modrow -> shock&awe (11/13/2019 1:00:31 PM)
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Gentlemen, I am still trying to find my way into this game, thus no consistent AAR at least for now. Still, I'd like to share a fragment or two at this point of time to let those of you who do not have first hand experience in this period of the game get some impressions as well. Initially, I thought this would be similar to playing as Chinese in 42. Now, I think it's worse [X(]. Concentrated Allied air power is quite lethal. E.g., this turn two units at Hengyang were eliminated, followed by a paradrop - which happened to fail because a fresh unit just entered the hex, but if this drill is repeated next turn, it will be eliminated as well. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 02, 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Avenger II x 22 P-38L Lightning x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 16 F6F-3 Hellcat x 12 F6F-5 Hellcat x 111 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 59 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 79 SB2C-4 Helldiver x 62 TBF-1 Avenger x 44 TBM-1C Avenger x 24 TBM-3 Avenger x 11 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 5 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 62 (16 destroyed, 46 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 11 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 11 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 11 x TBM-3 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 13 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 13 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 22 x Avenger II bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 18 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 1 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 13 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 16 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 16 F6F-5 Hellcat x 64 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 45 SB2C-4 Helldiver x 20 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (7 destroyed, 6 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 16 TBM-3 Avenger x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x TBM-3 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 16 F6F-5 Hellcat x 19 SB2C-4 Helldiver x 15 TBM-1C Avenger x 6 TBM-3 Avenger x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 4000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x TBM-3 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 5000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 2000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 3000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D Mitchell x 13 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-25D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Thunderbolt II x 4 P-51D Mustang x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Thunderbolt II sweeping at 42000 feet 2 x Thunderbolt II sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 58 P-38L Lightning x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 16 P-51D Mustang x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 79 (66 destroyed, 13 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 10 P-38L Lightning x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 16 P-51D Mustang x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 47,900 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 16 P-51D Mustang x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 41900 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Thunderbolt II x 14 P-38L Lightning x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Thunderbolt II sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Thunderbolt II x 13 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Thunderbolt II sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-100-I Tony x 5 Allied aircraft B-25D Mitchell x 4 B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 B-25J11 Mitchell x 11 P-38L Lightning x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 16 P-51D Mustang x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-100-I Tony: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 11 (7 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (6 destroyed, 6 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-25D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-25J11 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai with Ki-100-I Tony (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 10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 10 P-38L Lightning x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 52 B-29-25 Superfort x 10 P-51D Mustang x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengyang (80,53) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 190 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14 Defending force 5030 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 165 Allied adjusted assault: 0 Japanese adjusted defense: 41 Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 103 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 11th Airborne Div /3 Defending units: 132nd Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allied Unit(s) Wiped Out at Hengyang by attrition!!!!!! Also note that this is only a small fragment of the total air attacks the Allied conducted this turn. Evidently, this has significant implications, because it means protection against paradrops is much more difficult now. Hartwig
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