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Rob Brennan UK -> RE: not a lot (10/7/2011 3:00:13 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 01, 43. Disaster at Gasmata , the raiding force on both APD's were sunk by Japanese air approaching the shoreline, no survivors have been found despite submarine searches of the area. Basically this was a bit of a gamble and seems the nips were not asleep in Rabaul as was hoped. Loks like we will have to do this the old fashioned way now. No freebies for the aussies today. Morning Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 103,127 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIb Lily x 24 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11 No Japanese losses Allied Ships APD Alden, Bomb hits 9, and is sunk APD John D. Edwards, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 166 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Additionally an AGP was sunk just south of Milne bay by Japanese sub , it was travelling alone to PM as a spare so no great loss incurred. Burma the RAF and USAAF have flattened the airfields at Magwe and Mitilinka overwhelming Japanese repair efforts completely and will switch to ground attack duty now all the tanks have assembled in Mandalay. Para drops will occur once the siege of Mythilinka is under way or Japan is seen to be withdrawing by rail. will do a screenshot of the rather large CW army in Burma next turn as well as more detals on the papa drops (no change from posted a while back , but saves you all scrolling back). [image]local://upfiles/7467/4865C1E10C6C416A9D89BB23645B6240.jpg[/image] Its hard to spot but look to the base just West of Lae , B Brigade of Aussie 2nd Division will attack tomorrow and vut off the retreat path of the units fleeing buna.

LoBaron -> RE: not a lot (10/11/2011 9:03:42 AM)
Meanwhile the World Wonders: The last recon flights over Shortland indicate that Mike pulled back. Only a few CD guns are left, everything else seems to have moved northwest to the base whose name I always forget. This is an invitation to fastgrab it, I got a fully prepped div and a NZ tank brigade, initially I expected a long fight. Now, what I´d like to know is: WHY? What could motivate a Japanese player to pull back from Shotlands except being physically forced to do so? Losing Shortlands gets Allied medium range fighters in range of Rabaul and provides a good forward port. Basically it renders Rabaul untenable as a naval base as the air superiority will be lost quickly. Personally I have two theories: - I am overestimating the importance of Rabaul as a guarding base to the Bismarck Sea, the Admiralties and Northeastern NG, it is much less important than I think. Mike is also under pressure from the west, so he might just want to consolidate his frontline. - It is an (extremely obvious) attempt to catch a couple of USN ships in a trap. I doubt this, I have already displayed the ability to unload troops in a single night and bring enough minesweepers and BB cover to prevent desaster, also I got a sub screen I can simply move northward, so even if its a trap I am confident this would be a bloody affair for both sides, which always favors the Allies. If you look at Rob´s map, am I missing something or is Mike just doing something he doesn´t like to do but simply has to do?

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: not a lot (10/18/2011 2:06:43 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 05, 43 slight delay from my side this time as I was away for a long weekend. but here is a list of copy n paste combat reports. not my usual style i admit but just to show the effectiveness of the allied bombers in Burma more than anything. Initially though the attack on Goodenough island with yet another heavy shelling from BB Maryland and DD's walloped too this time as no mines detected upon landing. nor any CD guns worth talking about. Night Naval bombardment of Goodenough Island at 101,131 Allied Ships BB Maryland CA Australia DD Nestor DD Sterett DD Frazier DD Barton DD Grayson DE Edsall Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 9 Port hits 2 The disruption more than any damage is bad for the defending japs. Allied normal attack took on one fort. I do have many more men and material in Milne but none really prepared for the target apart from some CD guns for defence once its taken. this will take a while i think , but if Japan does not incrcede with its navy or air-force it's just a matter of time. Ground combat at Goodenough Island (101,131) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 5327 troops, 70 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 200 Defending force 2499 troops, 46 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 62 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Allied adjusted assault: 143 Japanese adjusted defense: 64 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) attack 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Goodenough Island (101,131) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 5340 troops, 70 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 201 Defending force 2441 troops, 46 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 55 Allied adjusted assault: 189 Japanese adjusted defense: 109 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 5th Australian/B Division 5th Australian/C Division Defending units: Maizuru 4th SNLF Yokosuka 7th SNLF 6th Naval Construction Battalion meanwhile here is one day in Burma :- !!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 58,47 (Meiktila) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 6 Hurricane IIc Trop x 29 Liberator II x 12 Liberator GR.III x 6 Wellington Ic x 14 Wellington GR.VIII x 14 B-17E Fortress x 17 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 404 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb 14 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Liberator II bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 56th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 42nd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ... Also attacking 56th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 42nd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ... Also attacking 56th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 42nd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ... Also attacking 56th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 42nd Infantry Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 56th Infantry Regiment, at 58,47 (Meiktila) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 29 Liberator II x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 16 P-40K Warhawk x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 122 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Liberator II bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 143rd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 56th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 143rd Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 56th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 143rd Infantry Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 58,47 (Meiktila) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 6 Hurricane IIc Trop x 11 Kittyhawk I x 2 B-17E Fortress x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 16 P-40K Warhawk x 19 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 136 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 15th Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 15th Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 15th Army ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 58,47 (Meiktila) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 6 Hurricane IIc Trop x 23 Kittyhawk I x 2 B-17E Fortress x 12 B-17F Fortress x 16 P-40K Warhawk x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 267 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 55th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 15th Army ... Also attacking 55th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 15th Army ... Also attacking 55th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 15th Army ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 55th Infantry Regiment, at 58,47 (Meiktila) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 6 Hurricane IIc Trop x 18 Kittyhawk I x 2 B-25D1 Mitchell x 11 P-40K Warhawk x 19 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Even with horrific weather the results are great , tomorrow we try a direct attack and paras will deploy on the rail-lines to try and cut off mythilinka for a few days. also the allies have landed on Port Blair from 2 APD's , a following up AKL dropped off 400 supplies and we will attack tomorrow. unless Japan airlifts in some troops the island will be ours. this is just an annoyance for Japan but if left alone could be a huge threat to Malaya later on. Ramtree island is a waste of time by comparison. maybe later on the airfields will be useful but a port level of 0 (0)is a royal pain in the butt to build up so we can get radar deployed. Piccie tomorrow as i forgot today (sorry). but tomorrows will show all the landings etc and we'll have a batter idea of Japan's forces defending. With the benefit of hindsight i really should have waited before deploying the paras. we will see anyway. Japan is in for a surprise regardless.

