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PaxMondo -> RE: AAR 1943 (9/15/2020 4:07:57 AM)
Well, you have almost crippled the allied amphib assault permanently. A lot of those AKA/APA are irreplaceable. BANZAI!

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1943 (9/16/2020 3:02:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe You are doing very good. [&o] Can you rearm DDs close to the action at Calcutta from a port? Maybe fly in some Naval Support? They may not get torpedoes, but at least the guns would be rearmed. If the CVs need rearming, do you have enough air support at nearby bases to send the carrier air to them if you want to? You might be able to set the ranges then so they won't find so many enemy fighters. Are you sweeping Diamond Harbor or better yet, Calcutta? That and LRCAP at Diamond Harbor should increase his losses. I hope that you have some ADs coming and not just the AKEs. With the AKEs everything up there can rearm, from BBs to DDs and the CVs. Not going to fly off any aircraft from my carriers, there are nearly 1000 land based aircraft in the area and they hardly fly. Lots of bases, including lvl 9 ones, hardly any damaged aircraft, perfect morale. Engaging the enemy CAP, even with sweeps, is a death sentence for my fighters, no matter their experience. The enemy fighters are sent up so high they get so many dives on my fighters that they totally shred them (10:0 and better) during the dive. Of course I learnt the dive is totally useless and just a silly, non meaning message during the combat replay. [8\|] And still, the enemy does 10:0 kills with the dive and only 1:1 without it. Go figure, the world is playing a differnt game or just ignores the combat replays like many have done for over a decade.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1943 (9/16/2020 3:02:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae Absolute carnage, well done. That’s an impressive defensive bonus you got at Calcutta! Yeah, was surprised too it was that high. Urban hex, max forts, all units 100% prepped and Southern Area Army 100% prepped for it too. Even more important than the adjusted av is the damage we do to the enemy though.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1943 (9/16/2020 3:05:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PaxMondo Well, you have almost crippled the allied amphib assault permanently. A lot of those AKA/APA are irreplaceable. BANZAI! Agree, losing all that assault shipping is a severe loss even though he will have ample xAP. He will just need to use twice the number of them to do a propper landing.

PaxMondo -> RE: AAR 1943 (9/17/2020 3:31:19 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: PaxMondo Well, you have almost crippled the allied amphib assault permanently. A lot of those AKA/APA are irreplaceable. BANZAI! Agree, losing all that assault shipping is a severe loss even though he will have ample xAP. He will just need to use twice the number of them to do a propper landing. or more .. APA/AKA's off load so fast ... xAP's are sitting ducks with their offload speed ... and a lot of his xAP's are big, which is worse ... he'll be having a lot of empty space on his ships if he wants to off load in 2 phases ... that means a LOT more targets

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1943 (9/17/2020 12:24:57 PM)
The AAR is lagging 10 days behind the campaign and the carnage around Diamond Harbour is long not over... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 24, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 239 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115) Japanese Ships AMc Koei Maru AMc Tama Maru #3 45 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Diamond Harbour at 50,42 Japanese Ships SS I-173 Allied Ships xAP Adoniram Judson, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage over a dozen IJN subs in the Bay of Bengal trying to pick off stragglers... xAP Adoniram Judson is sighted by SS I-173 SS I-173 launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Koggala at 30,51 Japanese Ships SS I-171, hits 3 Allied Ships DD Eaton SS I-171 launches 4 torpedoes I-171 diving deep .... DD Eaton fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Eaton fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Eaton fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Eaton attacking submerged sub .... DD Eaton attacking submerged sub .... DD Eaton is out of ASW ammo DD Eaton is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 239 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115) Japanese Ships AMc Koei Maru AMc Tama Maru #3 48 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,66 Japanese Ships xAK Nitian Maru xAK Argun Maru E Maeshima E Nuwashima E Yurijima Allied Ships SS Batfish SS Batfish is sighted by escort Batfish diving deep .... E Maeshima fails to find sub and abandons search E Nuwashima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yurijima fails to find sub and abandons search E Nuwashima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nuwashima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nuwashima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nuwashima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nuwashima attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tsu at 108,64 Japanese Ships xAP Hoten Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E No.20 Allied Ships SS Cod, hits 3 empty transport sunk by a previously spotted sub... SS Cod launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Hoten Maru Cod diving deep .... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub there were no air attacks on Allied shipping at all today as we have moved KB further South to avoid CAP at Diamond Harbour while all convoys that were able to make it back to DH were running there as fast as possible... as a result we have lost no less than 28 aircraft on nav search over Diamond Harbour which is where I start bitching about the silly overflows in the game again... lost 80% of the nav search in the area, would there have been twice the aircraft on nav search I would have lost twice as many... [image]local://upfiles/13774/CB3E4A721AE24D61A721F1E72F1D9BB7.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 195765 troops, 3690 guns, 3563 vehicles, Assault Value = 5591 Defending force 87839 troops, 897 guns, 1339 vehicles, Assault Value = 2585 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7 Allied adjusted assault: 1218 Japanese adjusted defense: 29917 Allied assault odds: 1 to 24 (fort level 7) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 343 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 33 (1 destroyed, 32 disabled) Vehicles lost 146 (17 destroyed, 129 disabled) Allied ground losses: 18292 casualties reported Squads: 325 destroyed, 1837 disabled Non Combat: 204 destroyed, 503 disabled Engineers: 107 destroyed, 164 disabled Guns lost 345 (44 destroyed, 301 disabled) Vehicles lost 546 (111 destroyed, 435 disabled) Units destroyed 1 second Allied attack at Calcutta and the second massacre without the IJA really suffering due to the still high fort levels... another fort level dropped though but we are far from being in danger of losing the city... Assaulting units: 41st Infantry Division 112th Cavalry Regiment 762nd Tank Battalion 4th Marine Raider Battalion 4th Marine Division 6th Indian Division 111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 8th Indian Div /10 1st USMC Tank Battalion 33rd Infantry Division 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 6th Infantry Division Guides Cavalry Regiment 763rd Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 1st Arm Amphib Battalion 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 29th British Bde /7 766th Tank Battalion 25th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 22nd Marine Regiment 3rd Marine Division 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division 298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 40th Infantry Division 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion 2nd British Division Americal Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment 767th Tank Battalion 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment Provisionl Tank Brigade 43rd Infantry Division 24th Infantry Division 7th Infantry Division 4th USMC Tank Battalion 10th Indian Div /9 I Marine Amphib Corps 205th Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 839th Aviation Engineer Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion 3rd Pioneer Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion 55th Coastal Artillery Battalion 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion 249th Field Artillery Battalion 82nd Mortar Battalion XIV US Corps V Amphib Corps 30th Field Artillery Regiment 134th Field Artillery Battalion 841st Aviation Engineer Battalion 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 330th Construction Regiment 339th Construction Regiment 2nd Pioneer Battalion XI US Corps 352nd Construction Regiment I US Corps II/Prov'nl SPM Grp 19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7 Defending units: 14th Tank Regiment 22nd Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 33rd Division 2nd Tank Regiment 18th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 18th Division 19th Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 19th Division 4th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 23rd Tank Regiment 2nd Division 11th Tank Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 35th JAAF AF Bn 15th Army 94th JAAF AF Bn 30th JNAF AF Unit 82nd JAAF AF Bn 11th JNAF AF Unit 20th AA Regiment 22nd JNAF AF Unit 23rd AA Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 31st JNAF AF Unit 31st Field AA Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 101st JAAF AF Bn

