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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 04, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Nagoya at 109,63 Japanese Ships E No.24 E No.17 E No.8 Allied Ships SS Runner, hits 33, heavy damage SS Runner is located by E No.24 E No.24 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.17 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.24 fails to find sub and abandons 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 attacking submerged sub .... SS Runner forced to surface! E No.8 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.24 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.8 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.24 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.8 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.8 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.24 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.8 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.24 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.17 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.8 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.24 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.17 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.8 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.24 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.17 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.8 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves I´m done! After the super E showing up in the South China Sea, all subs there were completely withdrawn... today, I have ordered ALL subs around Japan (some two dozen +) to head back to their home port because keeping them there only makes them training targets for the ridicoulos super E... nothing in the game performs as unrealistically as these vessels, they´ve got an ASW ability which they just didn´t have in real life... torpedo hits in the dozens from Betties/Nells and Kates or undestructable long range fighters aka B-17 and B-24 are coming ten times closer to reality than how these vessels are performing in this game... [8\|] these vessels are so off, you even might call them bugged... guess they´re rather "untested"... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tapul , at 73,90 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 45,010 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 18 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 3 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) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes these Georges are coming from Taytay, guess I´ve got to send the heavies... usually it´s enough to just recon the base to see the Japanese abandoning it immediately... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wake Coastal Gun Battalion, at 79,97 (Talaud-eilanden) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 6 F6F-3 Hellcat x 179 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 12 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 9 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 9 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 9 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 9 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 6 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 7 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet my carriers in range of a ground target for my LBA again... I LOVE IT! I REALLY LOVE IT! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wake Coastal Gun Battalion, at 79,97 (Talaud-eilanden) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 8 F6F-3 Hellcat x 30 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 9 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 8 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wake Coastal Gun Battalion, at 79,97 (Talaud-eilanden) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wake Coastal Gun Battalion, at 79,97 (Talaud-eilanden) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet hey, the carriers only sent 255 of their fighters to escort a ridicoulos LBA strike in the area to a target that hasn´t got any enemy fighters because the base is ours and the next Japanese airbase is 800 miles further North... strike routine... [8\|] of course all carrier based fighters failed in their attempt, just like they did 100% of the time in this PBEM, but we´re only in 5/44 yet... these attempts shouldn´t even happen! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tapul , at 73,90 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 46,010 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 2 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 3 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-38 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 4 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wake Coastal Gun Battalion, at 79,97 (Talaud-eilanden) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 1 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 14 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 7 P-51B Mustang x 13 F4U-1A Corsair x 40 PV-1 Ventura x 54 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 14 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 12th Garrison Unit ... Also attacking Wake Coastal Gun Battalion ... Also attacking 12th Garrison Unit ... Also attacking Wake Coastal Gun Battalion ... Also attacking 12th Garrison Unit ... Also attacking Wake Coastal Gun Battalion ... and here´s the first LBA strike, coming in with 74 fighters from various bases... so the routine thought until this point it would be great to send more than 300 fighters to escort a strike on a target at my own base... mhm, that´s working well... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 12th Garrison Unit , at 79,97 (Talaud-eilanden) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 13 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 9 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb another 23 fighters... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 12th Garrison Unit , at 79,97 (Talaud-eilanden) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 8 P-38J Lightning x 16 PV-1 Ventura x 9 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb and two dozen more... hardly makes sense to me, but that´s just me again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 8 B-25H Mitchell x 30 P-38J Lightning x 31 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 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 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 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: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 21 P-38J Lightning x 16 No Allied losses Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 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: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 30 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 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: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 6 P-51B Mustang x 13 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/421CCE2544984BC09B3BB9112A28840A.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Talaud-eilanden (79,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 14582 troops, 339 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 696 Defending force 2880 troops, 32 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 73 Allied adjusted assault: 298 Japanese adjusted defense: 25 Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 215 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division 104th Combat Engineer Regiment 13th Canadian Brigade 14th Canadian Brigade 98th Field Artillery Battalion 165th Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Force 209th Field Artillery Battalion 149th USA Base Force Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit Wake Coastal Gun Battalion 63rd Fld AA Bn /1 22nd Field AF Const Bn /1

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/16/2011 1:11:16 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 05, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Torishima at 111,69 Japanese Ships xAK Montreal Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire E Wakamiya AK Amagisan Maru xAK Alaska Maru xAK Tatumiya Maru E Iki E Amakusa E Kanju, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships SS Seadragon, hits 9, on fire, heavy damage SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Montreal Maru Seadragon diving deep .... E Iki attacking submerged sub .... SS Seadragon forced to surface! E Iki firing on surfaced sub .... E Amakusa firing on surfaced sub .... E Kanju firing on surfaced sub .... E Iki firing on surfaced sub .... E Amakusa firing on surfaced sub .... E Kanju firing on surfaced sub .... E Iki firing on surfaced sub .... E Amakusa firing on surfaced sub .... E Kanju firing on surfaced sub .... E Amakusa firing on surfaced sub .... E Kanju firing on surfaced sub .... E Iki firing on surfaced sub .... E Amakusa firing on surfaced sub .... E Kanju firing on surfaced sub .... E Iki firing on surfaced sub .... E Amakusa firing on surfaced sub .... E Kanju firing on surfaced sub .... E Iki firing on surfaced sub .... E Amakusa firing on surfaced sub .... E Kanju firing on surfaced sub .... E Iki firing on surfaced sub .... E Amakusa firing on surfaced sub .... E Kanju firing on surfaced sub .... Contact with submarine is lost all subs have been ordered to retreat yesterday, we lose the next one today while retiring... this one was finished by one of the old E, not the new super E... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 100,66 Japanese Ships E No.8, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E No.24 Allied Ships SS Pomfret, hits 21, heavy damage SS Pomfret launches 6 torpedoes at E No.8 E No.24 attacking submerged sub .... Sounds of submarine breaking up detected! Escort abandons search for sub [8\|] I love it... we sink a super E and the remaining one easily sinks the sub... super E vs Allied subs is like an Iowa vs a sampan... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 100,66 Japanese Ships E No.17, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage E No.24 Allied Ships SS Flounder, hits 14, heavy damage SS Flounder launches 6 torpedoes at E No.17 Flounder diving deep .... E No.24 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.24 attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub another super E is sunk with another sub sunk... boy oh boy, this really stinks... someone having influence should really test it if normal players´ games aren´t enough prove of it being borked... yesterday we lose a sub and order all to head home, just to lose another THREE subs the next night... [8\|] yeah, realistic IJN ASW performance... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 10 damaged Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 16000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 228th USN Base Force ... Also attacking 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 A6M5 Zero x 32 N1K1-J George x 7 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 99 F4U-1A Corsair x 36 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 33 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 130 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 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 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 9 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 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 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 Zero (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 9000 Raid is overhead S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 22 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 20 planes vectored on to bombers decided to take out Brunei today with bombers from Mindanao with escorts and fighters on sweep from closer bases... the sweeps of course don´t show up but the escorts get the never ending dive and shred the enemy Cap... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 A6M5 Zero x 8 N1K1-J George x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai 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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 79 minutes 261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 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 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 76 minutes when the piecemeal waves start to show up there´s not much left being a threat to the bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 A6M5 Zero x 6 N1K1-J George x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 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 between 10000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes 261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 A6M5 Zero x 4 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP 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 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 21 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 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 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 [image]local://upfiles/13774/EA445C4012954FA8A23C13CF49F29DD3.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Belep Islands at 106,157 Japanese Ships SS I-28, hits 8 Allied Ships SC-638 AK Cetus AK Crater SC-741 SC-639 SS I-28 is sighted by escort SC-741 attacking submerged sub .... SC-741 cannot establish contact with SS I-28 SC-639 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub I-28 survives the near misses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Talaud-eilanden (79,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17867 troops, 412 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 692 Defending force 2623 troops, 32 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Allied adjusted assault: 318 Japanese adjusted defense: 5 Allied assault odds: 63 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 192 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 104th Combat Engineer Regiment 32nd Infantry Division 13th Canadian Brigade 14th Canadian Brigade 209th Field Artillery Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Force 165th Field Artillery Battalion 149th USA Base Force Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit Wake Coastal Gun Battalion 63rd Fld AA Bn /1 22nd Field AF Const Bn /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Talaud-eilanden by attrition!!! Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Talaud-eilanden by attrition!!!

