles, Assault Value = 1265 Japanese ground losses: 119 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 19th Naval Guard Unit Sasebo 6th SNLF 89th Naval Guard Unit 56th Construction Battalion 59th Field AA Battalion 54th JNAF AF Unit 6th JAAF Base Force 29th Field AA Machinecannon Company 56th JNAF AF Unit 59th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 13th Canadian Brigade 32nd Infantry Division 22nd Marine Regiment 104th Combat Engineer Regiment 24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 1st Army Tank Regiment 4th USMC Tank Battalion 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 14th Canadian Brigade V US Amphib Force 165th Field Artillery Battalion 141st USA Base Force 135th USA Base Force 98th Field Artillery Battalion 209th Field Artillery Battalion 149th USA Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Biak (87,110) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 29033 troops, 553 guns, 879 vehicles, Assault Value = 1265 Defending force 9400 troops, 106 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 212 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Allied adjusted assault: 1140 Japanese adjusted defense: 269 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1716 casualties reported Squads: 21 destroyed, 109 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 103 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 223 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 30 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 104 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Vehicles lost 51 (1 destroyed, 50 disabled) Assaulting units: 13th Canadian Brigade 766th Tank Battalion 1st Army Tank Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 4th USMC Tank Battalion 104th Combat Engineer Regiment 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 32nd Infantry Division 14th Canadian Brigade 135th USA Base Force V US Amphib Force 209th Field Artillery Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion 165th Field Artillery Battalion 141st USA Base Force 149th USA Base Force Defending units: Sasebo 6th SNLF 19th Naval Guard Unit 89th Naval Guard Unit 6th JAAF Base Force 54th JNAF AF Unit 56th Construction Battalion 56th JNAF AF Unit 29th Field AA Machinecannon Company 59th Field AA Battalion 59th JNAF AF Unit the enemy will be reduced quite quickly, Biak is just another cakewalk for our ground troops... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Dili by attrition!!! still mini fragments left on Timor that get whiped out as soon as they enter our base...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/25/2010 4:01:31 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Miri at 62,82 Japanese Ships PB Naruto Maru #3 PB Taiko Maru SC Ch 32 TK Palembang Maru TK Marifu Maru TK Okigawa Maru TK San Ramon Maru DD Murakumo DD Isonami E Saishu Allied Ships SS Tarpon, hits 1 SS Tarpon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Naruto Maru #3 Tarpon diving deep .... DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... E Saishu fails to find sub and abandons search DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub .... DD Isonami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub some nice targets... Tarpon decides on missing a PB... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes at least the Lightnings can deal with 2 Zekes if they´re outnumbered 8:1... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 38500 Raid is overhead 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes the usual way it looks like if you send three fighter squadrons on a sweep... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet same stupidity for the Japanese... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 16 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 29 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 36 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 28 B-24J Liberator x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 61 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 12 B-24D1 Liberator x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb still have to wait two months until the troops are prepped for Babo... until then it´s going to get some suppression attacks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes the third squadron then meets some more Zekes and gets pretty shot up by them... many damaged Lightnings... we order 75 P-38 to sweep, they end up in single squadron sweeps, the enemy fields 10 Zekes and the end result is 7 Zekes reported downed for 5 Lightnings destroyed... that´s what you get if you outnumber the enemy 7.5:1 but can´t get your numerical superiority over the target due to funny routines... can´t change it, can only look at the silliness... [8\|] wonder what a flying circus of 75 P-38 full of aces would have done to 10 Zekes... probably getting a 1.5:1 in kills... [sm=Crazy-1271.gif] [image]local://upfiles/13774/A009728E5BCF45FCB172388A60573B57.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 8 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet 8 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Brunei at 64,80 Japanese Ships xAK Thames Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Asaka Maru #3 SC CHa-63 SC CHa-60 SC CHa-52 Allied Ships SS Hackleback SS Hackleback launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Thames Maru SC CHa-63 fails to find sub and abandons search SC CHa-60 fails to find sub and abandons search SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub freighter sunk to end the day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Biak (87,110) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 28480 troops, 558 guns, 881 vehicles, Assault Value = 1246 Defending force 7505 troops, 94 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 1684 Japanese adjusted defense: 159 Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Biak !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1461 casualties reported Squads: 70 destroyed, 29 disabled Non Combat: 98 destroyed, 69 disabled Engineers: 61 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 21 (19 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 38 (38 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 429 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 51 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 36 (1 destroyed, 35 disabled) Assaulting units: 13th Canadian Brigade 32nd Infantry Division 24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 766th Tank Battalion 1st Army Tank Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 4th USMC Tank Battalion 104th Combat Engineer Regiment 14th Canadian Brigade 141st USA Base Force V US Amphib Force 209th Field Artillery Battalion 135th USA Base Force 165th Field Artillery Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion 149th USA Base Force Defending units: Sasebo 6th SNLF 19th Naval Guard Unit 89th Naval Guard Unit 56th JNAF AF Unit 59th Field AA Battalion 29th Field AA Machinecannon Company 56th Construction Battalion 54th JNAF AF Unit 6th JAAF Base Force 59th JNAF AF Unit

