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castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/21/2021 2:44:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Q-Ball Wow, you really need to just finish this game off and find another opponent.....Mundy seems like a first-class chap, but probably needs to work on his game. A couple random notes: 1. It's not a big deal, but WTF are Idas doing at Rabaul? The Ki-36 is about the last plane one should have at Rabaul or really anywhere outside of China 2. What's wrong with using the CS units? Agreed on conversion, but there are many months before you can convert them in most mods, you may as well use them. Lots of JAKES on search, some RUFES when those are available, and a few extra heavy AA guns in the TF won't hurt either.....(edit: except for MIZUHO, she should be ported due to speed) 1. no idea, probably training, nothing else to use them for but then Rabaul is the wrong place anyways 2. all my CS that can convert to CVL go back to port as they are a potential CVL and every chance to lose them means a CVL lost. Was following this tactic in all my IJ games in the last years and has given me more than just a couple of times 1500 carrier based ac in 44 if you don't lose a carrier engagement in 43. I can't remember when a CS would have made any difference in my games but the CS converted to CVL definately did many times as I only put fighters onto them and two got their own air units anyways. got another slot for a Babes campaign? [:D]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/21/2021 2:46:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WriterNotViking I've been enjoying the regular updates, Castor. Once again an unusual situation you have here. Japan's glass sword is already showing chips. Thanks. I've got a feeling this war isn't going as long as expected though as the Japanese situation is just going to become worse and worse now that I've also got Wasp to play with.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: AAR 42 (12/21/2021 5:30:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy got another slot for a Babes campaign? [:D] Hi CT, DBB-28C is it? If Q-ball's hands are full I am interested. My match with Francesco looks to have fallen through unfortunately so it looks like I am open for a second game.

T Rav -> RE: AAR 42 (12/21/2021 5:39:10 PM)
CT, DW, QB, I follow your AARs. If you guys decide to go at it, I'm looking forward! Ciao, T Rav

Wirraway_Ace -> RE: AAR 42 (12/23/2021 6:39:03 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101 quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy got another slot for a Babes campaign? [:D] Hi CT, DBB-28C is it? If Q-ball's hands are full I am interested. My match with Francesco looks to have fallen through unfortunately so it looks like I am open for a second game. Love to see a DW v CT match, now that I have played a bit against DW...

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/25/2021 12:39:08 PM)
I'll come back to that as soon as this war has finished AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 04, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Ambon (76,109) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAP Argentina Maru, Shell hits 1 xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage LSD Shinshu Maru 150mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAP Argentina Maru at 9,000 yards 180mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAP Brazil Maru at 9,000 yards 180mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAP Brazil Maru at 9,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 43 damaged Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 32 damaged Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 65 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed on ground E13A1 Jake: 30 damaged E13A1 Jake: 4 destroyed on ground Ki-48-Ib Lily: 28 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-21-Ic Sally: 65 damaged Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 destroyed on ground B5N2 Kate: 10 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed on ground H6K4 Mavis: 5 damaged H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Ki-36 Ida: 17 damaged A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged Allied Ships CA Chicago CA Louisville CA Chester CA Houston CA Northampton CL Phoenix CL Honolulu DD Cassin DD Downes DD Flusser DD Perkins DD Cushing DD Shaw DD Conyngham DD Drayton DD Smith DD Mahan Japanese ground losses: 1526 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 133 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 34 (4 destroyed, 30 disabled) Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 85 Port hits 14 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 the cruisers nuke Rabaul again, that base is not going to become operational again until we take it and repair the damage... OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chicago CA Chicago firing at Rabaul CA Louisville firing at Rabaul CA Chester firing at Rabaul CA Houston firing at Rabaul CA Northampton firing at Rabaul CL Phoenix firing at Rabaul CL Honolulu firing at Rabaul DD Cassin firing at Rabaul DD Downes firing at Rabaul DD Flusser firing at Rabaul DD Perkins firing at Rabaul DD Cushing firing at Rabaul DD Shaw firing at Rabaul DD Conyngham firing at Rabaul DD Drayton firing at Rabaul DD Smith firing at Rabaul DD Mahan firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Ambon (76,109) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 50 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAP Hokoku Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires xAP Argentina Maru, Shell hits 1 LSD Shinshu Maru, Shell hits 2 180mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAP Hokoku Maru at 7,000 yards 180mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAP Hokoku Maru at 7,000 yards 150mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAP Argentina Maru at 7,000 yards 40mm M1 Bofors battery firing at LSD Shinshu Maru 180mm CD Gun battery firing at LSD Shinshu Maru 4.5" Mk II How battery firing at LSD Shinshu Maru 4.5" Mk II How battery firing at LSD Shinshu Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kendari at 71,106 Japanese Ships DD Michishio BB Kirishima CA Kako CA Aoba CA Maya CL Isuzu E Hachijo DD Minegumo DD Hamakaze DD Hayashio Allied Ships SS KXIII enemy surface combat TF runs onver an old Dutch sub... SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Michishio DD Minegumo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Michishio fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hayashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashio fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Kendari at 70,106, Range 25,000 Yards [image]local://upfiles/13774/96F5D21E568341C2B23B033A20CB5B37.