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/16/2011 1:24:45 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 06, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Aogashima at 112,67 Japanese Ships xAK Montreal Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage E Iki Allied Ships SS Shark II, hits 11, on fire, heavy damage SS Shark II launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Montreal Maru Shark II diving deep .... E Iki attacking submerged sub .... E Iki attacking submerged sub .... E Iki attacking submerged sub .... SS Shark II forced to surface! E Iki firing on surfaced sub .... E Iki firing on surfaced sub .... E Iki firing on surfaced sub .... E Iki firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves and there you go with sub number five being sunk within three days... a single E was enough to do that... it has long become time to abandon the subwar completely, doesn´t make any sense the way the game treats IJN ASW in 44... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Aogashima at 112,67 Japanese Ships E Iki Allied Ships SS Pipefish, hits 2 SS Pipefish launches 6 torpedoes Pipefish diving deep .... E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Iki attacking submerged sub .... E Iki attacking submerged sub .... E Iki attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub wow, the sub survived? Must be broken then... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 12 damaged Airbase hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Sandakan at 70,87 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 40 SBD-5 Dauntless x 16 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Harusame, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 13 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb three days in a row our search aircraft spotted Harusame limping one hex a day North but the ship was never attacked... with my last email reply I stated it would be annoying to see a damaged DD just right next to my base within range of a couple of hundred bombers on nav attack that never attack the ship... voilà, today a couple of SBD took off and the first bomb finally sunk the ship... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 154 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 40 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 116 Aircraft Attacking: 14 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 14 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 6 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 7 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 12 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 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 3 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 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb I´m not going to allow any more forts being built on Babeldaob... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 69 P-38J Lightning x 28 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 42 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 30 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Jolo is the next target on my list, cleaning up the backyard... should be an easy target with expected 10000 Japanese on the island... don´t expect any enemy activities to intervene with that operation... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 9 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 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 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 12 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 6 P-51B Mustang x 13 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb everything terribly dispersed again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 233rd USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 16000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bacolod at 79,85 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 SBD-5 Dauntless x 16 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Reiyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Reiyo Maru Rainer tried to sneak in a single freighter to one of his bases North of Mindanao but the ship was picked up and sunk by two 1000lb bombs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 5 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 51 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 46 Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port 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 9 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 Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 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 (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, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes visiting Palembang again... if the enemy wants to pick up fuel from that base some longer then he has to bring more fighters and more engineers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 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) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 16 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 14 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 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 [image]local://upfiles/13774/6696BA04C37A4830984101806DAFB17C.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Talaud-eilanden (79,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17784 troops, 412 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 693 Defending force 2415 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Allied adjusted assault: 417 Japanese adjusted defense: 17 Allied assault odds: 24 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 369 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division 13th Canadian Brigade 104th Combat Engineer Regiment 14th Canadian Brigade 209th Field Artillery Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion 165th Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Force 149th USA Base Force Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/16/2011 3:25:47 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 07, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 101,66 Japanese Ships xAP Rakuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire SC Ch 26 AK Sakura Maru xAP Huso Maru xAP Montevideo Maru xAP Horai Maru xAP Terukuni Maru xAP Brazil Maru E Tsuga Allied Ships SS Drum SS Drum launches 6 torpedoes at xAP Rakuyo Maru Drum diving deep .... 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 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub my subs retreating out of enemy waters seem to engage more enemies than during the time they were on patrol... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 228th USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 16000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 181st USAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 228th USN Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Surigao (81,88) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2040 troops, 12 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 145 Defending force 0 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Allied adjusted assault: 67 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 67 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Surigao !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 754th Tank Battalion 762nd Tank Battalion Defending units: 13th Base Force /1 70th Fld AA Bn /1 two tank btn cleared the base in the NE of Mindanao... everything is heading towards Davao now, when all units are in place we are going to assault the place with some 5500 av... if that´s not enough we can move in another six divs that are nearby prepping for other targets... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Talaud-eilanden (79,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17742 troops, 412 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 691 Defending force 2136 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24 Allied adjusted assault: 258 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 258 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1840 casualties reported Squads: 78 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 65 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division 13th Canadian Brigade 104th Combat Engineer Regiment 14th Canadian Brigade 209th Field Artillery Battalion 165th Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Force 98th Field Artillery Battalion 149th USA Base Force Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 12062 troops, 228 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 464 Defending force 2574 troops, 40 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Marine Division V US Amphib Corps Defending units: 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 26th Fld AA Gun Co 40th JNAF AF Unit /1 6th JAAF Base Force 1st Naval Const Bn /1 30th JNAF AF Unit /1 54th JNAF AF Unit /1 4th JAAF AF Bn 59th JNAF AF Unit 66th JNAF AF Unit /1 8th JAAF Base Force /2 clearing the base North of Davao... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Talaud-eilanden that´s it for Talaud eilanden, the base will only get a small base force to act as a patrol ac base...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/16/2011 3:28:18 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 114th USAAF Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 16000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 38th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 114th USAAF Base Force ... still can´t see the reason for these daily attacks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 62 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 57 Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 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 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 11 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes Nicks are on Cap over Palembang now but 9 are not enough to be a threat... they seem to be either stationed at the base SW of Palembang or are coming from Singapore or Java (probably not because it´s only one Sentai and due to the range it would be hard to have 9 over the target at the same time)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (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 11000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11000 Raid is overhead [image]local://upfiles/13774/187F000E7D844A0CA36AE8FCD7D04298.jpg[/image] two B-29 are lost to ops today and every single bomber lost hurts with a replacement rate of 18 per month for this type... this will change a bit in halve a year... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 12042 troops, 228 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 463 Defending force 2178 troops, 30 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Allied adjusted assault: 349 Japanese adjusted defense: 49 Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Malaybalay !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 77 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 74 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 97 (81 destroyed, 16 disabled) Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Marine Division V US Amphib Corps Defending units: 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 6th JAAF Base Force 1st Naval Const Bn /1 66th JNAF AF Unit /1 4th JAAF AF Bn 59th JNAF AF Unit 26th Fld AA Gun Co 40th JNAF AF Unit /1 30th JNAF AF Unit /1 54th JNAF AF Unit /1 8th JAAF Base Force /2

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/16/2011 3:31:47 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 09, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 181st USAAF Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 30000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 233rd USN Base Force ... Also attacking 181st USAAF Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 135 B-25H Mitchell x 90 P-38J Lightning x 46 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 27 P-51B Mustang x 28 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 232 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 12 Runway hits 169 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking Iloilo ... 200+ bomber wave, the heavies are tasked to attack the LCUs there while the medium bombers are going after the airfield... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 39 F4U-1A Corsair x 20 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 73 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 27 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84 Weather in hex: Moderate 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 P-38J Lightning x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb first wave consists of more than 200 bombers followed by lots of piece meal waves... what are these "waves"? Bombers that weren´t able to fly in formation with other squadrons? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 12037 troops, 228 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 463 Defending force 581 troops, 13 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Allied adjusted assault: 264 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 264 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 60 (60 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 4 Assaulting units: 3rd Marine Division V US Amphib Corps Defending units: 6th JAAF Base Force 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 26th Fld AA Gun Co 59th JNAF AF Unit 8th JAAF Base Force /2

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/16/2011 3:42:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 10, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sangi at 76,94 Japanese Ships SS I-44, hits 12, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Massachusetts, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage [X(][X(][X(] BB Alabama CA Pensacola CL Denver CL Montpelier DD DeHaven DD Cogswell DD Thatcher DD Knapp DD Hickox DD Fullam SS I-44 launches 6 torpedoes at BB Massachusetts I-44 diving deep .... DD Thatcher attacking submerged sub .... DD Knapp attacking submerged sub .... DD Hickox fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Fullam attacking submerged sub .... DD Thatcher attacking submerged sub .... DD Knapp fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hickox fails to find sub and abandons search DD Fullam fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Thatcher fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Knapp fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Fullam fails to find sub and abandons search DD Thatcher fails to find sub and abandons search DD Knapp attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub the fleet has left Manado again and was heading North when our heavy combat group leading the carriers ran over an enemy sub that spotted BB Massachusetts and targetted her with a full salvo of six torps and no less than three were slamming into the ship... I was shocked to see three torps hitting home on the undamaged battleship and wasn´t sure if she would even make it... the sub was hit hard in return but it´s unsure if the bugger was sunk... I was glad not to hear the sinking sound right after this attack and hoped for no more attacks and Massachusetts making it back to Manado for emergency repairs... when I looked at the ship after the replay I was happy to see that the damage wasn´t as severe as expected... I don´t see the ship being in danger of sinking and making Manado shouldn´t be a problem... 46 major flt damage means 4 months+ in the yards though so with emergency repairs and the transit times it will mean that this sub has put the modern BB out of action for approx. 6 months... while not being able to sink one of my capital ships, the IJN subs have done very well in damaging them as it´s not the first time to see a BB or CV being torpedoed... IIRC BB Massachusetts was already hit by two torps right after commissioning and leaving San Francisco and she has spent quite some time in the repair yards... unlucky ship... reason for the fleet heading North is KB still sitting at Manila... we´re not going to attack KB but are trying to make the enemy a bit nervous... recon over Manila shows some 200 land based fighters plus around a hundred bombers there... adding in 50% of KB´s Cap could mean only 300 fighters in total but I´m nevertheless not willing to attack KB under a LBA umbrella as you just can´t be sure to see any reasonable strikes and it could easily end in a borked attack that costs me 4 months of pilot training (losing the carrier based ac isn´t a problem at all, nothing more in the pool than carrier based ac types)... [image]local://upfiles/13774/7731A96179B04D27B5D0DBF739FF933D.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 181st USAAF Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 30000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 228th USN Base Force ... Also attacking 181st USAAF Base Force ...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/16/2011 3:48:30 PM)
shipping losses at this date, FOW involved. Doubt the IJN has lost four carriers, probably only three were sunk with one CVL. Same for the BB, only one was confirmed sunk during a night engagement at Adak Island a long time ago. We´ve lost 66 subs up to now, 1/3 of them only in the first four months in 44 when the IJN ASW skyrocketed out of a sudden with the appearance of the super E. I´m quite happy with my shipping losses so far while I still pity the lost carrier engagement near Gove when we´ve lost a couple of BB and halve a dozen CVE for only one CV sunk in return. On the other hand we have been absolutely lucky during the PH attack when we haven´t lost a single BB back then so I guess I can´t complain. [image]local://upfiles/13774/B1A159D6E86043DAA759AE77E1975661.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/17/2011 3:37:25 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 11, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,85 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 67 A6M5b Zero x 13 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 73 Hellcat I x 25 F6F-3 Hellcat x 1110 [:D] Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed [:(] A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed [:(] Allied aircraft losses Hellcat I: 2 destroyed [:(] F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 destroyed [:(] Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet * 3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet * 4 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet * 9 x A6M5b Zero sweeping at 16000 feet * 2 x A6M5b Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * 4 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet * 3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet * 4 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet * 5 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet * 4 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * 4 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet * 5 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet * CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes after BB Massachusetts being torpedoed right after leaving the fleet base at Manado I was shortly thinking about cancelling this operation as I saw that happening as a bad omen already but I decided to go on... Rainer undoubtedly was aware of my fleet moving North but didn´t spot it during the search phase yesterday when we were in position North of Jolo... orders were given to move all fleet carrier task forces and the two escort carrier TFs to a postion 8 hexes South West of Manila where we still spotted KB yesterday as recon aircraft are over that base daily... I expected to see KB moving North (I would have taken it back to Takao for example) and if we would be lucky we would see a couple of small LBA strikes we could take out easily... initial plan was to draw a strike from KB that runs into our full Cap with us being out of range to launch a strike so we could use all fighters for Cap but the plan failed during the first hours when the fleet left - at least that´s what I´ve thought... but KB was still at Manila and I could hardly believe it... so we are at the ordered position 8 hexes away from Manila and the first thing that shows up are the usual dozens of "error" messages that Zekes fail to escort and press on alone or return to base... pff, the point where this makes you feel completely sick has long been reached... so after counting up two dozen of these messages the first "wave" shows up over our carriers and 80 enemy fighters SWEEP our Cap... ok, I´ve thought, these are only Zekes, they are going to be shot up for minimal losses... BUST, Zekes or better fighters doesn´t matter, the fight starts and the first messages showing up are Zekes diving on Hellcats... what? god damn I´ve thought, we´ve got more than 1200 fighters available, got something like 250 radar sets (that´s no exxegaration btw) in the hex and the Zekes dive on our fighters? ok, must be a ceiling sweep then (which turned out to be true for a couple of Zeke units) and the Hellcats can´t even reach that alt but why doesn´t the dive stop at some point? For something like 5 min I watched "Zeke diving on Hellcat" "Zeke diving on Hellcat" "Zeke diving on Hellcat" and around more than a dozen Hellcats were shot down right away with over two dozen more being damaged for a couple of Zekes at best being damaged... heck, what is going on here, that´s not going like I´ve expected it to turn out... at some point there came the time when the dive shifted side and that also shifted the odds... and out of a sudden the fight was over even though there were still nearly 50 Zekes shown in the replay... I have to say that I wasn´t unhappy with this engagement ending... result was something like a draw in aircraft shot down with three times more Hellcats damaged though... and the question remains, what´s better? Trying to get your fighters to escort your bombers (if there is anything a player can do with that routine, something I doubt for over a year already) or trying your best to get things screwed up because then you get those fighters failing to escort your bombers on a sweep that ALWAYS shows up in front of your bomber strike while ORDERED sweeps are always a gamble if they show up in front of the bombers, in good numbers or if they show up at all... in this case, I definately go with trying to screw up as much as possible because this sweep could have reduced our Cap by 150+ Hellcats if it wouldn´t have ended all out of a sudden with plenty of Zekes left in the air... so yes, sweeps that result of "failed escorts" IMO are definately as powerful as ordered sweeps and everything that shows up as "sweeping" in the combat report actually is sweeping... