RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A)

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castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (6/28/2012 11:37:46 AM)
already entering May, overall situation looks very good... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 01, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 109 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 49 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 14 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AV Kamoi, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 6 Port supply hits 3 this time the small wave of bombers (50% decided not to fly) puts three bombs into the AV... probably not enough to put it under so we'll fly more strikes... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2574 troops, 162 guns, 173 vehicles, Assault Value = 1572 Defending force 72048 troops, 980 guns, 679 vehicles, Assault Value = 2551 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 11th Division 4th Tank Regiment 48th Division 38th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 3rd Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 51st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 31st Infantry Regiment 14th PS Engineer Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 21st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 192nd Tank Battalion 31st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 2nd PA Constabulary Division 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion Provisional GMC Grp Clark Field USAAF Base Force PAF Aviation Asiatic Fleet USAFFE II Philippine Corps Manila USAAF Base Force Far East USAAF 1st PI Base Force I Philippine Corps 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (6/28/2012 11:40:59 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 03, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Aogashima at 111,65 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 18 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Will A. Point, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk unfortunately I couldn't move all my freighters in safety quickly enough when Cuttlefish noticed we were supplying Luzon on a regular basis and today another freighter is sunk... Aircraft Attacking: 18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 30 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 36 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 17 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AV Kamoi, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Port hits 17 Port supply hits 1 6x500lb bombs hitting the AV should be enough to sink it... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2582 troops, 161 guns, 174 vehicles, Assault Value = 1572 Defending force 72061 troops, 980 guns, 678 vehicles, Assault Value = 2550 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 16 (6 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 48th Division 38th Division 11th Division 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 14th Army 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 14th PS Engineer Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 11th PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 51st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 81st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 21st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 61st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 2nd PA Constabulary Division 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Far East USAAF 1st PI Base Force 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment I Philippine Corps PAF Aviation Clark Field USAAF Base Force Asiatic Fleet II Philippine Corps USAFFE 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion Manila USAAF Base Force Provisional GMC Grp 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment Port Moresby reached level 9 airfield this turn... Cuttlefish shows so sign of trying to invade PM and if he does, he would probably fail doing so as this is one of those bases I intend to hold and therefore the base looks accordingly...

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (6/28/2012 11:45:46 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 04, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Coffs Harbour at 95,164 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships DD Jupiter DD Nizam nothing to fear for enemy subs, our ASW TF stay what they have been so far, 100% useless... SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Jupiter I-22 diving deep .... DD Jupiter fails to find sub and abandons search DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Nizam attacking submerged sub .... DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Dili at 71,115 [image]local://upfiles/13774/0A8AE5F2DC8149168F9C5D72FD0F3AB0.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 23 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAP Kamo Maru AMC Kiyosumi Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage spotted a convoy at Dili yesterday and my Mitchells were ordered to strike, sinking an AMC today... amazingly 95% of the bombers flew to the target... Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 35 No Allied losses Port hits 10 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 5 those B-17 were ordered to strike Dili as I hoped they would show up before the mediums attacking the convoy as I expected enemy CAP over the base but there wasn't... bold to move enemy convoys in range of my mediums at the level 8 airfield of Darwin without providing any fighters as top cover... Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 4 No Allied losses Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 12 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AV Kamoi, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Port hits 1 as the AV still refused to sink yesterday we attacked once more... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Baybay (81,86) TF 29 troops unloading over beach at Baybay, 81,86 Japanese ground losses: 73 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2582 troops, 164 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 1575 Defending force 72075 troops, 980 guns, 678 vehicles, Assault Value = 2556 Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 38th Division 11th Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 48th Division 7th Tank Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Army 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 91st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 14th PS Engineer Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 71st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 21st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 11th PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 2nd PA Constabulary Division I Philippine Corps PAF Aviation Far East USAAF 1st PI Base Force Clark Field USAAF Base Force 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion USAFFE 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Provisional GMC Grp 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Asiatic Fleet Manila USAAF Base Force II Philippine Corps 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (6/28/2012 8:03:31 PM)
quote: Allied Ships xAK Will A. Point, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk unfortunately I couldn't move all my freighters in safety quickly enough when Cuttlefish noticed we were supplying Luzon on a regular basis and today another freighter is sunk... The good news is, the torpedoes probably cost more than the freighter did![;)]