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/25/2010 4:10:18 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 29, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47 Japanese Ships TK Akikawa Maru, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage SC CHa-53 SC CHa-41 SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Hake SS Hake launches 6 torpedoes at TK Akikawa Maru Hake diving deep .... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub been time to sink a TK again, even if it´s only a small one... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balabac at 71,84 Japanese Ships DD Yayoi DD Minazuki DD Uzuki Allied Ships SS Picuda, hits 2 SS Picuda launches 6 torpedoes at DD Yayoi DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Picuda does what she shouldn´t do... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 15 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes still can´t figure out why the Corsairs are so much superior to the P-38, the stats aren´t that much better (gun value is a big plus though) and the pilots look like rookies compared to the aces flying my P-38... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 5 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 17 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes the Zekes are usually sitting ducks when they meet Corsairs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet the usual squadron after squadron is coming in... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 56 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 21 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 21 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet and that´s one of the insane carrier based Hellcats´ attempt to escort a LBA strike coming from a totally different direction... this shouldn´t happen at all... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet * P-38 from Dili failing to escort some bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet 2 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 29 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 140 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 29 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 33 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet wow, have to note that in my calendar, two squadrons coming in at the same time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 48 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 62 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 36 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 43 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 64 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 141 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 15 B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 43 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 28 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 70 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb the B-24 numbers are growing steadily... and with the current situation and the heavily defended targets getting fewer at the moment, we don´t even need the (now working) attack bombers to suppress the enemy´s airfields... the targets in range that have to be bombed got so few engineers that the B-24 and some Venturas are easily enough... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 18 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 35 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 23 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 74 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sorong at 82,107 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 P1Y1 Frances x 13 Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed P1Y1 Frances: 1 damaged Allied Ships LSI(L) Westralia AVD Ballard, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AVD Williamson, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage LSI(L) Australia Star Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: 35th FG/40th FS with P-40K Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes don´t prove to be a genius in this case, as I´ve upgraded two of the P-40 squadrons to P-47 yesterday... today a TF arrives here and the enemy promptly attacks... my bad... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 36 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 62 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 30 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 45 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 75 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/D6DBE1E9B66C47A2BCC0F5D367FD133D.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Biak (87,110) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 28044 troops, 558 guns, 880 vehicles, Assault Value = 1220 Defending force 5419 troops, 65 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 68 Allied adjusted assault: 1423 Japanese adjusted defense: 57 Allied assault odds: 24 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1526 casualties reported Squads: 55 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 79 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 99 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 40 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled) Assaulting units: 766th Tank Battalion 24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 4th USMC Tank Battalion 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 32nd Infantry Division 22nd Marine Regiment 1st Army Tank Regiment 104th Combat Engineer Regiment 13th Canadian Brigade 14th Canadian Brigade 98th Field Artillery Battalion 165th Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Force 209th Field Artillery Battalion 141st USA Base Force 135th USA Base Force 149th USA Base Force Defending units: 19th Naval Guard Unit Sasebo 6th SNLF 89th Naval Guard Unit 56th JNAF AF Unit 54th JNAF AF Unit 59th Field AA Battalion 6th JAAF Base Force 56th Construction Battalion 29th Field AA Machinecannon Company 59th JNAF AF Unit