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,85 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 70 Hellcat I x 22 F6F-3 Hellcat x 1061 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 15 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 15 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (9 airborne, 1 on standby, 12 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 15 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 12 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (10 airborne, 13 on standby, 12 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 13 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 41500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 18 on standby, 12 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 19 on standby, 8 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 10 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 5 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 40500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 6 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes the first main sweep is followed by some piece meal waves with a very short phase of diving Zekes that luckily ended quickly... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,85 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 61 Hellcat I x 22 F6F-3 Hellcat x 973 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 15 on standby, 12 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 12 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 13 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 9 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 9 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 18 on standby, 12 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 8 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 10 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 1 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 40500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 6 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 37000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 9 on standby, 6 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes there are still so many fighters on Cap that I really don´t fear the Japanese strikes, of course it could suddenly turn out that 200 IJNAF bombers "leak" through Cap and sink my fleet while 1000 fighters above the fleet are doing sightseeing... so far so good... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,85 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 70 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 A6M5 Zero x 65 G4M2 Betty x 36 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 54 Hellcat I x 22 F6F-3 Hellcat x 889 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 14 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 23 destroyed G4M2 Betty: 23 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Corsair II: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Ranee CVE Kasaan Bay CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes 15 planes vectored on to bombers VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 16 on standby, 12 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes 13 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 2 on standby, 12 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 12 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 11 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 17 on standby, 12 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 16 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 13 on standby, 12 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 13 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 16 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 14 on standby, 8 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 10 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 9 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 6 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 6 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 1 on standby, 10 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 40500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 9 on standby, 6 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes my Cap being reduced by roughly 10% at this point the first wave of bombers shows up with a good number of Zekes but this time the Zekes are coming in as escorts and the result is apparent, they are shot down in droves for nearly no loss to my fighters... this is what I was aiming for, reducing KB´s air arm... but where are KB´s bombers? KB´s fighters are escorting LBA strikes and taking losses. Though it could well be that these aren´t KB´s Zekes but land based ones with KB´s failing to escort and those were the sweeping ones - I bet that´s the case as I´ve never saw a succesful escort of carrier based fighters escorting land based bombers... so this then wouldn´t have the effect I was aiming at... most of the escorts were shot down or sent home damaged with none of the bombers even coming close to my fleet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,85 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 70 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 14 G4M1 Betty x 15 N1K1-J George x 23 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 52 Hellcat I x 22 F6F-3 Hellcat x 815 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 8 destroyed N1K1-J George: 10 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 8 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 5 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 7 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 9 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 1 on standby, 8 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 10 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 8 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 12 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 16 planes vectored on to bombers VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 6 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 2 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 1 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 6 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers next morning wave, this time some Georges escorting too but still no sign of single engined carrier based bombers... at that point it was already clear that Rainer had limited the range of his carrier based bombers but seemed to have forgot about his carrier based fighters... same as with the first wave of bombers, both the escorts and bombers were shot out of the sky... and that´s it for the morning strikes against our fleet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 233rd USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 25000 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 Praboemoelih , at 48,92 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 60 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 4 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 10 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 10 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 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 11 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 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes that´s the base South West of Palembang... the Japanese were unable to use Palembang´s airfield anymore so hurried to bring some aviation support to this level 2 airfield to fly LRCAP over Palembang to take on the B-29... we expected something like this and recon picked up enemy aircraft at this little fighter airstrip so all B-29 were tasked to attack this field today... the first 60 show up and I wasn´t pleased to see nearly 30 fighters on Cap but the fight went very well in the end and damage to the bombers was moderately, having created elite bomber squadrons that received B-29 really helps as their high exp really helps to bring them home... what they so far most of the time completely fail is to achieve an acceptable hit rate, I expected them to do far better than my B-24 as they´ve got the best crews and carry more than twice the bombload... 60 B-29 only manage to score two dozen runway hits but quite some fighters are torched on the ground... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Praboemoelih , at 48,92 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 10 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 7 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 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 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 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Praboemoelih , at 48,92 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 2 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 damaged Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (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 11000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes with more and more enemy assetts going into the Palembang area we´re going to stop these attacks soon as we´ve already reached our goal of forcing the enemy to reinforce this area and keep a high number of fighters there... if not, we can start bombing the place at any time again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Praboemoelih , at 48,92 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 21st 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 11000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,85 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 A6M5 Zero x 45 A6M5b Zero x 9 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 59 Hellcat I x 15 F6F-3 Hellcat x 896 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 8 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 1 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet * 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 16000 feet * 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet * 2 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet * 1 x A6M5b Zero sweeping at 16000 feet * CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 19 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 19 on standby, 12 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes now the afternoon phase and we again start off with two dozen error messages (what else???) and the first Zekes show up sweeping... getting the initial dive again but doing not as good as in the morning, perhaps fat is a negative factor here... same as in the morning, while there were still lots of IJN and USN fighters in the air, the engagement just suddenly stopped... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,85 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 54 Hellcat I x 14 F6F-3 Hellcat x 841 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 12 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 8 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 8 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 18 on standby, 8 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 12 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 14 on standby, 12 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 19 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 15 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 33000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 37000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,85 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 18 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 46 Hellcat I x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 754 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 12 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 40500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 8 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 40500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 9 on standby, 8 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 15 on standby, 8 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 13 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 17 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 12 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 41500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 39500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 41500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 39500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes with all the screw ups, the first bombers show up completely unescorted (some of them turned back before reaching the hex)... what arrived in range of my fighters was shot down... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,85 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 31,530 feet. Estimated time to target is 70 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 3 G4M1 Betty x 18 N1K1-J George x 9 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 40 Hellcat I x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 687 [image]local://upfiles/13774/8FDF2839D55E4B4BBDE175EB0A061023.jpg[/image] Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 9 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 14 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 14 on standby, 8 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 40500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 5 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 11 on standby, 11 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 12 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 9 on standby, 17 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 17 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 5 on standby, 18 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 12 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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 15 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 16 on standby, 10 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 39500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 41500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes not much left that is sent to hell and that´s it... I would have liked to whipe out big parts of KB´s air arm but this plan failed due to the enemy´s bombers being set to less than 8 hexes range (doubt they were fully stood down) but all in all it was a nice turkey shoot... the first incoming sweep diving and diving and diving on my fighters already made me think different about the outcome for some time... the downside of course was BB Massachusetts being torpedoed but this can happen everytime and in the end also this didn´t go as bad as expected after seeing her hit by three torpedoes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near San Francisco at 216,74 Japanese Ships SS I-53 Allied Ships xAK Samuel W. Williston, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Samuel W. Williston is sighted by SS I-53 SS I-53 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Samuel W. Williston lol, just last turn I´ve split off the escorts of this freighter convoy to have them meet a convoy leaving San Francisco and I´ve thought it wouldn´t matter much as this one is entering SF the next day anyway... ok, my fault, we lose a freighter that sinks like a stone... really amazing to me that Rainer still sends subs to the West Coast, also amazing that all my patrols there never pick them up... anyway, it doesn´t make much sense to me to send subs into this area at this stage of the war...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/17/2011 4:23:54 PM)
And here´s today´s tally. And it does look very good on the first moment, FOW involved I doubt that more than a hundred Zekes were actually downed with probably not more than 60-70 pilots lost at best. The Betties were really shot up, all that arrived over the fleet were actually shot down so that was quite a loss of torpedo attack trained crews. So kill rate of the Hellcats vs enemy fighters has been 2.5:1 in the end which definately isn´t something that makes me really enthusiastic when I think about outnumbering the enemy mostly 10:1 or far more. The diving sweeps of the Zekes failed to escort were the reason for this not turning out into a clear disaster when talking about fighter vs fighter kill rates. In total, I guess the enemy isn´t pleased at all of course, so seeing the Zeke performance as a plus of today´s engagement is something hard to imagine I think. What I don´t understand at all is why Rainer stubbornly keeps KB at Manila. Not only does it get spotted every turn I bet there would be enough players easily willing to send the USN carrier fleet two hexes closer and attack KB sitting at Manila with a 700 ac strike that surely would take out most of it. I have decided not to do because I don´t have to at this stage, I can move on at will and am growing stronger every day so the later KB decides to take on our fleet, the worse it is going to get for the Japanese. IMO the Japanese have lost the chance for a decisive battle many months ago, probably back then when I was attacking Timor. We´ve got roughly 1350 carrier based fighters at the front, halve a dozen CVE are sitting at Darwin to replace any CVE being damaged with more CVE moving to the front (nearly another dozen). Also got a brand new Essex CV (Franklin) sitting at Darwin to replace a carrier if needed. I estimate at least a 2:1 advantage in carrier based ac already and that´s without my CVE. Kaga and Akagi could well still sit in a shipyard (Kaga took two torps and Akagi a couple of 500lb bombs), two Unryu class carriers were sunk by my subs, a converted CVL sunk by LBA. So alltogether I doubt the enemy can field much more than 700 carrier based aircraft at the moment. What has been a frightening force has now become a shadow compared to the Allied CV fleet. [image]local://upfiles/13774/8B42B69F9A094B69AB695ACEE3263DE2.jpg[/image]

paullus99 -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/17/2011 4:44:59 PM)
I know the game is a bit ahead of the AAR, but would you be willing to move in a bit closer to suck in his carrier air to get impaled on your CAP?