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1943 (9/17/2020 12:27:18 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 25, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 239 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115) Japanese Ships AMc Koei Maru AMc Tama Maru #3 23 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Ramree Island at 48,47 Japanese Ships CV Junyo CL Yahagi DD Naganami DD Hayanami DD Fujinami DD Onami DD Suzunami Allied Ships SS Snook close to a heart attack here as this could be the loss of our first carrier but Snook luckily missed the slow Junyo with a full salvo of six torps... doesn't happen that often... SS Snook launches 6 torpedoes at CV Junyo Snook diving deep .... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Fujinami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Onami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Suzunami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub [image]local://upfiles/13774/09C6EC44A86244E3BE3440152D0C92C3.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1943 (9/17/2020 12:34:37 PM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Diamond Harbour at 52,38, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Takao, Shell hits 3 CA Atago, Shell hits 3, on fire CA Maya CA Chokai, Shell hits 1 CL Oyodo, Shell hits 2 CL Kitakami, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk CL Oi, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Urakaze, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 3, heavy fires DD Fubuki DD Shirakumo DD Shirayuki DD Shikinami DD Ayanami DD Asagiri Allied Ships BB California, Shell hits 12, on fire BB Tennessee, Shell hits 1 CA Quincy, Shell hits 3, on fire CA Shropshire, Shell hits 3, heavy fires CA Cornwall, Shell hits 2 CL Hobart, Shell hits 3 CL Newcastle, Shell hits 2 CL Caradoc, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Harrison DD Hutchins DD Izard DD Kidd, Shell hits 1 DD Knapp DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Warramunga, Shell hits 4, heavy fires DD Norman DD Quickmatch Thought we've avoided disaster when Snook missed our carrier but right the next moment we see a heavy cruiser group run into a USN/RN/RAN combat group that SURPRISES our task force... and again it's my fault to have a combat group that hasn't included any ships that carry a surface radar which is the big advantage for the Allied here... 0% moonlight and the battle starts with CL Kitakami shot to pieces by 14 inch shells, later sunk by DD torpedoes... while our cruisers also land some shells, non of the hits on the BBs did any notable damage... that's an Allied victory... Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 5,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 6,000 yards Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 6,000 yards BB Tennessee fires at DD Hamakaze at 6,000 yards BB California fires at CA Maya at 6,000 yards CA Cornwall fires at CA Takao at 6,000 yards CA Quincy fires at CL Oi at 6,000 yards CL Caradoc launches Torpedoes at CL Kitakami at 6,000 yards CA Cornwall fires at CL Oyodo at 6,000 yards CL Hobart launches Torpedoes at CL Kitakami at 6,000 yards DD Quickmatch launches Torpedoes at DD Hamakaze at 6,000 yards DD Norman launches Torpedoes at DD Hamakaze at 6,000 yards DD Warramunga launches Torpedoes at DD Hamakaze at 6,000 yards DD Arunta launches Torpedoes at DD Hamakaze at 6,000 yards DD Kidd launches Torpedoes at DD Fubuki at 6,000 yards DD Kidd fires at DD Urakaze at 6,000 yards DD Harrison launches Torpedoes at DD Fubuki at 6,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CL Kitakami sunk by BB Tennessee at 3,000 yards CL Hobart engages CA Maya at 3,000 yards CA Atago engages CA Cornwall at 3,000 yards CA Shropshire engages CA Maya at 3,000 yards CA Quincy engages CL Oi at 3,000 yards CA Cornwall engages CL Oyodo at 3,000 yards CL Hobart engages CA Takao at 3,000 yards DD Ayanami engages DD Warramunga at 3,000 yards DD Warramunga engages DD Fubuki at 3,000 yards DD Shirakumo engages DD Warramunga at 3,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Kidd at 3,000 yards DD Urakaze engages DD Arunta at 3,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CL Oi at 4,000 yards BB California engages CA Maya at 4,000 yards CA Cornwall engages CA Atago at 4,000 yards CA Takao engages CA Cornwall at 4,000 yards CA Maya engages CA Quincy at 4,000 yards CL Oyodo engages CA Quincy at 4,000 yards DD Kidd engages DD Ayanami at 4,000 yards DD Quickmatch engages DD Shikinami at 4,000 yards DD Norman engages DD Shirayuki at 4,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Shirakumo at 4,000 yards DD Fubuki engages DD Arunta at 4,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Knapp at 4,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Urakaze at 4,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Hamakaze at 4,000 yards CA Chokai engages BB Tennessee at 4,000 yards BB California engages CL Oyodo at 4,000 yards CA Atago engages CL Hobart at 4,000 yards CA Takao engages CA Quincy at 4,000 yards CA Quincy engages CL Oi at 4,000 yards CL Oyodo engages CA Quincy at 4,000 yards CL Oi engages CL Hobart at 4,000 yards DD Shikinami engages DD Arunta at 4,000 yards DD Shirayuki engages DD Harrison at 4,000 yards DD Fubuki engages DD Warramunga at 4,000 yards DD Fubuki engages DD Warramunga at 4,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Knapp at 4,000 yards DD Urakaze engages DD Warramunga at 4,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CL Oi at 3,000 yards BB California engages CL Oyodo at 3,000 yards CA Atago engages CL Caradoc at 3,000 yards CA Takao engages CA Shropshire at 3,000 yards CL Oi engages CA Quincy at 3,000 yards CL Oyodo engages CA Shropshire at 3,000 yards CL Newcastle engages DD Asagiri at 3,000 yards DD Quickmatch engages DD Ayanami at 3,000 yards DD Quickmatch engages DD Hamakaze at 3,000 yards DD Shirakumo engages DD Warramunga at 3,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Fubuki at 3,000 yards DD Knapp engages DD Shikinami at 3,000 yards DD Urakaze engages DD Warramunga at 3,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards CL Newcastle collides with DD Quickmatch at 52 , 38 CA Chokai engages CL Newcastle at 5,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Caradoc at 5,000 yards CA Atago engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards CA Shropshire engages CA Takao at 5,000 yards CL Caradoc engages CL Oi at 5,000 yards CL Oyodo engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Asagiri at 5,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards DD Shirakumo engages DD Quickmatch at 5,000 yards DD Shirakumo engages DD Harrison at 5,000 yards DD Quickmatch engages DD Fubuki at 5,000 yards DD Knapp engages DD Shirakumo at 5,000 yards DD Urakaze engages DD Kidd at 5,000 yards DD Izard engages DD Shikinami at 5,000 yards DD Asagiri engages DD Hutchins at 5,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Hamakaze at 5,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Atago at 9,000 yards BB California engages CA Chokai at 9,000 yards CL Oyodo engages CA Cornwall at 9,000 yards CA Takao engages CA Shropshire at 9,000 yards CA Quincy engages CL Oi at 9,000 yards CA Atago engages CL Caradoc at 9,000 yards CA Atago engages CL Newcastle at 9,000 yards CL Hobart engages DD Ayanami at 9,000 yards DD Warramunga engages DD Shikinami at 9,000 yards DD Quickmatch engages DD Shirayuki at 9,000 yards DD Shirakumo engages DD Warramunga at 9,000 yards DD Fubuki engages DD Knapp at 9,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Hamakaze at 9,000 yards DD Kidd engages DD Hamakaze at 9,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Izard at 9,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards CA Atago engages BB Tennessee at 13,000 yards CA Quincy engages CA Maya at 13,000 yards CA Atago engages CA Cornwall at 13,000 yards CA Takao engages CA Shropshire at 13,000 yards CA Takao engages CA Quincy at 13,000 yards CL Oyodo engages CA Shropshire at 13,000 yards CA Takao engages CL Newcastle at 13,000 yards CA Atago engages CL Hobart at 13,000 yards DD Quickmatch engages DD Shikinami at 13,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Norman at 13,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Warramunga at 13,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Ayanami at 13,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Knapp at 13,000 yards DD Urakaze engages DD Warramunga at 13,000 yards Task forces break off... [image]local://upfiles/13774/A6FDCAA40E6A4A81848EDAA4C32446D3.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1943 (9/17/2020 12:58:31 PM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Diamond Harbour at 52,38, Range 30,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone CA Chikuma CA Mogami CA Mikuma CA Suzuya CA Kumano CL Sendai CL Naka CL Jintsu DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Michishio DD Arashio DD Yamagumo DD Minegumo DD Asagumo DD Arare DD Kasumi Allied Ships CA Quincy, on fire CA Shropshire, heavy fires CL Caradoc, on fire DD Knapp DD Norman DD Quickmatch a second cruiser squadron comes in and meets a couple of damaged Allied cruisers that were split off the BB group... could have been easy prey but again it's Allied radar saving their ships as the TF evades... Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 6,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 4,000 yards Allied TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 5,000 yards... Range increases to 6,000 yards... Range increases to 7,000 yards... 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Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Allied Escort TF evades combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Ramree Island at 48,47 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima DD Shimozuki DD Teruzuki DD Akishimo DD Hayashimo DD Okinami DD Kishinami Allied Ships SS Puffer, hits 2 that's our main CV group running over an enemy sub... SS Puffer is sighted by escort DD Akishimo attacking submerged sub .... DD Hayashimo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Okinami attacking submerged sub .... DD Kishinami fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 27 damaged B-24J Liberator: 4 destroyed on ground P-38H Lightning: 84 damaged P-38H Lightning: 15 destroyed on ground P-38J Lightning: 42 damaged P-38J Lightning: 7 destroyed on ground P-38G Lightning: 94 damaged P-38G Lightning: 6 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 17 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 52 damaged P-51A Mustang: 3 destroyed on ground B-25G Mitchell: 46 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 3 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 22 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 7 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Chikuma CA Tone CL Jintsu CL Naka CL Sendai DD Kasumi DD Arare DD Asagumo DD Minegumo DD Yamagumo DD Arashio DD Michishio DD Oshio DD Asashio Allied Ships xAP Thomas A. Edison, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 914 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 180 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 39 (3 destroyed, 36 disabled) Vehicles lost 46 (5 destroyed, 41 disabled) Airbase hits 45 Airbase supply hits 29 Runway hits 113 Port hits 1 that's been a most important bombardment if we want to keep hitting Allied ships in the area... the level 3 airfield was pretty much nuked resulting in roughly 100 Allied aircraft destroyed on the ground... E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Kumano CA Kumano firing at Diamond Harbour CA Suzuya firing at 8th Indian Division CA Mikuma firing at 8th Indian Division CA Mogami firing at Diamond Harbour CA Chikuma firing at 8th Indian Division CA Tone firing at 8th Indian Division CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour CL Sendai firing at 10th Indian Division DD Kasumi firing at 8th Indian Division DD Arare firing at Diamond Harbour DD Asagumo firing at 10th Indian Division DD Minegumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yamagumo firing at 8th Indian Division DD Arashio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Michishio firing at 8th Indian Division DD Oshio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Asashio firing at Diamond Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Tabiteuea (137,134) TF 162 troops unloading over beach at Tabiteuea, 137,134 Allied ground losses: 1110 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 217 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 73 (1 destroyed, 72 disabled) Vehicles lost 25 (1 destroyed, 24 disabled) Motorized Support accidentally lost during unload of 1st Marine Div /4 0.5in AAMG Sect (2) dropped into water during unload of 46th Const Rgt /7 now look at this! The enemy throws 1st Marine Div onto Tabiteuea, dot base six hexes South of Tarawa... thought Mundy would do an invasion of the Gilberts but he's most likely doing what I usually do in the area, take that base, build it up and use it to surpress Tarawa, Makin and Mili... no idea why he suffered so many disablements, most likely the div wasn't prepped... we have some 200 bombers plus the same number of escorts on Tarawa and Makin, will be interesting what will happen during the day if that convoy is still there... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Diamond Harbour at 52,38, Range 24,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone, Shell hits 1, on fire CA Chikuma CA Mogami, Shell hits 5 CA Mikuma, Shell hits 2 CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1 CA Kumano, Shell hits 28, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Sendai, Shell hits 2 CL Naka, Shell hits 4 CL Jintsu DD Asashio DD Oshio, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Michishio, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Arashio DD Yamagumo DD Minegumo DD Asagumo, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Arare DD Kasumi, Shell hits 4, heavy fires Allied Ships BB California BB Tennessee, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CA Cornwall CL Hobart CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Harrison DD Hutchins DD Izard DD Kidd DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Warramunga oh come on! This cruiser group was surprised during the night due to Allied radar and 0% moonlight and now meets that same BB group again during the day and is AGAIN SURPRISED? Visibility 28,000 yards, Allied radar makes contact and 24,000 yards and our ships are surprised sitting ducks... heavy cruiser Kumano is dead before our ships even open fire on the enemy and the whole engagement is totally one sided seeing the Allied achieving total victory, not losing a single ship while CA Kumano and DD Asagumo sink right after... add in Kitakami during the night engagement we lose 1CA, 1CL and 1DD with several other ships in various stages of damage for no Allied ship sunk or even in danger of sinking... so much about the better night fighting ability of my Navy, this turn really didn't show that... I'm sure radar would have made a difference but being surprised during the night AND during the day is nothing but bad luck... I hate losing heavy cruisers, with two being sunk in the Marshalls we lose a third one in the Bay of Bengal now... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 24,000 yards BB Tennessee fires at CA Kumano at 24,000 yards CA Cornwall fires at CA Kumano at 24,000 yards CL Newcastle fires at CA Kumano at 24,000 yards BB Tennessee fires at CA Chikuma at 24,000 yards BB Tennessee fires at CA Tone at 24,000 yards CL Newcastle fires at CL Sendai at 24,000 yards BB California fires at DD Kasumi at 24,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Kumano at 17,000 yards BB California engages CA Kumano at 17,000 yards CA Mikuma engages BB Tennessee at 17,000 yards CA Mogami engages BB Tennessee at 17,000 yards CL Hobart engages CA Kumano at 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Tone at 17,000 yards CL Jintsu engages DD Arunta at 17,000 yards CL Naka engages DD Kidd at 17,000 yards DD Minegumo engages DD Izard at 17,000 yards DD Hutchins engages DD Minegumo at 17,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Kidd at 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages DD Yamagumo at 17,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Kidd at 17,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Kidd at 17,000 yards DD Asashio engages DD Kidd at 17,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Kumano at 15,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Suzuya at 15,000 yards CA Mikuma engages BB Tennessee at 15,000 yards CL Newcastle engages CA Kumano at 15,000 yards CA Chikuma engages CL Hobart at 15,000 yards DD Warramunga engages DD Arashio at 15,000 yards CL Jintsu engages DD Arunta at 15,000 yards CL Naka engages BB Tennessee at 15,000 yards CA Cornwall engages CL Sendai at 15,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Kasumi at 15,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Arunta at 15,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Warramunga at 15,000 yards DD Kidd engages DD Arashio at 15,000 yards DD Michishio engages DD Arunta at 15,000 yards DD Asashio engages DD Warramunga at 15,000 yards Tanaka, Raizo orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 12,000 yards BB California engages CA Kumano at 12,000 yards CA Cornwall engages CA Mikuma at 12,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Mogami at 12,000 yards CA Kumano engages CL Hobart at 12,000 yards CA Tone engages DD Warramunga at 12,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Arunta at 12,000 yards DD Minegumo engages DD Kidd at 12,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Izard at 12,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Izard at 12,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Izard at 12,000 yards DD Kidd engages DD Arashio at 12,000 yards DD Michishio engages DD Izard at 12,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Arunta at 12,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Kumano at 14,000 yards BB California engages CA Kumano at 14,000 yards CA Mogami engages CL Newcastle at 14,000 yards CL Hobart engages CA Kumano at 14,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Warramunga at 14,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CL Hobart at 14,000 yards DD Minegumo engages DD Kidd at 14,000 yards CL Sendai engages DD Izard at 14,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Warramunga at 14,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Arunta at 14,000 yards DD Izard engages DD Yamagumo at 14,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Michishio at 14,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Kidd at 14,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Asashio at 14,000 yards Range increases to 15,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Kumano at 15,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Suzuya at 15,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Cornwall at 15,000 yards CL Newcastle engages CA Mogami at 15,000 yards CA Kumano engages CL Hobart at 15,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Warramunga at 15,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CL Newcastle at 15,000 yards CL Naka engages BB Tennessee at 15,000 yards DD Michishio engages DD Izard at 15,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Hutchins at 15,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Kidd at 15,000 yards DD Izard engages DD Minegumo at 15,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Kidd at 15,000 yards DD Warramunga engages DD Arashio at 15,000 yards DD Kidd engages DD Michishio at 15,000 yards Range increases to 16,000 yards BB California engages CA Suzuya at 16,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Cornwall at 16,000 yards CA Mogami engages CL Newcastle at 16,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Chikuma at 16,000 yards CA Tone engages BB Tennessee at 16,000 yards CL Naka engages DD Kidd at 16,000 yards CA Cornwall engages CL Sendai at 16,000 yards DD Hutchins engages DD Oshio at 16,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Harrison at 16,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Warramunga at 16,000 yards DD Warramunga engages DD Minegumo at 16,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Yamagumo at 16,000 yards DD Hutchins engages DD Arashio at 16,000 yards DD Asashio engages DD Hutchins at 16,000 yards Range increases to 17,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Cornwall at 17,000 yards CA Mogami engages CL Newcastle at 17,000 yards CA Tone engages BB Tennessee at 17,000 yards CL Naka engages BB Tennessee at 17,000 yards CL Newcastle engages CL Sendai at 17,000 yards DD Hutchins engages DD Arare at 17,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Harrison at 17,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Kidd at 17,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Minegumo at 17,000 yards DD Hutchins engages DD Yamagumo at 17,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Izard at 17,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Michishio at 17,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Kidd at 17,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Asashio at 17,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Kumano at 16,000 yards BB California engages CA Kumano at 16,000 yards CA Cornwall engages CA Kumano at 16,000 yards CA Kumano engages CL Newcastle at 16,000 yards CA Kumano engages CL Hobart at 16,000 yards DD Minegumo engages DD Warramunga at 16,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Oshio at 16,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Izard at 16,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Hutchins at 16,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Kasumi at 16,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Asagumo at 16,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Hutchins at 16,000 yards Range increases to 18,000 yards CL Hobart engages CA Suzuya at 18,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Cornwall at 18,000 yards CL Newcastle engages CL Naka at 18,000 yards CL Hobart engages CA Kumano at 18,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Warramunga at 18,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CL Jintsu at 18,000 yards CL Naka engages CL Newcastle at 18,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Izard at 18,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Kasumi at 18,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Harrison at 18,000 yards DD Kidd engages DD Asagumo at 18,000 yards DD Hutchins engages DD Minegumo at 18,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Harrison at 18,000 yards DD Michishio engages DD Hutchins at 18,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Kidd at 18,000 yards DD Izard engages DD Asashio at 18,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards BB California engages CA Kumano at 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Mikuma at 17,000 yards CA Kumano engages CL Newcastle at 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Tone at 17,000 yards CL Jintsu engages DD Arunta at 17,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Kidd at 17,000 yards CL Sendai engages BB Tennessee at 17,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Warramunga at 17,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Oshio at 17,000 yards DD Minegumo engages DD Arunta at 17,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Michishio at 17,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Izard at 17,000 yards Range increases to 19,000 yards CA Mikuma engages CA Cornwall at 19,000 yards CL Newcastle engages CA Kumano at 19,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Chikuma at 19,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Tone at 19,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Kidd at 19,000 yards CL Sendai engages DD Izard at 19,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Arunta at 19,000 yards BB California engages DD Yamagumo at 19,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Kumano at 18,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Suzuya at 18,000 yards CL Newcastle engages CA Kumano at 18,000 yards CA Tone engages DD Warramunga at 18,000 yards CL Jintsu engages BB Tennessee at 18,000 yards CL Sendai engages BB Tennessee at 18,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Hutchins at 18,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Arare at 18,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Asagumo at 18,000 yards DD Izard engages DD Minegumo at 18,000 yards DD Hutchins engages DD Arashio at 18,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Michishio at 18,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Kidd at 18,000 yards CL Sendai collides with DD Kasumi at 52 , 38 CL Hobart engages CA Kumano at 18,000 yards CA Cornwall engages CA Kumano at 18,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Mogami at 18,000 yards CL Hobart engages CA Kumano at 18,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Tone at 18,000 yards CL Jintsu engages BB Tennessee at 18,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CL Naka at 18,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Izard at 18,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Hutchins at 18,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Harrison at 18,000 yards DD Hutchins engages DD Asagumo at 18,000 yards DD Minegumo engages DD Izard at 18,000 yards DD Izard engages DD Yamagumo at 18,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Suzuya at 17,000 yards CA Cornwall engages CA Kumano at 17,000 yards CA Kumano engages CL Newcastle at 17,000 yards CL Hobart engages CA Chikuma at 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Tone at 17,000 yards CL Jintsu engages BB Tennessee at 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CL Naka at 17,000 yards DD Izard engages DD Kasumi at 17,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Harrison at 17,000 yards DD Kidd engages DD Asagumo at 17,000 yards DD Minegumo engages DD Hutchins at 17,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Yamagumo at 17,000 yards DD Izard engages DD Asashio at 17,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards DD Kidd collides with CL Hobart at 52 , 38 BB Tennessee engages CA Kumano at 15,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Suzuya at 15,000 yards CA Cornwall engages CA Mikuma at 15,000 yards CA Kumano engages CL Newcastle at 15,000 yards CA Tone engages CL Hobart at 15,000 yards CL Jintsu engages DD Arunta at 15,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CL Naka at 15,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CL Sendai at 15,000 yards DD Hutchins engages DD Kasumi at 15,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Kasumi at 15,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Izard at 15,000 yards DD Warramunga engages DD Asashio at 15,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards BB California engages CA Kumano at 12,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Mikuma at 12,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Warramunga at 12,000 yards DD Kidd engages DD Kasumi at 12,000 yards DD Izard engages DD Kasumi at 12,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Kasumi at 12,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Arare at 12,000 yards DD Arunta engages DD Minegumo at 12,000 yards DD Izard engages DD Yamagumo at 12,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Warramunga at 12,000 yards Range increases to 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Kumano at 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Suzuya at 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Mikuma at 17,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Mogami at 17,000 yards CA Chikuma engages BB Tennessee at 17,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Warramunga at 17,000 yards CL Sendai engages DD Izard at 17,000 yards DD Hutchins engages DD Oshio at 17,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Arare at 17,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Izard at 17,000 yards DD Harrison engages DD Arashio at 17,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Diamond Harbour at 51,39, Range 30,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone, on fire CA Chikuma CA Mogami CA Mikuma CA Suzuya CA Kumano, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Sendai CL Naka CL Jintsu DD Asashio DD Oshio, on fire DD Michishio, on fire DD Arashio DD Yamagumo DD Minegumo DD Asagumo, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Arare DD Kasumi, heavy fires Allied Ships BB California CA Cornwall CL Hobart DD Harrison DD Warramunga thank god the enemy has to be more or less out of ammo and attempts to evade... this time my lookouts spot the enemy at 28,000 yards... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Range closes to 29,000 yards... Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 28,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 28,000 yards Both TF attempt to withdraw! Range increases to 30,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tabiteuea at 137,134 [image]local://upfiles/13774/09BECD34EAAA4BFDB9D582FC5488EC5A.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y4 Judy x 51 N1K2-J George x 87 P1Y2 Frances x 30 Ki-84a Frank x 41 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 17 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y4 Judy: 2 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak P1Y2 Frances: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 6 destroyed Allied Ships LST-172, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Charlotte P. Gilman, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Wahine xAP Orizaba, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage LCI-725, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LST-176, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK George H. Powell LCI(G)-80, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk DMS Palmer, Bomb hits 1, on fire AP Gen. G.O.Squier, Bomb hits 1, on fire AP Gen. O.H.Ernst, Torpedo hits 1 LST-167, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Ben B. Lindsey, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK William A. Coulter LCI-726 LCI(G)-76 LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 375 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) with CV Junyo luckily avoiding being hit by a sub, the disaster of my cruiser squadron losing two cruisers and a destroyer I already considered this turn a bad one... then it was time to wait for our LBA to launch against the invasion at Tabitauea... and to my total surprise we even see the strikes from Tarawa and Makin combining into one bigger strike that engages the enemy's invasion fleet that is only covered by ONE Allied CVE!! Wow, that's quite some confidence, sending an invasvion fleet with such a cover into range of two IJ airfields that were known to be able to send rather large strikes as we already did so during the attempt to invade the Marshalls... we've sent in the bombers at 15,000ft and the enemy CAP was set to 10,000 and wasn't able to make enough height so our escorts were bouncing the Hellcats... result was 17:0 (with the 18th Hellcat being damaged) and all happened during dive, kill, dive, kill, dive, kill, dive, kill... not important, every other factor counts so much more... fixed... 17:0... the bombers then unloaded in very bad weather with the Judies still scoring some hits, while the torpedo bombers really had a hard time... halve of them attacking from ahead or astern accounting for the usual 100% misses the rest only scored three hits, at least one of those was on the CVE... and that was when I thought it could have come way worse for the Allied but weather was on their side... Aircraft Attacking: 15 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 17 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 15000 feet 17 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 8 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 5 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 25 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 15000 feet * 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 20 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 11 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 15 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 15000 feet CAP engaged: VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LST-172 Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Orizaba Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LST-167

