RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR

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castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/12/2019 6:47:50 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 21, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Port Moresby at 98,132 Japanese Ships SS I-160 Allied Ships AM Pieter de Bitter SS I-160 is sighted by escort AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Trivandrum at 27,45 Japanese Ships SS I-170 Allied Ships TK British Chemist, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage excellent! [&o] TK British Chemist is sighted by SS I-170 SS I-170 launches 4 torpedoes at TK British Chemist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Port Moresby at 98,130 Japanese Ships SS I-15 Allied Ships AM Colac no luck at all at Port Moresby though... SS I-15 is sighted by escort AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Trivandrum at 27,45 Japanese Ships SS I-170 Allied Ships TK Britannia, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires I-170 kills another tanker from the same convoy... the enemy will feel every lost tanker the coming years, more and more the more ships he will have to fuel far from his major fuel hubs... TK Britannia is sighted by SS I-170 SS I-170 launches 2 torpedoes at TK Britannia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 83 encounters mine field at Utan Melintang (48,77) Japanese Ships AMc Rumeo Maru AMc Hakata Maru #6 7 mines cleared that's a base along Malaya's west coast where we stumbled into a minefield by accident... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Vava'u at 143,167 [image]local://upfiles/13774/DA0CC3A091BE4579A33CED3D9F02E650.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 B5N2 Kate x 70 D3A1 Val x 27 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged Allied Ships xAK Am. Builder, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Agwimonte, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP President Buchanan, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAK Sage Brush, Bomb hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Perkins, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Shooting Star, Bomb hits 17, and is sunk xAK Red Jacket, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires xAK K.I. Luckenbach, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires xAK Alcoa Prospector, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK West Portal, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK West Nilus, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage PC Taney, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Alcoa Pathfinder, Bomb hits 9, and is sunk xAK Alcoa Pennant, Bomb hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 1374 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 85 destroyed, 31 disabled Guns lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 50 (26 destroyed, 24 disabled) after destroying the tanker convoy around New Caledonia KB went dark and moved to the East, spotting another convoy today... the carriers launch a big strike and annihilate a troop convoy which seems to have carried support units, probabably Seabees or comparable construction units as we killed quite a lot Engineers... no matter how pityful the Kates perform with torpedoes so far, they drop laser guided bombs attacking with 2x250kg bombs at 1000ft... Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb Massive explosion on DD Perkins Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Red Jacket Massive explosion on xAK Alcoa Pathfinder Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Alcoa Prospector Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK West Portal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Vava'u at 143,166 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 12 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 6 damaged Allied Ships DD Preston, Bomb hits 1, on fire even DDs get hit on a frequent basis, something they can't achieve with torps... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Vava'u at 143,166 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 13 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAP Santa Inez, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Preston, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage a second convoy was spotted just one hex to the North, consisting of a big transport and a DD... the Vals attack with 60kg GP bombs but due to the number of hits both ships are in sinking condition... Aircraft Attacking: 2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Preston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 107 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 109 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 55 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vava'u at 143,167 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 B5N2 Kate x 63 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 13 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAK West Portal, Bomb hits 13, and is sunk xAK West Notus, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk xAK K.I. Luckenbach, Bomb hits 13, and is sunk xAK Alcoa Prospector, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk xAK Jefferson Myers, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk xAK British Columbia, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk DD Perkins, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 99 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 18 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 26 (18 destroyed, 8 disabled) KB launches more strikes in the afternoon to kill what was still not sunk... the whole convoy was sunk... BANZAI! Aircraft Attacking: 23 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 24 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 16 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Massive explosion on xAK West Portal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vava'u at 143,167 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 25 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 3 damaged Allied Ships DD Perkins, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 22 x D3A1 Val releasing from 10000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 98,130 Japanese Ships SS I-15 Allied Ships xAK Brastagi AM Colac torps miss the unloading freighter... SS I-15 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Brastagi I-15 bottoming out .... AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Colac fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 825 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4027 Defending force 113595 troops, 617 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2608 Allied ground losses: 65 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 69th Division 35th Division 32nd Division 36th Division 5th Armored Car Co 63rd Division 59th Division 37th Division 41st Division 110th Division 27th Division 26th Division NCPC Army 1st Army Mongol Garrison Army 13th Army 4th Mortar Battalion 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 80th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 34th Chinese Corps 7th New Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 8th New Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 31st Group Army 1st War Area 21st Group Army 24th Group Army 39th Group Army 3rd Construction Regiment 7th Construction Regiment 3rd Group Army 8th Group Army Lusu War Area 10th Chinese Base Force

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/12/2019 6:53:17 PM)
As the ships from the troop convoy sink we also sink two dozen aircraft with them... looks like that's at least one squadron of Airacobras plus a squadron of Mitchells that were bound for Australia... [image]local://upfiles/13774/B65F79BA95A546078E6F3F41128A9E9C.jpg[/image]

Yaab -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/13/2019 9:29:43 AM)
From MichaelM, post #24 https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2693781&mpage=1&key=� Here is a list of things that go towards determining if groups are 'grouped' together in the same raid/attack: Group attack mission is similar to the raid's mission (not a TF and a base attack) Sweeps, recon and search missions are not used in co-ordination Escorts need to be at same altitude as raid itself and have the same target to imporve chances Groups from same base have better chance to fly together; further apart group bases are, lessen the chance Groups belonging to same theatre command have increased chance; groups in range of their Air Hq are further increased IJA and IJN groups have a lessen chance to co-ordinate Group experience and leader's AIR increases chance Groups need to be within 20% of the raid's speed or time to target for the raid and group within 30 minutes to participate in raid Escorts targeted to same target as bombers have a better chance than un-target escorts

PaxMondo -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/13/2019 2:18:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs quote: ORIGINAL: PaxMondo quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy and this is what makes me think over and over again that the strike routine that came with AE is fully flawed compared to the always working strike routine of WITP... had 85 Zeroes at Lae set to escort, same height as the Vals, 9 hexes range, all great morale and all the other blah blah that doesn't do ** when it comes to strikes and how they look like... if ppl still believe this woodoo after all those years then this is something the forum achieved and the devs can thank the forumites for their myths... 42 highly skilled Vals come in unescorted and get chewed up of course for no gain... two dozen shot down, the rest withdrew... idiotic strike routine and the more strikes you fly a day the more you see of this ridicoulos bullshit... I'm not trying to do a coordinated 1000 bomber night strike 800 miles deep into Germany, I've ordered fighters from Lae to fly with bombers from Lae some 180 miles to Port Moresby and the **ing idiocy that is called a "strike routine" made none of the fighters take off... this is not a strike routine, this is not some FUBAR that happened, it's just a silly flaw as there would be no way fighter squadrons would say "no, we don't fly with the bombers today" in real life... [:-] So one thing about having you back is that you ACTUALLY look at your results. Its nice to see. [&o][&o][&o] [&o][&o][&o] So this is actually what I like most about AE compared to original: you can't get too fancy because bad things will happen. Even Elliot could not hide some of the terrible mishaps on the part of the USN in the early war. Comms frequently went down. Disparate units did launch and got creamed because of it. The Brits and Germans both suffered badly from this in the BoB � and be sure that Lae is nothing even close to England and France in terms of infrastructure. So your outcome here, while far from desired, is entirely possible. And if you do it often enough, possible becomes probable. Yes, in original WITP this would work almost always. But we know that specifically this was completely re-done and I feel it much better represents the realities of 1942. I once asked the devs if the coordination routine improved over the course of the war due to technology AND process improvements. I got a "NULL" answer. I've always suspected that it does, but proving it without access to the code is a long shot. Anyway, keep up the 'rants'. Great having you back! +1 The specific messages and reports in the game have to be looked at as metaphors for the reasons of the outcomes depicted. Nah guys. We have a level 4 airfield, 48 Vals and 45 Zeroes ordered to attack a naval target at a base 180 miles away. Orders are given and when the bombers take off in the morning (actually the Zeroes would launch first due to their higher range) the Zeroes stay at the airfield while the pilots drink Sake. This didn't happen, it's just utter BS. Again, I'm not talking about some xy coordination of 1000 bombers/fighters going from several airfields to bomb England or Germany during the night, I'm talking about this nilly willy die roll BS that makes it look like as if there would be some routine with rational settings behind it. (Including Yaab's notes from Michael) 1. Generally, no. Fighters always launched last to give them max time at target with full "tit" as the yanks used to say (full boost). It also gave clear air for bombers to form up. Finally fighters can more easily close the gap. 2. Generally the two formations flew at different altitudes, fighters above. In any case, they generally had different leadership. 3. 180 miles is about 2 hours flight time. Well within range, but 2 hours is plenty of time for bad things. 3. Radios were not great and radio silence rules were extreme for good reason. Radar was very primitive for everyone, but radio direction triangulation was both well known, but also well used. Everyone knew that using your radio meant the enemy would know what and where you were. 4. Clouds and/or squalls enroute were probable. 10,000 feet does not put you above, it puts you in. You have to fly around. Val's go left, fighters go right � That simple. Frustrating. But it happened time and again. Referring to BoB, the brits had fighters miss attacking units repeatedly .. they ended up wrong place/wrong time. Literally. Flying over land that they knew and they still got to the wrong place. Not talking about coordinating hundreds of planes, just trying to get one group to one place. That was lower England, one of the most industrialized areas in the world in 1941. The best radios, the best radar of the era. The game engine now better accounts for both radio and weather impact upon the ability to coordinate. If you still have doubts, you should read NTSB reports from 2015-2018 - 75 years later small aircraft now, but of the same size as then have all the same issues as then with the same bad outcomes.