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (6/29/2012 12:18:37 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 05, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Pescadores at 84,62, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Tachikaze TB Chidori TB Tomozuru Allied Ships xAK Admiral Day, Shell hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage must be one of the last freighters in the area and is sunk as well... Improved night sighting under 75% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 75% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 11,000 yards DD Tachikaze fires at xAK Admiral Day at 11,000 yards TB Chidori engages xAK Admiral Day at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards TB Tomozuru engages xAK Admiral Day at 10,000 yards TB Chidori engages xAK Admiral Day at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages xAK Admiral Day at 8,000 yards TB Tomozuru engages xAK Admiral Day at 8,000 yards TB Chidori engages xAK Admiral Day at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages xAK Admiral Day at 10,000 yards TB Tomozuru engages xAK Admiral Day at 10,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages xAK Admiral Day at 10,000 yards TB Tomozuru engages xAK Admiral Day at 10,000 yards TB Chidori engages xAK Admiral Day at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages xAK Admiral Day at 8,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages xAK Admiral Day at 8,000 yards TB Chidori engages xAK Admiral Day at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages xAK Admiral Day at 9,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages xAK Admiral Day at 10,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,42 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 13 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PG Clive, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Tatung PC Sutlej, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAKL Nordhval, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk that wasn't nice to see... my convoy was one day out of Akyab to deliver another big load of supplies and is caught without cover as I didn't want to alert the Japanese with Cap over Akyab today as this would probably have meant sweeps from Rangoon tomorrow... thunderstorms doesn't mean much for IJN torp bombers attacking a convoy and three of four attacked ships are sunk easily... Aircraft Attacking: 13 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 No Japanese losses Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 60 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak massing the AVG and the British Hurricane squadrons at Akyab would have meant engaging this strike today... quite a lot of escorts... the bombers target the port because Cuttlefish is attracted by the anchor symbol coming from a heavily damaged PG that has been sitting at Akyab in sinking condition for weeks... Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dili at 71,115 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 23 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships DD Harusame DD Minegumo xAP Kamo Maru, Bomb hits 3 [:(] DD Natsugumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled today the enemy got some LRCAP (guess the Zeroes might be coming from Kendari) over the convoy but the Zeroes are flying so high that the medium bombers get through unharmed scoring some bomb hits that pretty much do nothing... [8\|] one Mitchell is claimed by flak fire... Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 15 No Allied losses Port hits 5 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2561 troops, 164 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 1574 Defending force 72113 troops, 980 guns, 678 vehicles, Assault Value = 2557 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 48th Division 4th Tank Regiment 11th Division 7th Tank Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Army 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 41st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 91st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 194th Tank Battalion 81st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 61st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment 31st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division Clark Field USAAF Base Force Provisional GMC Grp 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Asiatic Fleet USAFFE 1st PI Base Force Manila USAAF Base Force PAF Aviation Far East USAAF II Philippine Corps I Philippine Corps 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 25723 troops, 244 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 885 Defending force 4607 troops, 45 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 117 Japanese adjusted assault: 556 Allied adjusted defense: 61 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerabaja !!! Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 196 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Allied ground losses: 1838 casualties reported Squads: 40 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 105 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 71 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 48 (48 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 5th Division 2nd Division Defending units: Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion Soerabaja Base Force we didn't defend Soerabaja, only the two static units were left... would be cool to have the option to leave static equipment behind while moving everything else out instead of having whole units destroyed due to some static equipment like CD guns with fixed emplacement...