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Haruna BB Kirishima BB Yamato BB Yamashiro CA Maya CA Chokai CA Haguro CA Ashigara CA Mikuma CA Aoba CA Furutaka CA Kako CL Sendai CL Isuzu DD Kuroshio DD Natsushio DD Yukikaze DD Hayashio DD Hamakaze DD Michishio DD Minegumo E Shimushu E Hachijo Allied Ships PG Asheville, Shell hits 8, and is sunk PG Tulsa, Shell hits 5, and is sunk and then enters Kendari's hex to sink two of my PG there... the hapless gunboats were sunk at extreme range... huge task force there, would split it in halve but it seems the enemy doesn't have enough escorts to do so... note that Yamato is in the lead of this task force... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 25,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 25,000 yards BB Yamato engages PG Asheville at 25,000 yards CA Aoba engages PG Asheville at 25,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards BB Yamato engages PG Asheville at 20,000 yards CL Sendai engages PG Asheville at 20,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards BB Yamato engages PG Tulsa at 18,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards BB Yamato engages PG Tulsa at 17,000 yards CA Aoba engages PG Asheville at 17,000 yards CA Furutaka engages PG Asheville at 17,000 yards CA Aoba engages PG Asheville at 17,000 yards PG Asheville sunk by BB Yamashiro at 17,000 yards DD Hayashio engages PG Tulsa at 17,000 yards BB Yamashiro engages PG Tulsa at 17,000 yards Gallagher O. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 15,000 yards PG Tulsa sunk by CA Kako at 15,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on HQ TC Sumatra , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 70 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled way over 100 IJAAF bombers attacking the Dutch... those bombers would have been better off bombing the Chinese out of the war but that's too late now with over 750.000 tons of supplies in China... Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 26 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13359 troops, 195 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 506 Defending force 15066 troops, 233 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 348 Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 33rd Division 1st Engineer Co 18th Division 4th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF III/66th Naval Guard Unit 8th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co Defending units: 193rd Tank Battalion 1st Australian Brigade Molukken Mil'ie Cdo Molukken KNIL Cdo 11th Australian Brigade Amboina Defenses 22nd Base Group 41st Base Group 203rd Coast AA Regiment Laha ML Base Force AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 9131 troops, 126 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 348 Defending force 16658 troops, 205 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 503 Assaulting units: 193rd Tank Battalion Molukken KNIL Cdo Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 1st Australian Brigade 11th Australian Brigade 203rd Coast AA Regiment Laha ML Base Force 22nd Base Group Amboina Defenses 41st Base Group AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd Defending units: 18th Division 1st Engineer Co Yokosuka 4th SNLF 33rd Division 8th Tank Regiment III/66th Naval Guard Unit 4th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/25/2021 12:41:41 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 05, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Kendari at 70,106, Range 10,000 Yards [image]local://upfiles/13774/1012299DAF564DC1B463236A57D6DB30.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Haruna BB Kirishima BB Yamato BB Yamashiro CA Maya CA Chokai CA Haguro CA Ashigara CA Mikuma CA Aoba CA Furutaka CA Kako CL Sendai CL Isuzu DD Kuroshio DD Natsushio DD Yukikaze DD Hayashio DD Hamakaze DD Michishio DD Minegumo E Shimushu E Hachijo Allied Ships PT-32, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT-33 PT-36 PT-37 PT-38, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT-39, Shell hits 1, and is sunk the next day the enemy attacks our PT boats and three are promptly sunk... way too bright night... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 53% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards Japanese TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 10,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards BB Yamashiro engages PT-39 at 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages PT-36 at 10,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages PT-39 at 10,000 yards CA Chokai engages PT-39 at 10,000 yards DD Natsushio engages PT-39 at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards BB Yamato engages PT-39 at 7,000 yards BB Yamato engages PT-38 at 7,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards DD Natsushio engages PT-36 at 3,000 yards PT-36 engages DD Kuroshio at 3,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages PT-38 at 3,000 yards PT-32 engages DD Kuroshio at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards PT-39 engages DD Natsushio at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards BB Yamashiro engages PT-39 at 3,000 yards BB Kirishima engages PT-39 at 3,000 yards E Hachijo engages PT-39 at 3,000 yards E Shimushu engages PT-39 at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CA Kako engages PT-39 at 2,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages PT-39 at 2,000 yards DD Natsushio engages PT-37 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards PT-38 sunk by BB Yamato at 3,000 yards BB Yamato engages PT-33 at 3,000 yards CA Aoba engages PT-39 at 3,000 yards BB Yamato engages PT-39 at 3,000 yards BB Haruna engages PT-39 at 3,000 yards PT-32 sunk by BB Yamato at 3,000 yards CL Sendai engages PT-39 at 3,000 yards PT-39 sunk by E Hachijo at 3,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages PT-37 at 3,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards BB Yamato engages PT-36 at 9,000 yards DD Michishio engages PT-37 at 9,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Langsa (46,74) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Keiko Maru PB Chitose Maru xAKL Ryuun Maru PB Keiko Maru fired at enemy troops PB Chitose Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Langsa (46,74) TF 81 troops unloading over beach at Langsa, 46,74 no idea what was coming ashore here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Garrison Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 47 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 50 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Van Aarsen Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13433 troops, 195 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 507 Defending force 15080 troops, 233 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 348 Assaulting units: III/66th Naval Guard Unit 33rd Division 18th Division 1st Engineer Co 4th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF 8th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co Defending units: 193rd Tank Battalion 1st Australian Brigade Molukken KNIL Cdo Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 11th Australian Brigade 22nd Base Group Amboina Defenses 41st Base Group 203rd Coast AA Regiment Laha ML Base Force AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 9145 troops, 126 