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Capt. Harlock -> RE: AAR 42 (1/23/2022 3:17:45 AM)
quote: Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 41699 troops, 708 guns, 682 vehicles, Assault Value = 1638 Defending force 18639 troops, 205 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 596 Allied adjusted assault: 433 Japanese adjusted defense: 979 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 577 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 45 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Vehicles lost 38 (2 destroyed, 36 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1504 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 194 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 60 (4 destroyed, 56 disabled) wow... one of those things why I never understood the results of ground combat in this game... enemy being cut off here for months, no supply and still able to wreck my attacking units that are fully supplied, sitting at their base, no disruption or fatigue... That's a head-scratcher all right. Why is the allied AV being reduced to about a quarter of its theoretical strength? There are no modifiers listed. Does the game engine somehow think you have prepped the units for somewhere else?

BBfanboy -> RE: AAR 42 (1/23/2022 4:43:03 AM)
In my game Ambon shows JR terrain - a 3X defensive bonus, I believe. Add a bad die roll to that and anything can happen.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (1/28/2022 1:44:59 PM)
The adjusted av doesn't concern me as that is only needed to take/hold a base but the losses do even though most are disablements. It's just crazy what cut off units can do time again and again.[8\|]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (1/28/2022 1:48:01 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 22, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 [image]local://upfiles/13774/2AE01C12CB5B4259859DEEC26550ED54.jpg[/image] Allied Ships BB Resolution BB Ramillies BB Royal Sovereign BB Revenge DD Morris DD Walke DD O'Brien DD Russell DD Mustin DD Hammann DD Hughes DD Sims Japanese ground losses: 940 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 47 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 42 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 1 the Royal Navy joins the party at Rabaul and we can do a naval bombardment each night now... lots of the support units have suffered so many disablements already that these are getting destroyed now... Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Resolution BB Resolution firing at Rabaul BB Ramillies firing at Rabaul BB Royal Sovereign firing at Rabaul BB Revenge firing at Rabaul DD Morris firing at Rabaul DD Walke firing at 62nd Naval Guard Unit DD O'Brien firing at Rabaul DD Russell firing at Rabaul DD Mustin firing at Rabaul DD Hammann firing at Rabaul DD Hughes firing at Rabaul DD Sims firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 993 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 81 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 99 Port hits 9 Port fuel hits 3 will rotate the two task forces not having them bombarding the same night... 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 177,113 Japanese Ships SS I-28 Allied Ships xAKL Tennessean xAKL Mauna Ala xAKL Absaroka AM Ungava SS I-28 launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Tennessean AM Ungava fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Ungava fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Ungava fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Ungava fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Ungava fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 38346 troops, 677 guns, 687 vehicles, Assault Value = 1583 Defending force 18619 troops, 205 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 575 Allied adjusted assault: 410 Japanese adjusted defense: 1189 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 739 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 67 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Allied ground losses: 1465 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 146 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 31 (5 destroyed, 26 disabled) Vehicles lost 15 (3 destroyed, 12 disabled) lol our attackers keep getting trashed at Ambon... mind you we own the base and have fully supplied troops vs a failing invasion force that has been cut off for months already... let alone the edge in firepower we should have... Assaulting units: 145th Infantry Regiment 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment Americal Infantry Division 2nd Tank Battalion 11th Australian Brigade 2/7th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 193rd Tank Battalion 1st Tank Battalion Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 148th Infantry Regiment 2/10th Armoured Regiment Molukken KNIL Cdo 18th British Division 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 42nd Construction Regiment 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 22nd Base Group 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 41st Base Group 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 46th Construction Regiment 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 47th Construction Regiment 203rd Coast AA Regiment 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd Laha ML Base Force 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion Amboina Defenses 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 33rd Division Yokosuka 4th SNLF 18th Division 8th Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 35th Fld AA Gun Co 25th Army 1st Engineer Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (1/28/2022 1:51:20 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 26, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Gasmata at 105,128 Japanese Ships SS I-20, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Preston DD Cummings there are nearly daily ASW attempts around Gasmata and Rabaul, all fail... SS I-20 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Preston DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cummings attacking submerged sub .... SS I-20 eludes ASW attack from DD Cummings DD Cummings loses contact with SS I-20 DD Preston fails to find sub and abandons search DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 [image]local://upfiles/13774/16106176B511437A8FBB7979A8ACF097.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 45 Wellington Ic x 21 B-25C Mitchell x 9 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 75 bombers from Burma have been flown to China to attack the airfield at Canton... want to draw out the IJAAF... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 3 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 9 Allied aircraft losses Wellington Ic: 3 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 9 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 2 damaged Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 9 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Gasmata at 105,128 Japanese Ships SS I-20, hits 2 Allied Ships DD Dunlap DD Cummings DD Preston SS I-20 is located by DD Dunlap DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston attacking submerged sub .... DD Preston is out of ASW ammo DD Preston is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cummings fails to find sub and abandons search DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1482 Defending force 18128 troops, 205 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 532 Assaulting units: Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 2/10th Armoured Regiment Americal Infantry Division 193rd Tank Battalion Molukken KNIL Cdo 11th Australian Brigade 2/7th Armoured Regiment 145th Infantry Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 148th Infantry Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment 1st Tank Battalion 18th British Division 6th US Naval Construction Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 41st Base Group Amboina Defenses 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion Laha ML Base Force 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 47th Construction Regiment 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 42nd Construction Regiment 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 46th Construction Regiment 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 22nd Base Group 203rd Coast AA Regiment 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 8th Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF 33rd Division 18th Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 1st Engineer Co 35th Fld AA Gun Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit another IJN CA is reported sunk! CA Myoko is reported to have been sunk near Emirau Island on Aug 05, 1942

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (1/28/2022 1:52:45 PM)
another dangerous IJN heavy cruiser being confirmed sunk, she was victim of USMC dive bombers... Myoko survived the war in real life... [image]local://upfiles/13774/641FCAE53D144DEA9E8A5022969BAC19.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (1/28/2022 2:07:47 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 27, 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 Caldwell DD Bancroft DD Woodworth DD McCalla DD Lansdowne DD Duncan DD Buchanan DD Laffey DD Aaron Ward Japanese ground losses: 1396 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 110 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 36 (2 destroyed, 34 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Airbase hits 31 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 106 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 5 Port supply hits 3 these are real nukes at Rabaul and the base having sustained these over weeks already the Allied are now about to land at Rabaul as the invasion force is two days out covered by a USN/RN carrier force that is heavily covered by Force Z, a USN surface combat group and an ASW group... [image]local://upfiles/13774/6A7CF1D168A04568BA67EDDC72E0227E.jpg[/image] 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 Caldwell firing at Rabaul DD Bancroft firing at Rabaul DD Woodworth firing at Rabaul DD McCalla firing at Rabaul DD Lansdowne firing at Rabaul DD Duncan firing at Rabaul DD Buchanan firing at Rabaul DD Laffey firing at Rabaul DD Aaron Ward firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Deboyne Islands at 103,134 Japanese Ships SS I-25, hits 3 Allied Ships DD Drayton DD Smith DD Cassin DD Downes DD Flusser DD Perkins so far none of our ships were hit by subs but there are quite a lot around... the destroyers do their job in screening the capital ships... SS I-25 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Drayton DD Cassin fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Downes fails to find sub and abandons search DD Flusser fails to find sub and abandons search DD Perkins attacking submerged sub .... DD Perkins loses contact with SS I-25 DD Cassin fails to find sub and abandons search DD Perkins fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Perkins fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Perkins fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Perkins fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Perkins fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Deboyne Islands at 103,134 Japanese Ships SS I-25, hits 3 Allied Ships DD Ellet DD Wilson DD Sterett SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Ellet I-25 diving deep .... DD Wilson attacking submerged sub .... DD Wilson is out of ASW ammo DD Wilson is out of ASW ammo DD Sterett fails to find sub and abandons search DD Wilson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Wilson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Wilson attacking submerged sub .... DD Wilson is out of ASW ammo DD Wilson is out of ASW ammo DD Wilson is out of ASW ammo DD Wilson is out of ASW ammo DD Wilson is out of ASW ammo DD Wilson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Wilson fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Deboyne Islands at 103,134 Japanese Ships SS I-25, hits 2 Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales BC Repulse CA Australia CA Indianapolis CA Portland DD Electra DD Nizam DD Napier DD Jupiter DD Isis DD Fortune DD Express Force Z has been sighted but it doesn't matter if the enemy is aware of our presence or not, perhaps he awaits more bombardment TFs... at this point the enemy surely isn't aware of the invasion going in in the next two days... SS I-25 is sighted by escort DD Jupiter fails to find sub and abandons search DD Isis fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Fortune fails to find sub and abandons search DD Express fails to find sub and abandons search DD Isis attacking submerged sub .... DD Isis fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isis fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isis fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isis fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Woodlark Island at 104,132 Japanese Ships SS I-154 Allied Ships DD Sterett DD Ellet SS I-154 is located by DD Sterett I-154 diving deep .... DD Sterett attacking submerged sub .... DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15 Ki-51 Sonia x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 18 the IJAAF starts bombing Changsha... nothing that I really care about, if the enemy continues and we get a chance for a CAP trap we will trash them... Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 6 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 3 Blenheim IV x 41 Wellington Ic x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 20 No Allied losses Airbase hits 42 Airbase supply hits 16 Runway hits 86 our airforce keeps pounding Liuchow's airfield to completely close it down as the Chinese Army is preparing a major offensive here... Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 12 Wellington Ic x 3 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 1 damaged Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 7 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 7 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Woodlark Island at 104,132 Japanese Ships SS I-154 Allied Ships DD Lang CA Quincy CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis CA Astoria CL Nashville CL Helena DD Selfridge DD Benham DD Clark DD Balch DD Phelps SS I-154 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Lang I-154 diving deep .... DD Clark fails to find sub and abandons search DD Balch fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Phelps attacking submerged sub .... SS I-154 eludes DD Phelps by diving deep DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1489 Defending force 18232 troops, 205 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 547 Assaulting units: 2/7th Armoured Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment 145th Infantry Regiment Molukken KNIL Cdo Americal Infantry Division 11th Australian Brigade 148th Infantry Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 1st Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 2/10th Armoured Regiment 18th British Division 46th Construction Regiment 47th Construction Regiment 22nd Base Group 42nd Construction Regiment 205th Field Artillery Battalion 203rd Coast AA Regiment 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion Amboina Defenses 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 8th US Naval Construction Battalion Laha ML Base Force 41st Base Group 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF 18th Division 33rd Division 4th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 35th Fld AA Gun Co 25th Army 1st Engineer Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit after CA Myoko confirmed sunk yesterday we get confirmation of CA Takao being sunk today... CA Takao is reported to have been sunk near Lihir on Aug 05, 1942

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (1/28/2022 2:11:56 PM)