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/17/2020 1:19:52 PM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tabiteuea at 137,134 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft P1Y2 Frances x 20 Ki-84a Frank x 41 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses P1Y2 Frances: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Kalinin Bay, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk LCI-726 xAP Kota Gede xAK Samtrent, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires DD Mugford a second wave from Makin showed up, most focussing the damaged escort carrier putting three more torps into the ship... on their return the crews confirm CVE Kalinin Bay being sunk... that's CVE number seven in the last couple of weeks... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 8 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tabiteuea at 137,134 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y4 Judy x 42 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged Allied Ships LST-82, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage LST-175, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAK William A. Coulter, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAP Wahine, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Ingersoll DMS Howard LCI(G)-76, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAK Joseph Lykes, Bomb hits 1 LCI(G)-440, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Kate Douglas Wiggin, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DMS Palmer, on fire LST-172, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Charlotte P. Gilman, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 1003 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 78 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 41 (35 destroyed, 6 disabled) also a second strike from the closer airfield at Tarawa, thank god no enemy fighters present anymore as all escorts were flying with the first strike... scoring more bomb hits, also destroying a good number of squads that were still on the ships... Aircraft Attacking: 16 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 15 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 11 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LST-82 Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LST-175 Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Wahine Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kate Douglas Wiggin Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Clemson DMS class DMS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tabiteuea at 137,134 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y4 Judy x 89 N1K2-J George x 87 P1Y2 Frances x 27 Ki-84a Frank x 41 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y4 Judy: 2 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak P1Y2 Frances: 3 damaged Allied Ships APA Knox, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires DD Isherwood, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Francis W. Parker, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk LCI(G)-438, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Kate Douglas Wiggin, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Ferdinand Westdahl, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires xAP Wahine, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Cogswell LST-177, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Joseph Lykes, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage DMS Howard xAK Ben B. Lindsey, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK James King, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage AP Gen. G.O.Squier, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage AP Gen. O.H.Ernst, Bomb hits 1, on fire LST-82, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Mugford LST-86, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK George H. Powell, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Bell DD Hunt DMS Palmer, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 519 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 55 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 14 (3 destroyed, 11 disabled) this turn really is like black and white for us... while we had bad luck when our cruisers were surprised twice we seem to have luck when it comes down to our LBA launching as the bombers in the Gilberts were attacking in good numbers during the moring and also now int he afternoon... weather isn't perfect but it's better than the Thunderstorms in the morning and lots of enemy shipping is wrecked... Tabitauea is Allied again but there surely isn't all that much supply on that small spot now... Aircraft Attacking: 27 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 17 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 10 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 23 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 13 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 14 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Ferdinand Westdahl Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LST-177 Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Ben B. Lindsey Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AP Gen. O.H.Ernst Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kate Douglas Wiggin Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Francis W. Parker Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK James King -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tabiteuea at 137,134 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft P1Y2 Frances x 17 Ki-84a Frank x 31 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y2 Frances: 7 damaged Allied Ships DD Bell DD Ingersoll xAK Ferdinand Westdahl, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk DD Cogswell AP Gen. J.R.Brooke this time it was like 2/3 of the bombers attacking from ahead or astern... that's why I like dive bombers so much more, you don't waste the usual 50% right away due to their bad attack angle... Aircraft Attacking: 17 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Truk at 115,110 Japanese Ships PB Wafu Maru PB Sobun Maru xAK Uji Maru xAK Nitimei Maru xAK Shinkoku Maru xAK Dainiti Maru PB Yaryu Maru PB Toseki Maru Allied Ships SS Lancetfish SS Lancetfish launches 2 torpedoes at PB Wafu Maru Lancetfish diving deep .... PB Yaryu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Wafu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Toseki Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Toseki Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toseki Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toseki Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toseki Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Toseki Maru loses contact with SS Lancetfish SS Lancetfish eludes ASW attack from PB Toseki Maru PB Toseki Maru loses contact with SS Lancetfish PB Toseki Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Bassein at 51,52 Japanese Ships DD Isonami, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Truculent 1CA, 1CL, 1DD lost wasn't enough today, we lose a 2nd DD to a sub... Isonami was damaged but not about to sink when Truculent sealed her faith... today's ship losses nearly account for the total losses so far in the war... that kinda sounds crazy for the date though... DD Isonami is sighted by SS Truculent SS Truculent launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tabiteuea (137,134) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 5992 troops, 182 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 210 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 47 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 47 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Tabiteuea !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+) Assaulting units: 1st Marine Div /7 46th Construction Regiment 21st Port Maint Engineer Battalion 1st Marine Air Wing that's a really odd force to take that dot base... enemy loses over 100 aircraft today... [image]local://upfiles/13774/75C9920DBF58459AB6CF916204499537.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/17/2020 1:43:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 26, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Trincomalee at 32,51 Japanese Ships SS I-39 Allied Ships DMS Perry DMS Perry is sighted by SS I-39 SS I-39 launches 2 torpedoes at DMS Perry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Addu at 14,49 Japanese Ships SS I-30 Allied Ships xAK Fairfield City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire xAK Cape May xAK Cape Constantine xAK Golden Gate xAK Cape John xAK City of Elwood xAK Ewa xAK Steel Navigator xAK Steel Age xAK Trieste DD Saufley seems like another convoy going to Ceylon... SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Fairfield City DD Saufley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Saufley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Saufley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Saufley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Saufley fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 51 P1Y2 Frances x 29 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y2 Frances: 20 damaged P1Y2 Frances: 4 destroyed by flak Allied Ships BB California CL Hobart CA Cornwall now that one was surprising... the California task force that has shot up one of my cruiser groups was returning to Diamond Harbour and I guess Mundy thought the task force would disband before any airattacks happen... weather was overcast when the first 29 torpedo bombers showed up with halve attacking from ahead or astern again (really disappointing)... the rest missed... Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 13 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 27 N1K2-J George x 67 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 11 damaged B6N2 Jill: 5 destroyed by flak Allied Ships BB California, Torpedo hits 4, on fire CL Hobart DD Harrison another wave of 1E torpedo bombers shows up and puts four torps into California, the ship not even showing up as heavily damaged... guess an old USN BB shouldn't survive four torps but I'd really liked to see more attacks... the naval bombardment of last turn made sure there was no CAP up today... Aircraft Attacking: 22 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp [image]local://upfiles/13774/22373226A2E44063824F5D81A032FD8F.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/17/2020 1:52:20 PM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 60 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 39 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 39 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 31000 feet nevertheless ordered some 150 fighters to sweep Diamond Harbour to get some bombers through but the bombers came in first anyways, the slower aircraft first... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Onotoa at 137,135 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y4 Judy x 83 N1K2-J George x 89 P1Y2 Frances x 18 Ki-84a Frank x 65 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y4 Judy: 4 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak P1Y2 Frances: 3 damaged Allied Ships AP Gen. O.H.Ernst, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk DD Ralph Talbot, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Isherwood, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Ingersoll LST-176, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Samtrent, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk LST-86, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk DD Mugford, Bomb hits 1 Allied ground losses: 1719 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 105 destroyed, 72 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled we only get ambarrassing strikes in the Calcutta area where we have a level 9 airfield plus level 6 and 7 fields to support but we do get pretty much all bombers airborne in the Gilberts, where we only have level 5 airfields and not even 1/3 of the needed av support... hopefully someone suggest me to read the air coordination guide of my formerly best friend... Tarawa's and Makin's airstrikes combined again, just like yesterday, attacking the remaining and now fleeing ships... in the end there's not much left other than a couple of destroyers... the enemy took the dot base, but at what cost? Aircraft Attacking: 23 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 4 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 8 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 6 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 26 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 9 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 10000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 10 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LST-86 Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Samtrent Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Ralph Talbot Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LST-176 Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AP Gen. O.H.Ernst -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 199 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 49 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 34 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 34 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 49 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 41 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 41 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 36 P1Y2 Frances x 12 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged Allied Ships CA Cornwall CL Hobart really pisses me off... 300 bombers on nav attack, huge airfields, ample av support, air HQ, good leaders, best morale, hundreds of fighters on escort and sweep, good weather and we still don't get them to attack high value naval targets at ONE hex range... once more applause to the air routines... wonderfully... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 17 N1K2-J George x 60 P1Y2 Frances x 16 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 8 damaged P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged Allied Ships CA Cornwall, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Hobart while there seem to be most escorts and the sweepers in the air, there is no reason to only see 20% of the available bombers when a BB/CA/CL task force parks just one hex away in perfect weather... oh, nearly forgot to say, KB didn't launch either, despite still having 60% sorties and more than 400 bombers... and so the enemy gets away with it... Aircraft Attacking: 17 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 16 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Trincomalee at 32,51 Japanese Ships SS I-39 Allied Ships xAP Andrew Furuseth, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SS I-39 launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Andrew Furuseth I-39 finished that damaged transport...