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 348 Defending force 16777 troops, 205 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 507 Assaulting units: 1st Australian Brigade 193rd Tank Battalion Molukken KNIL Cdo Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 11th Australian Brigade 203rd Coast AA Regiment Laha ML Base Force 22nd Base Group 41st Base Group Amboina Defenses AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd Defending units: III/66th Naval Guard Unit 1st Engineer Co Yokosuka 4th SNLF 8th Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 18th Division 33rd Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/25/2021 12:45:32 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 06, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Boeton at 68,107 Japanese Ships DD Murasame xAP Hakusan Maru xAP Argentina Maru DD Samidare DD Harusame Allied Ships SS KXVII SS KXVII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Murasame KXVII bottoming out .... DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harusame fails to find sub and abandons search DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 17 damaged E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 19 damaged Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-36 Ida: 11 damaged Ki-36 Ida: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 16 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-21-Ic Sally: 115 damaged Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-48-IIa Lily: 26 damaged Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground B5N2 Kate: 16 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed on ground D3A1 Val: 5 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged H6K4 Mavis: 1 damaged A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships CA Chicago CA Louisville CA Chester CA Houston CA Northampton CL Phoenix CL Honolulu DD Cassin DD Downes DD Flusser DD Perkins DD Cushing DD Shaw DD Conyngham DD Drayton DD Smith DD Mahan Japanese ground losses: 1708 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 92 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled) Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 82 Port hits 13 Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 2 working over the airfield again, doubt that many enemy airframes left there will escape destruction... OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chicago CA Chicago firing at Rabaul CA Louisville firing at Rabaul CA Chester firing at Rabaul CA Houston firing at Rabaul CA Northampton firing at Rabaul CL Phoenix firing at Rabaul CL Honolulu firing at Rabaul DD Cassin firing at Rabaul DD Downes firing at Rabaul DD Flusser firing at Rabaul DD Perkins firing at Rabaul DD Cushing firing at Rabaul DD Shaw firing at Rabaul DD Conyngham firing at Rabaul DD Drayton firing at Rabaul DD Smith firing at Rabaul DD Mahan firing at 53rd Naval Guard Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kolaka at 67,107 Japanese Ships DD Murasame xAP Hakusan Maru xAP Argentina Maru DD Samidare DD Harusame Allied Ships SS KXI SS KXI is sighted by escort DD Samidare fails to find sub and abandons search DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kolaka at 67,107 Japanese Ships CA Chikuma CS Chiyoda CS Chitose DD Isokaze DD Natsugumo DD Hagikaze DD Arashi Allied Ships SS KXI SS KXI is sighted by escort DD Natsugumo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hagikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashi attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kolaka at 67,107 Japanese Ships DD Murasame xAP Huzi Maru xAP Hakusan Maru xAP Argentina Maru DD Samidare DD Harusame Allied Ships SS KXI lots of sub action but our silent service doesn't score... SS KXI is sighted by escort KXI diving deep .... DD Samidare fails to find sub and abandons search DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harusame attacking submerged sub .... DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Langsa (46,74) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 28 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Keiko Maru PB Chitose Maru xAKL Ryuun Maru PB Keiko Maru fired at enemy troops PB Chitose Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 72 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 28 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd Garrison Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 72 LB-30 Liberator x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 3 also ordered the heavies from Port Moresby to attack Rabaul but flak fire was heavy as usual even though we had our cruisers nuke the base prior to the air attack... Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 5 B-17E Fortress x 20 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Port hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Yokohama Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000. Raid is overhead Training flight from Yokohama Ku S-1 has been caught up in attack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/3DAF0770DA4E4B129B7EF6E196F5CE74.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13559 troops, 195 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 518 Defending force 15090 troops, 233 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 349 Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 18th Division III/66th Naval Guard Unit Yokosuka 4th SNLF 8th Tank Regiment 33rd Division 1st Engineer Co 4th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co Defending units: Molukken KNIL Cdo Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 193rd Tank Battalion 1st Australian Brigade 11th Australian Brigade 203rd Coast AA Regiment Amboina Defenses 22nd Base Group Laha ML Base Force 41st Base Group AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Langsa (46,74) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3743 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 142 Defending force 4060 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 Japanese adjusted assault: 28 Allied adjusted defense: 59 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 366 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 275 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled the Dutch hold once more but their units are dying... Assaulting units: 87th Naval Guard Unit 86th Naval Guard Unit 18th Naval Guard Unit 3rd Indpt SNLF Coy Defending units: 1st Garrison Cdo Tapanoeli Cdo Van Aarsen Cdo Medan Cdo Sabang Cdo 2nd Garrison Cdo HQ TC Sumatra

