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Bif1961 -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/26/2019 1:46:41 AM)
Congrats on Manila, is this is last bastion of major resistance ion Luzon?

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/26/2019 7:32:00 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Bif1961 Congrats on Manila, is this is last bastion of major resistance ion Luzon? Yeah, nothing left. There are some troops on Mindanao left which and we have already landed two divs plus tanks so that shouldn't take all too long.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/26/2019 11:18:18 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 17, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Feni Islands at 107,127 Japanese Ships SS I-164, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Voyager CA San Francisco CL Adelaide CL Achilles CL Leander DD Whipple DD Tenedos that's the start of the action off Rabaul with one of our subs running into the enemy cruiser squadron... SS I-164 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Voyager DD Tenedos attacking submerged sub .... DD Tenedos cannot reach attack position over SS I-164 DD Voyager fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Yamashiro BB Ise BB Hyuga DD Yayoi DD Uzuki DD Satsuki DD Minazuki DD Fumizuki DD Nagatsuki DD Mikazuki DD Yuzuki Allied Ships AMc Beryl, Shell hits 2, and is sunk AMc Gunbar, Shell hits 3, and is sunk naval bombardment TF kills two minesweepers before hitting the base... Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards Massive explosion on AMc Gunbar AMc Gunbar sunk by BB Hyuga at 6,000 yards AMc Beryl sunk by BB Ise at 6,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Kavieng at 106,122, Range 7,000 Yards [image]local://upfiles/13774/1AC4CA3F8CB343A6BFE05436FD226715.jpg[/image] Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Seagull V: 1 destroyed SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed Walrus II: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Maya, Shell hits 4, on fire CA Aoba, Shell hits 1 CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 4 CA Furutaka CA Kako, Shell hits 1 DD Kagero DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Oyashio, Shell hits 1 DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 1 DD Natsushio DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1 DD Isokaze, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage DD Shiranui, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied Ships CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 7, heavy fires CA San Francisco, Shell hits 4, and is sunk CA Australia, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk CL Leander, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Achilles, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Adelaide, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Cummings, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Shaw, Shell hits 1 DD Whipple, Shell hits 2 DD Voyager, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Tenedos, Shell hits 2 and that's the real action tonight with an IJN surface combat TF meeting the expected bombardment TF of Allied cruisers at Kavieng... our TF has been in place the last couple of days and ready to engage the enemy which is a near equal force but the IJN has the advantage of being far more experienced in night engagements and a surface combat TF vs a bombardment TF... the Allied crossed the T which was quite a bad start as I would have loved to surprise the enemy with 0% moonlight and no radar on their ships... before a single shell was fired we saw two Allied light cruisers colliding and from there on it was a furios fight with our heavy cruisers landing quite a number of 20cm shells on the enemy cruisers that mostly penetrate their armor, some shells were exploding in the superstructure doing no damage... first enemy ship going down was CA San Francisco when a 20cm shell ignited her magazin followed by several other cruisers... the enemy cruisers emptied their magazins but couldn't hit our ships and only at the end of the engagement it was Minneapolis that landed a 8inch shell on three different ships that penetrated the armor doing moderate damage... DD Isokaze is the only heavily damaged ship within our task force but currently not in sinking condition, gonna disband her in the level 3 port at Kavieng, chances to see her survive are like 60:40... what a victory again, in this case everything was going as planned and Rabaul is turning into the graveyard of the Allied Navies... Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 7,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards Lowry, F. crosses the 'T' CL Leander collides with CL Achilles at 106 , 122 CA Furutaka engages CA Australia at 7,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CA Australia at 7,000 yards CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 7,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Achilles at 7,000 yards DD Isokaze engages CA Australia at 7,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages CA Australia at 7,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Shaw at 7,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Shaw at 7,000 yards DD Kagero engages CL Leander at 7,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 6,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CA Australia at 6,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Kinugasa at 6,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Leander at 6,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Achilles at 6,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Shaw at 6,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Yukikaze at 6,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Whipple at 6,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Shaw at 6,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Cummings at 6,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CA Australia at 5,000 yards CA Aoba engages CA San Francisco at 5,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CA Australia at 5,000 yards CA Aoba engages CA Minneapolis at 5,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Achilles at 5,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Shiranui at 5,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Tenedos at 5,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Voyager at 5,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Natsushio at 5,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Shaw at 5,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Shaw at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CA Australia at 4,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CA Kinugasa at 4,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CL Achilles at 4,000 yards CA Australia engages CA Aoba at 4,000 yards CA Maya engages CA Australia at 4,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Leander at 4,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Voyager at 4,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Oyashio at 4,000 yards DD Natsushio engages DD Shaw at 4,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages DD Cummings at 4,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Cummings at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CA Australia sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CA San Francisco at 2,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards CL Adelaide engages CA Maya at 2,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CA Maya at 2,000 yards DD Shiranui engages DD Voyager at 2,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Isokaze at 2,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Yukikaze at 2,000 yards DD Cummings sunk by DD Natsushio at 2,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages DD Shaw at 2,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards CA Aoba engages CA Minneapolis at 5,000 yards CL Adelaide engages CA Maya at 5,000 yards CL Achilles engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards Magazine explodes on CA San Francisco CA San Francisco sunk by CA Maya at 5,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Isokaze at 5,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Whipple at 5,000 yards DD Natsushio engages DD Voyager at 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Maya at 6,000 yards CL Adelaide engages CA Maya at 6,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CL Achilles at 6,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Leander at 6,000 yards CA Maya engages DD Tenedos at 6,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Shiranui at 6,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Whipple at 6,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Tenedos at 6,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Tenedos at 6,000 yards DD Kuroshio engages DD Whipple at 6,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Kako at 7,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Adelaide at 7,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards CA Aoba engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards CA Maya engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Shaw at 7,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Voyager at 7,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Kuroshio at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CA Kako engages CA Minneapolis at 8,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CA Minneapolis at 8,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Achilles at 8,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Aoba at 8,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Hatsukaze at 8,000 yards DD Shiranui engages DD Voyager at 8,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Shaw at 8,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Voyager at 8,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Voyager at 8,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CA Kako engages CA Minneapolis at 6,000 yards CL Achilles engages CA Kinugasa at 6,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Leander at 6,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Isokaze at 6,000 yards DD Shiranui engages DD Voyager at 6,000 yards DD Whipple engages DD Isokaze at 6,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Voyager at 6,000 yards DD Kuroshio engages DD Tenedos at 6,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Kagero at 6,000 yards Lowry, F. orders Allied TF to disengage Range increases to 7,000 yards CA Kako engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards CL Adelaide engages CA Maya at 7,000 yards CL Achilles engages CA Kinugasa at 7,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Leander at 7,000 yards DD Kuroshio engages DD Tenedos at 7,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Voyager at 7,000 yards DD Shiranui engages DD Whipple at 7,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Yukikaze at 7,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Kuroshio at 7,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CA Kako engages CA Minneapolis at 6,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CA Minneapolis at 6,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Leander at 6,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Tenedos at 6,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Natsushio at 6,000 yards DD Whipple engages DD Hatsukaze at 6,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Shaw at 6,000 yards DD Natsushio engages DD Whipple at 6,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Kako at 3,000 yards CL Adelaide sunk by CA Maya at 3,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Achilles at 3,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Aoba at 3,000 yards DD Natsushio engages DD Tenedos at 3,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Oyashio at 3,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Whipple at 3,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Kuroshio at 3,000 yards DD Kuroshio engages DD Whipple at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CA Maya collides with DD Isokaze at 106 , 122 CA Minneapolis engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Achilles at 2,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Leander at 2,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Achilles at 2,000 yards DD Shiranui engages DD Whipple at 2,000 yards DD Whipple engages DD Isokaze at 2,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Natsushio at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards CA Maya engages CA Minneapolis at 4,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Furutaka at 4,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CA Minneapolis at 4,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Aoba at 4,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Isokaze at 4,000 yards DD Whipple engages DD Shiranui at 4,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Voyager at 4,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Voyager at 4,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Hatsukaze at 4,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Kuroshio at 4,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Maya at 3,000 yards CL Achilles sunk by CA Maya at 3,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Leander at 3,000 yards CA Aoba engages CA Minneapolis at 3,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Oyashio at 3,000 yards DD Shiranui engages DD Whipple at 3,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Isokaze at 3,000 yards DD Kuroshio engages DD Voyager at 3,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Kagero at 3,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards CA Kako engages CA Minneapolis at 4,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Leander at 4,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Tenedos at 4,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Isokaze at 4,000 yards DD Whipple engages DD Kagero at 4,000 yards DD Shiranui engages DD Shaw at 4,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Yukikaze at 4,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Natsushio at 4,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards CA Kako engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Kinugasa at 7,000 yards CA Maya engages DD Whipple at 7,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages DD Shaw at 7,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Isokaze at 7,000 yards DD Whipple engages DD Yukikaze at 7,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Tenedos at 10,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Isokaze at 10,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Darwin at 76,124 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 9 damaged Hudson I: 1 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 11 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground Wirraway: 17 damaged Catalina I: 8 damaged 9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise BB Yamashiro BB Fuso Allied ground losses: 614 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled) Vehicles lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled) Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 45 Port supply hits 1 4 IJN BBs target mostly the airfield of Darwin and hit the base quite hard, hopefully also heavily disrupting the CD units there as we are going to unload our invasion troops tomorrow... the port was left untouched with the 30 enemy ships being there... the couple of 9.2 inch CD guns at Darwin couldn't do anything about this bombardment as the CD guns didn't even engage in combat... E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Hyuga BB Hyuga firing at A/B Hy Cst Arty A/B Hy Cst Arty firing at BB Hyuga BB Ise firing at Darwin Fortress Darwin Fortress firing at BB Ise BB Yamashiro firing at Darwin BB Fuso firing at Darwin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Darwin at 76,124 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 8 damaged Hudson I: 8 damaged Hudson I: 1 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged Catalina I: 4 damaged DH-84 Dragon: 1 damaged 89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Ashigara CA Nachi, Shell hits 4, on fire CA Haguro CA Myoko, Shell hits 1 CL Abukuma, Shell hits 2, on fire CL Kinu CL Yura CL Natori Allied Ships ARD Soerabaja KM, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 369 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 following the BBs we have cruisers bombarding the base and this time the coast defense is alerted and hits our cruisers quite hard as Nachi and Abukuma both take several 9.2 inch hits forcing them into the yards for some repairs... nothing in danger of being sunk but this attack clearly showed how potent the CD at Darwin could be with the right die rolls... the port was again not really targetted and the damage to the airfield was light too... E7K2 Alf acting as spotter for CA Ashigara CA Ashigara firing at Darwin CA Nachi firing at Darwin Fortress Darwin Fortress firing at CA Nachi CA Haguro firing at Darwin CA Myoko firing at Darwin Fortress Darwin Fortress firing at CA Myoko CL Abukuma firing at Darwin Fortress Darwin Fortress firing at CL Abukuma CL Kinu firing at Darwin Fortress Darwin Fortress firing at CL Kinu CL Yura firing at Darwin Fortress Darwin Fortress firing at CL Yura CL Natori firing at A/B Hy Cst Arty A/B Hy Cst Arty firing at CL Natori -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 30 G3M2 Nell x 24 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships xAP Van den Bosch xAP Tjisaroea, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Theofano Livanos xAP Charon xAP Khedive Ismail, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Kota Radja DD Helm seems like suizide runs to Rabaul to me as there are only a dozen Buffalos there on CAP which are leftovers of the sunk Allied carriers... that'a convoy of around one and a halve dozen ships and we send in 24 Nells out of roughly 80 available, the Vals don't show up either...[8\|] Aircraft Attacking: 12 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 12 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF-221 with F2A-3 Buffalo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar KNIL Cdo , at 65,106 (Makassar) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 32 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 112 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 32 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Makassar RK Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar KNIL Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar RK Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar KNIL Cdo ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,124 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 G3M2 Nell x 6 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 3 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed Allied Ships DD Shaw DD Voyager, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Voyager was in sinking condition already so 3 torp hits look better than they were, it was a totally wasted strike actually with all the other targets around... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF-221 with F2A-3 Buffalo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Raid is overhead Voyager dead in the water ... Massive explosion on DD Voyager -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 25th Chinese Corps, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 105 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 311 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 65th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 9th Prov Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 65th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 9th Prov Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 9th Prov Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 9th Prov Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 65th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 9th Prov Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 9th Prov Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 9th Prov Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 9th Prov Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 10 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 42 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 268 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 25 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 12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield 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 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 65 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 259 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 25 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 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 83 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 108th RAF Base Force, at 55,50 (Prome) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 82 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 339 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 29 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 we keep bombing the running Allied troops in Burma but they are still moving faster than my troops... [8\|] Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment ... Also attacking 108th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 108th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment ... Also attacking 108th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 108th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Prov Chinese Corps, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on KNI Zeemacht , at 55,50 (Prome) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 133 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 25th Chinese Corps, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 8 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships xAK La Cordillera xAP Khandalla, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF-221 with F2A-3 Buffalo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 30 G3M2 Nell x 20 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAP Van Spilbergen, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Evi Livanos, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Arkaba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Helm xAP Van Overstraten, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk afternoon phase and we still don't launch nearly as many aircraft as we have available and while the bombers do quite well we miss the chance to annihilate that convoy... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 26 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet 8 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF-221 with F2A-3 Buffalo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 G3M2 Nell x 20 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed G3M2 Nell: 8 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships xAP Khandalla, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAP Arkaba, on fire, heavy damage xAK La Cordillera, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Ellet DD Helm Aircraft Attacking: 14 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 6 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF-221 with F2A-3 Buffalo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 104th Division, at 80,54 , near Hengyang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak Runway hits 1 B-17 keep coming to Lae which really amazes me as they don't achieve anything and just take avoidable losses... Aircraft Attacking: 1 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Chitose Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes Muto, K. in a A6M2 Zero makes head on attack ... forces B-17E Fortress out of formation Kanzaki N. in a A6M2 Zero makes head on attack ... forces B-17E Fortress out of formation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,53 (near Changsha) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 180 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Defending force 225 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 20 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 9th Armored Car Co Defending units: 32nd Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Butuan (80,89) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 58 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 Butuan !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /4

