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castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/6/2021 4:48:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Don't know what happened to KB's strike. The aircraft numbers attacking are far below the 300+ that should have been sent. Perhaps he split off some carriers already? That's not an unusual strike size at all. Had I POW at sea and would she have been spotted the strike might have been a tad bigger but 90 incoming aircraft against what I had at sea there is just what I usually see. My last AAR is full of my complains of having 600 bombers on super KB having spotted hundreds of ships in range and perfect weather and all I get on average is about 1/3 of the bombers actually attacking. When you set your bombers to strike a base, all fly. When you attack enemy carriers usually all bombers fly. I doubt Mundy has split off one or more carriers from KB.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/6/2021 4:50:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101 The KB did not send a full deck operation because the KB attack was a naval strike mission against rather meager naval units. Did Mundy have good recon on Soerebaja? I am amazed he would send the KB in like this... He had full DL on the base and most likely full DL on all the task forces I had in the hex as there were like two dozen sighting messages of KB's bombers and float planes. I think he thought the same as many Japanese and Allied players, KB being Godzilla being able to roam around. That might be true in open Seas but that's exactly what I was mentioning before, going up against a major base later than Dec 10 is not easy for KB and I was not afraid of keeping Force Z at Soerabaja, even if he had tried a port strike. Of course forgetting about my P-40E was major FUBAR.[8\|]

Encircled -> RE: AAR 42 (10/7/2021 12:56:53 PM)
I read the AAR with a sense of dread You have to take risks with the Japanese in '41/early 42, but there are risks, and there is flying a KB strike at the biggest Dutch base without sweeping it first

BBfanboy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/7/2021 1:55:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Encircled I read the AAR with a sense of dread You have to take risks with the Japanese in '41/early 42, but there are risks, and there is flying a KB strike at the biggest Dutch base without sweeping it first My take on it is that KB needs to be used sweeping as much shipping and warships from the sea (and ports) as possible during the first year of the war. After that, striking at land bases and troops could be done with LBA assistance to sweep and suppress airfields. Putting those pilots with tremendous anti-ship skills on a mission to bomb an airfield in 1942 is just a misuse of their value.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: AAR 42 (10/7/2021 4:15:13 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Encircled I read the AAR with a sense of dread You have to take risks with the Japanese in '41/early 42, but there are risks, and there is flying a KB strike at the biggest Dutch base without sweeping it first +1 Why doesn't Mundy start an AAR - he could really benefit

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/7/2021 4:54:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: Encircled I read the AAR with a sense of dread You have to take risks with the Japanese in '41/early 42, but there are risks, and there is flying a KB strike at the biggest Dutch base without sweeping it first My take on it is that KB needs to be used sweeping as much shipping and warships from the sea (and ports) as possible during the first year of the war. After that, striking at land bases and troops could be done with LBA assistance to sweep and suppress airfields. Putting those pilots with tremendous anti-ship skills on a mission to bomb an airfield in 1942 is just a misuse of their value. His next airfield is Balikpapan, level 4 and at 11 hexes range. Guess he has around 100 land based Zeroes available all over the map at this point so if he decides to use his Zeroes at that range to sweep Soerabaja I will warmly welcome him. That works on Dec 7-10 when the Zeroes come from Takao and meet Warhawks over Clark with pilots in the very low 50 air skill but even though we are only three weeks into the war the same Zeroes don't want to meet my Warhawks now with pilots mostly in the 60s. There's no loopsided kill ratio for them anymore. Agree with KB being used to kill shipping all over the map but I disagree with attacking ports. No opponent of mine would find a port with lots of shipping that could be bombed without completely draining KB, not even this "early". Sure, I'm not defending the whole SRA but I do defend Soerabaja at the moment so as the Japanese, I would not try to take out shipping there. When he lands in the North or the like I will have one or two shots and my fighters will be mostly exhausted, same with the bombers. Then Force Z has to leave at the latest and Java will fall. I don't just see KB being a ship vacuum cleaner in 42, I see it being this the whole war but only in open seas.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/7/2021 5:00:43 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 03, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- not surprising KB was not trying anything at Soerabaja again this turn and the carriers were spotted heading towards Balikpapan... Morning Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships ML No. 311 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 2 No Japanese losses Allied Ships ML No. 311 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 23000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 3 G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships HDML P 10 HDML 1096 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 23000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kluong (50,82) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 384 troops, 0 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 40 Defending force 314 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 8 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kluong !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 313 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 3 Assaulting units: 1st Tank Regiment enemy tank rgt clears Kluong which actually is good news as the fragments of 8th Indian bde is destroyed which enables me to recombine 11th (9th?) Indian div at Singapore as I have flown out everything except some motorized suport and some artillery... I know many people say it doesn't matter if you fight with bgds or divs but I see it different, I always want to use the biggest possible unit in combat so I don't use rgts or bgds in battle if I can recombine them into divisions... Defending units: 1st ISF Base Force FMSV Bde /1 8th Indian Bde /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 678 troops, 65 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 227 Defending force 70174 troops, 695 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 1981 wow, bold move... I was really thinking about ordering a deliberate attack here as it's a tiny force that entered Clark but I fear of attacking right into the big stack that is following... decided not to attack... Assaulting units: 16th Infantry Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment Kanno 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment Tanaka 24th Infantry Regiment 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Port Unit 3rd Construction Battalion 3rd Ship Engineer Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 37th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 27th Avn Sup 4th Marine Regiment 31st PA Infantry Division 2nd Constabulary Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division San Jose Constab Battalion 1st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 61st PA Infantry Division I/43rd PS Inf Battalion 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 41st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 45th PS Infantry Regiment 57th PS Infantry Regiment 81st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 73rd PA Infantry Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 11th PA Infantry Division 1st Constabulary Regiment 101st PA Infantry Div /1 US Forces Far East 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment I Corps I/Prov'nl SPM Grp 1st USMC AA Battalion 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion 11th PAAC Avn Sup Clark Field AAF Base Force !