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castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/1/2011 4:37:19 PM)
and after having spotted KB for at least two dozen times sitting 10 hexes off Manado we had around 7 dozen messages like "bombers fail to locate target due to range or weather", "bombers fail to link up", "escorts fail to link up", "pilots being off at the beach" and "pilots refusing to fly because they don´t give a damn about orders, it´s only pixel war after all"... watched these messages for around 90 sec, quite amusing after watching the messages for 60 sec when we had 3 dozen messages for the carrier based Hellcats failing to do anything reasonable... I expected to see the first strike going in with something like no fighters and 15 bombers... though with the old rule to follow in AE, you get the most aircraft over the target if you try to screw up as much as possible with your squadrons being spread out over as many airfields as possible was also true here as some 70 Corsairs from Cotabato managed to escort the bombers from Manado... how does this work on a naval strike? Truly a genius coordination here I would say and I also tend to say that this would have near impossible in real life... the bombers and fighters from the same base fail to do so, heck, but 70 fighters from a base 9 hexes away manage to escort? mhm... Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 174 (first thought: why so few Zekes on Cap?) [X(]) N1K1-J George x 2 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 81 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged Japanese Ships CV Akagi, Bomb hits 2, on fire CL Tokachi CVL Chitose, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 2 planes vectored on to bombers S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes the enemy is coming in with no less than 19 carriers in various task forces and parks them 10 hexes NE of the level 9 airfield of Manado (some 500 bombers of various types and more than 300 fighters) with another 150 fighters at Cotabato, just 7 hexes to the East and then we only meet a meager Cap of 174 Zekes backed up by two Georges on LRCAP coming from somewhere around Brunei... I don´t know what Rainer was really up to, in fact he ends up far to close to Manado... was this an attempt to attack my carriers at Manado that ended up at least two hexes short or another attempt to draw unescorted heavy bombers? With his Cap setting I would tend to think it was too short move to attack my carriers because his Cap setting clearly wasn´t higher than 50% with his fighters doing something else (escort) than flying Cap... the Zekes had the never ending dive from the start until the end of the engagement, they never ran out nor did it ever change over to the Corsairs... I thought this would turn into a total disaster for the Corsairs but in the end it didn´t as the Corsairs fought bravely... while not really taking out the fighters on Cap, the Corsairs mostly evaded the attackers or weren´t shot down but sent home damaged... this enabled the small number of bombers to fly through Cap as if it wouldn´t be existent to put to bombs through Akagi´s deck and another three through the Chitose´s deck which was left heavily burning... one of the bombers was downed by flak before dropping any bombs... insane result for 12 attacking bombers, perhaps I should not use them that low, but I guess with 70 nav skill they wouldn´t perform any different from 3000ft... and I´m always thinking about what 12 Betty/Nell/Frances do to my carriers or battleships when they manage to get through Cap, usually you end up with holes in your CVs´ hulls and these are more severe than 500lb bombs going through the deck... I was absolutely pleased about the Corsairs performance (when the fight start I expected to see 40 Corsairs being outright shot down), not to talk about the five bomb hits on enemy carriers... this pretty much makes up for the duds on Hiryu earlier this day... [image]local://upfiles/13774/89B1243292704991B350DD4F85BFD1BA.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 45 P-38J Lightning x 22 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 20 F4U-1 Corsair x 13 PV-1 Ventura x 54 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 15 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 40 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb oh boy, what a bad timing... had all the low nav trained Mitchells and Venturas on nav attack all the time, just to order a grd training attack now and then... and I did that exactly TODAY... not only were all my Venturas and Mitchells flying to Talaud Eilanden we also had 35 fighters flying with them that also could have reached KB (sending 55 fighters with these bombers to Talaud Eilanden is truly a great working routine, as if the 200+ carrier based Hellcats wouldn´t have been enough as an escort [8\|])... again, I can´t set any fighters to "escort nav strike", so I´m "relying" on the routine to assign escorts... and it constantly fails doing it with any logical sense behind it as having some 300 fighters escorting a hundred medium bombers to an empty, damaged airfield (it has been like this for months already) is truly a smart desicion when you have enemy carriers sitting 400 miles off your base and bombers launching to attack them at the same time... of course, I can be stupid again and thinking like this is totally insane and I completely miss the point... I have to admit that... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 P-38J Lightning x 16 PV-1 Ventura x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 P-38J Lightning x 22 PV-1 Ventura x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb sending my bombers to Talaud Eilanden purely is my fault of course, it would have been smarter to have either the Mitchells or the Venturas doing the training run, while the other type would have been kept on naval attack to see perhaps 15% of the bombers actually managing to attack the enemy ships (like it is true for all the bombers on nav attack today)... my bad, can´t blaim the routine for me being stupid in this case... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 149 N1K1-J George x 2 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 65 F4U-1A Corsair x 36 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 7 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 25 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamato CVL Zuiho CVL Ryuho CVL Nisshin CV Shokaku CV Zuikaku BB Kongo CVL Shoho CV Akagi, on fire BB Haruna Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (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 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 1 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 1 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Akagi next strike is mostly made up by high flying USAAF heavy "fighter" squadrons that also carry some bombs to kill some fish a couple of miles away from the enemy carriers... I was amazed about the size of this bomber strike, even if I already knew the untrained B-24 would not hit anything... while taking down a couple of Zekes the Corsairs did not do much more in this engagement (saved quite a lot of them I guess) while the bombers also took out a good number of Zekes before they went in to drop their loads...we only had 6 Navy bombers we could have relied on scoring some hits but unfortunately they all missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 100 N1K1-J George x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed Japanese Ships CVL Nisshin Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers only a hundred Zekes left on Cap but our strikes start to become smaller and smaller without any bombers being able to hit enemy shipping... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hue , at 66,64 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet [8\|] love it... the daily "three fighters unable to fly in formation with their squadron"... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and here comes the reason why so few Zekes were on Cap over the carriers... Morning Air attack on TF, near Cotabato at 78,90 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 66 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 195 [X(][X(] B6N2 Jill x 9 [8\|] Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2 F4U-1A Corsair x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Allied Ships LCI-84 LCI-333, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk LCI-335 LCI-85, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk LCI-63 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 5 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet 7 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet 3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 5 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 9 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet 3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet CAP engaged: VMF-225 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 35th FG/40th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VMF-218 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes VMF-224 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes the routines are the same for both sides, both sides SUFFER from them the same silly way... I don´t know if someone in charge ever really read a book on this matter but having 195 Zekes escorting a laughable number of 9 Jills to attack a target like this TF consisting of two AM and a couple of LCI must be the joke of the day (just as silly as the 200+ Hellcats trying to escor my LBA strikes)... again, I may ask ppl that are truly experts on the Pacific war (which I am clearly not when I read about what ppl on this forum really know about it) to explain me what a real life Admiral would have thought to send 195 Zekes to escort a strike of 9 Jills... I dare to say that this would not have happened... I also dare to say that the routine WORKED in ordering only 9 Jills to attack this useless convoy but it COMPLETELY FAILED to assign a reasonable number of escort for 9 Jills! Being in a test phase, I bet it would be said "sorry, there is something out of whack and not yet working as it should"... unfortunately, we´re beyond test phase... or, again, I fail to see notice this being well reasonable and perfectly realistic, which would lead to a "teachable moment" again... [:'(] in this case it is getting me an advantage and people might well think this stupid bastard is only complaining when things are screwed up and are disadvantaging him, sorry, but I would have preferred to only see a good dozen escorts here and the rest staying with the carriers, even if it would have resulted in not a single bomb hit so far with far more Allied aircraft being shot down... I can ausure you that Rainer didn´t like it either to see 195 Zekes being sent with a couple of Jills... my complaining and bitching won´t change anything and I doubt this will ever become better as it seems to be seen as working near perfectly but this is something I just can´t accpet, therefore I am going to spit around as I just can´t hold back... I should record myselve while watching the replay, sure would be a nice youtube clip, at least for those who are speaking German... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 65 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 2 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships CV Taiho CVL Chiyoda Aircraft Attacking: 3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Shinyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead we´re still in the morning and more piece meal strikes are trickling in... Cap is nearly completely down already... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 60 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 5 damaged Japanese Ships CVL Ryuho, Bomb hits 1 CVL Nisshin, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 4 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 2 planes vectored on to bombers Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 2 planes vectored on to bombers 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead Shinyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead this strike wasn´t nearly touched at all by the enemy fighters and flak proves to be far more effective than enemy Cap so far (at least against the bombers)... being untouched by the fighters, the bombers manage to put a bomb in two so far undamaged CVL... the 500lb bombs don´t cause follow on explosions that often, so far only Akagi suffered a follow on explosion from one of the two bomb hits... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 47 Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships CVL Mizuho CL Sendai, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 5 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead still bombers coming in in the morning, when I see the Cap being completely unable to do anything against our strikes, then I´m really pitying my decision to send my mediums on a grd attack run as today would have been the perfect example of what I was planning for all the war so far... competitive escorts and heavy USAAF bombers to clear the way for the bombers that are actually able to hit shipping, in this case PB4Y-1, Venturas and B-25D1 (of course we also got 1E dive and torp bombers and Aussie Beaufort VIII but these were all out of range)... a bomb hits a light cruiser... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 37 Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamato Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead while being a fat target, Yamato was the wrong target to be attacked with 500lb bombs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 27 Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 6 damaged Japanese Ships BB Kongo CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes but Shoho takes one now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships CVL Ryuho CVL Nisshin, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Nisshin that´s it for the morning, several carriers have been hit, a CVL being heavily damaged... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- now the afternoon strikes... Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Heavy rain bad news... Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 122 N1K1-J George x 2 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 60 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 10 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 24 damaged Japanese Ships CVE Taiyo, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Natori BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 2 CVE Hosho CVL Chiyoda BB Kirishima Aircraft Attacking: 4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 5 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (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 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 3 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers we nearly resemble the same initial strike that went in first in the morning, this time the Corsairs take down more enemy fighters on Cap than we suffered Corsairs being shot down... bad weather reduced the bombers´ hit rate and while to bombs hit Mutsu while not doing any damage we also score one penetrating deck hit on CVE Taiyo... this trip can really get become costly for the Japanese... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 42 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 42 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships CVE Kaiyo CVE Unyo Aircraft Attacking: 5 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 80 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Shinyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers nearly no fight between the escorts and the fighters on Cap at all, no hits scored... would have been great to have my mediums set to naval attack/airfield attack Talaud Eilanden, but this wasn´t a possibility as I would have to either attack Talaud at 1000ft (I don´t want to fly ground attacks below 6000ft) or have the nav attacks at >6000ft which would not make sense either with my crews being trained to low nav attack... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 36 Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships CVE Kaiyo CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes Shinyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead now Hosho is hit... so many enemy carriers means spreading out the attacks on a lot of ships... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 20 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 65 F4U-1A Corsair x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged Japanese Ships CV Junyo CVL Chiyoda CVL Chitose, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Hamakaze CV Zuikaku CV Unryu BB Musashi BB Haruna CVL Ryuho BB Kirishima CVE Hosho BB Kongo Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Shinyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead 1 planes vectored on to bombers Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Chitose here comes the heavy fighter sweep... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 7 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Japanese Ships CVE Taiyo, on fire CVL Mizuho Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Taiyo class CVE 7 Zekes on Cap left... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cotabato at 78,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 66 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 166 [8\|][8\|][8\|] B6N2 Jill x 18 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 18 F4U-1A Corsair x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 15 destroyed B6N2 Jill: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Allied Ships LCI-83, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AM Adroit LCI-334 PC Vigilant LCI-75, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk LCI-84, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 18 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 8 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet 10 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet 6 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet 7 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 4 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet 4 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet 5 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 13000 feet 8 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 10 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 8 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 5 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 13000 feet all these sweeping Zekes failed to escort... [8\|] yeah, I know... altitude... yeah, for sure... CAP engaged: VMF-218 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes VMF-224 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes VMF-225 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes 49th FG/9th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 42000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes 35th FG/39th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 42000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 35th FG/40th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 42000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 475th FG/432nd FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 42000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes and here´s the main reason for the Japanese "disaster" today... just like in the morning, also the afternoon phase sees a ridicoulosly high number of escorts flying with one and a halve dozen Jills to attack the same useless convoy at Cotabato... even though the number of fighters on Cap was minimal, considering we could have launched 75 Thuds, the Zekes were hit hard and we are not downing useless replacement pilots here, I´m sure today saw many highly skilled, irreplacable Japanese fighter pilots being KIA... I found the morning escort totally off, but after suffering several hits on the Japanese carriers it is even more ridicoulos to see nearly 200 fighters escorting here also in the afternoon... well knowing that this isn´t taken into account if it would be smart or not to send all these escorts, it just depends on the setting and there is no setting like "please refrain from making up a stupidly looking strike"... this convoy I had at Cotabato wasn´t a bait or something like that, it was just a small priceless convoy I have sent there to bring some troops to Cotabato and until Hiryu was attacked by our sub during the night, I wasn´t aware of KB sprinting in anyway...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/1/2011 4:51:29 PM)
What a day! I still fail to get why Rainer moved his carries to a position 10 hexes NW of Manado, even if he would have tried to attack my carriers at Manado, why would he do this? He could attack them when I´m out for my next invasion and not when I´m sitting at a base with hundreds of fighters and hundreds of bombers. And if he would have wanted to kill a couple of dozen B-24 again then he was just far too close to my base and had a far too low Cap setting. Hmm, I really don´t know. At this stage it doesn´t look like he will lose some ships, with CVL Chitose being heavily damaged though but he lost a lot of precious pilots today. KB´s bombers have been whiped out earlier (at Sydney, then partially near Menado and then near Hollandia) but his fighters got mostly away so far. Today many of them left their lives over Cotabato and some more over the carriers. The 152 Zekes claimed shot down seem a bit too many IMO, I guess the real losses must have been around 100. We lost 6 weeks´ PB4Y-1 replacements and more than three dozen Corsairs but most of them crashed on the runway or were write off, total pilots lost today didn´t exceed two dozen (fighter and bomber pilots together). While not decisive, I would say that this was a clear Allied victory and it is going to make life easier int he coming months. a couple of CVL/CVE are going to need repairs (with the chance of one CVL sinking) and Akagi is also going to spend quite some time in a shipyard after taking two bombs with a fuel storage explosion following. Guess today has reduced KB total capacity by some 200 carrier based aircraft. While our strenght is constantly growing, our fleet carrier task forces should now outnumber KB 2:1 already. Add in the two escort carrier TFs I have at the front with 26 CVE covering our invasion TFs. Rainer has done very well so far in keeping all his carriers together undamaged which has provided him with quite a force to go toe on toe with my carrier fleet. With the sinking of two undamaged Unryu carriers by my fleet subs, Kaga being hit by two torps and now Akagi and several CVL/CVE being hit, his available carrier force is becoming smaller. And it´s happening exactly at a time when we are on the move to jump into real vital areas of the Japanese. Not that bad situation for us now. Flak has been far more dangerous for our bombers today than enemy fighters, most op losses must have also been due to flak damage. [image]local://upfiles/13774/D0A5E1F0F3CB4534BF81DAF44077044E.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/3/2011 12:52:22 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 12, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 67,77 Japanese Ships xAP Horai Maru AK Sakura Maru xAP Huso Maru xAP Manzyu Maru xAP Rakuyo Maru xAP Terukuni Maru xAP Brazil Maru E Tsuga Allied Ships SS Pompano SS Pompano launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Horai Maru E Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub missed... too many misses lately... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Bara at 74,106 Japanese Ships SS I-182, hits 13, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Terry DD Twining DD Young DD Wickes DD Walker DD Wadsworth SS I-182 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Terry I-182 diving deep .... DD Young attacking submerged sub .... DD Wickes fails to find sub and abandons search DD Walker attacking submerged sub .... DD Wadsworth fails to find sub and abandons search DD Young attacking submerged sub .... SS I-182 forced to surface! DD Young firing on surfaced sub .... DD Wickes firing on surfaced sub .... DD Walker firing on surfaced sub .... DD Wadsworth firing on surfaced sub .... DD Young firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves heavy escort runs over an enemy sub and the sub is sunk... chance to have enemy subs sunk when encountering my DDs has long reached 50%+... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 81,71 Japanese Ships E No.11 E No.16 E No.14 Allied Ships SS Jack, hits 18 SS Jack is sighted by escort E No.16 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 attacking submerged sub .... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub chance for our subs to be sunk when encountering enemy super E is around 33%... this one luckily survives with 47 sys 15 flt 7 eng... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 60,79 Japanese Ships TK Mirii Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SC Ch 12 SC Ch 4 TK Ogura Maru #3 PB Muroran Maru PB Myoken Maru Allied Ships SS Scamp SS Scamp launches 4 torpedoes at TK Mirii Maru Scamp diving deep .... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru attacking submerged sub .... SS Scamp eludes PB Myoken Maru by diving deep SS Scamp eludes PB Myoken Maru by diving deep PB Myoken Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Scamp PB Myoken Maru loses contact with SS Scamp PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub important hit here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 60,79 Japanese Ships PB Muroran Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Scamp SS Scamp launches 4 torpedoes at PB Muroran Maru Sub escapes detection Scamp attacks again, this time the escort of the split off TK... both sunk...[:)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 14 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 6 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet CAP engaged: 203rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes Oscars vs. Thunderbolts = a very one sided affair... I can not see a reason for the enemy to use Oscars for combat at this stage of the war... using them for training might be an idea but they should not be used for active combat duty anymore... quite historical but if Rainer keeps on using them we are going to achieve far unhistorical kill rates in total as we are shooting them out of the sky at something like 20:1... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet CAP engaged: 203rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740 Raid is overhead the P-47 ruled the sky today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet 3 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet 3 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet CAP engaged: 203rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes love this feature... really... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 36740 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 79,69 Japanese Ships E No.12 E No.16 E No.14 Allied Ships SS Pampanito, hits 2 SS Pampanito launches 6 torpedoes at E No.12 Pampanito diving deep .... E No.16 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.16 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.16 attacking submerged sub .... E No.16 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.16 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub missed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Puerto Princesa at 71,78 Japanese Ships AO Shiretoko TK Ceram Maru DD Suruyame Allied Ships SS Billfish, hits 1 SS Billfish is sighted by escort DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame attacking submerged sub .... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub airwar has been totally one sided today, the Oscars were chanceless as usual but also the Tojos failed to do any damage... note the 3 A6M5 being destroyed on the ground, there were no airfield attacks today so I´ve mentioned in my email to Rainer I found it very interesting to see these three Zekes destroyed on the ground, smells like a carrier going down... the reply was short and like this: "Japanese damage control sucks" [:D] this pretty much was the confirmation that CVL Chitose was going down within a day after being hit by three 500lb bombs which makes the end result even worse for the Japanese for a trip with KB I still can´t figure out a reason for... the rest of KB was retiring North but was still in range of my patrols, enemy Cap took down three Mariners... [image]local://upfiles/13774/65B121AD8DF645D1B443F9CD817745EC.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/3/2011 12:57:11 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 13, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balabac at 69,84 Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku BB Haruna BB Kongo CA Chikuma CA Tone DD Yukikaze DD Amatsukaze DD Shiranui DD Maikaze DD Hayashio Allied Ships SS S-27, hits 3 SS S-27 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku S-27 diving deep .... DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shiranui fails to find sub and abandons search DD Maikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hayashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashio attacking submerged sub .... DD Hayashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashio attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub lucky Rainer... when KB was moving in, we scored duds on Hiryu, now that KB moves out, we miss Zuikaku... in return the sub is knocked out... 11 sys 39 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83 Japanese Ships DD Hatsuzuki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire BB Kirishima BB Hiei DD Kuroshio DD Hagikaze DD Nowaki DD Hamakaze DD Urakaze Allied Ships SS Whale, hits 4 SS Whale launches 6 torpedoes at DD Hatsuzuki Whale diving deep .... DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Nowaki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Urakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hagikaze attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub then another carrier group is attacked and a destroyer is sunk... Whale takes heavy damage and retires with 25 sys 42 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Balabac at 70,83 Japanese Ships CL Yahagi DD Akikaze DD Kishinami DD Yamanakaze DD Myojinkaze DD Nagatakaze DD Takatakaze Allied Ships SS O24, hits 29, and is sunk [:(] SS O24 is sighted by escort DD Yamanakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Myojinkaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Nagatakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Takatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamanakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Takatakaze attacking submerged sub .... SS O24 forced to surface! DD Takatakaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Yamanakaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Myojinkaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Nagatakaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Takatakaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Yamanakaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Myojinkaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Nagatakaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Myojinkaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Nagatakaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Yamanakaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Myojinkaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Nagatakaze firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves not really lucksy days, not only do we fail to score on major targets we also get the subs shot up... at least not by the super E... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 53 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet [image]local://upfiles/13774/67650291C4B644FA80948D9D017C48FD.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/3/2011 1:07:32 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 14, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 33 encounters mine field at 77,91 Allied Ships LCT-150, Mine hits 1, heavy damage Rainer sent a sub to lay a minefield South West of Cotabato and this LCT is going to be the only victim... a waste of mines... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tawi Tawi (72,90) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 985 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 38 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Tawi Tawi !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) Assaulting units: 503rd Parachute Rgt /1 dropping paras on the empty island Tawi Tawi (West of Jolo)... this base can be built up to a level 8 airfield and brings us in fighter range of the bases around Brunei... more paras are going to be airlifted, other reinforcements are going to arrive by fast transport tomorrow, engineering units and supply are coming in on my LCT convoys from Cotabato... as soon as this airfield reaches level 4 or 5 it will mean that Rainer also loses access to his oilfields on Northern Borneo so all of Borneo´s oil/refineries are lost to the Japanese... and we are quickly closing in to cut off the sea lanes between the SRA and Japan and we also can already jump onto bases that brings our heavy bombers into normal range of Palembang to attack the airfield, port and shipping there (already in normal B-29 range)... hmm, to me, the whole situation already looks very grim for the Japanese... it seems Rainer has missed the point where he would have been able to force me into the seeked decisive battle, now it already seems by far too late and the bomb hits on his carriers the last days has made the whole situation just worse... he should have tried to stop me before I was going to land on Mindanao, now we´re just too close to absolutely lethal areas and the next step forward can already by a real problem for him...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/3/2011 1:19:39 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 15, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near San Luis Obispo at 219,80 Japanese Ships SS I-42, hits 11 Allied Ships DD Welles DD Caldwell DD Cassin Young DD Mustin DD Hammann DD Anderson DD Frazier SS I-42 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Welles DD Mustin fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hammann fails to find sub and abandons search DD Anderson fails to find sub and abandons search DD Frazier attacking submerged sub .... DD Frazier fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near San Luis Obispo at 219,80 Japanese Ships SS I-42, hits 17, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Caldwell DD Cassin Young DD Mustin DD Hammann DD Anderson DD Frazier SS I-42 is sighted by escort DD Mustin fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hammann attacking submerged sub .... DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Frazier attacking submerged sub .... SS I-42 forced to surface! DD Frazier firing on surfaced sub .... DD Mustin firing on surfaced sub .... DD Hammann firing on surfaced sub .... DD Anderson firing on surfaced sub .... DD Frazier firing on surfaced sub .... DD Mustin firing on surfaced sub .... DD Hammann firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves we are preparing to land on Babeldaob to cover our Eastern flank and to threaten the Marianas and one of our escort carrier TFs runs over a sub... I wouldn´t want to be on a Japanese or German submarine at this date... I also wouldn´t want to be on an Allied sub when it runs into a couple of super E... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 168 encounters mine field at 77,91 Allied Ships AM Effective AM Dynamic 4 mines cleared this is the sub laid minefield South West of Cotabato... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 168 encounters mine field at 77,91 Allied Ships AM Effective AM Dynamic 11 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tawi Tawi , at 72,90 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 21 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 6000 feet seems like the preparation of a counterreaction to my para drop on the empty base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd USMC Tank Battalion, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 14 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead our carriers are close to Mindanao as they were covering a bigger reinforcement convoy... ended up in leaking Cap range of a tank unit and two Hellcats were shot down... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 21 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 248th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes we also take on some leaking Cap... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 248th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Burias , at 80,81 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Ic Tony x 3 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Ic Tony: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * CAP engaged: 18th Sentai with Ki-61-Ic Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Burias , at 80,81 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Ic Tony x 8 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Ic Tony: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * CAP engaged: 18th Sentai with Ki-61-Ic Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes failing to get the dive usually ends up with more Allied damaged aircraft than Japanese aircraft shot down, which leads to some problem if we´re talking about strike ranges above only a couple of hexes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tawi Tawi , at 72,90 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 503rd Parachute Regiment, at 72,90 (Tawi Tawi) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 Ki-21-IIb Sally x 24 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb definitely preparation for an attack on our paras... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 503rd Parachute Regiment, at 72,90 (Tawi Tawi) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 27 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 47 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 48,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 47 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 1 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * 3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 248th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 248th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Burias , at 80,81 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Ic Tony x 1 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * CAP engaged: 18th Sentai with Ki-61-Ic Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 2000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 81 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tawi Tawi , at 72,90 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/385E33E07C0A4B3DA0438FF1D946E9CD.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tawi Tawi (72,90) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 924 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45 Defending force 1711 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 98 Japanese adjusted assault: 1 Allied adjusted defense: 147 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 147 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 301 casualties reported Squads: 18 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Raiding Rgt /1 4th Raiding Rgt /1 Defending units: 503rd Parachute Regiment 2/6 Cavalry Cdo Battalion there it comes... we brought in another btn by fast transport and C-47 dropped the rest of the 503rd rgt, no chance for the Japanese paras... pretty sure the enemy hasn´t prepped any ground troops for Tawi Tawi so there won´t be an invasion and with the reinforcements coming in this place is 100% save and landing here would be suicide for the Japanese as our LBA and the carriers nearby would trash everything coming close... I doubt Rainer even thinks about a counter invasion...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/3/2011 4:26:05 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 16, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,78 Japanese Ships xAK Arigawa Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Pompano xAK Arigawa Maru is sighted by SS Pompano SS Pompano attacking on the surface this xAK was going around without any escort, something I have seen only a couple of times for the whole war... no less than three salvoes were fired at the ship, even though the first one hit home with two torps already... don´t know what the routine is doing in such a case, to fire another two salvoes at a freighter... as the subs never run out of fuel or torps as it is now with the super E being around I really don´t care, not even if all torps would have been used... I just find it odd and I´m ranting by default... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Brunei at 64,80 Japanese Ships DD Yugiri AO Kyuko AO Shiriya AO Ondo Allied Ships SS Bluegill, hits 1 SS Bluegill launches 6 torpedoes at DD Yugiri Bluegill diving deep .... DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugiri attacking submerged sub .... DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub precious targets here, only the sub takes damage and retires... 12 sys 11 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 78,71 Japanese Ships E No.16, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E No.14 Allied Ships SS Seal, hits 21, heavy damage SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at E No.16 E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub we kill one of the super E and the other kills the sub easily... it´s insane and either needs a close look by the officials or it is accepted (and perhaps wished) that the sub war comes to an end when in real life the subs scored the most hits in 44 IIRC... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd USMC Tank Battalion, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 4 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet CAP engaged: VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes same as yesterday, my carriers are still in leaking Cap range of this tank unit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Probolinggo , at 56,105 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Probolinggo , at 56,105 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet we also try to engage leaking Cap but no enemy fighters show up... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Probolinggo , at 56,105 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tawi Tawi , at 72,90 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 26 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * both sides are trying to engage leaking Cap... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Probolinggo , at 56,105 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet silly [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tawi Tawi , at 72,90 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet * silly [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balabac at 71,82 Japanese Ships xAP Husimi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SC Ch 26 AK Sakura Maru xAP Huso Maru xAP Montevideo Maru xAP Horai Maru xAP Hakone Maru xAP Brazil Maru E Tsuga Allied Ships SS Cisco SS Cisco launches 6 torpedoes at xAP Husimi Maru Cisco diving deep .... E Tsuga attacking submerged sub .... E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo E Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsuga attacking submerged sub .... E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo E Tsuga attacking submerged sub .... E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo E Tsuga attacking submerged sub .... E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo E Tsuga is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub no ammo left for Tsuga saved the sub after hitting a transport...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/3/2011 4:34:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 17, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Balabac at 71,82 Japanese Ships xAP Husimi Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS O21 xAP Husimi Maru is sighted by SS O21 SS O21 launches 4 torpedoes O21 finishes the Husimi Maru that was by SS Cisco yesterday... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on XIV US Corps, at 78,91 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet CAP engaged: VMF-218 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Raid is overhead going to send some LRCAP at some point... but these small Zeke sweeps are only a bit annoying and nothing more... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd JNAF Coy , at 78,93 (Dadjangas) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 35 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 7 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 14 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 7 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet what can I say, the carriers are in range of LBA strikes... [8\|] can stand them down, can set the range to 0 or could set them on 100% Cap to see fat exploding to 50 in one day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lucena , at 79,79 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 28 N1K1-J George x 7 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 42000 feet CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Raid is overhead Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes drawing leaking Cap from Manila and was a bit surprised about the high number of enemy fighters, the same old story of not being able to employ my numerical superiority as the game just keeps sending the squadrons alone on a sweep and while doing this, the design decision seems to have been it would be great to see every squadron losing 3 fighters on the way to the target all the time too... no radar here, no dive, equal fight but many P-38 damaged and we lose no less than 8 in the end... the enemy won 3:1 here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd JNAF Coy , at 78,93 (Dadjangas) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd JNAF Coy , at 78,93 (Dadjangas) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 90 B-25D1 Mitchell x 36 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 48 F4U-1 Corsair x 13 F4U-1A Corsair x 124 PV-1 Ventura x 33 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 345 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb here comes the LBA strike... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lucena , at 79,79 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 18 N1K1-J George x 2 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 27 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 42000 feet CAP engaged: S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters to 45000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes here comes the second P-38 squadron with the rest of the first one... this sweep had the dive and the result for having the dive is absolutely obvious compared to the earlier one... note all the carrier based Zekes coming from KB sitting at Manila... [image]local://upfiles/13774/E2E172ED01DD45A4B52E92C67CDE70BF.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Dadjangas (78,93) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2520 troops, 0 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 204 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 154 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 154 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Dadjangas !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 2/4th Armoured Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment the base was empty after our ground strike, means the small remaining unit was whiped out...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/3/2011 4:36:33 PM)
KB is sitting at Manila and my recons are visiting the base every day... if the carriers will stay there I will a) engage KB´s Zekes with sweeps and wear them down and b) got perfect intel of KB´s whereabout... sounds great [:)] [image]local://upfiles/13774/64DBB34ECBF24EB19A53E1D8765E8EEC.jpg[/image]

beppi -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/4/2011 9:11:05 AM)