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (6/29/2012 12:32:37 PM)
The AAR is slowly catching up with the game, still three weeks behind though as the game is about to enter June... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 06, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lord Howe Island at 100,167 Japanese Ships SS I-7 Allied Ships DD Talbot xAP Cremer xAP Chaumont xAK San Felipe DD Kennison DD Crosby heavily escorted convoy, the sub is driven off before being able to position itself for an attack... SS I-7 is sighted by escort I-7 diving deep .... DD Kennison fails to find sub and abandons search DD Crosby fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Crosby fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Crosby fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Crosby fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Crosby fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Crosby fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 78 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 17 Hurricane IIa Trop x 10 Hurricane IIb Trop x 40 P-40B Warhawk x 34 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 11 destroyed Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed I was really surprised about this attack because the attack on my convoy yesterday should have alerted Cuttlefish and he should have been sure to encounter Cap over Akyab... he would have been better off to send most of the available fighters on sweep and some of them escorting the Nells and Betties at Rangoon... I won't complain, the escorting Oscars were shot down in droves today, both the US and British pilots all have 70 or better air skill and an average def skill of 65... three dozen enemy aircraft shot down over Akyab today for the loss of nine fighters (no pilot), makes it a crystal clear 4:1 for us... the convoy reached port today and is unloading, going to leave the day after tomorrow... Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: AVG/1st Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes AVG/2nd Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes No.135 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes No.258 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Dili at 71,115 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 20 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Asagumo DD Minegumo xAP Kamo Maru DD Harusame DD Natsugumo Cuttlefish wondered more than once already why his fighters aren't able to intercept my bombers and at some point I just told him that he can either have his fighters flying around near the stratosphere hoping to dive my fighters or intercepting my bombers coming in low and fast... with literally no pre warning time his chances to catch the fast bombers is quite low as long as his fighters are up high... Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 17 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb even if my Mitchells get through unharmed I would preferre to see the B-17 attacking first having their gunners taking care of the Zeroes... CAP engaged: Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 171 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 133 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Aogashima at 112,66 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 18 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Exmoor, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk one more freighter sunk... not all were going in to Luzon, halve of them were outbound... Aircraft Attacking: 18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dili at 71,115 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 20 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Natsugumo, Bomb hits 2 xAP Kamo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Minegumo DD Harusame DD Yudachi Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Kamo Maru is hit by bombs number four and five and finally shows up as heavily damaged... the destroyer is hit by the third 500lb bomb today and is neither damaged, nor on fire... I really start to question the change of bomb effects... [&:] a destroyer that is hit by three 500lb bombs, I wonder how such a vessel is going to survive that, let alone not even being heavily damaged... Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2583 troops, 165 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 1573 Defending force 72080 troops, 980 guns, 678 vehicles, Assault Value = 2549 Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 4th Tank Regiment 11th Division 48th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 7th Tank Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 14th Army 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 192nd Tank Battalion 41st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 51st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 91st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 2nd PA Constabulary Division PAF Aviation USAFFE II Philippine Corps I Philippine Corps Provisional GMC Grp Clark Field USAAF Base Force 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Asiatic Fleet 1st PI Base Force 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion Manila USAAF Base Force 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Far East USAAF 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment [image]local://upfiles/13774/82C5570B6AF94352819D65868E1CF518.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (6/29/2012 12:53:57 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 07, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Dili , at 71,115 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 27 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenan (88,37) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 6312 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 212 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 101 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 101 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Yenan !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 4th Ind.Mixed Brigade 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment many thanks for taking this abandoned base... Yenan is not producing anything other than a victory point penalty nearly each day but CF is keen to take every single Chinese base I have abandoned... [:)] quite nice of him to do so... what really wonders me though is why did he send an artillery rgt together with that bgd to take an empty unimportant base in Northern China when he doesn't send any support units or artillery with his invasion of Java? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2520 troops, 160 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 1574 Defending force 72123 troops, 980 guns, 678 vehicles, Assault Value = 2552 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 48th Division 38th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 11th Division 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Army 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 91st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 192nd Tank Battalion 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 11th PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 1st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 61st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 14th PS Engineer Regiment 2nd PA Constabulary Division USAFFE II Philippine Corps Asiatic Fleet I Philippine Corps Clark Field USAAF Base Force 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 1st PI Base Force PAF Aviation Far East USAAF Manila USAAF Base Force 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Provisional GMC Grp 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/2/2012 11:39:11 AM)
short turn, report just for the record... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 235 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (56,104) Japanese Ships DMS W-6 DMS W-5 36 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 235 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (56,104) Japanese Ships DMS W-6 DMS W-5 22 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 7 No Japanese losses Allied Ships MTB 7 MTB 12 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/2/2012 11:41:18 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 10, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Portland Roads at 93,133 Japanese Ships SS I-172 Allied Ships DD Evertsen DE Starling AMC Cap des Palmes AMC Westralia AMC Monowai xAP Kota Gede xAP Tabinta xAP Macdhui xAK Harry Luckenbach xAK Kansan DD Van Ghent DD Banckert DD Van Nes escort of a big troop convoy chases away an enemy sub... we are swapping out various smaller Australian units (mostly bgd sized) for US divs at Port Moresby... the Australian units will then hold secondary targets... SS I-172 is sighted by escort I-172 diving deep .... DD Van Ghent fails to find sub and abandons search DD Banckert fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Van Nes fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Banckert fails to find sub and abandons search DD Van Nes fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Van Nes fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Van Nes fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Van Nes fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Van Nes fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Coffs Harbour at 95,164 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships DD Tucker DD Reid a hundred attacks by my ASW groups needed to sink an enemy sub... SS I-22 is sighted by escort DD Tucker fails to find sub and abandons search DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Coffs Harbour at 95,164 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships DD Reid DD Tucker SS I-22 is located by DD Reid DD Tucker attacking submerged sub .... DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tucker fails to find sub and abandons search DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/2/2012 11:44:31 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 11, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lord Howe Island at 98,165 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships DD Tucker DD Reid nothing but senseless attempts of my ASW groups... usually they don't even drop depth charges and if they do they don't achieve anything and/or run out of DC... SS I-22 is located by DD Tucker I-22 diving deep .... DD Tucker fails to find sub and abandons search DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Mussau Island at 104,120 Japanese Ships xAK Tazima Maru, Torpedo hits 1 xAK Mexico Maru PB Choko Maru #5 Allied Ships SS KXVII Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) enemy freighter carrying troops was hit by only one out of four torps and moves on... SS KXVII launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tazima Maru PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Choko Maru #5 attacking submerged sub .... PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lord Howe Island at 98,165 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships DD Tucker DD Reid not many times more and I will just retreat my ASW forces... [8\|] SS I-22 is sighted by escort DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Emirau Island at 104,121 Japanese Ships xAK Mexico Maru PB Choko Maru #5 Allied Ships SS Narwhal SS Narwhal is sighted by escort PB Choko Maru #5 attacking submerged sub .... PB Choko Maru #5 is out of ASW ammo PB Choko Maru #5 is out of ASW ammo PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 102 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 42 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 39 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 24 No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 we had intel about an enemy AA rgt being transported to Lae and therefore we want to knock out the airfield before the convoy arrives... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2616 troops, 168 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 1577 Defending force 72453 troops, 980 guns, 678 vehicles, Assault Value = 2579 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (9 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 11th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 38th Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 48th Division 7th Tank Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 14th Army 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 91st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 14th PS Engineer Regiment 31st Infantry Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 192nd Tank Battalion 11th PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 51st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 21st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division 1st PI Base Force 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion USAFFE Clark Field USAAF Base Force 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment I Philippine Corps PAF Aviation Manila USAAF Base Force Provisional GMC Grp Far East USAAF II Philippine Corps Asiatic Fleet 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/2/2012 11:47:37 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 12, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Port Moresby at 96,134 Japanese Ships SS I-172 Allied Ships DD Mustin DD Walke DD O'Brien one ASW group operating between Townsville and PM and the other one operating between Sydney and Brisbane... both have been 100% useless... SS I-172 is located by DD Mustin DD Walke fails to find sub and abandons search DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 96,134 Japanese Ships SS I-172, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Walke DD O'Brien and act as targets... the torps missed and the destroyers top their performance so far as they achieve a near miss... SS I-172 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Walke I-172 diving deep .... DD Walke fails to find sub and abandons search DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien attacking submerged sub .... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Koepang at 68,116 Japanese Ships PB Tatsumiya Maru Allied Ships SS O23, hits 4 that sub is moderately damaged... due to us operating in shallow waters the enemy ASW forces have been more succesful than ours... SS O23 is sighted by escort O23 bottoming out .... PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tatsumiya Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Tatsumiya Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Tatsumiya Maru is out of ASW ammo PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2616 troops, 169 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578 Defending force 72480 troops, 980 guns, 678 vehicles, Assault Value = 2583 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 17 (3 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 38th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 48th Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 11th Division 4th Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Army 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 31st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 194th Tank Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment 61st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment USAFFE Manila USAAF Base Force Clark Field USAAF Base Force I Philippine Corps Asiatic Fleet 1st PI Base Force PAF Aviation 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion Provisional GMC Grp Far East USAAF 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment II Philippine Corps 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Loemadjang (56,106) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 13830 troops, 122 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 477 Defending force 1470 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 442 Allied adjusted defense: 6 Japanese assault odds: 73 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Loemadjang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 595 casualties reported Squads: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 5th Division Defending units: Soerabaja Base Force