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/14/2019 5:45:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PaxMondo quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs quote: ORIGINAL: PaxMondo quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy and this is what makes me think over and over again that the strike routine that came with AE is fully flawed compared to the always working strike routine of WITP... had 85 Zeroes at Lae set to escort, same height as the Vals, 9 hexes range, all great morale and all the other blah blah that doesn't do ** when it comes to strikes and how they look like... if ppl still believe this woodoo after all those years then this is something the forum achieved and the devs can thank the forumites for their myths... 42 highly skilled Vals come in unescorted and get chewed up of course for no gain... two dozen shot down, the rest withdrew... idiotic strike routine and the more strikes you fly a day the more you see of this ridicoulos bullshit... I'm not trying to do a coordinated 1000 bomber night strike 800 miles deep into Germany, I've ordered fighters from Lae to fly with bombers from Lae some 180 miles to Port Moresby and the **ing idiocy that is called a "strike routine" made none of the fighters take off... this is not a strike routine, this is not some FUBAR that happened, it's just a silly flaw as there would be no way fighter squadrons would say "no, we don't fly with the bombers today" in real life... [:-] So one thing about having you back is that you ACTUALLY look at your results. Its nice to see. [&o][&o][&o] [&o][&o][&o] So this is actually what I like most about AE compared to original: you can't get too fancy because bad things will happen. Even Elliot could not hide some of the terrible mishaps on the part of the USN in the early war. Comms frequently went down. Disparate units did launch and got creamed because of it. The Brits and Germans both suffered badly from this in the BoB � and be sure that Lae is nothing even close to England and France in terms of infrastructure. So your outcome here, while far from desired, is entirely possible. And if you do it often enough, possible becomes probable. Yes, in original WITP this would work almost always. But we know that specifically this was completely re-done and I feel it much better represents the realities of 1942. I once asked the devs if the coordination routine improved over the course of the war due to technology AND process improvements. I got a "NULL" answer. I've always suspected that it does, but proving it without access to the code is a long shot. Anyway, keep up the 'rants'. Great having you back! +1 The specific messages and reports in the game have to be looked at as metaphors for the reasons of the outcomes depicted. Nah guys. We have a level 4 airfield, 48 Vals and 45 Zeroes ordered to attack a naval target at a base 180 miles away. Orders are given and when the bombers take off in the morning (actually the Zeroes would launch first due to their higher range) the Zeroes stay at the airfield while the pilots drink Sake. This didn't happen, it's just utter BS. Again, I'm not talking about some xy coordination of 1000 bombers/fighters going from several airfields to bomb England or Germany during the night, I'm talking about this nilly willy die roll BS that makes it look like as if there would be some routine with rational settings behind it. (Including Yaab's notes from Michael) 1. Generally, no. Fighters always launched last to give them max time at target with full "tit" as the yanks used to say (full boost). It also gave clear air for bombers to form up. Finally fighters can more easily close the gap. 2. Generally the two formations flew at different altitudes, fighters above. In any case, they generally had different leadership. 3. 180 miles is about 2 hours flight time. Well within range, but 2 hours is plenty of time for bad things. 3. Radios were not great and radio silence rules were extreme for good reason. Radar was very primitive for everyone, but radio direction triangulation was both well known, but also well used. Everyone knew that using your radio meant the enemy would know what and where you were. 4. Clouds and/or squalls enroute were probable. 10,000 feet does not put you above, it puts you in. You have to fly around. Val's go left, fighters go right � That simple. Frustrating. But it happened time and again. Referring to BoB, the brits had fighters miss attacking units repeatedly .. they ended up wrong place/wrong time. Literally. Flying over land that they knew and they still got to the wrong place. Not talking about coordinating hundreds of planes, just trying to get one group to one place. That was lower England, one of the most industrialized areas in the world in 1941. The best radios, the best radar of the era. The game engine now better accounts for both radio and weather impact upon the ability to coordinate. If you still have doubts, you should read NTSB reports from 2015-2018 - 75 years later small aircraft now, but of the same size as then have all the same issues as then with the same bad outcomes. Zeroes got twice the range as the Vals. And with all respect, NO it did not happen that a squadron ordered to fly just didn't fly because of a die roll. It wasn't fail of coordination, they just didn't take off, from the same airfield the Vals came. OMG, come on guys, don't try to find some obscure excuses for a flaw in the game. The fighters DID NOT LAUNCH AT ALL, they accumulated 0 fatigue. They just failed to fly in game terms, that's just utter stupid.

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/14/2019 5:49:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Yaab From MichaelM, post #24 https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2693781&mpage=1&key=� Here is a list of things that go towards determining if groups are 'grouped' together in the same raid/attack: Group attack mission is similar to the raid's mission (not a TF and a base attack) Sweeps, recon and search missions are not used in co-ordination Escorts need to be at same altitude as raid itself and have the same target to imporve chances Groups from same base have better chance to fly together; further apart group bases are, lessen the chance Groups belonging to same theatre command have increased chance; groups in range of their Air Hq are further increased IJA and IJN groups have a lessen chance to co-ordinate Group experience and leader's AIR increases chance Groups need to be within 20% of the raid's speed or time to target for the raid and group within 30 minutes to participate in raid Escorts targeted to same target as bombers have a better chance than un-target escorts 8 yo thread? At least I remember the nickname of the guy that thought he would know everything about coordination (LoBaron) and still his strikes never looked different than from anyone else. So many things in there proven wrong again and again, I won't start over fighting this out again. I was fighting for years over the strato sweep thing and was told by a dev how wrong I was until the very moment years later I was told "oh we found something that proves you were right"...[8\|] I do my rants, I still (or again) play, but I'm not going to fight the same battles I was already on the forum, sure not on 8 yo threads. Long story short, no matter how long I search for combat reports on the forum, NOONE can show me anything he does that actually works compared to doing ALL wrong and still get the same results. I have looked at several thousand combat reports over al the years and nothing, repeat, nothing has shown me prove that someone knows how to do it "right" when all the examples look the same. And no, a few examples that make it look right isn't prove when there are ten thousand more examples of "it didn't work.