IJN CA Takao confirmed sunk after being heavily hit by 1000lb bombs dropped by USMC SBDs [image]local://upfiles/13774/84C3C1628D0E474981F73B676B9143EA.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (1/29/2022 1:27:59 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,128 Japanese Ships SS I-29 Allied Ships DD Sterett SS I-29 is located by DD Sterett I-29 diving deep .... DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 18 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled doing these bombing runs with the Dutch just for the show... Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 35 Wellington Ic x 12 B-25C Mitchell x 23 P-40E Warhawk x 50 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 298 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 5 but the attacks on Liuchow have a real reason as the Chinese Army is doing a pincer move on the town to dislodge the enemy... considering what we are bringing here I don't expect the Japanese to hold the clear hex for long, especially when our bombers will all switch into the ground support role... [image]local://upfiles/13774/EC307B4DE6EE4DBDBF24AB3622989263.jpg[/image] Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 124th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 23rd Army ... Also attacking 21st Mortar Battalion ... Also attacking 68th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking Liuchow ... Also attacking 2nd RF Gun Battalion ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking Liuchow ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking Liuchow ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 104th Division, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 15 Wellington Ic x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 136 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 104th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 124th Infantry Regiment, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 23rd Army, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 102 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 21st Mortar Battalion, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 68th Ind.Infantry Battalion, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1499 Defending force 18292 troops, 205 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 555 Assaulting units: 145th Infantry Regiment 2/10th Armoured Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion 11th Australian Brigade 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment Americal Infantry Division 193rd Tank Battalion Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 148th Infantry Regiment 2/7th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 1st Tank Battalion Molukken KNIL Cdo 18th British Division 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion Amboina Defenses 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 41st Base Group 22nd Base Group 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 46th Construction Regiment 47th Construction Regiment 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 203rd Coast AA Regiment 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 42nd Construction Regiment Laha ML Base Force 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 18th Division 33rd Division 8th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF 4th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co 1st Engineer Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/4/2022 1:32:25 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 29, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Allied Ships BB Resolution BB Ramillies BB Royal Sovereign BB Revenge DD Morris DD Walke DD O'Brien DD Russell DD Mustin DD Hammann DD Hughes DD Sims Japanese ground losses: 1062 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 55 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 16 (10 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 52 Port hits 2 these naval bombardments really hurt the support units at Rabaul but whatever infantry units are there they won't be threatened by the bombardments... Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Resolution BB Resolution firing at Rabaul BB Ramillies firing at Rabaul BB Royal Sovereign firing at Rabaul BB Revenge firing at Rabaul DD Morris firing at Rabaul DD Walke firing at Rabaul DD O'Brien firing at Rabaul DD Russell firing at Rabaul DD Mustin firing at Rabaul DD Hammann firing at Rabaul DD Hughes firing at Rabaul DD Sims firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Caldwell DD Bancroft DD Woodworth DD McCalla DD Lansdowne DD Duncan DD Buchanan DD Laffey DD Aaron Ward Japanese ground losses: 1066 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 63 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 28 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 85 Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 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 Caldwell firing at Rabaul DD Bancroft firing at Rabaul DD Woodworth firing at Rabaul DD McCalla firing at Rabaul DD Lansdowne firing at Rabaul DD Duncan firing at Rabaul DD Buchanan firing at Rabaul DD Laffey firing at Rabaul DD Aaron Ward firing at 32nd Nav Gsn Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 497 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Trenton CL Detroit CL Raleigh CL Concord APD Rathburne AP Leonard Wood xAK Steel Mariner Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled sent in both naval bombardment TFs at the same time again as we are landing tonight... we do have a lot of troops coming ashore here and I seriously doubt the Japanese will be able to resist for long... CL Marblehead firing at 41st Naval Guard Unit CL Trenton firing at 44th Naval Guard Unit CL Detroit firing at 32nd Nav Gsn Unit CL Raleigh firing at 32nd Nav Gsn Unit CL Concord firing at 41st Naval Guard Unit Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Rabaul (106,125) TF 1 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 106,125 Allied ground losses: 386 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 42 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled) Vehicles lost 31 (6 destroyed, 25 disabled) all my units are fully or near fully prepped so the losses during the landing are okayish... 37mm M3 AT Gun damaged beyond repair during unload of 27th Infantry Div /4 81mm M1 Mortar damaged beyond repair during unload of 41st Infantry Div /1 Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 27th Infantry Div /7 0.5in AAMG Sect (2) lost from landing craft during unload of 25th Infantry Div /2 13 troops of a USA 41 Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of 25th Infantry Div /8 13 troops of a USA 41 Rifle Squad accidentally lost during unload of 41st Infantry Div /6 13 troops of a USA 41 Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of 41st Infantry Div /8 13 troops of a USA 41 Rifle Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 27th Infantry Div /10 15 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 25th Infantry Div /13 13 troops of a USA 41 Rifle Squad lost overboard during unload of 41st Infantry Div /10 Motorized Support lost overboard during unload of 41st Infantry Div /12 13 troops of a USMC 42 Rifle Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 22nd Marine Rgt 13 troops of a USMC 42 Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of 22nd Marine Rgt /2 15 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 22nd Marine Rgt /5 15 Aviation Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 5th Base Group /3 Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of Aus I Corps 0.5in AAMG Sect (2) accidentally lost during unload of 30th FA Rgt Motorized Support dropped into water during unload of 2nd USMC Tank Bn Engineer Vehicle lost from landing craft during unload of 2/8th Armoured Rgt /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 243 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Junee AM Horsham AM Geelong AM Cowra AM Cairns xAK Arcata xAK Mahukona AM Junee fired at enemy troops AM Horsham fired at enemy troops AM Geelong fired at enemy troops AM Cowra fired at enemy troops AM Cairns fired at enemy troops 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Rabaul (106,125) TF 98 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 106,125 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 473 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Trenton CL Detroit CL Raleigh CL Concord APD Rathburne xAP Ellaroo AP Fuller xAP Wanaka AK Arcturus Allied ground losses: 54 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CL Trenton firing at 41st Naval Guard Unit CL Concord firing at 62nd Naval Guard Unit Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 240 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Junee AM Horsham AM Geelong AM Cowra AM Cairns xAK Arcata, Shell hits 2 xAK J.L. Luckenbach AM Junee fired at enemy troops AM Horsham fired at enemy troops AM Geelong fired at enemy troops AM Cowra fired at enemy troops AM Cairns fired at enemy troops 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 34 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 42 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 26 enemy is hitting Moulmein which I've started to build up lately... Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 25th Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 48 Wellington Ic x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 6 P-40E Warhawk x 10 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 281 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 124th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 23rd Army ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking Liuchow ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking Liuchow ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 124th Infantry Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 16 Wellington Ic x 3 B-25C Mitchell x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 78 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 21st Mortar Battalion ... Also attacking Liuchow ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 21st Mortar Battalion ... Also attacking 104th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 38 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking Liuchow ... Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking Liuchow ... Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 23rd Army, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 100 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 104th Division, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 104th Division, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 255 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships APD Rathburne APD Kane AP J. Franklin Bell xAK Kooringa Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled every available AP and AK have been in the invasion TF for Rabaul... Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 122 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Junee AM Horsham AM Geelong AM Cowra AM Cairns xAK Arcata AM Junee fired at enemy troops AM Horsham fired at enemy troops AM Geelong fired at enemy troops AM Cowra fired at enemy troops AM Cairns fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13920 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 744 Defending force 47349 troops, 750 guns, 960 vehicles, Assault Value = 1588 Japanese ground losses: 259 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 62nd Naval Guard Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment 47th Naval Guard Unit II/66th Naval Guard Unit 53rd Naval Guard Unit 32nd Nav Gsn Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit I/81st Naval Guard Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit I/66th Naval Guard Unit 4th Engineer Co 44th Naval Guard Unit III/81st Naval Guard Unit 11th Air Flotilla 9th JNAF Coy 5th JNAF Coy 10th Port Unit 105th Ship Eng Coy 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 5th JAAF AF Bn 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 8th JNAF AF Unit 2nd JAAF AF Bn 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 203rd Ship Eng Coy Southeast Area Fleet 101st JAAF AF Bn 3rd JAAF AF Bn 10th JNAF AF Unit 29th JNAF AF Unit 4th Fleet 206th Ship Eng Coy 2nd JNAF AF Unit 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 38th JNAF AF Unit 20th Port Unit 12th Air Defense AA Regiment 7th JNAF AF Unit 11th JNAF AF Unit 4th Base Force 15th Base Force 5th Ship Engineer Regiment 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 6th JNAF AF Unit 305th Ship Eng Coy 36th JNAF AF Unit 22nd Special Base Force 21st Port Unit 306th Ship Eng Coy 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 1st JNAF Coy 104th Ship Eng Coy 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 41st JNAF AF Unit 3rd JNAF AF Unit 2nd JNAF Coy 3rd JNAF Coy 106th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 2/9th Armoured Rgt /1 3rd Tank Bn /1 13th Armoured Rgt /1 41st Infantry Division 22nd Marine Rgt /1 632nd TD Bn /2 637th TD Bn /2 2/8th Armoured Rgt /1 1st USMC Tank Bn /1 25th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Bn /1 29th Port Maint Engr Bn /1 147th FA Bn /1 Aus I Corps 24th Port Maint Engr Bn /1 181st FA Bn /1 5th Base Group /2 168th FA Bn /1 260th FA Bn /1 209th FA Bn /1 307th Base Group /2 30th FA Rgt /1 the enemy bombards and we get intel on what is defending the base... inanse number of different units, looks like Rabaul was meant to act as a staging base to reinforce the surrounding bases but my offensive into the Bismarck Sea has put an end to this, otherwhise I can't explain this troop composition... while the enemy still has 50% of our assault value he clearly lacks heavy weapons and tanks... with the firepower we brought I'm absolutely positive to end this soon... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1239 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1509 Defending force 18300 troops, 205 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 556 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Battalion 2/7th Armoured Regiment 148th Infantry Regiment Molukken KNIL Cdo 1st Australian Brigade Americal Infantry Division 145th Infantry Regiment 1st Tank Battalion 2/10th Armoured Regiment Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment 193rd Tank Battalion 11th Australian Brigade 18th British Division 22nd Base Group Laha ML Base Force 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 47th Construction Regiment 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 203rd Coast AA Regiment 205th Field Artillery Battalion 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 46th Construction Regiment 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 41st Base Group Amboina Defenses 42nd Construction Regiment AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 8th Tank Regiment 33rd Division 4th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF 18th Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 1st Engineer Co 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit while our carrier force was covering the invasion at Rabaul we had Catalinas pick up a big enemy convoy which is heading towards Truk... I'm feeling confident enough to send the carriers North on a hunt, we will have some heavy naval units in close cover for the invasion but I doubt the enemy has any capabilities to intervene and he hasn't spotted my carriers so he has to expect them to be close to the invasion... the enemy convoy should be in perfect strike range if everything moves as expected... [image]local://upfiles/13774/E47FEEC520204450896AEA5E2D339DC8.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/4/2022 1:39:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 30, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 282 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships APD Rathburne AP President Adams xAK Theofano Livanos Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled the rest of the troops, mostly support, is coming ashore... Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 124 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Junee AM Horsham AM Geelong AM Cowra AM Cairns xAK Arcata AM Junee fired at enemy troops AM Horsham fired at enemy troops AM Geelong fired at enemy troops AM Cowra fired at enemy troops AM Cairns fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Caldwell DD Bancroft DD Woodworth DD McCalla DD Lansdowne DD Duncan DD Buchanan DD Laffey DD Aaron Ward Japanese ground losses: 1271 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 114 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 25 (2 destroyed, 23 disabled) Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 134 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 1 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 Caldwell firing at Rabaul DD Bancroft firing at Rabaul DD Woodworth firing at Rabaul DD McCalla firing at Rabaul DD Lansdowne firing at Rabaul DD Duncan firing at Rabaul DD Buchanan firing at Rabaul DD Laffey firing at Rabaul DD Aaron Ward firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 252 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships APD Rathburne xAK Kooringa Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled) Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 114 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Junee AM Horsham AM Geelong AM Cowra AM Cairns xAK Arcata AM Junee fired at enemy troops AM Horsham fired at enemy troops AM Geelong fired at enemy troops AM Cowra fired at enemy troops AM Cairns fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 270 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships APD Rathburne xAP Jalaputra xAP Jalavihar xAP Jalabala xAP Taroona Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled) Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 127 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Junee AM Horsham AM Geelong AM Cowra AM Cairns xAK Arcata AM Junee fired at enemy troops AM Horsham fired at enemy troops AM Geelong fired at enemy troops AM Cowra fired at enemy troops AM Cairns fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Gasmata at 105,128 Japanese Ships SS I-175, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Meredith DD Monssen DD Grayson SS I-175 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Meredith DD Monssen fails to find sub and abandons search DD Grayson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Grayson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Grayson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Grayson attacking submerged sub .... DD Grayson fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Satawal at 107,108 [image]local://upfiles/13774/62DCA225D3E64995B4EEC7688AC470AC.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 54 SBD-3 Dauntless x 72 TBF-1 Avenger x 28 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Kosin Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Sydney Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Lisbon Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires xAK Kano Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Goyo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Taketoyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Matsue Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Teikoku Maru DD Shirakumo xAK Brisbane Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire xAK Wales Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Tatuno Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Lyons Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Awazisan Maru xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tatumiya Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires xAK Tatuharu Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires AK Yamasimo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAK Shinanogawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAK Akiura Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires AK Kaga Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Melbourne Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Nitti Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage there are these days when everything really goes as planned... not having spotted the exact position of my carriers the enemy convoy kept moving East towards Truk and we end up in 1000lb bomb range... the SBDs sink a lot enemy freighters, guess this must have been a big supply convoy bound for Truk... Aircraft Attacking: 4 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 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 8 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 10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 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 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' 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 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kosin Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Goyo Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Taketoyo Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Brisbane Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tatuharu Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tatuno Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Nitiran Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Akiura Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Melbourne Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Nitti Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tatumiya Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16 Ki-49-Ia Helen x 3 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 3 this number of bombers isn't nearly enough to trash the airfield, in fact we are not only repairing damage but also increasing the airfield each turn... might put up CAP... Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Satawal at 107,108 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 18 SBD-3 Dauntless x 53 TBF-1 Avenger x 14 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Tamagawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire xAK Tokiwa Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Onoe Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Wazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Seattle Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAK Yamagiri Maru xAK Yokohama Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Nichiyu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Noto Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Keisyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Tatuwa Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tokai Maru, Bomb hits 1 xAK Hokuroku Maru AK Arima Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 1 xAK Koei Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires another carrier strike in the afternoon, we could send out way more bombers though... at the end of the day we have most likely sunk up to two dozen IJN freighters for the loss of one SBD to ops... the carriers will head back towards Rabaul and remain near the invasion shipping... Aircraft Attacking: 9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 10 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 10 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 8 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 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Onoe Maru Massive explosion on xAK Wazan Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tamagawa Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Ansyu-C Cargo class xAK Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Koei Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Satawal at 107,108 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 36 SBD-3 Dauntless x 18 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Koei Maru, heavy fires xAK Teiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Asakaze Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Huzikawa Maru xAK Katuragi Maru two hits out of 18 bombs, Thunderstorm greetings... Aircraft Attacking: 6 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 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Koei Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Satawal at 107,108 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 17 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Kyusyu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Myoko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Onoe Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kazuura Maru xAK Nankai Maru, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Myoko Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Onoe Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Satawal at 107,108 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft TBF-1 Avenger x 14 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Noto Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Yamazato Maru, Bomb hits 1 xAK Toyohasi Maru xAK Sinko Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kazuura Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage looks like the carries do launch most of their bombers but the squadrons are coming in in bits and pieces... Aircraft Attacking: 14 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Noto Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Sinko Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kazuura Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Satawal at 107,108 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 17 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Toa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAK Seia Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Toyooka Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Lisbon Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Hawaii Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Onoe Maru, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 4 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 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Std-B Cargo class xAK Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Hawaii Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 256 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships APD Rathburne xAP Talthibius APD Fox Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 126 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAK Fairland xAK Unicoi xAK Arcata xAK Fairland fired at enemy troops xAK Unicoi fired at enemy troops xAK Arcata fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13791 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 720 Defending force 54401 troops, 781 guns, 1186 vehicles, Assault Value = 1632 Japanese ground losses: 139 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) losses are most likely FOW at least that's my experience... Assaulting units: 53rd Naval Guard Unit II/66th Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit I/66th Naval Guard Unit I/81st Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit 32nd Nav Gsn Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment II/81st Naval Guard Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit 62nd Naval Guard Unit III/81st Naval Guard Unit 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 41st JNAF AF Unit 5th JAAF AF Bn 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 10th Port Unit 15th Base Force 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 104th Ship Eng Coy 206th Ship Eng Coy 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 12th Air Defense AA Regiment 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 5th Ship Engineer Regiment 3rd JNAF Coy 4th Base Force 10th JNAF AF Unit Southeast Area Fleet 36th JNAF AF Unit 305th Ship Eng Coy 21st Port Unit 105th Ship Eng Coy 203rd Ship Eng Coy 4th Engineer Co 1st JNAF Coy 11th Air Flotilla 3rd JAAF AF Bn 5th JNAF Coy 20th Port Unit 8th JNAF AF Unit 2nd JNAF Coy 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 101st JAAF AF Bn 306th Ship Eng Coy 4th Fleet 2nd JAAF AF Bn 9th JNAF Coy 11th JNAF AF Unit 7th JNAF AF Unit 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 3rd JNAF AF Unit 38th JNAF AF Unit 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 2nd JNAF AF Unit 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 6th JNAF AF Unit 29th JNAF AF Unit 22nd Special Base Force 106th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 22nd Marine Regiment 41st Infantry Division 1st USMC Tank Battalion 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 2/9th Armoured Regiment 3rd Tank Battalion 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 25th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 27th Infantry Division 2/8th Armoured Regiment 13th Armoured Regiment 168th Field Artillery Battalion 29th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 24th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 307th Base Group Aus I Corps 181st Field Artillery Battalion 209th Field Artillery Battalion 260th Field Artillery Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion 5th Base Group 30th FA Rgt /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1239 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1516 Defending force 18359 troops, 205 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 559 Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment 148th Infantry Regiment 1st Australian Brigade Molukken KNIL Cdo Americal Infantry Division 2/10th Armoured Regiment 1st Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 2/7th Armoured Regiment 11th Australian Brigade 2nd Tank Battalion 145th Infantry Regiment 18th British Division 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 42nd Construction Regiment 2nd Pioneer Battalion 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 203rd Coast AA Regiment 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 41st Base Group 22nd Base Group Laha ML Base Force 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion Amboina Defenses 47th Construction Regiment 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 46th Construction Regiment 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF 4th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 18th Division 33rd Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 1st Engineer Co 35th Fld AA Gun Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit

BBfanboy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/4/2022 7:42:24 PM)