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/2/2012 11:58:48 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 13, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Port Moresby at 96,132 Japanese Ships SS I-171 Allied Ships DM Breese DM Sicard DM Montgomery DM Ramsay DM Gamble another minelayer mission going to Port Moresby... will bring up the mines there to something around 500 even though I really doubt Cuttlefish will attempt to invade the base and if he does, the chances to fail are somewhere around 95%... may sound arrogant but as it stands now I can't see the Japanese achieving a big success anymore in terms of invasions outside the historical perimeter... of course strongholds like the Dutch on Java and Sumatra as well as the Allied at Clar Field will surrender at some point but else... SS I-171 launches 4 torpedoes at DM Breese I-171 diving deep .... DM Montgomery fails to find sub, continues to search... DM Ramsay attacking submerged sub .... SS I-171 eludes ASW attack from DM Ramsay DM Ramsay cannot reach attack position over SS I-171 SS I-171 eludes ASW attack from DM Ramsay DM Gamble fails to find sub and abandons search DM Montgomery fails to find sub and abandons search DM Ramsay attacking submerged sub .... SS I-171 eludes DM Ramsay by diving deep DM Ramsay is out of ASW ammo DM Ramsay attacking submerged sub .... DM Ramsay is out of ASW ammo DM Ramsay is out of ASW ammo DM Ramsay is out of ASW ammo DM Ramsay is out of ASW ammo DM Ramsay is out of ASW ammo DM Ramsay fails to find sub, continues to search... DM Ramsay fails to find sub, continues to search... DM Ramsay fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Koepang at 68,116 Japanese Ships xAK Syoka Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KX we need more successful sub attacks... SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Syoka Maru Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 96,132 Japanese Ships SS I-171, hits 1 Allied Ships DM Sicard DM Montgomery DM Gamble SS I-171 launches 2 torpedoes at DM Sicard I-171 diving deep .... DM Montgomery fails to find sub, continues to search... DM Gamble fails to find sub and abandons search DM Sicard fails to find sub, continues to search... DM Montgomery attacking submerged sub .... DM Montgomery loses contact with SS I-171 DM Montgomery cannot establish contact with SS I-171 SS I-171 eludes ASW attack from DM Montgomery DM Montgomery loses contact with SS I-171 DM Sicard fails to find sub and abandons search DM Montgomery fails to find sub, continues to search... DM Montgomery fails to find sub, continues to search... DM Montgomery fails to find sub, continues to search... DM Montgomery fails to find sub, continues to search... DM Montgomery fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kofiau at 78,107 Japanese Ships xAP Hakone Maru DD Shiokaze Allied Ships SS KIX but as long as subs miss freighters or troop transports with salvos of 4 torps there is not much we can do... SS KIX launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Hakone Maru DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 66 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 26 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 12 damaged A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 15 Runway hits 58 Cuttlefish moved two big Zero units to Lae to fly Cap over the base... he said the game won't last long if his fighters keep missing my bombers and I replied that he doesn't have to wonder as long as he keeps his fighters 20-24,000 ft above my bombers while not having good pre warning times over his bases... I gave this hint more than once so far, am not sure if CF realizes his settings are bullocks if he wants to hit my bombers... of course, he's doing good against my fighters if he keeps his fighters patrolling around the stratosphere but then he shouldn't wonder why they miss my bombers... only 50% of our available bombers flew, for what reason ever... 10 enemy Zeroes were destroyed on the ground... as most of the time we only lose aircraft on nav search, one Catalina and two Hudsons today... hard to understand why nav search is the most dangerous job in the game... as always, my squadrons are set to 60/40 search/rest, are not fatigued at all and aren't flying max range at 6000ft, none of them over enemy bases with Cap... as in every game before, I can hardly replace all aircraft lost on nav search as the replacement rate is hardly matching loss rate on nav search... [image]local://upfiles/13774/75FE6A17D9164547AF78AD32FEE231FE.jpg[/image] Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (11 airborne, 22 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 26000 , scrambling fighters to 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (11 airborne, 22 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Palembang at 48,91 Japanese Ships AK Sado Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire xAP Brazil Maru xAK Asosan Maru DD Kuretake Allied Ships SS O16, hits 3 O16 also has to retire while the freighter moves on after being hit... SS O16 launches 2 torpedoes at AK Sado Maru O16 bottoming out .... DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kuretake attacking submerged sub .... DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2598 troops, 166 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 1577 Defending force 72476 troops, 980 guns, 677 vehicles, Assault Value = 2581 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 4th Tank Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 38th Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 48th Division 11th Division 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 14th Army 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 31st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 31st Infantry Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 11th PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 51st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 194th Tank Battalion 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment II Philippine Corps 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion PAF Aviation 1st PI Base Force Provisional GMC Grp USAFFE Clark Field USAAF Base Force 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Far East USAAF I Philippine Corps Asiatic Fleet Manila USAAF Base Force 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Grfin Zeppelin -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/2/2012 12:07:41 PM)
What are the experience levels (not skill) of your nav search guys ? I am colecting data about this case atm. I noticed that some of my search squads suffer HORRIBLE ops loses while others not a single one in an entire year. Made me thinking.....