PaxMondo -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/14/2019 6:34:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: Yaab From MichaelM, post #24 https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2693781&mpage=1&key=� Here is a list of things that go towards determining if groups are 'grouped' together in the same raid/attack: Group attack mission is similar to the raid's mission (not a TF and a base attack) Sweeps, recon and search missions are not used in co-ordination Escorts need to be at same altitude as raid itself and have the same target to imporve chances Groups from same base have better chance to fly together; further apart group bases are, lessen the chance Groups belonging to same theatre command have increased chance; groups in range of their Air Hq are further increased IJA and IJN groups have a lessen chance to co-ordinate Group experience and leader's AIR increases chance Groups need to be within 20% of the raid's speed or time to target for the raid and group within 30 minutes to participate in raid Escorts targeted to same target as bombers have a better chance than un-target escorts 8 yo thread? At least I remember the nickname of the guy that thought he would know everything about coordination (LoBaron) and still his strikes never looked different than from anyone else. So many things in there proven wrong again and again, I won't start over fighting this out again. I was fighting for years over the strato sweep thing and was told by a dev how wrong I was until the very moment years later I was told "oh we found something that proves you were right"...[8\|] I do my rants, I still (or again) play, but I'm not going to fight the same battles I was already on the forum, sure not on 8 yo threads. Long story short, no matter how long I search for combat reports on the forum, NOONE can show me anything he does that actually works compared to doing ALL wrong and still get the same results. I have looked at several thousand combat reports over al the years and nothing, repeat, nothing has shown me prove that someone knows how to do it "right" when all the examples look the same. And no, a few examples that make it look right isn't prove when there are ten thousand more examples of "it didn't work. read cuttlefishes notes on it. He was the 'yoda' of it, and no, most players still do not follow his guidelines. They are all consistent applications of Michael's notes. As for zero fatigue, sure, they didn't launch. They never got the word to launch. radio failure.

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/14/2019 6:38:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PaxMondo quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: Yaab From MichaelM, post #24 https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2693781&mpage=1&key=� Here is a list of things that go towards determining if groups are 'grouped' together in the same raid/attack: Group attack mission is similar to the raid's mission (not a TF and a base attack) Sweeps, recon and search missions are not used in co-ordination Escorts need to be at same altitude as raid itself and have the same target to imporve chances Groups from same base have better chance to fly together; further apart group bases are, lessen the chance Groups belonging to same theatre command have increased chance; groups in range of their Air Hq are further increased IJA and IJN groups have a lessen chance to co-ordinate Group experience and leader's AIR increases chance Groups need to be within 20% of the raid's speed or time to target for the raid and group within 30 minutes to participate in raid Escorts targeted to same target as bombers have a better chance than un-target escorts 8 yo thread? At least I remember the nickname of the guy that thought he would know everything about coordination (LoBaron) and still his strikes never looked different than from anyone else. So many things in there proven wrong again and again, I won't start over fighting this out again. I was fighting for years over the strato sweep thing and was told by a dev how wrong I was until the very moment years later I was told "oh we found something that proves you were right"...[8\|] I do my rants, I still (or again) play, but I'm not going to fight the same battles I was already on the forum, sure not on 8 yo threads. Long story short, no matter how long I search for combat reports on the forum, NOONE can show me anything he does that actually works compared to doing ALL wrong and still get the same results. I have looked at several thousand combat reports over al the years and nothing, repeat, nothing has shown me prove that someone knows how to do it "right" when all the examples look the same. And no, a few examples that make it look right isn't prove when there are ten thousand more examples of "it didn't work. read cuttlefishes notes on it. He was the 'yoda' of it, and no, most players still do not follow his guidelines. They are all consistent applications of Michael's notes. As for zero fatigue, sure, they didn't launch. They never got the word to launch. radio failure. radio failure sure, why not find something else? Same airfield, blah blah blah Val pilot: Don't you guys gonna fly with us? Zero pilot: No, we failed a die roll you know and it's called radio fail Val pilot: You know we are going to fly into 100 fighters on CAP that were spotted earlier. Don't you think you should go over to that house at the side of our airfield to ask the air HQ about your orders? Zero pilot: No, we are just gonna drink Sake now Vals take off and die over PM air HQ: OMFG why the hell didn't the Zeroes take off from our airfield? Zero pilot: we were drinking Sake as we had a radio failure air HQ: you received your orders at 6pm in that barrack over there Zero pilot: oh damn, let's find another excuse then. What about bad design? air HQ: ok, that's fine then cuttlefish? Seriously? I've read at least one of his AARs and didn't see anything that looked different as this would be so amazing I would have noted it. Anything. Besides this, cuttlefish didn't post full combat reports IIRC.

PaxMondo -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/14/2019 6:44:08 PM)
correct, he did not. but in his last AAR, he wrote out his 'technique' for coordination in detail. It's about 2/3 of the way through the AAR.

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/14/2019 6:51:54 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 22, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Mogami CA Mikuma CA Suzuya CA Kumano DD Fubuki DD Shinonome DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo DD Isonami Allied Ships HDML 1100, Shell hits 1, and is sunk HDML 1101, Shell hits 1, and is sunk HDML 1102, Shell hits 2, and is sunk HDML 1103, Shell hits 1, and is sunk HDML 1104, Shell hits 1, and is sunk bombardment group clearing the way into Rangoon, HDML there that were drawing in our search aircraft into a hundred fighter CAP over the last weeks... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 42% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards HDML 1103 sunk by DD Shirakumo at 11,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards HDML 1101 sunk by CA Kumano at 9,000 yards HDML 1100 sunk by CA Mogami at 9,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards HDML 1104 sunk by CA Suzuya at 7,000 yards orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 5,000 yards HDML 1102 sunk by CA Kumano at 5,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 161 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53) Japanese Ships DD Shinonome, Mine hits 1 how can anyone be so lucky with mines as Mundy? Whenever I enter a hex with mines at least one DD seems to hit a mine... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rangoon at 54,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 35 damaged H81-A3: 1 destroyed on ground Buffalo I: 13 damaged Buffalo I: 1 destroyed on ground Hurricane IIb Trop: 13 damaged Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground Catalina I: 3 damaged Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami Allied ground losses: 667 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 48 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Refinery hits 1 Resources hits 1 Manpower hits 1 Fires 341 Airbase hits 33 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 23 Port hits 2 escorts are set to non bombard as I didn't know about the coast defense at Rangoon and yes, I didn't want to go close as I hoped to avoid the minefield... [8\|] AVG is at Rangoon which isn't too surprising and while he hit the airbase hard, the airfield stays pretty much untouched... E7K2 Alf acting as spotter for CA Kumano CA Kumano firing at Rangoon CA Suzuya firing at 103rd RN Base Force 103rd RN Base Force firing at CA Suzuya CA Mikuma firing at Rangoon CA Mogami firing at Rangoon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 13th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 55 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 36 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 294 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 36 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 98th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps ... Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 98th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 98th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps ... Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 98th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 98th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 95th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 29th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 64 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 95 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 83473 troops, 810 guns, 422 vehicles, Assault Value = 2544 Defending force 53045 troops, 458 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 1286 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 998 Allied adjusted defense: 1109 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 4524 casualties reported Squads: 25 destroyed, 469 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled Guns lost 29 (2 destroyed, 27 disabled) Vehicles lost 52 (6 destroyed, 46 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2161 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 238 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 23 disabled Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled) we do get a bloody nose at Manila and suffer a division being fully knocked out with 250 disabled combat squads... WOW, the div was 80+ prepped for Manila... that's why I said it would have been so much better to retreat all Allied combat units on Luzon into Manila or Clark as they will put up a stiff resistance but around 500-600 av were destroyed for no gain while the combat units were spread around... lucky me... I'm in no hurry though as I don't really need those troops elsewhere for the next two months and I actually thought the enemy would be running low on supplies already with our constant air attacks over 2 months... Assaulting units: 38th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 46th Division 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 53rd Division 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 54th Division 65th Brigade 61st Division Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 41st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 11th PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division I/43rd PS Inf Battalion 24th Avn Sup 4th Marine Regiment 27th Avn Sup 71st PA Infantry Division 2nd Constabulary Regiment 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Far East USAAF US Forces Far East 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 11th PAAC Avn Sup 35th Avn Sup 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 4th PAAC Avn Sup 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion !/23rd PS FA Battalion II Corps Clark Field AAF Base Force Cavite USN Base Force 24th PS FA Regiment I/Prov'nl SPM Grp Asiatic Fleet Nichols Field AAF Base Force 1st USMC AA Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 135133 troops, 1113 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 4047 Defending force 112996 troops, 616 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2572 Japanese adjusted assault: 1760 Allied adjusted defense: 654 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2579 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 457 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled) Allied ground losses: 7262 casualties reported Squads: 77 destroyed, 657 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 201 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 34 disabled 2:1 at Chengchow and acceptable losses spread out over several divisions... next attack should finish the Chinese here which will be quite a disaster for the enemy IMO... we were not that far from a 3:1 which would have most likely saved us another 4-500 disabled squads as we have to attack again... Assaulting units: 5th Armored Car Co 63rd Division 69th Division 36th Division 35th Division 110th Division 32nd Division 41st Division 37th Division 27th Division 59th Division 26th Division 4th Mortar Battalion 13th Army NCPC Army Mongol Garrison Army 1st Army 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 85th Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 7th New Chinese Corps 95th Chinese Corps 34th Chinese Corps 8th New Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 7th Construction Regiment 39th Group Army 3rd Group Army 1st War Area Lusu War Area 24th Group Army 8th Group Army 31st Group Army 21st Group Army 3rd Construction Regiment 10th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Buin (109,131) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 37 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 3 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Buin !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /1

