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castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/15/2010 6:11:13 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 04, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Wyndham Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft funny 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Showa Maru #5 PB Gamitsu Maru #1 PB Showa Maru #5 firing at enemy troops PB Gamitsu Maru #1 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Pontianak at 56,90 Japanese Ships DD Uranami Allied Ships SS Sargo DD Uranami is sighted by SS Sargo SS Sargo launches 4 torpedoes at DD Uranami missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Morotai at 82,103 Japanese Ships DD Hakaze xAP Palau Maru xAP Takatiho Maru xAP Hie Maru xAK Minryo Maru xAK Konan Maru xAK Huzikawa Maru Allied Ships SS S-36 SS S-36 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hakaze S-36 diving deep .... DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub MK-10 dud... [8\|] yeah, again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Wyndham Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Showa Maru #5 PB Gamitsu Maru #1 PB Showa Maru #5 firing at enemy troops PB Gamitsu Maru #1 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Wyndham Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Showa Maru #5 PB Gamitsu Maru #1 PB Showa Maru #5 firing at enemy troops PB Gamitsu Maru #1 firing at enemy troops last base in Northern OZ is lost... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Truk at 113,102 Japanese Ships AMC Nosiro Maru Allied Ships SS Gar AMC Nosiro Maru is sighted by SS Gar SS Gar launches 6 torpedoes at AMC Nosiro Maru and a dud... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Munda at 111,134 Japanese Ships xAK Kotobuki Maru #5 PB Shuko Maru #5 Allied Ships SS S-35 SS S-35 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kotobuki Maru #5 PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub missed... [>:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 16 G4M1 Betty x 12 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed on ground B-339D: 1 destroyed on ground PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 56 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb those IJN bombers do better in airfield attacks than my 4Es and I´m not even unsatisfied with mine... pity I didn´t send up some fighters, but it´s not worth the risk to be shot out of the sky at a 10:1 rate by stratosphere sweeping Zeroes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,50 (Hwaiyin) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 3 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 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet which come here... after the bombers though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on VII KNIL Battalion, at 68,92 (Tandjoengselor) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Tarakan Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 9 damaged Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ... Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking USAFFE ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a funny day... commented enough on the mainforum, but was shouted down that everything is just fine though... Morning Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 9 A6M2 Zero x 21 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 35 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 18 destroyed, 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb 1 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb 6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb 4 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead Shoho-1 with A5M4 Claude (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, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 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 15 minutes Hosho-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead Also attacking 12th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 12th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 12th JAAF Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 4 A6M2 Zero x 16 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 24 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 11 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 8 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 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 25 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes Shoho-1 with A5M4 Claude (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead Hosho-1 with A6M2 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 13000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes Also attacking 12th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sasebo 3rd SNLF, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 3 A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 17 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb 8 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: Shoho-1 with A5M4 Claude (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead Hosho-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 12th JAAF Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 2 A6M2 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: Shoho-1 with A5M4 Claude (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead Hosho-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead we only lose 49 bombers A2A and one to flak... everything ok here... as is in Cuttlefish vs Q-Ball AAR. 130 Allied ac shot down in late 42 for 3 Zeros lost... seriously people that think this is ok have lost all their sanity... and then you´re told you should run your vents through a sanity filter before posting... why? This is insane anyway... IMO there´s a long way to go and the devs should admit it instead of being pissed off everytime someone brings up something that can´t be working as designed. Or is a 130:3 kill rate WAD? [8\|] Back to my game, we had only a 50:0 today... greetings from WITP... [image]local://upfiles/13774/39DDC52F6C3B468587E648DCF473CB98.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 B4Y1 Jean x 7 B5N1 Kate x 33 Japanese aircraft losses B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 41 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Wyndham Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Showa Maru #5 PB Gamitsu Maru #1 PB Showa Maru #5 firing at enemy troops PB Gamitsu Maru #1 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 53218 troops, 599 guns, 828 vehicles, Assault Value = 1771 Defending force 33697 troops, 738 guns, 435 vehicles, Assault Value = 651 Japanese adjusted assault: 1140 Allied adjusted defense: 583 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1261 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 67 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 122 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled Vehicles lost 60 (2 destroyed, 58 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3751 casualties reported Squads: 36 destroyed, 190 disabled Non Combat: 84 destroyed, 104 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 14 (12 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 50 (25 destroyed, 25 disabled) Assaulting units: 20th Infantry Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 38th Division 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment 65th Brigade 16th Recon Regiment 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 27th Electric Engineer Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 48th Division 16th Engineer Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Army 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 11th PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division Subic Bay Defenses 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 1st PA Constabulary Regiment 3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion 4th Marine Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment Far East USAAF Cavite USN Base Force Clark Field USAAF Base Force Asiatic Fleet Provisional GMC Gp 1st USMC AA Battalion Manila USAAF Base Force 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment USAFFE 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment forts are down, we won´t be able to march out I guess... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham (70,127) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1318 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47 Defending force 310 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 23 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wyndham !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 109 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd Engineer Regiment Defending units: Wyndham RAAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hwaiyin (92,50) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 552 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Defending force 740 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 18 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 9th RGC Route Brigade Defending units: Lusu War Area I´ve got this HQ unit still in Eastern China and it will be killed soon... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 1138 troops, 22 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Japanese adjusted assault: 7 Allied adjusted defense: 13 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy Defending units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Base Force

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/16/2010 7:50:57 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Toboali at 51,93 Japanese Ships CA Nachi DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze Allied Ships SS O16, hits 7, heavy damage [:(] SS O16 is sighted by escort DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kawakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Umikaze attacking submerged sub .... Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface! Escort abandons search for sub we still try to attack mini KB and end up nearly every turn in the same hex as the carriers it seems... in this case, the worst thing happened... 3 hits and another 4 misses sink the sub immedietely... those long range Dutch subs are the best subs the Allied have in the game until late 43. Most endurance (10.000) and lots of working torps, so losing one is a little tragedy... this was by far the most succesful ASW attack of the Japanese so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Naha at 96,66 Japanese Ships xAK Shinfuku Maru xAK Morioka Maru xAKL Naruo Maru xAKL Tokiwasan Maru xAKL Kayo Maru xAKL Penang Maru PB Uruboko Maru Allied Ships SS Saury SS Saury is sighted by escort Saury diving deep .... PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Uruboko Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub a not that succesful day for our subs... only one escort but lots of transports spotted, yet the one escort was enough again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kwangchowan TF 300 troops unloading over beach at Kwangchowan, 73,60 Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost in surf during unload of Sasebo 8th SNLF enemy troops land at one of the Southern coastal Chinese bases... in fact this is a French one... I hope the Japanese advance into most of my empty frontline bases as I´m losing at least three vp each turn to partisan attacks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Saipan at 113,93 Japanese Ships AMC Nosiro Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Triton SS Triton launches 6 torpedoes at AMC Nosiro Maru we hit one of the IJN AMCs... the raider is surely in trouble now with no bigger port anywhere near this location... the route to Truk is still not heavily invested with enemy ASW forces... we do have a lot of subs there though... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,50 (Hwaiyin) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 3 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 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 68,92 (Tandjoengselor) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking VII KNIL Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking Cavite USN Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 9 B-17E Fortress x 6 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 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb we don´t get enough bombers into the air, even though the airfield is by far not overstacked... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 5 LB-30 Liberator x 5 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb not just don´t we get enough heavy bombers airborne, the attacks are split up, which is not good at all... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2801 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706 Defending force 30980 troops, 725 guns, 417 vehicles, Assault Value = 467 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 447 casualties reported Squads: 29 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 17 (7 destroyed, 10 disabled) Assaulting units: 9th Infantry Regiment 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 48th Division 27th Electric Engineer Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 65th Brigade 3rd Tank Regiment 16th Recon Regiment 16th Engineer Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Army 2nd Mortar Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion 3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion 91st PA Infantry Division Subic Bay Defenses 31st Infantry Regiment 31st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Constabulary Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 192nd Tank Battalion 4th Marine Regiment 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment USAFFE 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Provisional GMC Gp Manila USAAF Base Force Asiatic Fleet Cavite USN Base Force 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Clark Field USAAF Base Force 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hwaiyin (92,50) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 535 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25 Defending force 705 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 1 Allied adjusted defense: 6 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 6 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 9th RGC Route Brigade Defending units: Lusu War Area

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/18/2010 9:58:10 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 06, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Saipan at 113,93 Japanese Ships xAK Kinugasa Maru, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships SS Cuttlefish xAK Kinugasa Maru is sighted by SS Cuttlefish SS Cuttlefish attacking on the surface now this was great, surface attack, no torps fired and two 3 inch shell hits... must have been a drunk skipper... lonely fat AK on the shipping lane to Truk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 156 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Ships DMS W-18 DMS W-17 DMS W-16 DMS W-15 90 mines cleared guess it won´t take long and we´ll see a lot of shipping going to Singapore to pick up the victorious IJA troops... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Iba at 72,73 Japanese Ships PB Hinode Maru #18 SC CHa-24 SC CHa-12 xAP Ussuri Maru xAP Mizuho Maru PB Tamaura Maru PB Rikusen Maru Allied Ships SS Snapper SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at PB Hinode Maru #18 Snapper diving deep .... PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Rikusen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub duds... what else... why subs keep firing at escorts is beyond me... know that the last hotfix has toned down the succesful attacks against escorts but so far I hit them at a very high rate. Only thing that is saving them are the duds. IMO there are far too many attacks on escorts and it´s the target routine that needs a little tweek, but who am I to say that? Only getting fire for it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 68,92 (Tandjoengselor) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking VII KNIL Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 10 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,50 (Hwaiyin) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 3 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb wonder what really will happen in China... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Obi at 76,106 Japanese Ships PB Ogashima Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV launches 4 torpedoes at PB Ogashima KXV diving deep .... PB Ogashima attacking submerged sub .... PB Ogashima cannot reach attack position over SS KXV PB Ogashima loses contact with SS KXV PB Ogashima cannot reach attack position over SS KXV PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub and another attack on an escort, the TF was reported as consisting of at least a dozen ships... the working torps missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 58243 troops, 442 guns, 226 vehicles, Assault Value = 2176 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 1912 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 1912 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tsiaotso !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 69th Division 7th Ind.Mixed Brigade 12th Tank Regiment 6th Ind.Mixed Brigade 4th Ind.Mixed Brigade 41st Division 110th Division 15th Tank Regiment 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment looks like we´re facing the first Japanese offensive in China... this is the dot base North East of Loyang in North Eastern China... as the Japanese have marched overland into this dot base I guess their first target will be Loyang. They have to do a river crossing into this base but the river crossing has lost a lot of it´s danger so I don´t expect much... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2823 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 1738 Defending force 30584 troops, 723 guns, 409 vehicles, Assault Value = 460 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: 479 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 14 (8 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled) Assaulting units: 9th Tank Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 16th Engineer Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 48th Division 27th Electric Engineer Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 65th Brigade 38th Division 16th Recon Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion 1st PA Infantry Division Subic Bay Defenses 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 31st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion 91st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Constabulary Regiment 11th PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 41st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Provisional GMC Gp 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment USAFFE Asiatic Fleet Cavite USN Base Force Manila USAAF Base Force Clark Field USAAF Base Force 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Corunna Downs (57,131) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1184 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 43 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Corunna Downs !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: II./4th Infantry Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kwangchowan (73,60) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1521 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 62 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 56 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 56 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kwangchowan !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: Sasebo 8th SNLF