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/18/2011 7:40:11 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: paullus99 I know the game is a bit ahead of the AAR, but would you be willing to move in a bit closer to suck in his carrier air to get impaled on your CAP? currently the game is two weeks ahead, both due to often not having the time to instantly update the AAR and due to having read often enough of AAR "leaks" [:D] Being two weeks or three behind with the AAR is a good way to deal with this. As to your question, no, I´m not intending to go closer, the carriers have already been ordered to move South again. What has happened in the next turn was the IJN battlefleet sortiieng from Manila, suffering from the movement bug and all were stuck in range of my carriers the day later after they failed to attack my carriers at night. I´ve sunk most of the IJN CAs with some BB damaged. We had to redo the turn... [:D] I hate this bug, it has hit us too often in this PBEM already.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/18/2011 11:47:40 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 12, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 N1K1-J George x 45 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 38 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 37000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 18 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 32810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes decided on taking out Miri today and was surprised by the high number (too high for my taste) of Georges there... several squadrons were set to sweep and escort, they show up one by one, nothing new... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 65,87 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 11 Hellcat I x 7 F6F-3 Hellcat x 110 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 12 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 12 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 6 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet 7 x Hellcat I sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet [8\|] what can I say, the stupid routine decided to send a silly number of fighters to escort a couple of bombers to attack an enemy UBER force at Brunei: a single AMc... boy, so silly... either working routines are needed or the possibility for the players to assign missions, the routine is just not capable of doing it at all... after moving the carriers towards Manila they were ordered to move South West again to support an airstrike against Brunei... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 65,87 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 48 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 12 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 7 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 65,87 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 N1K1-J George x 36 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 77 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed N1K1-J George: 12 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 3 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 21 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 32810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes only one Corsair squadron showed up on sweep so the main task was up to this big carrier based sweep and the Hellcats performed very well, reason was yet again the dive that never ended... this was a 8+:1 kill rate... [image]local://upfiles/13774/65B56AFB1535406AB146B7D49B9B3326.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 N1K1-J George x 8 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 28 F4U-1A Corsair x 20 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 30000 feet * 9 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 30000 feet * CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 30810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 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 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes then some more sweeping Corsairs show up together with Thuds set to escort that failed and also swept... guess the possibility in AE to order a sweep isn´t necessary anymore, you just have to wait for the usual screw ups and then you get your sweeps automatically, with the big advantage of always going in before the bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 201 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 damaged N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 11 damaged Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 73 Airbase supply hits 19 Runway hits 547 [X(] 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 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 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 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 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 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 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Raid is overhead S-302 Kokutai 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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes Training flight from 261 Ku S-2 has been caught up in attack when the bombers from Cotabato show up in huge numbers there´s only one George left which isn´t a threat and we nuke the base with the so far best airfield attack of the war... we won´t allow the enemy to return to Brunei, Miri or Jesselton again as this is the next area of our advance... with this area secured (only lightly defended, perhaps some 20000 troops spread out over the three bases) the South China Sea will become a hell of a dangerous place for enemy shipping... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 21 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 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 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 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 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 65,87 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 48 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 31 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AMc Heimei Maru, Bomb hits 9, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 3 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 25 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AMc Heimei Maru the oh so great routine decided to send no less than 235 carrier borne fighters to escort a strike against an enemy AMc... even without the nearly 200 fighters that came in sweeping before, this strike alone would be complete overkill for such a target, while I sure could accept 48 fighters escorting the 31 bombers but not with nearly 200 showing up earlier... [8\|] sorry for my usual harsh words but this is plain stupid... the targetting routine is very weak... and then ppl come up with their "tactics" with useless vessels as baits to draw carrier strikes to cheer the outcomes afterwards... just gamey to me and the reason for it is the routine being borked when a whole carrier fleet send 40% of it´s fighters to escort a strike against a single AMc... I don´t see this single AMc here as a bait though as I have laid mines here in the past and the carriers just ended in range again... again, all I can do is stand down the whole thing, otherwise I´m just in the hands of the routine...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/18/2011 11:53:15 AM)
The attack on Brunei has been a full success and another couple of dozen Georges were knocked down with the airfield completely cratered... as you can see, the Japanese manage to scramble all their fighters just like we usually do when radar is on hand so killing aircraft on the ground is near to impossible if they aren´t sitting damaged on the field... [image]local://upfiles/13774/A6B1D1FD24AB43809F1BC563C27DAC2A.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/18/2011 12:13:37 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 13, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Jolo - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 154 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Concord CL Trenton CL Richmond, Shell hits 3 CL Achilles LST-45 LST-44 DMS Chandler LST-70 Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CL Concord firing at 14th Base Force 14th Base Force firing at CL Concord 14th Base Force firing at CL Trenton CL Trenton firing at 14th Base Force CL Richmond firing at 14th Base Force 14th Base Force firing at CL Richmond 14th Base Force firing at CL Achilles CL Achilles firing at 14th Base Force Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards cleaning up the backyard, Jolo is on the list now... not expecting much in terms of Japanese resistance but we again encounter an enemy base force that is bristling with CD guns... I´ve thought I would not that often encounter such units but I´ve obviously been wrong so I´m glad that I always set up my invasion pretty much the same, no matter if a big or small enemy stronghold... the cruisers were fighting it out with 14th base force so not much happened to the invasion shipping... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Jolo TF 153 troops unloading over beach at Jolo, 74,90 Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) 11 troops of a NZ Inf Section 43 lost overboard during unload of 14th NZ Bde /2 10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 14th NZ Bde /7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Jolo - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 170 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Concord, Shell hits 2 CL Trenton, Shell hits 3 CL Richmond, Shell hits 5 CL Achilles, Shell hits 2 xAP Aloe, Shell hits 5 LST-44 DMS Chandler LST-45 14th Base Force firing at CL Concord CL Concord firing at 14th Base Force 14th Base Force firing at CL Trenton CL Trenton firing at 14th Base Force CL Richmond firing at 14th Base Force 14th Base Force firing at CL Richmond 14th Base Force firing at CL Achilles CL Achilles firing at 14th Base Force 12cm 10YT DP Gun Battery engaging xAP Aloe at 16,000 yards CL Trenton firing to suppress enemy battery at 16,000 yards 12cm 10YT DP Gun Battery engaging xAP Aloe at 16,000 yards CL Richmond firing to suppress enemy battery at 16,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards I´ve included a single xAP in the invasion force by accident, should have been an APA... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 114th USAAF Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 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 25000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 228th USN Base Force ... Also attacking 114th USAAF Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 55 P-38J Lightning x 30 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 17 P-51B Mustang x 26 F4U-1A Corsair x 20 PV-1 Ventura x 36 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 77 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 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb I didn´t expect the enemy to have aircraft here but I just wanted to make sure... senseless attack in the end because if there would have been bombers transferred in an set to nav attack range 0 they would be in the air attacking our invasion while we would bomb their airfield... 400 CVE based aircraft are covering the invasion hex while the carrier fleet is in position North of the invasion... no enemy intervention expected... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 20 F6F-3 Hellcat x 20 PV-1 Ventura x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 27 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 24 P-38J Lightning x 32 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 176 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 8 damaged Airbase hits 25 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 35 Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 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 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 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 Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 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 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 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb we have to keep Babeldaob´s facilities damaged as the Japanese should not build any more forts now... every supply hit is welcome too... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Praboemoelih , at 48,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 38 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 26 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 45 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 13 damaged Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 70 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 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 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 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 15 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 11 on standby, 24 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes attacking the base SW of Palembang again and far too many fighters in the air for my taste... the bombers had to pay the bill today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Praboemoelih , at 48,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 26 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 6 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 6 on standby, 15 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 24 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes not those of the main strike but the ones of the piece meal strikes that usually follow the main strike... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Praboemoelih , at 48,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 30 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 30 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 6 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: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 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 Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 9 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Praboemoelih , at 48,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa 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 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Praboemoelih , at 48,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Praboemoelih , at 48,92 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st 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 11000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes rather strange these AE strikes... one huge going in first, followed by strikes smaller than squadron size... reason? [&:] [image]local://upfiles/13774/8E2EB2B17526414C9AB1A1E4B87C29A0.jpg[/image] five B-29 lost today are unsustainable losses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 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: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 12 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Jolo Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-125 LST-45 LST-44 LST-66 LST-125 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4864 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 218 Defending force 21365 troops, 293 guns, 347 vehicles, Assault Value = 576 Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade 5th Indpt SNLF Coy 14th Base Force 13th Field AF Construction Battalion 43rd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 27th Infantry Div /20 14th NZ Bde /6 XI US Corps /8 4th RNZAF Base Force /8 221st USN Base Force /9 had two divs prepped for this target but saw one as sufficient so the second one is already preparing for a different target... doubt the enemy will be able to resist more than two or three attacks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 9623 troops, 211 guns, 202 vehicles, Assault Value = 1553 Defending force 43640 troops, 417 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 1254 Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 38th Infantry Division 5th USMC Tank Battalion 40th Infantry Division 763rd Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion 110th Combat Engineer Battalion 43rd Infantry Division 24th Infantry Division II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion III US Amphib Corps 181st USAAF Base Force 163rd USA Base Force 233rd USN Base Force 228th USN Base Force 159th USA Base Force 162nd USA Base Force 114th USAAF Base Force Defending units: 46th Division Babeldoap Naval Fortress 12th Division 4th Guards Division 30th Special Base Force 60th Field AA Battalion 22nd Special Base Force 45th JNAF AF Unit 7th Air Division 8th Base Force 25th JAAF AF Bn bringing in 4th Guards Div has completely stalemated the situation here and it will take months to have reinforcements prepped to be thrown at the island... we have lots of units in reserve but that means nothing if they don´t have 100% preparation for the target...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/18/2011 12:31:44 PM)