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/14/2019 7:08:31 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 23, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near San Francisco at 215,76 Japanese Ships SS I-5 Allied Ships xAK Exmoor xAK Ernest Meyer xAK San Gabriel xAK Mormacrey xAK Makawao xAK Lewis Luckenbach xAK Peisander PC Diligence can't remember my subs having scored more than one kill off the West Coast... had subs there for over two months now without any success... SS I-5 is sighted by escort I-5 diving deep .... PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 11,000 Yards [image]local://upfiles/13774/EEE0A8892AAC4106BCCFCD56F451A8D5.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships DD Maikaze DD Nowaki DD Arashi DD Inazuma DD Murakumo Allied Ships KV Fritillary, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage KV Thyme, Shell hits 3, on fire xAK Doryssa, Shell hits 11, heavy fires xAK Ikauna, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Itola, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Nirvana, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Bengalen, Shell hits 3 xAK Modjokerto, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Sloterdijk, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Edgar Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Paul Luckenbach, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Coquina, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage when our cruisers went in at Rangoon to bombard yesterday we had a message of an Allied convoy evading as our ships were reported to go in and nav search confirmed this later during the day so we have split off some destroyers to move up the river and engage the convoy... we find quite a big target that seems to be loading fuel at Rangoon... quite a dangerous task with halve the IJN sitting nearby and something I don't understand... the convoy was spotted while being at anchor and the destroyers' torps slam into one ship after another... a the end of the engagement only one of the escorts and a single medium sized freighter was left and the destroyers retired... was amazed we didn't hit yet another mine... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 53% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 11,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence xAK Edgar Luckenbach sunk by DD Arashi at 11,000 yards DD Murakumo launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Sloterdijk at 11,000 yards xAK Modjokerto sunk by DD Inazuma at 11,000 yards DD Inazuma launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Nirvana at 11,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards DD Murakumo engages xAK Sloterdijk at 9,000 yards DD Nowaki engages xAK Doryssa at 9,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Arashi engages KV Thyme at 7,000 yards DD Inazuma engages KV Fritillary at 7,000 yards DD Murakumo engages xAK Coquina at 7,000 yards DD Nowaki engages KV Fritillary at 7,000 yards DD Arashi engages xAK Nirvana at 7,000 yards DD Murakumo engages xAK Ikauna at 7,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Inazuma engages KV Thyme at 5,000 yards DD Inazuma engages KV Fritillary at 5,000 yards DD Maikaze engages KV Fritillary at 5,000 yards xAK Ikauna sunk by DD Nowaki at 5,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Murakumo engages KV Fritillary at 2,000 yards DD Arashi engages KV Fritillary at 2,000 yards DD Arashi engages KV Fritillary at 2,000 yards xAK Paul Luckenbach sunk by DD Murakumo at 2,000 yards DD Murakumo engages xAK Bengalen at 2,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Nirvana at 2,000 yards DD Nowaki engages xAK Itola at 2,000 yards DD Murakumo engages xAK Doryssa at 2,000 yards DD Arashi engages KV Fritillary at 2,000 yards DD Murakumo engages xAK Coquina at 2,000 yards xAK Nirvana sunk by DD Arashi at 2,000 yards DD Murakumo engages xAK Doryssa at 2,000 yards DD Murakumo engages KV Thyme at 2,000 yards DD Murakumo engages KV Fritillary at 2,000 yards DD Murakumo engages xAK Coquina at 2,000 yards DD Nowaki engages xAK Coquina at 2,000 yards xAK Itola sunk by DD Maikaze at 2,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 24 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53) Japanese Ships DD Nowaki, Mine hits 1, heavy damage lol, it's too funny... the destroyers retire and on the way out a DD then hits a mine of the spotted minefield... I have enemy subs at Kavieng with a huge minefield going in an out at will for 6 weeks now at least and nothing happened so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near San Francisco at 215,76 Japanese Ships SS I-5 Allied Ships xAK Exmoor xAK Ernest Meyer xAK San Gabriel xAK Mormacrey xAK Makawao xAK Lewis Luckenbach xAK Peisander PC Diligence another chance for I-5 another fail... SS I-5 is sighted by escort PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Diligence attacking submerged sub .... SS I-5 eludes ASW attack from PC Diligence PC Diligence loses contact with SS I-5 PC Diligence cannot establish contact with SS I-5 PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Diligence fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Kavieng at 106,122 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses H6K4 Mavis: 9 damaged G3M2 Nell: 145 damaged G3M2 Nell: 5 destroyed on ground A6M2 Zero: 15 damaged A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground Allied Ships CA Australia CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis CL Adelaide CL Achilles Japanese ground losses: 1310 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 96 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled Airbase hits 20 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 58 Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Australia CA Australia firing at Kavieng CA San Francisco firing at Kavieng CA Minneapolis firing at Kavieng CL Adelaide firing at Kavieng CL Achilles firing at Kavieng that's one of the amazing things we are discussing up and down... that bombardment TF was spotted yesterday, detection level 9/10 and 81 Nells at the airfield did... nothing... not even tried to launch and fail to find the target, fail to link up or something else... they just did... nothing... twice! Morning phase and afternoon phase... nothing... I took the risk and knew we would suffer some losses on the airfield but if the airfield stays open we get another chance to strike today... and to spoil you right away, this turn the bombers did... nothing... twice, morning and afternoon... nothing... level 6 airfield, air HQ, ample supply, great weather, all fine... must be radio failure all over the Pacific again... how would the real IJNAF ever sink Force Z with some 80 bombers flying TOGETHER to a target some 500 miles away and actually hit them? They probably didn't know about the coordination routine [8\|] of AE and just DID IT... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,54, Range 17,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Maikaze DD Arashi DD Inazuma Allied Ships KV Thyme, Shell hits 14, and is sunk xAK Bengalen, Shell hits 25, and is sunk when our DDs retire during the day movement phase they engage the last two ships of the convoy that were going one hex out of Rangoon and back in again... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 19,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards... Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 17,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence DD Inazuma fires at KV Thyme at 17,000 yards DD Arashi launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Bengalen at 17,000 yards DD Maikaze launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Bengalen at 17,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Bengalen at 17,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Bengalen at 17,000 yards DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 17,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Bengalen at 15,000 yards DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 15,000 yards DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 15,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards DD Inazuma engages KV Thyme at 12,000 yards DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 12,000 yards DD Maikaze engages KV Thyme at 12,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards DD Arashi engages KV Thyme at 9,000 yards DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 9,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards DD Inazuma engages KV Thyme at 10,000 yards DD Arashi engages KV Thyme at 10,000 yards DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 7,000 yards DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 7,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 6,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Bengalen at 6,000 yards DD Arashi engages xAK Bengalen at 6,000 yards DD Maikaze engages xAK Bengalen at 6,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Inazuma engages KV Thyme at 5,000 yards xAK Bengalen sunk by DD Arashi at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Maikaze engages KV Thyme at 4,000 yards DD Arashi engages KV Thyme at 4,000 yards KV Thyme sunk by DD Maikaze at 4,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 95th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 30 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 435 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 12th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 95th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 95th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 12th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 95th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 95th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 13th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 439 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 29th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 29th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 29th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 29th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 13th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 29th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 84th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 177 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 39th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 23 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 135 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 8 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 15th Division ... Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 60th Division ... Also attacking 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 39th Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 39th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft A-29A Hudson x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 40th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 3 Allied aircraft losses SB-III: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 54 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb thinking about some LRCAP to bag some Chinese bombers but I've only got Oscars in China and some of them are even Oscar-Ia that are horrible undergunned... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 12th Chinese Corps, at 88,44 (Chengchow) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 61 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 234 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 6 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 25th Group Army, at 86,55 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 90 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 86,54 (near Kiukiang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 83553 troops, 623 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 2504 Defending force 53566 troops, 385 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 810 Japanese adjusted assault: 1442 Allied adjusted defense: 217 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2682 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 318 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Allied ground losses: 14315 casualties reported Squads: 966 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 698 destroyed, 94 disabled Engineers: 50 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 107 (89 destroyed, 18 disabled) Units retreated 15 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! this really hurts the Chinese as they suffer nearly 1000 combat squads destroyed... all those Chinese units in the South and in the North that are about to be destroyed would be really needed to fend off the Japanese offensives in 42 as I'm trying to achieve a decisive victory in China... as the Allied player I had Chinese Armies of 10k av rolling through China in mid 43 as I was able to bring in enough supplies and even though the Japanese are better equipped they have no chance against the sheer number of Chinese and the insane high assault values... so that's something I want to avoid as the Japanese high command... Assaulting units: 61st Infantry Brigade 15th Division 40th Division 60th Division 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade 17th Division 39th Division 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade RGC Army Defending units: 88th Chinese Corps 49th Chinese Corps 70th Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 100th Chinese Corps 21st Chinese Corps 78th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 3rd War Area 10th Group Army 23rd Group Army 30th Group Army 14th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 825 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3683 Defending force 105782 troops, 616 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1958 Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 41st Division 37th Division 110th Division 36th Division 59th Division 69th Division 5th Armored Car Co 27th Division 63rd Division 32nd Division 35th Division 26th Division Mongol Garrison Army 1st Army 13th Army 4th Mortar Battalion NCPC Army 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 85th Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 7th New Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 34th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 8th New Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 3rd Group Army 15th Chinese Corps 8th Group Army 31st Group Army 24th Group Army 21st Group Army 3rd Construction Regiment 7th Construction Regiment 1st War Area Lusu War Area 39th Group Army 10th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2763 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 2117 Defending force 51049 troops, 456 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 1084 Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 54th Division 46th Division 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 38th Division 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 61st Division 53rd Division 65th Brigade 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 14th Army 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 1st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division 27th Avn Sup 21st PA Infantry Division I/43rd PS Inf Battalion 91st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 24th Avn Sup 2nd Constabulary Regiment 4th PAAC Avn Sup US Forces Far East 35th Avn Sup 24th PS FA Regiment 1st USMC AA Battalion Asiatic Fleet II Corps 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Far East USAAF 11th PAAC Avn Sup 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion Nichols Field AAF Base Force Cavite USN Base Force !