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/17/2020 3:38:31 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 27, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Koggala at 30,51 Japanese Ships SS I-165 Allied Ships DMS Perry SS I-165 launches 2 torpedoes at DMS Perry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses B-25G Mitchell: 10 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 4 destroyed on ground P-38H Lightning: 148 damaged P-38H Lightning: 17 destroyed on ground P-38G Lightning: 53 damaged P-38G Lightning: 8 destroyed on ground B-24J Liberator: 42 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 50 damaged P-51A Mustang: 9 destroyed on ground P-38J Lightning: 59 damaged P-38J Lightning: 6 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 57 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 15 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 21 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed on ground 11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Chokai CA Chikuma CL Jintsu CL Naka CL Oyodo DD Ushio DD Sazanami DD Akebono DD Oboro DD Yugiri DD Sagiri DD Ayanami DD Shirakumo DD Natsugumo DD Tokitsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hatsukaze Allied Ships BB Tennessee, Shell hits 1 AKA Electra, Shell hits 1 xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 1663 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 186 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 35 disabled Guns lost 55 (4 destroyed, 51 disabled) Vehicles lost 45 (5 destroyed, 40 disabled) Airbase hits 41 Airbase supply hits 15 Runway hits 97 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 sent in the cruisers again and they plaster the base... the enemy is going to lose a s*tload of aircraft here, doubt he will have a chance to get the damaged ones out... the numbers in the combat report are way overrated of course though... CA Suzuya firing at 10th Indian Division CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour CL Naka firing at 8th Indian Division CL Oyodo firing at 10th Indian Division 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at DD Ushio DD Ushio firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion DD Sazanami firing at 8th Indian Division DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour DD Oboro firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at DD Oboro DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sagiri firing at 8th Indian Division DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 34 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 34 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 32 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AP Gen. T.H.Bliss, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 37 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 60 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 197 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 199 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 49 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 4 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet no enemy fighters able to get airborne as the airfield is totally cratered and most if not all remaining fighters at Diamond Harbour have to be damaged... no ships are at Sea at the moment as Mundy has disbanded them all in the size 2 port at DH... recon shows no less than 200+ ships disbanded there... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator GR.III x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Asakasan Maru xAK Hokkai Maru whoooops! That was an amazing strike as it came from Ceylon! No idea what has spotted my convoy in the Akyab hex (it's just passing that hex) and those Liberators come in at extreme range... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/9B5398489F254C668B8861852AD7281A.jpg[/image]