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/25/2010 4:17:56 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 30, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cooktown at 93,135 Japanese Ships SS RO-44, hits 26, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Valiant, Torpedo hits 1 (one dud and one hit) CA Salt Lake City DD Shaw DD Aylwin DD Worden DD MacDonough DD Hull SS RO-44 launches 4 torpedoes at BB Valiant DD Aylwin attacking submerged sub .... DD Worden fails to find sub, continues to search... DD MacDonough fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Aylwin fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Worden attacking submerged sub .... DD MacDonough fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hull attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub first I´ve been pretty shocked about this attack when I saw one exploding hit and another dud... then I took a look at Valiant which is on her way to Sydney for some upgrade... [image]local://upfiles/13774/0EEED8B9C2454074829AEE8656A1872C.jpg[/image] a week later I had to find out that BB Valiant is one of the ships that never upgrades even if it is set to "upgrade" and the port or shipyard is easily big enough for it... it´s a pity... got several AD, TK, AO and many other ships that NEVER upgrade... who knows why... just another bug... IIRC there even was a tech forum thread that Valiant doesn´t upgrade... oh well, have to return her to Darwin without upgrading then... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balabac at 71,84 Japanese Ships E Asagao SC Ch 24 SC Ch 41 Allied Ships SS Grunion, hits 6 SS Grunion is located by E Asagao E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 41 fails to find sub and abandons search E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao attacking submerged sub .... E Asagao attacking submerged sub .... E Asagao is out of ASW ammo E Asagao is out of ASW ammo E Asagao is out of ASW ammo E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Grunion takes a beating... 14/48/4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Sorong at 82,107 Japanese Ships SS I-171, hits 11, heavy damage Allied Ships AVD Hulbert LSI(L) Westralia LSI(L) Glenorchy LSI(L) Glenapp LSI(L) Empire Battleaxe AKA Castor AKA Algorab xAP Wanaka xAP Oriskany xAP Kwangtung xAP Alice Moller AVD San Pablo AVD Half Moon AVD Coos Bay SS I-171 is sighted by escort AVD San Pablo attacking submerged sub .... AVD Half Moon attacking submerged sub .... AVD Coos Bay fails to find sub, continues to search... AVD San Pablo fails to find sub and abandons search AVD Half Moon fails to find sub, continues to search... AVD Coos Bay fails to find sub and abandons search AVD Half Moon fails to find sub, continues to search... AVD Half Moon attacking submerged sub .... AVD Half Moon is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub we take revenge in heavily damaging a IJN sub that entered a base hex... the AVD are by far not really competent ASW platforms but in this case they were enough... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 29 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 44 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 14 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 15 B-17F Fortress x 11 B-24J Liberator x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kratie , at 61,69 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 4 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 12 Liberator B.III x 9 Liberator B.VI x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 29 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 109 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 77th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes ordered our bombers to attack one of the staging bases of the IJNAF bombers that daily attack Vinh... no fighters at the base but quite some of them leaking in from Hanoi which isn´t really news for the bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kratie , at 61,69 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 7 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 7 Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Ib Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 71 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes 77th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead the second wave gets hit harder than the first one... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Biak (87,110) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 27876 troops, 559 guns, 889 vehicles, Assault Value = 1209 Defending force 3968 troops, 60 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Allied adjusted assault: 1316 Japanese adjusted defense: 19 Allied assault odds: 69 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 669 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 70 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 174 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division 22nd Marine Regiment 1st Army Tank Regiment 13th Canadian Brigade 766th Tank Battalion 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 104th Combat Engineer Regiment 4th USMC Tank Battalion 14th Canadian Brigade 98th Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Force 135th USA Base Force 141st USA Base Force 209th Field Artillery Battalion 165th Field Artillery Battalion 149th USA Base Force Defending units: Sasebo 6th SNLF 19th Naval Guard Unit 89th Naval Guard Unit 56th Construction Battalion 56th JNAF AF Unit 54th JNAF AF Unit 29th Field AA Machinecannon Company 6th JAAF Base Force 59th Field AA Battalion 59th JNAF AF Unit

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (12/25/2010 4:20:25 PM)
The fighters from Hanoi meant bad news for our bombers, even though the bombers are at least as much a threat to the fighters. Good number of Helen torched on the airfield and the base being trashed but more than halve a dozen bombers were lost today. [image]local://upfiles/13774/21D771831BA54608934B3AA633882132.jpg[/image]

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