/23rd PS FA Battalion I/Prov'nl SPM Grp Clark Field AAF Base Force 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Thousand Ships Bay (114,136) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 40 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Thousand Ships Bay !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Billiton (52,93) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 40 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Billiton !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/14/2019 7:33:24 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 24, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Blair at 46,58, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Tama CL Kiso DD Uranami DD Amagiri DD Akebono DD Sazanami DD Ushio Allied Ships KV Auricula, Shell hits 30, and is sunk KV Jasmine, Shell hits 14, and is sunk xAP Dilwara, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAP Malda, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Talma, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAP Tilawa, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AMC Hector, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk Mundy sticks to his forward defense approach and therefor keeps sending convoys into real dangerous waters... for about two weeks we have spotted the Royal Navy covering Port Blair with heavy units that were withdrawn at some point so we could send in this light squadron to engage enemy shipping there... the Allied convoy was again at anchor when our ships showed up and the static targets were torpedo meat and all ships were sunk in short order for no damage within our ships... we really rack up ship kills, way more than I'm used to at this stage of the war but it's not really an achievement of mine as Mundy is more or less handing over those convoys, I just have to bring some cruisers/destroyers in range... Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching! Allied TF begins to get underway Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching! Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 64% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards CL Tama engages KV Jasmine at 10,000 yards DD Ushio engages xAP Tilawa at 10,000 yards AMC Hector engages DD Akebono at 10,000 yards DD Amagiri engages AMC Hector at 10,000 yards xAP Dilwara sunk by DD Amagiri at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CL Kiso engages KV Jasmine at 9,000 yards CL Tama engages KV Auricula at 9,000 yards xAP Tilawa sunk by DD Ushio at 9,000 yards DD Amagiri engages AMC Hector at 9,000 yards AMC Hector sunk by DD Uranami at 9,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages KV Jasmine at 6,000 yards CL Tama engages KV Jasmine at 6,000 yards DD Amagiri engages xAP Malda at 6,000 yards DD Akebono engages xAP Malda at 6,000 yards DD Uranami engages xAP Malda at 6,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CL Kiso engages KV Jasmine at 4,000 yards CL Kiso engages KV Auricula at 4,000 yards DD Ushio engages KV Jasmine at 4,000 yards DD Sazanami engages KV Jasmine at 4,000 yards DD Akebono engages KV Jasmine at 4,000 yards DD Amagiri engages xAP Talma at 4,000 yards DD Uranami engages xAP Talma at 4,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards KV Jasmine sunk by CL Kiso at 3,000 yards CL Kiso engages KV Auricula at 3,000 yards xAP Talma sunk by DD Sazanami at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards Massive explosion on KV Auricula CL Kiso engages KV Auricula at 2,000 yards DD Amagiri engages KV Auricula at 2,000 yards CL Kiso engages KV Auricula at 2,000 yards DD Sazanami engages KV Auricula at 2,000 yards KV Auricula sunk by CL Kiso at 2,000 yards KV Auricula sunk by CL Kiso at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tandjoengbalai at 47,79 Japanese Ships DD Susuki DD Kiku Allied Ships SS Trusty, hits 2 damn Trusty... SS Trusty is located by DD Susuki Trusty bottoming out .... DD Susuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Susuki is out of ASW ammo DD Kiku fails to find sub and abandons search DD Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 219 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AMc Hamanogo Maru AMc Kyoie Maru #3, Shell hits 2 103rd RN Base Force firing at AMc Kyoie Maru #3 10 mines cleared 10 mines cleared isn't all that much, means the minefield itself isn't big... big enough to see two destroyers hit a mine though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 53,47 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 53 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 15 Allied aircraft Fulmar II x 9 Sea Hurricane Ib x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CL Colombo CV Indomitable Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 3 daitais of Betties orderd on nav attack at Moulmein, range to the target is 7 hexes... first message, several Betties fail to link up... next message, several Betties fail to find target... next message, several Betties drink Sake... then 15 Betties go in unescorted, 11 being shot down, the remaining four all miss because they attack from astern... level 5 airfield, air HQ, good weather, TF with 9/10 DL, ample air support, supply, not overstacked... CAP engaged: No.800 Sqn FAA with Fulmar II (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes No.880 Sqn FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 53,47 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 13 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30 Allied aircraft Fulmar II x 6 Sea Hurricane Ib x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Fulmar II: 1 destroyed Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed [image]local://upfiles/13774/D8CF3D5AC26C4C178142B17D9C819B9C.jpg[/image] Allied Ships CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 10000 feet then the meager rest of the bombers finally manages to come in too, the Oscars tangle with the escorts and 13 Betties drop torps with one hitting Indomitable... no further damage done and out of over 80 bombers we managed to get around a third over the the high value target, halve of the bombers being unescorted... what makes KB (and later on Allied CV deathstars even more) so uber is the inability of launching land based strikes against naval targets... a level 9 airfield is nowhere as much of a threat as 4 or 5 carriers are... Mundy amazes me once more as he moved Indomitable into this position when he was already really lucky with 2 US CV very early off Truk (those were also saved by the inability of launching any kind of decent strike from Truk)... I bet Indomitable was tasked to escort at least one RN BB plus some cruisers into the Rangoon area but Mundy just had to know I would bring in Betties/Nells... CAP engaged: No.880 Sqn FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes No.800 Sqn FAA with Fulmar II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 3 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 56 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 39 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 39th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft A-29A Hudson x 3 SB-III x 21 Allied aircraft losses SB-III: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 239 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 40th Division ... Also attacking 15th Division ... Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 39th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 39th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 75 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Mangaia at 160,180 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 53 B5N2 Kate x 50 D3A1 Val x 18 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 10 damaged Allied Ships TK Manzanillo, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Concord, Bomb hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Albertolite, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Halo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires TK H. M. Storey AMC Prince Robert, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Dewey, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage TK Beau, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires TK William H. Berg, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires TK Esso Durban, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires TK Esso Richmond, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires TK Vera, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires TK Gulfbreeze, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Gulfcoast, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage WOW! Now look at this! As KB destroyed an empty tanker convoy around New Caledonia and another convoy with troops aboard to the East we kept moving the carriers further East when they ran into this tanker convoy full of fuel that attempted to evade but was unlucky and was 7 hexes from KB... Vals dropping 60kg bombs would be a death sentence to the fuel loaded tankers already but the Kates also plaster them with 250kg bombs... this hurts, this really hurts Allied capability to move fuel around... no idea why the old light cruiser Concord was in this convoy and in the end she was drawing most of the attacks... Aircraft Attacking: 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 11 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Manzanillo Massive explosion on DD Dewey Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Beau Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Dewey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Mangaia at 160,180 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 13 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships TK Manzanillo, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Alfred Clegg, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires CL Concord, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage AMC Prince Robert, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Mangaia at 160,180 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 13 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied Ships DD Dewey, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage AMC Prince Robert, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage TK British Princess, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Halo, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage every ship in the convoy is hit hard... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Dewey Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AMC Prince Robert Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Halo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Mangaia at 160,180 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Gulfking, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires TK Connecticut, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires TK H. M. Storey, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK H. M. Storey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mangaia at 160,180 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 52 B5N2 Kate x 46 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 11 damaged Allied Ships DD Dewey, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk TK Seirstad, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Esso Richmond, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk TK Connecticut, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage TK L. P. St. Clair, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage still some ships afloat during the afternoon and KB launches another strike while the bombers use the dead ships for target practice... several of the big Allied tankers were lost in this attack... Aircraft Attacking: 23 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 23 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Massive explosion on DD Dewey Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Seirstad Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK L. P. St. Clair -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 122602 troops, 1045 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 3718 Defending force 105862 troops, 615 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1967 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 1330 Allied adjusted defense: 510 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Chengchow !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 5824 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 477 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 56 disabled Allied ground losses: 111155 casualties reported Squads: 5287 destroyed, 0 disabled [X(][X(] Non Combat: 5099 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 330 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 811 (811 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 27 while it was great to see KB hitting that tanker convoy, the more important event was the surrender of the Chinese Army at Chengchow where over 100.000 troops surrender... losing 5000 av that early in the war will not do the Chinese any good, IIRC they receive some 600 combat squads per month and would need the supply to get them into the units so this really is a disaster for Mundy's position in China... no idea why he wanted to defend Chengchow, probably the worst spot in China to stand and fight... we suffered some 1500 disabled squads in the three attacks which means we have still enough combat ready units to stay on the offensive in Northern China... together with the victories in Southern China we have destroyed some 6500 Chinese av plus lots of support squads and guns in February... this with a truce until 1st of February, that's way more than I could dream to achieve in such a short timeframe... Assaulting units: 41st Division 69th Division 36th Division 37th Division 32nd Division 63rd Division 59th Division 110th Division 27th Division 35th Division 5th Armored Car Co 26th Division 1st Army 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Mortar Battalion NCPC Army Mongol Garrison Army 13th Army 68th JAAF AF Coy Defending units: 34th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 7th New Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 8th New Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 8th Group Army 3rd Construction Regiment 7th Construction Regiment 24th Group Army 3rd Group Army 15th Chinese Corps 21st Group Army Lusu War Area 1st War Area 31st Group Army 39th Group Army 10th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2769 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 2144 Defending force 51156 troops, 455 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 1085 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 210 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 61st Division 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 38th Division 53rd Division 54th Division 46th Division 65th Brigade 2nd Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Army 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 71st PA Infantry Division 24th Avn Sup 1st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division I/43rd PS Inf Battalion 27th Avn Sup 4th Marine Regiment 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 11th PA Infantry Division 2nd Constabulary Regiment 4th PAAC Avn Sup !/23rd PS FA Battalion Cavite USN Base Force US Forces Far East 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Far East USAAF 1st USMC AA Battalion Asiatic Fleet 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 35th Avn Sup I/Prov'nl SPM Grp Nichols Field AAF Base Force II Corps 24th PS FA Regiment Clark Field AAF Base Force 11th PAAC Avn Sup 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madang (97,123) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 73 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 3 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Madang !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /3