/23rd PS FA Battalion 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Asiatic Fleet Subic Bay Defenses II/Prov'nl SPM Grp 24th PS FA Regiment 4th PAAC Avn Sup II Corps III/Prov'nl SPM Grp 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/7/2021 5:09:36 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 04, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Gorontalo at 71,96 Japanese Ships xAK Ryugi Maru xAK Otake Maru TB Otori PB Kinsyo Maru #2 Allied Ships SS KVIII one day I will start an excel file counting all my sub attacks with hits, duds (of all non MK-14 torps) and misses... that one was another miss... SS KVIII launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Ryugi Maru TB Otori fails to find sub and abandons search PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 attacking submerged sub .... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balikpapan at 66,98 Japanese Ships xAK Taihei Maru xAK Teiryu Maru xAKL P-11 PB Hakata Maru #2 Allied Ships SS KIX SS KIX is sighted by escort KIX diving deep .... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balikpapan at 66,98 Japanese Ships CM Itsukushima xAP Hakone Maru xAK Taihei Maru xAK Teiryu Maru xAKL P-11 PB Hakata Maru #2 Allied Ships SS KIX same... SS KIX launches 4 torpedoes at CM Itsukushima PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakata Maru #2 attacking submerged sub .... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73 Japanese Ships xAK Minami Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS O19 if the freighter would have been escorted it would have been most likely a miss but O19 fired pretty much all torps she carried at Minami Maru... these surfaced attacks have always been kind of crazy, something doesn't work here when a sub fires one spread after another at a single freighter... xAK Minami Maru is sighted by SS O19 SS O19 attacking on the surface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Tandjoengpinang at 50,85 Japanese Ships BB Haruna BB Kongo CA Atago CA Takao CL Jintsu DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki DD Arashio DD Michishio DD Oshio DD Asashio Resources hits 2 Port hits 21 Port fuel hits 11 Port supply hits 4 that was really weird, first I didn't even realize what was exactly happening... Tandjoengpinang is the small Dutch base South of Singapore with a tiny base force and the base itself isn't really usable at all and I also don't have ships or aircraft there and the enemy comes in with that bombardment... was asking Mundy about it and he said his ships were retiring and he wanted to spend their ammo and didn't dare to bombard Singapore... BB Haruna firing at Tandjoengpinang BB Kongo firing at Tandjoengpinang CA Atago firing at Tandjoengpinang CA Takao firing at Tandjoengpinang CL Jintsu firing at Tandjoengpinang DD Hibiki firing at Tandjoengpinang DD Akatsuki firing at Tandjoengpinang DD Arashio firing at Tandjoengpinang DD Michishio firing at Tandjoengpinang DD Oshio firing at Tandjoengpinang DD Asashio firing at Tandjoengpinang -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Donggala at 68,97 Japanese Ships TB Otori xAK Ryuyo Maru PB Kinsyo Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Argonaut Argonaut is in the area on a patrol as she carries working torps... doesn't help if they don't find a target... SS Argonaut launches 2 torpedoes at TB Otori Argonaut diving deep .... TB Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... TB Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search TB Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... TB Otori attacking submerged sub .... TB Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 4 No Japanese losses Allied Ships ML No. 311 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 3 G4M1 Betty x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships HDML 1062 HDML P 10 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 23000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 23000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Orchid Island at 87,68 Japanese Ships DD Okikaze xAP Kashima Maru xAK Uzan Maru xAK Unkai Maru #3 xAK Tensyo Maru xAK Belgium Maru xAK Kikukawa Maru xAK Chicago Maru Allied Ships SS S-38 SS S-38 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Okikaze S-38 diving deep .... DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Okikaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 966 troops, 98 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 554 Defending force 70282 troops, 695 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 1987 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) enemy av goes up by 300 so a deliberate attack would have most likely failed in this jungle rough hex... so we will just wait for the enemy to bring all his troops into position and attack... by then we will most likely have 2100 av, fully supplied behind lvl 3 forts but our main advantage will be the terrain... this is going to be a really tough nut to crack if Mundy decides to take out Luzon and it will buy us a lot of time... his best decision would have been to just bypass Luzon of make Clark a POW camp as my whole play is focussed around Guderian's doctrine of building "Schwerpunkte"... Nicht klotzen sondern kleckern! For all the German speakers [:)] Assaulting units: Tanaka Kanno 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 48th Recon Regiment 2nd Recon Regiment I./4th Infantry Battalion 16th Infantry Regiment II./4th Infantry Battalion 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment 2nd Engineer Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 40th Field AA Battalion 45th Field AA Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 3rd Construction Battalion 8th Port Unit 37th Const Co 47th Field AA Battalion 48th Field AA Battalion 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ship Engineer Regiment 30th Fld AA Gun Co 38th Field Const Co 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 37th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 21st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 101st PA Infantry Division 73rd PA Infantry Regiment 45th PS Infantry Regiment 57th PS Infantry Regiment 192nd Tank Battalion 71st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment I/43rd PS Inf Battalion 2nd Constabulary Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 31st Infantry Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 1st Constabulary Regiment 81st PA Infantry Division 27th Avn Sup 51st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion San Jose Constab Battalion US Forces Far East 4th PAAC Avn Sup 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion 11th PAAC Avn Sup 1st USMC AA Battalion Asiatic Fleet Subic Bay Defenses I/Prov'nl SPM Grp 24th PS FA Regiment Clark Field AAF Base Force 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment I Corps 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment II Corps III/Prov'nl SPM Grp II/Prov'nl SPM Grp !/23rd PS FA Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

BBfanboy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/7/2021 5:14:55 PM)
quote: castor troy: that was really weird, first I didn't even realize what was exactly happening... Tandjoengpinang is the small Dutch base South of Singapore with a tiny base force and the base itself isn't really usable at all and I also don't have ships or aircraft there and the enemy comes in with that bombardment... was asking Mundy about it and he said his ships were retiring and he wanted to spend their ammo and didn't dare to bombard Singapore... He is forgetting that bombardments use his precious supply. If the target is not worth it, better to go back to port with ammo in the magazine and save the supply.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/7/2021 5:57:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: castor troy: that was really weird, first I didn't even realize what was exactly happening... Tandjoengpinang is the small Dutch base South of Singapore with a tiny base force and the base itself isn't really usable at all and I also don't have ships or aircraft there and the enemy comes in with that bombardment... was asking Mundy about it and he said his ships were retiring and he wanted to spend their ammo and didn't dare to bombard Singapore... He is forgetting that bombardments use his precious supply. If the target is not worth it, better to go back to port with ammo in the magazine and save the supply. yeah, didn't make any sense but it will only cost him some 2k supply I guess

janh -> RE: AAR 42 (10/7/2021 7:05:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy his best decision would have been to just bypass Luzon of make Clark a POW camp as my whole play is focussed around Guderian's doctrine of building "Schwerpunkte"... Nicht klotzen sondern kleckern! For all the German speakers [:)] I'd hint that Guiderian would have had it the other way around... [;)] But, nice AAR and I like your analyses and eye for the bigger picture!