RangerJoe -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/17/2020 7:17:54 PM)
A good job putting the hurt on his aircraft pools. [&o] With the air units that were sunk, that is a big dent in that capability. Not to mention any pilot losses. A lot of transports lost as well. Do you think that a port strike should be done with the KB hovering to catch any retreating ships? If you do, time it so that the surface ships with be patrolling the next turn after the port strike while others go in to bombard the airfield. Also, see if you have any ships with surface radar and put at least one into every SCTF if you can. With the ground losses, he may not be able to take Calcutta. It will take a lot of supply and devices to get his units whole again.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/17/2020 8:12:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe A good job putting the hurt on his aircraft pools. [&o] With the air units that were sunk, that is a big dent in that capability. Not to mention any pilot losses. A lot of transports lost as well. Do you think that a port strike should be done with the KB hovering to catch any retreating ships? If you do, time it so that the surface ships with be patrolling the next turn after the port strike while others go in to bombard the airfield. Also, see if you have any ships with surface radar and put at least one into every SCTF if you can. With the ground losses, he may not be able to take Calcutta. It will take a lot of supply and devices to get his units whole again. KB is there to block any retreat from DH to Ceylon even though it just depends how many ships run at once and if the game decides to launch aircraft or not. Using KB on a port strike would be suizide, there are 150,000 troops, 77 units. No place is going to have more flak than DH. Don't forget that we had very long phases in the campaign with nearly no action at all, the enemy must have so many aircraft he probably doesn't know what to do with them.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/18/2020 11:14:01 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 13 damaged P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 27 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 8 destroyed on ground P-38J Lightning: 45 damaged P-38J Lightning: 7 destroyed on ground B-25G Mitchell: 22 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground P-38H Lightning: 131 damaged P-38H Lightning: 16 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 16 damaged P-51A Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 10 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground B-24J Liberator: 15 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Chokai CA Chikuma CL Jintsu CL Naka CL Oyodo DD Ushio DD Sazanami DD Akebono DD Oboro DD Yugiri DD Sagiri DD Ayanami DD Shirakumo DD Natsugumo DD Tokitsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hatsukaze Allied Ships CL Hobart, Shell hits 1 APD Gilmer, Shell hits 1, on fire APA Warren, Shell hits 1 BB Tennessee, Shell hits 4 CA Vincennes, Shell hits 2 BB California, Shell hits 7 CA Shropshire, Shell hits 1, heavy damage CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 1 xAP John Muir, Shell hits 1 CA Cornwall, Shell hits 2 CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1 DD Cushing, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 1022 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 79 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 16 disabled Guns lost 19 (5 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 27 (4 destroyed, 23 disabled) Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 64 Port hits 19 Port supply hits 2 this is going to become the new reality for Diamond Harbour in the coming weeks, daily naval bombardments, both by a cruiser and a battleship group... the enemy BB/CA at the base should all have suffered damage and hopefully are all more or less out of ammo... CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour Massive explosion on APD Gilmer CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour CL Jintsu firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at CL Jintsu CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour CL Oyodo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shirakumo firing at 1st Fleet Advn Base Force DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Hatsukaze firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at DD Hatsukaze -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! [image]local://upfiles/13774/154BC962A6F342D8B7B8AA1F73B48E91.jpg[/image] Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 31 damaged P-38H Lightning: 7 destroyed on ground B-24J Liberator: 10 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground P-38J Lightning: 18 damaged P-38J Lightning: 7 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 3 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 1 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground B-25G Mitchell: 4 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 3 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 11 damaged P-51A Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground P-38G Lightning: 10 damaged P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships BB Musashi BB Yamato CLAA Tatsuta CLAA Tenryu DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze DD Yamakaze DD Samidare DD Yudachi DD Harusame DD Murasame DD Shigure Allied Ships xAK Havildar, Shell hits 1 xAP Slemmestad, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB California, Shell hits 11, on fire BB Tennessee, Shell hits 3 DD Jarvis, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage APD Noa, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1 APD Parrott, Shell hits 1 APD Gilmer, Shell hits 1, on fire APD McKean, Shell hits 1 CA Shropshire, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Cap St Jacques, Shell hits 1 CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 1 xAK City of Exeter, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 698 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 51 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled) Vehicles lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled) Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 41 Port hits 11 Port supply hits 2 Yamato hits Tennessee but only penetrates the tower armor so that won't do all that much damage... BB Tennesse is most likely the most dangerous ship sitting at DH as California took four torps already... BB Musashi firing at Diamond Harbour BB Yamato firing at Diamond Harbour CLAA Tatsuta firing at Diamond Harbour CLAA Tenryu firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at CLAA Tenryu DD Suzukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Umikaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Kawakaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yamakaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Samidare firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yudachi firing at Diamond Harbour DD Harusame firing at Diamond Harbour DD Murasame firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shigure firing at Diamond Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Diamond Harbour at 52,39 Japanese Ships CLAA Tatsuta DD Shigure DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze DD Yamakaze Allied Ships SS Cero SS Cero is sighted by escort DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Umikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Kawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 85629 troops, 1066 guns, 389 vehicles, Assault Value = 4426 Defending force 233756 troops, 4457 guns, 4016 vehicles, Assault Value = 4596 Japanese ground losses: 72 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 115 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 53rd Division 7th Division 23rd Tank Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 19th Division 4th Tank Regiment 48th Division 18th Tank Regiment 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 33rd Division 2nd Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 19th Tank Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 8th Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 22nd Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 18th Division 56th Division 11th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 31st Field AA Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 22nd JNAF AF Unit 82nd JAAF AF Bn 35th JAAF AF Bn 1st RF Gun Battalion 94th JAAF AF Bn 30th JNAF AF Unit 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th AA Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Army 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 31st JNAF AF Unit 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 11th JNAF AF Unit 3rd Mortar Battalion 23rd AA Regiment 101st JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 3rd Marine Division 762nd Tank Battalion 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 4th Marine Division 4th USMC Tank Battalion 1st Arm Amphib Battalion 6th Indian Division 10th Indian Division 110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment 24th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division Guides Cavalry Regiment 763rd Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 6th Infantry Division 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 43rd Infantry Division Americal Infantry Division 111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 33rd Infantry Division 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 25th Infantry Division 29th British Brigade 41st Infantry Division 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division 40th Infantry Division 766th Tank Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 767th Tank Battalion 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion Provisionl Tank Brigade 2nd British Division 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment 35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion 7th Infantry Division 8th Indian Division 30th Field Artillery Regiment 249th Field Artillery Battalion V Amphib Corps XIV US Corps 226th Field Artillery Battalion 55th Coastal Artillery Battalion 82nd Mortar Battalion XI US Corps 2nd Pioneer Battalion 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion I Marine Amphib Corps 3rd Pioneer Battalion II/Prov'nl SPM Grp I US Corps 198th Field Artillery Battalion 839th Aviation Engineer Battalion 112th Cavalry Regiment 352nd Construction Regiment 168th Field Artillery Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion 841st Aviation Engineer Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 339th Construction Regiment 134th Field Artillery Battalion 330th Construction Regiment 19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/18/2020 11:15:22 AM)
severe airlosses for the enemy again... these P-38 losses do add up... [image]local://upfiles/13774/0C9AB3F2F8FA46B39A01BA882C2AFB62.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/18/2020 11:43:04 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 29, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 35 damaged P-38H Lightning: 7 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 21 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground P-38J Lightning: 28 damaged P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed on ground P-38G Lightning: 19 damaged P-38G Lightning: 4 destroyed on ground B-25G Mitchell: 2 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 23 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 4 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 7 damaged P-51A Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Chokai CA Chikuma CL Jintsu CL Naka DD Ushio DD Sazanami DD Akebono DD Oboro DD Yugiri DD Sagiri DD Ayanami DD Shirakumo DD Natsugumo DD Tokitsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hatsukaze Allied Ships BB California, Shell hits 18, heavy damage xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 2 CA Cornwall, Shell hits 3 xAP Lewis Cass, Shell hits 1 xAP Clan Macpherson, Shell hits 1 APD Sands, Shell hits 1 BB Tennessee, Shell hits 7 xAP Varela, Shell hits 1 CA Vincennes, Shell hits 1 xAK Tarantia, Shell hits 1, on fire CL Newcastle, Shell hits 3 DD Izard, Shell hits 1 APD Humphreys, Shell hits 1 xAP Gamaria, Shell hits 1 xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 1 xAP Leland Stanford, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Hermion, Shell hits 1 xAK Masula, Shell hits 1 CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 1 xAK Clan Macdonald, Shell hits 1, on fire APA Feland, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Baltimore, Shell hits 2 CA Quincy, Shell hits 2 DD Hutchins, Shell hits 1 DD Henley, Shell hits 1, on fire CL Hobart, Shell hits 1 APA McCawley, Shell hits 1 xAP John Hart, Shell hits 1 APD Rathburne, Shell hits 1 APD Parrott, Shell hits 1 xAK Empire Niger, Shell hits 1 xAP Matthew P. Deady, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Cap St Jacques, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 672 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 20 disabled Vehicles lost 22 (4 destroyed, 18 disabled) Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 33 Port hits 5 Port supply hits 4 California was hit very often but none of these hits did any damage, not even starting fires... it's amazing that California is still afloat after taking four torps and sitting in a level 2 port that is heavily damaged... CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour CA Mikuma firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at CA Mikuma E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour 18th Marine Defense Battalion firing at DD Shirakumo DD Shirakumo firing at 18th Marine Defense Battalion DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Maloelap at 138,116 [image]local://upfiles/13774/63D106291977457F868E39769D8AE49F.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y4 Judy x 42 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged Allied Ships DM Sicard, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk CM Terror, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk DM Pruitt, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk that's a case of doing a working thing one time too often... so far the Allied minelayers were sprinting into the Marshalls to lay their dangerous goods and came away unscatched but today we had Judies attacking them... nice to sink Terror as she carries a big load of MK16 mines... guess we've sunk them before they were able to accomplish their mission but to make sure two AMc will visit the surrounding bases... Aircraft Attacking: 10 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb 17 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb 7 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DM Pruitt Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CM Terror Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DM Sicard

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/18/2020 11:55:57 AM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 36 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 36 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 30 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 30 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 37 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 157 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 49 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 108 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 50 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 11 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed by flak moved 200 Helens into the area to start bombing Diamond Harbour... starting at 15000ft was a horrible mistake as we lose one and a halve dozen bombers to flak... should have known better, what a silly start of our attacks... the enemy has landed around 500,000 troops and currently bashes his head at the defenses of Stalingrad, äähhhm Calcutta, without much chance to achieve something as long as our forts hold... we have already stalemated the enemy but to dislodge them we'd need 20,000 av as long as the enemy has supplies... so the goal is to destroy all available supply at Diamond Harbour... no idea how much supply he was able to unload, for sure not as much as he planned to with the carnage of the last weeks but I guess with the naval bombardments, ground attacks, daily consumption and the air attacks we can count on an average of 3-4000 tons of supply per day... let's say 100,000 tons per month, so if he was able to land 250,000 tons he would run out within 2.5 months of constant fighting... if we manage to hold the line long enough it's not only possible to defend Calcutta but we even would have a chance to destroy the beachhead at Diamond Harbour... that would be totally insane as it could mean not only to have won the war on points but actually win it as the loss of so many divisions would top any previous Allied disasters by a big margin... Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 17 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 156 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 49 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 18 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 50 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 32 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 12 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed by flak Allied Ships xAP Slemmestad, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/FC40F6D5CB1C43F48DEF43E15C5820CE.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 148 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 85674 troops, 1066 guns, 389 vehicles, Assault Value = 4441 Defending force 234857 troops, 4457 guns, 4016 vehicles, Assault Value = 4713 Japanese ground losses: 66 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 61 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 53rd Division 8th Tank Regiment 7th Division 18th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 48th Division 12th Tank Regiment 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 9th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 2nd Tank Regiment 19th Division 33rd Division 56th Division 15th Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 22nd Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 18th Division 14th Tank Regiment 19th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 22nd JNAF AF Unit 3rd Mortar Battalion 31st Field AA Battalion 35th JAAF AF Bn 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 15th Army 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 30th JNAF AF Unit 20th AA Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 94th JAAF AF Bn 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 11th JNAF AF Unit 82nd JAAF AF Bn 23rd AA Regiment 31st JNAF AF Unit 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 101st JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 41st Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 2nd British Division 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 762nd Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 6th Indian Division 33rd Infantry Division 43rd Infantry Division 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion 4th USMC Tank Battalion 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 767th Tank Battalion 763rd Tank Battalion 40th Infantry Division Guides Cavalry Regiment 10th Indian Division 111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 3rd Marine Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 766th Tank Battalion 4th Marine Division 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 24th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division 6th Infantry Division 7th Infantry Division Americal Infantry Division Provisionl Tank Brigade 1st Arm Amphib Battalion 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment 29th British Brigade 35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 8th Indian Division 352nd Construction Regiment 30th Field Artillery Regiment 205th Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion I US Corps 98th Field Artillery Battalion 339th Construction Regiment 226th Field Artillery Battalion 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 55th Coastal Artillery Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion V Amphib Corps XIV US Corps II/Prov'nl SPM Grp 198th Field Artillery Battalion 839th Aviation Engineer Battalion 249th Field Artillery Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion 330th Construction Regiment XI US Corps 168th Field Artillery Battalion 112th Cavalry Regiment 841st Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 3rd Pioneer Battalion I Marine Amphib Corps 82nd Mortar Battalion 19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2691 troops, 246 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 4707 Defending force 147157 troops, 1586 guns, 1687 vehicles, Assault Value = 4431 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion 35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 43rd Infantry Division 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 767th Tank Battalion 24th Infantry Division 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 7th Infantry Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 4th Marine Division 110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 1st Arm Amphib Battalion 138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 29th British Brigade 33rd Infantry Division 766th Tank Battalion 6th Indian Division Provisionl Tank Brigade 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 6th Infantry Division 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Division 193rd Tank Battalion 41st Infantry Division 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division 763rd Tank Battalion Guides Cavalry Regiment 40th Infantry Division 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3rd Marine Division 4th USMC Tank Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 2nd British Division 762nd Tank Battalion 22nd Marine Regiment Americal Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment 10th Indian Division 27th Infantry Division 8th Indian Division I Marine Amphib Corps 839th Aviation Engineer Battalion 3rd Pioneer Battalion 352nd Construction Regiment I US Corps 134th Field Artillery Battalion 112th Cavalry Regiment 55th Coastal Artillery Battalion 841st Aviation Engineer Battalion 82nd Mortar Battalion 330th Construction Regiment 181st Field Artillery Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion XI US Corps 2nd Pioneer Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion V Amphib Corps XIV US Corps 205th Field Artillery Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion 249th Field Artillery Battalion II/Prov'nl SPM Grp 339th Construction Regiment 98th Field Artillery Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7 Defending units: 48th Division 18th Tank Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 7th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 12th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 4th Tank Regiment 56th Division 53rd Division 18th Division 8th Tank Regiment 22nd Tank Regiment 33rd Division 9th Tank Regiment 19th Division 19th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 35th JAAF AF Bn 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 31st JNAF AF Unit 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 23rd AA Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 82nd JAAF AF Bn 1st RF Gun Battalion 94th JAAF AF Bn 30th JNAF AF Unit 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 15th Army 22nd JNAF AF Unit 31st Field AA Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 20th AA Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 11th JNAF AF Unit 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 101st JAAF AF Bn