Wow! Great carrier strikes! Your pilots got lots of cheap experience on those. Do you know if the carrier crews get experience boosts from conducting these ops? As Canoerebel put it, carriers are not the best weapon in the game - good intel is. You had it, he didn't. And as for firepower at Rabaul, your naval bombardments have knocked out a lot of guns. So have your LCU counter-bombardments. All good for the Allies.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/5/2022 12:53:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Wow! Great carrier strikes! Your pilots got lots of cheap experience on those. Do you know if the carrier crews get experience boosts from conducting these ops? As Canoerebel put it, carriers are not the best weapon in the game - good intel is. You had it, he didn't. And as for firepower at Rabaul, your naval bombardments have knocked out a lot of guns. So have your LCU counter-bombardments. All good for the Allies. Experience and skill buildup was literally nil, a point exp here, a point nav bomb there. As all the bomber crews are at 70 skill they hardly increase skill or exp levels, they would need non stop bombing to do so, like Army bombers often do with their 24/7 attacks. As the IJ player I usuall have hundreds of IJAAF bomber crews with exp 80+ and grd skill as well.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/5/2022 1:02:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 31, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 245 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships APD Rathburne xAK Iron Baron xAK Iron King Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled) Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards we're still unloading support squads... takes too long for my taste but I just don't have the needed assault shipping... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 132 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAK Fairland xAK Unicoi xAK Arcata xAK Fairland fired at enemy troops xAK Unicoi fired at enemy troops xAK Arcata fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Rabaul at 106,127 Japanese Ships SS I-153 Allied Ships AP W.A. Holbrook, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage AP W.A. Holbrook is sighted by SS I-153 SS I-153 launches 2 torpedoes and an AP that could convert to an APA later is sunk after previously taking damage (hit a reef)... the ship was split off it's task force and promptly gets sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Allied Ships BB Resolution BB Ramillies BB Royal Sovereign BB Revenge DD Morris DD Walke DD O'Brien DD Russell DD Mustin DD Hammann DD Hughes DD Sims Japanese ground losses: 338 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 44 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 22 Port hits 10 Port supply hits 1 Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Resolution BB Resolution firing at Rabaul BB Ramillies firing at Rabaul BB Royal Sovereign firing at Rabaul BB Revenge firing at Rabaul DD Morris firing at Rabaul DD Walke firing at Rabaul DD O'Brien firing at Rabaul DD Russell firing at 41st Naval Guard Unit DD Mustin firing at 32nd Nav Gsn Unit DD Hammann firing at Rabaul DD Hughes firing at Rabaul DD Sims firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 124 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAK Fairland xAK Unicoi xAK Arcata xAK Fairland fired at enemy troops xAK Unicoi fired at enemy troops xAK Arcata fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 268 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships APD Rathburne xAP Jalaputra xAP Subadar Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 114 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAK Fairland xAK Unicoi xAK Arcata xAK Fairland fired at enemy troops xAK Unicoi fired at enemy troops xAK Arcata fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55 [image]local://upfiles/13774/D11ECDC1DC444A0FA8EB8ECF622D8E38.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17 Ki-49-Ia Helen x 3 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 26 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 it's a one... two... BOOOM day... as Moulmein's airfield never showed damage from the attacks I decided to end those today and flew in three USAAF fighter squadrons... all put to 90% CAP I have no clue why all three only show 13 fighters on CAP which is 50%... oh well, being better positioned than the enemy our fighters completely trash the incoming strikes, creating several more aces for literally no losses as not a single USAAF pilot was lost today... Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 2 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 49th FG/8th FS with P-400 Airacobra (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Raid is overhead 23rd FG/75th FS with P-40E Warhawk (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Raid is overhead 23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 32 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 8 P-40E Warhawk x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 12 destroyed No Allied losses not enough IJ fighters for escort which means unescorted strikes are completely mauled even when we only have two dozen fightrs airborne... CAP engaged: 49th FG/8th FS with P-400 Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 99 minutes 23rd FG/75th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 217 minutes 23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 95 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 25th Army, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 25th Army ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 8 B-25C Mitchell x 8 P-40E Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 we keep bombing Liuchow as our ground offensive is on the move... Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking Liuchow ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking Liuchow ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 104th Division, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 23 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 8 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 124th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 21st Mortar Battalion ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 124th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 21st Mortar Battalion ... Also attacking 104th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 124th Infantry Regiment, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 21st Mortar Battalion, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 17 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 127 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAK Crown City xAK Sawokla xAK Arcata xAK Crown City fired at enemy troops xAK Sawokla fired at enemy troops xAK Arcata fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13225 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 718 Defending force 54951 troops, 782 guns, 1231 vehicles, Assault Value = 1640 Japanese ground losses: 96 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Assaulting units: 53rd Naval Guard Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment 32nd Nav Gsn Unit I/66th Naval Guard Unit I/81st Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit II/66th Naval Guard Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit 62nd Naval Guard Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit III/81st Naval Guard Unit 36th JNAF AF Unit Southeast Area Fleet 101st JAAF AF Bn 10th JNAF AF Unit 11th JNAF AF Unit 306th Ship Eng Coy 2nd JAAF AF Bn 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 5th JNAF Coy 29th JNAF AF Unit 10th Port Unit 105th Ship Eng Coy 5th JAAF AF Bn 2nd JNAF AF Unit 3rd JNAF Coy 4th Fleet 206th Ship Eng Coy 2nd JNAF Coy 21st Port Unit 4th Base Force 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 11th Air Flotilla 7th JNAF AF Unit 12th Air Defense AA Regiment 104th Ship Eng Coy 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 203rd Ship Eng Coy 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 22nd Special Base Force 5th Ship Engineer Regiment 3rd JNAF AF Unit 3rd JAAF AF Bn 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 15th Base Force 4th Engineer Co 1st JNAF Coy 8th JNAF AF Unit 20th Port Unit 9th JNAF Coy 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 305th Ship Eng Coy 38th JNAF AF Unit 6th JNAF AF Unit 41st JNAF AF Unit 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 106th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 2/9th Armoured Regiment 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 3rd Tank Battalion 2/8th Armoured Regiment 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 22nd Marine Regiment 41st Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 27th Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 13th Armoured Regiment 168th Field Artillery Battalion 24th Port Maint Engineer Battalion Aus I Corps 147th Field Artillery Battalion 5th Base Group 209th Field Artillery Battalion 260th Field Artillery Battalion 29th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment 181st Field Artillery Battalion 307th Base Group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1519 Defending force 18386 troops, 205 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 562 Assaulting units: Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 148th Infantry Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion Americal Infantry Division 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment Molukken KNIL Cdo 1st Tank Battalion 2/7th Armoured Regiment 11th Australian Brigade 193rd Tank Battalion 1st Australian Brigade 145th Infantry Regiment 2/10th Armoured Regiment 18th British Division 46th Construction Regiment 2nd Pioneer Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 42nd Construction Regiment Laha ML Base Force 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 22nd Base Group 41st Base Group 203rd Coast AA Regiment 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 205th Field Artillery Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion Amboina Defenses 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 47th Construction Regiment 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 4th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 33rd Division Yokosuka 4th SNLF 18th Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 1st Engineer Co 35th Fld AA Gun Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Liuchow (74,55) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 131974 troops, 745 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4513 Defending force 25765 troops, 248 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 721 Japanese ground losses: 61 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Chinese units fire intel shells into Liuchow showing only 721 enemy av... it's a clear hex and I don't expect to see fort levels higher than 3 or 4 so combined with the air attacks and fully prepped Chinese Corps I have no doubt our first real offensive in China should become a full success... Liuchow is an important base as it opens the railline from Tuyun all the way to Changsha again so the Chinese can quickly move units around... holding the base against a massed IJA effort is as impossible as it is now for the Japanese though... Assaulting units: 93rd Chinese Corps 31st Chinese Corps 95th Chinese Corps 90th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 65th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 56th Chinese Corps 32nd Chinese Corps 78th Chinese Corps 52nd Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 64th Chinese Corps 66th Chinese Corps Jingcha War Area 4th War Area 6th Heavy AA Regiment NCAC 2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment 4th Group Army 9th Group Army 14th Group Army Defending units: 104th Division 68th Ind.Infantry Battalion 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 124th Infantry Regiment 23rd Army 2nd RF Gun Battalion 21st Mortar Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/5/2022 1:03:40 PM)
horrible air losses for the Japanese today... the attacks against Moulmein served no obvious purpose to me and in the end it costs the IJAAF a lot of bombers... [image]local://upfiles/13774/076238D818344E4F9F79EF40EBFEF161.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/5/2022 1:11:05 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 01, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Gasmata at 104,127 Japanese Ships SS RO-65, hits 6 Allied Ships DD Aaron Ward CA Chicago CA Northampton CL Phoenix DD Lansdowne DD Laffey DD Caldwell DD Bancroft DD Woodworth DD McCalla enemy subs still very active between Gasmata and Rabaul... glad they try to engage my DDs instead of one of the slow RN BBs... SS RO-65 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Aaron Ward RO-65 bottoming out .... DD Caldwell fails to find sub and abandons search DD Bancroft fails to find sub and abandons search DD Woodworth fails to find sub and abandons search DD McCalla fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McCalla fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McCalla attacking submerged sub .... DD McCalla fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McCalla attacking submerged sub .... DD McCalla fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,127 Japanese Ships SS I-153 Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Trenton APD Gilmer APD Ward AP Thomas Jefferson AP President Monroe AP President Adams AP Barnett AP George F. Elliot AP American Legion AP Zeilin AK Castor AK Procyon AK Almaack AK Algorab xAP Macedon xAP Iron Master xAP Iron Knob xAP Echunga xAP Dilga xAP Corio xAP Arkaba xAP Aeon xAP Talthibius xAP Clan Macilwraith xAP Yu Sang xAP Jehangir xAP Jalavihar xAP Jalarashmi xAP Haresfield xAK Steel Worker xAK Santa Rita xAK Chios xAK Suva xAK Iron King APD Rathburne APD Kane APD Hatfield APD Lawrence that's the invasion task force... wouldn't want to lose another AP... SS I-153 is sighted by escort APD Rathburne fails to find sub and abandons search APD Kane fails to find sub and abandons search APD Hatfield fails to find sub and abandons search APD Lawrence fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,127 Japanese Ships SS I-153, hits 2 Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Trenton APD Gilmer APD Ward AP Thomas Jefferson AP President Monroe AP President Adams AP Barnett AP George F. Elliot AP American Legion AP Zeilin AK Castor AK Procyon AK Almaack AK Algorab xAP Macedon xAP Iron Master xAP Iron Knob xAP Echunga xAP Dilga xAP Corio xAP Arkaba xAP Aeon xAP Talthibius xAP Clan Macilwraith xAP Yu Sang xAP Jehangir xAP Jalavihar xAP Jalarashmi xAP Haresfield xAK Steel Worker xAK Santa Rita xAK Chios xAK Suva xAK Iron King APD Rathburne APD Kane APD Hatfield APD Lawrence SS I-153 is sighted by escort APD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Kane fails to find sub and abandons search APD Hatfield fails to find sub and abandons search APD Lawrence attacking submerged sub .... APD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Lawrence fails to find sub and abandons search APD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Caldwell DD Bancroft DD Woodworth DD McCalla DD Lansdowne DD Duncan DD Buchanan DD Laffey DD Aaron Ward Japanese ground losses: 696 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 97 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled) Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 94 Port hits 12 Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 1 several dozen of these naval bombardments in the past have really hurt Japanese support units at Rabaul but they still have so many flak guns that bombing the base from below 20,000ft is like suizide and doesn't make sense considering Allied aircraft replacement rates where I seem to know each bomber personally... 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 Caldwell firing at Rabaul DD Bancroft firing at Rabaul DD Woodworth firing at Rabaul DD McCalla firing at Rabaul DD Lansdowne firing at Rabaul DD Duncan firing at Rabaul DD Buchanan firing at Rabaul DD Laffey firing at Rabaul DD Aaron Ward firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,127 Japanese Ships SS I-153, hits 3 Allied Ships CA Chicago CA Louisville CL Phoenix CL Honolulu DD Lansdowne DD Laffey DD Caldwell DD Bancroft DD Woodworth DD McCalla SS I-153 is sighted by escort DD Caldwell fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Bancroft fails to find sub and abandons search DD Woodworth attacking submerged sub .... DD McCalla fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 38 Wellington Ic x 28 B-25C Mitchell x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 260 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 6 ground troops were ordered to attack today so the airforce has to increase disruption within the enemy defenders... Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 13 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 23rd Army ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking 21st Mortar Battalion ... Also attacking 68th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 2nd RF Gun Battalion ... Also attacking Liuchow ... Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking Liuchow ... Also attacking 68th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 23rd Army ... Also attacking 68th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 21 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 124th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 124th Infantry Regiment ... Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment ... Also attacking 124th Infantry Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 6 B-25C Mitchell x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 31 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking Liuchow ... Also attacking 104th Division ... Also attacking Liuchow ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 104th Division, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 21st Mortar Battalion, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13125 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 707 Defending force 55306 troops, 783 guns, 1241 vehicles, Assault Value = 1653 Japanese ground losses: 65 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: I/66th Naval Guard Unit 62nd Naval Guard Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Engineer Co I/81st Naval Guard Unit II/66th Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit 32nd Nav Gsn Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit 53rd Naval Guard Unit III/81st Naval Guard Unit 20th Port Unit 11th JNAF AF Unit 8th JNAF AF Unit Southeast Area Fleet 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 1st JNAF Coy 306th Ship Eng Coy 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 10th Port Unit 3rd JNAF AF Unit 101st JAAF AF Bn 11th Air Flotilla 9th JNAF Coy 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 305th Ship Eng Coy 21st Port Unit 203rd Ship Eng Coy 104th Ship Eng Coy 2nd JNAF Coy 6th JNAF AF Unit 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 29th JNAF AF Unit 38th JNAF AF Unit 12th Air Defense AA Regiment 4th Base Force 2nd JAAF AF Bn 22nd Special Base Force 5th JNAF Coy 5th Ship Engineer Regiment 41st JNAF AF Unit 5th JAAF AF Bn 4th Fleet 2nd JNAF AF Unit 206th Ship Eng Coy 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 36th JNAF AF Unit 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 3rd JNAF Coy 15th Base Force 10th JNAF AF Unit 3rd JAAF AF Bn 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 105th Ship Eng Coy 7th JNAF AF Unit 106th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 25th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 22nd Marine Regiment 2/9th Armoured Regiment 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 41st Infantry Division 3rd Tank Battalion 2/8th Armoured Regiment 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 13th Armoured Regiment 209th Field Artillery Battalion Aus I Corps 24th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 5th Base Group 260th Field Artillery Battalion 29th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment 147th Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 307th Base Group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1522 Defending force 18396 troops, 205 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 565 Assaulting units: Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 11th Australian Brigade 2/7th Armoured Regiment Molukken KNIL Cdo 145th Infantry Regiment 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment Americal Infantry Division 148th Infantry Regiment 193rd Tank Battalion 1st Australian Brigade 2nd Tank Battalion 1st Tank Battalion 2/10th Armoured Regiment 18th British Division 205th Field Artillery Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion Laha ML Base Force 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 8th US Naval Construction Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 22nd Base Group 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 42nd Construction Regiment 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 41st Base Group 203rd Coast AA Regiment 47th Construction Regiment Amboina Defenses 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 46th Construction Regiment 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF 4th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 18th Division 33rd Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 1st Engineer Co 35th Fld AA Gun Co 25th Army III/66th Naval Guard Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Liuchow (74,55) [image]local://upfiles/13774/47BEC711E1B1460395E7EEDEA8800DB1.jpg[/image] Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 131945 troops, 745 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4510 Defending force 25393 troops, 248 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 697 Allied adjusted assault: 4802 Japanese adjusted defense: 733 Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Liuchow !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 11855 casualties reported Squads: 352 destroyed, 55 disabled Non Combat: 333 destroyed, 80 disabled Engineers: 38 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 129 (98 destroyed, 31 disabled) Vehicles lost 105 (103 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 7 Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 4748 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 421 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Excellent! I was sure the Chinese will take the base but I didn't expect it to happen with the first attack... 100% prepped for Liuchow surely paid off as we get a great adjusted av and our continued ground attacks with all available bombers in the theatre kept the enemy's adjusted av pretty much equal to the base av... we suffer quite a number of disabled squads but these are spread over a lot of the attacking units and the enemy really takes a beating due to the forced retreat... that's an IJA div plus two regiments badly hit, we are trying to pursue them now as they retreated West across the river towards Nanning... Assaulting units: 64th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese Corps 31st Chinese Corps 65th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 90th Chinese Corps 32nd Chinese Corps 56th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 52nd Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 78th Chinese Corps 66th Chinese Corps NCAC 4th Group Army Jingcha War Area 4th War Area 6th Heavy AA Regiment 9th Group Army 2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment 14th Group Army Defending units: 68th Ind.Infantry Battalion 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 104th Division 124th Infantry Regiment 23rd Army 2nd RF Gun Battalion 21st Mortar Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/5/2022 3:46:34 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 03, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Gasmata at 104,127 Japanese Ships SS RO-65, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Cummings DD Preston SS RO-65 is sighted by escort DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub and abandons search DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cummings attacking submerged sub .... DD Cummings attacking submerged sub .... DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Caldwell DD Bancroft DD Woodworth DD McCalla DD Lansdowne DD Duncan DD Buchanan DD Laffey DD Aaron Ward Japanese ground losses: 1037 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 63 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 71 Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 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 Caldwell firing at Rabaul DD Bancroft firing at Rabaul DD Woodworth firing at Rabaul DD McCalla firing at Rabaul DD Lansdowne firing at Rabaul DD Duncan firing at Rabaul DD Buchanan firing at Rabaul DD Laffey firing at Rabaul DD Aaron Ward firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Gasmata at 105,128 Japanese Ships SS I-175, hits 5 Allied Ships DD Monssen DD Grayson SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Monssen DD Monssen attacking submerged sub .... DD Grayson fails to find sub and abandons search DD Monssen fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Monssen fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Monssen fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Monssen fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Monssen fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 478 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Trenton CL Detroit CL Raleigh CL Concord APD Rathburne APD Sands xAP Maori APD Humphreys xAP Iron Warrior Allied ground losses: 108 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled CL Trenton firing at 41st Naval Guard Unit CL Raleigh firing at 44th Naval Guard Unit CL Concord firing at 32nd Nav Gsn Unit Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Rabaul (106,125) TF 1 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 106,125 Allied ground losses: 156 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 37 (0 destroyed, 37 disabled) Vehicles lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled) the division that was sent to Gasmata to act as a guard against any potential enemy counteroffensive there was also 100% prepped for Rabaul so our amphibs moved there and picked it up to also land at Rabaul... the units already there have reduced all their disruption so we are going to attack here soon... 13 troops of a USA 41 Rifle Squad lost overboard during unload of 32nd Infantry Div /9 13 troops of a USA 41 Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of 32nd Infantry Div /13 Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 32nd Infantry Div /19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 249 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAK West Ira xAK Crown City xAK Sawokla xAK Arcata, Shell hits 5, on fire the AM in this supply convoy are out of ammo so the flak guns at Rabaul start hitting my freighters... no biggie though... xAK West Ira firing at 32nd Nav Gsn Unit xAK West Ira fired at enemy troops xAK Crown City fired at enemy troops xAK Sawokla fired at enemy troops 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata 8.8cm/45 T99 AA battery firing at xAK Arcata -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Rabaul (106,125) TF 98 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 106,125 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13591 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 699 Defending force 68500 troops, 1038 guns, 1377 vehicles, Assault Value = 2060 Japanese ground losses: 230 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 32nd Nav Gsn Unit 62nd Naval Guard Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment I/81st Naval Guard Unit II/66th Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit I/66th Naval Guard Unit 53rd Naval Guard Unit III/81st Naval Guard Unit 38th JNAF AF Unit 12th Air Defense AA Regiment Southeast Area Fleet 9th JNAF Coy 4th Base Force 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 11th Air Flotilla 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 7th JNAF AF Unit 22nd Special Base Force 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 203rd Ship Eng Coy 101st JAAF AF Bn 6th JNAF AF Unit 5th Ship Engineer Regiment 1st JNAF Coy 20th Port Unit 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 2nd JAAF AF Bn 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 15th Base Force 41st JNAF AF Unit 3rd JNAF AF Unit 3rd JAAF AF Bn 4th Engineer Co 8th JNAF AF Unit 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 29th JNAF AF Unit 5th JAAF AF Bn 21st Port Unit 105th Ship Eng Coy 11th JNAF AF Unit 306th Ship Eng Coy 104th Ship Eng Coy 5th JNAF Coy 2nd JNAF Coy 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 206th Ship Eng Coy 305th Ship Eng Coy 10th JNAF AF Unit 3rd JNAF Coy 36th JNAF AF Unit 2nd JNAF AF Unit 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 4th Fleet 10th Port Unit 106th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 2/8th Armoured Regiment 3rd Tank Battalion 13th Armoured Regiment 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 22nd Marine Regiment 41st Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 25th Infantry Division 32nd Infantry Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 2/9th Armoured Regiment 102nd Cmbt Engr Rgt /1 147th Field Artillery Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment 5th Base Group 260th Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 307th Base Group 168th Field Artillery Battalion 24th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 54th Cst Art Rgt /1 29th Port Maint Engineer Battalion Aus I Corps 209th Field Artillery Battalion 4th FA Bn /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1540 Defending force 18378 troops, 205 guns, 200 vehicles, Assault Value = 560 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 2/7th Armoured Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment 2/10th Armoured Regiment 11th Australian Brigade Molukken KNIL Cdo 145th Infantry Regiment Americal Infantry Division 148th Infantry Regiment Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 1st Tank Battalion 1st Australian Brigade 18th British Division 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 205th Field Artillery Battalion 203rd Coast AA Regiment 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 22nd Base Group 2nd Pioneer Battalion 42nd Construction Regiment 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion Amboina Defenses 47th Construction Regiment 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 41st Base Group 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 46th Construction Regiment Laha ML Base Force 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 4th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF 33rd Division 18th Division 8th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 1st Engineer Co 35th Fld AA Gun Co 25th Army III/66th Naval Guard Unit

BBfanboy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/5/2022 5:04:44 PM)
What did you expect from 90% CAP setting? Obviously the aircraft can't be up in the air all day and 10% not assigned is not enough to sustain 90% airborne. So when the enemy raid is detected, the numbers depend on how many have already landed, how many have been refueled and are ready to go up again, and how long it takes to get to the intercept altitude and distance. The numbers showing in your first intercept look pretty decent to me.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/6/2022 8:15:22 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy What did you expect from 90% CAP setting? Obviously the aircraft can't be up in the air all day and 10% not assigned is not enough to sustain 90% airborne. So when the enemy raid is detected, the numbers depend on how many have already landed, how many have been refueled and are ready to go up again, and how long it takes to get to the intercept altitude and distance. The numbers showing in your first intercept look pretty decent to me. On average you probably get 75%+ on CAP if the setting is 90%. It was strange to see exactly 13 from each of the three squadrons, compare this to any other air combat.