Encircled -> RE: AAR 42 (10/8/2021 10:49:34 AM)
Bombarding just for the sake of it? Telling you that the heaviest units he's got are retiring from the area? This won't last the year

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/8/2021 12:17:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Encircled Bombarding just for the sake of it? Telling you that the heaviest units he's got are retiring from the area? This won't last the year He didn't have to tell me, his BBs were spotted every day and they were also spotted moving out, with or without bombardment.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/8/2021 12:20:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: janh quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy his best decision would have been to just bypass Luzon of make Clark a POW camp as my whole play is focussed around Guderian's doctrine of building "Schwerpunkte"... Nicht klotzen sondern kleckern! For all the German speakers [:)] I'd hint that Guiderian would have had it the other way around... [;)] But, nice AAR and I like your analyses and eye for the bigger picture! Well, I can't do a moving defense in the game. So Model might be better suited here. What I tried to say is that in the game, if you try to defend this and that you have no chance to defend anything. Luzon is usually overrun easily but just put all your Philipine units into Clark and there is no overrunning anymore but a long grind. So either you have to grind down the defendrs (which takes a lot of time) or just bypass. On the offense, I would just bypass. But most Japanese players see Manila and Clark as important as it was in real life, but in the game, they aren't.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/8/2021 12:22:39 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 05, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,98 Japanese Ships xAKL Kosho Maru xAK Taihei Maru xAK Teiryu Maru xAKL P-11 PB Hakata Maru #2 Allied Ships SS KIX known picture... SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Kosho Maru KIX diving deep .... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 3 G4M1 Betty x 4 No Japanese losses Allied Ships HDML 1063 ML No. 311 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 23000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 972 troops, 100 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 582 Defending force 70701 troops, 695 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 2005 Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled an amazingly quiet day for this date... Assaulting units: 2nd Recon Regiment Tanaka 16th Infantry Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 2nd Engineer Regiment II./4th Infantry Battalion 48th Recon Regiment I./4th Infantry Battalion Kanno 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 30th Fld AA Gun Co 47th Field AA Battalion 45th Field AA Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 48th Field AA Battalion 8th Port Unit 14th Army 37th Const Co 3rd Ship Engineer Regiment 40th Field AA Battalion 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 38th Field Const Co 3rd Construction Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 37th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 194th Tank Battalion 91st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regiment 45th PS Infantry Regiment I/43rd PS Inf Battalion 73rd PA Infantry Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 51st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 1st Constabulary Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 27th Avn Sup 101st PA Infantry Division San Jose Constab Battalion 41st PA Infantry Division 2nd Constabulary Regiment Roxas Constab Battalion III/Prov'nl SPM Grp 11th PAAC Avn Sup I Corps 4th PAAC Avn Sup 1st USMC AA Battalion Asiatic Fleet I/Prov'nl SPM Grp Clark Field AAF Base Force 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion Subic Bay Defenses US Forces Far East 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 24th PS FA Regiment II/Prov'nl SPM Grp II Corps !/23rd PS FA Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/8/2021 12:24:14 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 06, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1002 troops, 101 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 606 Defending force 70661 troops, 695 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 2002 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled even less happening today even though Japanese troop numbers are slowly increasing at Clark... I think it would need just around 800 av and you can create at POW camp here, bomb the enemy for the next couple of months and wait until they run out of supplies... been there done that several times... Assaulting units: II./4th Infantry Battalion I./4th Infantry Battalion 16th Infantry Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 2nd Recon Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment 48th Recon Regiment Tanaka Kanno 2nd Engineer Regiment 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 8th Port Unit 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 38th Field Const Co 3rd Construction Battalion 37th Const Co 48th Field AA Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 45th Field AA Battalion 30th Fld AA Gun Co 3rd Ship Engineer Regiment 14th Army 47th Field AA Battalion 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 40th Field AA Battalion 37th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 21st PA Infantry Division I/43rd PS Inf Battalion San Jose Constab Battalion 61st PA Infantry Division 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 71st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 73rd PA Infantry Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 2nd Constabulary Regiment 192nd Tank Battalion 194th Tank Battalion 11th PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regiment 31st PA Infantry Division 1st Constabulary Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 101st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regiment 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 81st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 27th Avn Sup Roxas Constab Battalion 11th PAAC Avn Sup 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion I Corps II/Prov'nl SPM Grp II Corps US Forces Far East III/Prov'nl SPM Grp 4th PAAC Avn Sup Asiatic Fleet 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 1st USMC AA Battalion !/23rd PS FA Battalion I/Prov'nl SPM Grp 24th PS FA Regiment 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Clark Field AAF Base Force Subic Bay Defenses 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/8/2021 4:11:29 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 07, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97 Japanese Ships DD Yomogi E Hachijo TK Yuho Maru TK Sanraku Maru TK Manju Maru TK Kozui Maru TK Hishi Maru #2 DD Tsuta DD Tsuga Allied Ships SS KXIII there would habe been some real juicy targets... SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Yomogi KXIII diving deep .... DD Yomogi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tsuta fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tsuga attacking submerged sub .... DD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 56,104 [image]local://upfiles/13774/9690737AFD494DBC8B1960BC066C76CD.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 9 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 39 B-339D x 27 CW-21B Demon x 11 75A-7 Hawk x 10 P-40B Warhawk x 23 P-40E Warhawk x 23 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships AMc MMS C AMc MMS B enemy messed up with Betty range here as they come in unescorted to Soerabaja... amazingly only halve of them are downed... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 1-VI.G.V with B-339D (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes 2-VI.G.V with B-339D (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes No.243 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes No.453 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes No.488 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (7 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (7 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 67,91 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 6 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 G4M1 Betty x 13 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged Allied Ships HDML P 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk HDML P 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk HDML P 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk I've got no clue why Babes has all these vessels because they are of no use at all and you can't even move them somewhere as they have no range at all so they just die where they start... Aircraft Attacking: 13 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1002 troops, 101 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 689 Defending force 70587 troops, 695 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 1997 Assaulting units: 2nd Engineer Regiment Tanaka Yokosuka 1st SNLF 48th Recon Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 16th Infantry Regiment I./4th Infantry Battalion Kanno 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 2nd Recon Regiment II./4th Infantry Battalion Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 48th Field AA Battalion 47th Field AA Battalion 3rd Ship Engineer Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 40th Field AA Battalion 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 45th Field AA Battalion 3rd Construction Battalion 8th Port Unit 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 30th Fld AA Gun Co 37th Const Co 38th Field Const Co 37th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 51st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regiment 73rd PA Infantry Regiment 31st Infantry Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division I/43rd PS Inf Battalion 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 11th PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 27th Avn Sup 31st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 57th PS Infantry Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 101st PA Infantry Division San Jose Constab Battalion 2nd Constabulary Regiment 192nd Tank Battalion 81st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 1st Constabulary Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division Roxas Constab Battalion 4th PAAC Avn Sup I/Prov'nl SPM Grp I Corps US Forces Far East !