SoliInvictus202 -> RE: not a lot (10/18/2011 2:18:50 PM)
thanks for the update! - was already wondering what was going on [;)]

LoBaron -> RE: not a lot (10/18/2011 2:31:56 PM)
Thanks for posting SoliInvictus! Sadly RL is very intense atm. Be advised that important events will be covered as always though. Also be advised that the questions in my previous post have been answered to my satisfaciton. Mike simply has to consolidate his southern frontline as Rob is really putting steam on his advance in NG! Awesome attacks.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: not a lot (10/19/2011 3:16:44 PM)
With that avatar sol , welcome to post any-time. [;)] Lets begin with burma ! ALLIED VICTORY IN BURMA ! screams the headlines around the free world. Behind the headlines British high command has put on clean underwear and now state "this was the expected outcome" <cough> .. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 07, 43 the Allied bombers once again caused mayhem for Japan and by a huge stroke of luck we caught them 1/2 leaving Mythilinka and routed them back to Magwe. Japans going to have a heck of a job getting these men back in one piece as the rail line is now severed at Prome with the successful landing of the 77th chindit brigade. Over in toungoo , the other landing met resistance from a transferring jap armoured unit and despite avourable fighting we could not secure the raillines. Ground combat at Toungoo (57,50) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 295 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23 Defending force 690 troops, 0 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Allied adjusted assault: 18 Japanese adjusted defense: 13 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), preparation(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 111th Chindit Bde /1 Defending units: 1st Tank Regiment Nest day a Thai division rolled in and made it worse ! eek ! Ground combat at Toungoo (57,50) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 561 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Defending force 5096 troops, 41 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 270 Allied adjusted assault: 3 Japanese adjusted defense: 41 Allied assault odds: 1 to 13 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), op mode(-), disruption(-) preparation(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 111th Chindit Bde /1 Defending units: 1st Tank Regiment 7th RTA Division Further landings of the 111th have been halted and all transports ordered to reinforce Prome , which from the map is ideal to cut magwe supply. Japans in a world of hurt here. FYI Hurricanes from Ramtree island will provide LR cover for the transports. Now the main event , the liberation of Mythilinka. Ground combat at Meiktila (58,47) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 147279 troops, 2411 guns, 3215 vehicles, Assault Value = 5622 Defending force 60217 troops, 578 guns, 571 vehicles, Assault Value = 1961 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 10004 Japanese adjusted defense: 173 Allied assault odds: 57 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Meiktila !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), op mode(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) Attacker: HQ(+) Japanese ground losses: 14231 casualties reported Squads: 525 destroyed, 146 disabled Non Combat: 839 destroyed, 84 disabled Engineers: 72 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 252 (244 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 484 (436 destroyed, 48 disabled) Units retreated 21 Allied ground losses: 5645 casualties reported Squads: 26 destroyed, 503 disabled Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 530 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 47 disabled Vehicles lost 338 (20 destroyed, 318 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 6th Australian Division 2nd British Division 5th Chinese Corps 150th RAC Regiment 7th Australian Division 70th British Division 254th Armoured Brigade 75th Indian Brigade 9th Indian Division 75th IAC Regiment 39th Indian Division 268th Motorised Brigade 45th Recce Regiment 14th British Brigade 16th British Brigade 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 46th Indian Brigade 11th Indian Division 18th British Division 9th Australian Division 2/11th Field Regiment 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Eastern Army 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 77th Heavy AA Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 43rd Cavalry Engineer Regiment 2/9th Field Regiment XV Indian Corps 14th Indian Light AA Regiment 8th Medium Regiment 2/13th Field Regiment 823rd Engineer Aviation Battalion Defending units: 21st Infantry Regiment 5th Recon Regiment 56th Infantry Regiment 42nd Infantry Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 33rd Division Imperial Guards Division 6th Tank Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 55th Infantry Regiment 143rd Infantry Regiment 148th Infantry Regiment 2nd RTA Division 25th Army 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th RF Gun Battalion 15th Army 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 10th RF Gun Battalion 11th RF Gun Battalion [image]local://upfiles/7467/0017760C313443729D2DA1EE3591EA9C.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: not a lot (10/19/2011 3:28:50 PM)
Heres a clean pic of the situation as it stands. Allied forces will march on Magwe while 1 aussie div and some armour moves south to try and relieve Toungoo. the "Prome airlift" is underway as japan has troops that can threaten us here. Looks like we took this base just in time. [image]local://upfiles/7467/CDE175691F5E451C877B5C39E79FB2E1.jpg[/image] Allied bombers will attack all visible stacks to slow down Japanese movement, this is rather risky as escorts just aren't available for this duty. most fighters will cover the mass formations that will hammer Magwe while a few will try and cover the airlift to Prome.