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/18/2010 10:15:33 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 07, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 156 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Ships DMS W-18 DMS W-17 DMS W-16 DMS W-15 119 mines cleared minefield is gone... no hits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Saipan at 112,93 Japanese Ships AMC Nosiro Maru, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Cuttlefish SS Cuttlefish launches 2 torpedoes another two defective torps... but the AMC looks to be dead anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Lautem TF 49 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 72,115 Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 156 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Ships DMS W-18 DMS W-17 DMS W-16 DMS W-15 67 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Saipan at 111,93 Japanese Ships AMC Nosiro Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Tarpon AMC Nosiro Maru is sighted by SS Tarpon SS Tarpon launches 2 torpedoes and those two missed the burning raider... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,50 (Hwaiyin) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 68,92 (Tandjoengselor) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking VII KNIL Battalion ... the troops that were forced to retreat from Tarakan are putting up a stiff fight at this base now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Tandjoengselor Japanese Ships SC Ch 8 SC Ch 8 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Tandjoengselor TF 71 troops unloading over beach at Tandjoengselor, 68,92 Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of I./124th Infantry Bn 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of I./124th Infantry Bn and therefore the enemy brings in reinforcements... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 53421 troops, 599 guns, 922 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761 Defending force 30175 troops, 713 guns, 402 vehicles, Assault Value = 451 Japanese adjusted assault: 1561 Allied adjusted defense: 352 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) [:(] Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 416 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Vehicles lost 46 (3 destroyed, 43 disabled) Allied ground losses: 10439 casualties reported Squads: 748 destroyed, 350 disabled Non Combat: 1546 destroyed, 316 disabled Engineers: 131 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 582 (530 destroyed, 52 disabled) Vehicles lost 267 (265 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 22 Units destroyed 5 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 4th Tank Regiment 16th Engineer Regiment 27th Electric Engineer Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 65th Brigade 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 16th Recon Regiment 38th Division 48th Division 3rd Tank Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 14th Army 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 21st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 41st PA Infantry Division 3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion 71st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 1st PA Constabulary Regiment 31st Infantry Regiment 31st PA Infantry Division Subic Bay Defenses 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Cavite USN Base Force 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment USAFFE Clark Field USAAF Base Force Manila USAAF Base Force Asiatic Fleet Provisional GMC Gp 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment another bad day for Allied forces. We lose Clark field and were forced to retreat to Bataan, leaving the remaining 5000 supplies behind. Our forces have been set on combat/march to Bataan for two weeks but on average only moved a couple of miles a day. We would have needed another two or three days to move out but this attack broke our neck. As Rainer said, it would have been a good idea to set the troops to "move" right after his attacks but I didn´t dare to do that as he back to back deliberate attacked in Singapore more than once and I feared the same happening at Clark Field. 7th Feb and the Philipinese are mopped up so to say. Supplies have been running out anyway and my troops are now sitting in their last base without any combat ability left. Rainer already asked me if I would have any preferences for his next invasions (except Java of course which is clear anyway). [:D] Doesn´t matter, at this stage of the war the Japanese can take whatever they want anyway, they just have to bring enough force... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12586 troops, 141 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 865 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 240 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 240 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Chuhsien !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 17th Division 22nd Division 4th Mortar Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hwaiyin (92,50) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 535 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25 Defending force 660 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 22 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Hwaiyin !!! Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 328 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 9th RGC Route Brigade Defending units: Lusu War Area rear are dot in China... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 490 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Defending force 1664 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64 Assaulting units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Base Force Defending units: 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy I./124th Infantry Bn /1 [image]local://upfiles/13774/A9BED36B68DA480B82E010A6F4C5E37B.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2010 12:37:33 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 08, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Tandjoengselor Japanese Ships SC Ch 8 SC Ch 8 firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,127 Japanese Ships xAK Kazan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage PB Nikkai Maru xAK Yae Maru xAK Ryunan Maru xAKL Konsan Maru PB Taiko Maru PB Shotoku Maru Allied Ships SS S-28 SS S-28 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kazan Maru S-28 diving deep .... PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub a fat transport is sent to hell, one of the rare occasions when more than one torp hits it´s target. But with the better damage routines of AE a single torp usually is enough to cause real trouble to a merchant which IMO is better than what we´ve seen in WITP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Kabara at 137,162 Japanese Ships SS I-168 Allied Ships xAP Santa Barbara, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Santa Barbara is sighted by SS I-168 SS I-168 launches 2 torpedoes Rainer takes immediete revenge though, killing a precious AP on it´s way to Pago Pago to pick up the fragment of a Marine def btn. 2 hits out of 2 shots... the AP went down immedietely... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,49 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb more training for some IJN Mabels... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Allied aircraft B-339D x 36 CW-21B Demon x 11 75A-7 Hawk x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (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 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (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 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Raid is overhead 1-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 2e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Raid is overhead 3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 2-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 4 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 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 3-VI.G.V with B-339D (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 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes with the bounce and completely outnumbering the enemy we amazingly were able to take down a Zero for no loss (during the combat replay)... must have been the biggest victory for the Dutch so far... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft B-339D x 34 CW-21B Demon x 11 75A-7 Hawk x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-339D: 1 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 1-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 2e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Raid is overhead 3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Raid is overhead 2-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 3-VI.G.V with B-339D (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes but there´s another halve dozen more Zeros coming in and two of the Dutch defenders were shot down with a couple more being damaged... a Zero crashes on it´s way home, total losses were 4 Dutch and 2 Zeroes... an excellent ratio... after seeing the two small sweeps I was waiting for some bombers to show up but unfortunetely none came in... a pity... the fighters are stood down again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 10 B-17E Fortress x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Shofuku Maru xAKL Totai Maru xAKL Bichu Maru Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb extended range means reduced bomb load, so not much of a chance to actually hit something... have yet to catch enemy TFs while unloading... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Higari Maru PB Tama Maru #8 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb all bombers launch from the same base but the strike is going in completely piece meal again, no idea why... no overstacking and a nice airfield big enough for the heavy bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Daifuku Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Shofuku Maru Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb the third strike against the convoy at Lae then scores a 500lb bomb hit on a freighter... the Libs are still operating at normal range when attacking targets in the Lae hex... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 10 B-17E Fortress x 4 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 4 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAP Huzi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires CA Kako Japanese ground losses: 115 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Huzi Maru the first strike in the afternoon is flown against a convoy at Milne bay (dot base at the moment). A big xAP is hit twice, most attacks were flown against the heavy cruiser covering the convoy... it´s good to see the heavy bombers starting to score some hits lately though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 5 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Bichu Maru xAK Daifuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Daifuku Maru small strike against the convoy at Lae again and the already damaged Daifuku Maru takes another two 500lb bomb hits... that´s her doome I guess... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAP Huzi Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAP Buenos Aires Maru Japanese ground losses: 55 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Huzi Maru Huzi Maru takes a third bomb hit but still doesn´t show heavy damage... tough ship, it´s a big AP and a nice valuable target... perhaps it would have been better to use some smaller APs to reinforce the frontline as they aren´t as valuable and more but smaller APs would unload faster... but what am I saying, I´m using my Queen to pick up troops from small atolls... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Kako xAP Huzi Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 351 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Huzi Maru and here´s the fourth hit on the big AP, guess the ship is in serious trouble now... what I don´t like to see is the reinforcing of Milne Bay, this makes it pretty much obvious that Rainer wants to build up this base and we´ve spotted another TF going into this direction... both Milne Bay and Port Moresby are vulnerable though and he will need some troops to effectively defend them I guess... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lae at 99,126 Japanese Ships PB Tama Maru #8 xAK Shofuku Maru xAKL Totai Maru PB Shonon Maru #15 PB Sonan Maru #5 Allied Ships SS Gudgeon SS Gudgeon is sighted by escort Gudgeon bottoming out .... PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub our sub was driven off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kukong (79,57) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3507 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 122 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 122 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kukong !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 66th Infantry Regiment somewhere in China IIRC... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1664 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64 Defending force 1043 troops, 22 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Japanese adjusted assault: 25 Allied adjusted defense: 13 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 76 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: I./124th Infantry Battalion 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy Defending units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Base Force tough little Dutch defenders... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lautem (72,115) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 487 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 20 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lautem !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy Timor has been secured against no opposition... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 436 troops, 10 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Defending force 1636 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Assaulting units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Base Force Defending units: I./124th Infantry Battalion 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2010 12:49:47 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 09, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Morotai at 84,102 Japanese Ships xAK Bisan Maru PB Ogashima Allied Ships SS Perch SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Bisan Maru PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub one of the usual duds... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62 Allied Ships SS Searaven SS Searaven is sighted by escort Searaven diving deep .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,133 Japanese Ships xAP Buenos Aires Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage Allied Ships SS S-28 Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS S-28 launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Buenos Aires Maru Sub escapes detection but here we score two exploding MK10 hits... another fat xAP at Milne Bay hit , means two are probably sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,49 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 68,92 (Tandjoengselor) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Bataan ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb we´ve got around halve a dozen damaged aircraft left at Bataan and one is destroyed every now and then... the combat reports are unfortunately completely inaccurate... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 9 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 supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 6 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 16 B-17E Fortress x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 5 damaged Japanese Ships xAP Buenos Aires Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Kashima xAK Eizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Cheribon Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Konsan Maru Japanese ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Buenos Aires Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Cheribon Maru a bigger strike launched together today scoring three hits on the convoy at Milne Bay, one hit on the already doomed Buenos Aires Maru... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 LB-30 Liberator x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Eizan Maru, on fire PB Taiko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Konsan Maru Japanese ground losses: 89 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Eizan Maru while we saw one bigger strike today, we again are not able to launch one combined strike from the same base against the same target... the PB could be in trouble after being hit by a 500 pounder... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balabac at 68,78 Japanese Ships PB Taijin Maru Allied Ships SS Snapper SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at PB Taijin Maru Snapper diving deep .... PB Taijin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub this was a miss... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wuchow (76,57) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3346 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 123 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 123 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wuchow !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 1st Ind.Inf.Group Rainer starts to mop up abandoned bases in China... wonder how his strategy for China will look like, I guess he will try to whipe us out... [;)][:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pucheng (86,57) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 562 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 14 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Pucheng !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: 23rd RGC Temp. Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shwebo (59,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12795 troops, 120 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 442 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 201 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 201 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Shwebo !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: 33rd Division one of the two enemy divisions in Burma are further moving North against no opposition... I´m doing nothing against it and I don´t care about Burma anyway... goal was and still is to get as many troops out of the death trap and except some small set back we were able to do so... I could use my British bombers to drop some 250lb bombs but I rather have them on nav attack training to intervene with a possible Japanese invasion of India. And my fighter squadrons are mostly on training to compete with the enemy when they have to. Same goes for most of the rest of my squadrons on the map, nearly all bombers are set to nav attack training (the rest either is on nav attack or is doing nav search) and my fighters are set to escort training... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1669 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64 Defending force 979 troops, 22 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Japanese adjusted assault: 18 Allied adjusted defense: 10 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 60 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: I./124th Infantry Battalion 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy Defending units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 71,128 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1354 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49 Defending force 223 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 47 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 47 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 140 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd Engineer Regiment Defending units: Wyndham RAAF Base Force unfortunately the attacker seems to always have been moving faster than we did, before we could move out the Japanese move in and kick us out of the hex... the troops from Northern OZ are all trashed anyway so it doesn´t really matter. Won´t set them on "accept replacements" until next year as I need the equipment for my other base forces and units, no sense building up those units from scratch if other units are in need of equipment at the same time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 389 troops, 10 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Defending force 1664 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64 Assaulting units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Base Force Defending units: I./124th Infantry Battalion 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2010 1:16:53 PM)
The game showed it´s uggly face and we had a corrupt file... means both Rainer and I were able to watch the replay of this day but then the game had a problem during the leader reassignment phase and we had to redo the turn... wouldn´t have been a problem, but hey, of course it was exactly at the turn that contained a nasty surprise for the enemy... so here´s the turn we redid... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 10, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,133 Allied Ships SS Pollack SS Pollack is sighted by escort Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Truk at 112,107 Japanese Ships DMS Taneko DD Sazanami DD Akebono Allied Ships SS Triton SS Triton is sighted by escort Triton diving deep .... DD Sazanami attacking submerged sub .... SS Triton eludes DD Sazanami by diving deep DD Sazanami cannot establish contact with SS Triton DD Sazanami cannot reach attack position over SS Triton DD Akebono attacking submerged sub .... SS Triton eludes ASW attack from DD Akebono SS Triton eludes DD Akebono by diving deep DD Akebono cannot establish contact with SS Triton DD Akebono cannot reach attack position over SS Triton DD Sazanami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Akebono fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akebono attacking submerged sub .... DD Akebono cannot establish contact with SS Triton DD Akebono cannot reach attack position over SS Triton SS Triton eludes ASW attack from DD Akebono DD Akebono cannot establish contact with SS Triton DD Akebono fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akebono fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub looks like Rainer has formed some ASW TFs around Truk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Jarvis Island at 163,145 Japanese Ships SS I-8, hits 1 Allied Ships DMS Lamberton xAP Montoro xAP Idomeneus xAK Laida PG Swan PC Taney SS I-8 launches 6 torpedoes at DMS Lamberton PG Swan attacking submerged sub .... PC Taney fails to find sub, continues to search... PG Swan attacking submerged sub .... SS I-8 eludes PG Swan by diving deep PG Swan loses contact with SS I-8 PC Taney fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub dozens of DCs dropped, we achieved one near miss... PG Swan has expanded more than halve of her depth charges while the IJN crew was drinking sake... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Gebe at 80,104 Japanese Ships DD Hokaze Allied Ships SS Perch SS Perch is sighted by escort 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 .... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub a not so succesful day for my subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,133 Japanese Ships xAK Yae Maru xAK Cheribon Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Konsan Maru PB Nikkai Maru Allied Ships SS Pollack SS Pollack launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Yae Maru Pollack bottoming out .... PB Nikkai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub another PLOINK... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,49 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 68,92 (Tandjoengselor) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 7 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 44 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 31 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Bataan ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- while all those sub attacks weren´t happening in the "original" turn, now a series of attacks that didn´t happen either in the "original" turn and that´s why I hate redoing turns... and it´s the worst if you can first watch the replay of a turn you then have to redo because this even more results in "differences". Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 9 B-17E Fortress x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Yae Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Kashima xAK Ryunan Maru xAK Cheribon Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 Raid is overhead Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Cheribon Maru three Zeroes on LRCAP over Milne Bay, probably coming from Lae... the first burst from a Zero took down a B-17 with ease, another one crashed on the way home... 2 bombers shot down for 3 Zeroes is quite effective so to say... won´t say it loud as I would only get shouted down... I wonder why I´m still allowed to do an AAR anyway and why my account is still working... [:D] with only 15 B-17E as monthly replacement it hurts to lose two heavy bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 4 Allied aircraft losses LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CL Kashima Aircraft Attacking: 4 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb and again, we´re not able to launch a combined strike from our not overstacked base... haven´t seen a single day when we were able to do that from our 4E bomber base... [&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3A Wildcat x 5 F4F-3 Wildcat x 10 SBD-3 Dauntless x 51 TBD-1 Devastator x 14 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Cheribon Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAK Ryunan Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk CL Kashima, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Konsan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk xAK Yae Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk PB Nikkai Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Eizan Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 14 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 5000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Cheribon Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Ryunan Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Konsan Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Yae Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Kashima Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Eizan Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PB Nikkai Maru and this is the nasty surprise I´ve mentioned. Now imagine, neither the 4E bomber attack nor the attack from my carriers went in in the "original" turn. We had to redo it and then this TF is trashed today. This should not have happened (not blaming the game for showing a different result when you redo a turn) and redoing turns is always a bad thing. I should be happy about it you will think, but I´m not really. Why? Because in the "original" turn we had a couple of SBDs spotting the enemy TFs at Milne Bay and vice versa. So my enemy knew the carriers were there and while in the "original" turn there were two fat TFs (including the heavy cruiser) sitting at Milne Bay at THE END of this turn, in the redone turn all the fat targets LEFT Milne Bay during the night already, bringing them out of range of my carriers tomorrow. So I would call it an equal advantage for both Rainer and me, for me because I caught some empty ships today and for Rainer because he brought his precious and troop carrying ships out of range due to leaving today already. If they wouldn´t have left tonight already, they would have been in perfect strike range tomorrow, as it stands now, our carriers will retreat South again. Guess he left the crappy CL Kashima in this TF as a consolation price for me [:D] guess when the troop loaden ships will return, they will do that under the cover of KB, means I have to be careful when having my 4E bombers on nav attack as I don´t want to see KB taking down three months of heavy bomber replacements... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1669 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64 Defending force 903 troops, 22 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 36 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tandjoengselor !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 329 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: I./124th Infantry Battalion 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy Defending units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nookanbah (66,130) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1488 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 60 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 60 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Nookanbah !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: Sasebo 1st SNLF