/23rd PS FA Battalion 11th PAAC Avn Sup III/Prov'nl SPM Grp Clark Field AAF Base Force 24th PS FA Regiment 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment II Corps II/Prov'nl SPM Grp 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion Asiatic Fleet Subic Bay Defenses 1st USMC AA Battalion 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/8/2021 4:13:45 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 08, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Gorontalo at 71,96 Japanese Ships CM Yaeyama, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AO Iro xAP Takatiho Maru xAK Zinzan Maru xAK Unyo Maru #2 xAK Tosei Maru xAK Taibun Maru xAK Minryo Maru xAK Bandoeng Maru xAKL Nanko Maru PB Choko Maru #5 Allied Ships SS KVIII guess that's a bigger troop convoy, the Dutch sub sinks a minelayer... while mines have literally no effect in AE I'm still always happy to sink minelayers and I don't even know why, must be a leftover from WITP... SS KVIII launches 2 torpedoes at CM Yaeyama KVIII diving deep .... PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1032 troops, 104 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 749 Defending force 70639 troops, 695 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 1994 enemy troops are only trickling in here... Assaulting units: 2nd Recon Regiment 48th Recon Regiment 16th Infantry Regiment 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 7th Tank Regiment II./4th Infantry Battalion Tanaka 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 2nd Engineer Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment Kanno Yokosuka 1st SNLF 16th Recon Regiment I./4th Infantry Battalion 4th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 30th Fld AA Gun Co 45th Field AA Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Construction Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 47th Field AA Battalion 48th Field AA Battalion 37th Const Co 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Army 40th Field AA Battalion 3rd Ship Engineer Regiment 8th Port Unit 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 38th Field Const Co 37th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 26th PS Cavalry Regiment San Jose Constab Battalion 61st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regiment I/43rd PS Inf Battalion 41st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment 2nd Constabulary Regiment 73rd PA Infantry Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 1st Constabulary Regiment 11th PA Infantry Division 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 194th Tank Battalion 71st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regiment 101st PA Infantry Division 27th Avn Sup 4th Marine Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division Roxas Constab Battalion !/23rd PS FA Battalion 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment I Corps II Corps 1st USMC AA Battalion US Forces Far East Clark Field AAF Base Force Subic Bay Defenses Asiatic Fleet I/Prov'nl SPM Grp II/Prov'nl SPM Grp 24th PS FA Regiment 4th PAAC Avn Sup 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion 11th PAAC Avn Sup III/Prov'nl SPM Grp 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/8/2021 4:15:19 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 09, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 G3M2 Nell x 16 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 4 damaged G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak not much flak in the Philipines, only 24 3inch guns but attacking at 7000ft could be too low... bombing troops here has no effect due to terrain so the enemy should concentrate on the airfield... Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 81st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 21st PA Infantry Division, at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 2 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking US Forces Far East ... Also attacking 101st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking 61st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking 31st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking 21st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking US Forces Far East ... Also attacking 21st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking US Forces Far East ... Also attacking 21st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking US Forces Far East ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 11th PA Infantry Division, at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 17313 troops, 264 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 1028 Defending force 71706 troops, 695 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 2033 Japanese ground losses: 163 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Formosa Inf. Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 16th Recon Regiment 16th Infantry Regiment 48th Recon Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 47th Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment I./4th Infantry Battalion Yokosuka 1st SNLF 7th Tank Regiment Tanaka 2nd Recon Regiment 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 2nd Engineer Regiment II./4th Infantry Battalion Kanno Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 3rd Construction Battalion 30th JNAF AF Unit 30th Fld AA Gun Co 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 48th Field Artillery Regiment 37th Const Co 38th Field Const Co 47th Field AA Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 39th Field Const Co 14th Army 48th Field AA Battalion 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 45th Field AA Battalion 8th Port Unit 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 40th Field AA Battalion 3rd Ship Engineer Regiment 37th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 71st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 73rd PA Infantry Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 2nd Constabulary Regiment 81st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regiment 31st PA Infantry Division 101st PA Infantry Division 1st Constabulary Regiment 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 1st PA Infantry Division 27th Avn Sup 11th PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division San Jose Constab Battalion I/43rd PS Inf Battalion Roxas Constab Battalion 24th PS FA Regiment US Forces Far East Asiatic Fleet Subic Bay Defenses 1st USMC AA Battalion 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion I Corps II Corps III/Prov'nl SPM Grp 11th PAAC Avn Sup I/Prov'nl SPM Grp Clark Field AAF Base Force II/Prov'nl SPM Grp 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 4th PAAC Avn Sup !/23rd PS FA Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/9/2021 12:06:30 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 10, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Suva at 131,161 Japanese Ships SS RO-60 Allied Ships PC Daphne quite a long journey for a RO boat to show up near the Fijis... most likely one of the 8000 endurance boats... SS RO-60 is sighted by escort RO-60 diving deep .... PC Daphne fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Daphne fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Daphne fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Daphne fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Daphne fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 [image]local://upfiles/13774/F2588FFB0B774F09B3DD9FF3FA5B2FC3.