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/26/2019 11:26:14 AM)
The day saw another decisive victory of the IJN over the combined US/Australian Navy near Rabaul and numbers of destroyed ships there is going up and up. We are only in March 42 and Mundy has by now lost more high value ships around Rabaul than he could afford losing all over the map. When his carriers came in range of Nells at Truk very early I've thought lesson learnt for him, he will retreat but he kept coming. Then KB sank all his carriers plus several cruisers/destroyers and I've again thought lesson learnt, he will leave Rabaul now. He kept coming, bringing even more troops to Rabaul while Kavieng was building up to a level 6 airfield. One succesful naval bombardment of Kavieng must have convinced him he could knock out my base trying this evacuation but it turns out as a disaster when he loses all his cruisers and several troop transports. Rabaul has never been anything else than an Allied POW camp and I would welcome any more attempts to bring troops in or out but again I don't expect him trying again but who knows. Plan for tomorrow is to pursue the fleeing troop convoy or destroy it at Rabaul if he stays there (which I doubt). [image]local://upfiles/13774/834FA1DD0CBE42A9AB799D1676B75D15.jpg[/image]

Yaab -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/26/2019 5:06:26 PM)
I wonder if in RL, the Empire had the capacity to manufacture all those 250 kg bombs you use to bombs Chinese LCUs. Everyday, you have 100 Sallys dropping 400 such bombs, wow.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/27/2019 2:49:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Yaab I wonder if in RL, the Empire had the capacity to manufacture all those 250 kg bombs you use to bombs Chinese LCUs. Everyday, you have 100 Sallys dropping 400 such bombs, wow. Well yeah, there's a lot we can do in the game that wasn't done or wasn't possible in real life. Imagine the damage my 500 bomber strikes would actually do each day even though we're only talking about mediums.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/27/2019 3:07:53 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 18, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Torokina at 108,130, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Aoba CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CA Kako DD Kagero DD Oyashio DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Yukikaze Allied Ships xAP Amra, Shell hits 10, and is sunk xAK George Livanos, Shell hits 9, and is sunk ordered our heavy cruiser squadron to pursue the enemy, react 3 and first they run into two transports that were damaged by air attacks which were quickly sunk... Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 6,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence CA Kako launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAP Amra at 6,000 yards CA Furutaka fires at xAP Amra at 6,000 yards DD Natsushio fires at xAP Amra at 6,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards xAP Amra sunk by CA Furutaka at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CA Kako engages xAK George Livanos at 2,000 yards CA Kako engages xAK George Livanos at 2,000 yards xAK George Livanos sunk by CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards xAK George Livanos sunk by CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Buin at 108,131, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Aoba CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CA Kako DD Kagero DD Oyashio DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Yukikaze Allied Ships DD Shaw, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Whipple DD Tenedos followed by three destroyers that were left over of the enemy cruiser squadron's escorts... even at rather close range the destroyers could dodge all salvos from our cruisers... Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Shaw at 8,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Shaw at 8,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages DD Shaw at 8,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Shaw at 8,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Shaw at 8,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Shaw at 8,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Shaw at 8,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Shaw at 8,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages DD Shaw at 8,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Yukikaze at 8,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Shaw at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Shaw at 9,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Whipple at 9,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Shaw at 9,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Yukikaze at 10,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Shaw at 10,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Yukikaze at 10,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Shaw at 11,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Whipple at 11,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages DD Shaw at 11,000 yards DD Whipple engages DD Hatsukaze at 11,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Whipple at 12,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Whipple at 12,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Yukikaze at 12,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Shaw at 12,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,98 Japanese Ships xAK Havana Maru, Shell hits 12, on fire Allied Ships SS O23, hits 1 SS O23 attacking on the surface Valkenburg, A.M. decides to submerge SS O23 due to damage Havana Maru was long sitting at Balikpapan due to damage in the earlier invasion there and when she was seaworthy again she meets a Dutch sub (silly me not sending an escort) but the sub didn't hit her with torps and the gunfight ended with Havana Maru in needs of more time in port... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Darwin (76,124) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 157 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Kashii, Shell hits 6, on fire CL Kashima, Shell hits 10, on fire CL Katori, Shell hits 1 xAKL Nichizui Maru xAKL Nanko Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire PB Hakakisan Maru PB Eiko Maru #2 PB Akagane Maru PB Naruto Maru #3 PB Choko Maru #5 PB Aso Maru #7 PB Sozan Maru PB Shotoku Maru AMC Saigon Maru Japanese ground losses: 105 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) invasion of Darwin coming ashore in good order, enemy coast defense does hit our three training cruisers but no severe damage... at this stage the fate of Darwin was sealed already... CL Kashii firing at Darwin Fortress Darwin Fortress firing at CL Kashii CL Kashima firing at Darwin Fortress Darwin Fortress firing at CL Kashima CL Katori firing at A/B Hy Cst Arty A/B Hy Cst Arty firing at CL Katori CL Kashima firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards CL Kashii firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards 6" Mk V/VII Gun Battery engaging xAKL Nanko Maru at 8,000 yards CL Kashii firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards CL Kashima firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards PB Hakakisan Maru fired at enemy troops PB Eiko Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Akagane Maru fired at enemy troops PB Naruto Maru #3 fired at enemy troops PB Choko Maru #5 fired at enemy troops PB Aso Maru #7 fired at enemy troops PB Sozan Maru fired at enemy troops PB Shotoku Maru fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Darwin (76,124) TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Darwin, 76,124 Japanese ground losses: 106 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Type 97 Medium Tank lost overboard during unload of 6th Tank Rgt Type 97 Medium Tank accidentally lost during unload of 10th Tank Rgt Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 6th Tank Rgt /2 10cm T91 Howitzer damaged beyond repair during unload of 55th Div 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost overboard during unload of 55th Div 17 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 55th Div /4 15 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 55th Div /4 15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 55th Div /5 15 Aviation Support troops lost in surf during unload of 15th Base Force 15 Naval Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 15th Base Force /2 15 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 55th Div /6 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 55th Div /7 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost overboard during unload of 55th Div /8 15 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 55th Div /9 15 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 55th Div /9 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 55th Div /10 15 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 55th Div /11 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost in surf during unload of 55th Div /13 15 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 55th Div /14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Darwin (76,124) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 147 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Katori, Shell hits 4, heavy fires AMC Saigon Maru, Shell hits 3 AMC Bankok Maru xAKL Nissyo Maru PB Eiko Maru #2 xAKL Nanko Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Kashima, on fire xAKL Nissen Maru #2, Shell hits 2, on fire PB Hakakisan Maru PB Akagane Maru PB Naruto Maru #3 PB Choko Maru #5 PB Aso Maru #7 PB Sozan Maru PB Shotoku Maru CL Kashii, on fire Japanese ground losses: 99 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) CL Katori firing at Darwin RAN Base Force Darwin RAN Base Force firing at CL Katori AMC Saigon Maru firing at Darwin Fortress Darwin Fortress firing at AMC Saigon Maru AMC Bankok Maru firing at A/B Hy Cst Arty CL Katori firing to suppress enemy battery at 5,000 yards PB Eiko Maru #2 firing to suppress enemy battery at 5,000 yards 9.2" CD Gun Battery engaging xAKL Nanko Maru at 5,000 yards CL Katori firing to suppress enemy battery at 5,000 yards 6" Mk XI/XII Gun Battery engaging xAKL Nissen Maru #2 at 5,000 yards PB Eiko Maru #2 firing to suppress enemy battery at 5,000 yards 6" Mk XI/XII Gun Battery engaging xAKL Nanko Maru at 5,000 yards PB Eiko Maru #2 firing to suppress enemy battery at 5,000 yards PB Hakakisan Maru fired at enemy troops PB Eiko Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Akagane Maru fired at enemy troops PB Naruto Maru #3 fired at enemy troops PB Choko Maru #5 fired at enemy troops PB Aso Maru #7 fired at enemy troops PB Sozan Maru fired at enemy troops PB Shotoku Maru fired at enemy troops AMC Bankok Maru fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Buin at 108,131, Range 24,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Aoba CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CA Kako, Shell hits 1 DD Kagero DD Oyashio DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Yukikaze Allied Ships DD Shaw, Shell hits 3, and is sunk DD Whipple, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Tenedos, Shell hits 1 our cruisers kept reacting South catching the destroyers again which were easier targets in daylight... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 24,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 24,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Shaw at 24,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Shaw at 23,000 yards DD Shaw sunk by CA Kinugasa at 23,000 yards Range closes to 22,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages DD Tenedos at 22,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Tenedos at 19,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Hatsukaze at 19,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Tenedos at 16,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages DD Tenedos at 16,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Tenedos at 16,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages DD Tenedos at 16,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Oyashio at 16,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Tenedos at 16,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Tenedos at 12,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Whipple at 12,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Natsushio at 12,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages DD Tenedos at 12,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Tenedos at 9,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Whipple at 9,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Tenedos at 13,000 yards DD Whipple engages DD Natsushio at 13,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages DD Tenedos at 13,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Whipple at 13,000 yards Range increases to 16,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Hatsukaze at 16,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Tenedos at 16,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Tenedos at 16,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Tenedos at 16,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages DD Whipple at 16,000 yards DD Whipple engages DD Kagero at 16,000 yards Range increases to 18,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Tenedos at 18,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Yukikaze at 18,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Whipple at 18,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Whipple at 18,000 yards Range increases to 19,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Tenedos at 19,000 yards DD Whipple engages DD Natsushio at 19,000 yards DD Natsushio engages DD Tenedos at 19,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages DD Whipple at 19,000 yards DD Whipple engages DD Oyashio at 19,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Tenedos at 19,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Treasury Islands at 109,132, Range 22,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Aoba CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CA Kako DD Kagero DD Oyashio DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Yukikaze Allied Ships DD Whipple, and is sunk DD Tenedos, Shell hits 5, and is sunk another round and the rest of the DDs is sunk which means there is nothing left of the TF that tried to bombard Kavieng... not sure how many ships of the USN Mundy has transferred to Australia already but after the CV battle and all the cruiser losses in the last couple of months there can't be much left around Australia... two BBs plus cruisers from Pearl were dunk during KB's raid in the South Pacific at Pago Pago which might leave him with a couple of BBs plus destroyer escorts for Australia but those aren't suited to defend PM or Rabaul... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards Allied TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 22,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 22,000 yards Range increases to 24,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Tenedos at 24,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Tenedos at 20,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Tenedos at 17,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Tenedos at 17,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Tenedos at 17,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Kagero at 15,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Tenedos at 15,000 yards DD Natsushio engages DD Tenedos at 15,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Tenedos at 15,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Tenedos at 11,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Tenedos at 11,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Natsushio at 11,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages DD Tenedos at 11,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Tenedos at 11,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Tenedos at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Tenedos at 10,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Tenedos at 10,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages DD Tenedos at 10,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Tenedos at 10,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Tenedos at 10,000 yards DD Tenedos engages DD Oyashio at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Tenedos at 8,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Tenedos at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards DD Natsushio engages DD Tenedos at 9,000 yards DD Natsushio engages DD Tenedos at 9,000 yards DD Tenedos sunk by CA Kako at 9,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Buin at 108,131, Range 22,000 Yards [image]local://upfiles/13774/17DD72E1B104409AB3A68EFDA6F28D03.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships CA Aoba CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CA Kako DD Kagero DD Oyashio DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Yukikaze Allied Ships DD Helm, Shell hits 1, heavy fires DD Ellet xAP Mariposa xAP Rohna xAP Tairea xAP Wahine xAP Charon xAP Kota Radja xAP Bontekoe xAP Pijnacker Hordijk xAP Van den Bosch xAK Iron Chieftan xAP Iron Prince xAK Kooringa xAK Theofano Livanos, Shell hits 1, on fire and that would have been the real prize today but the cruisers emptied the rest of their magazines in the fights against the three destroyers and the TF was ordered to disengage right at the start of the battle leaving the convoy alive... damn it, the destroyers still have ample shells and the same goes for the cruisers secondary guns so it would have been easily possible to deal serious damage to this convoy... [:(] Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 22,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 22,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Ellet at 22,000 yards CA Aoba engages xAK Theofano Livanos at 22,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Ellet at 19,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Ellet at 19,000 yards DD Natsushio engages DD Ellet at 19,000 yards Ishikawa, Shigeru orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 17,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Ellet at 17,000 yards DD Helm engages DD Yukikaze at 17,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages DD Ellet at 17,000 yards DD Natsushio engages xAP Van den Bosch at 17,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Ellet at 17,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages DD Helm at 17,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages xAP Charon at 17,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages xAP Tairea at 17,000 yards DD Natsushio engages xAK Theofano Livanos at 17,000 yards DD Natsushio engages xAK Iron Chieftan at 17,000 yards Range increases to 23,000 yards CA Furutaka engages DD Helm at 23,000 yards CA Aoba engages xAP Rohna at 23,000 yards CA Furutaka engages xAP Mariposa at 23,000 yards CA Furutaka engages xAK Theofano Livanos at 23,000 yards Range increases to 29,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 G3M2 Nell x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAP Tjisaroea, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk so we were hoping for the air god to send some bombers after the fully spotted convoy but all the "air routine" did was sending some bombers after an already sinking transport at Rabaul... the enemy convoy being 10 hexes from Kavieng wasn't even targeted, the damn idiocy didn't even try to launch a strike... [sm=crazy.gif] Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 85,56 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 59 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 78th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 78th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 44th Indian Brigade, at 56,50 , near Toungoo Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 23 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 Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 85,56 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 30 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 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 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 14th Chinese Base Force ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 14th Chinese Base Force ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 85,56 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 85,56 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment, at 55,50 (Prome) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 8 (7 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking KNI Zeemacht ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment ... Also attacking KNI Zeemacht ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 56,50 , near Toungoo Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 85,56 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 108th RAF Base Force, at 55,50 (Prome) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 40 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 80 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 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 20 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 31 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 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 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 104th Division, at 80,54 , near Hengyang Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Brisbane at 97,160 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships DD Mugford DD Gridley must be an ASW force... SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Mugford DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Gridley attacking submerged sub .... DD Gridley loses contact with SS I-22 DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Darwin (76,124) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 30 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAKL Nichizui Maru CL Kashima PB Akagane Maru PB Naruto Maru #3 PB Choko Maru #5 xAKL Nissen Maru #2, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Aso Maru #7 PB Sozan Maru PB Eiko Maru #2 PB Shotoku Maru AMC Saigon Maru Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled all troops ashore in good order and all we are going to lose to Darwin's CD are two xAKL that were carrying supplies... the three training CL took damage but none will sink... CL Kashima firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards PB Akagane Maru firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards 6" Mk XI/XII Gun Battery engaging xAKL Nichizui Maru at 8,000 yards PB Choko Maru #5 firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards 6" Mk V/VII Gun Battery engaging xAKL Nissen Maru #2 at 8,000 yards PB Naruto Maru #3 firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards 6" Mk XI/XII Gun Battery engaging xAKL Nissen Maru #2 at 8,000 yards PB Aso Maru #7 firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards PB Sozan Maru firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards CL Kashima firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards PB Eiko Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Akagane Maru fired at enemy troops PB Naruto Maru #3 fired at enemy troops PB Choko Maru #5 fired at enemy troops PB Aso Maru #7 fired at enemy troops PB Sozan Maru fired at enemy troops PB Shotoku Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,53 (near Changsha) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 180 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Defending force 201 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 10 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 9th Armored Car Co Defending units: 32nd Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4279 troops, 82 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 159 Defending force 20051 troops, 150 guns, 297 vehicles, Assault Value = 638 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) all second class troops defending Darwin, this should be a cake walk... wonder where 18th Division was sent to, that would have been a real show stopper at Darwin together with some forts but this force won't be able to hold the base nor do any serious damage to the attackers... Assaulting units: 2/2nd Ind Coy Gull Force Sparrow Force 19th Australian Battalion Darwin Fortress Wyndham RAAF Base Force Darwin RAAF Base Force 1st RAAF Base Wing Tennant RAAF Base Force Broome RAN Stn Base Force North Territory Cmd Derby RAN Stn Base Force Darwin RAN Base Force A/B Hy Cst Arty Defending units: 7th Tank Regiment 10th Tank Regiment 6th Tank Regiment 55th Division 11th Tank Regiment 15th Base Force 18th JAAF AF Bn 24th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Dadjangas (78,93) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 86 troops, 0 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 Dadjangas !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /7