RangerJoe -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 12:41:03 AM)
Good going in China and with the KB. You do know that those American CVs and CAs will not be replaced? The Zero pilots lost money gambling to the Val pilots, this is how they get it back. Seriously, a lot of the Japanese planes did not have radios. Put your Nells and Bettys at 1000 feet, Naval attack with torpedoes but don't have any or enough torpedoes available. They will then drop a full load of bombs - they will not have reduced the bomb load. I am sure that this game is good for your blood pressure. Just have a tennis ball to squeeze during the replay . . .

Yaab -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 7:24:25 AM)
castor troy, what makes you thinks the Vals ane Zeroes are based at the same airfield? The airfield level in the hex can represent several airfields in a given hex, and not one big airfield. In RL, the Port Moresby hex had, AFAIK, nine separate airfields in different locations, all within the boundaries of its hex. Rabaul hex had several individual airfields. Without radio communications between them and air HQ work it is perfectly understandable that one unit flew bombing mission while another probably flew CAP or rested.

jdsrae -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 7:46:03 AM)
A big win at Chengchow, but all of those destroyed Chinese units will reappear at Chungking shortly. Pretty sure they return at 1/3rd strength for free, so that�ll be nearly 2000 squads you�ll have to re-kill later.

RangerJoe -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 8:49:03 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae A big win at Chengchow, but all of those destroyed Chinese units will reappear at Chungking shortly. Pretty sure they return at 1/3rd strength for free, so that�ll be nearly 2000 squads you�ll have to re-kill later. That could be why Mundy is letting you kill them, costing supplies, casualties, and time. If you want to take Chungking, it would be better to isolate them then use them for bombing training targets without destroying them.

Yaab -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 9:38:31 AM)
The Chinese lost 811 guns in this battle. There is no way the can recoup those losses. Chinese mortars and field arty actually kill Japanese squads in battle. Without guns, the Chinese can only disable the Japanese squads in combat.

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 6:03:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe Good going in China and with the KB. You do know that those American CVs and CAs will not be replaced? WHAT? [X(] There was a change that USN CVs won't come back as Essex CVs and CA/CL won't be replaced by Baltimores?

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 6:04:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae A big win at Chengchow, but all of those destroyed Chinese units will reappear at Chungking shortly. Pretty sure they return at 1/3rd strength for free, so that�ll be nearly 2000 squads you�ll have to re-kill later. Yeah they will come back but it will take months to see them reappear and then they still have to be built up and they won't have the needed supply to do so, at least that's the plan.

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 6:06:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Yaab The Chinese lost 811 guns in this battle. There is no way the can recoup those losses. Chinese mortars and field arty actually kill Japanese squads in battle. Without guns, the Chinese can only disable the Japanese squads in combat. Yeah, Chinese squads have nearly no firepower but if you mass them together with enough supply you will have insane assault values and can kick around the Japanese just by forcing them to withdraw which always leads to huge losses. Have used the Chinese steamroller quite often in mid 43.