LoBaron -> RE: not a lot (10/20/2011 10:00:40 AM)
Congrats to the CW forces, sincerely hope that Imperial Guards Division lost a few on the way too. Nice attack. I only hope that some of the paras will be able to escape. US side no news except that Op Turnover was completed successfully, the 1st Marines are on the way back to PH. On arrival the CV´s will partly replace their Wild- with Hellcats and escort a large supply convoy to Marcus Island.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: not a lot (10/21/2011 5:45:18 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 09, 43 Busy day .Lets Begin in SW Pacific. Goodenough island has been flattened by BB Maryland and cohorts for almost 2 weeks now and the landed Aussie militia is getting the upper hand (just). Ground combat at Goodenough Island (101,131) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 5364 troops, 70 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 204 Defending force 2177 troops, 46 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 42 Allied adjusted assault: 134 Japanese adjusted defense: 73 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 156 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 5th Australian/B Division 5th Australian/C Division Defending units: Maizuru 4th SNLF Yokosuka 7th SNLF 6th Naval Construction Battalion Rest for 2 more days then hopefully we can wrest control from Japan. In the Indian Ocean search planes from Cocos and Christmas island has spotted a Japanese fleet build-up at Buttenzorg (SW from Batavia in NJava on the West coast ) .. But we did not expect to be visited by heavy jap fleet units during the night. Japanese shelling caused a fair amount of runway damage and some heavy shells landed in the small port blowing the facilities to bits. Only 3 P38G and 1 Kittyhawk were destroyed on the ground. Once the runways had been cleared the expert Dutch bomber pilots made an attack on Butternzorg harbour but only found one small DD and an small mine vessel. The mine ship was sunk for 2 downed B25's. Not a great exchange as the Dutch a/c are rare as hens teeth. Night Naval bombardment of Christmas Island IO at 45,104 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships BB Ise BB Yamashiro CA Aoba CA Takao Allied ground losses: 69 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 30 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 2 Morning Air attack on TF, near Buitenzorg at 48,99 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 2 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships DMS W-7 DD Kuri, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Oddly the combat animations showed the DMS getting hammered not the DD. so FOW is alive and well. Burma Allied Bombers flew on multiple ground attack sorties joined by some hurricane IIc's , however a contingent of Japanese Tonys caught 2 groups unaware with nasty results for the Chinese SBIII's and some Wellingtons. the rest hit most moving troops casing some heavy losses esp among a RF arty unit and some unnamed tank units. Tomorrow we'll concentrate the bombers under fighter cover and cancel the Prome airlift which was intercepted by jap fighters despite the hurricane LRCAP (there seemed to be no interaction between the 2 missions). More tomorrow. [image]local://upfiles/7467/F9478372ADDE4382AA261132BEBC2E39.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: not a lot (10/22/2011 11:36:11 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 11, 43 Quick update for today. 3 events of note. 1) Japan has escaped from Magwe although the RAF are inflicting brutal losses from the air. 2) toungoo held a Japanese assault on the basis they have nowhere else to retreat to atm. they survived 2 days but surely cannot last much longer. 3) Prome held brilliantly against 2 Japanese armoured Reece units. with the extra men flown in during the brief but dangerous Prome airlift enough was rapidly fortified behind L1 forts (ie sandbags) . Now Magwe has gone we can try and relieve Prome from the ground and will try and do so. IF we can then Rangoon is looking remarkably untenable as we won't have to fight through the last jungle in Malaya before hitting the Thai border. As an aside Indian Range 9 HQ is restricted so can't be moved outside India. CW need another high level command here as having multiple HQs makes a big difference. Ground combat at Toungoo (57,50) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1044 troops, 56 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 983 Defending force 483 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31 Japanese adjusted assault: 46 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 88 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 55th Cavalry Regiment 6th Tank Regiment 10th Division 1st Tank Regiment 4th RTA Division 14th Tank Regiment 7th RTA Division 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th RF Gun Battalion 10th RF Gun Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th RF Gun Battalion Defending units: 111th Chindit Bde /1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Prome (55,50) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2050 troops, 8 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 76 Defending force 1672 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126 Japanese adjusted assault: 32 Allied adjusted defense: 99 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), fatigue(-) Attacker: shock(+), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 178 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 180 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Assaulting units: 22nd Recon Regiment 56th Recon Regiment Defending units: 77th Chindit Bde /1 [image]local://upfiles/7467/09B4C39441474BAD926EBF008E471900.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: not a lot (10/24/2011 2:19:07 PM)
With a brief lull in Burma, today's commonwealth report will be on the New guinea campaign. Goodenough Island finally fell today with the Japanese heading into the hinterland and allowing the brave Aussie militia to take control of the port and airfields. this will be one useful base to press into New Britain (Island with Rabaul at the eastern end). Piccie shows recent advances towards Lae. the odd M is supposed to represent a pair of wings for the para drop on finchaven (my artistic skills are very limited). Red lines show imminent attacks. I'm taking a bit of a liberty with the US attack as we have discussed it and LoBaron says the US will attack soon. Yellow is for possible future ops once Lae (and therefore aircover) can be established. Java. P38G's sweep near Batavia and knobble a few oscars and Zeros for no loss. Burma. Magwe falls with relatively intact oil facilities despite allied bombing earlier in the war it seems very little damage was inflicted. We will peruse the Japanese to the next line of bases 9tougoo and Prome) Tougoo , the advance elements of 111th chindits surrendered today against huge Japanese forces. Prome, held once again even with an entire Thai division supported by light armour. Its a race now to see if i can reach here before the paras capitulate. [image]local://upfiles/7467/1992FA6A93DA44CBA42097513BFD2284.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: not a lot (10/29/2011 3:40:42 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 17, 43 4 turn update today from the 15th to the 18th May. Japan sent in a swarm of night bombing Helens to Christmas island on the 15th, allied defence had been reduced by the withdrawal of the P38G's but Canadian kitty-hawks were sent up the next night to hamper Japanese operations, only one Helen was confirmed shot down but they seemed to panic and bombed wildly in the ace of opposition. A large ~AP convoy carrying 3 CD gu units was attacked by land based jill torpedo bombers but the day cap was enough to wipe them out with no allied losses, all 3 units arrived safely. Morning Air attack on TF, near Christmas Island IO at 44,105 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N1 Jill x 8 Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 9 Japanese aircraft losses B6N1 Jill: 4 destroyed Over in burma a hell of a mixed air battle in the skies over Prome has seen many mission types interfering and clashing with repeated fighter on fighter clashes, the Allied bombers hit the Thai division badly as one example but was well enough escorted to hit darn hard. Many other smaller attacks seemed to hit scattered pockets of Japanese CAP but all got though to some degree or another and escort from Mandalay with drop tank equipped hurricanes stemmed what could have been a turkey shoot for allied bomber command. EG. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st RTA Division, at 55,50 (Prome) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14 Ki-61-Ia Tony x 18 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 13 Liberator II x 27 Liberator GR.III x 11 Wellington Ic x 3 Wellington GR.VIII x 15 Kittyhawk I x 10 B-17E Fortress x 37 B-25C Mitchell x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed Liberator GR.III: 1 damaged Kittyhawk I: 3 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 574 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 45 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 20 (2 destroyed, 18 disabled) Japan failed to take prome in an assault too :- Ground combat at Prome (55,50) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 11098 troops, 108 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 423 Defending force 1301 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72 Japanese adjusted assault: 69 Allied adjusted defense: 83 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 303 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 300 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 55th Infantry Regiment 22nd Recon Regiment 5th Recon Regiment 143rd Infantry Regiment 56th Recon Regiment 1st RTA Division 9th RF Gun Battalion Defending units: 77th Chindit Brigade The USA is softening up shortlands with B24's but LoBaron will have to drop in to fill you in on later US plans. TTFN PS . AC losses aren't this bad as shown in the list attached. Althoguh we are resting the airforce tomorrow and sending in air supply to the marching troops attempting to relieve Proms ( it's looking doubtful we'll be able to make it sadly. ) [image]local://upfiles/7467/096DB52EAB2448A884EA7CEDF287A5AB.jpg[/image] As a point of interest the commander of the chindits in Prome died today and his kcal replacement was very average at land skill 54 , he's been replaced by a very high skill (69) one who i really hope doesn't die too