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/6/2022 12:29:24 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 05, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Gasmata at 104,127 Japanese Ships SS RO-65 Allied Ships DD Gwin DD Monssen DD Grayson SS RO-65 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Gwin RO-65 bottoming out .... DD Monssen fails to find sub and abandons search DD Grayson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Grayson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Grayson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Grayson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Grayson fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Rabaul at 106,127 Japanese Ships SS I-153 Allied Ships xAK Arcata, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage lol... this ship was damaged and therefor split off from it's task force and whenever that happens the ship gets immediately sunk by a sub... xAK Arcata is sighted by SS I-153 SS I-153 launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Rabaul at 105,127 Japanese Ships SS I-9, hits 3 Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Concord APD King APD Colhoun AP Thomas Jefferson AP President Jackson AP Fuller AP American Legion AP J. Franklin Bell AP Zeilin AK Castor AK Procyon AK Almaack AK Algorab xAP Macedon xAP Iron Prince xAP Iron Crown xAP Echunga xAP Corio xAP Arkaba xAP Jalakrishna xAP Clan Macquarrie xAP Clan Macilwraith xAP Yu Sang xAP Wo Sang xAP Jalavihar xAP Jalarashmi xAP Jalaputra xAP Wahine xAK Steel Age xAK George Livanos xAK Suva xAK Kooringa APD Rathburne APD Kane APD Hatfield APD Lawrence SS I-9 is sighted by escort APD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Kane attacking submerged sub .... APD Hatfield fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Lawrence fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Caldwell DD Bancroft DD Woodworth DD McCalla DD Lansdowne DD Duncan DD Buchanan DD Laffey DD Aaron Ward Japanese ground losses: 859 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 79 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled) Airbase hits 23 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 84 Port hits 17 Port supply hits 1 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 32nd Nav Gsn Unit CL Honolulu firing at Rabaul DD Caldwell firing at Rabaul DD Bancroft firing at Rabaul DD Woodworth firing at Rabaul DD McCalla firing at Rabaul DD Lansdowne firing at Rabaul DD Duncan firing at Rabaul DD Buchanan firing at Rabaul DD Laffey firing at Rabaul DD Aaron Ward firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 18 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) [image]local://upfiles/13774/C760441C50FA436DAA4AA45C9336138C.jpg[/image] Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 61597 troops, 1029 guns, 1336 vehicles, Assault Value = 2070 Defending force 49268 troops, 540 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 682 Allied adjusted assault: 1402 Japanese adjusted defense: 607 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 5361 casualties reported Squads: 110 destroyed, 182 disabled Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 114 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 29 disabled Guns lost 90 (26 destroyed, 64 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 1515 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 62 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 89 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 27 disabled Guns lost 34 (2 destroyed, 32 disabled) Vehicles lost 122 (4 destroyed, 118 disabled) first deliberate attack goes in and we already get a 2:1... the enemy won't last long here with these combat units and given our firepower the destroyed squads within the defenders were really high... we had a lot of disabled tanks though... Assaulting units: 1st USMC Tank Battalion 2/8th Armoured Regiment 3rd Tank Battalion 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 27th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 22nd Marine Regiment 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 25th Infantry Division 2/9th Armoured Regiment 41st Infantry Division 32nd Infantry Division 13th Armoured Regiment 260th Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 54th Coastal Artillery Regiment 29th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment 24th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion 5th Base Group 181st Field Artillery Battalion Aus I Corps 209th Field Artillery Battalion 307th Base Group Defending units: I/66th Naval Guard Unit 53rd Naval Guard Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit 62nd Naval Guard Unit 4th Engineer Co 32nd Nav Gsn Unit I/81st Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit II/66th Naval Guard Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment II/81st Naval Guard Unit III/81st Naval Guard Unit 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 306th Ship Eng Coy 1st JNAF Coy 101st JAAF AF Bn 305th Ship Eng Coy 22nd Special Base Force 8th JNAF AF Unit 105th Ship Eng Coy 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 11th JNAF AF Unit 203rd Ship Eng Coy 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 2nd JAAF AF Bn 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 5th JAAF AF Bn 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 5th JNAF Coy 9th JNAF Coy 10th Port Unit 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 3rd JNAF Coy 6th JNAF AF Unit 20th Port Unit 11th Air Flotilla 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 15th Base Force 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 21st Port Unit Southeast Area Fleet 2nd JNAF AF Unit 38th JNAF AF Unit 4th Base Force 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 2nd JNAF Coy 12th Air Defense AA Regiment 5th Ship Engineer Regiment 7th JNAF AF Unit 10th JNAF AF Unit 41st JNAF AF Unit 29th JNAF AF Unit 3rd JNAF AF Unit 4th Fleet 36th JNAF AF Unit 104th Ship Eng Coy 3rd JAAF AF Bn 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 206th Ship Eng Coy 106th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1559 Defending force 18372 troops, 205 guns, 198 vehicles, Assault Value = 561 Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 193rd Tank Battalion Americal Infantry Division 2/10th Armoured Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion 1st Australian Brigade 1st Tank Battalion Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 2/7th Armoured Regiment 11th Australian Brigade Molukken KNIL Cdo 148th Infantry Regiment 145th Infantry Regiment 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment 18th British Division 22nd Base Group 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 47th Construction Regiment Amboina Defenses 42nd Construction Regiment 46th Construction Regiment 205th Field Artillery Battalion 41st Base Group 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 203rd Coast AA Regiment 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion Laha ML Base Force 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 33rd Division Yokosuka 4th SNLF 8th Tank Regiment 18th Division 4th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 1st Engineer Co 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/6/2022 12:33:03 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 08, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Feni Islands at 106,129 Japanese Ships SS I-29, hits 2 Allied Ships DD Fanning DD Cummings DD Preston SS I-29 is located by DD Fanning DD Cummings attacking submerged sub .... DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Preston fails to find sub and abandons search DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cummings attacking submerged sub .... DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo DD Cummings is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Allied Ships BB Resolution BB Ramillies BB Royal Sovereign BB Revenge DD Morris DD Walke DD O'Brien DD Russell DD Mustin DD Hammann DD Hughes DD Sims Japanese ground losses: 973 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 47 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 44 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 2 Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Resolution BB Resolution firing at Rabaul BB Ramillies firing at Rabaul BB Royal Sovereign firing at 62nd Naval Guard Unit BB Revenge firing at Rabaul DD Morris firing at Rabaul DD Walke firing at Rabaul DD O'Brien firing at Rabaul DD Russell firing at Rabaul DD Mustin firing at Rabaul DD Hammann firing at 32nd Nav Gsn Unit DD Hughes firing at Rabaul DD Sims firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1821 troops, 201 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 1937 Defending force 44978 troops, 526 guns, 139 vehicles, Assault Value = 487 Japanese ground losses: 213 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled we had a 2:1 in our first attack but suffered insane high disruption and fatigue so it takes time to recover until the next deliberate attack... Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 3rd Tank Battalion 27th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 2/9th Armoured Regiment 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 41st Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 22nd Marine Regiment 2/8th Armoured Regiment 1st USMC Tank Battalion 13th Armoured Regiment 181st Field Artillery Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment 260th Field Artillery Battalion Aus I Corps 4th Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 209th Field Artillery Battalion 24th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 29th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion 5th Base Group 54th Coastal Artillery Regiment 307th Base Group Defending units: 62nd Naval Guard Unit 53rd Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Engineer Co II/66th Naval Guard Unit 32nd Nav Gsn Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit I/81st Naval Guard Unit III/81st Naval Guard Unit 12th Air Defense AA Regiment 11th JNAF AF Unit 3rd JAAF AF Bn 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 8th JNAF AF Unit 20th Port Unit 5th JNAF Coy 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 203rd Ship Eng Coy 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 3rd JNAF AF Unit 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 4th Base Force 6th JNAF AF Unit 11th Air Flotilla 10th JNAF AF Unit Southeast Area Fleet 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 101st JAAF AF Bn 2nd JNAF AF Unit 7th JNAF AF Unit 4th Fleet 2nd JNAF Coy 2nd JAAF AF Bn 5th Ship Engineer Regiment 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 305th Ship Eng Coy 21st Port Unit 22nd Special Base Force 104th Ship Eng Coy 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 29th JNAF AF Unit 206th Ship Eng Coy 105th Ship Eng Coy 36th JNAF AF Unit 5th JAAF AF Bn 3rd JNAF Coy 306th Ship Eng Coy 10th Port Unit 1st JNAF Coy 15th Base Force 38th JNAF AF Unit 9th JNAF Coy 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 41st JNAF AF Unit 106th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578 Defending force 18336 troops, 202 guns, 198 vehicles, Assault Value = 562 Assaulting units: Americal Infantry Division 2/7th Armoured Regiment 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment Molukken KNIL Cdo 1st Australian Brigade 193rd Tank Battalion 11th Australian Brigade 148th Infantry Regiment 2/10th Armoured Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 1st Tank Battalion 145th Infantry Regiment 18th British Division 46th Construction Regiment 6th US Naval Construction Battalion Amboina Defenses 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 47th Construction Regiment 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 42nd Construction Regiment 205th Field Artillery Battalion Laha ML Base Force 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 203rd Coast AA Regiment 22nd Base Group 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 41st Base Group 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 18th Division Yokosuka 4th SNLF 33rd Division 8th Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 1st Engineer Co 35th Fld AA Gun Co 25th Army III/66th Naval Guard Unit that's been the important intel today: BB Kongo is reported to have been sunk near Singapore on Jul 25, 1942 [image]local://upfiles/13774/5BB3984024A84B539D710DFDA12E598C.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/6/2022 12:36:45 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 09, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 25th Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1835 troops, 201 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 1962 Defending force 45784 troops, 534 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 504 Japanese ground losses: 180 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Assaulting units: 41st Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 2/8th Armoured Regiment 3rd Tank Battalion 25th Infantry Division 22nd Marine Regiment 32nd Infantry Division 2/9th Armoured Regiment 27th Infantry Division 13th Armoured Regiment 30th Field Artillery Regiment Aus I Corps 181st Field Artillery Battalion 5th Base Group 24th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion 209th Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 260th Field Artillery Battalion 29th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 54th Coastal Artillery Regiment 307th Base Group Defending units: II/81st Naval Guard Unit 32nd Nav Gsn Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit II/66th Naval Guard Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Engineer Co I/81st Naval Guard Unit 62nd Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit 53rd Naval Guard Unit III/81st Naval Guard Unit 12th Air Defense AA Regiment 2nd JAAF AF Bn 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 4th Base Force 15th Base Force 11th JNAF AF Unit 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 7th JNAF AF Unit 3rd JNAF AF Unit 206th Ship Eng Coy 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 9th JNAF Coy 10th Port Unit 101st JAAF AF Bn 21st Port Unit 6th JNAF AF Unit 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 3rd JAAF AF Bn 20th Port Unit Southeast Area Fleet 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 5th JNAF Coy 38th JNAF AF Unit 2nd JNAF AF Unit 3rd JNAF Coy 22nd Special Base Force 105th Ship Eng Coy 29th JNAF AF Unit 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 36th JNAF AF Unit 41st JNAF AF Unit 306th Ship Eng Coy 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 104th Ship Eng Coy 11th Air Flotilla 5th Ship Engineer Regiment 5th JAAF AF Bn 4th Fleet 10th JNAF AF Unit 305th Ship Eng Coy 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 203rd Ship Eng Coy 2nd JNAF Coy 8th JNAF AF Unit 1st JNAF Coy 106th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1180 Defending force 18312 troops, 200 guns, 198 vehicles, Assault Value = 563 Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 193rd Tank Battalion 145th Infantry Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 2/7th Armoured Regiment 2/10th Armoured Regiment 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment Americal Infantry Division 148th Infantry Regiment Molukken KNIL Cdo 2nd Tank Battalion Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 1st Tank Battalion 11th Australian Brigade 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion Laha ML Base Force 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 41st Base Group 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 42nd Construction Regiment AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 22nd Base Group Amboina Defenses 203rd Coast AA Regiment 47th Construction Regiment 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 46th Construction Regiment 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF 4th Tank Regiment 33rd Division 18th Division 8th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 1st Engineer Co 35th Fld AA Gun Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 74,56 (near Liuchow) [image]local://upfiles/13774/E57A3BE0CEC34661B27D83A1A488751E.jpg[/image] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 113961 troops, 635 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3647 Defending force 17203 troops, 181 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 433 Allied adjusted assault: 2019 Japanese adjusted defense: 479 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 8992 casualties reported Squads: 153 destroyed, 92 disabled Non Combat: 241 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 100 (37 destroyed, 63 disabled) Vehicles lost 17 (10 destroyed, 7 disabled) Units retreated 6 Allied ground losses: 2007 casualties reported Squads: 18 destroyed, 264 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Chinese troops attack again near Liuchow as they shock attack across the river in pursuit of the Japanese forcing them to retreat once more while suffering heavy losses... the pincer attack on Liuchow was a full success and the shattered Japanese units are now retreating South East towards Canton, we are not trying to pursue them as the goal was to secure the railhub of Liuchow and cause a good amount of damage to the Japanese that's what we did... while the Chinese suffered hundreds of disabled combat squads the actual losses were minimal... Assaulting units: 78th Chinese Corps 32nd Chinese Corps 65th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 90th Chinese Corps 56th Chinese Corps 64th Chinese Corps 31st Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 52nd Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 9th Group Army NCAC Jingcha War Area 4th War Area 4th Group Army 14th Group Army Defending units: 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 104th Division 124th Infantry Regiment 23rd Army 21st Mortar Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion

Q-Ball -> RE: AAR 42 (2/6/2022 7:35:14 PM)
That Rabaul garrison was a huge pile of Naval support and AA guns....but a real lack of actual combat troops. Just a bunch of Nav Guards, which are not troops for sustained combat of any kind. Not a single tank or artillery piece larger than a mortar...