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 8 B-17E Fortress x 20 No Allied losses Japanese Ships CA Nachi, Bomb hits 2 BB Haruna, Bomb hits 9, on fire BB Kongo, Bomb hits 10, on fire CA Myoko, Bomb hits 2 BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 7 CA Atago, Bomb hits 1 CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3 CA Takao, Bomb hits 1 CA Haguro, Bomb hits 1 CA Kumano, Bomb hits 2 CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 1 DD Akatsuki, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires CL Kiso, Bomb hits 1 DD Arashio, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Sendai, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 11 the Empire, mmmhhh, Republic strikes back... Mundy kept quite some surface assets on station on Luzon which were spotted daily, but yesterday they were gone and recon showed them at anchor at the tiny port of Lingayen... most likely the enemy wanted to save fuel and disbanded the ships as we have nothing else left than a dozen PTs that are on station at Bataan... that was the go for the USAAF's heavy bombers to return to Clark Field and fly a strike against the enemy's fleet... as we had evacuated all of the airforce except some recons and float planes from Luzon the enemy must have felt quite safe and didn't even have CAP over the port as all the fighters at the airfield are on offensive duty so our heavy bombers came in in perfect weather and picked their targets... one 500lb bomb after another detonated on the armored decks of the enemy ships and it was quite nice to watch, well knowing that we only did minor damage as these ships weren't damaged before so the fires won't do all that much... only the two DDs suffered damage from bombs penetrating their decks... nice to see three Kongos here and not moving around with KB, I ussually keep the Kongos with my carriers... Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 13 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna, Bomb hits 3, on fire BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 10, on fire BB Kongo, Bomb hits 7, on fire CA Nachi, Bomb hits 3 CA Atago, Bomb hits 1 CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 1 DD Hibiki, Bomb hits 1, on fire CA Myoko, Bomb hits 1 CA Kumano, Bomb hits 1 CA Mogami, Bomb hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 2 Port supply hits 2 we've flown in all 60 available heavy bombers (in the whole Pacific) to do maximum damage and another wave keeps pounding the enemy fleet with their 500lb bombs... if the player could just decide the loadout of bombers, dropping 1000lb bombs here would make such a difference as those are a threat to the cruisers and also got so much more effect on the BBs even if they don't penetrate... Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires CA Mogami, Bomb hits 1 CA Takao, Bomb hits 1 BB Haruna, Bomb hits 2, on fire CA Haguro, Bomb hits 1 BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 3, on fire CA Nachi, Bomb hits 1 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Kongo is now showing heavy fires, gotta rack up quite some sys damage... Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 4, on fire CA Haguro, Bomb hits 1 BB Haruna, Bomb hits 5, on fire BB Kongo, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires CA Takao, Bomb hits 1 CL Sendai, Bomb hits 1, on fire Port hits 4 not over yet and despite low number of bombers they score quite a lot of bomb hits which wouldn't be possible real life they way the bombers dropped their load in formation, guess 6-10 bomb hits would have been the absolute maximum... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships CL Sendai, Bomb hits 1, on fire BB Kongo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires BB Haruna, Bomb hits 2, on fire CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 1 CA Kumano, Bomb hits 1 BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 1 Port supply hits 3 last wave of Beasts shows up and now also Yamashiro is heavily burning... I doubt any of those ships is in danger of being sunk and the heavy cruisers most likely haven't suffered any real damage but the heavily burning Kongos are most likely out of the fight for a couple of weeks... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 3 G4M1 Betty x 4 No Japanese losses Allied Ships ML No. 311 HDML 1063 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 23000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 40070 troops, 511 guns, 365 vehicles, Assault Value = 1237 Defending force 59259 troops, 560 guns, 350 vehicles, Assault Value = 1223 Japanese adjusted assault: 381 Allied adjusted defense: 2805 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 7 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 9257 casualties reported Squads: 216 destroyed, 499 disabled Non Combat: 63 destroyed, 217 disabled Engineers: 26 destroyed, 72 disabled Guns lost 53 (22 destroyed, 31 disabled) Vehicles lost 49 (9 destroyed, 40 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 905 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 109 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 41 (16 destroyed, 25 disabled) the B-17 on the enemy fleet was a morale booster today but the real important battle was fought on Malaya when the IJA shock attack across the river right into Singpore's defenders... like on Luzon Mundy hasn't recombined his units yet and takes massive damage in the river crossing, one unit being outright destroyed... the defenders suffered mostly disablements and the attacker must be horribly disrupted... like on Luzon we were thinking about a counterattack and even though I would never suggest an attack to anybody I thought it would be worth a try and all units were ordered to deliberate attack tomorrow... spent nearly 200 pp to switch leaders within the important units at Singapore, can only hope that is going to pay off... Assaulting units: 148th Infantry Regiment 15th Ind Engineer Regiment 55th Cavalry Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 4th Ind Engineer Regiment I/124th Infantry Battalion 21st Infantry Regiment 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 41st Guard Battalion 55th Infantry Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF 113th Infantry Regiment 56th Recon Regiment Sasebo 8th SNLF 55th Engineer Regiment 22nd Recon Regiment 114th Infantry Regiment 56th Engineer Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ship Engineer Regiment 55th Mountain Gun Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 55th Const Co 34th Field AA Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 56th Field Artillery Regiment Southern Fleet 302nd Ship Eng Coy 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 18th Mountain Gun Regiment 53rd Const Co 54th Const Co 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 21st JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 3rd Cavalry Regiment 27th Australian Brigade 2nd Malay Battalion 5/14th Punjab Battalion 22nd Australian Brigade 1st Manchester Battalion SSVF Brigade 1st Hyderabad Battalion 1st Mysore Battalion FMSV Brigade 3rd SSVF Battalion 2nd Gordons Battalion 2/17 Dogra Battalion 2nd Loyal Battalion 11th Indian Division 1st Malay Battalion 9th Indian Division 113th RAF Adv Base Force Malaya Army 2nd ISF Base Force 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 224 Group RAF Malayan Air Wing 112th RAF Adv Base Force 111th RAF Adv Base Force Singapore Base Force 110th RAF Adv Base Force 223 Group RAF Singapore Fortress 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment 109th RAF Adv Base Force 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment III Indian Corps 3rd Heavy AA Regiment AHQ Far East 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 109th RN Base Force

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/9/2021 12:18:54 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 11, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Itbayat Island at 83,69 Japanese Ships xAK Tokiwa Maru DD Arashi DD Hatsukaze TB Hato PB Suyozai Maru xAK Malta Maru DD Ayanami DD Shikinami DD Shigure DD Asashio Allied Ships SS O20 missed... SS O20 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Tokiwa Maru DD Ayanami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shikinami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shigure fails to find sub and abandons search DD Asashio fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 12 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 15000 feet lol, what? Nates on a sweep over Singapore? Amazed to see the enemy trying to use Nates... if they keep coming I will move some Buffalos back to Singapore as they can easily deal with Nates... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 G3M2 Nell x 13 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 5 all operational B-17 were flown out of Clark again as I expected the enemy to send in lots of bombers to kill them on the field and they are just way too precious to be lost that way... no bomber was lost in the attacks against the enemy fleet and no bomber was destroyed on the ground today... repairing non operational heavy bombers is a pain, it's going to take 11 days to see the last non operational bomber being fixed... Aircraft Attacking: 13 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 56th Recon Regiment, at 50,84 (Singapore) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 20 B-17E Fortress x 18 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 4 damaged B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese ground losses: 344 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled) this is where all operational bombers were going, all were ordered to support our troops in the deliberate attack at Singapore... non of the bombers attacked one of the enemy divisions though which is really bad news... Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking Sasebo 3rd SNLF ... Also attacking 21st JAAF AF Bn ... Also attacking 53rd Const Co ... Also attacking 3rd Mortar Battalion ... Also attacking 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment ... Also attacking 54th Const Co ... Also attacking Yokosuka 4th SNLF ... Also attacking 56th Recon Regiment ... Also attacking Sasebo 3rd SNLF ... Also attacking 21st JAAF AF Bn ... Also attacking 3rd Mortar Battalion ... Also attacking 54th Const Co ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 55th Const Co , at 50,84 (Singapore) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 145 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 11 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 12 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 36899 troops, 400 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 1102 Defending force 34835 troops, 536 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 641 Allied adjusted assault: 466 Japanese adjusted defense: 345 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 [:(] Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 853 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 90 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled) Vehicles lost 45 (1 destroyed, 44 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3463 casualties reported Squads: 100 destroyed, 202 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 43 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 34 (8 destroyed, 26 disabled) that's why I would never suggest to counterattack early on or with the Chinese if you don't have an insane superiority already... despite crossing the river yesterday and suffering from a 1:7 shock attack the enemy still gets enough adjusted av (which looks horrible to be honest) to resist our attack and severly damage our attacking units... it wasn't as much the adjusted av of the enemy but ours, when our troops don't even get 50% of their base av in this attack despite being prepped for Singapore since day one... perhaps a shock attack could have achieved the needed 700 adjusted av it could have also totally wrecked our units though and I was reluctant to order a deliberate attack so a shock attack was totally out of scope... I just should have know better and do nothing but recover the disabled squads from the enemy attack yesterday... that way we have suffered more (and the enemy less) than what would have happened in the first IJ deliberate attack so we did Mundy a favour here with our wrong decision... Assaulting units: 1st Malay Battalion FMSV Brigade 2nd Gordons Battalion 27th Australian Brigade 5/14th Punjab Battalion 1st Mysore Battalion 22nd Australian Brigade 2nd Loyal Battalion 3rd SSVF Battalion 11th Indian Division 1st Manchester Battalion SSVF Brigade 2nd Malay Battalion 1st Hyderabad Battalion 2/17 Dogra Battalion 9th Indian Division 224 Group RAF 110th RAF Adv Base Force 113th RAF Adv Base Force 2nd ISF Base Force 111th RAF Adv Base Force Singapore Fortress Malaya Army 112th RAF Adv Base Force 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment 109th RAF Adv Base Force Singapore Base Force 3rd Cavalry Regiment III Indian Corps 3rd Heavy AA Regiment AHQ Far East 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 223 Group RAF 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment Malayan Air Wing 109th RN Base Force Defending units: 14th Tank Regiment 114th Infantry Regiment 55th Cavalry Regiment 41st Guard Battalion 22nd Recon Regiment 4th Ind Engineer Regiment I/124th Infantry Battalion 148th Infantry Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF 56th Engineer Regiment 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment Sasebo 8th SNLF 55th Engineer Regiment 113th Infantry Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 56th Recon Regiment 21st Infantry Regiment 55th Infantry Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 53rd Const Co 302nd Ship Eng Coy 34th Field AA Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 56th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 55th Mountain Gun Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion Southern Fleet 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 55th Const Co 54th Const Co 2nd Ship Engineer Regiment 18th Mountain Gun Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 21st JAAF AF Bn

RangerJoe -> RE: AAR 42 (10/9/2021 3:01:37 PM)
I really don't think that it was wrong, because of the lower experience and morale of your units you may have had some bad die rolls. It could easily have done a lot more damage to the Japanese Army units. So it was worth the chance to try and hurt the Japanese even more.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/9/2021 3:09:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe I really don't think that it was wrong, because of the lower experience and morale of your units you may have had some bad die rolls. It could easily have done a lot more damage to the Japanese Army units. So it was worth the chance to try and hurt the Japanese even more. yeah it was worth a try and there was a chance but I wonder how the odds were, perhaps 1:3 or 1:4 to make it work. Of course if you force the enemy to retreat it really trashes his units and that would have been a disaster. But if you fight four wars and it doesn't work in three then I would probably not advise to attack [:D]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/9/2021 3:11:41 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 G3M2 Nell x 16 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 the numbers of attacking aircraft on Luzon are minimal, flak is mostly useless and we've got 200 eng plus some 20 eng vehicles at Clark Field but the hits are enough that damage is increasing every turn... Aircraft Attacking: 16 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 14 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/9/2021 3:21:16 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 13, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 67,91, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships CM Itsukushima CL Tenryu PC Ashi PC Sumire APD Hagi PB Busho Maru PB Choko Maru #5 PB Yamahagi Maru #3 PB Kinsyo Maru #2 AO Iro xAK Tenryu Maru xAK Taifuku Maru xAK Atago Maru xAK Santos Maru xAK Akasi Maru xAK Azuchi Maru xAK Bandoeng Maru xAK Kizan Maru xAKL Kofuku Maru xAK Konan Maru xAK Macassar Maru xAKL Nanko Maru xAK Nittai Maru xAK Nissen Maru #3 xAK Otake Maru xAK Ryuyo Maru xAK Ryugi Maru xAK Sanuki Maru xAK Sakido Maru xAK Shinsei Maru xAK Minryo Maru xAK Nitiryu Maru xAK Nitiren Maru xAK Shozan Maru xAK Sangetsu Maru xAKL Turusima Maru xAK Taibun Maru xAK Taihei Maru xAKL Tainichi Maru xAK Tofuku Maru xAK Tone Maru xAK Tosei Maru xAK Toei Maru xAK Unyo Maru #2 xAK Ume Maru xAK Yuzan Maru xAK Yosida Maru #3 xAK Yosida Maru #1 xAK Zinzan Maru xAKL Kashiwa Maru xAKL Kidokawa Maru xAKL Hidaka Maru xAKL Raizan Maru xAKL Kosho Maru xAP Hakone Maru xAP Rakuyo Maru xAP Horai Maru xAP Takatiho Maru xAKL Iwate Maru #5 Allied Ships PC Formalhaut, Shell hits 2 mighty warship Formaulhaut is defending Tarakan... [:D] quite a huge invasion convoy incoming... Reduced sighting due to 14% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 14% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , APD Hagi , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru , xAK Tosei Maru , xAK Tone Maru , xAK Tofuku Maru , xAK Taihei Maru , xAK Taibun Maru , xAK Sangetsu Maru , xAK Shozan Maru , xAK Nitiren Maru , xAK Nitiryu Maru , xAK Minryo Maru , xAK Shinsei Maru , xAK Sakido Maru , xAK Sanuki Maru , xAK Ryugi Maru , xAK Ryuyo Maru , xAK Otake Maru , xAK Nissen Maru #3 , xAK Nittai Maru , xAK Macassar Maru , xAK Konan Maru , xAK Kizan Maru , xAK Bandoeng Maru , xAK Azuchi Maru , xAK Akasi Maru , xAK Santos Maru , xAK Atago Maru screened from combat - escorted by PC Sumire , PC Ashi , PB Kinsyo Maru #2 , PB Yamahagi Maru #3 , PB Choko Maru #5 CL Tenryu engages PC Formalhaut at 10,000 yards PB Busho Maru engages PC Formalhaut at 10,000 yards xAK Shinsei Maru collides with xAK Nitiren Maru at 67 , 91 CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , APD Hagi , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru , xAK Tosei Maru , xAK Tone Maru , xAK Tofuku Maru , xAK Taihei Maru , xAK Taibun Maru , xAK Sangetsu Maru , xAK Shozan Maru , xAK Nitiren Maru , xAK Nitiryu Maru , xAK Minryo Maru , xAK Shinsei Maru , xAK Sakido Maru , xAK Sanuki Maru , xAK Ryugi Maru , xAK Ryuyo Maru , xAK Otake Maru , xAK Nissen Maru #3 , xAK Nittai Maru , xAK Macassar Maru , xAK Konan Maru , xAK Kizan Maru , xAK Bandoeng Maru screened from combat - escorted by PC Sumire , PC Ashi , PB Yamahagi Maru #3 , PB Choko Maru #5 CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , APD Hagi , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru , xAK Tosei Maru , xAK Tone Maru , xAK Tofuku Maru , xAK Taihei Maru , xAK Taibun Maru , xAK Sangetsu Maru , xAK Shozan Maru , xAK Nitiren Maru , xAK Nitiryu Maru , xAK Minryo Maru , xAK Shinsei Maru , xAK Sakido Maru , xAK Sanuki Maru screened from combat - escorted by CL Tenryu , PC Sumire , PB Kinsyo Maru #2 , PB Yamahagi Maru #3 PC Ashi engages PC Formalhaut at 10,000 yards PC Formalhaut engages PB Busho Maru at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , APD Hagi , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru , xAK Tosei Maru , xAK Tone Maru , xAK Tofuku Maru , xAK Taihei Maru , xAK Taibun Maru , xAK Sangetsu Maru , xAK Shozan Maru , xAK Nitiren Maru , xAK Nitiryu Maru , xAK Minryo Maru , xAK Shinsei Maru , xAK Sakido Maru , xAK Sanuki Maru , xAK Ryugi Maru , xAK Ryuyo Maru , xAK Otake Maru , xAK Nissen Maru #3 , xAK Nittai Maru , xAK Macassar Maru , xAK Konan Maru , xAK Kizan Maru , xAK Bandoeng Maru , xAK Azuchi Maru , xAK Akasi Maru , xAK Santos Maru , xAK Atago Maru , xAK Taifuku