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/19/2020 1:07:56 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 30, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Diamond Harbour at 51,39 Japanese Ships CLAA Tatsuta DD Shigure DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze DD Yamakaze Allied Ships SS Cero, hits 2 the evil twins' TF runs over an enemy sub in shallow waters... I don't want to give them a chance to hit my BBs... SS Cero is sighted by escort DD Suzukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 12 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground P-38H Lightning: 64 damaged P-38H Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 7 damaged P-38J Lightning: 25 damaged P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground P-38G Lightning: 9 damaged P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 7 damaged OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed on ground B-25G Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Chokai CA Chikuma CL Jintsu CL Naka DD Ushio DD Sazanami DD Akebono DD Oboro DD Yugiri DD Sagiri DD Ayanami DD Shirakumo DD Natsugumo DD Tokitsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hatsukaze Allied Ships xAK Empire Niger, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK William H. Gray, Shell hits 1, heavy fires APD King, Shell hits 1 xAK Autolycus, Shell hits 2 xAP Thomas A. Edison, Shell hits 1 xAP Robert J. Walker, Shell hits 3, on fire AKA Jupiter, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 1 LCI-84, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Pierre S. Dupont, Shell hits 3, on fire APD Kane, Shell hits 3, on fire xAP Gamaria, Shell hits 1 xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 2 APD Humphreys, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage APA President Adams, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Varsova, Shell hits 1, on fire APA Crescent City, Shell hits 1 xAK Samuel K. Barlow, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Duchess of Bedford, Shell hits 2 APA Henderson, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAK Elysia, Shell hits 1 xAK City of Canterbury, Shell hits 1 xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 1 xAK Elmdale, Shell hits 1 xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 1 xAP Rizwani, Shell hits 1 xAP Duntroon, Shell hits 1, on fire APD Gilmer, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Karoa, Shell hits 1 xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 1 xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1 xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1 xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 2 APD Sands, Shell hits 1 xAP Moses Rogers, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Largs Bay, Shell hits 1 xAK Risaldar, Shell hits 1 xAP Wing Sang, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 1 xAK Dagfred, Shell hits 1 xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1 xAK Industria, Shell hits 1 APA Elmore, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Oakbank, Shell hits 1 xAP Robert H. Harrison, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 745 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 78 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 22 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Vehicles lost 22 (4 destroyed, 18 disabled) Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 66 Port hits 10 Port supply hits 2 we continue to shell Diamond Harbour on a daily basis, again doing heavy damage... plane numbers are decreasing and at the same time our ships start targetting the port scoring more hits on ships... CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour Massive explosion on AKA Jupiter E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour Massive explosion on APD Humphreys CA Chikuma firing at 3rd Fleet Advn Base Force CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 10 damaged P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground P-38H Lightning: 64 damaged P-38H Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 6 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 5 damaged P-51A Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 1 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships BB Musashi BB Yamato CLAA Tatsuta CLAA Tenryu DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze DD Yamakaze DD Samidare DD Yudachi DD Harusame DD Murasame DD Shigure Allied Ships xAP Singu, Shell hits 1 xAP Varsova, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Oakbank, Shell hits 1 xAP City of Lille, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Autolycus, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Ozarda, Shell hits 1 xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 1 xAK William Ellery, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Prince L. Campbell, Shell hits 1 APA Henderson, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Nightingale, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Stanford Newel, Shell hits 2, heavy fires xAP Wanaka, Shell hits 1 xAK William H. Gray, Shell hits 1, heavy fires xAK Elysia, Shell hits 1 xAP Benrinnes, Shell hits 1 xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 1 xAK Richard Moczkowski, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Aloe, Shell hits 1 xAK Nurani, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Gamaria, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Pierre S. Dupont, Shell hits 2, heavy fires xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1 APD Gilmer, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Chilka, Shell hits 3, on fire APA Elmore, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Dagfred, Shell hits 2 xAP Hermitage, Shell hits 1 xAK Lavington Court, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Robert H. Harrison, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Mahout, Shell hits 1 xAK William Keith, Shell hits 1 xAP Thomas A. Edison, Shell hits 1 APD Sands, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage APA Wayne, Shell hits 2, heavy damage AK Adhara, Shell hits 1 xAK Elmdale, Shell hits 1 xAP Wing Sang, Shell hits 1, on fire LCI-222, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 522 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 46 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 14 (3 destroyed, 11 disabled) Vehicles lost 17 (8 destroyed, 9 disabled) Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 48 Port hits 7 Port supply hits 1 would like to know how much supply those 10 supply hits actually destroy... BB Musashi firing at Diamond Harbour BB Yamato firing at Diamond Harbour CLAA Tatsuta firing at Diamond Harbour CLAA Tenryu firing at Diamond Harbour DD Suzukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Umikaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Kawakaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yamakaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Samidare firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yudachi firing at Diamond Harbour DD Harusame firing at 3rd Fleet Advn Base Force DD Murasame firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shigure firing at Diamond Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Aogashima at 111,65 Japanese Ships PB Ronsan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Oridono Maru xAK Tohuku Maru PB Sinko Maru PB Okuyo Maru PB Magane Maru Allied Ships SS Flying Fish Flying Fish hits Ronsan Maru twice, amazingly enough the PB was still afloat during the turn but in sinking condition... had to be scuttled... SS Flying Fish launches 2 torpedoes at PB Ronsan Maru PB Sinko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Okuyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Magane Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Okuyo Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Magane Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Okuyo Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Okuyo Maru is out of ASW ammo PB Okuyo Maru is out of ASW ammo PB Okuyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 29 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 37 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet flying these sweeps just to make sure... the airfield should be 100% damaged after the bombardments and there shouldn't be any undamaged fighters left but who knows... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 63 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 165 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 99 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 11 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 195 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 61 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 6 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 12 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb flak over DH is a killer... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 47,38 [image]local://upfiles/13774/0497878F788247B8B9F58332E8DA7A31.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 3 N1K2-J George x 18 P1Y2 Frances x 9 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 1 damaged B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak P1Y2 Frances: 8 damaged P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships BB Tennessee, Torpedo hits 1 CA Shropshire, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAP John Adams the enemy runs from DH! Oh damn it, just until yesterday I had KB in position West of Diamond Harbour but ordered the carriers back for replenishment when Mundy orders some 100 ships from Diamond Harbour to flee... looks like all warships are running now... lots and lots of bombers fail to find target messages so it's only a fragment of the bombers that actually took off (perhaps 30% of total bombers) that attack enemy shipping... BB Tennessee takes another torp from this mini strike as well as Shropshire... Aircraft Attacking: 8 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 3 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/19/2020 1:15:57 PM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 47,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 39 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 18 N1K2-J George x 63 P1Y2 Frances x 12 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 7 damaged B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak P1Y2 Frances: 7 damaged Allied Ships xAK Joseph K. Toole, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage BB California, heavy damage CL Caradoc BB Tennessee, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage CA Vincennes CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage another fragmented strike shows up over the enemy ships putting another torp into Tennesse which is now showing up as heavily damaged... California was missed but Indianapolis took further damage... too many torps wasted due to attack angles or the attack on a freighter... 30 bombers for only 2 hits on important targets is depressing... Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 12 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 47,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 92 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 34 N1K2-J George x 45 P1Y2 Frances x 9 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 9 damaged B6N2 Jill: 2 destroyed by flak Allied Ships CA Vincennes xAP Urbino, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk BB California, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk CA Baltimore CL Newcastle CA Cornwall CA Exeter, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage CL Caradoc, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk we have to thank god that we even get hits but in fact that's due to most targets being damaged already... 300 bombers set to naval attack, a super high value task force six hexes away and all the game manages to do is having a couple of dozen bombers showing up over the target... California took torpedo no 5-8 and is confirmed sunk... Aircraft Attacking: 31 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 9 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 47,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft P1Y2 Frances x 9 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y2 Frances: 2 damaged P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships CA Baltimore DD Guest APD Lawrence we had some success today but were far from what one would expect... it's just the numbers, I will never ever understand why you only get 10-20% of your bombers airborne when you meet every of those so called "conditions" except the one where you have to sacrifice your pet... and it just pisses me off again and again, no matter how many years, no matter how many turns and no matter how many discussions... it's just BS, that's not the way how war is waged, you can't just tell your officer to stay at home because there is a magic routine telling you not to fly... KB has been ordered to turn around and move West again, the majority of enemy shipping shouldn't be fast enough to be able to run even though there will be parts surely escaping... Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4371 troops, 349 guns, 214 vehicles, Assault Value = 3115 Defending force 237018 troops, 4466 guns, 4041 vehicles, Assault Value = 4921 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 55 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 33rd Division 18th Division 18th Tank Regiment 48th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 23rd Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 19th Division 14th Tank Regiment 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 8th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 19th Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 22nd Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 30th JNAF AF Unit 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 31st JNAF AF Unit 2nd Mortar Battalion 20th AA Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 31st Field AA Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 22nd JNAF AF Unit 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 23rd AA Regiment 82nd JAAF AF Bn 11th JNAF AF Unit 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 94th JAAF AF Bn 15th Army 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 35th JAAF AF Bn 101st JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment 33rd Infantry Division 110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 3rd Marine Division 6th Indian Division 767th Tank Battalion Guides Cavalry Regiment 7th Infantry Division 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 10th Indian Division 24th Infantry Division 112th Cavalry Regiment 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 4th USMC Tank Battalion 138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 41st Infantry Division 131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment 29th British Brigade 766th Tank Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 27th Infantry Division 193rd Tank Battalion Provisionl Tank Brigade 4th Marine Division 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 40th Infantry Division Americal Infantry Division 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division 6th Infantry Division 22nd Marine Regiment 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion 763rd Tank Battalion 762nd Tank Battalion 1st Arm Amphib Battalion 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 25th Infantry Division 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 2nd British Division 43rd Infantry Division 298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion 8th Indian Division I Marine Amphib Corps 134th Field Artillery Battalion 330th Construction Regiment 839th Aviation Engineer Battalion 249th Field Artillery Battalion II/Prov'nl SPM Grp 98th Field Artillery Battalion I US Corps 82nd Mortar Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion XI US Corps 339th Construction Regiment 4th Pioneer Battalion 55th Coastal Artillery Battalion 841st Aviation Engineer Battalion 3rd Pioneer Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment 226th Field Artillery Battalion V Amphib Corps 352nd Construction Regiment XIV US Corps 19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2691 troops, 246 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 4915 Defending force 106105 troops, 1273 guns, 1552 vehicles, Assault Value = 3115 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Assaulting units: 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 24th Infantry Division 22nd Marine Regiment 2nd British Division 3rd Marine Division 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division 763rd Tank Battalion 10th Indian Division 40th Infantry Division 41st Infantry Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion Guides Cavalry Regiment 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 29th British Brigade 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 4th USMC Tank Battalion 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 25th Infantry Division 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion 112th Cavalry Regiment 298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment 4th Marine Division 1st USMC Tank Battalion 138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 762nd Tank Battalion 767th Tank Battalion 7th Infantry Division 1st Arm Amphib Battalion 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion Americal Infantry Division 6th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 33rd Infantry Division 6th Indian Division 43rd Infantry Division Provisionl Tank Brigade 110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 8th Indian Division 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion XIV US Corps 198th Field Artillery Battalion V Amphib Corps 55th Coastal Artillery Battalion I Marine Amphib Corps 4th Pioneer Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 330th Construction Regiment XI US Corps 181st Field Artillery Battalion I US Corps 839th Aviation Engineer Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion 249th Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 352nd Construction Regiment 841st Aviation Engineer Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Pioneer Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 339th Construction Regiment II/Prov'nl SPM Grp 82nd Mortar Battalion 19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7 Defending units: 18th Division 19th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 18th Tank Regiment 19th Division 15th Tank Regiment 22nd Tank Regiment 33rd Division 48th Division 2nd Division 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 11th Tank Regiment 22nd JNAF AF Unit 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 15th Army 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 94th JAAF AF Bn 82nd JAAF AF Bn 23rd AA Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 30th JNAF AF Unit 11th JNAF AF Unit 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 31st Field AA Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 20th AA Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 31st JNAF AF Unit 35th JAAF AF Bn 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 101st JAAF AF Bn [image]local://upfiles/13774/50FFFDEC23BC40219DA53B2426E50E9B.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/19/2020 1:28:54 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 31, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Cuttack at 47,38, Range 30,000 Yards [image]local://upfiles/13774/C1D11E8E0DF543228A083B0F97073189.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships CA Chikuma CA Maya CA Chokai CA Mikuma CA Suzuya CL Naka CL Jintsu DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Tokitsukaze DD Natsugumo DD Shirakumo DD Ayanami DD Sagiri DD Yugiri DD Oboro DD Akebono DD Sazanami DD Ushio Allied Ships BB Tennessee, heavy damage CA Indianapolis, heavy damage CA Baltimore CA Shropshire, heavy damage CA Cornwall CA Exeter, heavy damage CL Newcastle DD Guest DD Hudson DD LaVallette, heavy damage DD Philip DD Blue DD Henley DD Conyngham DD Cushing DD Reid DD Norman DD Quickmatch was long thinking about to use my heavy cruisers to hunt down the enemy West of Diamond Harbour or not... the first time my CA met BB Tennessee and California we paid a high price, losing a CA, CL, DD for literally no gain other than a torp hit on Tennessee but this time most of the enemy ships were damaged already and hopefully low or out of ammo so I decided it would be worth it to engage, especially as you never know if KB or LBA would strike at all... so the cruisers charged in... and again it's Allied radar saving their ships as the heavily damaged ships managed to evade our cruisers... oh well, saves us from damage too most likely... already learnt I need radar at this stage of the war, gonna upgrade my ships during Spring... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 39% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 22,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards Allied TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 13,000 yards... Range increases to 14,000 yards... Range increases to 15,000 yards... Range increases to 16,000 yards... Range increases to 17,000 yards... Range increases to 18,000 yards... Range increases to 19,000 yards... Range increases to 20,000 yards... Range increases to 21,000 yards... Range increases to 22,000 yards... Range increases to 23,000 yards... Range increases to 24,000 yards... Range increases to 25,000 yards... Range increases to 26,000 yards... Range increases to 27,000 yards... Range increases to 28,000 yards... Range increases to 29,000 yards... Range increases to 30,000 yards... Range increases to 30,000 yards... Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Allied Escort TF evades combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Diamond Harbour at 50,40 Japanese Ships DD Makigumo CL Yahagi DD Naganami DD Hayanami DD Fujinami DD Onami DD Suzunami Allied Ships SS Tactician that's one of my CV groups... SS Tactician launches 4 torpedoes at DD Makigumo DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Fujinami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Onami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Onami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suzunami fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 37 No Japanese losses Allied Ships LCI-219, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 3 N1K2-J George x 18 P1Y2 Frances x 9 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 2 damaged P1Y2 Frances: 6 damaged Allied Ships DD Norman DD Hudson, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk CA Cornwall CA Baltimore, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage LBA to fly first, again halve a dozen messages that most of the bombers that actually took off fail to find their target... as always the majority of bombers didn't take off anyways... can't complain, the tiny number of bombers do their best, sinking lightly damaged Hudson and most likely sinking Baltimore as she took a torp from a MTB earlier and suffered some additional damage... Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 3 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 33 P1Y2 Frances x 21 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses P1Y2 Frances: 18 damaged Allied aircraft losses OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CL Newcastle BB Tennessee, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage DD Reid DD Philip DD Norman CA Exeter, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage 21 bombers over the target, that's a real number... Tennessee taking another three torps means she is sunk just like California! BANZAI! That's BB number 19 or 20 that has been sunk... I N S A N E... Exeter also takes two and is most likely dead... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 9 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 199 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 63 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 54 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 82 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 17 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 197 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 62 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 195 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 61 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 30 N1K2-J George x 45 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 11 damaged Allied aircraft losses Seagull V: 2 destroyed Allied Ships DD LaVallette, heavy damage CA Cornwall, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Blue CA Shropshire, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk DD Cushing CA Indianapolis, heavy damage there is another task force already further East which also gets some attention with the confirmed sinking of CA Shropshire and heavy damage on CA Cornwall... Aircraft Attacking: 30 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft P1Y2 Frances x 9 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged Allied Ships DD Norman DD Henley CL Newcastle Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 28 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet and that's it for the morning... WHAAAT? Again, KB is sitting in perfect strike range (1 hex to the BB TF and 6 hexes to the TF further West) and perfect weather but didn't launch a single bomber other the Judies on search that made like two dozen sightings... would that enable a strike in real life? Make your guess...