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/2/2012 12:11:40 PM)
as there is not much else going on in the game, the only more or less interesting development is the situation in Northern China... the enemy recently has taken Kienko (NE of Chungking) as well as the empty base of Ankang (SW of Sian)... first we had fuel flowing to my HI in central China but with the appearance of those two divs NW of Sian the fuel flow has stopped, dramatically reducing daily supply production in China which forces me to act accordingly against the enemy operations in Northern China... as you can see on the screenshot below, the enemy sticks to his tactic of using combat units without any support, no HQ, no base forces, no eng, no arty... just nothing... hmmm.... the whole enemy operation looks really halve hearted to me, with one div and a bgd at Kienko we won't have much of a problem to kick him out of the base as there are 2800 Chinese av moving NE, arriving there in just a couple of days... we will move 80 Blenheim, the three AVG squadrons and 80 Hurricanes to Chungking to attack the two units at Kienko to disrupt them, even though I guess the Chinese would be able to handle the two IJA units on their own without any air attacks but it should be even easier to dislodge them after several days of air attacks... the closest IJA airfield of use is Nanyang, currently being a level 4 field... if the enemy is kicked out of Kienko we will shock attack East across the river and expect the enemy units to be forced to retreat once more which should put them into a horrible state... one of the enemy divisions NW of Sian is currently attempting to move across the river, we have ordered 2000 av to move North to welcome them on the other side of the river, being a rough hex I can't see anything else happening than the IJA division destroying itself if CF really moves it across the river... even if the shock attack wouldn't be a bloodbath for the IJA unit, our (if needed) repeated attacks will kick it back across the river... I have roughly 5000 Chinese av around Sian, we have identified something like 1500 - 1700 enemy av spread between Kienko and Ankang with another Chinese army of 2800 moving towards Kienko making it at 4-5:1 in av in our favour... after dislodging the enemy from the areas we don't want to have them we will use the terrain up there in our favour, I can't see the Japanese achieving something against the Chinese as long as we stay on the defense in WR or Mtn terrain hexes... [image]local://upfiles/13774/1CD7D887860D467E9F417650D72F9CAB.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/2/2012 12:15:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Gr�fin Zeppelin What are the experience levels (not skill) of your nav search guys ? I am colecting data about this case atm. I noticed that some of my search squads suffer HORRIBLE ops loses while others not a single one in an entire year. Made me thinking..... they are all "low" at the moment. Pilots that have flown over a hundred missions so far are around the usual 50-55 exp... after years of flying they will be around 60-65. Long ago I fired up a little test using 70 experienced pilots on nav search and voil�, losses were non existant anymore. Now this explains the relation between exp and losses but doesn't explain why bombing missions against heavy opposition usually suffer less than nav search units that only met empty ocean the whole day.

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/2/2012 8:48:00 PM)
quote: Japanese Ships SS I-171, hits 1 Allied Ships DM Sicard DM Montgomery DM Gamble SS I-171 launches 2 torpedoes at DM Sicard You made them waste two fish and then popped one of their hull rivets! See, it's not 100% useless . . .[;)]

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/3/2012 7:12:29 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock quote: Japanese Ships SS I-171, hits 1 Allied Ships DM Sicard DM Montgomery DM Gamble SS I-171 launches 2 torpedoes at DM Sicard You made them waste two fish and then popped one of their hull rivets! See, it's not 100% useless . . .[;)] yeah, pity the IJN subs carry so many torps though

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/9/2012 3:41:30 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 14, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cooktown at 92,135 Japanese Ships SS I-172, hits 2 Allied Ships DD Mustin DD Walke DD O'Brien wow! We achieve a hit and a near miss, not that it would really hurt the sub... SS I-172 is located by DD Mustin I-172 diving deep .... DD Walke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien fails to find sub and abandons search DD Walke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Walke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Walke attacking submerged sub .... DD Walke cannot reach attack position over SS I-172 DD Walke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Walke fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Clark Field ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2614 troops, 171 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 1577 Defending force 72469 troops, 980 guns, 677 vehicles, Assault Value = 2577 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 11th Division 4th Tank Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 48th Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 7th Tank Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Army 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 1st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 192nd Tank Battalion 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 14th PS Engineer Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 4th Marine Regiment 31st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 2nd PA Constabulary Division 1st PI Base Force 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Far East USAAF I Philippine Corps 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Manila USAAF Base Force Provisional GMC Grp II Philippine Corps USAFFE Clark Field USAAF Base Force 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion Asiatic Fleet PAF Aviation 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tjilatjap (51,102) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12040 troops, 106 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 415 Defending force 3054 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55 Japanese adjusted assault: 173 Allied adjusted defense: 51 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tjilatjap !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 174 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 2203 casualties reported Squads: 52 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 65 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 18 (18 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: Imperial Guards Division Defending units: 5th Coastal Gun Battalion Tjilitap Base Force our static units couldn't do much against that attack...