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 6:11:17 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 25, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 219 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AMc Hamanogo Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AMc Kyoie Maru #3, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage 103rd RN Base Force firing at AMc Hamanogo Maru 103rd RN Base Force firing at AMc Kyoie Maru #3 18 mines cleared we clear another 18 mines and both AMc are sunk by 1 coastal gun shot that scores three hits... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 219 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Japanese Ships AMc Hamanogo Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage AMc Kyoie Maru #3, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage 103rd RN Base Force firing at AMc Hamanogo Maru 103rd RN Base Force firing at AMc Kyoie Maru #3 23 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 42 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground PBY-4 Catalina: 12 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 10 damaged Catalina I: 18 damaged F2A-3 Buffalo: 20 damaged SB2U-3 Vindicator: 13 damaged Japanese Ships CA Ashigara CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Myoko CL Natori CL Nagara DD Kasumi DD Arare DD Asagumo DD Minegumo DD Yamagumo DD Natsugumo DD Tanikaze DD Hamakaze Allied ground losses: 666 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 72 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Airbase hits 26 Airbase supply hits 29 Runway hits 93 Port hits 46 Port fuel hits 23 Port supply hits 3 our cruisers return to Rabaul and plaster the base once more... wonder if Mundy still plans to further build up and reinforce the base, got no idea how he would do it actually without taking losses... E7K2 Alf acting as spotter for CA Ashigara CA Ashigara firing at Rabaul CA Nachi firing at Rabaul CA Haguro firing at Rabaul CA Myoko firing at 9th Australian Brigade CL Natori firing at Rabaul CL Nagara firing at 9th Australian Brigade DD Kasumi firing at Rabaul DD Arare firing at Rabaul DD Asagumo firing at Rabaul DD Minegumo firing at Rabaul DD Yamagumo firing at Rabaul DD Natsugumo firing at Rabaul DD Tanikaze firing at Rabaul DD Hamakaze firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 52,49 [image]local://upfiles/13774/996AFEA22FB24D15AB9D3ED96B1A8B11.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 17 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships CL Dauntless BB Revenge BB Royal Sovereign, Torpedo hits 1 CA Dorsetshire CV Indomitable withdrew but there are still two RN BBs NW of Rangoon and the Betties try to fly a strike when we don't even get 25% of the available bombers over the target... no CAP, heavy flak fire and bad weather makes it impossible with those numbers to do severe damage and only one torp hits Royal Sovereign... no further damage observed... Aircraft Attacking: 16 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 6:24:24 PM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 86,55 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 69 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 104 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 25th Group Army ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 78th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 78th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 25th Group Army ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 78th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 86,55 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 86,43 , near Loyang Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 10 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 325 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 86,43 , near Loyang Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 86,55 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 33 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 69 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 32nd Group Army ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 34 Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 86,43 , near Loyang Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 86,43 , near Loyang Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 86,43 , near Loyang Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 17th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19 Allied aircraft A-29A Hudson x 7 SB-III x 27 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-29A Hudson: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged SB-III: 4 destroyed, 13 damaged Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled ordered the undergunned Oscars to fly LRCAP to bag some of the Chinese bombers... was surprised to see that many fighters over our IJA troops and we actually down over a dozen enemy bombers... the Hudsons seemed to be not much of a problem for the Oscars but the SB-III were really hard to down, gotta look at their stats, they seem to be way more durable... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 9th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (19 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 19 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 54th Sentai with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Also attacking 40th Division ... Also attacking 15th Division ... Also attacking 39th Division ... Also attacking 60th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Pago Pago at 148,161 [image]local://upfiles/13774/C980D96A95DB48B083C9C55FD1DCEA85.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 51 B5N2 Kate x 87 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 18 damaged B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed by flak Allied Ships BB Nevada, Bomb hits 28, heavy fires CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 4, on fire BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 18, on fire CA Pensacola I've thought this turn's highlight would be the attack on the two Royal Navy BBs but we also got nav search in the South Pacific reporting lots of enemy shipping near KB... KB was ordered to retire to the North West and ends up nine hexes from Pago Pago where Mundy has parked two old USN BBs plus cruisers and escorts... [X(] don't know what to say, KB sweeps the South Pacific and he keeps or moves such a task force within a day's movement of KB on normal speed... due to not expecting any BBs around all my Kates were set to use bombs of course and the first strike scores no less than 46 bomb hits on the two BBs, leaving one heavily burning... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 10 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 16 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Nevada -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 88 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 3 No Japanese losses Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Pago Pago at 148,161 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 50 B5N2 Kate x 114 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 23 damaged B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak Allied Ships BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 29, heavy fires BB Nevada, Bomb hits 17, heavy fires DD Cassin, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Helena, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires DD Aylwin, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Farragut, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Monaghan afternoon strike of the Kates was even bigger and in clear weather they heavily hit the USN task force at Pago Pago... both BBs took nearly 50 250kg bombs over the course of the day and both are reported to be heavily burning... was also nice to see those two modern light cruisers being hit... as we are 9 hexes from Pago Pago we have ordered KB to move it's normal distance of 8 hexes to end up next of the island as I hope the BBs won't be able to move further away than 7 hexes which would leave them within torp range tomorrow... due to the air attacks on those ships at Pago Pago the DL of the base also went up to 9/10 and intel reports no less than 30.000 troops, 400+ guns and several hundred vehicles on the island... the base itself is not built up yet but it seems there is at least a division sitting on the island plus lots of support... KB's sweep into the South Pacific yields way better results than I would have ever dreamt of because usually one doesn't kill more than one unlucky convoy that is the first to meet KB as everything else usually is able to disperse and run into all different directions... Aircraft Attacking: 21 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 10 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 15 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 23 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 21 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Nevada Massive explosion on DD Cassin Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL St. Louis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1695 troops, 140 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1576 Defending force 138145 troops, 610 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3041 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Division 13th Division 6th Division 34th Division 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Army 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion Defending units: 72nd Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 63rd Chinese Corps 58th Chinese Corps 99th Chinese Corps 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps 74th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Corps 79th Chinese Corps 46th Chinese Corps 73rd Chinese Corps 37th Chinese Corps 6th Construction Regiment 10th Chinese Corps 5th Construction Regiment 12th Group Army 27th Group Army 11th Chinese Base Force 7th War Area 19th Group Army 29th Group Army 9th War Area 2nd Chinese Base Force 17th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2763 troops, 202 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 2006 Defending force 51179 troops, 452 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 1096 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 45 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 61st Division 46th Division 53rd Division 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 54th Division 65th Brigade 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 51st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 11th PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 27th Avn Sup 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division I/43rd PS Inf Battalion 24th Avn Sup 2nd Constabulary Regiment 35th Avn Sup Far East USAAF US Forces Far East Cavite USN Base Force 24th PS FA Regiment 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion Nichols Field AAF Base Force Asiatic Fleet 4th PAAC Avn Sup !/23rd PS FA Battalion 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 11th PAAC Avn Sup 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment I/Prov'nl SPM Grp Clark Field AAF Base Force 1st USMC AA Battalion II Corps 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wewak (96,119) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 73 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 3 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wewak !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Donggala (68,99) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 78 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Donggala !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /1

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 6:27:10 PM)
AA was quite heavy over the USN BBs at Pago Pago which resulted n 16 Kates lost, including nearly a dozen of our best pilots... that's the price we have to pay and then it's only early 42 and Allied flak is a joke compared to 43 and later... if we are able to sink those two BBs tomorrow I will be well willing to lose even more bombers... [image]local://upfiles/13774/367666EBD2A249A5AAD0952E8C23236D.jpg[/image]

Yaab -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 6:37:12 PM)
Some of your Kates bomb from 10,000 feet and the rest from 1000 feet. Is that intentional?