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/25/2021 12:48:16 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 08, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Allied Ships CA Chicago CA Louisville CA Chester CA Houston CA Northampton CL Phoenix CL Honolulu DD Cassin DD Downes DD Flusser DD Perkins DD Cushing DD Shaw DD Conyngham DD Drayton DD Smith DD Mahan Japanese ground losses: 1274 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 59 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 40 (3 destroyed, 37 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Airbase hits 11 Runway hits 38 Port hits 31 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 lost another combat report so that's not a back to back bombardment as we needed a day to replenish at Gasmata... OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chicago CA Chicago firing at Rabaul CA Louisville firing at Rabaul CA Chester firing at Rabaul CA Houston firing at Rabaul CA Northampton firing at Rabaul CL Phoenix firing at Rabaul CL Honolulu firing at Rabaul DD Cassin firing at Rabaul DD Downes firing at Rabaul DD Flusser firing at Rabaul DD Perkins firing at Rabaul DD Cushing firing at Rabaul DD Shaw firing at Rabaul DD Conyngham firing at Rabaul DD Drayton firing at Rabaul DD Smith firing at Rabaul DD Mahan firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 B-17E Fortress x 64 LB-30 Liberator x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13686 troops, 195 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 529 Defending force 15166 troops, 233 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 348 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 4th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF 18th Division III/66th Naval Guard Unit 1st Engineer Co 8th Tank Regiment 33rd Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co Defending units: 1st Australian Brigade 193rd Tank Battalion Molukken Mil'ie Cdo Molukken KNIL Cdo 11th Australian Brigade Amboina Defenses 22nd Base Group 203rd Coast AA Regiment Laha ML Base Force 41st Base Group AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Langsa (46,74) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5023 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103 Defending force 3507 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39 Japanese adjusted assault: 11 Allied adjusted defense: 27 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 275 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 196 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled the stubborn enemy already attacks again but it pays off in more Dutch squads being destroyed... Assaulting units: 86th Naval Guard Unit 18th Naval Guard Unit 87th Naval Guard Unit 3rd Indpt SNLF Coy Defending units: Medan Cdo 1st Garrison Cdo 2nd Garrison Cdo Van Aarsen Cdo HQ TC Sumatra Tapanoeli Cdo Sabang Cdo

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/25/2021 12:51:03 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 09, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on HQ TC Sumatra , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 48 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 50 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Garrison Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13749 troops, 195 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 533 Defending force 20846 troops, 281 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 495 Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: III/66th Naval Guard Unit Yokosuka 4th SNLF 8th Tank Regiment 18th Division 4th Tank Regiment 1st Engineer Co 33rd Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co Defending units: 11th Australian Brigade 2nd Tank Bn /1 Molukken KNIL Cdo 193rd Tank Battalion 2/7th Armoured Rgt /3 1st Australian Brigade 2/10th Armoured Rgt /3 Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 1st Tank Bn /1 148th Infantry Rgt /1 250th Cst Art Rgt /10 2nd USMC FA Bn /1 AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 203rd Coast AA Regiment 41st Base Group Amboina Defenses 223rd FA Bn /1 Laha ML Base Force 22nd Base Group 205th FA Bn /1 not much combat but nav search found a target of importance as KB has left Soerabaja again covering at least one enemy convoy... this is clearly going to be the reinforcement for Ambon's attackers... this time our fleet was ordered to intercept the enemy, goal is the destruction of the IJN's carrier force and major naval forces that are about to enter the Triangle of Death again... [image]local://upfiles/13774/93DD402061E8445EAC98A7266BC516B1.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/26/2021 3:29:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 10, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Billiton at 53,92 Japanese Ships xAK Liverpool Maru xAK Havana Maru Allied Ships SS Argonaut Argonaut has been ordered North to Palembang on a minelaying misison and runs into an enemy convoy of freighters... there's no escort with ASW capabilities but the sub fails to attack... SS Argonaut is sighted by escort Argonaut bottoming out .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Ketapang at 54,95 Japanese Ships xAP Argentina Maru Allied Ships SS Argonaut another chance on a damaged transport but the four torps, well, they miss as usual... [8\|] xAP Argentina Maru is sighted by SS Argonaut SS Argonaut launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Argentina Maru [image]local://upfiles/13774/AA3E5770A2744F27BE7CFCA5F0A2B569.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/26/2021 3:34:21 PM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 25 damaged Ki-21-Ic Sally: 92 damaged Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 destroyed on ground E13A1 Jake: 32 damaged E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed on ground D3A1 Val: 8 damaged B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-48-IIa Lily: 37 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 17 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 10 damaged Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-36 Ida: 15 damaged Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships CA Chicago CA Louisville CA Chester CA Houston CA Northampton CL Phoenix CL Honolulu DD Cassin DD Downes DD Flusser DD Perkins DD Cushing DD Shaw DD Conyngham DD Drayton DD Smith DD Mahan Japanese ground losses: 1140 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 91 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 49 Port hits 14 Port supply hits 2 given the number of casualties with each bombardment and the 61 reported enemy units at Rabaul I'd say the big majority of units must be base forces and the like... with recon only showing 71000 men there can't be a lot of combat troops... if that stays that way the Rabaul invasion will be a cakewalk which will trigger in about 5-6 weeks... bringing reinforcements to Rabaul would be a major task as we have air and sea superiority in the Bismarck Sea so without KB it would be hopeless and even then it would set KB to a rather big risk... OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chicago CA Chicago firing at Rabaul CA Louisville firing at Rabaul CA Chester firing at Rabaul CA Houston firing at Rabaul CA Northampton firing at Rabaul CL Phoenix firing at Rabaul CL Honolulu firing at 32nd Nav Gsn Unit DD Cassin firing at Rabaul DD Downes firing at Rabaul DD Flusser firing at Rabaul DD Perkins firing at Rabaul DD Cushing firing at Rabaul DD Shaw firing at Rabaul DD Conyngham firing at Rabaul DD Drayton firing at Rabaul DD Smith firing at Rabaul DD Mahan firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Ketapang at 54,95 Japanese Ships AMC Awata Maru Allied