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/9/2012 3:44:01 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 15, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 37th Division, at 78,41 (Kienko) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 30 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 80 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... this is the start of our reaction against the enemy offensive in North China with our Brit bombers from Chungking attacking the Japanese units at Kienko... we'll have a Chinese Army of 2800av attacking soon here, am not suspecting any problem to kick out the two IJA units that once more don't have any support as this is the way CF operates his combat units in all theatres... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 78,41 (Kienko) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 28 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 99 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 32nd Division, at 81,39 , near Tienshui Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2593 troops, 168 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578 Defending force 72470 troops, 979 guns, 677 vehicles, Assault Value = 2572 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 38th Division 11th Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 48th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Army 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 81st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 41st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 31st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 71st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 14th PS Engineer Regiment 61st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division USAFFE II Philippine Corps Manila USAAF Base Force 1st PI Base Force Asiatic Fleet I Philippine Corps Provisional GMC Grp 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Clark Field USAAF Base Force 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Far East USAAF PAF Aviation 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/9/2012 4:19:58 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 16, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Coffs Harbour at 95,163 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships DD Tucker DD Reid one of the subs off Australia's East Coast... SS I-22 is sighted by escort I-22 diving deep .... DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet after our bomber attacks yesterday I expected some LRCAP from Nanyang (closest IJ airfield - lvl 4) over Kienko so we had fighters on sweep and escort but no enemy fighters showed up... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 15 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 28 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet 5 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 4 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 78,41 (Kienko) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 73 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 253 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... this should leave the two enemy units quite disrupted... our Army has entered the base today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 71 [8\|] Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed this and the following engagement is leaving me once more shaking my head about the air combat routines going completely crazy which pops up now and then... once more, all we see is a never ending and completely silly dive orgy... the result is the usual, totally silly outcome of a 17:1 in aircraft shot down over the target... [sm=crazy.gif][sm=crazy.gif][sm=crazy.gif] how this works is just beyond me and once more leaves me with the opinion that all that counts the way the air routines were "designed" is altitude as the one major factor... I could have as well sent in 20 skilled pilots, the result would not have been much different, but we have sent in 70 air skill 70 def skill pilots that were shot down at a rate that happened only a couple of times during the whole war when pilot experience between the two sides was highly different that you can find a reason for it... the whole replay was nothing but Zero diving on Warhawk... firing from behind... boom... Zero diving on Warhawk... firing from behind... boom... Zero diving on Warhawk... firing from behind... boom... Zero diving on Warhawk... firing from behind... boom... boom... boom... boom... funnily enough and making it even worse is the fact that we have set the Warhawks to 20,000ft but the strike seems to go in below 10,000ft... and if it would have gone in at 1,000ft, the result is just a silly joke and if these results would be consistent then you could really shelve the game forever... one and a halve dozen Warhawks shot down on a sweep against a base where the enemy hasn't got a single fighter airborne and then you see the silly dive dive dive dive dive and a kill rate of 17:1 vs 70/70 Allied fighter pilots in Warhawks... CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 20 on standby, 11 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 68 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed as you can see, our sweeping Warhawks "reduced" the Cap from 71 to 68 and now it's time for the Airacobras showing up (coming in at the ordered alt of 25,000ft) but that didn't help as their 70/70 skill didn't either as they were just as easily shot down by Zeroes that were diving diving diving diving diving diving until no Airacobra was left over the target... the Zeroes doing this while they had a pre warning time of 12min and their squadrons needing nearly an hour to be fully able to react on the incoming aircraft, being disrupted by the first sweep and overall surely not better than my pilots... doesn't matter, the all dominating DIVE for the Zeroes (mind you, they can fly higher than the P-40 and P-39 which is all that counts given the design) results in a 13:1 kill rate vs the highly skilled Airacobras after achieving a 17:1 vs the Warhawks already... CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 20 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes 3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17360 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 42 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 41 then the B-17 are coming in, having no problem to deal with the Zeroes at all... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 20 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 20 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 14440 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 52 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed No Allied losses one has to keep in mind that the way the air routines work isn't biased though, it works the same (in this case shtty) way for both sides... dive for the Zeroes against my Warhawks and Airacobras meant a ridicoulos outcome for my sweeping fighters, dive for my P-38 (set to an altitude the Zeroes can't even reach) means the same idiocy happening to the Zeroes what happened to my first two sweeps... amazing to see the Zeroes were even able to damage three of my P-38 (of which two crashed) but the P-38 shot down 15 Zeroes over the target for no loss during the engagement... 15:0 over the target... why? Simply put, because the P-38 can fly higher than the Zero and if I would use the editor and enable my Warhawks or Airacobras to reach an altitude of 40,000ft they could do the same to the Zeroes as my P-38 did... sorry, I think I kept back with my rants for a good part of this AAR (there wasn't much to rant about so far IMO) but these three air engagements were nothing but pure SHT in their outcome because it once more was all about altitude... if the German could have figured out altitude is the only thing that matters for their fighters and real life would have used the same air routines as AE then whole Europe would speak German these days... sorry, but this is causing me to [sm=Christo_pull_hair.gif]... unfortunately, this will never ever be changed, not even tried to so we will go on hoping to have fighters that can reach higher than the enemy... reason for my attacks (and I have been pretty confident when ordering them) was intel about a convoy bringing an AA unit to Lae and I wanted to knock out the airfield first (followed by the port) to either have the convoy turning back or sinking it... side note, we also lost three aircraft on nav search, which is also nothing but the usual silliness (nearly daily silliness)... two Catalinas and a HudsonIII were lost, as usual, all were reported "crashed upon landing" which is always the same message we get when we lose the usual 40-50 aircraft (patrols and bombers) on nav search per month... no combat mission is as dangerous as nav search when you look at loss rate percentages... of course, air transport comes close, but combat missions are a cake walk compared to these missions... mhmmm... [>:] [image]local://upfiles/13774/3C28622B56F34F37B1FD5A51143C113E.jpg[/image] CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 20 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 14 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2614 troops, 172 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578 Defending force 72543 troops, 978 guns, 677 vehicles, Assault Value = 2579 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled) Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 11th Division 48th Division 38th Division 7th Tank Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 14th Army 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 4th Marine Regiment 192nd Tank Battalion 41st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 81st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 194th Tank Battalion 71st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 61st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division Far East USAAF Clark Field USAAF Base Force I Philippine Corps Provisional GMC Grp 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Asiatic Fleet 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 1st PI Base Force USAFFE Manila USAAF Base Force II Philippine Corps PAF Aviation 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/9/2012 4:22:39 PM)
ace in a day is no problem if you fly a fighter that can go higher than the IJ fighters... if the P-38 could only go 10ft lower than the Zero our squadron would have been shot to pieces just like the Warhawks and Airacobras... [image]local://upfiles/13774/525AA90CF94248B4BCDDF9C23944249E.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/9/2012 4:35:18 PM)
I think CAP being forced to fly low to intercept bombers does even it out a bit, means the Allies can sweep Jap CAP but the Japs can sweep Allied CAP too - unless the Allied CAP plans on letting bombers through. Altitude is too important though, I agree. Thats why you have these races to the stratosphere.