LoBaron -> Small Summary May ´43 (10/31/2011 12:44:22 PM)
While Rob is making noise in Burma and currently forces the IJA to regroup much further south than they like, the US is planning for late ´43, early ´44. Until now, with some small exceptions, we failed to draw the IJN into surface engagements, the long past battle of Ontong Java being the largest fight for the US up to now. I am not concerned by this, the US is only getting stronger and the chances for cheap victories for the IJN is dwindling day by day. The only notable disadvantage is: any future engagements will contain more forces on both sides and so be less predictable and controllable. Here is the current major combatant loss list: Allied losses: [img]http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/535sunkAllies.jpg[/img] Japanese losses: [img]http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/172sunkIJN.jpg[/img] Note that all CV losses until now were due to the works of the Silent Service. In addition no US CAs have been sunk, the CW losses were due to the aggressive defense in the DEIs and cost the Japanese dearly back then. US Strategic situation: SouthwestPac: The southern Solomons are secure, the Northermost base in Allied hands is Munda, Shortland is the obvious next target. CentPac: Gilberts are US territory and are growing in strenght day by day now, pressure will increase on the Marshalls. Marcus Island and Wake are both in US hands, both will need a large invasion fleet to dislodge, and the USN will oppose any move against the Islands. NorthPac: With the recent landings at Attu the Aleuthians are fully in US hands and will also slowly build up strenght, I will not rush anything there though. [img]http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/556map.jpg[/img] The current plans for the next few months are buildup of the Marianas invasion, while slowly increasing pressure on the diversionary targets, Rabaul and the Marshalls. With the next turn regular recon flights of the major bases in the Marshalls will begin. To enable at least marginal logistics support for the Marianas OP Marcus Island will start to receive support ships and recon craft. I will now deploy mines there too, an ACM has already arrived. The regular bombings of Shortland continues unopposed, it looks like Mike is saving his forces for a deciding repulse of an expected landing there. To increase the impression that the focus lies in this area ASW activities will increase north from Munda.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Small Summary May ´43 (11/1/2011 3:26:27 PM)
May19+20 1943 slight change of AAR style today as I will do a blow by blow written account of the replay as it happens with no knowledge of the actual losses (usually wrong) listed in the main menu between games. The night over Christmas island was lit up by heavy flak defence as 100 Helen bombers attempted to hit the runways after a dangerous night water crossing. the defending Canadian kittyhawks were swamped and while bravely attempting to counter the attack had little real impact. 2 B25D1 are reportedly KO when a hangar received a lucky hit. the main runway escaped lightly and supply dumps missed by miles. One attacker shot down and many damaged by heavy AAA. Daylight saw large enemy fighter sweeps vs the 25 P40K (USA) defenders. the Warhawks are capable vs the zero and oscar 2 but suffered badly vs the newer tojos. Losses loked about even overall with maybe 1-2 more to Japan. Withdrawing the P38G's might have been a mistake (hopefully more later as they are set to be used in the DEI). A japanese raid on Ramtree island off the coast of burma was met by 9 hurricanes and the unescorted helens were roughly handled with 3 shot down and more damaged. US sweeps over shortlands and nearby bases once more meet no opposition (havnt for weeks). Followed up by B24 liberator raids from Lunga (now a major airbase) the Australian airforce bombers hit Lae once more to reduce supply and prevent fort building as the main force slowly trudges through the jungle with the odd diversion to collect para dropped supplies. SS Seawolf patrolling off Sakalin island spots a medium AK convoy but is prevented from attacking by some observant ASW escorts which she easily avoids) Prome Falls ! with the arrival of 3 more IJA divisions the poor paras are pushed roughly out of Prome and head back to Magwe but like arhnem they will go down in history as the few holding out vs impossible odds for over a week. This is somewhat countered by the Aussies finally finishing off the last pockets of Japanese defence on good enough island , with new CD guns and engineers we will hopefully be operating from here in no time. 20th May Christmas island night defenders did much better and downed several helens for 1 runway hit achieved, however the sweeps have butchered the P40K's in daylight. I do have some FAA fighters on cocos i can fly in to help but no sure how well old wildcats will cope with the tojos ? we will try though while the P38's return from Darwin. speaking of P38's they did sweep Boela ( small oil facility ) which is in range of the Aussie low nav specialist unit whose job is to hit tankers coming in and out , the results wee inconclusive and frankly i need the P38's elsewhere. Ramtree island -- the helens returned and this time the hurricanes were ready and willing , only 5 made it through to bomb the base and one of those was shot down by flak , upon egress one more was chased down by eager pilots and shot down, leaving only 3 very religious (holey) helens to stagger back to base. AFTER TURN ANALYSIS The planes shot down list shows 49 helens shot down today , 34 in A2a 12 by flak and 3 ops losses. I'd hazard a guess A2A was mostly ramtree island while flak was Christmas island (large flak defences here) 13 P40K's lost , which looks about right and all replaced easily, along with a few pilots. Royal Navy info for you. CV Victorious will sail to Cape town for a lengthy 75 day refit (cant really find a use for her atm) , and remember the large BB clash off Darwin a long while ago ? BB resolution is only 3 days away from being fully repairs and BB Ramilles 30 days (both in Cape town) TTFN , and Piccie of Prome , both Thai divs looks to be wrecked as suspected and the main japanese pretty bashed around. We will try and reach Prome ASAP while leaving flank defenders. Hopefully he cant make heavy forts there before we besiege/assault the place. [image]local://upfiles/7467/D95CF477387A4A41BECE6CB59B750E0E.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Small Summary May ´43 (11/7/2011 2:32:45 PM)
May 24th 1943 In an attempt to slow/halt fort building at Prome and toungoo B17's bombed both bases after hurricane sweeps from Mandalay had cleared the way vs a few Nicks found orbiting Prome. those damn planes are made of titanium and only 1 was shot down despite the C's heavy cannons. allies lost 2 hurricanes on landing but both pilots survived. the B17 raids went in at medium altitude (11k) as flak was unknown but little was spotted and the runways well cratered esp at Prome when the heaviest attacks occurred. given the lack of fighter defence we will send in the mediums next turn and concentrate our LRCAP and sweeps over toungoo. Japanese subs have been operating near milne bay for the past few weeks and while the heavy ASW air has stopped them from attacking no actual attempts have been seen to be make to kill them. An ASW group centred on 2 Brit DD's and a DE , all with great ASW and high exp crews, found one RO boat and possibly holed her but nothing confirmed. American sub Grayling took one for the team by attacking the CA chikuma and possibly hurting her near Truk, she sadly sank with all hands soon after. Submarine attack near Truk at 109,115 Japanese Ships CA Chikuma, Torpedo hits 1 CA Tone CL Agano DD Kazegumo DD Amatsukaze, Shell hits 1 DD Shiranui DD Yukikaze DD Natsushio Allied Ships SS Grayling, hits 11, and is sunk SS Grayling launches 6 torpedoes at CA Chikuma Grayling diving deep .... DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shiranui fails to find sub and abandons search DD Yukikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Natsushio attacking submerged sub .... DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Natsushio attacking submerged sub .... SS Grayling forced to surface! DD Amatsukaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Shiranui firing on surfaced sub .... DD Yukikaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Amatsukaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Shiranui firing on surfaced sub .... DD Yukikaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Amatsukaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Shiranui firing on surfaced sub .... DD Yukikaze firing on surfaced sub .... DD Amatsukaze firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves [image]local://upfiles/7467/DD4E56E48B7E44C08DA53E27B3BD400C.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Small Summary May ´43 (11/10/2011 6:08:28 PM)
May 25th/26th 1943 The USA had a bit of a ding dong round munda tonight but I'll leave that for LoBaron to command on. The CW ASW around Milne nailed a jap I boat today but the RO boat from yesterday must still be lurking, patrol returning for ammo but still on reaction 3 just in case. Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,134 Japanese Ships SS I-177, hits 9, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DE Edsall DD Nestor DD Frazier SS I-177 launches 6 torpedoes at DE Edsall DD Nestor fails to find sub and abandons search DD Frazier attacking submerged sub .... DD Frazier fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Frazier fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Frazier fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Frazier fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Frazier attacking submerged sub .... Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface! Escort abandons search for sub Also in theatre , Australian troops march into Lae and seem to encounter a larger than expected force of 18k Japanese ! hope my recons wrong. Also /B brigade shock attacked over a river i failed to spot just north of Lae :_ Ground combat at Nadzab (98,125) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 3028 troops, 28 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 98 Defending force 1413 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Allied adjusted assault: 5 Japanese adjusted defense: 11 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 362 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 58 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Australian/B Division Defending units: 65th Naval Guard Unit Going defensive here and shelling Lae for more recon info , ground attacks ordered on both locations. I really really want a swarm of little LSI;s from America to shuttle men up-to Lae from buna ,esp tanks and arty which cant make it through the jungle all that well. Japan has surface assets round here so i 'might' risk a large push with air and BB cover in a week or so once the situation makes more sense. Over in Burma , Japan's abandoned Toungoo !!!! WOW , that's a lynch-pin to Rangoon imo and with that gone i strongly suspect Japan will abandon burma entirely .. I'll be careful advancing due to the need of forward airfields for short legged hurricanes and also Japan can turn up with a huge airforce at any-time .. will they fight for Rangoon ? or pull back to Moulmein ? v v interesting here right now. [image]local://upfiles/7467/45497400ADCC4D7CAB51C2ABA269B199.jpg[/image]