Ships SS Argonaut WOW! Argonaut, damn useless sub... another four torps miss... hit rate of subs is just totally off, I have to be lucky to even get 1/3 of the torps to hit... AMC Awata Maru is sighted by SS Argonaut SS Argonaut launches 4 torpedoes at AMC Awata Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 66 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking HQ TC Sumatra ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13871 troops, 195 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 538 Defending force 22981 troops, 332 guns, 419 vehicles, Assault Value = 630 Japanese ground losses: 56 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF III/66th Naval Guard Unit 1st Engineer Co 33rd Division 18th Division 8th Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co Defending units: 193rd Tank Battalion 2nd Tank Battalion 2/7th Armoured Regiment Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 2/10th Armoured Regiment 1st Tank Battalion 148th Infantry Regiment 1st Australian Brigade Molukken KNIL Cdo 11th Australian Brigade 203rd Coast AA Regiment AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 41st Base Group 22nd Base Group Amboina Defenses 2nd USMC FA Bn /1 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment Laha ML Base Force 223rd FA Bn /1 205th FA Bn /1 KB has been spotted with the rest of the Armada again and is steadily heading towards Ambon, got no doubts that this is the reinforcement for the bogged down Japanese there... as you can see at the bottom of the map we have sortied the fleet and by fleet I really mean the FLEET... all available carriers, Force Z, a BB lead USN SAG and two USN cruiser SAGs which are all lead by an ASW TF of four Bristol class DDs... haven't spotted any IJN subs in this area for an eternity so I doubt these will be an issue and if so they need a lucky moment considering all the DDs screening my ships... if the enemy keeps going for Ambon this is going to be the decisive battle the Japanese wanted to fight in the Pacific but in this case we're seeking it and it's going to happen in the Banda Sea... we have roughly 630 aircraft on our carriers which should be at least 200 more than the Japanese should be able to field, depending on the CVEs being with KB or not but according to nav search and aircraft numbers shown I expect like 5-6 CVs plus 1 or 2 CVLs... with that number of carriers the enemy won't be able to resist a coordinated alpha strike from my carriers and I expect the fleet to resist a counterstrike which should be dispersed over a lot of capital ships and Darwin is close by with a level 6 port and over 1000 nav support... at Ambon there's an amphibious TF unloading troops which has brought our av to over 600 already so even if everything would go wrong, the enemy needs at least three divs more to achieve something there, it's a jungle rough hex with level 5 forts and mostly fully prepped troops... [image]local://upfiles/13774/9B2FFF6A226A4A74ADF13A973B2F6162.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/26/2021 4:05:57 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 11, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd Garrison Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 47 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd Garrison Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sabang Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 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 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13891 troops, 195 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 539 Defending force 24147 troops, 385 guns, 546 vehicles, Assault Value = 660 Japanese ground losses: 101 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 8th Tank Regiment 33rd Division 4th Tank Regiment 18th Division 1st Engineer Co Yokosuka 4th SNLF III/66th Naval Guard Unit 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co Defending units: 2nd Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 2/10th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 148th Infantry Regiment Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 2/7th Armoured Regiment Molukken KNIL Cdo 1st Tank Battalion 11th Australian Brigade 203rd Coast AA Regiment 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment Amboina Defenses 22nd Base Group 205th Field Artillery Battalion 41st Base Group 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd Laha ML Base Force 223rd FA Bn /1 like a fly flying directly into a spider net the enemy fleet is moving into it's doom and if the enemy isn't suddenly turning around we are going to see a carrier engagement tomorrow and as it looks now KB has stood down it's bombers as my amphib TF still unloading at Ambon has been picked up by nav search and has full DL but not a single strike was flown against my ships at Ambon which are covered by several Warhawk squadrons... Mundy has "learnt" not to fly into LBA CAP but that learning effect could lead into double disaster tomorrow, if we kill or at least damage his carriers while they won't fly any return strikes... have to say we are had some luck this turn as our fleet ended up 10 hexes from the enemy which means being in range of Jakes but our fleet wasn't picked up at all, the plan was to stay at least 11 hexes from the enemy but they moved one hex further than I expected... nav search doesn't even show 100 fighters on the enemy carriers which I'd expect to be more but I guess we won't see overwhelming numbers so if our alpha strike isn't completely screwed up it has the potential to be a crippling one to the enemy... the amphibious TF at Ambon hasn't fully unloaded but was ordered to stop and head South East to get away from the enemy as I wouldn't be surprised to see a naval bombardment or a SAG sprinting to Ambon during the night... we have also flown the P-40 squadrons to Koepang as there's no need to keep them at Ambon... 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BBfanboy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/26/2021 9:34:39 PM)
quote: castor troy: WOW! Argonaut, damn useless sub... another four torps miss... hit rate of subs is just totally off, I have to be lucky to even get 1/3 of the torps to hit... Part of the problem with US torps that had the 80% dud rate was the depth setting that caused them to run under their targets. In the game that would show as a miss. I don't blame the sub skippers for those misses at this stage of the war. Looking forward to the fireworks next turn ... [image]local://upfiles/35791/299A454A6B5643AA8983217281281C5B.gif[/image]

Nomad -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 12:14:51 AM)