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/10/2012 1:17:05 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 17, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet when I see the result over Lae yesterday I am glad that Cuttlefish hasn't ordered LRCAP over Kienko... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 15 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 48 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 42 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet 5 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 4 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 37th Division, at 78,41 (Kienko) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 69 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 110 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled the Chinese are ordered to attack today... Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2600 troops, 169 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578 Defending force 72557 troops, 978 guns, 677 vehicles, Assault Value = 2582 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 25 (15 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 24 (7 destroyed, 17 disabled) Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 11th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 38th Division 48th Division 4th Tank Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 14th Army 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 11th PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 31st Infantry Regiment 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 41st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 61st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 192nd Tank Battalion 71st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Asiatic Fleet Clark Field USAAF Base Force 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment USAFFE 1st PI Base Force Provisional GMC Grp PAF Aviation II Philippine Corps 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion Manila USAAF Base Force I Philippine Corps Far East USAAF 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kienko (78,41) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 74415 troops, 400 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2947 Defending force 18868 troops, 150 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 667 Allied adjusted assault: 1720 Japanese adjusted defense: 863 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2451 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 211 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2825 casualties reported Squads: 20 destroyed, 299 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled here comes our attack and we miss the 2:1 by 6 points but we would have needed a higher ratio to take the base on the first attempt anyway... we suffer pretty much equal losses but in total not being forced to retreat right away will hurt the Japanese units more than an instant retreat as they suffered lots of disablements and I am positive the next attack will take the base, causing lots of destroyed squads with all the rest being disabled, rendering those two IJA units useless for the coming months... Assaulting units: 70th Chinese Corps 67th Chinese Corps 76th Chinese Corps 56th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 21st Chinese Corps 65th Chinese Corps 99th Chinese Corps Defending units: 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade 37th Division

crsutton -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/10/2012 3:48:01 PM)
Correct me if I am wrong but the odds are really just for informational purposes only. That is you really pulled off an attack at 1.98-1 odds and reaching 2-1 does not really matter that much. What is more important in any attack is firepower and type of devices, not so much the odds. He had the stronger squads but you had 400 guns to his 150. I know that we are talking Chinese here but I regularly pull of attacks with pure Allied tank units vs strong but poorly equipped Japanese infantry units and even with 1-6 odds kill some Japs without losing any tanks. You must be an old board wargamer to be looking at the odds...[;)] I don't worry so much about low odds if I have better units and leaders. Or in this case numbers.

Crackaces -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/10/2012 8:12:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: crsutton Correct me if I am wrong but the odds are really just for informational purposes only. That is you really pulled off an attack at 1.98-1 odds and reaching 2-1 does not really matter that much. What is more important in any attack is firepower and type of devices, not so much the odds. He had the stronger squads but you had 400 guns to his 150. I know that we are talking Chinese here but I regularly pull of attacks with pure Allied tank units vs strong but poorly equipped Japanese infantry units and even with 1-6 odds kill some Japs without losing any tanks. You must be an old board wargamer to be looking at the odds...[;)] I don't worry so much about low odds if I have better units and leaders. Or in this case numbers. The odds I understand do dictate retreat? So it is quite possible to take heavy casulties because one is out gunned, but win the contest and move the enemy rearward. Sometimes this is the goal rather than the destruction of sqauds per se ..

khyberbill -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/10/2012 9:08:02 PM)
quote: dive for my P-38 (set to an altitude the Zeroes can't even reach) means the same idiocy happening to the Zeroes what happened to my first two sweeps... amazing to see the Zeroes were even able to damage three of my P-38 (of which two crashed) but the P-38 shot down 15 Zeroes over the target for no loss during the engagemen I have had ok success against Zero's with P-38's but not so good results against Tojo's even when Tojos are on escort or lower CAP.

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/11/2012 11:23:00 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: crsutton Correct me if I am wrong but the odds are really just for informational purposes only. That is you really pulled off an attack at 1.98-1 odds and reaching 2-1 does not really matter that much. What is more important in any attack is firepower and type of devices, not so much the odds. He had the stronger squads but you had 400 guns to his 150. I know that we are talking Chinese here but I regularly pull of attacks with pure Allied tank units vs strong but poorly equipped Japanese infantry units and even with 1-6 odds kill some Japs without losing any tanks. You must be an old board wargamer to be looking at the odds...[;)] I don't worry so much about low odds if I have better units and leaders. Or in this case numbers. I am not a board wargamer at all and yes, the odds aren't everything but in the case of the Chinese, the odds pretty much is all you are counting on. This is one of the problem the ground combat routine has. In the later stages of the war when there is enough supply on hand for the Chinese, you can create 15.000av land combat death stars easily and they whipe the floor with the Japanese Army because all you need to dislodge the enemy and force a painful retreat (the only thing that really hurts) is a 2:1 if there are no forts. To point it out, I am not worried about the odds at Kienko either, just wanted to point out we missed the 2:1 by 6 points. And the odds also do count in terms of disruption no matter how much damage you do, a 0:1 for example is not really great if you want to keep disruption at a minimum.