LoBaron -> RE: Small Summary May ´43 (11/12/2011 9:10:45 AM)
I would love to sell this as fleet action, but Rob is probably much closer to the truth calling it ding dong. Munda is our forward base in the Solomons, where we are slowly building up strenght. It hosts 2 Fighter squads -P40Ks and Corsairs- whose main mission up to now is LRCAP over Shortlands area to prevent any transports flying in or out. The 3rd squad is a unit of LowN trained veteran B25 attack bombers to prevent exactly what happened (not that this was much) The island is guarded by a Marines Reg (5th I think but don´t bet on it) and in addition only hosts a BF. The only other current protection for Munda is a squadron of PTs and a DMS Wasmuth visiting from time to time on its patrol. So you see the setup, the base should invite a counter (which Mike was reluctant to deliver), while also offereing at least a bit of functionality. Sadly, since really nothing happened in that are over the last few weeks, my efforts to boost the defenses and reaction forces started to slack off, I guess now they are all on high alert again. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 25, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,134, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CL Sendai CL Naka CL Abukuma DD Yunagi DD Hasu DD Tsuga Allied Ships PT-75 PT-76 PT-80 PT-120 PT-121 PT-122 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,134, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CL Sendai CL Naka CL Abukuma DD Yunagi DD Hasu DD Tsuga Allied Ships DMS Wasmuth, Shell hits 8, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Munda at 111,134 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Furutaka CA Kinugasa CL Abukuma CL Naka CL Sendai Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,134, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CL Sendai CL Naka CL Abukuma DD Yunagi DD Hasu DD Tsuga Allied Ships PT-75 PT-76 PT-80, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT-120, Shell hits 1 PT-121, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT-122, Shell hits 3, and is sunk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The above is basically the whole story, my B25s didn´t fly because with the non-action I started some training missions and they preferred those than an attack on a (probably heavily guarded) SAG, the enemy cruisers retreated North. Two guesses, one is Rabaul, the other on Northern heading to Truk. Interesting thing is: the surviving PTs got a whole lot of experience. Nice side effect. Anyways, in case Mike tries that stunt again, unexpected but ineffective as it was, I have a surprise waiting for him a few hexes down the road on react 4...

LoBaron -> RE: Small Summary May ´43 (11/12/2011 9:17:14 AM)
Edit: The real annoyance I totally forgot to tell: The timing of the bombardement run was perfect. Only day before I released the 4 S-boats which had formed a protective belt North of Munda from station to return to Noumea for their June upgrades. One day earlier and Mike would have had to run that sub belt, all subs with high exp, the good reliable torps. Imagine a burning CA running into the PTs at night and then slow on return lege over the same subs again. Oh well. Well, for a statement on that, see my sig... [8\|] Other news: Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships AG Noshima, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PB Menado Maru Allied Ships SS Cisco