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/27/2019 3:16:11 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 19, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kavieng at 106,122 Japanese Ships CA Furutaka CA Aoba DD Hatsukaze DD Yukikaze DD Natsushio Allied Ships SS S-23 our cruiser squadron is returning to Kavieng to further head to Truk when S-23 is still sitting at the base... all the nav search, air ASW and ASW does nothing to the sub sitting in the base... SS S-23 is sighted by escort DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Natsushio fails to find sub and abandons search DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Darwin at 76,124 Japanese Ships CL Kashii CL Kashima CL Katori AMC Saigon Maru AMC Bankok Maru xAK Taibun Maru xAK Hikosan Maru xAK Hague Maru xAK Clyde Maru xAK Calcutta Maru xAKL Ryoyu Maru #21 xAKL Nissen Maru #2, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Hakakisan Maru PB Eiko Maru #2 PB Akagane Maru PB Naruto Maru #3 Allied Ships SS O20 KB's search aircraft have spotted two subs that left Darwin... SS O20 is sighted by escort O20 bottoming out .... PB Hakakisan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Eiko Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Akagane Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Naruto Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakakisan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Akagane Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Naruto Maru #3 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Hakakisan Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Akagane Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Akagane Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Akagane Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Akagane Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Brisbane at 97,160 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships DD Mugford DD Gridley I-22 keeps annoying the US DDs... SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Mugford DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kavieng at 106,122 Japanese Ships DD Kagero CA Furutaka CA Aoba DD Yukikaze DD Natsushio Allied Ships SS S-23 and S-23 even attacks one of our DDs... SS S-23 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kagero S-23 bottoming out .... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar RK Cdo , at 65,106 (Makassar) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 32 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 172 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 32 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Makassar KNIL Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar RK Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar KNIL Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar RK Cdo ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd War Area , at 84,55 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 95 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 552 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 26 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 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 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Group Army ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 10th Group Army ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd War Area ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Group Army ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 3rd War Area ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Group Army ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Group Army ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd War Area ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Group Army ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 3rd War Area ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Group Army ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 8 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 73 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 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 28 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 3 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 88,42 (Tsiaotso) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 40 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 94 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 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 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 44th Indian Brigade, at 56,50 , near Toungoo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 47 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 63rd Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 103rd RN Base Force ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 63rd Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 103rd RN Base Force ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 84,55 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 66 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 84,55 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on KNI Zeemacht , at 55,50 (Prome) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 136 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 108th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking KNI Zeemacht ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 108th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking KNI Zeemacht ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 10 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment, at 55,50 (Prome) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 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: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 104th Division, at 80,54 , near Hengyang Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 10 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 127 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 51st Division ... Also attacking 104th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 76,124 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Allied aircraft Catalina I x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Uyo Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Catalina I bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb that was surprising to me, Ed ordered his patrols on nav attack and we are lucky only 3 attacked that missed a freighter... all other aircraft were evacuated from Darwin... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd War Area , at 84,55 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 116 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,53 (near Changsha) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 180 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Defending force 209 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 10 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 9th Armored Car Co Defending units: 32nd Group Army those armored cars can't even deal damage to a HQ unit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Prome (55,50) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 87236 troops, 894 guns, 567 vehicles, Assault Value = 2808 Defending force 7614 troops, 40 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 1865 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 621 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Prome !!! Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 54 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 6020 casualties reported Squads: 264 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 186 destroyed, 115 disabled Engineers: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 49 (49 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 21 (21 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 5 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! finally able to catch some of the fleeing troops in Burma... Prome is easily taken without any notable losses to the Japanese and the Allied troops suffer horrible losses in their retreat... 1st Burma Div stopped existing as a combat unit... Assaulting units: 56th Division 15th Tank Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 4th Division 18th Division 48th Division 5th Division 33rd Division 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 25th Army 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Army 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 1st Burma Division 106th RAF Base Force KNI Zeemacht 221 Group RAF 108th RAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 16306 troops, 122 guns, 286 vehicles, Assault Value = 642 Defending force 11743 troops, 137 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 162 Japanese adjusted assault: 261 Allied adjusted defense: 61 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 132 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 31 (9 destroyed, 22 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2165 casualties reported Squads: 70 destroyed, 83 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 63 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 26 disabled Guns lost 41 (22 destroyed, 19 disabled) first round at Darwin going very well, no doubt the base will fall to our next attack... enemy suffers already lots of destroyed squads due to the big number of small combat units at Darwin so the 162 base assault value isn't worth a lot... Assaulting units: 10th Tank Regiment 6th Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 55th Division 11th Tank Regiment 18th JAAF AF Bn 15th Base Force 24th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: Sparrow Force Gull Force 19th Australian Battalion 2/2nd Ind Coy Darwin Fortress North Territory Cmd Darwin RAAF Base Force Darwin RAN Base Force Wyndham RAAF Base Force Broome RAN Stn Base Force Derby RAN Stn Base Force Tennant RAAF Base Force 1st RAAF Base Wing A/B Hy Cst Arty -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3116 troops, 62 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 19958 troops, 150 guns, 291 vehicles, Assault Value = 597 Assaulting units: Gull Force 19th Australian Battalion Darwin Fortress 2/2nd Ind Coy Darwin RAN Base Force Darwin RAAF Base Force Derby RAN Stn Base Force Sparrow Force Wyndham RAAF Base Force North Territory Cmd Broome RAN Stn Base Force 1st RAAF Base Wing Tennant RAAF Base Force A/B Hy Cst Arty Defending units: 6th Tank Regiment 55th Division 10th Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 15th Base Force 18th JAAF AF Bn 24th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Terapo (96,127) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 52 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 Terapo !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Surigao (81,88) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 56 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 2 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Surigao !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 131 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 11 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Ramree Island !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 here's the current intel screen [image]local://upfiles/13774/BB048FA0F3404CF0AD0B36458A488E4B.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/27/2019 3:25:46 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 20, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Port Macquarie at 94,165 Japanese Ships SS I-18 Allied Ships DD Craven DD Gridley SS I-18 is located by DD Craven DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Gridley attacking submerged sub .... DD Gridley cannot establish contact with SS I-18 DD Gridley is out of ASW ammo DD Gridley is out of ASW ammo DD Gridley is out of ASW ammo DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Gridley attacking submerged sub .... DD Gridley is out of ASW ammo DD Gridley is out of ASW ammo DD Gridley is out of ASW ammo DD Gridley is out of ASW ammo DD Gridley is out of ASW ammo DD Gridley is out of ASW ammo DD Gridley fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Darwin at 76,124 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise BB Yamashiro BB Fuso Allied Ships AVP Arend, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 1, heavy fires Allied ground losses: 965 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 57 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 19 (12 destroyed, 7 disabled) Resources hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 10 Port hits 2 decided to do another naval bombardment as the BBs had replenished and were in range but it wouldn't have been needed to take the base I guess... both the BBs and KB are going to retire as there's nothing around Darwin that could be a threat and the invasion is already seen a full success by IJ high command... E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Hyuga BB Hyuga firing at Darwin Fortress Darwin Fortress firing at BB Hyuga BB Ise firing at Darwin Fortress Darwin Fortress firing at BB Ise BB Yamashiro firing at Darwin BB Fuso firing at Darwin Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Port Blair at 46,58 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 18 damaged Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed on ground H81-A3: 12 damaged H81-A3: 2 destroyed on ground Vildebeest III: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato CL Kiso CL Tama DD Yomogi DD Tsuta DD Kuri DD Hasu DD Fuyo DD Ushio DD Sazanami DD Uranami DD Arashi DD Maikaze Allied ground losses: 371 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 53 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 18 (5 destroyed, 13 disabled) Vehicles lost 25 (7 destroyed, 18 disabled) Airbase hits 24 Airbase supply hits 16 Runway hits 57 Port hits 45 Port supply hits 8 still worth it bombarding Port Blair though as we destroy aircraft and troops there... those British troops at Port Blair are POW just like the Australians at Rabaul... we can take the base any time we want to... E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Mutsu BB Mutsu firing at Port Blair BB Nagato firing at Port Blair CL Kiso firing at Port Blair CL Tama firing at Port Blair DD Yomogi firing at Port Blair DD Tsuta firing at Port Blair DD Kuri firing at Port Blair DD Hasu firing at 7th Armoured Brigade DD Fuyo firing at Port Blair DD Ushio firing at Port Blair DD Sazanami firing at Port Blair DD Uranami firing at 7th Armoured Brigade DD Arashi firing at Port Blair DD Maikaze firing at Port Blair -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 13 encounters mine field at Manila (79,77) Japanese Ships AMc Unkai Maru #1 AMc Seisho Maru AMc Okuyo Maru AMc Chiyo Maru 85 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 13 encounters mine field at Manila (79,77) Japanese Ships AMc Unkai Maru #1 AMc Seisho Maru AMc Okuyo Maru AMc Chiyo Maru 31 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar RK Cdo , at 65,106 (Makassar) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 32 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 103 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Dtuch troops at Makassar are dying and as soon as we have cleared the base paras gonna change ownership... Aircraft Attacking: 32 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Makassar KNIL Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar RK Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar KNIL Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar RK Cdo ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 84,55 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 63 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 234 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 21 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 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-21-Ic 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 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 14th Chinese Base Force ... Also attacking 78th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 78th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 84,55 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 44th Indian Brigade, at 56,50 , near Toungoo Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 79 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 28 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 Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 108th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 16th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 103rd RN Base Force ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 16th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 103rd RN Base Force ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 45th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 84,55 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 144 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 84,55 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 97 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 84,55 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 71 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 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 84,55 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 14 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 102 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 63rd Indian Brigade, at 56,50 , near Toungoo Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 84,55 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 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 1st Raiding Regiment, at 96,127 (Terapo) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 8 P-39D Airacobra x 1 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Ed moved a couple of dozen Marauders to Port Moresby... Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 1st Raiding Regiment, at 96,127 (Terapo) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 22 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tsu at 108,63 Japanese Ships xAK Dakar Maru PB Takunan Maru #8 Allied Ships SS Tautog SS Tautog launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Dakar Maru PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kavieng at 106,122 Japanese Ships DD Yugumo DD Makigumo DD Kazegumo Allied Ships SS S-23 S-23 is more a threat to my destroyers than the other way around... just been sitting daily 10/10 spotted INSIDE my base hex... SS S-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Yugumo S-23 bottoming out .... DD Makigumo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Kazegumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kazegumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kazegumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kazegumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kazegumo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,53 (near Changsha) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 180 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Defending force 202 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 19 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 9th Armored Car Co Defending units: 32nd Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 84,55 (near Nanchang) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 9626 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 584 Defending force 18681 troops, 267 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 159 Japanese ground losses: 78 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 15th Division 70th Division Defending units: 78th Chinese Corps 100th Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 21st Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 70th Chinese Corps 49th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 30th Group Army 3rd War Area 10th Group Army 23rd Group Army 14th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 40342 troops, 254 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 1258 Defending force 7583 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 156 Japanese adjusted assault: 1078 Allied adjusted defense: 37 Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), disruption(-) preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 165 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 2852 casualties reported Squads: 103 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 101 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! not sure what Ed was doing here as he moved a single understrength Chinese Corps into the recently lost Tsiatso, most like he has forgotten to cancel move orders... another 100 combat squads lost... Assaulting units: 7th Ind.Mixed Brigade 37th Division 4th Ind.Mixed Brigade 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 24th NCPC Route Brigade Defending units: 9th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 15817 troops, 122 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 601 Defending force 9800 troops, 106 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 393 Allied adjusted defense: 11 Japanese assault odds: 35 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Darwin !!! [image]local://upfiles/13774/62C949D67CAF4BF68A5CD66DCD980AC0.jpg[/image] Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Catalina I: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 22 (7 destroyed, 15 disabled) Allied ground losses: 5972 casualties reported Squads: 84 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 360 destroyed, 51 disabled Engineers: 71 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 67 (65 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 68 (68 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 11 Units destroyed 3 second assault on Darwin easily takes the base forcing most of the Allied units to retreat... tank units trying to pursue but I bet the enemy will run faster than our tanks can follow, same as in Burma... Assaulting units: 6th Tank Regiment 10th Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 55th Division 11th Tank Regiment 15th Base Force 18th JAAF AF Bn 24th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: Gull Force Sparrow Force 2/2nd Ind Coy 19th Australian Battalion Wyndham RAAF Base Force Derby RAN Stn Base Force 1st RAAF Base Wing A/B Hy Cst Arty Broome RAN Stn Base Force Darwin RAN Base Force Tennant RAAF Base Force North Territory Cmd Darwin RAAF Base Force Darwin Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 112 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 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 Malaybalay !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /9

Yaab -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/27/2019 4:46:49 PM)
Damn, if there were multi-day weather forecasts in the game, the Chinese could time their land offensives to Severe storms weather. You had several raids performed in Severe storms which failed to disable a single Chinese squad. 60 Lilys and zero squads disabled! Foul weather is China's best AA weapons.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/27/2019 5:06:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Yaab Damn, if there were multi-day weather forecasts in the game, the Chinese could time their land offensives to Severe storms weather. You had several raids performed in Severe storms which failed to disable a single Chinese squad. 60 Lilys and zero squads disabled! Foul weather is China's best AA weapons. yeah but that only happens if the Chinese are in good defensive terrain in which weather hardly matters. I'm only bombing them there to switch them into combat mode so they move slower and my troops have at least a slight chance to catch them. And the damn Lillies only got 400kg bomb load which really isn't worth it. In clear terrain and good weather they look great at low alt against a target without AA but in fact the Lillies are pure crap. Only using them because my Sally production isn't high enough to replace everything at once. We will have HelenIIa coming online in mid 42 and by autumn 42 we should have all the IJAAF frontline bombers flying either Sallies or Helens.