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2010 1:42:17 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 11, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 98 encounters mine field at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Ships SS Tautog, Mine hits 1, heavy damage I was told that subs won´t react into spotted minefields... well, I won´t bring up anything on the forum again other than here in my AAR. So I can only say what I´ve been told by a dev: subs don´t react into "bigger" (whatever bigger means) ports and they don´t react into ports that have a spotted minefield. So how did Tautog get there then if subs don´t do that? I´ve complained a lot in this AAR about my subs moving en masse and alltogether into enemy base hexes due to them reacting onto enemy TFs and in this case again, a sub hits a mine. Even if this AAR is only four pages long at this stage, I´m just too lazy to dig up when another sub hit a mine at Rabaul. Since then I had at least a dozen subs at Rabaul and they always reacted into the base, just as they do at Truk (where there´s this nice little red dot - yes this tells us there´s a minefield [;)]) and many, many other bases too. Like I´ve said, I won´t bring it up as everything I say is wrong anyway... the new reaction routine is great (as many other things in AE) but it does exactly what we are always told not to do, it moves subs en masse into enemy ports (well at least in my games, perhaps I´ve got unique results again). So while this new routine is great, it isn´t working as I would call it "well". Tautog is crippled and has perhaps a 30% chance to make port... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Pescadores at 84,62 Japanese Ships SC Ch 2 E Kiku SC Ch 3 Allied Ships SS Sturgeon SS Sturgeon is sighted by escort E Kiku fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 3 fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kiku attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 3 fails to find sub and abandons search E Kiku fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kiku fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kiku fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kiku fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub seems like Rainer has formed another ASW TF near Formosa... all DCs that were dropped missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Tinian at 109,97 Japanese Ships xAKL Yamamizu Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire Allied Ships SS Tambor, hits 2 xAKL Yamamizu Maru is sighted by SS Tambor SS Tambor attacking xAKL Yamamizu Maru on the surface SS Tambor low on gun ammo, Murphy, J.W. breaks off surface engagement and submerges the torps failed once again and the five 3 inch shells won´t really impress the small freighter I guess... the two 12cm hits in return knock the sub out of her patrol though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Palembang - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1 CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Maya CL Yura CL Natori CL Isuzu DD Natsugumo DD Oshio DD Asashio DD Hagikaze DD Nowaki DD Tokitsukaze DD Yukikaze Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) CA Kumano firing at Palembang Base Force CA Suzuya firing at Palembang Base Force CA Mikuma firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CA Mogami firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CA Ashigara firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CA Maya firing at Palembang Base Force CL Yura firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion CL Natori firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CL Isuzu firing at Djambi Base Force DD Natsugumo firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion DD Oshio firing at Teloekbetoeng Base Force DD Asashio firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion DD Hagikaze firing at Palembang Base Force DD Nowaki firing at Palembang Base Force DD Tokitsukaze firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion DD Yukikaze firing at Djambi Base Force DD Asashio firing at enemy troops 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Asashio at 3,000 yards DD Nowaki firing at enemy troops 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Nowaki at 3,000 yards DD Tokitsukaze firing at enemy troops 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Tokitsukaze at 3,000 yards DD Yukikaze firing at enemy troops 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yukikaze at 3,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Palembang TF 179 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 48,91 another full regiment unloads at Palembang, not a single soldier lost... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Palembang - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kumano, Shell hits 1 CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Maya CL Yura CL Natori CL Isuzu DD Hagikaze DD Arashi DD Amatsukaze DD Maikaze DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Kumano firing at Palembang Base Force CA Suzuya firing at Djambi Base Force CA Mikuma firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion CA Mogami firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CA Ashigara firing at Djambi Base Force CA Maya firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CL Yura firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CL Natori firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CL Isuzu firing at Palembang Base Force DD Hagikaze firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion DD Arashi firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion DD Amatsukaze firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion DD Maikaze firing at Djambi Base Force 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yukikaze at 10,000 yards CA Kumano fires to suppress enemy troops at 10,000 yards no idea why we see ground casualties when we hit a heavy cruiser with non penetrating hits though... is this a fast transport TF and can the Japanese still use every warship in a fast transport TF? I´ve tried it with more or less everything except a BB but weren´t able to carry any troops with something else than APDs in a fast transport TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 7 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 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking VII KNIL Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,49 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Taberfane TF 253 troops unloading over beach at Taberfane, 82,117 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang (48,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2038 troops, 15 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 90 Defending force 9991 troops, 102 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 306 Assaulting units: Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Djambi Base Force Teloekbetoeng Base Force Palembang Base Force Defending units: 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade Sasebo 3rd SNLF 4th Ind.Mixed Rgt /1 12th JAAF Base Force with this reinforcement we won´t hold Palembang much longer... perhaps we can damage the oil fields or the resource site. The most sensitive on the forum will yet again say that I suck just because I ask this question (yes, only in this AAR though): is the damaging routine still working in AE. I´m asking because I have so far nothing (nothing at all) damaged and have yet to see an AAR mentioning ANY damaged to oil/HI/resources/refineries. So is it working or not? [&:]