Sweep them [:D], did the same in my game. 75 P38 went int and killed approx. 60 - 70 fighters for 15 or so own losses. Since then my opponent avoids putting KB in a port anywhere near one of my bases at all costs.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/4/2011 9:56:12 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: beppi Sweep them [:D], did the same in my game. 75 P38 went int and killed approx. 60 - 70 fighters for 15 or so own losses. Since then my opponent avoids putting KB in a port anywhere near one of my bases at all costs. My P-38 have long stopped performing as well as they did all of 43 (my leading aces all fly P-38) and Manila is a nogo for my airforce. There are approx. 250 enemy fighters at the base and KB sitting there, I would expect well above 350 fighters in the air which wouldn´t be ideal for my fighters as they would go in one by one (at best at squadron size) for sure. And it´s a long way home so halve of the damaged fighters would be lost and I´m not keen to throw away a hundred of my top notch fighters with lots of elite pilots to take on this massed fighter force as I don´t see a need for it and preferre wearing it down over time. Rainer learnt he shouldn´t come within my LBA range I guess and my carrier force has become clearly superior to his (at least 2.5 times more carrier based ac already with far superior fighters) so KB is not much more as a force in being for me now. Of course it still forces me to use the hammer for every step forward but that´s what I´m going to do anyway. This has absolutely minimized my losses in the past and I´m sure it will also in the future.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/4/2011 12:44:18 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 18, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 101,75 Japanese Ships xAK Kyokuzan Maru xAK Kinmo Maru xAK Sansho Maru xAKL Boko Maru PB Kaiun Maru Allied Ships SS Lionfish SS Lionfish launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Kyokuzan Maru PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub again a miss... [&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iba at 76,71 Japanese Ships AO Shiretoko, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage TK Ceram Maru DD Suruyame Allied Ships SS Finback, hits 3 SS Finback launches 6 torpedoes at AO Shiretoko DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub now and then we still score on important targets though... 021 was hit by air ASW 27/21/6... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Sangi at 78,99 Japanese Ships SS RO-45, hits 8 Allied Ships CL Perth AGC Rocky Mount APA Doyen APA Harry Lee LSI(L) Glenorchy LSD Lindenwald LSD Epping Forest LSD Carter Hall LSV Catskill LST-88 LST-81 LST-72 LST-38 LST-28 DMS Elliot DMS Hobson DMS Chandler DMS Howard SS RO-45 is sighted by escort DMS Elliot fails to find sub and abandons search DMS Hobson fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS Chandler fails to find sub and abandons search DMS Howard fails to find sub and abandons search DMS Hobson attacking submerged sub .... DMS Hobson fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS Hobson fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub invasion TF heading for Babeldaob runs over a sub and scores some near misses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 78,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 44,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet CAP engaged: VMF-218 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Burias , at 80,81 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 40000 feet * CAP engaged: 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hue , at 66,64 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hue , at 66,64 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hue , at 66,64 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet lots of attempts to draw leaking Cap of both sides... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 80,90 (Malaybalay) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 40000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 80,90 (Malaybalay) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 21 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 40000 feet 21 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 A6M2-N Rufe x 5 E13A1 Jake x 1 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 33 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 89 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 9 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 19 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 14 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 7 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 7 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: 801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 902 Ku T-1 with E13A1 Jake (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Raid is overhead 263 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 18 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 32810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 23 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 35200. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes have moved the carrier TFs close to Babeldaob and ordered one of the three carrier TFs to perform sweeps to clear the way for our heavy bombers coming from Manado... crossed fingers to see the fighters showing up first and hoped not to see enemy top notch fighters and both things have become true... the carrier TF manages to coordinate all six squadrons into one sweep and we only meet second class fighters on Cap, probably because Rainer only expected unescorted heavy bomber strikes... neither the early Zeroes nor the Nicks are a match for the carrier based Hellcats and the sweeps takes apart what gets airborne over the island... a good start... A2A kill rate in this engagement somewhere around 30:1 for the Hellcats... clearly a loop but when looking at what both sides sent into the battle perhaps still a possible outcome, while a 8-10:1 would perhaps sound more reasonable... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th JNAF Coy , at 66,104 (Pare Pare) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 40 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 31 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 141 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th JNAF Coy , at 66,104 (Pare Pare) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 14 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 20 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 80,90 (Malaybalay) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 64 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 19 P-51B Mustang x 10 F4U-1 Corsair x 13 F4U-1A Corsair x 20 PV-1 Ventura x 12 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 80,90 (Malaybalay) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 6 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 80,90 (Malaybalay) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 6 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 1 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 151 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged Airbase hits 25 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 159 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes here´s a big strike of B-24 coming in, working perfectly today... enemy resistance in the air has been broken today, invasion won´t have to fear enemy air activity... Peleliu is only a level 2 airfield and Babeldaob has been knocked out today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Burias , at 80,81 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 7 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 2x3 P-47... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hue , at 66,64 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet [8\|] one big step forward would be to at least stop this silly behaviour of the routine responsible for strikes? No? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hue , at 66,64 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet truly silly... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 16th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 79,89 (Cagayan) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 3 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Burias , at 80,81 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 6 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 40000 feet * CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes [image]local://upfiles/13774/7A9C5F2202C84DFDB8EE907ADACA0228.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tawi Tawi (72,90) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2420 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140 Defending force 411 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Allied adjusted assault: 56 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 56 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 79 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 503rd Parachute Regiment 2/6 Cavalry Cdo Battalion 1st Fiji Commando Battalion 2nd Fiji Commando Battalion 854-875-1871 EAB /10 Defending units: 3rd Raiding Regiment 4th Raiding Rgt /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Raiding Regiment Wiped Out at Tawi Tawi by attrition!!! Rainer gave up dropping more paras, it was clear he wouldn´t be able to take this place back and we whiped out the rest of his troops...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/4/2011 12:57:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 19, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 61,83 Japanese Ships SC Ch 12 SC Ch 4 PB Myoken Maru Allied Ships SS Hammerhead Captain of SS Hammerhead elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Hammerhead diving deep .... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru attacking submerged sub .... SS Hammerhead eludes PB Myoken Maru by diving deep PB Myoken Maru cannot establish contact with SS Hammerhead PB Myoken Maru loses contact with SS Hammerhead PB Myoken Maru loses contact with SS Hammerhead PB Myoken Maru attacking submerged sub .... SS Hammerhead eludes ASW attack from PB Myoken Maru PB Myoken Maru loses contact with SS Hammerhead SS Hammerhead eludes ASW attack from PB Myoken Maru SS Hammerhead eludes PB Myoken Maru by diving deep Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kume-jima at 94,64 Japanese Ships TK Goyo Maru DD Mikazuki Allied Ships SS Sterlet, hits 1 SS Sterlet is sighted by escort DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub pity we´ve missed another chance to score on the enemy´s tanker fleet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nagoya at 109,64 Japanese Ships SC CHa-40 SC CHa-64 SC CHa-31 AK Shizuoka Maru xAK Rakuto Maru xAK Tamon Maru xAK Arizona Maru PB Kaimyo Maru PB Toshi Maru #2 PB Takashima Maru Allied Ships SS Mingo SS Mingo launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-40 Mingo diving deep .... PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Mingo later hit twice by air ASW and sinks immediately... [:(] she was on her way to her patrol area and was passing Japan´s "South" coast... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 78,72 Japanese Ships E No.14 Allied Ships SS Pampanito, hits 2 SS Pampanito is sighted by escort Pampanito diving deep .... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 attacking submerged sub .... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Pampanito survives the attack of the super E but retires with 9 sys 2 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Brunei at 63,81 Japanese Ships TK Ogura Maru #3 SC Ch 12 SC Ch 4 PB Myoken Maru Allied Ships SS Sawfish, hits 1 SS Sawfish launches 6 torpedoes at TK Ogura Maru #3 Sawfish diving deep .... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Myoken Maru cannot establish contact with SS Sawfish SS Sawfish eludes PB Myoken Maru by diving deep PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub and yet another miss... what´s been going on lately? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 78,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet CAP engaged: VMF-121 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Masbate , at 80,83 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Masbate , at 80,83 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Peleliu , at 90,98 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 17 [X(] Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 64 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 8 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 14 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: 801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 32810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes carriers seem to be able to routinely send all ordered squadrons ordered to fly a sweep in one strike... something my level 9 airfields aren´t able to do in 98% of the time... [8\|] I was amazed to see enemy fighters as I expected Rainer to evac the level 2 airfield but he kept Rufes on Cap there... I´ve raised the question "Rufes vs Hellcats?[:D]" and got the answer that the Rufes would be as good vs. B-24 as other fighters and I have to admit that´s quite true... against the Hellcats they were dead meat of course... I thought if I would meet opposition here today then probably 70-100 Tojos/Georges/Zekes but for sure not Rufes... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Masbate , at 80,83 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 4 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * 2 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th JNAF Coy , at 66,104 (Pare Pare) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 14 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 60 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 42 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 79 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 8 F6F-3 Hellcat x 106 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet 4 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet 11 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 11 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 11 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 11 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 11 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 17 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 17 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 17 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet hurrey, a silly attempt of the escort carrier TFs (270 miles away of the fleet carrier TFs) escorting airfield attacks of the fleet carriers... this should be really looked at... [8\|] that´s nearly halve of the available fighters of one of the CVE TFs... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 106 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 31 TBF-1 Avenger x 72 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 6 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 8 damaged Japanese Ships ACM Oi Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-235, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-234, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-556, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-554, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-233, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-555, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Runway hits 10 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 17 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb using one carrier TF to bomb Babeldaob for terrible results... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Peleliu , at 90,98 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 1 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 40 TBF-1 Avenger x 69 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes and the another one was tasked to bomb Peleliu (both TFs set to nav/airfield - port strike of course as I would not want to set them on primary ground attack missions)... also here only a bad result but none of the bomber squadrons are really trained to do ground attacks as it takes enough time to train them on nav strike (Avenger crews have to train nav bomb and torp which takes halve a year)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Peleliu , at 90,98 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 22 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 31 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 19 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb the carrier based bombers nearly totally failed today... invasion TFs for Babeldaob tasked to unload in two days... both Babeldaob and Peleliu are heavily defended, recon indicates more than 70000 troops there, expect to meet some 40-50000 which is quite a formidable defense... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Peleliu , at 90,98 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet [image]local://upfiles/13774/8D16C03DC4A848EB90CB7FF798C66B9E.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/4/2011 1:11:58 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 20, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Peleliu at 88,99 Japanese Ships SS I-168, hits 4 Allied Ships BB West Virginia CA Baltimore CA Chester CL Boise CL Phoenix DD Boyd DD Ringgold DD Remey DD Abner Read DD Stephen Potter SS I-168 is sighted by escort DD Ringgold attacking submerged sub .... DD Remey fails to find sub and abandons search DD Abner Read fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Stephen Potter fails to find sub and abandons search DD Ringgold attacking submerged sub .... DD Abner Read fails to find sub and abandons search DD Ringgold attacking submerged sub .... DD Ringgold fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ringgold attacking submerged sub .... DD Ringgold cannot establish contact with SS I-168 DD Ringgold fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub invasion cover SAG runs over an enemy sub (four have been spotted being raced in by the enemy) and four near misses are scored... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 102,68 Japanese Ships E Awaji SC Ch 20 xAK Misaki Maru xAK Midori Maru E Sagi E Aguni Allied Ships SS Hake, hits 4 SS Hake launches 6 torpedoes at E Awaji Hake diving deep .... E Sagi attacking submerged sub .... E Aguni attacking submerged sub .... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aguni fails to find sub and abandons search E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Hake missed and was sent home with 7 sys 35 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Probolinggo , at 56,105 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Probolinggo , at 56,105 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Catanduanes , at 82,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Ic Tony x 3 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Ic Tony: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 18th Sentai with Ki-61-Ic Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Catanduanes , at 82,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Ic Tony x 6 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Ic Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 18th Sentai with Ki-61-Ic Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes no dive for the P-38 and the Tonies winning the turning battle as always against my fighters if they fail to get the dive... a hell a lot P-38 were damaged... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tawi Tawi , at 72,90 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 17 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 17 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 78,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet CAP engaged: VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-Ia Helen x 17 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tawi Tawi , at 72,90 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Port hits 9 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb no airfield at Tawi Tawi (yet) so the enemy bombs the level 1 port to prevent me from building up... when I checked the base, the damage was already repaired... more and more engineering units are flooding the place... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Probolinggo , at 56,105 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet [8\|] PLEASE... I know that bugs are on the list to be fixed, but can´t it be accepted that this routine is flawed at some point... would be great to have this being looked at too... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pare Pare , at 66,104 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 35 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 40 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 31 No Allied losses Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 57 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pare Pare , at 66,104 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 20 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Peleliu , at 90,98 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 29 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb had to send the heavies as the carrier based bombers failed yesterday but bad weather also prevents the heavies to achieve something... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Peleliu , at 90,98 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Peleliu , at 90,98 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Peleliu , at 90,98 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 116 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 15 damaged Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 69 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb guess Babeldaob wasn´t able to launch a strike (only Cap at best) and this attack surely has closed down the base completely now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Catanduanes , at 82,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 42000 feet * 3 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 42000 feet * [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Probolinggo , at 56,105 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet [image]local://upfiles/13774/F2D36E18886A4E7180DE7B1878C1D595.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,79 Japanese Ships xAK Shozan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PB Rokko Maru #2 PB Isshin Maru PB Konei Maru PB Kashiwa Maru PB Hakka Maru PB Kenkon Maru xAK Esashagawa Maru xAK Teishun Maru xAK Zenoa Maru xAK Yamura Maru xAK Unkai Maru #6 xAK Mansei Maru xAKL Uga Maru xAKL Kashi Maru xAKL Hanakawa Maru xAKL Hakuyo Maru xAKL Kurama Maru E Saga E Hishu E Nadakaze E Shimakaze Allied Ships SS Bowfin, hits 2 SS Bowfin launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Shozan Maru Bowfin diving deep .... E Saga fails to find sub and abandons search E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub .... E Shimakaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Hishu fails to find sub and abandons search E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub .... E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub .... E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub .... E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo E Nadakaze is out of ASW ammo E Nadakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub finally a freighter is sent to hell again...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/5/2011 10:33:18 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 21, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 71,78 Japanese Ships TK Asashio Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SC Ch 51 SC Ch 15 TK Kyokuyo Maru TK Jinju Maru E W-28 E Susuki PB Hirota Maru Allied Ships SS Spearfish SS Spearfish launches 4 torpedoes at TK Asashio Maru Spearfish diving deep .... E W-28 fails to find sub and abandons search E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hirota Maru fails to find sub and abandons search E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Susuki attacking submerged sub .... SS Spearfish eludes ASW attack from E Susuki SS Spearfish eludes E Susuki by diving deep E Susuki loses contact with SS Spearfish SS Spearfish eludes E Susuki by diving deep E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub except the two Unryu CV being sunk by my subs in the last months I´m not really happy with them (better say I´m not really happy with the enemy escorts) but now and then we score on precious targets like today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Babeldaob - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 593 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Detroit, Shell hits 1 CL Raleigh CL Perth CL Leander LST-29, Shell hits 4, on fire LST-27, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage LST-28 DMS Hobson DMS Elliot LST-41 LST-31 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CL Detroit firing at 8th Base Force 8th Base Force firing at CL Detroit 8th Base Force firing at CL Raleigh CL Raleigh firing at 8th Base Force 8th Base Force firing at CL Perth CL Perth firing at 8th Base Force 8th Base Force firing at CL Leander CL Leander firing at 8th Base Force 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-29 at 13,000 yards CL Detroit firing to suppress enemy battery at 13,000 yards 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-27 at 13,000 yards CL Perth firing to suppress enemy battery at 13,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards here comes the Babeldaob invasion and our two amphib TFs encounter heavy CD fire from 8th Base Force... two LST were hit by 12.7cm guns... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Babeldaob TF 153 troops unloading over beach at Babeldaob, 90,97 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Motorized Support damaged beyond repair during unload of 228th USN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Babeldaob - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 601 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Concord CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1 CL Trenton, Shell hits 2 CL Richmond CLAA Prince Robert LST-22 LST-126 LST-166 LST-167 DMS Forrest LST-169 Allied ground losses: 180 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled CL Concord firing at 12th Division CL Marblehead firing at 8th Base Force 8th Base Force firing at CL Marblehead CL Trenton firing at 8th Base Force 8th Base Force firing at CL Trenton CL Richmond firing at 8th Base Force 8th Base Force firing at CL Richmond CLAA Prince Robert firing at 12th Division Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards second TF unloading, this time no landing ships were hit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Babeldaob TF 297 troops unloading over beach at Babeldaob, 90,97 Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) 37mm M3 AT Gun accidentally lost during unload of 43rd Infantry Div /3 0.5in M2HB AAMG x4 lost overboard during unload of 38th Infantry Div /2 Motorized Support lost from landing craft during unload of 24th Infantry Div /4 13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad 44 lost in surf during unload of 40th Infantry Div /7 Motorized Support lost overboard during unload of 38th Infantry Div /8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Babeldaob - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 353 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Detroit CL Raleigh, Shell hits 1 CL Perth, Shell hits 2 CL Leander, Shell hits 1 LST-27, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage LST-28 LST-38, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage DMS Hobson DMS Elliot LST-32 LST-29, on fire Allied ground losses: 62 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled) CL Detroit firing at 46th Division 8th Base Force firing at CL Raleigh CL Raleigh firing at 8th Base Force 8th Base Force firing at CL Perth CL Perth firing at 8th Base Force 8th Base Force firing at CL Leander CL Leander firing at 8th Base Force 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-27 at 14,000 yards CL Raleigh firing to suppress enemy battery at 14,000 yards 12cm 10YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-28 at 14,000 yards 12cm 10YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-27 at 14,000 yards CL Raleigh firing to suppress enemy battery at 14,000 yards 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-38 at 14,000 yards CL Raleigh firing to suppress enemy battery at 14,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards we keep unloading and 8th Base Force keeps hitting our amphib TF, looks like this time the light cruisers in the TF weren´t enough to cover the landings... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Babeldaob - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 335 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Concord, Shell hits 2 CL Marblehead CL Trenton CL Richmond, Shell hits 1 CLAA Prince Robert, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage LST-126, Shell hits 10, heavy fires LST-22 LST-166 DMS Forrest LST-177 Allied ground losses: 117 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) 8th Base Force firing at CL Concord CL Concord firing at 8th Base Force 8th Base Force firing at CL Marblehead CL Marblehead firing at 8th Base Force 8th Base Force firing at CL Trenton CL Trenton firing at 8th Base Force 8th Base Force firing at CL Richmond CL Richmond firing at 8th Base Force CLAA Prince Robert firing at Babeldoap Naval Fortress Babeldoap Naval Fortress firing at CLAA Prince Robert 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-126 at 13,000 yards CL Concord firing to suppress enemy battery at 13,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards the crappy CLAA was sunk by enemy CD fire... my bad, I shouldn´t use such a ship in an invasion TF but otherwise I have no use for it at all and it worked well until today... completely lacking any armor the CLAA being a soft target was easily taken out by the coast defense guns... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 67,74 Japanese Ships DD Asakaze E Karii SC Ch 9 SC Ch 8 SC Ch 1 TK Shinyu Maru TK Kotai Maru TK Takane Maru TK Kyokuho Maru E W-16 E W-15 E Yanagi Allied Ships SS Barbel, hits 1 SS Barbel launches 6 torpedoes at DD Asakaze Barbel diving deep .... DD Asakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-16 attacking submerged sub .... E W-15 fails to find sub and abandons search E Yanagi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Asakaze fails to find sub and abandons search E W-16 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-16 attacking submerged sub .... E W-16 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-16 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-16 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 8 sys 33 flt 6 eng for the sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lang Son , at 70,56 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vc Trop x 5 Spitfire VIII x 18 P-38H Lightning x 3 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 11 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes No.17 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes No.67 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 8th FG/35th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 42000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 18th FG/70th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 42000 Raid is overhead 23rd FG/74th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 39000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 42000 Raid is overhead 23rd FG/76th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 39000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 51st FG/449th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 39000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 80th FG/459th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 42000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 42000 Raid is overhead the Japanese are drawing leaking Cap from Hanoi, probably didn´t expect so many fighters showing up... [:D] it has been a massacre with the dive on the Allied side... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on XIV US Corps, at 78,91 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 44,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet CAP engaged: VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lang Son , at 70,56 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 42,740 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vc Trop x 4 Spitfire VIII x 13 P-38H Lightning x 3 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 8 No Japanese losses No Allied losses CAP engaged: No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes No.17 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes No.67 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 40500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 8th FG/35th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 18th FG/70th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 23rd FG/74th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 39000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 23rd FG/76th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 39000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 51st FG/449th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 39000 , scrambling fighters to 2000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 80th FG/459th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes 311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 2000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes the usual rest of a unit on sweep...[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 41st AA Regiment, at 77,44 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 5318th PAU/FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 42000 Raid is overhead near Chungking, an AA unit on the march... this time the 3 lost fighters show up before the main part of the fighter unit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 41st AA Regiment, at 77,44 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 36 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet CAP engaged: 5318th PAU/FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 38750. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes here´s the "rest"... the two Thuds had a field day... can only say it again, Oscars shouldn´t be used for active combat duty anymore... they have been nothing but targets for a year already and it´s just a waste of pilots and aircraft... [image]local://upfiles/13774/94049A3548AB4B4A9A6FB324520E8690.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Babeldaob Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 40 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-30, Shell hits 12, heavy fires CL Raleigh CL Detroit LST-31 LST-32 LST-28 LST-29 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-30 at 17,000 yards CL Raleigh firing to suppress enemy battery at 17,000 yards 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-30 at 17,000 yards CL Raleigh firing to suppress enemy battery at 17,000 yards LST-31 fired at enemy troops only unloading supplies at this stage, LST-30 has been sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Babeldaob Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-479 LST-474 LST-473 LST-461 LST-460 LST-457 LST-456 LST-450 LST-353 LST-350 LST-344 LST-342 LST-340 LST-216 LST-204 LST-126 LST-169 LST-22 LST-171 LST-166 LST-479 fired at enemy troops LST-474 fired at enemy troops LST-473 fired at enemy troops LST-461 fired at enemy troops LST-460 fired at enemy troops LST-457 fired at enemy troops LST-456 fired at enemy troops LST-450 fired at enemy troops LST-353 fired at enemy troops LST-350 fired at enemy troops LST-344 fired at enemy troops LST-342 fired at enemy troops LST-340 fired at enemy troops LST-216 fired at enemy troops LST-204 fired at enemy troops all in all the invasion is going well, we lose three or four LST but we have seen this in the past too when they ran aground instead of being sunk by enemy CD... some more LST are damaged, the only "bigger" loss was the unarmored CLAA... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 23563 troops, 200 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 1018 Defending force 64753 troops, 926 guns, 1530 vehicles, Assault Value = 1928 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 85 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 46th Division 12th Division Babeldoap Naval Fortress 7th Air Division 30th Special Base Force 8th Base Force 45th JNAF AF Unit 38th Field AA Machinecannon Company 60th Field AA Battalion 1st Fleet 39th Field AA Machinecannon Company 22nd Special Base Force 25th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 24th Infantry Div /18 40th Infantry Div /18 II Aus Corps Engr Bn /1 43rd Infantry Div /18 5th USMC Tank Battalion 38th Infantry Div /17 110th Combat Engr Bn /1 763rd Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Bn /6 228th USN Base Force /6 181st USAAF Base Force /5 233rd USN Base Force /6 III US Amphib Corps /1 163rd USA Base Force /1 159th USA Base Force /1 162nd USA Base Force /1 114th USAAF Base Force /5 as expected we meet two enemy divisions dug in on Babeldaob... having four divs plus supporting units fully prepped I expect this to be sufficient... nevertheless the Japanese are fielding quite a force for the defense of this island... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 46972 troops, 876 guns, 1213 vehicles, Assault Value = 1858 Defending force 3442 troops, 33 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 3111 Japanese adjusted defense: 17 Allied assault odds: 183 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Cagayan !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2423 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 214 destroyed, 59 disabled Engineers: 56 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 27 (10 destroyed, 17 disabled) Vehicles lost 71 (53 destroyed, 18 disabled) Units retreated 8 Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd Marine Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 1st Marine Division 151st Combat Engineer Regiment 754th Tank Battalion 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 762nd Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 3rd Marine Division 181st Field Artillery Regiment 104th USN Base Force 119th USAAF Base Force II Australian Corps 146th USA Base Force 9th RAAF Base Force 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Regiment 154th FA Bn 1st Medium Regiment Defending units: 66th JNAF AF Unit 26th Fld AA Gun Co 65th Construction Battalion 16th Field AF Construction Battalion 40th JNAF AF Unit 30th JNAF AF Unit 8th JAAF Base Force 3rd JNAF AF Unit /1 Cagayan was abandoned but these Japanese units weren´t fast enough to move out... this is my Corps that took Cotabato which is now tasked to take out the rest of the northern/middle part of the island to meet my second Corps for the attack on Davao... Rainer seems to bring all his troops to Davao and make a stand there... this suits me well, he told me that defending the whole island would be senseless, in fact this plays into my cards as it saves my airforce from flying constant attacks on all the airfields on Mindanao... all my ground troops and bomber can focus on Davao now... we´re even bringing in three more divs (one being the combat hardened 18th Brit div) and will have a total of 8 or 9 divisions plus lots of supportung units attacking Davao...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/5/2011 10:35:16 AM)
the damaged ships of the invasion, either due to beaching or from enemy CD fire... SAG and CVE TFs covering the invasion, the fleet carrier TFs North of the island... another fleet carrier TF coming from the South West to join the main group North of Babeldaob... [image]local://upfiles/13774/659A309432D84DC8B87CDFC22DFF7250.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/5/2011 10:58:37 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 22, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Babeldaob at 91,96 Japanese Ships SS I-22, hits 2 Allied Ships DD LaVallette DD Stevens DD Spence SS I-22 launches 6 torpedoes at DD LaVallette I-22 diving deep .... DD Stevens fails to find sub and abandons search DD Spence attacking submerged sub .... DD Spence attacking submerged sub .... SS I-22 eludes ASW attack from DD Spence DD Spence loses contact with SS I-22 DD Spence cannot establish contact with SS I-22 DD Spence fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Spence attacking submerged sub .... DD Spence cannot reach attack position over SS I-22 SS I-22 eludes ASW attack from DD Spence DD Spence fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Spence fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the enemy operates a couple of subs against our Babeldaob operation but the subs end up in kamikaze missions most of the time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Babeldaob at 89,97 Japanese Ships SS I-168, hits 17, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB South Dakota CA Quincy CA Indianapolis DD Jenkins DD Anthony DD Trathen DD John Rodgers DD Nicholas DD Luce SS I-168 is sighted by escort DD Trathen attacking submerged sub .... DD John Rodgers fails to find sub and abandons search DD Nicholas fails to find sub and abandons search DD Luce fails to find sub and abandons search DD Trathen attacking submerged sub .... Sounds of submarine breaking up detected! Escort abandons search for sub this one managed to get into range of our SAG that covers the fleet carriers, the destroyers took care of the bugger... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Torishima at 108,69 Japanese Ships E No.8 E Ishinui Allied Ships SS Tang, hits 2 SS Tang launches 6 torpedoes at E No.8 Tang diving deep .... E Ishinui attacking submerged sub .... E No.8 fails to find sub and abandons search E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search... E Ishinui attacking submerged sub .... E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search... E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 7 sys, staying in the area... kind of a failed suicide attempt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 60,79 Japanese Ships E Tomozuru DD Tadeyame DD Myojinami Allied Ships SS Sawfish, hits 3 SS Sawfish launches 6 torpedoes at E Tomozuru DD Tadeyame fails to find sub and abandons search DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Myojinami attacking submerged sub .... DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Myojinami attacking submerged sub .... DD Myojinami is out of ASW ammo DD Myojinami is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub this one is knocked out, 27 sys 27 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Bataan at 75,77 Japanese Ships E Asagao Allied Ships SS Bluefish, hits 4, heavy damage SS Bluefish launches 6 torpedoes at E Asagao Bluefish diving deep .... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao attacking submerged sub .... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub [8\|] Japanese ASW has become so powerful it´s senseless to stay in their convoy lines... 22 sys 62 flt... even single escort or ASW vessels knock out our subs more or less at will... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 71,74 Japanese Ships DD Asakaze E Karii SC Ch 9 SC Ch 8 SC Ch 1 TK Shinyu Maru TK Kotai Maru TK Takane Maru TK Kyokuho Maru E W-16 E W-15 E Yanagi Allied Ships SS Golet SS Golet launches 6 torpedoes at DD Asakaze Golet diving deep .... DD Asakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-16 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asakaze fails to find sub and abandons search E W-16 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yanagi fails to find sub and abandons search E W-16 fails to find sub and abandons search E W-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68 Japanese Ships E Oki, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage E Fukue xAK Monji Maru xAK Omi Maru E Chiburi E Nomi E Kasado, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Manta, hits 29, and is sunk SS Manta launches 6 torpedoes at E Oki Manta diving deep .... E Chiburi fails to find sub and abandons search E Nomi attacking submerged sub .... E Kasado attacking submerged sub .... E Nomi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kasado fails to find sub and abandons search E Nomi attacking submerged sub .... SS Manta forced to surface! E Kasado firing on surfaced sub .... E Chiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Chiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Chiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Nomi firing on surfaced sub .... E Kasado firing on surfaced sub .... E Chiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Nomi firing on surfaced sub .... E Kasado firing on surfaced sub .... E Chiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Nomi firing on surfaced sub .... E Kasado firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves even if we manage to sink one of the escorts, trading a sub with one of the hundreds enemy escorts is not what I want... another sub sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on XIV US Corps, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet CAP engaged: VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes going to send some LRCAP at some point, that´s going to end these Zeke sweeps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Boac , at 80,80 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes while we do the same to the enemy... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Boac , at 80,80 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 10 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes the Lightnings had a good day, not surprising as they had the dive... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 36 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 73 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 27 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 14 damaged Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 50 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14 PV-1 Ventura x 9 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 126 P-38J Lightning x 14 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 28 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12 P-51B Mustang x 5 F4U-1 Corsair x 13 F4U-1A Corsair x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 16 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 34 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 118 Port hits 10 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb as Davao is going to have all the Japanese supply on the island all we aim at are supply hits... I´m not sure if the enemy is still building forts, if so, then we should NOT send the bombers because building forts would really burn supplies and if there aren´t ample supplies then this pretty soon would get counterproductive... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 78 P-51B Mustang x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 80 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 23 F4U-1A Corsair x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 8 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 36 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 26 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 5 F4U-1A Corsair x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 29 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb quite some flak fire over Davao, perhaps I should increase attack height by 5000ft... not that we really would take lots of losses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Boac , at 80,80 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 3 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 3 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet [8\|] please get rid of this silliness... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 28 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * 3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Boac , at 80,80 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet [image]local://upfiles/13774/DE7FF0CEE6F24417BED88A39F419DC12.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68 Japanese Ships xAK Monji Maru E Sado xAK Omi Maru xAK Heito Maru E Chiburi E Manju Allied Ships SS Balao, hits 10 SS Balao launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Monji Maru Balao diving deep .... E Chiburi fails to find sub and abandons search E Manju attacking submerged sub .... E Manju fails to find sub, continues to search... E Manju attacking submerged sub .... E Manju attacking submerged sub .... E Manju fails to find sub, continues to search... E Manju fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Balao fails to hit a freighter with 6 torps but is put into high danger of being sunk due to having quite some sys damage which is a killer in combination with flt damage... 44 sys 41 flt 8 eng... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Iba at 77,75 Japanese Ships E No.11 E No.15, Shell hits 1 E No.14 E No.12, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied Ships SS Tilefish, hits 30, on fire, heavy damage SS Tilefish is located by E No.11 E No.15 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.15 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.14 attacking submerged sub .... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 attacking submerged sub .... SS Tilefish forced to surface! E No.12 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.15 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.12 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.15 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.12 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.15 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.14 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.12 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.15 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.14 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.12 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.12 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.15 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.14 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.12 firing on surfaced sub .... Contact with submarine is lost sorry, but it really has become ridicoulos... it´s 4/44 and Japanese ASW has become so strong that I´m really considering to call off all sub operations against enemy convoys... operating outside our own LBA range seems to have become suicide for our subs, it´s become so worse that we at best get one enemy ship for nearly one sub sunk with several more being heavily damaged... I have said enough about the super E in the past I guess, I have done my own test, everyone else is welcome to try it themselve (takes you perhaps two hours) and then go ahead and tell me that these E were absolute killers in real life whenever they ran over an Allied sub... you don´t have to be a historic genious to know that the Japanese weren´t able to defend themselve against USN subs but while it is absolutely correct that they get these E vessels, they are at least 5-10 times overpowered compared to what they were able to do in real life... I wonder if these E (how many will there be? 200?) have managed to sink a dozen subs in real life... probably not... or sure not? It´s not different use in the game compared to real life, it´s different, overpowered effect of these 12+ DC mount armed vessels... and no, it´s not the ASW mortar... http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq39-1.htm Submarine Lost Through Enemy Action Date of Loss Casualties Shark (SS-174) 11 Feb 42 59 killed Sunk by Japanese destroyer Yamakaze; Makassar Strait, 120 miles east of Menado, Celebes. Perch (SS-176) 3 Mar 42 60 POWs, 6 later died Scuttled after severe damage from Japanese destroyers Ushio and Sazanami. Grunion (SS-216) 31 Jul 42 70 killed Sunk by gunfire from torpedoed Japanese transport Kashima Maru; 10 miles north Segula, near Kiska Island, Aleutians. Argonaut (APS-1) 10 Jan 43 104 killed Sunk by aircraft (582d Kokutai) and Japanese destroyers Isokaze and Maikaze southeast of New Britain in Solomon Sea. Amberjack (SS-219) 14 Feb 43 74 killed Probably sunk by combined efforts of a Japanese seaplane (958th Kokutai), torpedo boat Hiyodori, and submarine chaser Ch 18 off Cape St. George, New Britain. Grampus (SS-207) Feb or Mar 43 71 killed Sunk either by Japanese naval aircraft (958th Kokutai) southeast of New Britain on 19 February or by destroyer Minegumo in Blackett Strait on the night of 5-6 March. Triton (SS-201) 15 Mar 43 74 killed Sunk either by Japanese destroyer Satsuki or submarine chaser Ch 24 north of Admiralty Islands. Pickerel (SS-177) 3 Apr 43 74 killed Sunk by Japanese minelayer Shirakami and auxiliary subchaser Bunzan Maru off northern Honshu, Japan. Grenadier (SS-210) 22 Apr 43 76 POWs, 4 later died Scuttled after Japanese seaplane attacks (936 Kokutai) damaged the boat the previous day, off Penang, Malaysia. Runner (SS-275) Jun 43 78 killed Unknown, possibly a Japanese mine or combined air and surface attack off northeastern Honshu, Japan. Pompano (SS-181) Aug or Sep 43 77 killed Unknown, possibly a Japanese mine or combined air and surface attack off northeastern Honshu, Japan. Grayling (SS-209) 9 Sep 43 76 killed Probably rammed and sunk by Japanese transport Hokuan Maru, South China Sea west of Luzon. Cisco (SS-290) 28 Sep 43 76 killed Sunk by Japanese observation seaplane (945th Kokutai) and gunboat Karatsu [ex-U.S. river gunboat Luzon (PR-7)] in Sulu Sea off Panay Island. S 44 (SS-155) 7 Oct 43 56 killed Lost to Japanese escort destroyer Ishigaki, northeast Araito Island off Kamchatka. Dorado (SS-248) Oct 43 77 killed Unknown, either accidently bombed and sunk by friendly Guantanamo-based flying boat on 13 October or sunk by a German submarine mine in the West Indies. Wahoo (SS-238) 11 Oct 43 80 killed Sunk by Japanese naval aircraft, submarine chasers Ch 15 and Ch 43, and minesweeper W.18 in La Perouse Strait off Japan. Corvina (SS-226) 16 Nov 43 82 killed Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I 176 south of Truk. Capelin (SS-289) Nov 43 78 killed Sunk by unknown causes, either Japanese aircraft (934 Kokutai) and minelayer Wakatake, a Japanese mine in the northern Celebes, or perhaps a hull defect reported prior to her departure from Darwin. Sculpin (SS-191) 19 Nov 43 12 killed, 51 POWs later died and 21 POWs survived. Damaged by Japanese destroyer Yamagumo and later scuttled north of Truk. Scorpion (SS-278) Jan 44 77 killed Unknown, probably a Japanese mine in Yellow or East China Sea. Grayback (SS-208) 27 Feb 44 80 killed Probably succumbed to damage inflicted by land-based Japanese naval aircraft suffered the day before in the East China Sea. Trout (SS-202) 29 Feb 44 81 killed Most likely sunk by Japanese destroyer Asashimo in Philippine Sea. Gudgeon (SS-211) 18 April 44 79 killed Probably sunk by Japanese naval aircraft (901st Kokutai) southwest of Iwo Jima. Herring (SS-233) 1 Jun 44 83 killed Sunk by Japanese Army shore battery (Guards Division 52) off Matsuwa Island, Kuriles. Golet (SS-361) 14 Jun 44 82 killed Probably sunk by Japanese guardboat Miya Maru, auxiliary submarine chaser Bunzan Maru, and naval aircraft off northern Honshu, Japan. Robalo (SS-273) 26 Jul 44 74 killed, 4 POWs later died. Sunk by a mine off western Palawan, Philippines. Flier (SS-250) 13 Aug 44 78 killed, 8 survied and were rescued. Sunk by a Japanese mine south of Palawan in Balabac Strait. Harder (SS-257) 24 Aug 44 79 killed Sunk by Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No. 22 off west coast of Luzon, Philippines. Escolar (SS-294) 17 Oct 44 82 killed Possibly sunk by a Japanese mine in the Yellow Sea. Shark (SS-314) 24 Oct 44 87 killed Sunk by Japanese depth charges from Harukaze, South China Sea west of Luzon. Albacore (SS-218) 7 Nov 44 85 killed Possible Japanese mine off northern tip of Honshu, Japan. Growler (SS-215) 8 Nov 44 86 killed Probably sunk by Japanese destroyer Shigure, escort vessel Chiburi, and Coast Defense Vessel No. 19 off Mindoro. Scamp (SS-277) 11 Nov 44 83 killed Sunk by Japanese naval aircraft and Coast Defense Vessel No.4 in Tokyo Bay area. Swordfish (SS-193) Jan 45 89 killed Possibly sunk by Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No. 4 on 5 January or sunk by a mine off Okinawa on 9 January. Barbel (SS-316) 4 Feb 45 81 killed Sunk by Japanese naval aircraft in South China Sea in Palawan Passage. Kete (SS-369) 20 Mar 45 87 killed Probably sunk by a mine or a Japanese submarine (perhaps RO 41) east of Okinawa. Trigger (SS-237) 28 Mar 45 89 killed Sunk by Japanese patrol vessel Mikura, Coast Defense Vessel No.33, and Coast Defense Vessel No. 59 in the Nansei Soto. Snook (SS-279) 9 Apr 45 84 killed Probably sunk by a combination of Japanese naval aircraft (256th, 453rd, and 951st Kokutais); escort vessel Okinawa, Coast Defense Vessel No. 8 , Coast Defense Vessel No. 32 , and Coast Defense Vessel No. 52; and/or submarine I-56 in the Nansei Soto. Lagarto (SS-371) 3 May 45 86 killed Sunk by Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka in Gulf of Siam. Bonefish (SS-223) 18 Jun 45 85 killed Sunk by combined efforts of escort destroyer Okinawa, Coast Defense Vessel No. 63, Coast Defense Vessel No. 75, Coast Defense Vessel No. 158, and Coast Defense Vessel No. 207 off southern coast of Honshu, Japan. Bullhead (SS-332) 6 Aug 45 84 killed Probably sunk by Japanese Army aircraft (73rd Chutai) off Bali in the Java Sea. seems there were nearly as many subs sunk by enemy transports as were sunk by the super E with mines, destroyers and aircraft being the main cause... I have already lost more subs to E in three months than I lost to air ASW or destroyers in three years... no idea how many super E are around already, perhaps two dozen? These are enough to seriously make me think to stop all sub operations which soon is going to happen... sorry, but these E are not realistic at all while they keep the game competitive... strange without having any subs operating against the enemy in mid 44 until the end of the war but in total still better than WITP as there you could stop it in late 42... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 52232 troops, 877 guns, 1403 vehicles, Assault Value = 1931 Defending force 37518 troops, 355 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 1013 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7 [X(][X(][X(] Allied adjusted assault: 1913 Japanese adjusted defense: 4571 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1739 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 54 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 114 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2400 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 157 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 341 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 60 disabled Vehicles lost 176 (12 destroyed, 164 disabled) Assaulting units: 24th Infantry Division 5th USMC Tank Battalion 43rd Infantry Division 40th Infantry Division 763rd Tank Battalion 110th Combat Engineer Battalion 38th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 181st USAAF Base Force 159th USA Base Force 228th USN Base Force III US Amphib Corps 233rd USN Base Force 163rd USA Base Force 162nd USA Base Force 114th USAAF Base Force Defending units: 46th Division 12th Division Babeldoap Naval Fortress 22nd Special Base Force 7th Air Division 1st Fleet 38th Field AA Machinecannon Company 30th Special Base Force 39th Field AA Machinecannon Company 45th JNAF AF Unit 60th Field AA Battalion 8th Base Force 25th JAAF AF Bn holy crap, level 8 forts to start with...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/8/2011 12:09:32 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 23, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 60,79 Japanese Ships TK Koryu Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage SC Ch 51 SC Ch 15 SC Ch 14 SC Ch 13 TK Kyokuyo Maru TK Noshiro Maru E W-28 E Susuki PB Hirota Maru Allied Ships SS Scamp, hits 1 SS Scamp launches 6 torpedoes at TK Koryu Maru E W-28 fails to find sub and abandons search E Susuki attacking submerged sub .... PB Hirota Maru fails to find sub and abandons search E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub another tanker claimed, well done... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sibuyan , at 80,82 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 233rd USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 21 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb the Peggies are coming out of the Marianas, no idea why he´s flying these attacks that have absolutely no effect other than risking op losses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sibuyan , at 80,82 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sibuyan , at 80,82 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on XIV US Corps, at 79,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 5 F4U-1A Corsair x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 475th FG/432nd FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes we finally sent out a couple of Thunderbolts to end these sweeps against a single leaking Corsair all the time... the P-47 made short process of the Zekes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 22 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAP Allara xAP Clan Macbean xAK Bandra xAP Arkaba xAK Barpeta, Bomb hits 3, on fire xAK Mernoo, Shell hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x A6M2 Zero bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb a surprising nav attack by Zeroes against a convoy that is sitting at Tawi Tawi without any aircover... the convoy was six hexes away from Tawi Tawi and I expected it to stay at least one hex off the base with it´s speed of 2 hexes per phase... well, it moved six today... [8\|] I was going to send some fighters the day the convoy arrives but obviously this plan failed... glad the Zeroes did pretty bad... [image]local://upfiles/13774/1B510CE2059D4E0A9A379E34E704F301.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/8/2011 12:15:04 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 24, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 13 F4U-1A Corsair x 14 PV-1 Ventura x 54 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 20 damaged Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 60 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb wonder what kind of FOW it is when you see a hell a lot aircraft being damaged by flak when there isn´t a single flak burst... none of the bombers was actually damaged... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 7 F6F-3 Hellcat x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 9 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 11 PV-1 Ventura x 9 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 51 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10 P-51B Mustang x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on III US Amphib Corps, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Davao (79,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 47613 troops, 911 guns, 1109 vehicles, Assault Value = 2222 Defending force 82087 troops, 858 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2611 Allied ground losses: 257 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 11 (5 destroyed, 6 disabled) Assaulting units: 2/7th Armoured Regiment 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 2/6th Armoured Regiment 18th Combat Engineer Regiment 4th Marine Division 25th Infantry Division 2/4th Armoured Regiment 6th Infantry Division 41st Infantry Division 4th Armoured Brigade 151st USA Base Force XIV US Corps 148th USA Base Force 147th Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 33rd Ind.Mixed Brigade 27th Ind.Mixed Brigade 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 52nd Division Kure 7th SNLF 26th Ind.Mixed Brigade 54th Division 35th Ind.Mixed Brigade 31st Ind.Mixed Brigade 32nd Ind.Mixed Brigade Sasebo 6th SNLF 9th Field AF Construction Battalion 48th Field AA Battalion 4th Air Army 19th Army 64th Field AA Battalion 2nd Base Force 29th Field AA Machinecannon Company 65th Field AA Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 60th JNAF AF Unit 1st Art.Mortar Regiment 66th Field AA Battalion 59th Field AA Battalion 58th Construction Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 72nd JAAF AF Bn we fired some intelligence shells to see what is defending Davao... quite some enemy troops here, we are waiting for our reinforcements and when everything has arrived here we´re going to field some 5000 av which should wear the enemy down in a couple of weeks... the bombardment result is odd as usual... I preferre it over the nuke bombardments earlier but it is still odd the way it is now...[&:] we order a bombardment with all our troops, fail to inflict a single casualty and the magic counter bombardment then takes out quite a number of squads within our lines...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/8/2011 12:26:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 25, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,77 Japanese Ships E No.9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E No.20 Allied Ships SS Plunger, hits 4 SS Plunger launches 4 torpedoes at E No.9 Plunger diving deep .... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we sink a super E and the sub gets away with it... only 218 to go... sub retiring with 12 sys 12 flt 8 eng... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sorong at 83,106 Japanese Ships SS I-178, hits 2 Allied Ships LST-29, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage LST-126 LST-38, heavy damage DMS Elliot DMS Hobson SS I-178 launches 6 torpedoes at LST-29 DMS Elliot fails to find sub and abandons search DMS Hobson fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS Hobson attacking submerged sub .... DMS Hobson cannot establish contact with SS I-178 DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson attacking submerged sub .... DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS Hobson attacking submerged sub .... DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson is out of ASW ammo DMS Hobson fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub one of the damaged LST retiring from Babeldaob is sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 102,69 Japanese Ships xAK Tateisi Maru PB Tonon Maru Allied Ships SS Kingfish SS Kingfish is sighted by escort Kingfish diving deep .... PB Tonon Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tonon Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tonon Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tonon Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tonon Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Catanduanes , at 82,81 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 16 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * CAP engaged: S-301 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-Ia Helen x 16 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 5 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 233rd USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 20 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: 20 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 228th USN Base Force ... Also attacking 233rd USN Base Force ... more and more Peggies show up, doesn´t make sense to me... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and we now enter a new stage of the war: Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 50 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 30 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 71 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 25 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 48 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes first attack of B-29! We have moved 108 of the beasts to Hanoi and have them ordered to fly their first attack against the airfield of Takao where I´ve hoped to only see some Oscars or a fighter unit doing training... meeting Nicks there has been a bit suprising and not really to my taste, the B-29 mostly evaded the fighters though and the fight was over in no time... as a side note, we have also set three P-38 squadrons at Changsha to sweep the place, while being closer to the target they of course show up after the bombers... oh well... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 28 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 156 minutes 4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes same as with all other bomber strikes, first you get a big strike followed by smaller ones... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Catanduanes , at 82,81 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-61-Ic Tony x 5 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Ic Tony: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * CAP engaged: 18th Sentai with Ki-61-Ic Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes S-301 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead engaging leaking Cap with the "lost" parts of our squadrons set to sweep... god... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Atimonan , at 80,79 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 221 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes this is making me sick... just can´t believe this is working as it should or someone is nuts and really thinks that squadrons always lost a couple of fighters when flying to a target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 28 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 74 [X(] Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 10 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 24 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 21 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * CAP engaged: 4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 85 minutes 4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 74 out of 74 Lightnings join one sweep... must have been jackpot time... the Nicks had no chance at all... one of the rare events when you could take advantage of your numerical superiority, most often the enemy outnumbers you even though you´ve got three times more aircraft ordered to attack... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Catanduanes , at 82,81 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Ic Tony x 3 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Ic Tony: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * CAP engaged: 18th Sentai with Ki-61-Ic Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Atimonan , at 80,79 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 N1K1-J George x 2 Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Atimonan , at 80,79 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 A6M5 Zero x 16 N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 221 Ku S-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. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead also engaging KB fighters again, would have been great if the Mustangs would have been able to fly in formation to their target... [image]local://upfiles/13774/71563E1AE394437E9C163F4A4171BB0D.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 49154 troops, 875 guns, 1382 vehicles, Assault Value = 1808 Defending force 36351 troops, 331 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 941 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6 Allied adjusted assault: 2395 Japanese adjusted defense: 7019 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1879 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 90 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 141 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 2005 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 92 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 353 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled Vehicles lost 134 (5 destroyed, 129 disabled) Assaulting units: 110th Combat Engineer Battalion 40th Infantry Division 5th USMC Tank Battalion 24th Infantry Division 43rd Infantry Division 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion 763rd Tank Battalion 38th Infantry Division II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 162nd USA Base Force 233rd USN Base Force 228th USN Base Force 163rd USA Base Force 181st USAAF Base Force 159th USA Base Force III US Amphib Corps 114th USAAF Base Force Defending units: 12th Division 46th Division Babeldoap Naval Fortress 22nd Special Base Force 30th Special Base Force 1st Fleet 60th Field AA Battalion 45th JNAF AF Unit 8th Base Force 7th Air Division 39th Field AA Machinecannon Company 25th JAAF AF Bn taking down another fort level with equal losses on both sides, this is looking good so far...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/8/2011 12:29:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 26, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 80,72 Japanese Ships E No.22 E No.7 Allied Ships SS Nautilus, hits 15, heavy damage SS Nautilus launches 4 torpedoes at E No.22 E No.22 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.7 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.22 attacking submerged sub .... E No.22 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.22 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.22 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.22 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub meeting the next bunch of super E, Nautilus is put in sinking condition with high sys of 50 and 34 flt... trying to make the closest port to reduce sys damage... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 233rd USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 228th USN Base Force ... Also attacking 233rd USN Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tawi Tawi , at 72,90 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 21 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Calapan , at 78,79 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 40000 feet CAP engaged: 221 Ku S-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. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Calapan , at 78,79 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 6 N1K1-J George x 3 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 40000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes short combat report this turn, both P-47 squadrons had 16 fighters airborne, the other 9 of each squadron did nothing, for what reason ever... [image]local://upfiles/13774/3BE5AC122A424F0298F49ED6E39E624C.