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/19/2020 1:33:56 PM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 41,37 [image]local://upfiles/13774/B753CD1FD6144C4F9473912E3E79900C.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 59 B7A2 Grace x 20 D4Y4 Judy x 64 Japanese aircraft losses B7A2 Grace: 6 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 6 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships APD Barker, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Quincy, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires LSI(L) Denbighshire, Bomb hits 2, on fire APD Stringham, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Hobart, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 1 APD Chew xAP Zaandam, Bomb hits 1, on fire APD Lawrence, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage APD Little APD Parrott, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage APD Schley APD Overton xAK Age, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP John Burke, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage LSI(L) Empire Battleaxe, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage APD Waters DD Hale LSI(L) Glenstrae, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAK Yenangyaung, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires another two dozen sightings during the afternoon search phase and the Admiral in charge finally decided the IJN could also launch some bombers from the carriers next to the enemy... first strike is flown against the Western task force including at least two USN CA, lots of APD and a big number of freighters and transports... that convoy has to be around 50-60 ships I guess... no torpedoes available on the carriers so all bombers attack with bombs and we do get quite some hits in not so good weather even though most of the undamaged APDs were able to dodge the bombers... both Quincy and Vincennes take 800kg bombs but none of the cruisers is listed as heavily damage so we do night follow on attacks to sink those ships... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 10 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 6 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 7 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 3 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 7 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 7 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 15 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CL Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Age Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Parrott Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Stringham Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP John Burke Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Quincy

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/19/2020 1:41:39 PM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39 [image]local://upfiles/13774/40E505A0363E4C68814111269C806AD2.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 49 B7A2 Grace x 51 D4Y4 Judy x 20 Japanese aircraft losses B7A2 Grace: 7 damaged B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Guest, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Philip, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Newcastle, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Reid, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Baltimore, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk CA Cornwall, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk DD Henley, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD LaVallette, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Conyngham, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk that's the main strike on the task force just one hex to the NE of KB, totally annihilating what was still afloat... I seriously doubt that any of these ships is going to survive... Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb 8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb 1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb 1 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied DD Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Newcastle Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CA Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a 'J, K, N' Class class DD Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Henley Massive explosion on DD Conyngham -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 41,37 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 13 B7A2 Grace x 14 D4Y4 Judy x 26 Japanese aircraft losses B7A2 Grace: 3 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 3 damaged Allied Ships APD Schley, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage LSI(L) Brisbane Star, Bomb hits 2, on fire CL Hobart, on fire, heavy damage xAK Nathaniel Crosby CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 4, on fire APD Ward APD Herbert, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Gausdal, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP John A. Rawlins, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage the following attacks are done by bomber groups that mostly failed to link to the main strikes, some even failed to find their targets, something one isn't used to when it comes down to carrier based bombers as they seem to do way better in finding their targets than any LBA... CA Vincennes takes another four bombs but still not shows up as heavily damaged... excpected more from those 40 bombers... Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 2 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Schley Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a 'E' Class 1st Group class CL Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Herbert -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y4 Judy x 18 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses Walrus II: 1 destroyed SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CA Exeter, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk DD Quickmatch CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk DD Norman, Bomb hits 1, on fire 18 Judies seal the faith of two heavy cruisers, both confirmed sunk now... Aircraft Attacking: 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cuttack at 46,39 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y4 Judy x 18 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Newcastle, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Quickmatch, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Philip, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk DD Blue nice to also hit Newcastle, those RN light cruisers are good night fighters... unfortunately that's it already... KB didn't laucnh in the morning where LBA managed some 20% of the bombers over targets and while KB launched at least a couple of hundred bombers - guess 50% - it now was LBA not flying at all... we will move KB a tad further West to get the chance to strike at anything damaged but still being afloat to make sure we get the sinkings but I don't want to get my carriers too close to Ceylon's Eastern bases as I don't want to fall into a CAP trap or a massed 4E strike my Zekes can't counter... Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Newcastle Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied DD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2709 troops, 247 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 5093 Defending force 119496 troops, 1378 guns, 1608 vehicles, Assault Value = 3550 Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled) Vehicles lost 14 (12 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 43rd Infantry Division Americal Infantry Division 10th Indian Division 762nd Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 6th Indian Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 33rd Infantry Division 40th Infantry Division 4th USMC Tank Battalion 25th Infantry Division 298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment Provisionl Tank Brigade 767th Tank Battalion 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 1st Arm Amphib Battalion 41st Infantry Division 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 3rd Marine Division 35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 112th Cavalry Regiment 2nd British Division 27th Infantry Division 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Division 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 7th Infantry Division 22nd Marine Regiment 24th Infantry Division 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division Guides Cavalry Regiment 763rd Tank Battalion 29th British Brigade 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion 131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment 110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 4th Marine Division 766th Tank Battalion 8th Indian Division II/Prov'nl SPM Grp V Amphib Corps I US Corps 339th Construction Regiment 205th Field Artillery Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion 55th Coastal Artillery Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 3rd Pioneer Battalion 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 330th Construction Regiment 30th Field Artillery Regiment 249th Field Artillery Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion XIV US Corps 839th Aviation Engineer Battalion 82nd Mortar Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion XI US Corps 352nd Construction Regiment 841st Aviation Engineer Battalion I Marine Amphib Corps 134th Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion 19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7 Defending units: 33rd Division 2nd Tank Regiment 2nd Guards Division 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 18th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 48th Division 22nd Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 15th Tank Regiment 19th Division 18th Division 12th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 19th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 9th Tank Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 20th AA Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Army 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 82nd JAAF AF Bn 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 22nd JNAF AF Unit 31st Field AA Battalion 30th JNAF AF Unit 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 94th JAAF AF Bn 23rd AA Regiment 31st JNAF AF Unit 11th JNAF AF Unit 35th JAAF AF Bn 101st JAAF AF Bn

RangerJoe -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/19/2020 4:51:10 PM)
Considering the amount of supplies that he must have moved to Diamond Harbor, your supply hits are probably costing a lot of supplies. Add in the amount of supplies used with the 10% increase from the units for every attack, that means that the supplies are going fast for that plus all of the supplies to repair the units plus any replacements. A private getting orders to go to a replacement unit at Diamond Harbor: "I have just received a Death Sentence!" [:@]

mind_messing -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/19/2020 9:49:33 PM)
quote: we had some success today but were far from what one would expect... it's just the numbers, I will never ever understand why you only get 10-20% of your bombers airborne when you meet every of those so called "conditions" except the one where you have to sacrifice your pet... and it just pisses me off again and again, no matter how many years, no matter how many turns and no matter how many discussions... it's just BS, that's not the way how war is waged, you can't just tell your officer to stay at home because there is a magic routine telling you not to fly... It's tied to detection levels, as is nearly everything to do with the naval routine. The higher the DL, the more appropriate the strike package. In this specific case, it seems an appropriate strike. Expecting a full sentai of 27 Frances to sortie for 3 ships in a target rich environment would be somewhat absurd.

RangerJoe -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/19/2020 10:24:11 PM)
Are you doing night Naval Search?

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 8:02:06 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mind_messing quote: we had some success today but were far from what one would expect... it's just the numbers, I will never ever understand why you only get 10-20% of your bombers airborne when you meet every of those so called "conditions" except the one where you have to sacrifice your pet... and it just pisses me off again and again, no matter how many years, no matter how many turns and no matter how many discussions... it's just BS, that's not the way how war is waged, you can't just tell your officer to stay at home because there is a magic routine telling you not to fly... It's tied to detection levels, as is nearly everything to do with the naval routine. The higher the DL, the more appropriate the strike package. In this specific case, it seems an appropriate strike. Expecting a full sentai of 27 Frances to sortie for 3 ships in a target rich environment would be somewhat absurd. All those enemy task forces always had highest possible detection levels. There is so much naval search around I could get 10/10 on a lonely paddle boat in the Bay of Bengal. Not only are all those task forces spotted all the time, we spot and bomb individual ships in those task forces dozens of times each of these turns. Guess we have no less than 120-150 aircraft on search, 10% of all bombers on KB plus 10% of all LBA in range plus several Dinah-III, Irving and Emily units. If detection levels weren't high enough to have my bombers fly then I'd need 100/100 out of the 10/10 possible. [>:] It's just the numbers, as always. And as always I'm claiming the game can't handle those. Take the Bay of Bengal, the enemy shows up with something like 600+ ships in I don't know how many task forces. I have 1000 land based aircraft and 1350 carrier based aircraft. Everything is spotted on a daily basis and detection levels are as high as they could be. What happens? Often nothing, like LBA not launching, KB not launching and so on. Would I take the time to sum it all up I'd say we had an average of 20% of the available bombers airborne each day. As with an average, there were better and worse days. But it was totally wonky what the game launched in the Bay of Bengal, even though it still turns out as a disaster for the Allied, guess how it looked like if we had an average of 50% of the bombers airborne when they had a chance to strike a target? Now the opposite! The Gilberts and the move of two enemy task forces (one amphib, one CVE) towards Tabitauea. There was one Dinah-III and a Mavis unit down there to spot, both TFs had high detection when they came closer to Tarawa. We've moved 4 fighter units (2 George, 2 Frank) plus 5 bomber units (2 Judy, 3 Frances) into the area. And what happened? Two days in a row literally all those bombers including all fighters were attacking both the CVE and the amphib task force, heck, they even combined their alpha strikes from two different bases that were separated by a couple of hexes (Tarawa and Makin). The first day it could be super duper luck, but they did the same on day two... and to top all of this, they were doing this from two level 5 airfields that haven't even got 50% of the needed aviation support which is always brought up as one of the so much needed conditions to "coordinate"[>:] Numbers game... totally overwhelmed routine in the Bay of Bengal and perfectly working in the Gilberts?