LoBaron -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2010 2:07:03 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Palembang - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1 CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Maya CL Yura CL Natori CL Isuzu DD Natsugumo DD Oshio DD Asashio DD Hagikaze DD Nowaki DD Tokitsukaze DD Yukikaze Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) CA Kumano firing at Palembang Base Force CA Suzuya firing at Palembang Base Force CA Mikuma firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CA Mogami firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CA Ashigara firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CA Maya firing at Palembang Base Force CL Yura firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion CL Natori firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CL Isuzu firing at Djambi Base Force DD Natsugumo firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion DD Oshio firing at Teloekbetoeng Base Force DD Asashio firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion DD Hagikaze firing at Palembang Base Force DD Nowaki firing at Palembang Base Force DD Tokitsukaze firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion DD Yukikaze firing at Djambi Base Force DD Asashio firing at enemy troops 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Asashio at 3,000 yards DD Nowaki firing at enemy troops 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Nowaki at 3,000 yards DD Tokitsukaze firing at enemy troops 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Tokitsukaze at 3,000 yards DD Yukikaze firing at enemy troops 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yukikaze at 3,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Palembang TF 179 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 48,91 another full regiment unloads at Palembang, not a single soldier lost... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Palembang - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kumano, Shell hits 1 CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Maya CL Yura CL Natori CL Isuzu DD Hagikaze DD Arashi DD Amatsukaze DD Maikaze DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Kumano firing at Palembang Base Force CA Suzuya firing at Djambi Base Force CA Mikuma firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion CA Mogami firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CA Ashigara firing at Djambi Base Force CA Maya firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CL Yura firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CL Natori firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion CL Isuzu firing at Palembang Base Force DD Hagikaze firing at Zuid KNIL Battalion DD Arashi firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion DD Amatsukaze firing at So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion DD Maikaze firing at Djambi Base Force 75mm CD Gun Coastal Battery engaging DD Yukikaze at 10,000 yards CA Kumano fires to suppress enemy troops at 10,000 yards no idea why we see ground casualties when we hit a heavy cruiser with non penetrating hits though... is this a fast transport TF and can the Japanese still use every warship in a fast transport TF? I´ve tried it with more or less everything except a BB but weren´t able to carry any troops with something else than APDs in a fast transport TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are Alliede ground casualties only from the return fire of the Japanese ships id say. And yes the IJN should still be able to move troops with all ships up to BB but, according to the manual, on larger vessels there is a very high penalty on device size, haven´t calculated it but it might be possible that a BB has a too high penalty to transport troops. The damage routine is still working but from my experience the effects have been toned down compared to stock. Subs still react into minefields in enemy bases sometimes, thats why I´m usually limiting my patrolling subs so that the enemy ports are out of reaction range. Can´t help thos two in the war that double react sometimes though. [;)]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2010 2:53:32 PM)
oh sorry, yes of course they are Allied ground casualties [:D] stupid me I´m putting my subs on patrol away from ports too, not just because I don´t want them to run into enemy pots but also due to the fact that I want them to hit ships some hexes away from bigger port, otherwise the targetted ships have a higher chance to make it. At least that´s my theory. Even with reaction 1 I still seem to end up with subs in base hexes, no matter if there are mines or if it´s a "bigger" one (while I still don´t know what bigger is supposed to be). thanks for the info on the damage routine, good to know there´s at least the chance to see something damaged.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/20/2010 1:25:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 12, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,62 Japanese Ships PB Seki Maru #3 PB Toko Maru #4 Allied Ships SS Sailfish SS Sailfish is sighted by escort PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Toko Maru #4 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub while we really respect IJN DDs (accounted for two subs sunk so far) and IJN mines of course, we don´t really respect IJN PBs. They do drive our subs off lots of times of course or act as targets that usually aren´t sunk, so IMO they are quite effective in their task, they are not at all effective in sinking (not even damaging) our subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68 Japanese Ships DD Matsukaze BB Fuso DD Asakaze DD Yukaze DD Sawakaze Allied Ships SS Pike, hits 1 SS Pike launches 2 torpedoes at DD Matsukaze Pike diving deep .... DD Yukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub and yet another hit but no bang... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Truk at 110,103 Japanese Ships xAKL Yamamizu Maru, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Silversides xAKL Yamamizu Maru is sighted by SS Silversides SS Silversides launches 4 torpedoes hit but no bang... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,49 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 50 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 11 damaged Allied aircraft losses SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Bataan ... the usual daily air attacks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Zuid KNIL Battalion, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 68 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 33 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 17 damaged Allied ground losses: 88 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Palembang Base Force ... Also attacking Teloekbetoeng Base Force ... Also attacking Palembang Base Force ... Also attacking Zuid KNIL Battalion ... and a big strike against Palembang, coming from Malaya... looks like the IJA has by far not the same coordination problems we have if we try to launch three dozen heavy bombers against Port Moresby or even worse when on nav attack... Perhaps Rainer has more air HQs in range of his bombers which we more or less lack completely... there are just none available yet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Teloekbetoeng Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Truk at 110,103 Japanese Ships xAKL Yamamizu Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Silversides SS Silversides launches 6 torpedoes and the next six torps at the crappy xAKL... and the next duds... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Sandakan TF 162 troops unloading over beach at Sandakan, 70,88 I´m amazed how many useless bases are mopped up by Rainer already as I wouldn´t really care about them until I would have more time to do so... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lashio (62,46) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1112 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 11 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lashio !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: III./143rd Infantry Battalion no more supplies to China via the Burma road... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Daly Waters (76,131) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 38 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Daly Waters !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 2nd Recon Regiment looks like Rainer is sending a mot unit to pursue my fleeing units from Darwin... we´re off the road to Tennant Creek already and while I´m pretty sure the Recon Rgt will be faster than we are, I don´t consider it much of a threat with it´s 38 assault value as we still have more than 100 within our units that are moving South. So as long we have all our units moving together, the Recon Rgt should not be a threat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Taberfane (82,117) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 342 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 9 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Taberfane !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Indpt SNLF Coy another non important base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang (48,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2028 troops, 15 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 89 Defending force 10010 troops, 102 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 306 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Djambi Base Force Teloekbetoeng Base Force Palembang Base Force Defending units: 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade Sasebo 3rd SNLF 12th JAAF Base Force Rainer has brought reinforcements and fields 300+ av but he´s not attacking yet... why? and here´s the most important news of this turn. KB showed up. I´m not surprised at all to see it in this position today because with redoing a turn the Japanese had one more day to react and obviously did this with hindsight. I had some hindsight too in thinking it would be better to bail out with my carriers as I was sure that if KB would be at Truk it would have been set to move South at the day we had to redo. And with KB´s position today, it seems I was right. My carriers are far enough away not to be in real danger and full speed moves over more than one or max two days isn´t really possible in AE anyway. And KB would need at least two more days at full speed to catch my carriers. We´ve spotted KB and I told Rainer that we did so I wonder where KB will move to. He only told me: "perhaps KB will find some other targets". Nothing but a couple of small xAKLs around that were heading to their targets alone to bring some supplies. At the moment I can´t see one of my major convoys being in danger of ending up with KB anytime soon. And if you think about KB´s normal speed of 4+4 hexes each turn then it will take some time to get KB into position to catch my convoys that are moving at 3+3 each turn. One more thing I wonder is how much fuel does the IJN have at Truk and how long can KB sustain operations South of Truk. Probably enough fuel and enough time to cause trouble. But so far the trouble only means to reroute some convoys. [image]local://upfiles/13774/276DF2E7E1824CE8AA0CA4B440A348B8.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/20/2010 1:41:06 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 13, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Samah at 71,69 Japanese Ships xAK Shirashika Maru Allied Ships SS Sculpin SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Shirashika Maru Sculpin diving deep .... Sub escapes detection more dud torps... how many unsuccesful attacks in a row have we seen now? [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Bandjermasin Japanese Ships CL Kashii TB Kari PB Kantori Maru CL Kashii firing at SE Borneo KNIL Battalion TB Kari firing at enemy troops PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops the last base on Borneo that has some Dutch troops and patrol aircraft... have got halve a dozen subs in this area but the TF moved in without being attacked... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Bandjermasin TF 99 troops unloading over beach at Bandjermasin, 60,99 10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of Yokosuka 4th SNLF /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Singkep Japanese Ships PB Chosa Maru PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Singkep TF 217 troops unloading over beach at Singkep, 49,87 10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of III/81st Nav Gd 10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of III/81st Nav Gd another empty base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Bandjermasin Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Singkep Japanese Ships PB Chosa Maru PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Bandjermasin at 60,99 Japanese Ships xAKL Nissen Maru #2 PB Kantori Maru Allied Ships SS Shark SS Shark is sighted by escort Shark bottoming out .... PB Kantori Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub then SS Shark shows up at the invasion site but is driven off by the single escort... at the end of the day we saw two more of our subs sitting in this hex now due to reacting on the enemy convoy... no further attacks though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 12 B-17E Fortress x 18 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 Raid is overhead we´ve met 3 Zeroes over Milne bay recently and lost a B-17 A2A and one to ops. We meet again three Zeroes over PM today and again lose one bomber A2A and one to ops. So in the last two encounters, 6 Zeroes took down 4 heavy bombers. Not encouraging at all and for sure not something to rate the 4Es as being really hard to be shot down by Zeroes. Don´t know if this is leaking Cap from Buna or if it´s LRCAP. As it stands now it clearly shows me that I can´t fly any attacks with my 4Es as soon as there´s enemy opposition, not even if it´s as small as 3 Zeroes. We can´t afford to lose 4 bombers in two small attacks against a twice really small Cap when we only get 15 bombers each month. The only way to use the 4Es would be to have escorts but there won´t be a single fighters until 1945 that could escort my bombers from Townsville to Port Moresby. Everything that is more than 5 hexes away from an Allied base is out of escort range until late 42 when it will change to 6 hexes. Both ranges means there´s not much in range and both ranges are even shorter than they were in WITP. At the moment I´m a bit puzzled what to do... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb and not surprising, the strike didn´t go in combined which will lead to even more problem... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,49 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Palembang Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Zuid KNIL Battalion, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Bandjermasin Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Kantori Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Singkep Japanese Ships PB Chosa Maru PB Chosa Maru firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,49 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 541 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26 Defending force 215 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 28 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 9th RGC Route Brigade Defending units: Lusu War Area Somewhere North of Shanghai... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sandakan (70,88) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 491 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 12 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Sandakan !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: I/81st Naval Guard Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Dili (71,115) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 11 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Dili !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy last base on Timor is Japanese now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 64,129 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4564 troops, 51 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 163 Defending force 29 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 77 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 77 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: Attacker: leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 5th Amphibious Brigade Defending units: Timor Base Force the amphib bgd was again faster than our base force... better say, what was left of our base force... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang (48,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2016 troops, 15 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Defending force 10011 troops, 102 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 306 Assaulting units: Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Djambi Base Force Teloekbetoeng Base Force Palembang Base Force Defending units: 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF 12th JAAF Base Force no Japanese attack since they´ve brought in the bgd as reinforcement...