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/10/2011 4:18:42 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 27, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Chichi-jima at 108,71 Japanese Ships AMC Kiyosumi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SC CHa-64 SC CHa-40 SC CHa-31 AK Shizuoka Maru xAK Hauraki Maru xAK Rakuto Maru xAK Kosei Maru xAK Kazuura Maru xAK Brisbane Maru PB Kaimyo Maru PB Toshi Maru #2 PB Takashima Maru Allied Ships SS Peto SS Peto launches 6 torpedoes at AMC Kiyosumi Maru Peto diving deep .... PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub not sure what this AMC was doing in this convoy, acting as an escort? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-43 Allied Ships PT-238 LCT-473 LCT-460 SSX Ha-43 is sighted by escort Sub escapes detection sending a midget? Impressive... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Chichi-jima at 108,71 Japanese Ships AMC Kiyosumi Maru, Torpedo hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Peto Japanese ground losses: 76 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) SS Peto launches 6 torpedoes another four torps slam into the AMC and now there are ground losses showing up... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-43 Allied Ships PT-226 LCT-462 LCT-178 SSX Ha-43 is sighted by escort Ha-43 bottoming out .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-43 Allied Ships PT-238 LCT-473 LCT-460 SSX Ha-43 is sighted by escort Ha-43 bottoming out .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nago at 94,62 Japanese Ships SC Ch 4 SC Ch 12 PB Myoken Maru Allied Ships SS Flying Fish SS Flying Fish launches 6 torpedoes at SC Ch 4 PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet no Cap here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 17 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 1 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * CAP engaged: VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Raid is overhead moved a land based USN fighter squadron to Tawi Tawi now as I want to take a bit pressure of my Marine units and for Cap the Hellcats work just fine... 36 at the base but only 11 engage here... the Zekes were on sweep because they failed as escort... nothing new... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 9 Ki-49-Ia Helen x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged Ki-49-Ia Helen: 3 damaged Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 48 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 Ki-21-IIb Sally x 9 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 4 [:(] Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAKL Mexican, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage LCI-219 AM Gladstone Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 15 (5 destroyed, 10 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 1000 feet CAP engaged: VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Raid is overhead and then some Sallies show up to bomb a convoy unloading at Tawi Tawi... an amazing 4 Hellcats are on Cap (what´s the rest doing?) and while we claim a couple of enemies we weren´t able to stop them of course... the small freighter is lost but that´s no biggy... looks like the enemy is copying our low level naval attacks and has trained pilots to do so... what he lacks are appropriate bombers to do it though as the Sally only carries two bombs below 6000ft on normal range attacks... our B-25D1 and H carry 6 bombs... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 233rd USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 233rd USN Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pamekasan , at 57,105 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet [8\|][8\|][8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 125 P-38J Lightning x 19 F4U-1 Corsair x 13 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 18 damaged Airbase hits 20 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 88 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb supply hits is all that counts... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 36 P-38G Lightning x 18 P-38J Lightning x 3 F4U-1A Corsair x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 32 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 24 P-38G Lightning x 3 F4U-1A Corsair x 14 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb flak isn´t that bad here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 F4U-1A Corsair x 5 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 14 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Atimonan , at 80,79 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. interesting message... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Atimonan , at 80,79 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Atimonan , at 80,79 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 13 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes number of Hellcats in the afternoon is as pathetic as in the morning... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied Ships LCI-216 xAKL Kentuckian, Bomb hits 1, on fire LCI-336 AM Geelong Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 3 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes also the Helens come in at 1000ft in the afternoon but manage to only score a single bomb hit and the small freighter is going to make it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Groot Natoena at 60,80 Japanese Ships E No.10 E No.20 E No.3 Allied Ships SS Stingray, hits 16, and is sunk [8\|][&o][&o][&o] SS Stingray is located by E No.10 E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... SS Stingray forced to surface! E No.10 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.3 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.20 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.10 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.3 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.10 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.3 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.10 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.3 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.20 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.10 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.3 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves super E... [8\|] [image]local://upfiles/13774/E6E7D75C2B704FA88963A63216F6256B.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/10/2011 4:47:41 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 28, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Iba at 77,75 Japanese Ships E No.15 E No.14 Allied Ships SS Hoe, hits 16, heavy damage sunk... [8\|][&o][&o][&o] SS Hoe is located by E No.15 E No.15 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.14 attacking submerged sub .... Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface! Escort abandons search for sub all subs in South China Sea are ordered home!!! I have commented these super E in the game often enough already, it´s not the ASW mortar, it´s their UBER performance that does not even nearly correspond to their performance in real life nor has it anything to do with "how they are used"... they´re just totally unrealistic and I have to accept that... therefore ALL subs in the South China Sea have been ordered to retreat to Darwin or to stay within friendly LBA range, which basically is the same as sending them home because within our LBA range they won´t meet any enemy ships... most of the PBEM are not going to reach 44, heck, I guess 50% don´t even reach 43 so I doubt there will be many players complaining about how these vessels are modeled in the game... they look correct on paper but their performance is a couple of times better than high experienced IJN DD, heck, they nearly match Allied DD and that´s just not correct and I guess there is noone here on the forum that can actually argue they would be realistic... doesn´t matter, my subs are going to retreat now as I am not going to accept one sub lost for one freighter sunk, this is a GAME about the Pacific war and not about Uboats in the Atlantic, problem is that it resembles the Atlantic war with Allied subs being Nazi Uboats and Japanese super E being Allied destroyers... I know as what I´m seen so everyone is welcome to invest two hours of his time and set up a little test to see what these vessels can do in the game... it´s not correct as it´s not realistic nor historic... it´s a game and not a sim, so who cares?[:(] Like I´ve said earlier, the sub war in 42/43 is IMO pretty realistic so you have two years more than in WITP because there it was off right from the start and that´s an improvement then... you probably have to give the Japanese player something in 44 to have a chance to keep on playing and having everything sunk by USN subs probably won´t work in a game (at least not in a PBEM) so there you go... I have chosen the right path of advance and am aiming at cutting off all oil/fuel from the SRA within the next three months so I don´t need the subs anyway... if you want to rely on your subs, you are suddenly going to notice in early 44 that this is hopeless as soon as the enemy gets his first two dozen super E (of some 200 in total according to my opponent)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,90 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-43, hits 11, heavy damage Allied Ships AM Geelong LCI-435 LCI-334 LCI-328 LCI-219 xAKL Kentuckian AM Kapunda AM Horsham SSX Ha-43 is sighted by escort Ha-43 bottoming out .... AM Kapunda attacking submerged sub .... AM Horsham fails to find sub and abandons search AM Kapunda attacking submerged sub .... SSX Ha-43 forced to surface! AM Kapunda firing on surfaced sub .... AM Horsham firing on surfaced sub .... AM Kapunda firing on surfaced sub .... AM Horsham firing on surfaced sub .... AM Horsham firing on surfaced sub .... AM Kapunda firing on surfaced sub .... AM Horsham firing on surfaced sub .... AM Kapunda firing on surfaced sub .... AM Horsham firing on surfaced sub .... AM Kapunda firing on surfaced sub .... AM Horsham firing on surfaced sub .... AM Kapunda firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 9 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 24 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 9 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 15 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes a full Sentai of Tojos from Manila are shred... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tawi Tawi , at 72,90 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 47,010 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 3 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 F6F-3 Hellcat x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 49th FG/9th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 40000 , scrambling fighters between 41000 and 42000. Raid is overhead 35th FG/39th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 40000 , scrambling fighters between 35000 and 42000. Raid is overhead 3 George? Ahh, the silly "we lose a couple of fighters on every sweep routine" thought it would be cool to send the fragment in before the main strike today... moved two P-47 squadrons to Tawi Tawi to back up the Hellcats but again the number of fighters in the air is by far not what I´ve expected... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Siangtan , at 81,52 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet obviously same as above... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 233rd USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 9000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 114th USAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 233rd USN Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 2 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * 2 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes not that we could avoid this silliness today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 27 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 57 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 9 damaged Airbase hits 25 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 61 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 18 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes this is the first attempt to make it harder for the Japanese to move fuel out of the SRA... while still in Japanese hands, Japan has lost access to all of Borneo´s oil/fuel (all the bases are in strike range of my bombers so no Japanese tanker convoy is going to go there) and Palembang is in normal range of our B-29... we are first going to knock out the level 4 airfield and then destroy the level 4 port which makes it more or less impossible to load fuel here (only at a rate like loading over the beach)... we only meet Oscars here which aren´t really suited to tangle with B-29 even though there are quite a lot of them... guess it will take us two attacks to knock out the airfield, then we are going to fly supressing strikes also targetting the port... it´s getting really grim for the enemy IMO... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 20 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 18 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 105 minutes Training flight from 64th Sentai has been caught up in attack that´s what I´m expecting at all the bases I´m reconning far behind the frontline, I get recon about lots of fighters at these bases so the numbers probably should scare me but in fact many of the fighters are going to be on training... though we could run into a disaster if we attack a base like Nagasaki (already in B-29 range out of China) and it would turn out that the 200 fighters there wouldn´t be mostly on training but all would raise up to attack the bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 23 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 18 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 130 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tawi Tawi , at 72,90 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 46,010 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 19 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 15 F6F-3 Hellcat x 10 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 3 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 41010 feet CAP engaged: VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 49th FG/9th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40000 , scrambling fighters to 41010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 35th FG/39th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40000 , scrambling fighters between 41010 and 44010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes here comes the "main part" of the Georges... diving Allied fighters was bad news for them... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Siangtan , at 81,52 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 44 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 44 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet and the main part of the Tojos... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 13 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 15 F6F-3 Hellcat x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 49th FG/9th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 35th FG/39th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes failed escort attempt was shred... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Ki-21-IIb Sally x 18 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed Ki-21-IIb Sally: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Allied Ships AM Gladstone, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LCI-335, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LCI-221 LCI-336, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LCI-327, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 49th FG/9th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 40000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 35th FG/39th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 40000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes and also this strike was hit hard... what got through had a field day on one of my "important" landing craft convoys though... [;)] when looking at the air losses today then I won´t complain as an AM and four LCT is a bad trade for all these aircraft and the crews... [image]local://upfiles/13774/96A441D8867A47D086CC276A5066C09B.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 47289 troops, 875 guns, 1378 vehicles, Assault Value = 1721 Defending force 37302 troops, 376 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 1012 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 2336 Japanese adjusted defense: 6067 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1836 casualties reported Squads: 20 destroyed, 79 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 103 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Allied ground losses: 2741 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 225 disabled [X(] Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 270 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 60 disabled Vehicles lost 183 (29 destroyed, 154 disabled) Assaulting units: 110th Combat Engineer Battalion 43rd Infantry Division 40th Infantry Division 24th Infantry Division 38th Infantry Division 763rd Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion 5th USMC Tank Battalion II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 159th USA Base Force 162nd USA Base Force 233rd USN Base Force 228th USN Base Force III US Amphib Corps 163rd USA Base Force 181st USAAF Base Force 114th USAAF Base Force Defending units: 12th Division Babeldoap Naval Fortress 46th Division 4th Guards Div /1 8th Base Force 30th Special Base Force 22nd Special Base Force 7th Air Division 45th JNAF AF Unit 60th Field AA Battalion 1st Fleet 25th JAAF AF Bn ouch, that wasn´t what I really like... had the combat power of 2/3 of a division disabled today... and the enemy´s strenght is growing... damn! Rainer is using a barge convoy to move 4th Guards Div from Peleliu to Babeldaob... going to send some destroyers to stop it but infantry worth a hundred av has already been brought in... if the next attacks aren´t going to go in our favour or if the enemy is able to bring in more reinforcements then the invasion is stalled... I have already ordered another three divs plus a couple of bgd and support units to start prepping for this target but this is now going to take a hundred days to have them available to reinforce my troops on the island which is quite some time... a pity there is nothing like having secured a beach head and my reinforcments are treated like attacking an enemy stronghold without any Allied troops being there already so 100 prep is a must... would be great to see 50 prep being enough when you have already secured a beachhead and outnumbering the enemy... I doubt it would have taken three+ months in real life to have reinforcments available to being landed here when three divs have already secured a big part of that place...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/15/2011 2:10:38 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 29, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 103,67 Japanese Ships E No.8 E No.24 E No.17 Allied Ships SS Kingfish, hits 2 SS Kingfish is located by E No.8 Kingfish diving deep .... E No.24 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.17 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.17 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.17 attacking submerged sub .... E No.17 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.17 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub want to get away from those damned super E as fast as possible... Kingfish takes 11 sys 4 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Sansapor at 84,107 Japanese Ships SS I-172, hits 21, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Ingersoll DD Haggard DD Stanly DD Philip DD Owen DD O'Bannon SS I-172 is sighted by escort DD Stanly fails to find sub and abandons search DD Philip attacking submerged sub .... DD Owen attacking submerged sub .... DD O'Bannon attacking submerged sub .... DD Philip fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Owen attacking submerged sub .... DD Owen loses contact with SS I-172 DD O'Bannon fails to find sub and abandons search DD Philip attacking submerged sub .... DD Owen fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Philip fails to find sub and abandons search DD Owen fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Owen fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub I-172 ends up below one of our invasion SAG escorts and is hit hard... expect the sub to be sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Siangtan , at 81,52 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 44 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 44 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 A6M5 Zero x 38 N1K1-J George x 3 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 221 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes today we´ve sent the elite Lightning squadrons to draw some Cap from KB at Manila and the first squadron is hit hard... well, going with what I was advised to do [8\|], which is not going in with a ceiling sweep of course ended in diving Cap on my sweep which shred the Lightnings, followed by no dive for either side which again led to heavy losses for the Lightnings until they got a small phase that saw the P-38 diving and inflicting losses to the enemy... it´s all about the dive in this game, I reall don´t care which aircraft is flying as long as it gets the dive all is well... of course the better the aircraft the easier the dive is becoming an uber factor... this squadron lost 9 fighters today, nearly a 40% loss rate... 7 pilots were lost as well and due to them being all experts this is quite a loss... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 A6M5 Zero x 22 N1K1-J George x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 221 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 45500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes here comes the second main part of the sweeping squadrons, same as always, but this time the enemy had only a minimal dive phase that was followed by a long dive phase for the P-38... doesn´t look amazing when you look at the losses in the combat report, there were at least a dozen Zekes damaged though, which is what the cr doesn´t show, once again I pity the P-38 being undergunned with a 20mm and 4x cal. 50 in the nose... not comparable at all with the sixpack cal.50 in the wings in the game which is hardly understandable to me because I´ve always thought in real life the Lightnings were better armed than the other US fighters with their cal.50 in the wings... in the game the P-38 just lacks firepower compared to other Allied fighters but this seems to be true for every cannon armed fighter and hasn´t changed since the release of WITP... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Siangtan , at 81,52 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 228th USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 233rd USN Base Force ... Also attacking 228th USN Base Force ... what are these attacks for? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 42 P-38G Lightning x 22 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 56 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 45 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 92 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * 3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * 10 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * 12 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * CAP engaged: S-301 Hikotai Det A with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes S-301 Hikotai Det B with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes attacking the base West of Balikpapan as we´ve long spotted a small number of enemy ac there... all fighters set to escort but to our advantage the screw up routine turns out to be an advantage as the fighters show up as sweeping and enemy Cap was easy prey... the downside again were fighters from three different bases (distance between the bases up to a dozen hexes) joining the bombers so we suffered the usual avoidable op losses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 26 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 14 N1K1-J George x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 28 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 3 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet [8\|] CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 33000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 40740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 37000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 40000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes here comes the third P-38 squadron (in full strenght) with the usual silly three fighters of one of the previous squadrons... heck, that´s so silly... no dive for the Japanese but short diving period for the Allied fighters and more Japanese shot down... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 3 [8\|] No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 1 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 41000 Raid is overhead Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 43500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 39000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * [8\|] well designed, yeah, very well... WHERE IS THE EXPLANATION FOR THIS?? Have I missed it so far? Must be because I´m sure there is one? Has to be found in the book "Why WWII fighter squadrons always lost three fighters on the way to target - the unknown truth of fighter coordination"... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * and the "main part"... [image]local://upfiles/13774/81BEB77C05CC428C90E0CC0FEB7C7F16.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 100,68 Japanese Ships E No.13 Allied Ships SS O19 SS O19 launches 4 torpedoes E No.13 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.13 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.13 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.13 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.13 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub please just get away from the super E...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/15/2011 2:23:30 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 30, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Babeldaob at 90,97, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships LB-551, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-552, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-553, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-557, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-558, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-559, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Lansdowne DD Lardner DD Farenholt DD Barton Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 53% moonlight: 7,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards LB-557 sunk by DD Farenholt at 7,000 yards LB-553 sunk by DD Farenholt at 7,000 yards LB-551 sunk by DD Farenholt at 7,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards DD Farenholt engages LB-558 at 6,000 yards LB-558 sunk by DD Lardner at 6,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards LB-559 sunk by DD Barton at 2,000 yards LB-552 sunk by DD Farenholt at 2,000 yards LB-552 sunk by DD Farenholt at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... the enemy used these barges to move in parts of a Guards div from Peleliu to Babeldaob and I´ve noticed this too late... the barges are history now but the enemy has moved some 200 av to strenghten the defense already... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on II Australian Corps, at 80,88 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet CAP engaged: VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Siangtan , at 81,52 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 44 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 44 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Siangtan , at 81,52 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet bost sides are victim of this silliness... So where´s my explanation? Curious to hear it... [8\|] too low? too high? wrong HQ? too few supplies? wrong daytime? no chicken at the base? or just a flawed routine? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 4 damaged Airbase hits 10 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 198 P-38G Lightning x 22 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 17 damaged Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 28 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 145 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb to me the attempt to "simulate" more realistic "strike packages" just failed... I most often still launch big raids that we have been told never happened in real life but went in in waves, to be followed by a myriad of piece meal "waves" (only two today though)... so that´s realistic? Why not having these three waves coming in in packages like 80, 70, 50 or something like that? Why in 198, 12, 12? And that´s a hell a good outcome, it also could have been 100, 6, 12, 23, 14, 35, 12, 8... the whole thing needs to be looked at, if it can´t be improved then be it, but selling it as working well is another story... fighter sweeps losing three fighters nearly all the time, bomber "waves", escorts joing from all over the map no matter where the bases are situated just as long they are all within range of the target and carrier based air joining (or better say failing in joining - they shouldn´t even try) LBA strikes... this all should be looked at... so many things have been improved, so many great new features... this definately isn´t great... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 22 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 6 damaged Japanese Ships LB-167, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 44 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 14 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes here are the 108 B-29 ordered to hit Palembang... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 5 damaged Japanese Ships LB-165, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-517, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 29 followed by 6... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 13 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Japanese Ships LB-522, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-162, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-528, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes followed by 13... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Japanese Ships LB-169, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-523, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-525, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-161, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-170, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-520, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes followed by 15... the rest stayed on the ground for what reason ever... 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castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/15/2011 2:54:32 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 01, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63 Japanese Ships E Kiji E Kamo Allied Ships SS Escolar, hits 1 SS Escolar is located by E Kiji Escolar diving deep .... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo attacking submerged sub .... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub no super E, not a real threat... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Talaud-eilanden - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 270 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Concord CL Marblehead CL Trenton, Shell hits 1 CL Detroit CL Raleigh, Shell hits 1 CL Richmond LST-167 LST-166 LST-22 DMS Long LST-169 CL Concord firing at 39th JNAF AF Unit CL Marblehead firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Marblehead Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Trenton CL Trenton firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Raleigh CL Raleigh firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Richmond CL Richmond firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards clearing Talaud Eilanden, which is just a secondary target that has to be cleared at some point and we again meet the Wake Coastal Gun Battailion... holy crap, this is the third time already that this CD unit has been rebuilt and it is again firing with guns up to 20cm on my invasion... how easy is it for the Japanese to replace these guns in the game? Just spend a couple of armament points and voila, a brand new battery of 20cm guns for your decimated unit? Seems so, while we are still fielding dozens of units that are completely understrenght or are fighting with pre war equipment because the Allied still can´t produce enough for the fighting units and we are in 5/44 now... and I have definately not suffered a lot of equipment lost... so far it seems I have been more or less lucky against CD though (or the cruisers were sufficient to deal with CD) as we haven´t had an invasion completely shot up but when looking at how many CD guns actually firing at our ships it could be very nasty as the CD unit outguns my light cruisers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Talaud-eilanden TF 297 troops unloading over beach at Talaud-eilanden, 79,97 Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) 11 troops of a Can Inf Section 43 lost overboard during unload of 14th Canadian Bde 5 troops of a US MMG Section lost in surf during unload of 32nd Infantry Div /2 Motorized Support lost from landing craft during unload of 32nd Infantry Div /5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Talaud-eilanden - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 353 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Concord, Shell hits 2 CL Marblehead, Shell hits 4, on fire CL Trenton, Shell hits 1 CL Detroit, Shell hits 2 CL Raleigh, Shell hits 6, on fire CL Richmond, Shell hits 6 LST-166, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage LST-167, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage LST-22 DMS Long LST-169 Allied ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Concord CL Concord firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Marblehead CL Marblehead firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Trenton CL Trenton firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Detroit CL Detroit firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Raleigh Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Richmond CL Richmond firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion 20cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging LST-166 at 14,000 yards CL Concord firing to suppress enemy battery at 14,000 yards 12cm 10YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-167 at 14,000 yards 15cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging LST-167 at 14,000 yards CL Concord firing to suppress enemy battery at 14,000 yards 12cm 10YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-167 at 14,000 yards CL Raleigh firing to suppress enemy battery at 14,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards 12, 15 and 20cm guns are a threat, the heavy calibres also hurt my cruisers... this wasn´t really nice to watch, the CLs got damaged while the two LST were sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on II Australian Corps, at 80,88 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 11 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet CAP engaged: VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Mauban , at 80,78 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet * CAP engaged: 221 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes employing two Mustang squadrons, replacement for the P-51B is 30 a month... main disadvantage of the fighter is the low gun value with only 4 cal.50 so this one is not going to be a war winnner... the P-47 would be but replacements will stop in mid 44... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Mauban , at 80,78 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 16 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet * CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead the Mustangs only managed to damage some Zekes... nearly as hard for a Mustang to down a Japanese fighter as vice versa... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 40000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Ic Tony x 35 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 55 F4U-1A Corsair x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Ic Tony: 9 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 12 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * CAP engaged: 18th Sentai with Ki-61-Ic Tony (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 24 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes the Tonies were dived by the Corsairs and shot to pieces... what a lucky day I´ve first thought, 84 fighters joining up in one sweep... just to find out that... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 55 F4U-1A Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * that it is yet another turn when the "escort bug" shows up again with the same 55 P-38 showing up over the base again and again and again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 16 PV-1 Ventura x 45 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 16 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 7 PV-1 Ventura x 27 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 29 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 34 P-38J Lightning x 22 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 48 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 6 B-25H Mitchell x 75 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 32 P-38J Lightning x 22 F4U-1A Corsair x 20 No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 31 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 112 P-38J Lightning x 55 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 destroyed on ground Ki-61-Ic Tony: 4 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 10 damaged Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 20 Runway hits 252 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * third time the 55 P-38 show up over the target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 10 P-38J Lightning x 55 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-61-Ic Tony: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 34 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * fourth time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 9 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 No Allied losses Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 P-38J Lightning x 55 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * fifth time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 P-38J Lightning x 55 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 30 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 6th time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 P-38J Lightning x 55 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Ic Tony: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 7th time... evil castor again must be posting a faked combat report... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 P-38J Lightning x 55 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 8th? [&o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 P-38J Lightning x 55 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * number 9... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 P-38J Lightning x 55 No Allied losses Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * number 10... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 P-38J Lightning x 55 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * and for the 11th time, the 55 P-38J are over the target... no, they are not set to LRCAP (far too far away anyway) and no, I don´t have 605 P-38J at the base to fly 11 times a "failed" [8\|] escort attempt that shows up as a sweep... nice turn acting as a prime example for the strike routine with all what relates to it... and for those that think it would be only a display glitch, no it isn´t as these fighters would fight everytime the enemy sends up some fighters, as has happened in the past often enough... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Burias , at 80,81 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 28 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 40000 feet 6 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 40000 feet 28 with 22 plus 6? Yeah, 22 P-47 of one squadron plus another 2x3 from two more squadrons... JUST AS USUAL... stupid WWII fighter pilots always lost track of their squadrons and flying in formation was a nogo anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Mauban , at 80,78 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 A6M5 Zero x 11 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51B Mustang: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 1 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet * CAP engaged: Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 221 Ku S-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. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes same for the Mustangs of course, 2x6 today... at least the dozen had the dive for quite some time claiming enemy fighters while taking them on from behind... they ran out of the dive and lost a couple of theirs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * yeah, this is really working well... very, very well...[8\|] no matter how annoying it is, I´m going to point it out again and again and again... perhaps I should still point out that land based radar wasn´t working for quite some time because I bet there are still a lot of people around haven´t noticed it back then... [:'(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 55 PB4Y-1P Liberator x 1 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet * oooops! I´ve thought 11 times would have been it, no, the 55 P-38 also show up for a 12th time, together with one of the long range recons... pfff.... castor clearly is in bitching mode again today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Burias , at 80,81 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 40000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 82,82 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 40 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * 10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * 10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * 10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * then we get what I call the "possibility to take advantage of the screwed coordination routine"... the Corsairs fail to escort and end up on a sweep coming in in front of the bombers, that´s what I would like to get when we actually attack a capped task force like KB for example as it´s the only way to sweep a naval target (if it isn´t sitting at a base and you´ve ordered to sweep the base)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 82,82 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufort VIII x 6 P-38J Lightning x 22 Allied aircraft losses Beaufort VIII: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AM Wa 106 AM Wa 107, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Beaufort VIII launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo Wa 106 dead in the water ... [&:] Wa 107 dead in the water ... [&:] both minesweepers were reported dead in the water, probably ran out of fuel? No idea... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Talaud-eilanden Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 88 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-180 CL Marblehead CL Trenton LST-22 LST-169 CL Detroit LST-480 LST-467 LST-462 LST-353 LST-344 CL Concord LST-202 DMS Long Allied ground losses: 54 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 15cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging LST-180 at 18,000 yards CL Trenton firing to suppress enemy battery at 18,000 yards 15cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging LST-22 at 18,000 yards 20cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging LST-22 at 18,000 yards CL Trenton firing to suppress enemy battery at 18,000 yards 15cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging LST-169 at 18,000 yards CL Detroit firing to suppress enemy battery at 18,000 yards LST-480 fired at enemy troops LST-467 fired at enemy troops LST-462 fired at enemy troops LST-353 fired at enemy troops LST-344 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards [image]local://upfiles/13774/C9D4DB34D2F742C3AD110F654F3A75EE.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Talaud-eilanden (79,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4493 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 175 Defending force 23090 troops, 425 guns, 410 vehicles, Assault Value = 750 Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Garrison Unit Wake Coastal Gun Battalion 65th JNAF AF Unit /1 39th JNAF AF Unit 63rd Fld AA Bn /1 22nd Field AF Const Bn /1 Defending units: 14th Canadian Bde /6 13th Canadian Bde /6 32nd Infantry Div /17 104th Combat Engr Rgt /7 209th Field Artillery Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion 165th Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Force /1 149th USA Base Force /7 now that we got away with our landing against Wake Coastal gun btn it won´t be much of a problem to take the place as it is only lightly defended...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/15/2011 3:10:32 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 02, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nago at 96,62 Japanese Ships E W-21 TK Kumanoyama TK Ogura Maru #3 Allied Ships SS Amberjack SS Amberjack launches 6 torpedoes at E W-21 E W-21 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed CAP engaged: 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 30 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes sent our best fighter to deal with leaking Cap from Manila but it turned out to be a disaster today... the Thuds being set to their ceiling came in and promptly were suffering by the never ending diving Tojos... the whole formation was shot up, not one was reported "sweeping" in the end which meant there was Cap left but no more attacking aircraft... it a) once again clearly shows that the dive is the most powerful factor in A2A and b) makes me wonder about physics in the game or how things are actually playing out as I wonder how the Tojos can scramble in six min, get to that altitude in 6 min... let alone the fact that they shouldn´t even reach that alt according to their stats... a mystery... [:'(] in WITP altitude didn´t matter at all, it was all about radar... in AE, no clue what matters, physics for sure not... [:D] this squadron had so many fighters instantly shot down or being damaged that it lost halve of it´s strenght... got to rethink these long range sweeps as they just don´t pay off if you end up without the dive... results like this one clearly favour the Japanese... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 14 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Airbase hits 8 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 52 P-38J Lightning x 31 F4U-1A Corsair x 14 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 39 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14 P-51B Mustang x 17 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 25 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes here comes the second full squadron with the three fighters lost of the first one... this one turned out to be fare better as the enemy failed to get the never ending dive and the result of the first engagement was reversed, ending in a 1.5:1 in total (reported) losses so I guess it´s more like 1:1 in the end... [image]local://upfiles/13774/34ABD560541B4EF7BCF0EB157A96DBCE.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Talaud-eilanden (79,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 19656 troops, 417 guns, 410 vehicles, Assault Value = 750 Defending force 4956 troops, 62 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 162 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Allied adjusted assault: 445 Japanese adjusted defense: 363 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 714 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 427 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 65 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled Assaulting units: 104th Combat Engineer Regiment 13th Canadian Brigade 32nd Infantry Division 14th Canadian Brigade 209th Field Artillery Battalion 165th Field Artillery Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Force 149th USA Base Force Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit Wake Coastal Gun Battalion 39th JNAF AF Unit 65th JNAF AF Unit /1 63rd Fld AA Bn /1 22nd Field AF Const Bn /1 clearing up Talaud Eilanden goes as excepted...