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Small Summary May ´43 (11/15/2011 1:54:59 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 27, 43 Burma Success at toungoo , allies destroyed a japanese cav brigade as we overrun the last stay behinds ,, now rangoon or pegu to prep for ? interesting tims ahead as we must run into a jap roadblock soon . Ground combat at Toungoo (57,50) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 21424 troops, 291 guns, 833 vehicles, Assault Value = 877 Defending force 588 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Allied adjusted assault: 1555 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 1555 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Toungoo !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 752 casualties reported Squads: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 7th Australian Division 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 50th Tank Brigade 23rd British Brigade XV Indian Corps 6th Medium Regiment Defending units: 55th Cavalry Regiment Elsewhere we heavily damaged an I boat lurking near our Catalina base east of Milne bay in the solomon islands . Sub attack near Rossel Island at 105,137 Japanese Ships SS I-26, hits 14, heavy damage Allied Ships xAK Aldinga AM Glenelg SS I-26 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Aldinga AM Glenelg attacking submerged sub .... AM Glenelg fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Glenelg fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Glenelg attacking submerged sub .... AM Glenelg fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Finally Lae , WOW .. I was thinking that sending in 2 divisions was complete overkill , it appears not as multiple naval brigades are stationed in Lae , this will take some time to wear down , so watch this space. Think ill set up some LRcap over here to catch any jap float planes bringing in supply or withdrawing troops. .. got a ton of USAAF units in townsville past few days, I downgraded them to P39's so we will have numbers for this at least if not quality a/c. Ground combat at Lae (99,126) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 19581 troops, 227 guns, 294 vehicles, Assault Value = 757 Defending force 12453 troops, 156 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 360 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Australian Division 4th Australian Division II Australian Corps Defending units: Yokosuka 6th SNLF 43rd Naval Guard Unit 89th Naval Guard Unit 87th Naval Guard Unit 82nd Naval Guard Unit I/19th Naval Guard Unit 83rd Nav Gd /1 48th JNAF AF Unit 1st Base Force 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Naval Construction Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 42nd JNAF AF Unit /1 [image]local://upfiles/7467/ACA9826D8A3D4EC3BCC5C97C2C730CE2.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Small Summary May ´43 (11/24/2011 2:46:38 AM)
End may to 1st June 1943 I think Australian DD's got the last remaining Jap sub near Milne bay on the 27th , with heavy depth charging of RO-?? in shallow water and 27 hits recorded. In Lae a lone AK with Minesweeper Fremantle as escort is dropping off supplies to the 2 Ozzie divisions investing the base, as yet unmolested. However the Japanese airforce showed up on the 29th and 1st to bomb the troops just north of Lae with some success, the allies had their own bombers heading there with hurricanes and spits engaging Zeros and even low lever P39's dropping their ordnance and engaging the unexpected Japanese fighters. Losses were light on both sides with c. 5 fighters shot down and one Aussie Beaufort unit losing 3 a/c as the only successful intercept of the engagement. In Burma Prome was liberated by a Chinese corps as all Japanese had withdrawn, now its a base build here and toungoo before advancing on Rangoon and Pegu. Recon here will be intensified as will LR flights into Thailand and possibly Malaysia. TTFN [image]local://upfiles/7467/FA916C114D8A439AAB569F75E4E26DCB.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Small Summary May ´43 (11/27/2011 12:04:31 PM)
June 4th Turned out to be a notable day for the Allied naval forces off the NE coast of New Guinea. A combined Australian and USN CA force under the command of the USN Indianapolis and including the CA Australia with 2 CL's and several DD's was tasked with bombarding Lae. The night trip from Milne bay was slowed with multiple submarine contacts reported and 2 prosecuted (one successfully). ASW attack near Buna at 100,128 Japanese Ships SS RO-62, hits 5 Allied Ships CA Indianapolis CL Capetown DE Edsall DM Sicard DD Nestor DD Sterett DD Frazier SS RO-62 is sighted by escort DD Nestor fails to find sub and abandons search DD Sterett fails to find sub and abandons search DD Frazier attacking submerged sub .... DD Frazier fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Frazier attacking submerged sub .... DD Frazier cannot establish contact with SS RO-62 DD Frazier fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Frazier fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Frazier fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lae at 99,127 Japanese Ships SS RO-64, hits 12, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Indianapolis CL Capetown CL Caradoc DD Grayson DE Edsall DM Sicard DD Nestor DD Sterett DD Frazier SS RO-64 is sighted by escort RO-64 diving deep .... DD Nestor attacking submerged sub .... DD Sterett attacking submerged sub .... DD Frazier fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Nestor attacking submerged sub .... Sounds of submarine breaking up detected! Escort abandons search for sub Upon arrival near Lae their worst nightmares were realised when out in the deep dark, the radar reported a Japanese naval presence. C/O commanding Cpt O'Neill ordered an immediate engagement but failed to realise the large radar returns were Japanese battleships ! Even with surprise and an initial advantage of position (crossing the T) allied forces made little impact while return fire was brutal. When the CA Australia spectacularly blew up from a magazine explosion caused by a 15" shell, An immediate retirement order was given. Night Time Surface Combat, near Lae at 99,126, Range 5,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Shell hits 1 BB Haruna BB Hiei, Shell hits 1 BB Mutsu CA Nachi, Shell hits 2, on fire CA Ashigara DD Yukikaze DD Shiranui DD Amatsukaze DD Tokitsukaze, Shell hits 1 DD Urakaze DD Asashio, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied Ships CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 3, heavy fires CA Australia, Shell hits 3, and is sunk CL Caradoc, Shell hits 1, on fire CL Capetown, Shell hits 11, on fire DD Grayson, Shell hits 1 DD Barton DD Frazier DD Sterett DE Edsall DD Nestor DM Sicard Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 3% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards O'Neill G. crosses the 'T' Game Notes :- .. With allied AK's unloading at Lae or 4 days unmolested I had 1/2 expected a fast Japanese response from 'somewhere' with fast surface forces. The BB Maryland was not included deliberately for speed (or lack thereof) and wouldn't have made much difference anyway. running into 4 Jap BB's was not expected and most unwelcome. However Indianapolis and Caradoc are not badly damaged and all smaller units are fine (bit of sys damage). The DD's were what i was really worried about losing as they have been excellent at hammering the Japanese subs in the area and would be severely missed. Indy and Caradoc can both be repaired in Brisbane/Sydney so no long trips back needed either. The allied troops in Lae were just joined by a small Aussie tank regiment with new Grant vehicles but all 3 units need more supply before i shock attack and try to take the place with a coup de main. Fortunately the small naval units have just arrived in buna for just such a journey and the jap presence will not stop the allies sending in supply tomoorrow , we will however move up some more torpedo bombers to buna. [image]local://upfiles/7467/19FABF1B50624CE192AD6AF8EB796C75.jpg[/image]