khyberbill -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/21/2010 1:16:04 AM)
quote: more dud torps... how many unsuccesful attacks in a row have we seen now? You are not going to see the fleet boats do well in torpedo attacks until after 1/43. An aggressive commander might surface and attack an unescorted ship(s). Wait until a couple torps bounce off the Akagi. Now that is frustration.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/21/2010 7:30:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: khyberbill quote: more dud torps... how many unsuccesful attacks in a row have we seen now? You are not going to see the fleet boats do well in torpedo attacks until after 1/43. An aggressive commander might surface and attack an unescorted ship(s). Wait until a couple torps bounce off the Akagi. Now that is frustration. yeah, I know. I´ve started some statistics on 25 Jan and we´re nearly a month later... it doesn´t look good, at the moment I´m below a 20% rate of exploding SALVOS, so considering you get more than one torp hit on average out of a salvo of 4 or 6 torps I´ve got some really bad die rolls. [:(] As soon as we´ve reached 25 Feb I will post the first result. Frustration? In regards to Akagi you will get some info about this within the next couple of turns... [:D]

khyberbill -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/21/2010 12:04:38 PM)
I did a small test for a few weeks and was seeing about a 15% explosion rate with US torps.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/21/2010 1:16:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: khyberbill I did a small test for a few weeks and was seeing about a 15% explosion rate with US torps. that´s more or less what I´m seeing too in this so far limited statistic. 15% means pretty bad die rolls though as you can only count the salvos each time and like I´ve said, we´re talking about more than one hit on average out of salvos of 4 or 6 torps (which are most of the salvos). Even if you get 20% exploding salvos you would still have bad luck as this would mean the dud torp rate you suffer would be higher than 20%. The question of course is what is the game doing? Is it really looking at "salvo fired, x torps hit and then has a die roll for every torp that hit" or is it just "salvo fired, SALVO hit, die roll for salvo (with the dud rate of the torp that was fired in the salvo). If it really looks at the torps then everything equal or lower than 20% (for MK14 torps) would be really bad due to the before mentioned fact that you fire salvos and you have more than 1 torp hit on average (even if it would be 1.33 or whatever). As you get more than a one time 20% chance per salvo.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/21/2010 1:40:45 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 14, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Shortlands at 110,131 Japanese Ships xAK Nittai Maru xAKL Heiwa Maru PB Kohuku Maru PB Keijo Maru Allied Ships SS Grayback SS Grayback is sighted by escort Grayback bottoming out .... PB Kohuku Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Keijo Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub some convoys around in the Solomons but our subs got no teeth... as soon as Java is lost I will relocate all my short ranged subs into the area all around Rabaul and my fleet subs will take over everything else, means everything North of Truk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Madang TF 292 troops unloading over beach at Madang, 97,123 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 5th Indpt SNLF Coy 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Indpt SNLF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Pagan at 109,87 Japanese Ships xAKL Nichirei Maru, Shell hits 10, on fire Allied Ships SS Gudgeon, hits 5 SS Gudgeon attacking on the surface Grenfell, E.W. decides to submerge SS Gudgeon due to damage great one once again... [8\|] the worst thing that can happen is when a sub decides to attack a lonely freighter on the surface with it´s pop gun only... not one torp fired and 10 3 inch shells don´t do any real damage while the 8cm and 12cm hits on the sub in return are enough to send it back into the shipyard. Don´t know how many hits the sub really suffered, it ended up with 18 sys damage. So hopefully 4 hits were FOW as I guess even one hit of a 8 or 12cm gun should cause serious damage to a sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Sampit at 56,98 Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Ashigara CA Maya CL Yura DD Amatsukaze DD Maikaze DD Natsugumo DD Oshio DD Hagikaze Allied Ships SS O19, hits 1 SS O19 is sighted by escort O19 bottoming out .... DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Oshio fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Natsugumo attacking submerged sub .... DD Hagikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Natsugumo attacking submerged sub .... DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub a near miss and intel that a major IJN task forces is cruising around the South Western edge of Borneo... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Rockhampton at 103,150 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet this is a KB strike (the bombers failed to locate the target)... more about this later... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,48 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 34 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Bataan ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 53 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion ... Also attacking Teloekbetoeng Base Force ... Also attacking Palembang Base Force ... Also attacking Teloekbetoeng Base Force ... Also attacking Palembang Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Loyang , at 87,43 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Riouw KNIL Battalion, at 49,87 (Singkep) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 10 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Zuid KNIL Battalion, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb the skies are darkened with IJA bombers... an amazing one bomber was lost today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on SE Borneo KNIL Battalion, at 60,99 (Bandjermasin) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 8 G4M1 Betty x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Bandjermasin at 62,101 Japanese Ships TB Kari xAKL Nissen Maru #2 PB Kantori Maru Allied Ships SS Shark SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes at TB Kari PB Kantori Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub MK-14 torps have an insane hit rate as again an escort was hit... no bang though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Singkep at 49,87 Japanese Ships E Yomogi Allied Ships SS KX, hits 5 SS KX is sighted by escort KX bottoming out .... E Yomogi attacking submerged sub .... E Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yomogi attacking submerged sub .... E Yomogi attacking submerged sub .... E Yomogi cannot reach attack position over SS KX SS KX eludes E Yomogi by hugging bottom Escort abandons search for sub damn Yomogi dropped dozens of DCs and puts KX out of action, returning to Australia... long way to go... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Buka at 110,128 Japanese Ships xAK Nittai Maru xAKL Kaijo Maru #2 xAKL Heiwa Maru PB Kohuku Maru PB Keijo Maru Allied Ships SS Grayback SS Grayback launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Nittai Maru Grayback bottoming out .... PB Kohuku Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 6 torps, this time they´ve missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bandjermasin (60,99) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1528 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 Defending force 770 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Japanese adjusted assault: 57 Allied adjusted defense: 22 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 141 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF Defending units: SE Borneo KNIL Battalion Bandjermasin Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singkep (49,87) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 489 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 509 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Japanese adjusted assault: 9 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Singkep !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1112 casualties reported Squads: 45 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 50 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: III/81st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Riouw KNIL Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang (48,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2006 troops, 15 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Defending force 10063 troops, 102 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 308 Assaulting units: Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Teloekbetoeng Base Force Djambi Base Force Palembang Base Force Defending units: 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF 12th JAAF Base Force