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/7/2022 5:27:13 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Q-Ball That Rabaul garrison was a huge pile of Naval support and AA guns....but a real lack of actual combat troops. Just a bunch of Nav Guards, which are not troops for sustained combat of any kind. Not a single tank or artillery piece larger than a mortar... Yeah, completely inadequate to defend that important base. As I've said, I guess these units were meant to be spread out from Rabaul into nearby bases but that never happened due to my offensive and Port Moresby being built up way faster than Rabaul. I was pretty sure the prepped units that are tasked for will be overkill but then I also expected at least one IJA div in the stack and more heavy weapons. I guessed around 1200 enemy av at the base, proved to be way less. Besides what I have landed I have more being prepped for Rabaul, some 3000 av in total.

BBfanboy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/7/2022 9:06:44 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: Q-Ball That Rabaul garrison was a huge pile of Naval support and AA guns....but a real lack of actual combat troops. Just a bunch of Nav Guards, which are not troops for sustained combat of any kind. Not a single tank or artillery piece larger than a mortar... Yeah, completely inadequate to defend that important base. As I've said, I guess these units were meant to be spread out from Rabaul into nearby bases but that never happened due to my offensive and Port Moresby being built up way faster than Rabaul. I was pretty sure the prepped units that are tasked for will be overkill but then I also expected at least one IJA div in the stack and more heavy weapons. I guessed around 1200 enemy av at the base, proved to be way less. Besides what I have landed I have more being prepped for Rabaul, some 3000 av in total. You sank all the shipping he was bringing to the area to move those troops. No wonder the Japanese expansion suddenly jerked to a stop.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/11/2022 12:26:48 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 11, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Allied Ships BB Resolution BB Ramillies BB Royal Sovereign BB Revenge DD Morris DD Walke DD O'Brien DD Russell DD Mustin DD Hammann DD Hughes DD Sims Japanese ground losses: 1052 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 54 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 19 (3 destroyed, 16 disabled) Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 27 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 1 deliberate attack today so the ground units are glad about some fireworks during the night, only morale effects.. Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Resolution BB Resolution firing at Rabaul BB Ramillies firing at Rabaul BB Royal Sovereign firing at Rabaul BB Revenge firing at Rabaul DD Morris firing at Rabaul DD Walke firing at Rabaul DD O'Brien firing at Rabaul DD Russell firing at Rabaul DD Mustin firing at Rabaul DD Hammann firing at Rabaul DD Hughes firing at Rabaul DD Sims firing at Rabaul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) [image]local://upfiles/13774/CE3215E46FFA4CF2BD88570506EAE675.jpg[/image] Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 61569 troops, 1049 guns, 1352 vehicles, Assault Value = 1998 Defending force 45152 troops, 534 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 492 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 1699 Japanese adjusted defense: 303 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 6888 casualties reported Squads: 109 destroyed, 124 disabled Non Combat: 199 destroyed, 130 disabled Engineers: 209 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 203 (163 destroyed, 40 disabled) Vehicles lost 124 (124 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 2628 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 116 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled Vehicles lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled) US trops attack for a second time and claim a clear victory at Rabaul... the lack of really worthy IJA combat units made it quite an easy affair at Rabaul and we have now secured our Eastern flank... Assaulting units: 22nd Marine Regiment 25th Infantry Division 41st Infantry Division 3rd Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 27th Infantry Division 2/8th Armoured Regiment 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 32nd Infantry Division 2/9th Armoured Regiment 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 13th Armoured Regiment 29th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 209th Field Artillery Battalion 54th Coastal Artillery Regiment 5th Base Group 260th Field Artillery Battalion Aus I Corps 181st Field Artillery Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment 147th Field Artillery Battalion 24th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 307th Base Group Defending units: II/66th Naval Guard Unit 62nd Naval Guard Unit 53rd Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment 41st Naval Guard Unit I/81st Naval Guard Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit 32nd Nav Gsn Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit 4th Engineer Co III/81st Naval Guard Unit 2nd JNAF Coy 29th JNAF AF Unit 105th Ship Eng Coy 12th Air Defense AA Regiment 38th JNAF AF Unit 306th Ship Eng Coy 5th JAAF AF Bn 305th Ship Eng Coy 7th JNAF AF Unit 5th JNAF Coy 11th Air Flotilla 36th JNAF AF Unit 11th JNAF AF Unit 6th JNAF AF Unit 3rd JNAF Coy 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 20th Port Unit Southeast Area Fleet 2nd JAAF AF Bn 15th Base Force 10th Port Unit 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 22nd Special Base Force 9th JNAF Coy 41st JNAF AF Unit 206th Ship Eng Coy 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 4th Base Force 21st Port Unit 1st JNAF Coy 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 4th Fleet 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 3rd JAAF AF Bn 8th JNAF AF Unit 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 203rd Ship Eng Coy 3rd JNAF AF Unit 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 101st JAAF AF Bn 104th Ship Eng Coy 10th JNAF AF Unit 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 5th Ship Engineer Regiment 2nd JNAF AF Unit 106th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1188 Defending force 18246 troops, 200 guns, 198 vehicles, Assault Value = 555 Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: Molukken KNIL Cdo 145th Infantry Regiment 2/10th Armoured Regiment 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment 2/7th Armoured Regiment Americal Infantry Division Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 1st Australian Brigade 193rd Tank Battalion 2nd Tank Battalion 1st Tank Battalion 148th Infantry Regiment 11th Australian Brigade 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 22nd Base Group 2nd Pioneer Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 46th Construction Regiment 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 42nd Construction Regiment 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 41st Base Group 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion Amboina Defenses Laha ML Base Force 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 203rd Coast AA Regiment 47th Construction Regiment 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 33rd Division 4th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF 18th Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 1st Engineer Co 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/11/2022 12:30:49 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 14, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 [image]local://upfiles/13774/E275B021001A494B9F8BD7A10770496C.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 20 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 7 destroyed Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 25000 feet airfield complex at Manado launches twin tailed devils to probe the air defenses over Mindanao which is the next target for our ground offensive... again having caught Nates on CAP at this stage of the war makes me both speechless and shaking my head... IIRC I was even asking wth there are Nates airborne and was told that Tojo production would be fully running and squadrons are awaiting those but that still doesn't justify having Nates on CAP IMO... Tojos and Zeroes that showed up in the replay must have been on training but weren't caught... CAP engaged: 5th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 18 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 10th I.F.Chutai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 10th I.F.Chutai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1995 troops, 222 guns, 158 vehicles, Assault Value = 1808 Defending force 39993 troops, 404 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 364 Japanese ground losses: 292 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Assaulting units: 22nd Marine Regiment 1st USMC Tank Battalion 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 2/9th Armoured Regiment 27th Infantry Division 3rd Tank Battalion 41st Infantry Division 32nd Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 2/8th Armoured Regiment 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 13th Armoured Regiment 30th Field Artillery Regiment Aus I Corps 29th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 5th Base Group 24th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 209th Field Artillery Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 54th Coastal Artillery Regiment 181st Field Artillery Battalion 260th Field Artillery Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 307th Base Group Defending units: 47th Naval Guard Unit 32nd Nav Gsn Unit I/81st Naval Guard Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit III/81st Naval Guard Unit 9th JNAF Coy 22nd Special Base Force 6th JNAF AF Unit 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 206th Ship Eng Coy 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 4th Engineer Co 104th Ship Eng Coy 11th JNAF AF Unit 203rd Ship Eng Coy 15th Base Force 36th JNAF AF Unit 62nd Naval Guard Unit 38th JNAF AF Unit 3rd JNAF Coy 4th Base Force 41st JNAF AF Unit 10th JNAF AF Unit 4th Fleet 11th Air Flotilla 53rd Naval Guard Unit 1st JNAF Coy 5th JNAF Coy 305th Ship Eng Coy 21st Port Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 105th Ship Eng Coy 2nd JAAF AF Bn Southeast Area Fleet 12th Air Defense AA Regiment 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 306th Ship Eng Coy 29th JNAF AF Unit 2nd JNAF Coy 7th JNAF AF Unit 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 20th Port Unit 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 5th JAAF AF Bn 2nd JNAF AF Unit 101st JAAF AF Bn 3rd JAAF AF Bn 3rd JNAF AF Unit 8th JNAF AF Unit 5th Ship Engineer Regiment 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 10th Port Unit 106th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1202 Defending force 18206 troops, 196 guns, 197 vehicles, Assault Value = 553 Assaulting units: Molukken KNIL Cdo 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment 193rd Tank Battalion 2nd Tank Battalion 145th Infantry Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 2/10th Armoured Regiment Americal Infantry Division 1st Tank Battalion 2/7th Armoured Regiment Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 148th Infantry Regiment 11th Australian Brigade 205th Field Artillery Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 42nd Construction Regiment 41st Base Group 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 47th Construction Regiment 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 46th Construction Regiment 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion Amboina Defenses 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion Laha ML Base Force 2nd Pioneer Battalion 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 22nd Base Group 203rd Coast AA Regiment 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 8th Tank Regiment 33rd Division 4th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF 18th Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 35th Fld AA Gun Co 1st Engineer Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/11/2022 12:35:32 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 15, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Torokina at 107,130 Japanese Ships SS I-29, hits 4 Allied Ships AM Bowen AM Arnidale xAP American Leader xAP Cape Fairweather xAP Koolinda xAP Clan Macneil xAP Clan Macnaughton xAK San Angelo xAK Anniston City PC Perseus PC Cyane AM Dubbo AM Cessnock sending in a convoy to pick up parts of the combat units from Rabaul to go back to Townsville... we swap them out with Australian troops that will also act as garrison at Rabaul as I will keep the base well garrisoned even though I highly doubt the Japanese will mount any kind of offensive... SS I-29 is sighted by escort PC Perseus fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Cyane fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Dubbo attacking submerged sub .... AM Dubbo loses contact with SS I-29 AM Cessnock fails to find sub and abandons search PC Perseus fails to find sub and abandons search PC Cyane fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Dubbo fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Cyane attacking submerged sub .... PC Cyane loses contact with SS I-29 SS I-29 eludes ASW attack from PC Cyane AM Dubbo attacking submerged sub .... AM Dubbo cannot reach attack position over SS I-29 PC Cyane fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Dubbo fails to find sub and abandons search PC Cyane fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Cyane fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Cyane fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 25th Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 [image]local://upfiles/13774/845333C651ED4EAAAB65DDE9F027A7EB.