quote: castor troy: WOW! Argonaut, damn useless sub... another four torps miss... hit rate of subs is just totally off, I have to be lucky to even get 1/3 of the torps to hit... I totally agree CT that is seems a bit wacky. I wonder if anyone has information on real life hit rates? I really do not know how many missed in the war, it just seems that there are a lot of complete misses, especially when 4 or 6 torpedoes are fired.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 1:21:37 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad quote: castor troy: WOW! Argonaut, damn useless sub... another four torps miss... hit rate of subs is just totally off, I have to be lucky to even get 1/3 of the torps to hit... I totally agree CT that is seems a bit wacky. I wonder if anyone has information on real life hit rates? I really do not know how many missed in the war, it just seems that there are a lot of complete misses, especially when 4 or 6 torpedoes are fired. Real life hit rates for the Mark 14 in 1941/1942 were abysmal. Couple of the more egregious examples from December 1941 alone: Seawolf firing 8 torpedoes at seaplane tender at anchor. No hits. Sargo firing 13 torpedoes a week into the war at various freighters and tankers at short range. No hits. The Argonaut however uses Mark 10 torpedoes which are significantly less problematic than the Mark 14s.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 9:03:19 AM)
Guys! No Mk-14 torps fired in this campaign. Also Argonaut is armed with Mk-10 torps. All my US fleet subs have been sitting in port since the start of the war, I don't even use them until 10/42 as it's just not worth the all the clickwork for me. You only saw Dutch, British or S-class subs in this campaign, plus Argonaut. All of them have "working" torps. The Mk-14 problem of real life you speak of is modelled in the game, showing as "DUDS". I'm not talking about DUDS, I'm talking about MISSES non stop. Like I've said, I have to be lucky to even get 1/3 of the torps to even HIT and then the targets are most of the time freighters. That's off. Granted, in this campaign it seems to be even worse than I usually experience but I doubt I ever had a hit rate better than 50%.

Nomad -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 11:33:59 AM)
I didn't say anything about MK-14s. I just mentioned torpedos in general. I differentiate between misses and duds.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 12:36:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad I didn't say anything about MK-14s. I just mentioned torpedos in general. I differentiate between misses and duds. Yeah, wasn't refering to you Nomad.

BBfanboy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 2:03:00 PM)
Some players posted stats they kept on Mk 14s during 1941/42 which showed that dud hits alone did not account for the 80% dud rate. That is why I suspect some of the misses are part of that. You are correct that I did not notice that you have not been using your US fleet subs. I read almost all AARs so it is not as easy for me to keep track of such detail as it is for the author of the AAR. Sorry for the interruption, but please be patient with differing opinions. [:)]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 2:31:26 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Some players posted stats they kept on Mk 14s during 1941/42 which showed that dud hits alone did not account for the 80% dud rate. That is why I suspect some of the misses are part of that. You are correct that I did not notice that you have not been using your US fleet subs. I read almost all AARs so it is not as easy for me to keep track of such detail as it is for the author of the AAR. Sorry for the interruption, but please be patient with differing opinions. [:)] Oh, please don't get me wrong BBfanboy, I didn't want to sound offensive. I'm not a native speaker so I fear I sound rude at times even if I don't want to. I just wanted to point out that the "issue" isn't due to the Mk-14 in this campaign (and all other compaigns I've played).

BBfanboy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 2:54:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Some players posted stats they kept on Mk 14s during 1941/42 which showed that dud hits alone did not account for the 80% dud rate. That is why I suspect some of the misses are part of that. You are correct that I did not notice that you have not been using your US fleet subs. I read almost all AARs so it is not as easy for me to keep track of such detail as it is for the author of the AAR. Sorry for the interruption, but please be patient with differing opinions. [:)] Oh, please don't get me wrong BBfanboy, I didn't want to sound offensive. I'm not a native speaker so I fear I sound rude at times even if I don't want to. I just wanted to point out that the "issue" isn't due to the Mk-14 in this campaign (and all other compaigns I've played). Thanks for helping me understand your take on this! For my part, I never want to offend but sometimes fear I get too annoying with my posts! I'll shut up now - but maybe not for long! [:'(]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 2:57:01 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 12, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Allied Ships CA Chicago CA Louisville CA Chester CA Houston CA Northampton CL Phoenix CL Honolulu DD Cassin DD Downes DD Flusser DD Perkins DD Cushing DD Shaw DD Conyngham DD Drayton DD Smith DD Mahan Japanese ground losses: 1597 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 129 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 31 (2 destroyed, 29 disabled) Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 64 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 1 the day starts off with the usual bombardment of Rabaul causing substantial casualties within the enemy support units at the base... OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chicago CA Chicago firing at Rabaul CA Louisville firing at Rabaul CA Chester firing at Rabaul CA Houston firing at Rabaul CA Northampton firing at Rabaul CL Phoenix firing at Rabaul CL Honolulu firing at Rabaul DD Cassin firing at Rabaul DD Downes firing at Rabaul DD Flusser firing at Rabaul DD Perkins firing at Rabaul DD Cushing firing at Rabaul DD Shaw firing at Rabaul DD Conyngham firing at Rabaul DD Drayton firing at Rabaul DD Smith firing at Rabaul DD Mahan firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 45 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ... Also attacking Sabang Cdo ... Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ... Also attacking Medan Cdo ... Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Van Aarsen Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb � and then we launch our alpha strike from our carriers that is going to change the further course of the war... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 72,109 [image]local://upfiles/13774/23861F85A7A24B189A09018C93CDF473.