tiger111 -> RE: Small Summary May ´43 (11/27/2011 6:51:17 PM)
Hi Rob Eeeks! Bit you were worried at finding that little lot. Lucky to get away relatively undamaged. Looks like the battle for Lae is going to be heavily contested. Great AAR as always.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Small Summary May ´43 (12/4/2011 2:21:18 PM)
TY Augustus , nice to hear from you once more . Its now June 8th/9th . all been rather quiet , allies bomb shortlands/Lae uninterupted and the first LCI supply run to Laea was a success but we need more , think i might unload at salamoa <sp> just south of Lae and allow the supply to be drawn up instead of unloading over Lae beach as Japan wont get free intel. We also have a much large amphib capacity at Buna with several regiments of armour and infantry prepped for Lae as well as paras prepped for finchhafan (to prevent a retreat here) . surface escorts are in very short supply as we are sailing dmaged units back to the shipyards with heavy DD escort. However IF we happen to collide with the jap surface force again the CW assigned surface naval units wont make a hell of a differance anyway. Additionally we have swordfish/albacores and beauforts in buna as torpedo capable but also with very good ASW skills. for now the subas are the main menace so we will concentrate on them while shuttling up supply for now. Up in Burma the Japanese have heavily deafened Pegu and left a rearguard in Rangoon, If/When we advance here in force big decisions needed to try and prevent a heavy counter-attack from Pegu are needed. Advance recons are marching to adjacent hexes to get a better picture. Once more supply raises its ugly head in Burma with Prome having a huge surplus while Toungoo has just 20 ! and is not building anything despite heavy eng units and BF's for allied forward fighters. We will need to wait for this to resolve itself and then move forward the airforce for the next phase of the advance. However a US sub patrolling the southern tip of java spotted and torpedoed a jap sub on the surface (damn lucky) .. Sub vs Sub: SS Scamp attacking SS I-178 at 57,108 - near Denpasar Japanese Ships SS I-178, Torpedo hits 1 Allied Ships SS Scamp SS Scamp launches 6 torpedoes at 1,000 yards TTFN [image]local://upfiles/7467/D07EB60A41984D9CAB28F28C1E1AFF3E.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> June 1943 (12/8/2011 3:11:22 PM)
10th June 1943 the night of the ninth opened with japanese subs ambushing an unescorted supply convoy leaving Christmas island (indian ocean), the escorts had disbanded in port (daft me) , losing 2 large AK's in the process. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 10, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Christmas Island IO at 44,104 Japanese Ships SS I-37 Allied Ships xAK Clan Lamont, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Clan Lamont is sighted by SS I-37 SS I-37 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Clan Lamont -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Christmas Island IO at 44,104 Japanese Ships SS I-37 Allied Ships xAK Somelsdijk, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Somelsdijk is sighted by SS I-37 SS I-37 attacking xAK Somelsdijk on the surface Meanwhile the air over Lae was contested by the Japanese with 20-30 A6m3a Zeros on LRCAP intercepting the various allied attacks, 1st day the P39's on low escort got jumped badly while the high altitude spits and hurricanes finally joined in downing several Zeros resulting in an 1-1 exchange according to the animations. Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 24 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 4 Spitfire Vc Trop x 26 B-17F Fortress x 9 B-26 Marauder x 3 P-39D Airacobra x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disab Day 2 , the allied escorts failed to link up with the bombers but went in none the less and the whole range of allied fighters was involved , Beaufighter's, P39's martlets, hurricanes + spitfires all mixing it up with some surprising results. the P39's got clobbered (no surprise) while the beaufighters did remarkably well esp on the 'head-on' animations, nice to see heavy forward fire-power working at least. Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 22 Allied aircraft Beaufighter Ic x 10 P-39D Airacobra x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter Ic: 1 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 16 Allied aircraft Martlet II x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Martlet II: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martlet II sweeping at 19000 feet By the time the bombers arrived the defenders were out of position and the limited intercepts were pounced on by the escorting spitfires. Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 6 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 12 Spitfire Vc Trop x 20 B-17F Fortress x 9 B-26 Marauder x 8 P-39D Airacobra x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled According to the loss list over 20 zeros destroyed , i don't believe a word as it also listed 3 beau-fighters downed (was nil ). A second supply with LCT's made it in and out of Lae successfully so with supply looking ok we will shock attack tomorrow with both divs and the armour. HQ is accompanying , while SW PAC HQ is in buna with Lae as a target , fingers crossed. Else we can try and transport in more men if needed by landing craft. [image]local://upfiles/7467/47515B61B8AA4DCC94B119BABAB4290C.jpg[/image] Quick note , several jap subs seen near buna area , several allied high exp and skill sqdns are on dedicated ASW here and made 2 attacks last turn, similar situation in Christmas island, I168 was reported hit twice , once by albacores and once by Dutch B25D's.. lets sweep these pests before they cause more trouble.

LoBaron -> RE: June 1943 (12/8/2011 4:08:32 PM)
Interesting info in this turn btw. Your crack Zero opposition partly came from the carriers Kaga and Akagi. So they are either in position at the Admiralties, or they are refitting and the Zeros came from land bases. Ah, no news on US side except such a combat replay always brings up old memories... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Emirau Island at 107,117 Japanese Ships CS Chitose DD Asagumo DD Fubuki DD Ikazuchi DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki Allied Ships SS Finback SS Finback is sighted by escort DD Fubuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ikazuchi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hibiki attacking submerged sub .... DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Fubuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Ikazuchi attacking submerged sub .... DD Hibiki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Ikazuchi attacking submerged sub .... DD Ikazuchi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ikazuchi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

tiger111 -> RE: June 1943 (12/9/2011 6:17:59 PM)
Hi Rob Re Lobarons post: looks like Jap CV`s are being deployed from Truk ?.( May the KB) Best be carefull.....