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 6:41:29 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 26, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cuttack at 49,39 Japanese Ships SS I-175 Allied Ships xAP Tjitjalengka SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Cuttack at 49,39 Japanese Ships SS I-175 Allied Ships xAP Tjitjalengka, Torpedo hits 1 xAP Tjitjalengka is sighted by SS I-175 SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes one torp won't be enough to sink this big transport so close to Colombo... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rangoon at 54,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Catalina I: 4 damaged Hurricane IIb Trop: 10 damaged Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground H81-A3: 44 damaged Buffalo I: 14 damaged 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Chokai CA Atago CA Takao DD Yugiri DD Sagiri DD Asagiri DD Ayanami DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki Allied ground losses: 901 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 113 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Resources hits 4 Refinery hits 2 Manpower hits 6 Light Industry hits 2 Fires 60 Airbase hits 30 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 70 Port hits 10 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 2 Rangoon's airfield and port are targetted by the cruisers again and we disable quite some enemy troops and plaster the base as well... there seem to be only support units left at Rangoon, all combat troops were ordered to Pegu to defend behind the river... the airfield isn't operational anymore so Moulmein's airfield now clearly dominates the area and without enough engineers Rangoon's airfield won't be a threat anytime soon... E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai CA Chokai firing at 103rd RN Base Force 103rd RN Base Force firing at CA Chokai CA Atago firing at Rangoon CA Takao firing at Rangoon DD Yugiri firing at Rangoon DD Sagiri firing at Rangoon DD Asagiri firing at Rangoon DD Ayanami firing at Rangoon DD Hibiki firing at Rangoon DD Akatsuki firing at Rangoon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 30 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 10 P-39D Airacobra x 49 P-40E Warhawk x 29 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet first Daitai going in on a sweep at Port Moresby and the result does look horrible in the combat report, losing 5 for only 4 enemy kills... the old story, the Zeroes are so undergunned that 2 out of 3 bursts that hit an enemy fighter only damages it while nearly every hit on a Zero was a kill... probalby two dozen enemy fighters left this engagement damaged... CAP engaged: No.75 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 26600. Raid is overhead 35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 28440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 28440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 28440. Raid is overhead 3rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 26600. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 17th PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 33rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 26600. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 35th PG/HqS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 40 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 2 P-39D Airacobra x 29 P-40E Warhawk x 19 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 7 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 25 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet here's the second sweep which does better again but that's also due to even higher skilled pilots in this unit... still losing three Zeroes to damage... CAP engaged: No.75 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 3rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 22150. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 33rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 17th PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 82 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 6 P-40E Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16150 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 26150. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes 33rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 17150. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 5 P-40E Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 26150. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 33rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 27th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 30 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 14th Group Army ... Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 14th Group Army ... Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 14th Group Army ... Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 14th Group Army ... Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 14th Group Army ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th New Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 40 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 33 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 33 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 5th New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 5th New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 5th New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 5th New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 27th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th New Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 4th Chinese Base Force ... Also attacking 5th New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 4th Chinese Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 40th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft A-29A Hudson x 3 SB-III x 21 Allied aircraft losses A-29A Hudson: 1 damaged SB-III: 2 damaged SB-III: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese ground losses: 107 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled thought Mundy would immediately stop his attacks after my LRCAP was beating up his bombers yesterday but he just keeps coming... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 6 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 15th Division ... Also attacking 17th Division ... Also attacking 60th Division ... Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 40th Division, at 86,54 , near Kiukiang Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Pago Pago at 148,161 [image]local://upfiles/13774/8D7FF0A7213E44C698219D547BCA05A9.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 42 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 D3A1 Val x 17 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied Ships xAP Queen Elizabeth, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied ground losses: Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) now look at this! We spotted Queen Elizabeth yesterday already and I just thought WTF and then the ship is still at Pago Pago, obviously unloading troops there... how many times have you seen KB bombing Queen Elizabeth? It's the first time for me actually catching this liner when our Vals put several bombs into the ship which was already hit several times during the search phase... what was more concerning was the fact that we didn't spot any other ships 10 hexes around Pago Pago during the replay so where were the BBs going? Looking at the base during the turn showed the damaged enemy ships sitting at Pago Pago and we ordered KB to nav attack/port attack for next turn, hopefully some 800kg bombs will finish the two BBs... only the Kates will attack as I don't know how heavy the AA is at Pago Pago and I don't want to lose a dozen+ Vals to flak dropping 250kg bombs on the BBs... when 100+ 250kg bombs can't sink CL Java at Soerabaja I can't expect anything from those hits on the USN BBs... would have been interesting to know how high the damage was after 50 bomb hits each yesterday... no idea why Queen Elizabeth is being used as an amphib task force to bring troops to more or less a frontline base... would only use her for transit from the US to Australia for example... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Queen Elizabeth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63 Japanese Ships xAP Yoshino Maru Allied Ships SS Pompano SS Pompano is sighted by escort Pompano diving deep .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Rockhampton at 99,150 Japanese Ships SS RO-34 Allied Ships CL Sumatra DD Whipple [8\|] see... CL Sumatra was hit by an insane number of 250kg bombs at Soerabaja but is now already on her way down to Brisbane or Sydney... crazy, that's just crazy... that's just wrong... SS RO-34 launches 2 torpedoes at CL Sumatra DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1695 troops, 140 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1584 Defending force 138260 troops, 610 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3048 Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 6th Division 3rd Division 13th Division 34th Division 1st Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Army 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion Defending units: 79th Chinese Corps 63rd Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 99th Chinese Corps 74th Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 72nd Chinese Corps 6th Construction Regiment 58th Chinese Corps 37th Chinese Corps 10th Chinese Corps 73rd Chinese Corps 46th Chinese Corps 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps 5th Construction Regiment 27th Group Army 7th War Area 19th Group Army 9th War Area 11th Chinese Base Force 2nd Chinese Base Force 12th Group Army 29th Group Army 17th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kukong (79,57) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 465 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 878 Defending force 21356 troops, 124 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 640 Assaulting units: 51st Division 104th Division 23rd Army 21st Mortar Battalion Defending units: 65th Chinese Corps 25th Chinese Corps 9th Prov Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2763 troops, 200 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 2014 Defending force 51306 troops, 452 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 1097 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 157 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 46th Division 54th Division 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 61st Division 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 53rd Division 65th Brigade 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 27th Avn Sup 4th Marine Regiment 31st Infantry Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division I/43rd PS Inf Battalion 2nd Constabulary Regiment Nichols Field AAF Base Force !/23rd PS FA Battalion 24th PS FA Regiment 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion Cavite USN Base Force 11th PAAC Avn Sup I/Prov'nl SPM Grp Far East USAAF 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 35th Avn Sup 1st USMC AA Battalion 4th PAAC Avn Sup 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment II Corps Clark Field AAF Base Force Asiatic Fleet 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion US Forces Far East 24th Avn Sup 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 6:44:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Yaab Some of your Kates bomb from 10,000 feet and the rest from 1000 feet. Is that intentional? noticed this too, no, it wasn't intentional. No idea why, my eyes must have treated me bad and I misclicked. Usually doesn't happen as I check orders in such situations twice or even more times during a turn.

castor troy -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 6:59:58 PM)
we still get 3:1 kills on sweeps over Port Moresby which is acceptable even though the goal would be 4:1 but that's not achievable vs the USAAF anymore it seems... the enemy has already lost 226 Warhawks which must really hurt him and we are now working through the pools of the Airacobras... [image]local://upfiles/13774/F5BB656B671E4127B4211CF47B3E1F41.jpg[/image]

RangerJoe -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 8:48:00 PM)
Aircobras are good down low and if they hit a Zero with a 37mm, what is left? [&:]

RangerJoe -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 8:51:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe Good going in China and with the KB. You do know that those American CVs and CAs will not be replaced? WHAT? [X(] There was a change that USN CVs won't come back as Essex CVs and CA/CL won't be replaced by Baltimores? My understanding that there is a switch for those replacements and it is set to "off" now. You could start the game over with a new scenario with the switch set to "on" and the cruisers aren't just Baltimores but they could be Clevelands as is my understanding. So now how long does your carrier supremacy last?

awaw -> RE: IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR (10/15/2019 9:02:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe Aircobras are good down low and if they hit a Zero with a 37mm, what is left? [&:] Zero left [8D][8D]

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