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 12:59:13 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 01, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Cuttack at 46,40, Range 27,000 Yards [image]local://upfiles/13774/7E3844EA4A4C4A5794679C8ACDE8A45C.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships CVE Hosho CVE Taiyo CVE Unyo CVE Chuyo CVE Shinyo CVE Kaiyo DD Akatsuki DD Hibiki DD Ikazuchi DD Inazuma DD Matsukaze DD Hatakaze DD Oite DD Hayate DD Asanagi DD Yunagi Allied Ships DD Guest, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Blue DD Norman DD Quickmatch, heavy damage that's been a short but nevertheless shocking moment as my CVE group stumbles into those destroyers that are on the run to Ceylon... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 50% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 25,000 yards... Range increases to 26,000 yards... Range increases to 27,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Addu at 14,49 Japanese Ships SS I-30 Allied Ships xAK General Fleisher, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage xAK General Fleisher is sighted by SS I-30 SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK General Fleisher -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Vizagapatnam at 45,41 Japanese Ships SS I-162 Allied Ships DD Quickmatch, heavy damage DD Guest, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Blue SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Quickmatch I-162 diving deep .... DD Blue fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Blue fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Blue fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Blue fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Blue fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Japanese Ships DD Murasame BB Musashi BB Nagato DD Yudachi DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze DD Yamakaze Allied Ships SS Aspro shallow hex but nevertheless the sub manages to attack the evil twins' combat group... SS Aspro launches 2 torpedoes at DD Murasame Aspro bottoming out .... DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Umikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Addu at 14,49 Japanese Ships SS I-30 Allied Ships xAK General Fleisher, heavy damage missed a heavily damaged freighter... xAK General Fleisher is sighted by SS I-30 SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 74 damaged P-38H Lightning: 12 destroyed on ground B-25G Mitchell: 38 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 7 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 29 damaged P-51A Mustang: 5 destroyed on ground P-38J Lightning: 4 damaged P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed on ground P-38G Lightning: 10 damaged P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed on ground B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 42 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 9 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 5 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Chokai CA Maya CA Chikuma CL Jintsu CL Naka DD Ushio DD Sazanami DD Akebono DD Oboro DD Yugiri DD Sagiri DD Ayanami DD Shirakumo DD Natsugumo DD Tokitsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hatsukaze Allied Ships LCI-75, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 1 xAP William G. Fargo, Shell hits 1 xAP Oakbank, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP William C. Claiborne, Shell hits 2, on fire APD Humphreys, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Nurani, Shell hits 1 APA Wayne, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Havildar, Shell hits 2 AK Ganymede, Shell hits 1 xAK William Keith, Shell hits 1, heavy fires xAK Empire Rani, Shell hits 1 xAK Trevilley, Shell hits 1 xAP Nightingale, Shell hits 2 xAK Jalaganga, Shell hits 2 xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 1 LCI-218, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAK Sonnavind, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Moses Rogers, Shell hits 3, on fire xAP Largs Bay, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 1 xAP Duchess of Bedford, Shell hits 2 xAK City of Hankow, Shell hits 1 xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 1 xAP Singu, Shell hits 2, heavy damage xAK Mulbera, Shell hits 1 DD Isaac Sweers, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage APA Warren, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Varela, Shell hits 2 xAK Prince L. Campbell, Shell hits 2, heavy fires APA Crescent City, Shell hits 2 xAK City of Exeter, Shell hits 1 xAP Hermitage, Shell hits 1 xAP Athlone Castle, Shell hits 1 xAK Industria, Shell hits 1 AKA Jupiter, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 1 xAP Clan Macpherson, Shell hits 1 APD Sands, Shell hits 2, heavy damage xAK Maldive, Shell hits 1 xAK Risaldar, Shell hits 1, on fire APA La Salle, Shell hits 1 xAP Sheldon Jackson, Shell hits 1 xAK Mahsud, Shell hits 1 xAK St Essylt, Shell hits 1 xAK Tweedbank, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAK Elmdale, Shell hits 1 xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1 xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1 APA Du Page, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Wanaka, Shell hits 1 xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1 xAK Masula, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 1421 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 120 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 27 disabled Guns lost 20 (4 destroyed, 16 disabled) Vehicles lost 32 (9 destroyed, 23 disabled) Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 13 Runway hits 60 Port hits 14 Port supply hits 4 the cruisers are really suited for naval bombardment, doing some nice damage here... CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Maya CA Maya firing at Diamond Harbour CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 16 damaged P-38H Lightning: 6 destroyed on ground B-25G Mitchell: 7 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 15 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 2 damaged P-51A Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged P-38J Lightning: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Musashi BB Yamato BB Nagato CLAA Tatsuta CLAA Tenryu DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze DD Yamakaze DD Samidare DD Yudachi DD Harusame DD Murasame DD Shigure Allied Ships APD Kennison, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Singu, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Markhor, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 1 APD King, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 2 xAP Morton M. McCarver, Shell hits 1 xAP Hermitage, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1 xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Tweedbank, Shell hits 1, heavy damage APA Calvert, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Owen Summers, Shell hits 1 APD Crosby, Shell hits 1 xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 1 xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 1, on fire APA Arthur Middleton, Shell hits 1, heavy damage APA Crescent City, Shell hits 2 xAK Prince L. Campbell, Shell hits 1, heavy fires xAK Clan Mactavish, Shell hits 1 xAK Mulbera, Shell hits 3, heavy fires xAK Mahsud, Shell hits 2 xAP Wanaka, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Nurani, Shell hits 2 xAK Matiana, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Largs Bay, Shell hits 1, on fire APA Du Page, Shell hits 2, heavy damage xAP Moses Rogers, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 1 xAP Historian, Shell hits 2 xAP Changte, Shell hits 1 xAK Jalayamuna, Shell hits 1 xAK Sonnavind, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Oakbank, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Empire Rani, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 2 xAP Chilka, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Risaldar, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Lewis Cass, Shell hits 1 xAP Derrymore, Shell hits 1 xAP Etolin, Shell hits 1 xAP Robert J. Walker, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Jalaganga, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 1187 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 44 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 18 disabled Guns lost 11 (5 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 24 (7 destroyed, 17 disabled) Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 56 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 1 then the heavies go in... BB Musashi firing at Diamond Harbour BB Yamato firing at Diamond Harbour BB Nagato firing at Diamond Harbour CLAA Tatsuta firing at Diamond Harbour CLAA Tenryu firing at Diamond Harbour DD Suzukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Umikaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Kawakaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yamakaze firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment DD Samidare firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yudachi firing at Diamond Harbour DD Harusame firing at Diamond Harbour DD Murasame firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shigure firing at Diamond Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 27 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 37 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Vizagapatnam at 44,42 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 22 P1Y2 Frances x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Blue that's all what Calcutta's LBA (150 long range torp bombers) manage to get over the target... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 63 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 134 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 89 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 23 damaged Allied Ships APA Harris, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 18 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 27 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 195 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 61 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 6 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 13 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 198 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 62 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged Allied Ships APA Calvert, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 1:09:48 PM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 40,38 [image]local://upfiles/13774/95F50CA2B85249D5AA72EB8D76F4A41F.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 70 B7A2 Grace x 29 D4Y4 Judy x 15 Japanese aircraft losses B7A2 Grace: 11 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 4 damaged Allied Ships CL Hobart, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 1 APD Herbert, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Izard, Bomb hits 1 xAP John Burke, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Quincy, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Kidd here's KB's first strike of the day on the Allied ships trying to make Ceylon... ordered KB three hexes further West but for what reason ever (they didn't refuel) the carriers only moved a couple of hexes and the most likely bigger convoy NE of Madras is totally out of range... oh boy... guess the attack (that actually wasn't an attack) on our CVE group that was following our lead CVs was causing that movement and screws most of our plans today... CA Vincennes is only hit by another 800kg bomb and still doesn't show up as heavily damaged but Quincy is done for sure now... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 1 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Herbert Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 40,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 48 B7A2 Grace x 7 D4Y4 Judy x 20 Japanese aircraft losses B7A2 Grace: 2 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships APD Schley, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Hobart, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Kidd APD Herbert, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Hutchins APD Barker, heavy damage very rare for carrier based strike aircraft, several messages about bombers failing to find the target due to range or weather turning back so our strikes aren't what they were supposed to be (at least that's a reason, unlike not launching at all)... that's it for Vincennes and another heavy cruiser is done... Aircraft Attacking: 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 7 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Herbert -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 40,38 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y4 Judy x 13 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y4 Judy: 3 damaged Allied Ships DD Hutchins CA Quincy, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Kidd CA Vincennes, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Quincy Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a London class CA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vizagapatnam at 44,42 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 9 P1Y2 Frances x 4 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Norman in the afternoon we see a couple of unsuccesful attempts to get LBA over the target... Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vizagapatnam at 44,42 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 32 P1Y2 Frances x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Blue Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 40,38 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 105 B7A2 Grace x 39 D4Y4 Judy x 41 Japanese aircraft losses B7A2 Grace: 15 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 6 damaged Allied Ships DD Kidd, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Izard, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk xAK Tarantia, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage APD Barker, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk xAP John Burke, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk APD Schley, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk DD Hutchins, Bomb hits 2, on fire CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage until KB's bombers show up over the already trashed task force finishing what was still afloat... Aircraft Attacking: 2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 10 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 12 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 5 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 14 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 7 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 7 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 7 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tarantia Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP John Burke Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Schley Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hutchins Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Izard Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Barker Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Kidd Massive explosion on APD Schley Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocanada at 40,38 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 6 D4Y4 Judy x 23 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAK Tarantia, and is sunk DD Hutchins, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Kidd, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk it's more than a pity that we were one hex short to attack both convoys, the bigger one to the West is going to escape now... but we've pretty much sunk all or the majority of the remaining BB/CA/CL/DD that were trying to flee from Diamond Harbour so that was a success... Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CA Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tarantia Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hutchins Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Kidd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2523 troops, 234 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 5243 Defending force 132844 troops, 1480 guns, 1623 vehicles, Assault Value = 3977 Allied ground losses: 80 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 63 (18 destroyed, 45 disabled) in the meantime we watch the stupid counter bombardment of the ground routine... the Allied is doing this bombardment, causes 0 ground losses but suffers from it...[8\|] Assaulting units: 193rd Tank Battalion 3rd Marine Division 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 2nd British Division 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division 41st Infantry Division Guides Cavalry Regiment 762nd Tank Battalion 767th Tank Battalion 43rd Infantry Division Americal Infantry Division 298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 10th Indian Division 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 112th Cavalry Regiment 29th British Brigade 6th Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 33rd Infantry Division 40th Infantry Division 110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 4th USMC Tank Battalion 35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 763rd Tank Battalion 1st Arm Amphib Battalion 24th Infantry Division 131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment Provisionl Tank Brigade 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 7th Infantry Division 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Division 111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 4th Marine Division 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 6th Indian Division 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion 8th Indian Division 82nd Mortar Battalion 841st Aviation Engineer Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion XIV US Corps 55th Coastal Artillery Battalion XI US Corps 2nd Pioneer Battalion 839th Aviation Engineer Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion I Marine Amphib Corps 3rd Pioneer Battalion 339th Construction Regiment 30th Field Artillery Regiment I US Corps 330th Construction Regiment V Amphib Corps 198th Field Artillery Battalion 352nd Construction Regiment 249th Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7 Defending units: 4th Tank Regiment 4th Division 48th Division 12th Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 2nd Division 23rd Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 2nd Guards Division 19th Tank Regiment 33rd Division 18th Division 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 19th Division 22nd Tank Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 18th Tank Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 3rd Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 30th JNAF AF Unit 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 82nd JAAF AF Bn 11th JNAF AF Unit 1st RF Gun Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 20th AA Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 31st Field AA Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 23rd AA Regiment 31st JNAF AF Unit 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Army 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 35th JAAF AF Bn 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 94th JAAF AF Bn 22nd JNAF AF Unit 101st JAAF AF Bn

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