very short turn without much to say... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 14, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 233rd USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 25000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 228th USN Base Force ... Also attacking 233rd USN Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17144 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 577 Defending force 9634 troops, 95 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 211 Allied adjusted assault: 665 Japanese adjusted defense: 941 [:(] Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5) [:(] Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 289 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 139 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Assaulting units: 27th Infantry Division 14th NZ Brigade 221st USN Base Force XI US Corps 4th RNZAF Base Force Defending units: 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade 5th Indpt SNLF Coy 13th Field AF Construction Battalion 14th Base Force 43rd JNAF AF Unit we fail to knock down a fort level and fail to achieve a 1:1 at least... that´s been surprising but the enemy is losing as many combat troops as we do so he´s going to run out of combat ready troops soon... as there´s nothing else to report I´ve thought it would be time for posting the strategic situation. As you can see, I´ve comletely ignored the Central Pacific as I´ve just not saw any reason to waste a single aircraft, single ship or single inf squad to do anything there as it gains me just nothing, nor does it do any harm to the Japanese... in fact it harms the Japanese more to keep any garisson in the Pacific than if I would take that area back in a slow island campaign far from any important areas... I´ve got enough ships to move stuff and it only slightly takes more time to move stuff from the West Coast to Australia than if I would have taken back most of the Central and South Pacific... what really hurts the Japanese is my drive into the SRA that already has become an unstoppable steamroller as I´m concentrating more or less everything here... I´ve got more aircraft, better aircraft, more and better carriers and more and better ground units so other than delaying I can´t see the enemy achieving much (he delays us by three months at Babeldaob for example by stalling the ground offensive on the island)... I´m not afraid of KB anymore as it would be just plain luck if KB could whipe out our absolutely superior carrier fleet and I´m not doing any spectacularly crazy moves deep into the enemy´s area so as long as we move on methodically, nuke everything in close/medium range and build up before moving to the next target I can´t see anything the enemy is going to be able to do against it... in three months at the latest there won´t be a single drop of fuel/oil leaving the SRA for Japan and within the next couple of weeks it will already become very dangerous to move convoys through the South China Sea... main fighting going on at Davao now with another five divisions being moved in to speed up the fights there and to bring them to an end without completely destroying my fighting units but that´s nothing but a lost fight for the Japanese already because the rest of Mindanao has long been secured and the level 9 airfield at Cotabato is completely dominating the whole area... the next major stronghold the enemy is able to defend with his airforce is Manila and that´s 14 hexes North of Cotabato... [image]local://upfiles/13774/73070C1A95654481B2EB0304B2CE35A5.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/18/2011 12:38:40 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 15, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 8 B-25H Mitchell x 76 P-38J Lightning x 32 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 36 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 7 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 12 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 81 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 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 16 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 14 PV-1 Ventura x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 41 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 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 20 PV-1 Ventura x 12 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb nothing but more or less unimportant base supressing strikes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 12 P-38J Lightning x 22 No Allied losses Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/18/2011 12:55:30 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 16, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Brunei at 64,85 Japanese Ships xAKL Uga Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Gabilan SS Gabilan attacking on the surface one of the very rare events of an enemy unescorted freighter moving around... Rainer tries to sneak a xAKL into Brunei but the ship is caught by a sub that kills it off with gunfire and a torpedo... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 16 Ki-84a Frank x 49 [X(] Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 39 [:(] Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 7 destroyed CAP engaged: 24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 37 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 34440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 203rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes damn! Thought that would be an easier target, have set more than a hundred P-47 to sweep with another hundred fighters to escort the (hopefully) following bombers... we start off with 39 P-47 that suffer from the NEVER ENDING DIVE... the enemy was diving and diving and diving and killing off 1/3 of this strike... the P-47 were chanceless against the enemy dive... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 30 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * CAP engaged: 24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 22 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 203rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes followed by an engagement on equal terms which leads to equal losses on both sides = a Japanese victory... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 9 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * CAP engaged: 203rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 4 minutes 24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes to see the last sweep taking out the rest of the enemy fighters... trading P-47 to Franks in a 2:1 rate is unacceptable, we can not sustain such losses as there won´t be any P-47 produced anymore in a couple of months and even though we get 125 each month now, we have to use them for over a year or have to go back to less effective aircraft like the P-38 that has long lost it´s fame and usually at best ends up at 1:1 vs. enemy fighters (the P-47 probably are at 4 or 5:1 in total)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 233rd USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 25000 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 Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 39 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 49 F4U-1 Corsair x 26 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 45 No Allied losses Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 102 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 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 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 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 knocking out that airfield as it´s going to be our next target to secure the refineries (capacity of 80000 fuel per month) which will be very welcome to have this fuel source right next to the frontline... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 21 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 15 Liberator B.III x 27 Liberator B.VI x 18 B-24D1 Liberator x 90 B-25C Mitchell x 9 B-29-1 Superfort x 65 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 9 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Liberator II: 1 damaged Liberator B.III: 2 damaged Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 8 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 46 Airbase supply hits 15 Runway hits 381 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield 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 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield 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 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 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: 24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes then the bombers show up with some more P-47 but without any of the 75 P-38 that were ordered to fly also... we nuke the airfield and manage to torch a good number of useless Oscars but the Franks more or less all got airborne... I´m not happy with today´s outcome, lost at least a dozen P-47 too many... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 21 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 No Allied losses Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 B-29-1 Superfort x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 47 Aircraft Attacking: 6 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 7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 52 P-38J Lightning x 6 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 62 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 15 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 31 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb very dispersed strikes again... doesn´t matter as long as there´s no opposition, the bombers could go in one by one... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 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-25H Mitchell x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * 9 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * the sweeping P-47 squadrons lose 9 fighters each on the way to target... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet * [8\|] [image]local://upfiles/13774/584CAF7AC77B41849847D37C5C42942B.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 16960 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 559 Defending force 9147 troops, 96 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 187 Allied adjusted assault: 988 Japanese adjusted defense: 203 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 678 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 45 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 438 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Assaulting units: 27th Infantry Division 14th NZ Brigade XI US Corps 221st USN Base Force 4th RNZAF Base Force Defending units: 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade 5th Indpt SNLF Coy 14th Base Force 13th Field AF Construction Battalion 43rd JNAF AF Unit while we failed miserably with our last attack, this one was highly succesful... the base is about to fall...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/21/2011 3:04:58 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 17, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet CAP engaged: 25th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (17 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes my P-38 have just stopped to perform anywhere near acceptable... enemy being at 6000ft, we have ordered a ceiling sweep... didn´t work, the Tojos were diving on the P-38 and they were mostly shot to pieces... three squadrons ordered to sweep, the usual way they show up... can´t take advantage or our numerical superiority as the game hinders me to employ it... with the dive the P-38 perform well, just like every other fighter, without the dive they´re just targets... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet CAP engaged: 25th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes next squadron, now WITH the dive... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 25th 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 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes then 50% of a Thud squadron showing up... 50%? [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 233rd USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 30000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 181st USAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 233rd USN Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 89th JAAF AF Coy , at 78,84 (San Jose) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 91 P-38J Lightning x 49 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 28 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 20 P-51B Mustang x 26 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 48 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 13 damaged Japanese ground losses: 185 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb and a small Japanese unit gets whiped out as it moves from Iloilo to San Jose... the unit vanished after this combat replay... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 3 Liberator B.III x 27 Liberator B.VI x 18 B-24D1 Liberator x 90 B-25C Mitchell x 24 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 7 Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 2 damaged Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 10 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 83 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb then the bombers show up already with a completely unsatisfying escort... of course hundreds of fighters fail to show up in front of the bombers (those that were ordered to sweep) or with the bombers (those that were ordered to escort)... AE = air war screw up simulation... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 12 Allied aircraft losses Liberator II: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 11 Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb then the usual squadron sized "waves" after the huge main strike... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb is this the result of "improving the strike routine to simulate more realistic strikes"? when piece meal waves follow one huge wave? really? and it is seen as working as designed... [&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 31 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet one full squadron plus the usual 2x3 fragments on sweep showing up behind the bombers... PLANNED would be to send three squadrons (3x25 aircraft) before or at least with the bombers and I guess that´s how it would also be done in real life... the game is hardly resembling any realism in this aspect IMO and none of the books I´ve read so far show attacks the way they are modelled here... but perhaps these were the wrong books... the result was a whopping 1:3 vs Tojos... the start condition was to send 75 P-38, coming in in a superior position and the Tojos would be outnumbered nearly 5:1... as this doesn´t work with the strike routine and also the fact that the Tojos had the never ending dive in the initial engagement (while they couldn´t even nearly reach that alt in the given pre warning time) result in 12 P-38 lost to 4 Tojos... what more do you want to bring to the fight? A better aircraft type, 5 times as many fighters and all in a superior position... doesn´t help you as neither numerical superiority helps nor are physics taken into account it seems... of course, I may be completely wrong about it (as always) and I´m just reading it wrong and a) the P-38 is inferior to the Tojo, b) we were not greatly outnumbering (in theory) the enemy and c) having the altitude advantage in fact is no advantage... btw, the enemy sure hasn´t better pilots, just for the record... why complaining, it´s just a single, small result... it may well happen in real life, the question remains just how often... not often for sure... [image]local://upfiles/13774/6551FF7486134AE7B6F0AEEC0DA1B5D5.