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/21/2010 1:54:29 PM)
As mentioned, KB is in the house and is cruising around North West of New Caledonia at the moment. There was one nav strike today that saw no bombers locating the target. This was due to the fact that again every target, that has been within KBs bombers on nav search, was sunk before the strike phase. Just like around Northern Australia when KB sunk over a dozen of my freighters with nav search only, today there were TWO small AKs in range of KB and BOTH were sunk by bombers on nav search. Now I of course don´t know if this is mass employ of bombers on nav search (wouldn´t make much sense when you try to hunt three US carriers with KB) or if those UBER bombers are so good to sink everything within range without even launching a real strike. Again, no test is done, but this observation once again strikes me. KB around Northern Australia has sunk more freighters with nav search attacks than it did with nav strikes, the same thing now. All my freighters in KB´s range would have been sunk by nav search only anyway, they were dead in the water when the real nav strikes went in. Nice new little "feature" it seems. OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Feb 14, 42 SS Shark reports having been sighted by the enemy at 60 , 99 SS Stingray leaving patrol zone to replenish at Townsville SS Spearfish reports having been sighted by the enemy at 49 , 87 Coastwatcher Report: harbor at Darwin is reported empty Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Buna Coastwatcher Report: harbor at Rabaul is reported empty SS S-23 resumes patrol, enroute to 99 , 127 near Lae No additional repairs possible on CL Helena using currently assigned resources at Pearl Harbor No additional repairs possible on AV Tangier using currently assigned resources at Pearl Harbor No additional repairs possible on xAP Hirondelle using currently assigned resources at Pearl Harbor No additional repairs possible on AS Janssens using currently assigned resources at Townsville Coastwatcher Report: xAP Hoten Maru reported in port at Darwin Coastwatcher Report: 3 ships in port at Lae Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Kavieng Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Manus Coastwatcher sighting: 4 Japanese ships at 101,119 near Manus , Speed unknown Coastwatcher sighting: 3 Japanese ships at 97,123 near Madang , Speed 6 , Moving West SS S-28 resumes patrol, enroute to 101 , 133 near Milne Bay Coastwatcher sighting: 1 Japanese ship at 108,126 near Feni Islands , Speed 7 , Moving Southwest Task Force 135 arrives at Cape Town Coastwatcher sighting: 1 Japanese ship at 107,126 near Rabaul , Speed 8 , Moving West TF 434 observes Japanese Level Bomber at 56,104 near Soerabaja xAKL Lepus followed by Japanese Fighter at 109,155 near Belep Islands xAKL Legazpi detects Japanese Carrier Aircraft at 103,150 near Rockhampton xAKL Lepus is reported HIT xAKL Lepus is reported HIT xAKL Legazpi is reported HIT xAKL Lepus is reported HIT TF 435 detected by Japanese Float Plane at 49,98 near Batavia SOC-1 Seagull sighting report: 2 Japanese ships at 90,169 near Port Kembla, speed 16, Moving Northwest PBY-5 Catalina reports radio transmissions at 180, 105 near Pearl Harbor Japanese Recon sighted over Singkep C5M2 Babs sighted over Bataan Japanese Fighter sighted over Manila Bay Defenses Japanese Aircraft sighted over Babar Japanese Fighter sighted over Bataan Japanese Aircraft sighted over Palembang Japanese Aircraft sighted over Palembang Japanese Aircraft sighted over Akyab Japanese Torpedo Bomber sighted over Akyab Japanese Aircraft sighted over Batavia Japanese Aircraft sighted over Soerabaja Japanese Aircraft sighted over Chengchow Japanese Torpedo Bomber sighted over Singkep Japanese Fighter Bomber sighted over Bataan Japanese Recon sighted over Babar Japanese Aircraft sighted over Palembang Japanese Fighter sighted over 45th Indian Brigade Japanese Recon sighted over 45th Indian Brigade Ki-15-II Babs sighted over Batavia Japanese Torpedo Bomber sighted over Chengchow H81-A3 from AVG/3rd Sqn at Calcutta grounded due to maintenance PBY-5 Catalina from VP-24 at Pearl Harbor grounded due to maintenance F2A-3 Buffalo from VMF-221 at San Francisco grounded due to maintenance Do-24K-1 from GVT-1 at Semarang grounded due to maintenance PBY-5 Catalina from GVT-17 at Bandjermasin grounded due to maintenance Lysander II from No.1 Sqn IAF is damaged on landing Hudson III (LR) from No.2 Sqn RNZAF at Auckland grounded due to maintenance Blenheim I from No.60 Sqn RAF at Diamond Harbour grounded due to maintenance TF 189 designated as Escort and ordered to return to Brisbane xAKL Buijskes sighted by Japanese Aircraft at 44,85 near Padang xAKL Legazpi is reported HIT xAKL Legazpi is reported HIT xAKL Legazpi is reported HIT xAKL Legazpi is reported HIT PBY-5 Catalina sighting report: 5 Japanese ships at 194,104 near Lahaina, speed 17, Moving West Japanese Aircraft sighted over Singkep Japanese Torpedo Bomber sighted over Bataan Japanese Aircraft sighted over Bara Japanese Aircraft sighted over Changsha Japanese Aircraft sighted over Palembang Ki-15-II Babs sighted over Changsha Japanese Recon sighted over 1st Chinese Cavalry Corps Japanese Aircraft sighted over Akyab Japanese Torpedo Bomber sighted over Akyab Japanese Aircraft sighted over Batavia Japanese Aircraft sighted over Soerabaja Japanese Fighter sighted over 74th Chinese Corps Japanese Aircraft sighted over 74th Chinese Corps Japanese Fighter sighted over Chengchow Japanese Aircraft sighted over Singkep Japanese Aircraft sighted over Bataan Ki-15-II Babs sighted over Bara Japanese Fighter sighted over 1st Chinese Cavalry Corps Japanese Fighter sighted over Palembang Japanese Fighter Bomber sighted over 73rd Chinese Corps Japanese Aircraft sighted over Akyab Japanese Aircraft sighted over Bhamo Japanese Aircraft sighted over Batavia Japanese Torpedo Bomber sighted over 26th Chinese Corps Japanese Torpedo Bomber sighted over Chengchow Buffalo I from No.232 (P) Sqn RAF at Colombo grounded due to maintenance Hurricane IIb Trop from No.135 Sqn RAF is damaged on landing B-17E Fortress from 34th BG/1st RS at Seattle grounded due to maintenance Buffalo I from No.258 Sqn RAF at Calcutta grounded due to maintenance Sea Hurricane Ib from No.880 Sqn FAA on CV Indomitable grounded due to maintenance H81-A3 from AVG/1st Sqn at Calcutta grounded due to maintenance PBY-5 Catalina from VP-42 at Midway Island grounded due to maintenance F2A-3 Buffalo from VMF-111 at San Francisco grounded due to maintenance Buffalo I from No.21 Sqn RAAF at Madras grounded due to maintenance Blenheim I from No.60 Sqn RAF at Diamond Harbour grounded due to maintenance P-40B Warhawk from 20th PG/77th PS is damaged on landing B-17D Fortress from 22nd BG/2nd BS at Townsville grounded due to maintenance B-17D Fortress from 22nd BG/2nd BS at Townsville grounded due to maintenance No additional repairs possible on CL Helena using currently assigned resources at Pearl Harbor No additional repairs possible on AV Tangier using currently assigned resources at Pearl Harbor No additional repairs possible on xAP Hirondelle using currently assigned resources at Pearl Harbor Repairs completed on SS S-40 at Brisbane, ship returned to service No additional repairs possible on AS Janssens using currently assigned resources at Townsville TF 43 does not have enough fuel to complete mission TF 126 does not have enough fuel to complete mission TF 132 does not have enough fuel to complete mission Japanese forces CAPTURE Singkep !!! Paramushiro-jima expands airfield to size 2 Pescadores expands port to size 6 Anshan expands airfield to size 2 Cox's Bazar expands fortifications to size 1 Lae expands airfield to size 2 Delayed planes for the aircraft pool: 2 (2) x F4F-3 Wildcat Repairs completed on xAKL Montanes at Brisbane, ship returned to service Lilly, L.G.W. reassigned Wilborn C. reassigned Lewis E. reassigned Baker T. reassigned Davasher, G.L. now available for reassignment Easley, H.C. now available for reassignment Loss of AV Langley on Dec 10, 1941 is admitted xAK Arcata arrives at Balboa VP-71 arrives at Sydney No.34 Sqn RAAF arrives at Sydney as arrival base is unavailable 2/198th Coast AA Battalion arrives at Bora Bora even if the operations report doesn´t show it, my two xAKL that were in range of KB (the only ships except subs) have been probably spotted more than two dozen times during the replay. Both suffered 4 hits and were gone even before the strike phase. Would I have had 6 ships, all 6 would have been sunk (or put into a hopeless state) during the nav search phase, as seen around Northern Australia before. Guess this is also WAD so what shalls... while I´ve thought Rainer would have used massed nav search around Northern Australia it would just not make sense to have more than 10-20% of his bombers on nav search when he tries to pursue my carriers now, therefore I doubt that he really had an extreme nav search rate. I won´t ask him because I don´t want to have that kind of intel. So it seems nav search is more than effective, must be the same as with mines. You only get a small percentage of what you got in WITP, but achieve the same result in the end. So far I had no problem at all to spot the enemy with my limited number of patrol ac, nothing worse than in WITP, so I guess the patrols are more effective. Or am I just mega lucky?