anarchyintheuk -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/15/2011 6:41:17 PM)
quote: a. What would be the exact changes on a 'DaBabes-style' DCs/E-Class Ships? Two parts to that: "Num" of weapons (chance to hit) and "Depth" of weapons (chance to kill, .. if ..). The way the algorithm works is, the more the "devices", the more die rolls you get. Any good mathemetician can see what will result. Because the "chance" is a power law, it made sense to adaptively reduce the number of launchers in DaBabes in accord with a power law. This is exactly what I did and am willing to give John the whole magilla as to results and break points. Kills are a bit different, and depend much on the diving depth of a sub, and it's ability to dive deep. DaBabes has adjusted the 'depth' parameter of various DCs and also various subs to try and achieve a realistic kill rate. One again, I would be pleased to give John the benefit of all I have learned, in this regard. Note, I have no intention of exposing the algorithm. I can explain its uses and some of its imperitives, but that's it, so don't even ask. A reply that JWE made about his mod concerning the uber E-class, figured you'd be interested.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/16/2011 7:49:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk quote: a. What would be the exact changes on a 'DaBabes-style' DCs/E-Class Ships? Two parts to that: "Num" of weapons (chance to hit) and "Depth" of weapons (chance to kill, .. if ..). The way the algorithm works is, the more the "devices", the more die rolls you get. Any good mathemetician can see what will result. Because the "chance" is a power law, it made sense to adaptively reduce the number of launchers in DaBabes in accord with a power law. This is exactly what I did and am willing to give John the whole magilla as to results and break points. Kills are a bit different, and depend much on the diving depth of a sub, and it's ability to dive deep. DaBabes has adjusted the 'depth' parameter of various DCs and also various subs to try and achieve a realistic kill rate. One again, I would be pleased to give John the benefit of all I have learned, in this regard. Note, I have no intention of exposing the algorithm. I can explain its uses and some of its imperitives, but that's it, so don't even ask. A reply that JWE made about his mod concerning the uber E-class, figured you'd be interested. thx don´t know what they´ve exactly changed with dive depth and the depth charges in the mod, as it is in the stock scen 2 (and so I guess in every other stock scen) is that it doesn´t matter at all if you´ve got an old S-class sub or a brand new Gato class, they all get sunk by the super E at will. That´s why my subs have been withdrawn from enemy shipping lanes as I found it more than odd to lose a sub for each freighter sunk (with a couple of subs damaged). In 44, the sub war gets such loopsided results all out a sudden that the real life Kriegsmarine results look great. Reason for this are the super E that are easily outperforming any Japanese DD, no matter how bad the E´s exp is. Up to the arrival of the super E, all relating to the subwar has been a big step forward from WITP though when you speak about realism.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/16/2011 10:24:42 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 03, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Tama CL Kiso DD Shigure DD Murasame DD Harusame, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:D] DD Yamakaze Allied Ships PT-495 PT-527 PT-529, Shell hits 4, and is sunk PT-530 PT-545 PT-546, Shell hits 3, on fire Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 82% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages PT-529 at 8,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards PT-546 engages DD Murasame at 5,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-495 at 3,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages PT-530 at 3,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-529 at 3,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-546 at 3,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages PT-545 at 3,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-530 at 3,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-545 at 3,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-527 at 3,000 yards PT-546 engages DD Shigure at 3,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-530 at 4,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-529 at 4,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-546 at 3,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages PT-546 at 3,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-495 at 3,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-545 at 3,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-529 at 3,000 yards Adams, B.O. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 2,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-546 at 2,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages PT-546 at 2,000 yards PT-529 sunk by DD Harusame at 2,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-545 at 6,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages PT-546 at 6,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-527 at 6,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-546 at 6,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages PT-546 at 13,000 yards DD Harusame engages PT-527 at 13,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-546 at 13,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-546 at 13,000 yards Task forces break off... needless to say that Rainer doesn´t want me to build up Tawi Tawi as it directly threats the bases around Brunei but it´s all too late already, I can move troops in by fast transport (one mission carries some 100 engineers) and with my LCT convoys... so he´s now trying to send in some light surface assets to tangle with my landing crafts but first he has to fight my three PT squadrons... since my PT all got radar now, they prove to be a better weapon than they have done earlier as they are not going to be surprised anymore... first fight, first hit on an enemy destroyer... [:)] [image]local://upfiles/13774/A7404F8E88BE4BD58D93EA54FC9C7AC0.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90, Range 13,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Tama CL Kiso DD Shigure DD Murasame Allied Ships LCT-66, Shell hits 4, and is sunk LCT-327, Shell hits 2, and is sunk LCT-355, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LCT-358, Shell hits 2, and is sunk LCT-359, Shell hits 3, and is sunk LCT-365, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LCT-366, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LCT-368, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT-235 PT-236 Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 55 (34 destroyed, 21 disabled) Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 82% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards Allied TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 12,000 yards... Range increases to 13,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 13,000 yards LCT-368 sunk by CL Tama at 13,000 yards CL Kiso engages LCT-359 at 13,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-236 at 14,000 yards LCT-358 sunk by DD Shigure at 14,000 yards LCT-355 sunk by CL Kiso at 14,000 yards LCT-327 sunk by CL Tama at 14,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-236 at 11,000 yards LCT-366 sunk by CL Tama at 11,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-236 at 9,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-235 at 9,000 yards LCT-365 sunk by DD Murasame at 9,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages LCT-359 at 6,000 yards PT-235 engages CL Kiso at 6,000 yards DD Murasame engages LCT-359 at 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages LCT-66 at 6,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards CL Kiso engages LCT-66 at 7,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-235 at 7,000 yards LCT-66 sunk by DD Murasame at 7,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-236 at 6,000 yards LCT-359 sunk by CL Tama at 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-236 at 6,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-236 at 6,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-235 at 6,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-235 at 6,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-235 at 11,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-236 at 11,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-235 at 11,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-236 at 11,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... [:(] great, instead of my other PT squadrons engaging, the enemy breaks right through to the single landing craft convoy that has been loaded with engineering vehicles... oh well... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90, Range 9,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Tama CL Kiso DD Shigure DD Murasame, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships PT-123, Shell hits 1 PT-124 PT-191 PT-450 PT-452 PT-455 Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 82% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-450 at 9,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-124 at 7,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-450 at 5,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-455 at 5,000 yards DD Murasame sunk by PT-124 at 5,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-123 at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-455 at 4,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-452 at 4,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-450 at 4,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-124 at 4,000 yards PT-123 engages DD Shigure at 4,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-455 at 5,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-455 at 5,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-191 at 5,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-455 at 9,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-455 at 9,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-191 at 9,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-124 at 9,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-455 at 14,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-455 at 14,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-450 at 14,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-124 at 14,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-123 at 14,000 yards Task forces break off... now the next PT squadron engages and another destroyer is hit and is sent to the bottom right away... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90, Range 9,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Tama CL Kiso DD Shigure Allied Ships PT-117 PT-118 PT-119, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT-122 PT-453, Shell hits 2, and is sunk PT-454, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 82% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards Ono, Takeji* crosses the 'T' DD Shigure engages PT-454 at 9,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-454 at 5,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-453 at 5,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-454 at 5,000 yards PT-118 engages CL Tama at 5,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-454 at 5,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-454 at 5,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-454 at 5,000 yards Ono, Takeji* orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 4,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-454 at 4,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-453 at 4,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-122 at 4,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-119 at 4,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-118 at 4,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-454 at 6,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-454 at 6,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-454 at 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-119 at 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-118 at 6,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-117 at 6,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-454 at 9,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-122 at 9,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-119 at 9,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-118 at 9,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-117 at 9,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-454 at 13,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-119 at 13,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-454 at 14,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-453 at 14,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-117 at 14,000 yards PT-453 sunk by CL Tama at 14,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-119 at 14,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-118 at 14,000 yards Range closes to 13,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-454 at 13,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-454 at 13,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-119 at 13,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-118 at 13,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-117 at 13,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-454 at 11,000 yards PT-454 sunk by DD Shigure at 11,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-117 at 11,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-118 at 8,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-117 at 8,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-117 at 4,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-122 at 4,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-117 at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-117 at 2,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-118 at 2,000 yards CL Tama engages PT-117 at 2,000 yards Appleton, T.C. orders Allied TF to disengage Range increases to 3,000 yards CL Kiso engages PT-122 at 3,000 yards PT-119 sunk by CL Tama at 3,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-118 at 3,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards Task forces break off... the third squadron wasn´t as succesful but trading a dozen PT/LCT for two enemy destroyers is something I would do every day... guess the result was bad enough not to see the Japanese returning again... reinforcements will go on as planned and new PTs are on their way from Cotabato... I could create them at Tawi Tawi already but I´m not a fan of the "we lost a dozen PT during the night... "click"... there you go with 12 brand new ones" so I´m at least bringing them in from a bigger built up base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Japanese Ships DD Yamakaze Allied Ships SS S-39 SS S-39 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yamakaze DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamakaze attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub this would have been destroyer number three but the torps missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tapul , at 73,90 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 47,010 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 2 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses CAP engaged: VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes got some fighters at Tawi Tawi now and the Japanese are trying to reduce them by engaging leaking Cap... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 10 damaged Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 56 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships LB-168, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-521, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-166, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-164, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-516, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-519, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-163, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-526, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-518, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-160, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 58 Port hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes the B-29 return to Palembang again and hit both the airfield and port... this should bring more Japanese troops and aircraft to Palembang to defend the place and should make it harder for some time to pick up fuel from the main fuel center of the Japanese... I am not planning and flying these attacks forever because Palembang´s oil is going to be lost for the Japanese in a couple of months anyway as we´re closing in fast into areas to completely cut off the SRA´s fuel production from Japan... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 17 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 6 B-25H Mitchell x 69 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 15 Runway hits 60 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 6 B-25H Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 3 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tapul , at 73,90 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 43,010 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 18 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 41010 feet CAP engaged: VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Butuan (80,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 37197 troops, 656 guns, 1073 vehicles, Assault Value = 1378 Defending force 725 troops, 21 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 781 Japanese adjusted defense: 2 Allied assault odds: 390 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied forces CAPTURE Butuan !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 358 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 15 (14 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 45 (45 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Units destroyed 2 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 754th Tank Battalion 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st Marine Division 193rd Tank Battalion 151st Combat Engineer Regiment 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 762nd Tank Battalion 2nd Marine Division 119th USAAF Base Force 154th FA Bn II Australian Corps 168th Field Artillery Regiment 146th USA Base Force 104th USN Base Force 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 181st Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Regiment Defending units: 14th Naval Guard Unit 2nd Medium Mortar Battalion 13th Base Force /1 18th Field AF Const Bn /1 70th Fld AA Bn /1 the enemy is sending all his troops to Davao to make a stand there, what wasn´t fast enough has been mostly flown out it seems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 44249 troops, 877 guns, 1345 vehicles, Assault Value = 1571 Defending force 39273 troops, 396 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 1096 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Allied adjusted assault: 1816 Japanese adjusted defense: 4635 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1703 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 114 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 155 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2686 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 203 disabled Non Combat: 55 destroyed, 298 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 49 disabled Vehicles lost 171 (41 destroyed, 130 disabled) Assaulting units: 38th Infantry Division 110th Combat Engineer Battalion 5th USMC Tank Battalion 763rd Tank Battalion 24th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion 43rd Infantry Division 40th Infantry Division II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 162nd USA Base Force III US Amphib Corps 233rd USN Base Force 163rd USA Base Force 228th USN Base Force 159th USA Base Force 181st USAAF Base Force 114th USAAF Base Force Defending units: 46th Division 12th Division Babeldoap Naval Fortress 4th Guards Div /1 1st Fleet 22nd Special Base Force 45th JNAF AF Unit 7th Air Division 60th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 8th Base Force 25th JAAF AF Bn next attack at Babeldaob, we take down another fort but losses for the attacking units were severe... as you can see, 4th Guards div is reinforcing the defenders and as it looks now our attacks is pretty much stalled... damn, first real invasion that is going to take months to take the place... I have ordered a couple of units to prep for this target now, but they won´t be available until August as I just can´t land there without 100% preparation, no matter if there are several divisions on the island already... that would have been a huge improvement too if something like beachheads would have made it into the design... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Talaud-eilanden (79,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 19123 troops, 417 guns, 411 vehicles, Assault Value = 714 Defending force 3934 troops, 62 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 610 Japanese adjusted defense: 93 Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Talaud-eilanden !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 816 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 55 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 52 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 264 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Assaulting units: 13th Canadian Brigade 104th Combat Engineer Regiment 32nd Infantry Division 14th Canadian Brigade 165th Field Artillery Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Force 209th Field Artillery Battalion 149th USA Base Force Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit Wake Coastal Gun Battalion 39th JNAF AF Unit 63rd Fld AA Bn /1 65th JNAF AF Unit /1 22nd Field AF Const Bn /1 taking Talaud is only a small consolation prize for failing on Babeldaob... I´m only glad that my main route of advance isn´t going through Babeldaob and isn´t really aiming at the Marianas, Babeldaob is more like clearing the Eastern flank while also destroying a good number of enemy troops again...

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