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 5 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * and another 5? Thuds on sweep... where the other 100+ fighters have been that were ordered to sweep or escort once again stays a mystery... none of the known "error" messages showed up so everything was working well? lol, a well working attack, more or less everything completely screwed up... looks like the first turn of a BoB noob... nah, it´s AE and you can´t influence it... tell me to do a, b, c and d and I would do it... so far neither a, b, c or d worked... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 16570 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 526 Defending force 8204 troops, 75 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 144 Allied adjusted assault: 488 Japanese adjusted defense: 603 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 688 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 37 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 52 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 77 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Assaulting units: 27th Infantry Division 14th NZ Brigade XI US Corps 221st USN Base Force 4th RNZAF Base Force Defending units: 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade 5th Indpt SNLF Coy /1 14th Base Force 13th Field AF Construction Battalion 43rd JNAF AF Unit Jolo´s defense holds once more and the ordered ground attacks weren´t flown, despite perfect weather and perfect morale... not obeying orders is nothing new, this was carried over from WITP...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/21/2011 3:12:36 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 18, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Iba at 77,75 Japanese Ships DD Sawakaze SC Ch 24 E Asagao Allied Ships SS KXIV, hits 6 SS KXIV is located by DD Sawakaze DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub .... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub .... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub a couple of subs are still patrolling off the Philipines, these are the only one that are not operating within our own LBA range at the moment... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th War Area , at 84,42 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 36 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed CAP engaged: 5318th PAU/FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 51st FG/26th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes the enemy sends Oscars to draw leaking Cap but as in the past, using Oscars vs Thunderbolts (or any other Allied fighter at this stage) is plain suicide... missing three fighters? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * forgot to stand down this squadron... missing three fighters? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th War Area , at 84,42 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 37,750 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: 5318th PAU/FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 36750 and 38750. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 289 minutes 51st FG/26th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 36750 and 39750. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 78 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 233rd USN Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 30000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 24th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 233rd USN Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * [8\|] here they are... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 14th Base Force, at 74,90 (Jolo) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 83 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb yesterday´s ordered ground strikes... completely missed the target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 74,90 (Jolo) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 103 P-38J Lightning x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 14th Base Force ... Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 14th Base Force ... Also attacking 13th Field AF Construction Battalion ... Also attacking 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 14th Base Force ... Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 14th Base Force ... Also attacking 13th Field AF Construction Battalion ... Also attacking 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 14th Base Force ... Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 14th Base Force ... Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 14th Base Force ... Also attacking 13th Field AF Construction Battalion ... Also attacking 14th Base Force ... Also attacking 13th Field AF Construction Battalion ... Also attacking 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 14th Base Force ... Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 14th Base Force, at 74,90 (Jolo) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 34 P-38J Lightning x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 13 TBM-1C Avenger x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb one of my favourite bugs, bombers that are at a base set to nav attack now and then join base attacks and then show up as "Naval attack: 2x500lb GP bomb"... Avenger commander to his pilots: "today we are going to naval attack Jolo and will sink it with 500lb GP bombs"... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 14th Base Force, at 74,90 (Jolo) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/8E49A5299BD7408FAD2EBF307D4DD744.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/21/2011 4:20:25 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 19, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Balikpapan Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 116 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Canberra CA Australia CA Shropshire CL Detroit CL Perth CL Leander LST-40 LST-24 LST-28 DMS Forrest Japanese ground losses: 122 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Canberra firing at 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade CA Australia firing at 22nd JAAF AF Bn CA Shropshire firing at 22nd JAAF AF Bn CL Detroit firing at 22nd JAAF AF Bn CL Perth firing at 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade CL Leander firing at 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards have ordered the invasion of Balikpapan, shouldn´t be a tough nut to crack and will give us 2700 fuel per day if we take the refineries undamaged... am not expecting the enemy to act against this invasion as KB is sitting at Manila and only Soerabaja could launch bigger numbers of aircraft and LBA strikes would be dead meat against the 1200 fighters covering the invasion... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Balikpapan TF 297 troops unloading over beach at Balikpapan, 64,97 Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) 11 troops of a AIF Inf Section 43 lost overboard during unload of 5th Australian Div /5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Balikpapan Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 106 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Canberra CA Australia CA Shropshire CL Detroit CL Perth CL Leander LST-24 LST-26 DMS Forrest Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Shropshire firing at 22nd JAAF AF Bn CL Perth firing at 3rd Fleet 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 114th USAAF Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 30000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 43rd Infantry Division ... Also attacking 114th USAAF Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 213 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 16 damaged Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 70 Port hits 11 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 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 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 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 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 Thunderstorms saves the Japanese from taking any real damage... forecast here was overcast... I have been taking notes occassionally (usually when I launch big raids) of what the forecast says and what the weather really is during the attack... it is wrong in nearly 85% of the time so far... [:D] I guess weather forecast and weather has nearly nothing or nothing to do with each other... I would have to note every attack to make a real statistic though and that´s just too much work... what really strikes me are the huge differences though, you get "good" weather in the forecast and end up with the worst possible weather situation... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Runway hits 5 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: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 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: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 10 No Allied losses Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 10 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: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Port hits 1 Port fuel 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 Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Port hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft Barracuda II x 13 Corsair II x 35 Hellcat I x 19 F6F-3 Hellcat x 539 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 279 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 20 damaged Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 20 Port fuel hits 7 Port supply hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 16 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Barracuda II releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 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 15 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Barracuda II releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 17 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 9 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 4 x Barracuda II releasing from 4000' Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb silly me... this time I´ve thought I could target the port to disrupt any enemy coast defense but the bombers didn´t attack yesterday and then I´ve forgot to stand them down... we pay for it with over halve a dozen Helldivers lost because dozens of them hit balloons... balloons are ten times deadlier than flak... attacking today was senseless anyway as the invasion was going in during the night and the air attack was far too late... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 7 Hellcat I x 4 F6F-3 Hellcat x 130 TBF-1 Avenger x 18 Allied aircraft losses TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 18 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb the silly bug of bombers set to nav attack attacking a land target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 9 Hellcat I x 8 F6F-3 Hellcat x 140 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 31 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 5 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 7 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 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 5 F6F-3 Hellcat x 101 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 31 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 17 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Balikpapan Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 51 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-474 LST-468 LST-461 LST-458 LST-353 LST-221 LST-32 LST-24 DMS Forrest LST-26 Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled LST-474 fired at enemy troops LST-468 fired at enemy troops LST-461 fired at enemy troops LST-458 fired at enemy troops LST-353 fired at enemy troops LST-221 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 6008 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 229 Defending force 19853 troops, 257 guns, 553 vehicles, Assault Value = 625 Japanese ground losses: 102 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 15th Naval Guard Unit 3rd Fleet 22nd JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 5th Australian Div /17 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3rd Motor Bde /10 17th RAAF Base Force /7 VII US Amphib Force /1 2nd Medium Regiment 231st USN Base Force /7 we had two Aus divs prepping for this target initially but have ordered one of them to prep for a different target weeks ago as the enemy defense here was seen as being only light... this force should be more than sufficient to take Balikpapan, a clear hex... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 16654 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 540 Defending force 6381 troops, 64 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 93 Allied adjusted assault: 584 Japanese adjusted defense: 221 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 245 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 29 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 333 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Assaulting units: 27th Infantry Division 14th NZ Brigade 221st USN Base Force XI US Corps 4th RNZAF Base Force Defending units: 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade 5th Indpt SNLF Coy /1 14th Base Force 13th Field AF Construction Battalion 43rd JNAF AF Unit getting 2:1 here for the first time... one or two more attacks, the Japanese proved to be quite stubborn while our troops are still in perfect shape...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/21/2011 4:40:43 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 20, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Balikpapan Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 107 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-473 LST-468 LST-458 LST-339 LST-221 LST-204 LST-174 LST-24 CA Canberra LST-26 LST-28 DMS Forrest Allied ground losses: 103 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled LST-473 fired at enemy troops LST-468 fired at enemy troops LST-458 fired at enemy troops LST-339 fired at enemy troops LST-221 fired at enemy troops LST-204 fired at enemy troops LST-174 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards for what reason ever, a single LSD hasn´t unloaded a single soldier or a single point of supply yesterday so I had to keep unloading today, everything else has thrown the troops and equipment onto the beach... doesn´t really matter in this invasion but could be a problem during a contested invasion, the result would be to withdraw with that ship still being fully loaded while it carries 1/3 of a HQ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Balikpapan Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-473 LST-458 LST-450 LST-448 LST-219 LST-205 LST-180 LST-40 LST-28 LST-26 DMS Forrest LST-24 Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled LST-473 fired at enemy troops LST-458 fired at enemy troops LST-450 fired at enemy troops LST-448 fired at enemy troops LST-219 fired at enemy troops LST-205 fired at enemy troops LST-180 fired at enemy troops LST-40 fired at enemy troops LST-28 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Balikpapan Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-473 LST-353 LST-219 LST-218 LST-174 LST-40 LST-32 LST-24 LST-26 LST-473 fired at enemy troops LST-353 fired at enemy troops LST-219 fired at enemy troops LST-218 fired at enemy troops LST-174 fired at enemy troops LST-40 fired at enemy troops everything on the beach now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31 Ki-48-IIa Lily x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb four recon sitting here, the enemy attacks with his crappy Lily bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 64,97 (Balikpapan) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 6 Hellcat I x 4 B-25D1 Mitchell x 48 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 63 F4U-1 Corsair x 13 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 F6F-3 Hellcat x 87 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 34 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 423 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... the medium bombers at Watampone have been ordered to fly ground support for our troops at Balikpapan... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 22nd JAAF AF Bn , at 64,97 (Balikpapan) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 4 B-25D1 Mitchell x 33 F4U-1 Corsair x 13 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 F6F-3 Hellcat x 91 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 22 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 109 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... the enemy is surely going to feel these strikes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 64,97 (Balikpapan) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 10 B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 95 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Balikpapan Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-478 LST-474 LST-473 LST-458 LST-218 LST-204 LST-175 LST-24 LST-26 CA Canberra LST-28 LST-478 fired at enemy troops LST-474 fired at enemy troops LST-473 fired at enemy troops LST-458 fired at enemy troops LST-218 fired at enemy troops LST-204 fired at enemy troops LST-175 fired at enemy troops 75mm T94 Mtn Gun battery firing at LST-26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 5614 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 204 Defending force 20420 troops, 257 guns, 553 vehicles, Assault Value = 629 Japanese ground losses: 93 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 15th Naval Guard Unit 3rd Fleet 22nd JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 5th Australian Division 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3rd Motor Brigade 17th RAAF Base Force VII US Amphib Force 231st USN Base Force 2nd Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 16389 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 524 Defending force 5383 troops, 64 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 69 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 195 Japanese adjusted defense: 175 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 401 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 50 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Allied ground losses: 77 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 27th Infantry Division 14th NZ Brigade XI US Corps 221st USN Base Force 4th RNZAF Base Force Defending units: 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade 13th Field AF Construction Battalion 14th Base Force 43rd JNAF AF Unit we still fail to take Jolo but that´s only a matter of time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17367 troops, 248 guns, 542 vehicles, Assault Value = 629 Defending force 8210 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 199 Allied adjusted assault: 487 Japanese adjusted defense: 47 [:D] Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied forces CAPTURE Balikpapan !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2432 casualties reported Squads: 56 destroyed, 81 disabled Non Combat: 145 destroyed, 106 disabled Engineers: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 18 (18 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 4 Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 5th Australian Division 3rd Motor Brigade 231st USN Base Force 17th RAAF Base Force VII US Amphib Force 2nd Medium Regiment Defending units: 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 15th Naval Guard Unit 3rd Fleet 22nd JAAF AF Bn this time the airstrikes really have been the deciding factor here as we take the base on the first attempt... it´s really hard to defend clear hexes if enemy LBA is in range even if you have got some forts... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kudat (69,86) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1477 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 56 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 56 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Kudat !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+) Assaulting units: 503rd Parachute Rgt /1 1st Australian Para Bn /1 paras take the empty base East of Jesselton on the North East tip of Borneo, we are going to unload our troops here and will move over the trail to Jesselton to take the place and build it up to level 9 airfield to dominate the South China Sea with our long range bombers from here and Hanoi... this will still leave a very small corridor for the Japanese to move through the South China Sea but it will become very dangerous and our carriers can attack every target moving through this area within two days... thought the intel screen would be interesting... thought the total aircraft losses in comparison to flak losses would be highly interesting as there are still people (most?) that think flak would be accurately modeled... I doubt that as the standard attack height for both sides is 10000ft and it has been like this for the whole war (with some exceptions when you move up a bit to further reduce minimal losses)... a hybrid between vanilla and Nikmod flak could be needed, as it is now, flak is nothing but a fart... Allied 2.82% lost to flak, Japanese 5.48 lost to flak... both sides have attacked unrealistic flak stacks numerous times (not as unrealistic flak stacks as other people tend to create though but still highly unrealistic ones) [image]local://upfiles/13774/1DA9F56523824E7DB34CDD9D19CE1C50.jpg[/image]

Puhis -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/21/2011 8:24:13 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy Thunderstorms saves the Japanese from taking any real damage... forecast here was overcast... I have been taking notes occassionally (usually when I launch big raids) of what the forecast says and what the weather really is during the attack... it is wrong in nearly 85% of the time so far... [:D] I guess weather forecast and weather has nearly nothing or nothing to do with each other... I would have to note every attack to make a real statistic though and that´s just too much work... what really strikes me are the huge differences though, you get "good" weather in the forecast and end up with the worst possible weather situation... I suggest that everybody play this game "advanced weather" OFF. Weather OFF is almost as bad as ON, but forecast is always "partly cloudy", so you don't have to care about it... [;)]

crsutton -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/21/2011 10:25:48 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy thought the intel screen would be interesting... thought the total aircraft losses in comparison to flak losses would be highly interesting as there are still people (most?) that think flak would be accurately modeled... I doubt that as the standard attack height for both sides is 10000ft and it has been like this for the whole war (with some exceptions when you move up a bit to further reduce minimal losses)... a hybrid between vanilla and Nikmod flak could be needed, as it is now, flak is nothing but a fart... Allied 2.82% lost to flak, Japanese 5.48 lost to flak... both sides have attacked unrealistic flak stacks numerous times (not as unrealistic flak stacks as other people tend to create though but still highly unrealistic ones) [image]local://upfiles/13774/1DA9F56523824E7DB34CDD9D19CE1C50.jpg[/image] Yes, I find land based flak to be anemic at best. I fly my Allied heavies at 7,000 feet and rarely lose one to flak and can stack my flak in a hex and not shoot down many Japanese bombers if they fly high enough. However, I will damage a lot and it does seem to affect accuracy. I can live with this, however Japanese naval flak in late 43 is obscene and American naval flak is quite weak (as good as the Japanese but no bettter). I would rather that they fix this first.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/24/2011 1:21:27 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 21, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 161 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97) Allied Ships DMS Long DMS Perry DMS Dorsey 25 mines cleared after we took the base we suddenly see the red dot for enemy mines being at the base, no mines were cleared (or hit [:D]) during the invasion so I´m not sure if this isn´t from a sub but then I wouldn´t see the dot until one of my ships spots the minefield... anyway, not a lot of mines here and the three DMS are clearing them up... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 30 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 17 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet not surprising that Rainer is acting against my paradrop on Kudat, all my para assaults have drawn some reaction but none of them failed so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 64 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 30 F6F-3 Hellcat x 40 PV-1 Ventura x 48 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 35 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 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * 7 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * 8 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet * 8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: S-305 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) (13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 14 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes got failed escorts coming from the carriers on sweep and got Corsairs from Tawi Tawi ordered to sweep, everything coming in with the first wave of bombers... the Zekes suffer the dive and are shred... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 30 PV-1 Ventura x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 9 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 10 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 170 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 197 Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 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 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 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet 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 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 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 60 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 28 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 14 P-51B Mustang x 26 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 20 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb bad weather and extended range so not really impressive results but Jesselton is only a level 2 airfield and both Miri and Brunei are trashed with not enough enemy troops there to become a threat again... this area is quite important so I wonder why Rainer missed to defend it at all cost, with Jesselton in our hands our long range bombers can close down the South China Sea between Borneo and Vietnam... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 16 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 cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 8 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 cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 14 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 cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 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 14 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 12 No Allied losses Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 10 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 cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb lots of dispersed strikes following the first big wave... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 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 Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 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 Kudat , at 69,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 24 No Japanese losses Port hits 6 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb quite a distance for the Peggies, they´re coming in from Camranh Bay [image]local://upfiles/13774/662F0046051D42FCA666516F8FD1A8C3.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 16378 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 525 Defending force 4460 troops, 64 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 45 Allied adjusted assault: 514 Japanese adjusted defense: 49 Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Jolo !!! [&o] Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 286 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 17 (15 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 27th Infantry Division 14th NZ Brigade 221st USN Base Force XI US Corps 4th RNZAF Base Force Defending units: 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade 14th Base Force 13th Field AF Construction Battalion 43rd JNAF AF Unit our troops were finally able to overcome the stubborn defense at Jolo...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/24/2011 1:25:54 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 22, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Bataan at 78,77 Japanese Ships AMc Wa 15 AMc Wa 21 AMc Wa 18 Allied Ships SS Argonaut, hits 1 SS Argonaut is sighted by escort Argonaut bottoming out .... AMc Wa 21 fails to find sub and abandons search AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search... AMc Wa 18 attacking submerged sub .... AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search... AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search... AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub should have known better when I´ve ordered Argonaut to mine Bataan as there are always these coastal minesweepers on station which I have forgotten about... planned to lay 60 mines here as the fleet is closing in on NE Borneo to unload lots of troops at Kudat to march on Jesselton, this involves more than three dozen carriers with around 2000 carrier based aircraft, dozens of cruisers, BB and more than 150 destroyers... I´m moving around with the hammer all the time, if something shows up, it will get trashed... at least that´s the plan... if nothing shows up (like most times in the past, then it was only a waste of a hell a lot fuel [:D]) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 48 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77) Japanese Ships AMc Wa 21 AMc Wa 18 AMc Wa 16 AMc Wa 15 21 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 26 No Japanese losses Port hits 5 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 16257 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 518 Defending force 3138 troops, 48 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Allied adjusted assault: 362 Japanese adjusted defense: 13 Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 189 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 27th Infantry Division 14th NZ Brigade 221st USN Base Force XI US Corps 4th RNZAF Base Force Defending units: 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade 13th Field AF Construction Battalion 14th Base Force 43rd JNAF AF Unit

EUBanana -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/24/2011 1:35:18 PM)