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/21/2010 2:05:33 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 15, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Donggala at 67,98 Japanese Ships xAK Seizan Maru DD Shirayuki DD Arashio DD Sagiri Allied Ships SS KXIII SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Seizan Maru DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the statistics of the last three weeks shows a couple of MK14 torps missing the target with around 90% hitting it. The rest of the torps has a missed rate of more or less 50%... fun... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Agrihan at 110,86 Japanese Ships xAKL Nichirei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Gudgeon xAKL Nichirei Maru is sighted by SS Gudgeon SS Gudgeon launches 6 torpedoes a burning little freighter is finished with a 6 torp salvo... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Truk at 112,109 Japanese Ships AV Kamoi Allied Ships SS Plunger AV Kamoi is sighted by SS Plunger SS Plunger launches 2 torpedoes hit, no bang... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balikpapan at 65,99 Japanese Ships DD Arashio DD Sagiri Allied Ships SS Trusty SS Trusty is sighted by escort Trusty diving deep .... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sagiri attacking submerged sub .... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Trusty isn´t a killer either... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balikpapan at 65,99 Japanese Ships DD Arashio DD Sagiri Allied Ships SS Trusty SS Trusty is sighted by escort Trusty diving deep .... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Truk at 114,110 Japanese Ships AV Kamoi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Plunger AV Kamoi is sighted by SS Plunger SS Plunger launches 2 torpedoes an unsuccesful attack during the night but Plunger shadowed the AV that was going SE from Truk (probably towards the Gilberts) and put one exploding torp into the AV. Nice one... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,48 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 5 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 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 54 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 10 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 199 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion ... Also attacking Zuid KNIL Battalion ... Also attacking Palembang Base Force ... Also attacking Teloekbetoeng Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chengchow , at 88,44 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb some air attacks in China, can´t figure out yet where the enemy´s advance will take place... a good guess is the Loyang, Chengchow (sp?) area in the North... this is just a buffer for me, if we see no chance (and I don´t consider us having a chance against a determined IJA offensive) then we will move towards Sian which I intend to defend at all cost... while Sian itself is clear terrain, the terrain around it is well suited for the defense and my goal is to defend Sian outside of the base anyway... I wonder if AE has made a step forward in it being able to reduce forts outside of bases, in WITP this wasn´t posstible... we´ll see... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang (48,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 9504 troops, 90 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 308 Defending force 2753 troops, 36 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 77 Japanese adjusted assault: 150 Allied adjusted defense: 136 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 138 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 371 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade Sasebo 3rd SNLF 12th JAAF Base Force Defending units: Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Djambi Base Force Teloekbetoeng Base Force Palembang Base Force attack at Palembang failed, but I guess we only had some luck with the die rolls... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madang (97,123) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 325 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 8 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Madang !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 5th Indpt SNLF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bandjermasin (60,99) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1528 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 Defending force 668 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Japanese adjusted assault: 52 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandjermasin !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 359 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 2 Assaulting units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF Defending units: SE Borneo KNIL Battalion Bandjermasin Base Force not much left on Borneo... cake walk for the Japanese and we did no damage... and no oil/res was damaged... correcting myself, we´ve damaged a dozen points at the base East to Balikpapan... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang (48,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1691 troops, 15 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Defending force 9995 troops, 102 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 301 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Teloekbetoeng Base Force Djambi Base Force Palembang Base Force Defending units: 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF 12th JAAF Base Force KB was today spotted moving South towards New Zealand, now being West of Noumea... the enemy won´t find anything in this area, all TFs are far enough away and have been rerouted even further away on their ways to the destination ports...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/21/2010 3:05:56 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 16, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Maumere TF 71 troops unloading over beach at Maumere, 66,113 7.7mm T99 AAMG damaged beyond repair during unload of I./124th Infantry Bn 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of I./124th Infantry Bn so far the enemy has lost more troops due to accidents than due to my troops defending the invasion sites... Maumere has no troops to defend it though... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Rennell Island TF 72 troops unloading over beach at Rennell Island, 113,140 Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of III/66th Nav Gd Rainer keeps mopping up bases on a really fast pace... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tabar Island at 110,118 Japanese Ships PB Fukui Maru xAK Shinwa Maru xAK Nittai Maru xAKL Kaijo Maru #2 xAKL Heiwa Maru PB Kohuku Maru PB Keijo Maru Allied Ships SS Grayback SS Grayback launches 6 torpedoes at PB Fukui Maru PB Kohuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Kohuku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub looks like we´ve met a big convoy but didn´t get a shot at it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and the "highlight" of the day... Sub attack near Noumea at 107,160 Japanese Ships CV Akagi BB Kirishima BB Hiei CA Chikuma DD Hamakaze DD Ariake DD Yugure DD Shiratsuyu Allied Ships SS S-40, hits 1 SS S-40 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Akagi DD Ariake fails to find sub and abandons search DD Yugure fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shiratsuyu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiratsuyu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiratsuyu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiratsuyu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiratsuyu attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub MISS MISS MISS MISS still got my carrier sitting in LA with an estimate of repair duration of 166 days after being hit by a damn IJN sub... damn it, damn it, damn it... [image]local://upfiles/13774/259553E4666F40C0B3393F2D7756138A.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Noumea at 107,160 Japanese Ships DD Kagero BB Kirishima CA Chikuma DD Ariake DD Yugure DD Shiratsuyu Allied Ships SS Thresher SS Thresher launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kagero Thresher diving deep .... DD Ariake fails to find sub and abandons search DD Yugure fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shiratsuyu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiratsuyu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiratsuyu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiratsuyu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiratsuyu attacking submerged sub .... DD Shiratsuyu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiratsuyu attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub I´ve expected Rainer to send KB to either Brisbane or Sidney (or to both bases) to bomb the port and airfields, so I´ve sent out the 10 operational subs that were in Brisbane´s port. The last two days it looked like KB would move straight South into my expected shipping lanes to Australia and KB already has been sighted West of Noumea, so it looked like my subs would all miss the enemy due to KB being faster on it´s way South. But now KB swings North West again and is no the same height as Brisbane and ends up in the middle of my Wolfpack. The IJN carriers passed over several of my subs and ends up together with three of them in the same hex at the end of the day. As it looks now we could see KB moving in to attack Brisbane tomorrow or moving back to Truk. Perhaps my subs scared Rainer a little and perhaps we get another shot at a juicy target, to score a dud... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,133 Japanese Ships DD Akikaze DD Yakaze Allied Ships SS S-23, hits 5 SS S-23 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Akikaze DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yakaze attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub another big TF at Milne Bay again, this one is probably the same that bailed out and escaped my carriers during the turn we redid... another big TF was spotted West of Milne Bay, being identified as CS CS CA CA... have my 4Es on nav attack but they didn´t launch, I´m not sure if this isn´t a small carrier TF that is acting as high value target for my airforce to guard this TF at Milne from air attacks... as long as my bombers don´t launch I won´t find out... if I had to guess, I would say this TF consists of some 500lb bomb prove CAs escorted by some DDs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,48 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 13 damaged Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Bataan ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 43 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 12 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Zuid KNIL Battalion ... Also attacking Teloekbetoeng Base Force ... Also attacking Palembang Base Force ... the enemy doesn´t suffer any real losses from those daily attacks... guess the enemy bombers have quite a high skill in ground bombing already, but I don´t care much about this anyway as the most important skill for bombers IMO is nav bomb to hurt enemy shipping. Even with low ground bombing skill you get hits on an airbase but without a high nav bomb skill you don´t get any hits on shipping... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 40 Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd Construction Regiment, at 87,44 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 7th Construction Regiment ... Also attacking 3rd Construction Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet * Rainer knows how the game works... the Zero has a better man rating at 30.000ft than a P-40 (the best Allied fighter until late 42 [:(]) has at 5.000 ft, therefore he sends them in at nearly max alt. The Zeroes are killers if THEY get bounced and are invincible when they are on sweep and bounce our fighters. And when coming in at 30.000ft Rainer can be sure to bounce my fighters. Wonder if the intention of the developers was to create an Airwar in the stratosphere type of game... I won´t blame my opponent nor any other player to send his fighters in at the most effective alt but I really wonder how realistic the game is, or how good (I´m sure there will be again enough people pissed off by just this sentence...) This is even higher than the fighting in Europe took place and we all know that the clashes in Europe took place in considerable higher alts than in the Pacific, yet the game produces exactly the opposite. And this is surely not something the players are responsible for. You do the best you can and you use your material at the best way you can in the game. And we were also TOLD to do so (remember the "you have to know the altitude bands of your ac, otherwise you lose"). If this is possible in a complete ahistorical, better say unrealistic way then you still do it. You don´t have to know the altitude bands, you only have to know that every Japanese fighter has better man ratings than the Allied fighters, no matter at what alt, so the solution is to send in the Japanese fighters at more or less max range as this gives you the man advantage and the still allmighty BOUNCE. The game should keep you from doing it IMO, at least in such cases when it comes down to aircraft stats. I can´t remember the IJNAAF seeing 30.000ft sweeps as the most effective, but perhaps I´m remembering the wrong numbers when thinking about the sweeps against Guadalcanal for example. Again something I will only say here in this AAR, I would get shot for it saying it in the main forum... the harm is done, the harm is done... [8\|] When more or less all Japanese fighters (no matter if early or late war ones) have better man ratings at 30k ft than Allied ac have at 10k ft then I wonder how this will turn out, especially as the Japanese advanced types are only marginally slower than the Allied ones. The P-40 still being the most important fighter far into 43 then both isn´t true as the P-40 will be slower and less maneuverable than the IJA fighters. I know this is critizising the game again (or one of it´s routines) and people may ask why I still play it. Well, it´s the only game of this depth about this theatre. While I´m not even particularly interested in the Pacific war, there´s no other game of this depth of any theatre (at least none that I know of). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 26 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet * those two 30.000ft sweeps would have shot down all my fighters if I would have put some into the air... no matter if the enemy operates at extended range or not... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pingsiang (82,54) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12372 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 901 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 425 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 425 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Pingsiang !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 39th Division 116th Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 310 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1004 Defending force 20497 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 656 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 17th Division 22nd Division 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment 4th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 100th Chinese Corps 88th Chinese Corps 16th Construction Regiment 3rd War Area 25th Group Army 10th Group Army 14th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang (48,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 9424 troops, 90 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 303 Defending force 2403 troops, 36 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 55 Japanese adjusted assault: 209 Allied adjusted defense: 61 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Palembang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 989 casualties reported Squads: 30 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 69 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 5 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade Sasebo 3rd SNLF 12th JAAF Base Force Defending units: Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Teloekbetoeng Base Force Djambi Base Force Palembang Base Force and to make this not nice turn even worse, Palembang is lost and there is NO damage to the oil or resource sites... not a single point damaged and I do raise the question again if this is WAD... Except Java, all places my opponent captured were completely UNDAMAGED... die rolls? Sure... Perhaps I´m not reading enough AARs but so far I´ve missed the outcry: "hell, halve of the oil at Palembang is damaged"... so far I´ve only seen: "excellent, no damage to any oil or resource sites"... [&:]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/21/2010 3:14:24 PM)
Palembang [image]local://upfiles/13774/9F46815B291C453185EEE94101027F51.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/21/2010 9:24:26 PM)
Keep at it and most importantly keep your style. Many might get "offended" by the sarcastic remarks but many of them have valid concerns. That might be one of the reason why thimg get so "hot" at times! [:D] As for few of your comments. Well, Zero flying around 30 000 feet are very very tough customers. The bounce is real killer and can hurt your reduced aircraft pools in the longrun. The resource "damaged ratios" are no news either. I had similar experience around the DEI with very limited damage done to any resource centers. Actually Palempang was seized fully intact along with other bases in the region. The above ofcourse might be FOW so I cannot confirm this but that what the game showed me too. Other than your submarines will be an asset. I'am moving them around and they get hits in late 1942's. I'am not going to any detailed discussion since my PBEM partner most likely will read. Just letting you know that you are not the only one who has seen such things. Keep at it and best of luck!

khyberbill -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/21/2010 11:52:09 PM)
quote: and to make this not nice turn even worse, Palembang is lost and there is NO damage to the oil or resource sites... not a single point damaged and I do raise the question again if this is WAD... Except Java, all places my opponent captured were completely UNDAMAGED... die rolls? Sure... Perhaps I´m not reading enough AARs but so far I´ve missed the outcry: "hell, halve of the oil at Palembang is damaged"... so far I´ve only seen: "excellent, no damage to any oil or resource sites"... I have seen reduced damage to resource/oil sites in AE compared to WITP. It is what it is and doesnt really bother me. More targets for the subs in 43.