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: June 1943 (12/10/2011 5:55:56 PM)
Augustus , I am surprised the Japanese CV fleet hasn't made its presence known in the Solomon islands/New guinea area, a lot more. a port attack on Milne bay would almost definitely sink the BB Maryland and I do not have any spare troop transport capability ( all in buna) apart from 2 AKL's converting over in Townsville. If he sank that lot then the CW would be stalled for months. as it is he only contests the air occasionally , i assume just to keep me honest with escorts, neither of us has huge airforces here and I for one don't have huge pools of replacements. the Aussies do however have a steady stream of skill 70 trained fighter pilots which is building up nicely. ( GAME NOTE , I train them to high end air to air skills , then several months on strafe or Low ground attack skills , this has the effect of ensuring the pilots have great defensive skills and decent exp once released into the pools. IF I have time then 3 months of flying CAP in a rear area base for experience gain , but that depends on time available , END NOTE ) As for his fleet positions , i strongly suspect the Admiralty islands rather than Truk , I am tempted to do another unannounced port raid with B17's (no advance recon planes to tip him off) , but i think that would ba waste of very limited B17B's. US subs made their presence felt with several dud torpedoes but also one successful attack sinking an AK near Truk. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 12, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 104,68 Japanese Ships DD Namikaze DD Satsuki LSD Shinshu Maru xAP Ukishima Maru xAP Shanghai Maru xAP Koan Maru xAP Yoshino Maru xAP Huzi Maru xAP Buenos Aires Maru DD Nokaze DD Yukaze Allied Ships SS Whale SS Whale launches 6 torpedoes at DD Namikaze Whale diving deep .... DD Namikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Nokaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Yukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Whale DD Yukaze cannot establish contact with SS Whale DD Yukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Whale DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tanegashima at 104,68 Japanese Ships xAP Buenos Aires Maru DD Satsuki LSD Shinshu Maru xAP Ukishima Maru xAP Shanghai Maru xAP Koan Maru xAP Yoshino Maru xAP Huzi Maru DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Yukaze Allied Ships SS Whale SS Whale launches 6 torpedoes at xAP Buenos Aires Maru Whale diving deep .... DD Namikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Nokaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Yukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Whale SS Whale eludes ASW attack from DD Yukaze DD Yukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Whale DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub .... SS Whale eludes DD Yukaze by diving deep DD Yukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Whale DD Yukaze loses contact with SS Whale SS Whale eludes ASW attack from DD Yukaze Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Truk at 107,113 Japanese Ships xAK Teiryu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage Later found alone accompanied by sinking sounds-- so SUNK is almost 100% definite. E Fuyo PB Wa 4 PB Wa 2 xAK Toan Maru xAK Nissen Maru #3 xAK Teihoku Maru DD Harukaze DD Kamikaze Allied Ships SS Finback, hits 2 SS Finback launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Teiryu Maru DD Harukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Kamikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Kamikaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Kamikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kamikaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Kamikaze loses contact with SS Finback DD Kamikaze attacking submerged sub .... SS Finback eludes ASW attack from DD Kamikaze SS Finback eludes DD Kamikaze by diving deep DD Kamikaze loses contact with SS Finback DD Kamikaze cannot reach attack position over SS Finback SS Finback eludes DD Kamikaze by diving deep Escort abandons search for sub Japan did not contest Lae airspace today and the shock attack went in as ordered , very odd results. even at 1-2 we lost a lot less than japan but also failed to KO a fort level. Looks like we will need the troops in buna for reducing this place without a very prolonged siege. Game note :- In buna prepared for Lae are one Tank Brigade , One motorised Brigade, one tank regiment and one inf regiment. No artillery annoyingly and we don't have any combat engineers worth talking about either. I am sending in more supply today, and await the return of some surface combat ships before sending in the landing ships (roughly 10 days as a guess before we even have DD escorts for them). [image]local://upfiles/7467/55289937BD854A9FB01E2AB0F7A0163F.jpg[/image] Ground combat at Lae (99,126) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 7711 troops, 122 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 359 Defending force 22395 troops, 230 guns, 460 vehicles, Assault Value = 815 Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 87th Naval Guard Unit 82nd Naval Guard Unit 43rd Naval Guard Unit 89th Naval Guard Unit Yokosuka 6th SNLF I/19th Naval Guard Unit 83rd Nav Gd /1 2nd Mortar Battalion 2nd Naval Construction Battalion 1st Base Force 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 48th JNAF AF Unit 42nd JNAF AF Unit /1 Defending units: 2/6th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Division 4th Australian Division II Australian Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lae (99,126) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 20295 troops, 230 guns, 400 vehicles, Assault Value = 815 Defending force 12380 troops, 156 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 358 Allied adjusted assault: 1652 Japanese adjusted defense: 2455 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1046 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 49 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 59 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 232 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Australian Division 2/6th Armoured Regiment 4th Australian Division II Australian Corps Defending units: 89th Naval Guard Unit 43rd Naval Guard Unit 82nd Naval Guard Unit Yokosuka 6th SNLF 87th Naval Guard Unit I/19th Naval Guard Unit 83rd Nav Gd /1 2nd Naval Construction Battalion 1st Base Force 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 48th JNAF AF Unit 42nd JNAF AF Unit /1

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: June 1943 (12/10/2011 6:23:27 PM)
Burma area Today we took the small base west of Rangoon , was just a small recon unit of light tanks and armoured cars , set to withdraw tomorrow. from the picture you can see the problem in toungoo, supply is awful and even using the pull supply button , nowt helps. Everywhere else is fine and both bombers and transports are shuttling in supply to Mythilinka and Mandalay. Port Blair however is coming along nicely , we are even sending in AP's with minimal escorts , 1/2 unloaded a full Indian regiment and BF on the way from Calcutta. Additionally all the troops and HQ , support etc , from Ramtree island is re-prepping for Port Blair , might as well try and fortify it while the going is good. [image]local://upfiles/7467/4E01364794A649A0A486D065C6714FC6.jpg[/image] PS all rear bases with transport infrastructure , including the Indian border have garrison troops in case of Japanese para drops trying nab a free base and cut supply links.

LoBaron -> RE: June 1943 (12/12/2011 7:36:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Augustas Hi Rob Re Lobarons post: looks like Jap CV`s are being deployed from Truk ?.( May the KB) Best be carefull..... Yeah I agree, either Truk or the Admiralties. I hope there are some CVs there which could try to interfere with my landing ops in the coming week, the whole KB with support could be bad news though if Mike predicts operation "Predictability" - the attack on Ontong Java and Shortlands. The plan is to exploit any countermove by Mike against the landing with a CV raid in the direction of Truk, only 3 CVEs will support the landings, the rest of the cover will consist of LBA and surface combat assets. I do hope I am not calculating my forces too thin... More about the details in the next updates. Ah...and as Rob mentioned, at least its not ´42 anymore, only 2/3rds of the sub attacks fail completely... [:D]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: June 1943 (12/17/2011 5:06:52 PM)
New update .. Japans surface forces return to Lae and bombard empty jungle for the most part .. Thankfully the invasion convoy is just loading at buna and given today's American events Japan might be looking about further west for the next few turns AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 16, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Lae at 99,126 Japanese Ships BB Hiei BB Haruna CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Chokai Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled BB Hiei firing at 1st Australian Division BB Haruna firing at 1st Australian Division CA Suzuya firing at 4th Australian Division CA Mikuma firing at 1st Australian Division CA Mogami firing at 4th Australian Division CA Ashigara firing at 4th Australian Division CA Chokai firing at 1st Australian Division Meanwhile the British airforce in Burma tried to hit the Rangoon runways on a clear moonlit night (100%) and met no opposition, sadly hardly any bombers flew for 2 nights and little was achieved . we will keep them going next turn but i suspect Japan will put up some night fighters. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Severe storms Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Hudson IIIa x 4 Liberator GR.III x 5 B-17E Fortress x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 2 American night bombing of Rabaul met similar results , i.e naff all Night Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 3 B-24D1 Liberator x 13 No Allied losses Meanwhile Americans invade ontong Java and find the ghostly wreckage of an evacuated garrison , Japan had totally evacuated the place :- Ground combat at Ontong Java (115,131) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4405 troops, 94 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 139 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 128 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 128 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied forces CAPTURE Ontong Java !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 23rd Marine Rgt /1 Allied S=36 operating near Soerbaja (using the pby's flying search from Christmas island to intercept) hit a jap mine layer and sank her with all hands .. Sub attack near Soerabaja at 57,103 Japanese Ships CM Katsuriki, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS S-36 Allied ASW increases in effectiveness daily with lots of detections from beauforts near Milne bay and swordfish from buna .. Dutch B25's from Christmas island also find 2 jap subs and attack 1. There were lots of attacks but nothing confirmed. these areas must be getting nasty for japsns underwater ninjas. Lack of piccie due to rushed post , more soon PS . we upgraded to the latest beta version , I dont have a clue how this will affect the game so we can all learn new stuff as we progress.

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