Yaab -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/28/2019 8:20:24 AM)
And Helens' arrival will double the use of 250 kg bombs. November 1942 - RIP China LCUs.

obvert -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/28/2019 12:18:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: Yaab Damn, if there were multi-day weather forecasts in the game, the Chinese could time their land offensives to Severe storms weather. You had several raids performed in Severe storms which failed to disable a single Chinese squad. 60 Lilys and zero squads disabled! Foul weather is China's best AA weapons. yeah but that only happens if the Chinese are in good defensive terrain in which weather hardly matters. I'm only bombing them there to switch them into combat mode so they move slower and my troops have at least a slight chance to catch them. And the damn Lillies only got 400kg bomb load which really isn't worth it. In clear terrain and good weather they look great at low alt against a target without AA but in fact the Lillies are pure crap. Only using them because my Sally production isn't high enough to replace everything at once. We will have HelenIIa coming online in mid 42 and by autumn 42 we should have all the IJAAF frontline bombers flying either Sallies or Helens. If they're using reserve mode they move at the same pace as in move, but they don't get flipped by bombing into combat mode. They will still shoot AA guns and stay in reserve and moving fast. Lilys are fine for hitting Chinese in the clear and for damaging runways/killing supply. Even Sonias (4 x 50kg bombs) are great for this.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/28/2019 5:35:03 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Yaab And Helens' arrival will double the use of 250 kg bombs. November 1942 - RIP China LCUs. That depends on a lot of factors. Firstly I don't know yet if the bombers aren't needed elsewhere. At the moment I have 200 medium IJAAF bombers in other theaters, might be a need for more of them during 42. Secondly if the enemy stays in favourable terrain then the bombers do exactly nothing to LCUs and I will then just switch to base attacks to burn the enemy's supplies.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/28/2019 5:36:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: Yaab Damn, if there were multi-day weather forecasts in the game, the Chinese could time their land offensives to Severe storms weather. You had several raids performed in Severe storms which failed to disable a single Chinese squad. 60 Lilys and zero squads disabled! Foul weather is China's best AA weapons. yeah but that only happens if the Chinese are in good defensive terrain in which weather hardly matters. I'm only bombing them there to switch them into combat mode so they move slower and my troops have at least a slight chance to catch them. And the damn Lillies only got 400kg bomb load which really isn't worth it. In clear terrain and good weather they look great at low alt against a target without AA but in fact the Lillies are pure crap. Only using them because my Sally production isn't high enough to replace everything at once. We will have HelenIIa coming online in mid 42 and by autumn 42 we should have all the IJAAF frontline bombers flying either Sallies or Helens. If they're using reserve mode they move at the same pace as in move, but they don't get flipped by bombing into combat mode. They will still shoot AA guns and stay in reserve and moving fast. Lilys are fine for hitting Chinese in the clear and for damaging runways/killing supply. Even Sonias (4 x 50kg bombs) are great for this. thanks for the info, I didn't know they could move in reserve mode and don't switch back to combat, that surely explains why they are moving so fast despite being bombed

Yaab -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (10/29/2019 1:06:34 PM)
I scanned the whole manual for weather effects and their effect on air raids. The manual says bad weather may make aircarft miss their targets. This usually can be observed during naval attacks. However, air raids against LCUs always find thier targets. Let's say you have 50 Lilys scoring no hits on a Chinese corps during Severe storms weather. In the following combat report, you will always find the name of targeted LCUs. What is not explained is whether Lilys actully dropped their bombs or not. When an air raid "miss" (does not find) their target, the bombers should return with their bombs intact, and some supplies expended for the mission should actually be returned to the base.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/1/2019 4:35:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Yaab I scanned the whole manual for weather effects and their effect on air raids. The manual says bad weather may make aircarft miss their targets. This usually can be observed during naval attacks. However, air raids against LCUs always find thier targets. Let's say you have 50 Lilys scoring no hits on a Chinese corps during Severe storms weather. In the following combat report, you will always find the name of targeted LCUs. What is not explained is whether Lilys actully dropped their bombs or not. When an air raid "miss" (does not find) their target, the bombers should return with their bombs intact, and some supplies expended for the mission should actually be returned to the base. Actually I don't give much about the manual, it's so old and there were so many things changed. Even at release I don't think it was spot on.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/1/2019 4:38:52 PM)
Deleted some combat reports as there's just not much happening except the never ending bombing runs in China... I like to have complete AARs with all the cr to read up if needed but it's just not worth the effort or time how those turns play out at the moment... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 27, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 84,54 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 41 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 79 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 611 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 65 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 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 22 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 23rd Group Army ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 84,54 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 51 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 140 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 14 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield 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 16 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 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 5th War Area ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 4th Group Army ... Also attacking Nanyang ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on KNI Zeemacht , at 57,48 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 76 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 195 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 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 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 103rd RN Base Force ... Also attacking KNI Zeemacht ... Also attacking 103rd RN Base Force ... Also attacking KNI Zeemacht ... Also attacking 103rd RN Base Force ... Also attacking KNI Zeemacht ... Also attacking 103rd RN Base Force ... Also attacking KNI Zeemacht ... Also attacking 103rd RN Base Force ... Also attacking KNI Zeemacht ... Also attacking 103rd RN Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 41st Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 32 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 239 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 84,54 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 76 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 125 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 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 16th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 95 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 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 84,54 , near Nanchang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 108th RAF Base Force, at 57,48 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 84,54 (near Nanchang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 25812 troops, 200 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 824 Defending force 2511 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Japanese adjusted assault: 582 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 582 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 3666 casualties reported Squads: 68 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 252 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 4 another bunch of Chinese units destroyed... Assaulting units: 22nd Division 116th Division Defending units: 70th Chinese Corps 23rd Group Army 10th Group Army 30th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Katherine (76,128) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1536 troops, 0 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 154 Defending force 7726 troops, 52 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Japanese adjusted assault: 127 Allied adjusted defense: 47 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Allied ground losses: 920 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 13 (8 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) and our tanks pursue the enemy South of Darwin... crossing the river still achieves a 2:1 reducing all forts... the enemy has not AT guns and can't even harm those IJA tankettes... Assaulting units: 6th Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 10th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment Defending units: Gull Force 19th Australian Battalion 1st RAAF Base Wing Wyndham RAAF Base Force Darwin RAAF Base Force Tennant RAAF Base Force North Territory Cmd Darwin RAN Base Force Broome RAN Stn Base Force Katherine RAAF Base Force 10th RAAF Base Wing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Vanimo (93,117) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 65 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 6 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Vanimo !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Myitkyina (64,42) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 25 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Defending force 1004 troops, 7 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Japanese adjusted assault: 2 Allied adjusted defense: 13 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 6 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /3 Defending units: 101st RAF Base Force

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/1/2019 4:40:50 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 32 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 27000 feet there are still way over 150 aircraft at Port Moresby but all his fighters seem to have been set to training... asking for some bombing runs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 40 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 40 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 27000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 39 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 27000 feet 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 27000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar RK Cdo , at 65,106 (Makassar) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 31 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 163 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 31 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Makassar KNIL Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar RK Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar KNIL Cdo ... Also attacking Makassar RK Cdo ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 31 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 192 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 29 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield 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 16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 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 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 5th War Area ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 22nd Group Army ... Also attacking 4th Group Army ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 44th Indian Brigade, at 57,47 (Magwe) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 51 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 152 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 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 26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 36th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 38 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 409 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 25 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 18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on KNI Zeemacht , at 57,48 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 55 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 163 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 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 30 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Katherine (76,128) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1530 troops, 0 guns, 283 vehicles, Assault Value = 153 Defending force 7058 troops, 44 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Japanese adjusted assault: 66 Allied adjusted defense: 36 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 304 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 48 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 13 (7 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) only a 1:1 today but the enemy takes a lot of disablements and has no combat squads left... one of the tankettes must have blown up to a defect... Assaulting units: 7th Tank Regiment 6th Tank Regiment 10th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment Defending units: Tennant RAAF Base Force Broome RAN Stn Base Force Darwin RAAF Base Force 1st RAAF Base Wing North Territory Cmd Gull Force Darwin RAN Base Force Wyndham RAAF Base Force 19th Australian Battalion Katherine RAAF Base Force 10th RAAF Base Wing