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 106 Allied aircraft F4F-3A Wildcat x 18 F4F-3 Wildcat x 72 SBD-3 Dauntless x 180 TBF-1 Avenger x 57 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat: 5 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 19 destroyed, 19 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak TBF-1 Avenger: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 3, on fire CV Akagi, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires CV Junyo, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 2 BB Yamashiro BB Haruna, Bomb hits 9, on fire BB Kongo, Bomb hits 3 CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 3, on fire BB Yamato, Bomb hits 4, on fire BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 7 CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 4, on fire CA Tone CL Sendai CV Soryu, Bomb hits 2, on fire CA Kako expected KB and the enemy fleet to be way closer to Ambon but I guess there was some refuelling as the enemy only moved three hexes during the whole turn but KB still ended up in perfect strike range of six hexes so the dive bombers were all carrying flat top killers... I don't like reacting carriers and usually am afraid of but this time our carrier group stayed with the rest of the fleet and launched a near perfect strike... we have all our USN fighter squadrons plus the Canadians on Indomitable flying CAP while five USMC F4F-3 squadrons are tasked to escort the USN bombers and we get 100% of the Marines flying with the main strike... there were a couple of SBD/TBF squadrons failing to link up but as it looks like the majority joined the alpha strike... it must have been a horrible sight for the Japanese commander to see over 300 carrier based aircraft showing up against a CAP of just over 100 Zeroes... the CAP did quite well in downing a couple of dozen fighters and bombers but over 200 of our bombers attacked KB which meant game over for the enemy even though the hit rate of the bombers still wasn't great considering good weather... I've seen better hit rates than 20%, one of the problems were target aquisition though as lots of the bombers were attacking the Kongos and Yamato even though they would have been better off attacking the hapless carriers... most of the bomb hits on the carriers were 1000lb bomb hits going through the deck so I don't expect more than one or at best two carriers being able for flight ops next turn, with a bit of luck none of them will be able to launch aircraft anymore... no carrier blew up or sunk during the turn but Junyo is a sure kill already... with five CV and two CVL our estimation of the enemy carrier strength was pretty much spot on... Aircraft Attacking: 11 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 14 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 12 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 14 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. 10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 12 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 11 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 6 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 7 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 7 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 6 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 7 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Akagi Fuel storage explosion on CV Junyo Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Junyo Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Shokaku -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 4 B-17E Fortress x 45 LB-30 Liberator x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed on ground E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 10 the heavies only attack Rabaul to burn enemy supplies but I'm not sure it's worth it in the end as I can't afford to lose a single bomber... even without heavy fighting or losses, we still only field some 150 heavy bombers total with a couple of dozen of replacements in the pool... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 4 B-17E Fortress x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 8 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Yokohama Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000. Raid is overhead Training flight from Yokohama Ku S-1 has been caught up in attack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 72,109 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 86 Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 18 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 9 destroyed only 20 Zeroes less in the air when our bomber squadrons that missed the alpha strike show up... wasn't nice to watch, every single bomber of each incoming squadron was shot down... every single one... CAP engaged: Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 15 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 11035 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 18345. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 72,109 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 78 Allied aircraft TBF-1 Avenger x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Yamato, on fire BB Kongo, Bomb hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 6 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 3 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 72,109 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 74 Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 18 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 12 destroyed CAP engaged: Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12035 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 2:58:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Some players posted stats they kept on Mk 14s during 1941/42 which showed that dud hits alone did not account for the 80% dud rate. That is why I suspect some of the misses are part of that. You are correct that I did not notice that you have not been using your US fleet subs. I read almost all AARs so it is not as easy for me to keep track of such detail as it is for the author of the AAR. Sorry for the interruption, but please be patient with differing opinions. [:)] Oh, please don't get me wrong BBfanboy, I didn't want to sound offensive. I'm not a native speaker so I fear I sound rude at times even if I don't want to. I just wanted to point out that the "issue" isn't due to the Mk-14 in this campaign (and all other compaigns I've played). Thanks for helping me understand your take on this! For my part, I never want to offend but sometimes fear I get too annoying with my posts! I'll shut up now - but maybe not for long! [:'(] Not annoying at all. An AAR needs readers but also contributors. If noone is interested, there's no sense doing one other than it being kind of a war diary for myself.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 3:08:45 PM)