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/11/2012 11:23:41 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Crackaces quote: ORIGINAL: crsutton Correct me if I am wrong but the odds are really just for informational purposes only. That is you really pulled off an attack at 1.98-1 odds and reaching 2-1 does not really matter that much. What is more important in any attack is firepower and type of devices, not so much the odds. He had the stronger squads but you had 400 guns to his 150. I know that we are talking Chinese here but I regularly pull of attacks with pure Allied tank units vs strong but poorly equipped Japanese infantry units and even with 1-6 odds kill some Japs without losing any tanks. You must be an old board wargamer to be looking at the odds...[;)] I don't worry so much about low odds if I have better units and leaders. Or in this case numbers. The odds I understand do dictate retreat? So it is quite possible to take heavy casulties because one is out gunned, but win the contest and move the enemy rearward. Sometimes this is the goal rather than the destruction of sqauds per se .. exactly

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/11/2012 11:25:33 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: khyberbill quote: dive for my P-38 (set to an altitude the Zeroes can't even reach) means the same idiocy happening to the Zeroes what happened to my first two sweeps... amazing to see the Zeroes were even able to damage three of my P-38 (of which two crashed) but the P-38 shot down 15 Zeroes over the target for no loss during the engagemen I have had ok success against Zero's with P-38's but not so good results against Tojo's even when Tojos are on escort or lower CAP. as long as we have the altitude edge I am not really worried about any enemy aircraft as for fighters, ceiling is the top value in the game, not speed or firepower as often said. The P-47 is the hands down best Allied fighter of the war (in the game) but go ahead and send a squadron in at 10,000ft with your enemy at 20,000ft and watch the difference when your P-47 are set to 40,000ft. The Tojo will be a problem for the next 12 months though as I expect quite a number showing up soon and there is no fighter (except the P-38) that can go higher than the Tojo until 43. The Spit might perhaps but numbers are really small.

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/11/2012 3:43:58 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 18, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet we keep sweeping Kienko but CF doesn't seem to even think about sending some LRCAP from Nanyang which quite surprises me... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 19 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 7 No Japanese losses Allied Ships MTB 26 MTB 9 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 48 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 58 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet 5 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kienko , at 78,41 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 4 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 7 SBD-2 Dauntless x 18 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Hokuan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Takao Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Maya Maru Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) here's the reason why we attacked Lae's airfield recently, I am really glad that CF move his fighters out due to the overpowered effect of my P-38 strato sweeps... amazingly enough he still moved in his convoy though, we have several squadrons of USMC dive bombers plus USAAAF Marauders set to low nav attack at Port Moresby... weather is a little problematic today though... Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 6 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 9 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Takao Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled) our bombers come in completely split up, many failed to locate the TF completely... enemy Cap over Lae would have caused havoc within our strikes... I think CF would have been better off to fly in his fighters the day his convoy is supposed to arrive... Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 78,41 (Kienko) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 68 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 224 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 21 P-40E Warhawk x 12 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Takao Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Hokuan Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAK Sydney Maru #2, Bomb hits 1 xAK Maya Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled) still in the morning phase the majority of the Marauders arrive with a P-40 escort to hit the convoy hard... not much left at this stage and if there will be anything of the AA unit landing at Lae it will be in terrible shape and not a threat to our aircraft... Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 51 P-40E Warhawk x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Port hits 29 Port supply hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Takao Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Sydney Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Japanese ground losses: 100 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 17 (5 destroyed, 12 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb the rest of the bombers comes in in bits and pieces... [image]local://upfiles/13774/7DDB510E790B4A64A1BCB6E871270FEA.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 25 SBD-2 Dauntless x 16 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Sydney Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Taiko Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 11 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 5 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Sydney Maru #2 Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PB Taiko Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,39 (near Sian) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 12549 troops, 102 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 456 Defending force 27460 troops, 105 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111 Japanese adjusted assault: 20 Allied adjusted defense: 793 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 39 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 4165 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 238 disabled [:D] Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled Allied ground losses: 102 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled [:D] Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled now that was truly an interesting combat too... we spotted this unit attempting to cross the river North of Sian and thought it would just be a feint and the unit would be stopped before it crosses the river as it would be suizide to attack into our stack of Chinese Corps that sit in rough terrain but CF sent his single division across the river nevertheless... the result is a totally trashed IJA div and I am sure we will kick the unit back across the river tomorrow causing horrible losses within the enemy div for literally no losses on our side... the way Cuttlefish operates his IJA combat units in Northern China they are easily handled by my Chinese hordes... Assaulting units: 32nd Division Defending units: 22nd Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 24th Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 69th Chinese Corps 5th New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2598 troops, 164 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578 Defending force 72539 troops, 977 guns, 677 vehicles, Assault Value = 2584 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Assaulting units: 11th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 48th Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 4th Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 14th Army 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 21st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 51st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 192nd Tank Battalion 81st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 61st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 14th PS Engineer Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division I Philippine Corps II Philippine Corps 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 1st PI Base Force Clark Field USAAF Base Force PAF Aviation USAFFE Asiatic Fleet Far East USAAF 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion Manila USAAF Base Force Provisional GMC Grp 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 57,106 (near Loemadjang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 13861 troops, 123 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 476 Defending force 925 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 215 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 101 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 5th Division Defending units: Soerabaja Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kienko (78,41) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 72271 troops, 400 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2675 Defending force 16776 troops, 149 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 454 Allied adjusted assault: 1891 Japanese adjusted defense: 315 Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Kienko !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 5586 casualties reported Squads: 134 destroyed, 61 disabled Non Combat: 195 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 47 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 64 (52 destroyed, 12 disabled) Vehicles lost 45 (45 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 2084 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 298 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! here comes the next attack by the Chinese Army attacking at Kienko, as expected the enemy is kicked out and forced to retreat over the river... our attack does some nice damage, these two units literally got no combat power left and we will now pursue them shock attacking over the river in three turns... our bombers from Chungking will take make sure the enemy will be slowed down so we catch them with our shock attack... means within a week we will completely trash two strong IJA divs plus a bgd in Northern China for minimal losses within the Chinese (speaking about destroyed squads/equipment - really don't care about a couple of hundred disabled squads spread out over a dozen units)... as it stands now, the Northern China adventure turns out badly for the Japanese... Assaulting units: 76th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 70th Chinese Corps 56th Chinese Corps 21st Chinese Corps 65th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 67th Chinese Corps 99th Chinese Corps Defending units: 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade 37th Division

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