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/1/2019 4:49:49 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 29, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kavieng at 106,122 Japanese Ships DD Akigumo Allied Ships SS O19 Dutch sub seems to have replaced the S-class sub that has been sitting at Kavieng for weeks right next to our ASW force... also here, the sub attacks, the ASW force does nothing... SS O19 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Akigumo DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 39 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 39 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 27000 feet still no fighters on CAP... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 41 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 90 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 344 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 21 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 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 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 Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 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 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 64 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 242 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 17 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 19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 2nd Group Army ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 36 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-400 Airacobra: 5 damaged A-20A Havoc: 18 damaged A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground P-39D Airacobra: 4 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground B-26 Marauder: 30 damaged B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed on ground PBY-4 Catalina: 2 damaged SB2U-3 Vindicator: 4 damaged SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 2 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 5 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 25 moved a hundred Sallies into the area to relieve the IJNAF bombers from ground attacks... the bombing strikes are totally dispersed as usual but we do get some nice hits on the airfield, hitting the base and destroying enemy aircraft at the ground... Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 78 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses A-20A Havoc: 5 damaged A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 damaged PBY-4 Catalina: 6 damaged B-26 Marauder: 23 damaged B-26 Marauder: 2 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 77th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 112 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 77th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 81 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 10 damaged B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed on ground A-20A Havoc: 4 damaged A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground P-400 Airacobra: 1 damaged PBY-4 Catalina: 5 damaged SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 damaged SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 10 at the end of the day recon shows 50% damage at the airfield and the loss of a good dozen enemy aircraft on the ground... guess this will force Ed to fly CAP again... [image]local://upfiles/13774/8C7CCDF6FCE44A39A46974782B7D8EA6.jpg[/image] Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Makassar RK Cdo , at 65,106 (Makassar) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 27 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 224 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 27 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Davao (79,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 29797 troops, 239 guns, 450 vehicles, Assault Value = 1059 Defending force 11373 troops, 51 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 229 Japanese adjusted assault: 786 Allied adjusted defense: 127 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 94 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled) Allied ground losses: 6530 casualties reported Squads: 505 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 612 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 63 (63 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 38 (38 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 8 Davao was a quick and easy conquest, was amazed to see that many Allied squads destroyed, quite a big jump of victory points for this... convoys coming in to pick up our combat units from Mindanao again, none of them took any notable damage... Assaulting units: 16th Division 5th Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 13th Tank Regiment Imperial Guards Division Defending units: II/43rd PS Inf Battalion 101st PA Infantry Division 3rd Constabulary Regiment 2nd PA Infantry Regiment Agusan Constab Battalion Del Monte AAF Base Force Mindanao Force 5th Base Group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Meiktila (58,47) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 15459 troops, 136 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 465 Defending force 9710 troops, 56 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 182 Japanese adjusted assault: 427 Allied adjusted defense: 36 Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Meiktila !!! Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 150 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 3554 casualties reported Squads: 61 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 223 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 19 (13 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 41 (41 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 6 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! we are moving North on two roads in Burma and 2nd Div was finally able to catch a good part of the enemy Army, forcing them to retreat once more, inflicting heavy losses... Assaulting units: 2nd Division Defending units: 16th Indian Brigade 45th Indian Brigade 63rd Indian Brigade Burma Corps 221 Group RAF 1st Burma Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Katherine (76,128) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1536 troops, 0 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 154 Defending force 990 troops, 9 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 61 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 61 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Katherine !!! Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1207 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 3 good day for our ground units as Katherine falls to our tanks... 3 units destroyed, the rest of the Aussies is running South, our tank units pursue... the goal until early 43 at least is to inflict as many ground losses to the enemy as possible as those are not that easy to replace for the Allied until late in the war... Assaulting units: 10th Tank Regiment 6th Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment Defending units: Wyndham RAAF Base Force Gull Force 1st RAAF Base Wing

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/1/2019 4:53:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 30, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wakayama at 108,62 Japanese Ships xAKL Jouban Maru PB Tenzan Maru Allied Ships SS Thresher we are still taking advantage of the defective MK-14 torps as the enemy subs pretty much always get their attacks and hit... SS Thresher launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Jouban Maru PB Tenzan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tenzan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tenzan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tenzan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tenzan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 41 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 64 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 312 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 41st Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 36th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17 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: 17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 36th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 8 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 54 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Makassar RK Cdo , at 65,106 (Makassar) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 26 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 142 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 26 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 77 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 44 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 586 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 54 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 47 Nanyang is hit hard again but I guess halve of the disabled squads is always getting combat ready again within a day as the losses are spread out over several units... this all takes supply and that's the achilles heel of the Chinese... Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 18 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 19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 4th Group Army ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 2nd Group Army ... Also attacking 5th War Area ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 22nd Group Army ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kavieng at 106,122 Japanese Ships DD Akigumo Allied Ships SS S-23 we just can't do **** against those subs at Kavieng... our destroyers don't even attack... SS S-23 is sighted by escort S-23 bottoming out .... DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/2/2019 4:22:26 PM)
Not posting several turns as we enter April as there's nothing but bombing in China... we have a little fleet operation going again though... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 06, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Myoko CA Haguro CA Ashigara CA Aoba CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka DD Shiratsuyu DD Shigure DD Murasame DD Harusame DD Yudachi DD Samidare DD Kikuzuki DD Nagatsuki DD Mikazuki DD Yuzuki Allied Ships PT-21 PT-22 PT-23 PT-24 PT-25, Shell hits 1 the heavy cruisers from Truk have been ordered to move towards Port Moresby to bombard the base as we had to find out that our Zeroes on sweep are performing worse and worse against the enemy fighters there even when we field nearly 80 air skill pilots... the cruisers have been worth their weight in gold so far so I expect a lot from the bombardment as the base is heavily crowded... first the task force has to tangle with a couple of PTs which is something I never quite like as a lucky torp can ruin the whole mission... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 7,000 yards Prophet, K.L. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 2,000 yards CA Ashigara engages PT-21 at 2,000 yards PT-25 engages DD Kikuzuki at 2,000 yards PT-25 engages DD Harusame at 2,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-25 at 2,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-25 at 2,000 yards DD Shiratsuyu engages PT-25 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards DD Murasame engages PT-22 at 6,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CA Ashigara engages PT-22 at 11,000 yards CA Ashigara engages PT-21 at 11,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages PT-25 at 11,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages PT-25 at 11,000 yards DD Shiratsuyu engages PT-25 at 11,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Port Blair at 46,58 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 18 damaged H81-A3: 2 destroyed on ground Blenheim IV: 3 damaged Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed on ground Vildebeest III: 5 damaged Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami DD Murakumo DD Hatsuyuki DD Shirayuki DD Isonami DD Shirakumo DD Usugumo DD Fubuki DD Inazuma DD Ikazuchi Allied ground losses: 857 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 99 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Guns lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled) Vehicles lost 48 (14 destroyed, 34 disabled) Airbase hits 27 Airbase supply hits 13 Runway hits 120 Port hits 62 Port supply hits 10 there's nothing better available than heavy cruisers for bombardments, they are fast, carry a lot of ammo, are armored targets for the coast defense and usually nuke a base as has repeatatly happened at Port Blair already... the enemy still loses aircraft here that are sitting at this British POW camp... E7K2 Alf acting as spotter for CA Kumano CA Kumano firing at Port Blair CA Suzuya firing at Port Blair CA Mikuma firing at Port Blair CA Mogami firing at Port Blair DD Murakumo firing at Port Blair DD Hatsuyuki firing at Port Blair DD Shirayuki firing at Port Blair DD Isonami firing at Port Blair DD Shirakumo firing at 6th Medium Regiment DD Usugumo firing at Port Blair DD Fubuki firing at Port Blair DD Inazuma firing at Port Blair DD Ikazuchi firing at 6th Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 167 damaged B-26 Marauder: 18 destroyed on ground P-39D Airacobra: 21 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 8 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 94 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 22 destroyed on ground Kittyhawk IA: 66 damaged Kittyhawk IA: 19 destroyed on ground P-400 Airacobra: 20 damaged P-400 Airacobra: 5 destroyed on ground SB2U-3 Vindicator: 28 damaged SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed on ground PBY-4 Catalina: 46 damaged PBY-4 Catalina: 5 destroyed on ground Catalina I: 9 damaged Catalina I: 2 destroyed on ground A-20A Havoc: 21 damaged A-20A Havoc: 4 destroyed on ground 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Furutaka CA Kinugasa CA Aoba CA Ashigara CA Haguro CA Myoko DD Yuzuki DD Mikazuki DD Nagatsuki DD Kikuzuki DD Samidare DD Yudachi DD Harusame DD Murasame DD Shigure DD Shiratsuyu Allied ground losses: 730 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 74 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 26 (6 destroyed, 20 disabled) Airbase hits 82 [X(] Airbase supply hits 23 Runway hits 201 [X(] and then this happened!!! I have seen and experienced nukes before but this one is really one of the really devastating ones as Port Moresby is totally cratered by the IJN... the enemy loses over 100 aircraft at the airbase and the rest is damaged with not much hope to be repaired as the airbase is destroyed and there aren't enough engineers at PM for instant repairs... just look at the fighter losses, this must hurt Ed so much as we have now destroyed roughly 600 first line fighters and we're only in April 42, that's nothing he can recover easily from... I was expecting a good bombardment as PM had full detection level and the cruisers usually do very well but that's way better than expected, guess it wasn't all that a good idea to put all those aircraft onto a level 4 airfield... [image]local://upfiles/13774/AAE0D236FF7A4ADBA48F9F96FB38E184.jpg[/image] CA Furutaka firing at Port Moresby CA Kinugasa firing at Port Moresby CA Aoba firing at Port Moresby E7K2 Alf acting as spotter for CA Ashigara CA Ashigara firing at Port Moresby CA Haguro firing at Port Moresby CA Myoko firing at Port Moresby DD Yuzuki firing at Port Moresby DD Mikazuki firing at Port Moresby DD Nagatsuki firing at Port Moresby DD Kikuzuki firing at Port Moresby DD Samidare firing at Port Moresby DD Yudachi firing at Port Moresby DD Harusame firing at Port Moresby DD Murasame firing at Port Moresby DD Shigure firing at Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion firing at DD Shigure DD Shiratsuyu firing at Port Moresby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 21,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Myoko CA Haguro CA Ashigara CA Aoba CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka DD Shiratsuyu DD Shigure DD Murasame DD Harusame DD Yudachi DD Samidare DD Kikuzuki DD Nagatsuki DD Mikazuki DD Yuzuki Allied Ships PT-21 PT-22 PT-23 PT-24 PT-25 the PTs aren't a threat during the day but the cruiser TF was ordered to disengage immediately due to ammo shortage... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards Japanese TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 21,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards Prophet, K.L. orders Allied TF to disengage Range increases to 22,000 yards CA Ashigara engages PT-21 at 22,000 yards CA Ashigara engages PT-21 at 22,000 yards Range increases to 29,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 10 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 49 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 85 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 354 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 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 Airfield 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 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 2nd Group Army ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 4th Group Army ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 30 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 90 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 39 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield 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 6 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 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 92nd Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 96 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 92nd Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 3 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 116 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 47th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 39 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 249 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 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 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 55th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 31 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 147 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 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 Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 58,46 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 17 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Blenheim IV bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 53 B5N2 Kate x 52 D3A1 Val x 42 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged D3A1 Val: 4 damaged Allied Ships xAK Brastagi, Bomb hits 12, and is sunk PC Formalhaut, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk AM Doomba, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk xAK Liran, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage AM Matai, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAK American, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk I didn't dare to send the cruisers alone so KB is with them for air cover and hits an empty convoy that was retiring from Port Moresby... Aircraft Attacking: 8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 26 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 26 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Brastagi Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Liran Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PC Formalhaut Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK American Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Matai Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Doomba -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab (54,45) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 130 troops, 0 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 Akyab !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tassafaronga (113,137) 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: 5 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tassafaronga !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /1