Struck by how he only has 10k army loss points, in my game my honourable opponent is up to 18,000 points and climbing - and its not even really got started yet IMHO. Almost all of it due to Chinese massacre I think. Strategic bombing in China meant there has been effectively 0 supply there since May 42, and ever since then its a perpetual round of slaughter as Chinese units take position in some hill, hold for a month without supply before being annihilated, only to be replaced by the limitless Chinese LCU Rule. Rinse, repeat, and the VPs climb and climb. I don't personally care about VPs, I tend to use schedule as a yardstick of success myself, but still, looking at your intelligence screenshot I was struck by the vast disparity in ground losses.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/24/2011 1:43:23 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 23, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 48 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77) Japanese Ships AMc Wa 21 AMc Wa 18 AMc Wa 16 AMc Wa 15 41 mines cleared that´s it for Argonaut´s minefield... 6 weeks of mine replacements... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 31st JAAF AF Bn , at 65,96 (Samarinda) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 84 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 49 F4U-1 Corsair x 13 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 F6F-3 Hellcat x 20 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 45 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 254 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ... Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 31st JAAF AF Bn ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ... Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 31st JAAF AF Bn ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 31st JAAF AF Bn ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ... Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet ... the units that took Balikpapan are about to cross the river into Samarinda to take out the little enemy garisson and these air attacks are the preparation for it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment, at 65,96 (Samarinda) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 21 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Naval Guard Unit, at 65,96 (Samarinda) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 5 F4U-1A Corsair x 20 PV-1 Ventura x 48 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 15 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 49 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 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 20 PV-1 Ventura x 24 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 23 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 Jesselton is closed now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 41 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 15 Liberator B.III x 15 Liberator B.VI x 28 B-24D1 Liberator x 98 B-29-1 Superfort x 62 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Liberator II: 2 damaged Liberator B.III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 37 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 221 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 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 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 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 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 11 on standby, 25 scrambling) 2 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 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes the first big air attack on Korea! Sian was built up to a level 9 airfield and I´ve moved my bombers into the base, guarded by some 200 P-47 and the bombers took off to take out Port Arthur´s airfield to fly follow on attacks on the refineries there (Japan´s bottleneck really are the refineries now as far as I can tell, every single point of refinery capacity lost must be felt and Port Arthur got 120 refineries)... the Tojos are either driven off or fail to catch the bombers as the engagement is over in no time (means the follow on waves are going to take it on the chin though)... the airfield is trashed but I´m unsure if that´s enough to stop Cap at the level 9 field... quite a result for severe storms... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28 Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 3 B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 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-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling) 2 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 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes as expected the following bombers still meet lots of fighters but the damage done wasn´t as severe as feared... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 110 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 240 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 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 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Brunei´s airfield being severely damaged already gets the hammer again is now 100% destroyed for sure... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 67 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10 P-51B Mustang x 13 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 56 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 26 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 56 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb total overkill at Brunei today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 9 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 35 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 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 19 minutes these piecemeal strikes really are a problem and I fail to understand the logic behind the strike routine with one huge wave followed by lots of piece meal strikes... and this isn´t realism in my book... or is a "WITP" strike followed by squadron sized strikes realism? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 72 F6F-3 Hellcat x 20 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 163 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 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 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 12 P-51B Mustang x 13 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes still not over and more bombers are trickling in over Port Arthur... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 26 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/5117E139B8824805B9275CD082FB0FE7.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Davao (79,91) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 135849 troops, 2507 guns, 4027 vehicles, Assault Value = 5585 Defending force 95461 troops, 945 guns, 260 vehicles, Assault Value = 3029 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 2525 Japanese adjusted defense: 15016 [X(][X(][X(] Allied assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 5) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 4501 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 355 disabled Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 381 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 35 disabled Vehicles lost 61 (4 destroyed, 57 disabled) Allied ground losses: 12662 casualties reported Squads: 59 destroyed, 639 disabled [X(] Non Combat: 130 destroyed, 1664 disabled [X(][X(][X(] Engineers: 5 destroyed, 172 disabled Vehicles lost 1104 (55 destroyed, 1049 disabled) [X(][X(][X(] Assaulting units: 4th Marine Division 4th Armoured Brigade 754th Tank Battalion 3rd Marine Division 2nd Marine Division 1st Marine Division 2/7th Armoured Regiment 4th USMC Tank Battalion 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 18th Combat Engineer Regiment 41st Infantry Division 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/4th Armoured Regiment 6th Infantry Division 762nd Tank Battalion 151st Combat Engineer Regiment 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 93rd Infantry Division 37th Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 1st Army Tank Regiment 193rd Tank Battalion 766th Tank Battalion 18th British Division 119th USAAF Base Force 147th Field Artillery Regiment II Australian Corps V US Amphib Corps 154th FA Bn 181st Field Artillery Regiment XIV US Corps 146th USA Base Force 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 9th RAAF Base Force 148th USA Base Force 151st USA Base Force 168th Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Regiment Defending units: 54th Division 31st Ind.Mixed Brigade Kure 7th SNLF 27th Ind.Mixed Brigade Sasebo 6th SNLF 26th Ind.Mixed Brigade 28th Ind.Mixed Brigade 35th Ind.Mixed Brigade 52nd Division 33rd Ind.Mixed Brigade 32nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 25th Ind.Mixed Brigade 89th Naval Guard Unit 58th Construction Battalion 59th Field AA Battalion 4th Air Army 1st Art.Mortar Regiment 60th JNAF AF Unit 64th Field AA Battalion 2nd Base Force 72nd JAAF AF Bn 2nd Mortar Battalion 8th RF Gun Battalion 66th Field AA Battalion 9th Field AF Construction Battalion 16th Army 19th Army 65th Field AA Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 48th Field AA Battalion 29th Field AA Machinecannon Company 6th Air Div /1 am I nuts to attack here? I´ve expected a lot but not to have the equivalent of 2 full divs being out of combat after one day, with 1800 support squads lost/disabled and another 1100 vehicles (motorized support) lost/disabled... this is the equivalent of the support units of 5 full divisions! And then please raise the argument that the ground combat routine hasn´t got a problem... I didn´t understand it in WITP why support always took more losses than actual fighting squads and I even more fail to understand it in AE where it has gotten even worse... my whole Army is in full need of support now, as it lost more than 50% of the available support in one day of combat... holy crap, this sux... excellent example of the routine having a problem as soon as more than 6 units on each side are coming into play... so what to do? telling my opponent he shouldn´t use more than 2 combat units to defend a hex or should I try to attack with only two divs to see them completely whiped out? best tactic in WITP and AE is to just place two divs in such a hex and let the enemy rot as he can´t dislodge your units as long as they are defending... guess we have to send in another ten divisions, in the end we will have probably up to a dozen divs in need of three months rest... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 16255 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 519 Defending force 2720 troops, 45 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Allied adjusted assault: 237 Japanese adjusted defense: 5 Allied assault odds: 47 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 587 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 28 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 27th Infantry Division 14th NZ Brigade 221st USN Base Force XI US Corps 4th RNZAF Base Force Defending units: 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade 43rd JNAF AF Unit 14th Base Force 13th Field AF Const Bn /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14th Base Force Wiped Out at Jolo by attrition!!! Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Jolo

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/24/2011 1:50:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: EUBanana Struck by how he only has 10k army loss points, in my game my honourable opponent is up to 18,000 points and climbing - and its not even really got started yet IMHO. Almost all of it due to Chinese massacre I think. Strategic bombing in China meant there has been effectively 0 supply there since May 42, and ever since then its a perpetual round of slaughter as Chinese units take position in some hill, hold for a month without supply before being annihilated, only to be replaced by the limitless Chinese LCU Rule. Rinse, repeat, and the VPs climb and climb. I don't personally care about VPs, I tend to use schedule as a yardstick of success myself, but still, looking at your intelligence screenshot I was struck by the vast disparity in ground losses. China soon stalemated so the enemy never got beyond some bases in clear terrain in the North. Strategic bombing is greatly restricted for both sides as it brings up just too unrealistic results, basically I can strat bomb bases in Korea and Japan while the Japanese can strat bomb India, Australia or the US. Also the SRA but why should the Japanese destroy the targets in the SRA he starts the war for? [:D] While I think the generic supply in China isn´t as much a factor (if any) as the importance of Burma, as this is the place where China is drawing insane amounts of supplies in my game. I´ve never really tried to use the arrows to draw supply but as soon as I´ve transferred the bomber hordes to China, I had 200,000 supplies moving to the area around Hanoi for example! First I was shocked to see that as I´ve thought it has just sucked the rest of China dry but that wasn´t the case. If you own Rangoon and got a path into China there is an endless flow of supplies into China, as it is now, I guess there are some 500,000+ supplies in China and Vietnam. Means in the bases, with the same amount being probably stored in all the troops being fully supplied. Burma is the goal for the defense of China and fighting in non clear hexes IMO. There probably is a lot of supply lost for the transfer but as the Allied, who really cares about that? [:D] I´ve got 125,000 tons of supplies unloaded at Rangoon every two weeks and this for months already.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (2/25/2011 12:02:11 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 24, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub vs Sub: SS Billfish attacking SST Yu-3 at 72,89 - near Tawi Tawi Japanese Ships SST Yu-3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Billfish SS Billfish launches 6 torpedoes at 2,000 yards another sub vs sub attack and an IJN transport sub is sunk... guess in total our subs have sunk around halve a dozen enemy subs... two or three subs were lost to IJN subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 8 B-24J Liberator x 151 P-38J Lightning x 32 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 20 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 67 Port hits 14 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 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 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 8 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 have to prevent fort building and hope to also destroy some supply but I doubt the enemy is anywhere near being in danger of running out of supply on Mindanao, they can probably hold out there until 47... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 40 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 5 Port hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 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 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: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 20 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-51B Mustang x 13 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 26 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Port hits 6 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 35th FG/39th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Raid is overhead 35th FG/40th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Raid is overhead I was more than surprised to see these Peggy long range raids daily and decided to bring them to an end by setting two P-47 squadrons on LRCAP from Tawi Tawi... nearly halve a dozen Peggies were shot down and I´m sure they won´t return... [image]local://upfiles/13774/B3DA283EFCE24F47BCA0D79302DE8204.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 16291 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 519 Defending force 637 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Allied adjusted assault: 366 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 366 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 949 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 86 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 27th Infantry Division 14th NZ Brigade XI US Corps 221st USN Base Force 4th RNZAF Base Force Defending units: 43rd JNAF AF Unit

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