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Ki-27b Nate x 18 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 71 B-24D Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed on ground Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed on ground D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 29 Airbase supply hits 15 Runway hits 118 the 4Es from Manado showing up over Cotabato today, the enemy has also switched the Tojos and Zeroes to CAP but numbers were just too small to hurt our formations... the base is hit hard and the enemy loses some aircraft for the loss of a couple of B-17... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29070 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 7 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29180 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 10th I.F.Chutai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 5 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Ki-27b Nate x 13 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 18 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 1 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29070 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29180 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 29180. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 10th I.F.Chutai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 1 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Ki-27b Nate x 11 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 5th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29180 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 10th I.F.Chutai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Raid is overhead Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29070 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-27b Nate x 10 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 5th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 29180 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 10th I.F.Chutai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 29070 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-27b Nate x 10 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 5th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 29180 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 29070 , scrambling fighters to 2000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 10th I.F.Chutai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29070 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Raid is overhead 10th I.F.Chutai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 4 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1995 troops, 222 guns, 158 vehicles, Assault Value = 1834 Defending force 40516 troops, 402 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 359 Japanese ground losses: 434 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2/9th Armoured Regiment 3rd Tank Battalion 32nd Infantry Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 41st Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 25th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 1st USMC Tank Battalion 22nd Marine Regiment 2/8th Armoured Regiment 13th Armoured Regiment 181st Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 29th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment 54th Coastal Artillery Regiment 5th Base Group Aus I Corps 134th Field Artillery Battalion 260th Field Artillery Battalion 24th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 209th Field Artillery Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 307th Base Group Defending units: 44th Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit 32nd Nav Gsn Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment I/81st Naval Guard Unit III/81st Naval Guard Unit 1st JNAF Coy 3rd JAAF AF Bn 3rd JNAF AF Unit 2nd JAAF AF Bn 4th Base Force 203rd Ship Eng Coy 4th Engineer Co 20th Port Unit 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 11th JNAF AF Unit 105th Ship Eng Coy 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 305th Ship Eng Coy 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 7th JNAF AF Unit 2nd JNAF AF Unit 4th Fleet 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 10th Port Unit 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 62nd Naval Guard Unit 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 306th Ship Eng Coy 2nd JNAF Coy 11th Air Flotilla 22nd Special Base Force 53rd Naval Guard Unit 5th Ship Engineer Regiment II/81st Naval Guard Unit 206th Ship Eng Coy 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 36th JNAF AF Unit 10th JNAF AF Unit Southeast Area Fleet 104th Ship Eng Coy 29th JNAF AF Unit 9th JNAF Coy 5th JNAF Coy 21st Port Unit 3rd JNAF Coy 12th Air Defense AA Regiment 6th JNAF AF Unit 38th JNAF AF Unit 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 41st JNAF AF Unit 101st JAAF AF Bn 8th JNAF AF Unit 5th JAAF AF Bn 15th Base Force 106th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1206 Defending force 18193 troops, 195 guns, 197 vehicles, Assault Value = 551 Assaulting units: 2/7th Armoured Regiment Americal Infantry Division 2/10th Armoured Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion 148th Infantry Regiment Molukken Mil'ie Cdo Molukken KNIL Cdo 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment 1st Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 1st Australian Brigade 145th Infantry Regiment 11th Australian Brigade 7th US Naval Construction Battalion Laha ML Base Force 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 42nd Construction Regiment 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 203rd Coast AA Regiment 223rd Field Artillery Battalion Amboina Defenses 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 41st Base Group 47th Construction Regiment 46th Construction Regiment 2nd Pioneer Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 22nd Base Group 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF 33rd Division 4th Tank Regiment 18th Division 8th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 1st Engineer Co 35th Fld AA Gun Co 25th Army III/66th Naval Guard Unit

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/11/2022 12:37:24 PM)
not spectacular losses on either side but today's attacks mean we have already achieved full air superiority over Mindanao which is only very lightly defended according to recon... next stack of enemy ground units seems to be on Luzon, every base within 4E range seems to have been evacuated... soon our troops can march to Tokyo... [image]local://upfiles/13774/483FEA3BCF964DA189754936E232B83C.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (2/11/2022 12:40:22 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 16, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 21 No Allied losses the Lightnings didn't fly yesterday when the bombers did and when there were still enemy fighters airborne, today the Lightnings fly when the base lies in ruins already and no enemy fighter is able to scramble... Aircraft Attacking: 21 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 66 B-24D Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 destroyed on ground B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed on ground A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 58 what hasn't been outright destroyed yesterday is torched today... in total the enemy loses some 80 aircraft of different types on Mindanao over the last three days... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 12 B-24D Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/F205E1597F904226A30344C803B14762.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2058 troops, 222 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 1853 Defending force 40821 troops, 402 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 351 Japanese ground losses: 420 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 2/8th Armoured Regiment 25th Infantry Division 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 32nd Infantry Division 22nd Marine Regiment 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 3rd Tank Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 41st Infantry Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 2/9th Armoured Regiment 27th Infantry Division 13th Armoured Regiment 29th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 24th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment 147th Field Artillery Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 5th Base Group 181st Field Artillery Battalion 54th Coastal Artillery Regiment 168th Field Artillery Battalion Aus I Corps 134th Field Artillery Battalion 260th Field Artillery Battalion 209th Field Artillery Battalion 307th Base Group Defending units: 32nd Nav Gsn Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit 25th Ind Engineer Regiment 41st Naval Guard Unit I/81st Naval Guard Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit III/81st Naval Guard Unit Southeast Area Fleet 6th Ship Engineer Regiment 2nd Air Defense AA Regiment 20th Port Unit 5th JAAF AF Bn 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 5th JNAF Coy 4th Base Force 305th Ship Eng Coy 4th Engineer Co 41st JNAF AF Unit 4th Fleet 104th Ship Eng Coy 10th Port Unit 7th JNAF AF Unit 306th Ship Eng Coy 15th Air Defense AA Regiment 2nd JNAF AF Unit 3rd JNAF AF Unit 38th JNAF AF Unit 11th Air Defense AA Regiment 29th JNAF AF Unit 11th Air Defense AA Battalion 10th JNAF AF Unit 3rd JAAF AF Bn 12th Air Defense AA Battalion 11th JNAF AF Unit 2nd JNAF Coy 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 53rd Naval Guard Unit 21st Port Unit 1st JNAF Coy 12th Air Defense AA Regiment 6th JNAF AF Unit 3rd JNAF Coy 105th Ship Eng Coy 8th JNAF AF Unit 206th Ship Eng Coy 9th JNAF Coy 2nd JAAF AF Bn 62nd Naval Guard Unit 36th JNAF AF Unit 22nd Special Base Force 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 101st JAAF AF Bn 5th Ship Engineer Regiment 7th Air Defense AA Regiment 15th Base Force 11th Air Flotilla 203rd Ship Eng Coy 106th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1245 troops, 114 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1333 Defending force 18139 troops, 195 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 548 Assaulting units: 129th Infantry Regiment 102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment Americal Infantry Division 193rd Tank Battalion 1st Tank Battalion 148th Infantry Regiment 2/7th Armoured Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion Molukken Mil'ie Cdo 2/10th Armoured Regiment 145th Infantry Regiment 1st Australian Brigade Molukken KNIL Cdo 11th Australian Brigade 7th US Naval Construction Battalion 810th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd 10th US Naval Construction Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 203rd Coast AA Regiment 22nd Base Group 250th Coastal Artillery Regiment 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 6th US Naval Construction Battalion Laha ML Base Force 47th Construction Regiment 41st Base Group 42nd Construction Regiment 8th US Naval Construction Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 46th Construction Regiment Amboina Defenses 808th Aviation Engineer Battalion 3rd US Naval Construction Battalion 1st USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 4th Tank Regiment 18th Division Yokosuka 4th SNLF 33rd Division 8th Tank Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 25th Army 1st Engineer Co 35th Fld AA Gun Co III/66th Naval Guard Unit

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