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/3/2019 9:01:47 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 07, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 51 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 262 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 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-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield 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 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 2nd Group Army ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 89 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 51 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 620 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 40 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 56 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 32 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-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 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 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 4th Group Army ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 29 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses A-20A Havoc: 7 damaged A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground B-26 Marauder: 13 damaged B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 7 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Catalina I: 2 damaged Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 4 moderate rain but the hit rate of the 70+ skilled bombers was awful... 80 bombers at Lae that go in piecemeal and totally uncoordinated which will make it hard to keep PM closed, even at 6000ft... Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 28 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 36 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 77 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses Catalina I: 2 damaged Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground B-26 Marauder: 14 damaged P-400 Airacobra: 5 damaged P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 94 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses A-20A Havoc: 8 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 15 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed on ground P-400 Airacobra: 3 damaged Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged Runway hits 8 66 bombers attack and hardly score enough hits to do real damage... Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 58,46 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 17 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Blenheim IV bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 43 minutes [image]local://upfiles/13774/3720D08E0CA442DAAAB360D8F48C4BF4.jpg[/image] Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 B5N2 Kate x 13 D3A1 Val x 9 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied Ships xAP Kelantan, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Swartenhondt, Bomb hits 2 PC Warrego xAP Le Maire, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAP Van den Bosch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Charon, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 11 (5 destroyed, 6 disabled) after the cruisers have closed PM's airfield and destroyed it's fighter force there it was safe for KB to laucnh a strike on the convoy there... KB only launches a pityful number of bombers against a convoy that is reported to have at least 15 ships which is quite frustrating again... does seem we stumbled right into another one of Ed's reinforcement missions as the convoy still got troops aboard... I bet that's motorized support of a division that takes forever to unload at PM as intel now reports 24k troops at PM while there were below 10k troops all the weeks before... it's pure luck to catch the convoy anyways but if we came three days earlier it would have been jackpot... guess we are now facing a US div plus Aussie support at Port Moresby... Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 3000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Kelantan Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Van den Bosch Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Charon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 G3M2 Nell x 27 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 6 damaged Allied Ships xAP Tairea xAP Rochussen xAP Hong Siang, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Van Rees xAP Bontekoe, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Iron Prince no strikes from Kavieng in the morning, now in thunderstorms the Nells attack and hardly hit the unloading transports... Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 12 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 G3M2 Nell x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAP Rochussen xAP Le Maire, heavy fires xAP Swartenhondt Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) same as from Lae strikes come in dispersed as usual, CAP would eat them alive... Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 22 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAP Van Rees xAP Pijnacker Hordijk xAP Tairea, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAP Le Maire, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled) still sinking Dutch transports but I think Mundy has to run low on transports in Australia as he is using a myriad of different ships, from really big ones to small and short legged ones in the same convoy, looks like the Dunkerque evacuation as he just seems to grab what he has... I don't like mixing different ships for invasions if I don't have to... Aircraft Attacking: 22 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/3/2019 9:19:50 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 08, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 10,000 Yards [image]local://upfiles/13774/ADAD4719424E4ACDA0D6331F69ED7E45.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Yamashiro BB Ise BB Hyuga DD Yamakaze DD Kawakaze DD Umikaze DD Suzukaze DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba DD Yugure DD Ariake Allied Ships DD Mustin, Shell hits 4, and is sunk PC Warrego, Shell hits 5, and is sunk PC Indus, Shell hits 4, and is sunk xAP Rohna, Shell hits 9, and is sunk xAP Bontekoe, Shell hits 18, and is sunk xAP Camphuys, Shell hits 3, and is sunk xAP Swartenhondt, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAP Pijnacker Hordijk, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Rochussen, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAP Van Rees, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 195 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 17 (17 destroyed, 0 disabled) KB wasn't escorting only the cruiser squadron but also four BBs with their heavy escort which were ordered to bombard today... the enemy convoy was reported as APD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD and we didn't send in the BBs yesterday until we were sure we are not running into a dozen enemy destroyers... how the enemy convoy can be reported as all destroyers when it's actually mostly transport and was spotted a dozen times by different aircraft on nav search is beyond me... waiting a day doesn't change the outcome much as Ed had to keep the convoy at PM as not to get it sunk at Sea with the remaining troops aboard and he knew the convoy was dead anyways... the BBs show up and the enemy convoy was still unloading making the ships sitting ducks to torp attacks... there's a reason why I don't like my BBs engaging enemy destroyers though as Mustin actually hit one of the BBs with a torp that was defective!!! A torp hit could really ruin such an operation far from the next friendly port... in the end all went well and the whole convoy was destroyed which is more than we expected to achieve with this operation... Mundy might have just sent another division into a POW camp even though Port Moresby is surely a better place to fight for him than Rabaul... really crazy, don't know how many convoys we annihilated already in this game, can't remember having had so many chances to do so in any of my games, no matter the side... feels like Ed is playing Russian style, no matter the cost, he just pushes in... he lost the convoy but was able to deliver the troops... the freighter convoy we sunk two days ago was for sure bringing supply and this convoy might have brought a US div so PM might be a tougher nut to crack now with more troops and enough supply... 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 50% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards DD Mustin engages DD Ariake at 10,000 yards BB Ise engages DD Mustin at 10,000 yards BB Ise engages PC Warrego at 10,000 yards xAP Van Rees sunk by DD Ariake at 10,000 yards xAP Rochussen sunk by DD Ariake at 10,000 yards xAP Camphuys sunk by BB Ise at 10,000 yards DD Hatsuharu engages DD Mustin at 10,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages DD Mustin at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards BB Hyuga engages DD Mustin at 7,000 yards BB Ise engages DD Mustin at 7,000 yards BB Hyuga engages PC Warrego at 7,000 yards DD Mustin sunk by BB Fuso at 7,000 yards xAP Pijnacker Hordijk sunk by DD Suzukaze at 7,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards PC Warrego sunk by BB Ise at 6,000 yards BB Yamashiro engages xAP Iron Prince at 6,000 yards BB Hyuga engages xAP Swartenhondt at 6,000 yards DD Ariake engages xAP Iron Prince at 6,000 yards xAP Swartenhondt sunk by DD Umikaze at 6,000 yards xAP Iron Prince sunk by DD Yamakaze at 6,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards BB Hyuga engages PC Indus at 3,000 yards BB Hyuga engages xAP Bontekoe at 3,000 yards PC Indus sunk by BB Yamashiro at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages xAP Rohna at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards BB Hyuga engages xAP Rohna at 3,000 yards xAP Rohna sunk by BB Ise at 3,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages xAP Bontekoe at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards xAP Bontekoe sunk by BB Hyuga at 2,000 yards xAP Bontekoe sunk by BB Hyuga at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 38 damaged B-26 Marauder: 5 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 51 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 10 destroyed on ground Kittyhawk IA: 28 damaged Kittyhawk IA: 3 destroyed on ground A-20A Havoc: 29 damaged A-20A Havoc: 3 destroyed on ground SB2U-3 Vindicator: 7 damaged SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed on ground P-39D Airacobra: 33 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground P-400 Airacobra: 60 damaged P-400 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground PBY-4 Catalina: 16 damaged PBY-4 Catalina: 2 destroyed on ground Catalina I: 1 damaged Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise BB Yamashiro BB Fuso DD Ariake DD Yugure DD Wakaba DD Hatsushima DD Nenohi DD Hatsuharu DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze DD Yamakaze Allied ground losses: 465 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 65 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled) Vehicles lost 19 (3 destroyed, 16 disabled) Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 18 Runway hits 76 Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 after destroying the convoy in port the BBs turn their main batteries against Port Moresby's airfield and destroy or damage the rest of the Allied airforce there... mission accomplished! E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Hyuga BB Hyuga firing at Port Moresby BB Ise firing at Port Moresby BB Yamashiro firing at Port Moresby BB Fuso firing at 182nd Infantry Regiment DD Ariake firing at Port Moresby DD Yugure firing at Port Moresby DD Wakaba firing at Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion firing at DD Wakaba DD Hatsushima firing at Port Moresby DD Nenohi firing at Port Moresby DD Hatsuharu firing at Port Moresby DD Suzukaze firing at Port Moresby DD Umikaze firing at Port Moresby DD Kawakaze firing at Port Moresby DD Yamakaze firing at Port Moresby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 97 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 151 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 23 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 5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 29 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 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 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 22nd Group Army ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 58 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 51 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 534 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 32 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 40 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 140 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield 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 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 38 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 34 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged A-20A Havoc: 8 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 34 highly skilled bombers that only score 1 supply hit? Those Sally squadrons are the best I have, they were bombing Manila for months, non stop and aren't able to hit a level 4 airfield? AA is just so so at 10k feet and even in heavy rain they usually do better against a target with 9/10 DL... Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 38th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 36 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 109 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged Runway hits 3 I guess we would need 30 airfield hits a day to keep the airfield closed so that is going to be an impossible task I guess... Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 77,130 (near Daly Waters) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1536 troops, 0 guns, 284 vehicles, Assault Value = 160 Defending force 2029 troops, 10 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Japanese adjusted assault: 101 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 1256 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! our tank units force the Aussies to retreat again but we are beating shattered units here... Assaulting units: 10th Tank Regiment 6th Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment Defending units: Darwin RAN Base Force Katherine RAAF Base Force 19th Australian Battalion Tennant RAAF Base Force