khyberbill -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/22/2010 12:08:49 AM)
quote: When more or less all Japanese fighters (no matter if early or late war ones) have better man ratings at 30k ft than Allied ac have at 10k ft then I wonder how this will turn out, especially as the Japanese advanced types are only marginally slower than the Allied ones. The P-40 still being the most important fighter far into 43 then both isn´t true as the P-40 will be slower and less maneuverable than the IJA fighters. I know this is critizising the game again (or one of it´s routines) and people may ask why I still play it. Well, it´s the only game of this depth about this theatre. While I´m not even particularly interested in the Pacific war, there´s no other game of this depth of any theatre (at least none that I know of). Despite what some of the developers have said about picking the right altitude for P39/40s they suck at all altitudes except against the Nates when fighting a smart opponent. Basically one has to wait for the Corsairs to arrive to even things out in the South Pacific and OZ. I have had fairly good success with the Hurricanes set at 30k in Burma but I have to pick my fights. There are two Canadian squadrons that I buy out and send to India/China that also have Hurricanes. I sweep with the Hurries and escort with P40Ks. Incidentally, once you get close enough to his air bases, your foe really cant stop night attacks. I usually come in at 10k (balloons are effective at lower alt and nasty) with B17/24/25/26 and Wellies. Only get from 1-4 planes per night, but over a month that starts to add up. Then a few days sweep with Corsairs, if in range, and the airfield is usually abandoned. P28s have disappointed me but I may have pressed them into service too soon. Will build up their experience in future games to over 60 before committing them to the meat grinder. And I dont meant to add fuel to the fire, but if you combine sweeps with an air attack, expect your sweeps to go in last. And I dont care what side you are on and this happens even if the airfield with the sweep flights is closest to the action. They prefer to wait until the cap is exhausted on the bombers before joining the fray. I have found it more effective to sweep for a few days then send in the bombers. Escorts dont like to fly with bombers unless at the same altitude and from the same base. It also helps if they all went to primary school together. Finally, the more complicated your air or naval attack is, the more likely Murphy will strike and strike hard at the most vulnerable point.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/22/2010 7:59:26 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: aztez Keep at it and most importantly keep your style. Many might get "offended" by the sarcastic remarks but many of them have valid concerns. That might be one of the reason why thimg get so "hot" at times! [:D] As for few of your comments. Well, Zero flying around 30 000 feet are very very tough customers. The bounce is real killer and can hurt your reduced aircraft pools in the longrun. The resource "damaged ratios" are no news either. I had similar experience around the DEI with very limited damage done to any resource centers. Actually Palempang was seized fully intact along with other bases in the region. The above ofcourse might be FOW so I cannot confirm this but that what the game showed me too. Other than your submarines will be an asset. I'am moving them around and they get hits in late 1942's. I'am not going to any detailed discussion since my PBEM partner most likely will read. Just letting you know that you are not the only one who has seen such things. Keep at it and best of luck! Hi I guess I will keep my style - that´s just how I am [;)] - but I will limit myselve not to take it out in the main forum as I was more than just surprised about the flak I took there. Have to admit that I wasn´t aware that I´ve been the most annoying a$$hole over the last five years, so it was, kind of surprising. Funny thing is I didn´t even want to piss off someone. There are many things that could work better in the game, no difference to WITP. The difference I´ve noticed though will be that WITP was constantly improved over the patches, but according to jwilkerson and michaelm this won´t really happen with AE, as bug busting will more or less be the only thing to come with future patches. And that´s the downside, because while I like a lot of the new features, many of them need work and improvement. But hey, that´s my oppinion. I could count them up now, but I fear that this post could lead to another flak party then. If you follow my AAR, it´s unavoidable anyway to notice what I´m thinking about things. [:D] I also appreciate all the work that was put into AE and am amazed what was brought up from people that weren´t even paid. Nevertheless there are some issues IMO and noone should get offended just because those issued are posted on the forum.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/22/2010 8:05:03 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: khyberbill quote: and to make this not nice turn even worse, Palembang is lost and there is NO damage to the oil or resource sites... not a single point damaged and I do raise the question again if this is WAD... Except Java, all places my opponent captured were completely UNDAMAGED... die rolls? Sure... Perhaps I´m not reading enough AARs but so far I´ve missed the outcry: "hell, halve of the oil at Palembang is damaged"... so far I´ve only seen: "excellent, no damage to any oil or resource sites"... I have seen reduced damage to resource/oil sites in AE compared to WITP. It is what it is and doesnt really bother me. More targets for the subs in 43. you´re correct and a dozen of the big TK lost is worse for the Japanese than losing 200 refineries in Palembang but nevertheless it seems to me that the chance to actually do some damage should be bigger. IMO, it was just fine in WITP. The chances there were quite good for the attacker that he takes sites undamaged, there were those exceptional happenings when you saw a lot (or even complete) destruction, but they were very very rare IMO. As it is now, it seems like 95% of the times there is no damage at all and the 5% rest there´s damage on a dozen points. No, this is not an official test scenario statistic. [;)] Not to forget is the fact that I´ve started this PBEM with my all time hr for PBEMs that doesn´t allow Allied strategic bombing against Japanese occupied Allied teritory. This means enemy oil, res, Hi... is pretty much save and the Japanese can plan right from the start with a 100% output of all the targets he will attack. I would again start with my hr, but there should still be the same die roll for damaging the sites when you have troops there. In WITP there was often damage done even when you had NO troops there (which I didn´t like [:)]).

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/22/2010 8:26:38 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: khyberbill quote: When more or less all Japanese fighters (no matter if early or late war ones) have better man ratings at 30k ft than Allied ac have at 10k ft then I wonder how this will turn out, especially as the Japanese advanced types are only marginally slower than the Allied ones. The P-40 still being the most important fighter far into 43 then both isn´t true as the P-40 will be slower and less maneuverable than the IJA fighters. I know this is critizising the game again (or one of it´s routines) and people may ask why I still play it. Well, it´s the only game of this depth about this theatre. While I´m not even particularly interested in the Pacific war, there´s no other game of this depth of any theatre (at least none that I know of). Despite what some of the developers have said about picking the right altitude for P39/40s they suck at all altitudes except against the Nates when fighting a smart opponent. Basically one has to wait for the Corsairs to arrive to even things out in the South Pacific and OZ. I have had fairly good success with the Hurricanes set at 30k in Burma but I have to pick my fights. There are two Canadian squadrons that I buy out and send to India/China that also have Hurricanes. I sweep with the Hurries and escort with P40Ks. Incidentally, once you get close enough to his air bases, your foe really cant stop night attacks. I usually come in at 10k (balloons are effective at lower alt and nasty) with B17/24/25/26 and Wellies. Only get from 1-4 planes per night, but over a month that starts to add up. Then a few days sweep with Corsairs, if in range, and the airfield is usually abandoned. P28s have disappointed me but I may have pressed them into service too soon. Will build up their experience in future games to over 60 before committing them to the meat grinder. And I dont meant to add fuel to the fire, but if you combine sweeps with an air attack, expect your sweeps to go in last. And I dont care what side you are on and this happens even if the airfield with the sweep flights is closest to the action. They prefer to wait until the cap is exhausted on the bombers before joining the fray. I have found it more effective to sweep for a few days then send in the bombers. Escorts dont like to fly with bombers unless at the same altitude and from the same base. It also helps if they all went to primary school together. Finally, the more complicated your air or naval attack is, the more likely Murphy will strike and strike hard at the most vulnerable point. so true, all you´ve said is something I totally agree with. After finding out that I can´t do anything against the Zero high alt sweeps I bailed out everywhere. There´s just no sense to use your P-40 if you lose them at a 5:1 or higher loss rate, no matter what alt you set them. You go high, your smart opponent just goes higher. In every altitude band the Zero is so much superior to your P-40 that it does not make sense to put them up in front of the Zeroes 20mm cannons. You can harm them on escort but the stratosphere sweep bounce is the mega killer. I´ve complained about the bounce in WITP for halve a decade now, in AE it became even more frightening. I really would like to see a daitai of Zeroes bouncing from 30.000ft on some Warhawks on 10.000ft... if they really would do zoom and boom, I guess the fragile Zeroes would just break apart. Thus leading to what we see in PBEMs, fights in the vicinty of Sputnik. And this with aircraft that were supposed to fight at low and medium alts in real life. Again I have to question if this is ok. And again I have to say that of course PBEM players use their aircraft at the best possible alt and this is the HIGHEST alt possible when doing sweeps. Always stay above your enemy. Have Allied fighters and stay above your enemy and you will have a chance to perhaps do some damage too, have Japanese fighters and you whipe the floor with enemy CAP if your sweep comes in and bounces out of the stratosphere. Another difference between WITP and AE is when the sweeps are going in. As you say you end up mostly with the sweep coming late, even if you had your sweeping and far faster fighters (compared to the bombers) closer to the target. In WITP I achieved a 100% rate of sweeps going in earlier than the bombers when the sweep was closer to the target. This under the condition that the sweep flew of course. Now all you can do is not to bomb at all the day you have a sweep but this of course will make it harder and we were always told to do everything the same day anyway to disrupt the enemy Cap. Now you can only fight it out day after day and hope you will kill more fighters than you lose. And finally send in some bombers that hopefully also get some escorts. IMO this has all become far too random and doesn´t reflect history or better say reality at all. It seems you have a far higher chance to see everything screwed up now, no matter under what conditions, even under the best conditions you have it screwed up more often than not. With me doing the full Sir Robin with my airforce I was able to build up a nice stock of P-40 and also a couple of dozen Hurricanes at the moment. I´ve also done extensive training and have rotated pilots for hours and hours and hours. The result now is that I´ve got enough fighters for a couple of days of fights and all squadrons have decent air and def skill. But we will still be fighting at the disadvantage that the Zero and the Oscar are the better aircraft at all heights. And our fighters don´t have enough speed advantage to make up the disadvantage of being on Cap, being probably at lower alt and being less maneuverable. But hey, I can of course set them on max alt... 32.000ft? So the Zero will rule until we get P-40K which is quite fast and the man rating seems to be ok at mega high altitude. But by then, the IJAAF will field hundreds of Tojos that have replaced the Oscars and the Tojo once again beats all the Allied fighters until the Corsair. Why? Because the Tojo is slightly slower than the P-40 (far faster than the Hurricane so forget about all your British fighter squadrons) but far more maneuverable again and so the Japanese again win the round - at least when I look at the stats. So it comes down to pilot quality. And this is, like mentioned earlier, an equal fight between the Japanese and the Allied. The Allied don´t have the edge on pilot quality either as it only takes the Japanese four weeks more to train a pilot that has not passed flight school up to 65 skill than what it takes the Allied to train up a rookie that came out of flight school to 65 skill due to the training now being quite effective again. In this PBEM, we´re 10 weeks into the war and I´ve got so many 60 skill pilots in the reserve pool that I could swap out my fighter squadrons two times at least, so I would run out of aircraft faster than I will run out of skilled pilots now. And this won´t change as I will keep training hundreds of pilots. What I´ve seen so far, Rainer is an excellent opponent and sure knows what to do, therefore I expect him to have a well working pilot training too and I also expect him to completely outproduce me with high end fighters.

LoBaron -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/22/2010 9:31:41 AM)
The limited damage to the dutch Oil fields is probably due to the low ammount of engineers they have at the bases. They do the damage on retreat. I wonder if it helps to stack the afew eng units at the most important ressource/oil bases to maximize the chances of damage when they get attacked.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/22/2010 10:05:58 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LoBaron The limited damage to the dutch Oil fields is probably due to the low ammount of engineers they have at the bases. They do the damage on retreat. I wonder if it helps to stack the afew eng units at the most important ressource/oil bases to maximize the chances of damage when they get attacked. I´ve moved all the available units into Palembang that I could move there overland. That´s the reason why Rainer had to reinforce his troops. Didn´t help in damaging anything though. I wouldn´t want to move in more troops from somewhere else though trying to get a better die roll of which I´m not really sure it would achieve something.

khyberbill -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/22/2010 12:24:14 PM)
I have not seen or read of any serious damage to the resource centers except when they have been evacuated by the Allies. A smart foe will spend most of 42 using his tankers and cargo vessels extracting as much from the DEI that is possible before US fleet boats become more effective. That should limit expansion plans-naturally that has not happened by most JFB's yet, although in one of my PBEMs, we are into 4/43 and my foe wishes he had done that instead of invading Darwin. I sink about 2 ships a day now and that is after the reaction range was reduced to 1.

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