that's it for the morning... you will have noticed that KB didn't launch a counter strike, enemy bombers must have been grounded or tasked with something else... that's the downside attacking into an area with lots of built up bases, you either have your aircraft attack into LBA CAP or keep them grounded and run the risk of being caught flat footed like in this case... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 72,109 [image]local://upfiles/13774/0BB93D6A13F241A1A1B721F80BAC4157.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 82 Allied aircraft F4F-3A Wildcat x 12 F4F-3 Wildcat x 49 SBD-3 Dauntless x 107 TBF-1 Avenger x 59 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 13 destroyed, 19 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 1, on fire CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage CV Soryu, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CVL Shoho, on fire CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 5, on fire BB Yamashiro BB Haruna, Bomb hits 4, on fire CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1, on fire BB Kongo BB Yamato, Bomb hits 4, on fire CV Junyo, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Natsugumo DD Hatsukaze CL Sendai CA Chikuma CV Akagi, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires CA Tone CS Chiyoda, Bomb hits 1 BB Kirishima CA Chokai, Bomb hits 1 here's the afternoon strike, it's again a very well coordinated one (mind you, we are driving an Allied 630 carrier based aircraft TF around in 42) and to my surprise the enemy got as many fighters airborne as at the end of the morning... unlike in the morning the USMC fighters do better and down several Zeroes for no loss of their own but lots of enemy fighters break into the bomber formations and again down about two dozen bombers but that's not enough to prevent them from causing brutal damage to KB... if one can speak about luck, the enemy was lucky during both strikes that none of our bombs caused an ammo or fuel storage explosion but the damage dealt to the enemy carriers must be still crippling... note that all but one TBF squadron was dropping bombs and not torpedoes, the one that attacked with torps was FUBAR on my side, wanted all of them attacking with bombs and not mostly defective torps that mostly miss anyways and two bombs per Avenger are nice when they are going in against unarmored carrier decks... Aircraft Attacking: 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 14 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 11 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 14 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 10 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000. Raid is overhead Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 6 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 5 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Junyo Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Shokaku Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Ryujo Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese CV Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Akagi at the end of the day, no strike was flown from KB, the 180 fighters over our carriers had nothing to do other than watching our shot up bomber squadrons returning to their carriers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13898 troops, 195 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 537 Defending force 24171 troops, 385 guns, 546 vehicles, Assault Value = 660 Japanese ground losses: 104 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF III/66th Naval Guard Unit 1st Engineer Co 4th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 33rd Division 18th Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co Defending units: Molukken KNIL Cdo 2nd Tank Battalion 1st Australian Brigade 1st Tank Battalion 2/7th Armoured Regiment Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 193rd Tank Battalion 148th Infantry Regiment 2/10th Armoured Regiment 11th Australian Brigade Laha ML Base Force 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment Amboina Defenses 22nd Base Group 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 203rd Coast AA Regiment 41st Base Group 205th Field Artillery Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 3:19:38 PM)
horrible turn for the Japanese Admiral but looking at our bomber losses it's also been horrible for the USN as we nearly lost 100 SBD-3 which is the replacement of no less than five months... one can't kill the enemy without losses in such a battle of course so in the end we have knocked out KB without even a scratch to our fleet... I have to downgrade several USMC dive bomber squadrons to SBD-2 and even biplane Helldivers to replace the bomber losses on our carriers and even replacing the USN pilots is going to be problematic at this stage of the war... Lexington and Saratoga will go back to Sydney after this operation and their squadrons will provide replacements for the other USN carriers... as you can see the ground losses confirm at least one enemy carrier sunk and there are huge ops losses again which I'm not sure how those happened... I was fooled by the Jake losses thinking we have sunk a cruiser or the like but those came from the B-17 strike against Rabaul... the USMC fighter escorts did well, losing a good dozen of their own for nearly a dozen enemy fighters shot down A2A... KB is history and we have the enemy fleet served on a plate now still within the Triangle of Death... orders for the fleet are pursuing the enemy and bomb them into oblivion, USMC bomber squadrons have been flown to Kendari to join the carnage, there will also be an ancient biplane torpedo squadron operating out of Kendari... with all the damged ships floating around the enemy has hardly a chance to escape destruction even though we lost over 100 bombers today... [image]local://upfiles/13774/0CE6BE49787D4F9EAE473C467D286906.jpg[/image]

Nomad -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 4:55:40 PM)
I think if aircraft can not divert to a land base and their CV is too damaged to land them or they are sunk, they ditch and are counted as Ops losses.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/27/2021 6:55:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad I think if aircraft can not divert to a land base and their CV is too damaged to land them or they are sunk, they ditch and are counted as Ops losses. Yes but they would have to be airborne. But he didn't fly any strikes and they weren't on nav search (we would have downed dozens of them at range 6). And they would have been in range of Japanese airfields too to divert to.[&:]

Wirraway_Ace -> RE: AAR 42 (12/29/2021 1:43:42 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad I think if aircraft can not divert to a land base and their CV is too damaged to land them or they are sunk, they ditch and are counted as Ops losses. Yes but they would have to be airborne. But he didn't fly any strikes and they weren't on nav search (we would have downed dozens of them at range 6). And they would have been in range of Japanese airfields too to divert to.[&:] Could the Vals have been on ASW duty?

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (12/29/2021 1:43:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad I think if aircraft can not divert to a land base and their CV is too damaged to land them or they are sunk, they ditch and are counted as Ops losses. Yes but they would have to be airborne. But he didn't fly any strikes and they weren't on nav search (we would have downed dozens of them at range 6). And they would have been in range of Japanese airfields too to divert to.[&:] Could the Vals have been on ASW duty? Was thinking about nav search and ASW but when he moved through my sub invested waters he didn't spot more than one or two subs each day and those sightings most likely came from float planes.

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