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/3/2019 9:30:01 AM)
we destroy another 50 aircraft with our bombardment so the tally is going up and just like at Rabaul I wonder if it is worth it for the Allied... leave aside the loss of four US CVs near Rabaul he lost so many freighters, transports, destroyers, cruisers and aircraft already that I would say no, it definitely isn't worth it for him because he will lose Rabaul for sure and I haven't decided about PM yet as I wanted to use this base as a big sponge for the Allied to soak up ships and aircraft that can be destroyed but if he really brought a US division it could be a juicy target for us now the Allied fighter losses so far are devastating, absolutely devastating... I really wonder what he has left for the USAAF at the moment and the couple of Kittyhawks for the Aussies have mostly been destroyed too already... the RAF's fighters in India seem to be the only still fully operational as the Brits refused to fight so far [image]local://upfiles/13774/5869A74020D742F697F347A8D11289DD.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/3/2019 9:42:09 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 09, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 38 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 28 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 100 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 564 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 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 Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 23 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 3 x Ki-21-Ic 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-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 51 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 232 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 32 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 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 50 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 203 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 91 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 58,46 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 55 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled as the Allied run faster than our troops that pursue them we are not going to follow them anymore so I don't care much about these attacks out of India... all Allied ground units that were fighting in Burma have left the railroad and are now going cross country through the jungle to India... am thinking about a LRCAP trap to bag some bombers but the fighter losses to ops aren't worth it as I have no operational airfield close by... Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Blenheim IV bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Division, at 58,46 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Blenheim I bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 97 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses A-20A Havoc: 5 damaged A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged P-400 Airacobra: 2 damaged Kittyhawk IA: 2 damaged Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk IA: 4 damaged B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 8 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground P-400 Airacobra: 9 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 5 why the hell are only 33 out of 80 bombers attacking... this is so ridicoulos on and on and on... Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Division, at 58,46 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 5 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 79 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Blenheim IV bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Division, at 58,46 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Taiyuan (91,40) Allied Deliberate attack [X(][X(][X(] [image]local://upfiles/13774/9DAFA583BB6C494396FF859931B79D03.jpg[/image] Attacking force 42604 troops, 237 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1346 Defending force 1216 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 53 Allied adjusted assault: 752 Japanese adjusted defense: 19 Allied assault odds: 39 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Taiyuan !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 708 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 39 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 188 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! that was quite surprising as a Chinese Army suddenly storms Taiyuan and I first didn't even realize where this exactly was... mountain base in Northern China with no value at all but Ed is so offensively minded that he sends 1300+ Chinese av plus support to go on the offensive in Northern China... I don't see this as a threat at all as I don't know what he tries to achieve, his offensive in Southern China with three times the troops resulted in total defeat of the Chinese and instead of using this Army for the defense of Northern China (where he lost 200.000 troops already) he's on the offense... that's a big WOW moment for me again and makes the game really interesting as Ed is surprising me quite often as he has such a different playstyle than me when playing the Allied, he's doing lots of things that are No Gos for me when playing the Allied... let's see what he is going to further do with his little Army up North, if I would have seen him coming (I have to pay more attention) the small garisson unit would have moved out... the base has no industry at all but a garisson value so that would have been actually a win win situation for us if we moved out... Assaulting units: 4th Chinese Cavalry Corps 33rd Chinese Corps 129th Red Chinese Division 1st Construction Regiment 42nd Chinese Corps 19th Chinese Corps 22nd Chinese Corps 23rd Chinese Corps 259th Brigade 115th Red Chinese Division 120th Red Chinese Division 2nd Construction Regiment 7th Group Army 2nd War Area 6th Group Army 18th Group Army 12th Chinese Base Force Defending units: 102nd NCPC Route Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Panggoe (111,133) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 37 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 5 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Panggoe !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bima (63,110) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 112 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 6 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Bima !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /4

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/3/2019 9:53:45 AM)
and here's the second surprise during the turn... actually it was the first one as it happened right at the start of the replay but I thought I would be dreaming as this just can't be, but it's true... without a single Japanese attack at Changsha so far (there was a failed Chinese attack early on) Ed decided to ABANDON Changsha!!! WHAT?!?! [X(] the base autoswitched at the beginning of the turn as he has moved out his roughly 200.000 troops which are now behind the river still being reported as moving West... Changsha is the only somewhat defendable base in Central China, he builds up forts to level 6!! and abandons the base? We had nowhere near enough troops to attack the base yet as we are still fighting the shattered Chinese Army that was trying to attack Nanning but we were getting ready for an assault here within the next three weeks I guess... it still would have meant weeks, if not months to take Changsha with it's level 6 forts and losses to the attackers would have been severe I guess... so he now has three bases behind the river, all are clear terrain and I have no clue what he is planning, I wouldn't even be surprised if he launches an all out offensive to Canton or even Hong Kong... the overall situation in China is something I would call absolutely worrying as the Allied as we have destroyed thousands of Chinese combat squads already, probably close to 500.000 troops destroyed or captured in the last two months and we only started the fighting there in February due to the truce... in Northern China he has 150.000 troops hold Nanyang which is target of our Northern Army and if he loses that base there is nothing left in Northern China that is really combat worthy, his little Army on the offense won't change the situation... [image]local://upfiles/13774/EA6E32C687204C04A687CE6A97311084.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/5/2019 5:59:42 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 10, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 55th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 79 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 231 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 28 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 56th Division, at 58,46 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled we will bring in some fighters to intervene here... Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Taiyuan , at 91,40 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 58 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 59 lol silly me... wanted to bomb the ground troops there that just took the base but all Sentais attack the airfield as I misclicked... Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 39 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 33 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 16 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 4 light cloud... 4 runway hits... [8\|] Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Taiyuan , at 91,40 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Taiyuan , at 91,40 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Division, at 58,46 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 8 Blenheim IV x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 8 x Blenheim I bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ...

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/5/2019 6:13:25 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 11, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 12 encounters mine field at Roi-Namur (132,114) Japanese Ships PB Teiko Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MINES! If there's anything Ed gets to work then it's mines... my DDs run into mines, my subs run into mines and even though he only drops two dozen mines with a sub at Roi-Namur we have two ships hitting one, both small vessels immidiately sink... he keeps his subs in my heavily mined bases and moves in and out at will and nothing happens... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 12 encounters mine field at Roi-Namur (132,114) Japanese Ships xAK Samarang Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 [image]local://upfiles/13774/A7B9837B62814FADA50B3C49CADC22DB.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 G3M2 Nell x 35 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 4 damaged Allied Ships CL Sumatra xAK Iron Chieftan, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Allied ground losses: Guns lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 182 (180 destroyed, 2 disabled) he keeps me amazed though... after Port Moresby's airfield was nuked and isn't operational he moves in Sumatra with an AM and a freighter full of motorized support to unload at PM (would take weeks to unload as the port is only level 2 and 100% damaged)... but wth is Sumatra doing here? It's pretty much a suizide mission even though my Nells can't hit **** when it isn't perfect weather... btw Sumatra was hit by dozens and dozens of 250kg SAP bombs at Soerabaja just 2 months ago and instead of sinking she is now fully operational and escorting a freighter to Port Moresby... seeing all that motorized support going down with that freighter just further convinces me that the convoy that was sunk at PM has brought a full div to defend the base, most likely a US division... Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 20 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Sumatra AM Kalgoorlie Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 44 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 55 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 49 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 558 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 65 Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 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 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 22nd Group Army ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 10 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 89 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield 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 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 58 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 482 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 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 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 36th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 71 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 101 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 42 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 40 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged Runway hits 3 40 Sallies 3 hits? [8\|] Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 17 x Ki-21-IIa 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 107 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 39 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 2 destroyed and here's my CAP over Burma as Mandalay finally received air support... I could have moved fighters in without having airsupport and move damaged ones back to Rangoon by rail but that would have been just too gamey to operate aircraft without airsupport... those Blenheim are just the same crap as IJAAF Lillies, they die like flies even against Oscars and their defensive armament can't even damage my fighters nor drive them off... CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (13 airborne, 26 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (8 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 48th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 39 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed 13 Blenheim shot down... CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (13 airborne, 26 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 29070. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (4 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 85 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 G3M2 Nell x 28 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Sumatra, Torpedo hits 1 surprisingly enough Kavieng also launches bombers in the afternoon and in partial cloud which is the second best weather for air attacks 28 highly skilled Nells score 1 hit on Sumatra... Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 13 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 43 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 G3M2 Nell x 20 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 5 damaged Allied Ships CL Sumatra, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AM Launceton next wave, next hit... 2 torpedo hits doesn't mean the light Dutch cruiser would be heavily damaged... that old vessel probably would have had real problems being hit by two torpedoes... Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 46 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 3 damaged Allied Ships CL Sumatra, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage only 9 bombers in the last wave but a third torpedo hits Sumatra leaving her in sinking condition... Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 83,53 (near Wuchang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 64155 troops, 505 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2012 Defending force 7848 troops, 154 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 129 Japanese adjusted assault: 1614 Allied adjusted defense: 124 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 433 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 62 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1424 casualties reported Squads: 63 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 101 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 63 (39 destroyed, 24 disabled) Units retreated 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! we still kick around Chinese units in Southern China but every time they retreat into another hex where it takes days to march to... Assaulting units: 104th Division 68th Division 116th Division 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade 9th Armored Car Co 17th Division 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 21st Mortar Battalion Defending units: 50th Chinese Corps 78th Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Daly Waters (76,131) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1536 troops, 0 guns, 284 vehicles, Assault Value = 160 Defending force 1011 troops, 2 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 96 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 96 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Daly Waters !!! Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 906 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 130 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 4 mission accomplished in Northern Australia... after Darwin was seized easily the tanks pursued the running Aussies and all that managed to escape are two or three support units that are literally only ghost units... the tanks will return to Darwin now... Assaulting units: 7th Tank Regiment 6th Tank Regiment 10th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment Defending units: Katherine RAAF Base Force 19th Australian Battalion Darwin RAN Base Force Tennant RAAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Munda (111,134) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 52 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 Munda !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ruteng (64,111) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 112 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 6 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Ruteng !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /4

castor troy -> RE: AAR 28FEB42 (11/5/2019 6:21:13 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 12, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 48 encounters mine field at Roi-Namur (132,114) Japanese Ships AMc Tama Maru #3 AMc Shonan Maru #7 9 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Moppo at 99,53 Japanese Ships xAK Zuiko Maru xAK Kinkasan Maru PB Tokuho Maru #5 Allied Ships SS Cachalot SS Cachalot launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Zuiko Maru Cachalot bottoming out .... PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokuho Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 48 encounters mine field at Roi-Namur (132,114) Japanese Ships AMc Tama Maru #3 AMc Shonan Maru #7, Mine hits 1, heavy damage 18 mines cleared serious? Has to be the third or fourth minesweeper I lose to mines... something I see in four years in my usual campaigns... funny die rolls with mines I get... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 41 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 79 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 129 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 92 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 29 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 47th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 96th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 61st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 4th Group Army ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 5th War Area ... Also attacking 22nd Group Army ... Also attacking Nanyang ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 93 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 40 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 14 runway hits, must be my lucky day... [&o] Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21-IIa 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 92nd Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 29 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 96 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 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 Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 77th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 56th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)[X(] Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 13 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 8 destroyed moved fighters into Northern Burma yesterday to shoot down a dozen unescorted Blenheim and they return to bomb my ground troops? Oversight? All incoming strikes are shot down... CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (9 airborne, 26 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (6 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 30940. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 34 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 3 Blenheim IV x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 2 destroyed Blenheim IV: 6 destroyed really makes me wonder because there are even more bombers than yesterday coming in today... 26 being shot down and the Blenheim is within the five highest total aircraft losses already... 155 Blenheim lost, something that really hurts the RAF in 4/42... CAP engaged: 59th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 22675. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes [image]local://upfiles/13774/51FC32E8E88B4AF2AC416F28F37419AB.jpg[/image]

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