Maru , xAK Tenryu Maru , xAKL P-11 , xAKL Iwate Maru #5 , xAKL Kosho Maru , xAKL Raizan Maru , xAKL Hidaka Maru , xAKL Kidokawa Maru , xAKL Kashiwa Maru , xAKL Tainichi Maru , xAKL Turusima Maru screened from combat - escorted by PC Sumire , PC Ashi , PB Kinsyo Maru #2 , PB Yamahagi Maru #3 , PB Choko Maru #5 , PB Busho Maru Range increases to 10,000 yards CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , APD Hagi , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru , xAK Tosei Maru , xAK Tone Maru , xAK Tofuku Maru , xAK Taihei Maru , xAK Taibun Maru , xAK Sangetsu Maru , xAK Shozan Maru , xAK Nitiren Maru , xAK Nitiryu Maru , xAK Minryo Maru , xAK Shinsei Maru , xAK Sakido Maru , xAK Sanuki Maru , xAK Ryugi Maru , xAK Ryuyo Maru , xAK Otake Maru , xAK Nissen Maru #3 , xAK Nittai Maru , xAK Macassar Maru , xAK Konan Maru , xAK Kizan Maru , xAK Bandoeng Maru , xAK Azuchi Maru screened from combat - escorted by CL Tenryu , PC Ashi , PB Kinsyo Maru #2 , PB Yamahagi Maru #3 , PB Busho Maru PB Choko Maru #5 engages PC Formalhaut at 10,000 yards Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape [:D] Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Tarakan (67,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 69 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Tenryu PC Sumire PC Ashi PB Kinsyo Maru #2 PB Yamahagi Maru #3 PB Choko Maru #5 PB Busho Maru APD Hagi xAKL Turusima Maru xAK Taihei Maru CM Itsukushima xAK Taifuku Maru Japanese ground losses: 60 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CL Tenryu firing at Tarakan Defenses Tarakan Defenses firing at CL Tenryu PC Sumire fired at enemy troops PC Ashi fired at enemy troops PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fired at enemy guns PB Choko Maru #5 fired at enemy troops PB Busho Maru fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Tarakan (67,91) TF 164 troops unloading over beach at Tarakan, 67,91 Japanese ground losses: 240 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 33rd Div 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost overboard during unload of 33rd Div 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost overboard during unload of 33rd Div 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost in surf during unload of 33rd Div /2 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost overboard during unload of 33rd Div /2 15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 33rd Div /3 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost in surf during unload of 33rd Div /3 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost in surf during unload of 33rd Div /4 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad accidentally lost during unload of 33rd Div /4 15 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 33rd Div /4 15 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 33rd Div /4 15 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 33rd Div /4 12 troops of a SNLF HMG Section lost overboard during unload of Bandasan SNLF 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad accidentally lost during unload of Miura Det 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 33rd Div /5 15 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 33rd Div /5 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad accidentally lost during unload of 33rd Div /6 15 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 33rd Div /6 15 Support troops lost overboard during unload of Miura Det /5 15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 33rd Div /7 15 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 33rd Div /9 a whole division plus other stuff is landing here after having thrown more than two divs at Balikpapan earlier... I'd use those divs somewhere else as a bgd or a couple of nav guards could take the bases on Borneo... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Tarakan (67,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 26 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAKL Kofuku Maru PC Ashi PB Kinsyo Maru #2 PC Sumire PB Yamahagi Maru #3 PB Choko Maru #5 PB Busho Maru APD Hagi CM Itsukushima Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAKL Kofuku Maru at 8,000 yards PB Kinsyo Maru #2 firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards PC Sumire fired at enemy troops PC Ashi fired at enemy troops PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fired at enemy troops PB Choko Maru #5 fired at enemy troops PB Busho Maru fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Ta'u at 152,158 Japanese Ships SS RO-63, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Mustin DD Hammann DD Clark DD Walke DD O'Brien DD Russell SS RO-63 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Mustin DD Clark fails to find sub and abandons search DD Walke attacking submerged sub .... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Russell fails to find sub and abandons search DD Walke fails to find sub and abandons search DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... DD O'Brien fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 67,91, Range 19,000 Yards Japanese Ships CM Itsukushima CL Tenryu PC Ashi PC Sumire APD Hagi PB Busho Maru PB Choko Maru #5 PB Yamahagi Maru #3 PB Kinsyo Maru #2 AO Iro xAK Tenryu Maru xAK Taifuku Maru xAK Atago Maru xAK Santos Maru xAK Akasi Maru xAK Azuchi Maru xAK Bandoeng Maru xAK Kizan Maru xAKL Kofuku Maru xAK Konan Maru xAK Macassar Maru xAKL Nanko Maru xAK Nittai Maru xAK Nissen Maru #3 xAK Otake Maru xAK Ryuyo Maru xAK Ryugi Maru xAK Sanuki Maru xAK Sakido Maru xAK Shinsei Maru xAK Minryo Maru xAK Nitiryu Maru xAK Nitiren Maru, heavy damage xAK Shozan Maru xAK Sangetsu Maru xAKL Turusima Maru xAK Taibun Maru xAK Taihei Maru xAKL Tainichi Maru xAK Tofuku Maru xAK Tone Maru xAK Tosei Maru xAK Toei Maru xAK Unyo Maru #2 xAK Ume Maru xAK Yuzan Maru xAK Yosida Maru #3 xAK Yosida Maru #1 xAK Zinzan Maru xAKL Kashiwa Maru xAKL Kidokawa Maru xAKL Hidaka Maru xAKL Raizan Maru xAKL Kosho Maru xAP Hakone Maru xAP Rakuyo Maru xAP Horai Maru xAP Takatiho Maru xAKL Iwate Maru #5 Allied Ships PC Formalhaut, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage Formalhaut engages again and we cross the T of our non existing armada... [&:] one of the freighters is showing heavy damage from a collission, perhaps we get a sunk freighter here, Tarakan is lost... Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching! Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... Van Doren W. crosses the 'T' CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru , xAK Tosei Maru , xAK Tone Maru , xAK Tofuku Maru screened from combat - escorted by PB Kinsyo Maru #2 , PB Choko Maru #5 xAK Nitiryu Maru collides with xAK Nitiren Maru at 67 , 91 CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 screened from combat - escorted by PB Busho Maru CL Tenryu engages PC Formalhaut at 19,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru , xAK Tosei Maru , xAK Tone Maru , xAK Tofuku Maru , xAK Taihei Maru , xAK Taibun Maru , xAK Sangetsu Maru , xAK Shozan Maru , xAK Nitiren Maru , xAK Nitiryu Maru , xAK Minryo Maru , xAK Shinsei Maru , xAK Sakido Maru , xAK Sanuki Maru , xAK Ryugi Maru , xAK Ryuyo Maru , xAK Otake Maru , xAK Nissen Maru #3 , xAK Nittai Maru , xAK Macassar Maru , xAK Konan Maru , xAK Kizan Maru screened from combat - escorted by PC Sumire , PC Ashi , PB Kinsyo Maru #2 , PB Yamahagi Maru #3 , APD Hagi CL Tenryu engages PC Formalhaut at 17,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru , xAK Tosei Maru , xAK Tone Maru , xAK Tofuku Maru , xAK Taihei Maru , xAK Taibun Maru , xAK Sangetsu Maru , xAK Shozan Maru , xAK Nitiren Maru , xAK Nitiryu Maru , xAK Minryo Maru , xAK Shinsei Maru , xAK Sakido Maru , xAK Sanuki Maru , xAK Ryugi Maru , xAK Ryuyo Maru , xAK Otake Maru , xAK Nissen Maru #3 , xAK Nittai Maru , xAK Macassar Maru , xAK Konan Maru , xAK Kizan Maru , xAK Bandoeng Maru , xAK Azuchi Maru , xAK Akasi Maru , xAK Santos Maru screened from combat - escorted by PC Ashi , PB Yamahagi Maru #3 , PB Choko Maru #5 , PB Busho Maru , APD Hagi CL Tenryu engages PC Formalhaut at 15,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru , xAK Tosei Maru , xAK Tone Maru , xAK Tofuku Maru , xAK Taihei Maru , xAK Taibun Maru , xAK Sangetsu Maru , xAK Shozan Maru , xAK Nitiren Maru , xAK Nitiryu Maru , xAK Minryo Maru , xAK Shinsei Maru , xAK Sakido Maru , xAK Sanuki Maru , xAK Ryugi Maru , xAK Ryuyo Maru , xAK Otake Maru , xAK Nissen Maru #3 , xAK Nittai Maru , xAK Macassar Maru , xAK Konan Maru , xAK Kizan Maru screened from combat - escorted by CL Tenryu , PC Sumire , PC Ashi , PB Kinsyo Maru #2 , PB Yamahagi Maru #3 APD Hagi engages PC Formalhaut at 14,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru , xAK Tosei Maru , xAK Tone Maru , xAK Tofuku Maru , xAK Taihei Maru screened from combat - escorted by PC Ashi , PB Busho Maru CL Tenryu engages PC Formalhaut at 10,000 yards Van Doren W. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 7,000 yards CM Itsukushima screened from combat CL Tenryu engages PC Formalhaut at 7,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru screened from combat - escorted by PB Choko Maru #5 APD Hagi engages PC Formalhaut at 10,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards xAK Ryuyo Maru collides with xAK Nitiren Maru at 67 , 91 CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 screened from combat - escorted by PC Sumire , PB Busho Maru Range increases to 15,000 yards CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru screened from combat - escorted by CL Tenryu , PB Kinsyo Maru #2 PC Sumire engages PC Formalhaut at 15,000 yards Range increases to 18,000 yards CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru screened from combat - escorted by PB Kinsyo Maru #2 Range increases to 20,000 yards CM Itsukushima , AO Iro , xAP Takatiho Maru , xAP Horai Maru , xAP Rakuyo Maru , xAP Hakone Maru , xAK Biwa Maru , xAK Zinzan Maru , xAK Yosida Maru #1 , xAK Yosida Maru #3 , xAK Yuzan Maru , xAK Ume Maru , xAK Unyo Maru #2 , xAK Toei Maru , xAK Tosei Maru , xAK Tone Maru , xAK Tofuku Maru , xAK Taihei Maru , xAK Taibun Maru , xAK Sangetsu Maru , xAK Shozan Maru , xAK Nitiren Maru , xAK Nitiryu Maru , xAK Minryo Maru , xAK Shinsei Maru , xAK Sakido Maru , xAK Sanuki Maru , xAK Ryugi Maru , xAK Ryuyo Maru , xAK Otake Maru , xAK Nissen Maru #3 , xAK Nittai Maru , xAK Macassar Maru , xAK Konan Maru , xAK Kizan Maru , xAK Bandoeng Maru , xAK Azuchi Maru , xAK Akasi Maru , xAK Santos Maru , xAK Atago Maru , xAK Taifuku Maru , xAK Tenryu Maru , xAKL P-11 , xAKL Iwate Maru #5 , xAKL Kosho Maru , xAKL Raizan Maru , xAKL Hidaka Maru , xAKL Kidokawa Maru screened from combat Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 G3M2 Nell x 13 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 hope those ancient recon aircraft will survive a couple of weeks as they give me a good picture of what's going on on Luzon... Aircraft Attacking: 13 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 14 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 12 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 15000 feet is this going to continue? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 12 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 No Japanese losses Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 5 Mundy owns Manila, which is the biggest IJ airfield on Luzon but his airforce is still stationed on the smaller airfields in the North so the Lilies attack with even smaller bombloads than usual... Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 12 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Tarakan (67,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 47 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAKL Turusima Maru PB Kinsyo Maru #2 PB Yamahagi Maru #3 xAKL Nanko Maru, Shell hits 2 PB Choko Maru #5 PC Sumire PC Ashi PB Busho Maru APD Hagi CM Itsukushima xAK Toei Maru Japanese ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 120mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAKL Turusima Maru at 7,000 yards PB Yamahagi Maru #3 firing to suppress enemy battery at 7,000 yards 120mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAKL Nanko Maru at 7,000 yards PB Choko Maru #5 firing to suppress enemy battery at 7,000 yards PC Sumire fired at enemy troops PC Ashi fired at enemy troops PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fired at enemy guns PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fired at enemy troops PB Choko Maru #5 fired at enemy troops PB Busho Maru fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 38464 troops, 468 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 1503 Defending force 75777 troops, 704 guns, 209 vehicles, Assault Value = 2185 Japanese ground losses: 157 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Mundy will need between 3 and 4.000 av if he wants to take Clark quickly and at acceptable losses... Assaulting units: 20th Infantry Regiment 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 48th Recon Regiment Kimura Det Tanaka 47th Infantry Regiment 16th Engineer Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment II./4th Infantry Battalion Yokosuka 1st SNLF 24th Infantry Regiment Kanno 1st Formosa Inf. Regiment I./4th Infantry Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment Kure 1st SNLF 16th Infantry Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 2nd Engineer Regiment 16th Recon Regiment 2nd Recon Regiment Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 3rd Ship Engineer Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 39th Field Const Co 45th Field AA Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Naval Construction Battalion 47th Field AA Battalion 3rd Construction Battalion 40th Field AA Battalion 14th Army 8th Port Unit 30th Fld AA Gun Co 30th JNAF AF Unit 38th Field Const Co 37th Const Co 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 48th Field Artillery Regiment 36th Const Co 48th Field AA Battalion 37th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: San Jose Constab Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 301st Construction Battalion I/43rd PS Inf Battalion 57th PS Infantry Regiment 2nd Constabulary Regiment 192nd Tank Battalion 41st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 101st PA Infantry Division 1st Constabulary Regiment 73rd PA Infantry Regiment 4th Constabulary Regiment 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 4th Marine Regiment 3rd Constabulary Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 27th Avn Sup 81st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 45th PS Infantry Regiment 31st PA Infantry Division Roxas Constab Battalion I Corps 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC AA Battalion Subic Bay Defenses III/Prov'nl SPM Grp 24th PS FA Regiment 11th PAAC Avn Sup I/Prov'nl SPM Grp 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Asiatic Fleet II Corps Clark Field AAF Base Force !/23rd PS FA Battalion 4th PAAC Avn Sup II/Prov'nl SPM Grp US Forces Far East 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 24731 troops, 475 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 1219 Defending force 56222 troops, 551 guns, 331 vehicles, Assault Value = 879 Japanese ground losses: 142 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 54 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 56th Recon Regiment 22nd Recon Regiment 112th Infantry Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 56th Engineer Regiment I/124th Infantry Battalion 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 55th Engineer Regiment 55th Infantry Regiment 41st Guard Battalion 114th Infantry Regiment Imperial Guards Division 14th Tank Regiment 21st Infantry Regiment 113th Infantry Regiment 55th Cavalry Regiment Sasebo 8th SNLF 148th Infantry Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF Yokosuka 4th SNLF 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 53rd Const Co 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 56th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ship Engineer Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 18th Mountain Gun Regiment 55th Mountain Gun Regiment Southern Fleet 55th Const Co 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 34th Field AA Battalion 54th Const Co 4th Ind Engineer Regiment 302nd Ship Eng Coy 21st JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 3rd Cavalry Regiment 22nd Australian Brigade 1st Hyderabad Battalion 2nd Malay Battalion 3rd SSVF Battalion 2/17 Dogra Battalion 2nd Loyal Battalion 27th Australian Brigade 1st Mysore Battalion 5/14th Punjab Battalion 11th Indian Division SSVF Brigade FMSV Brigade 1st Manchester Battalion 2nd Gordons Battalion 9th Indian Division 3rd Heavy AA Regiment 109th RAF Adv Base Force 223 Group RAF 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 111th RAF Adv Base Force 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Malayan Air Wing 112th RAF Adv Base Force 1st Malay Battalion AHQ Far East 110th RAF Adv Base Force Malaya Army 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 2nd ISF Base Force 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment Singapore Base Force Singapore Fortress III Indian Corps 113th RAF Adv Base Force 224 Group RAF 109th RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1825 troops, 27 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 54 Defending force 14753 troops, 111 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 498 Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 10:1 advantage in assault value, total overkill... Assaulting units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Defenses HQ TC Borneo Tarakan MLD Base Force Defending units: 33rd Division Miura Det 1st Indpt SNLF Coy III/66th Naval Guard Unit 8th Tank Regiment Bandasan SNLF

BBfanboy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/9/2021 4:34:42 PM)
Nitiren Maru was involved in collisions on both encounters with PC Formalhaut. The PC commander should get a medal.[&o]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/9/2021 8:26:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Nitiren Maru was involved in collisions on both encounters with PC Formalhaut. The PC commander should get a medal.[&o] lol, only noticed the first one, that's quite an achievement! [:D]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/10/2021 3:17:23 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 14, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Tarakan (67,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PC Sumire PC Ashi PB Kinsyo Maru #2 PB Yamahagi Maru #3 PB Choko Maru #5 PB Busho Maru APD Hagi PC Sumire fired at enemy troops PC Ashi fired at enemy troops PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fired at enemy guns PB Choko Maru #5 fired at enemy troops PB Busho Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Pearl Harbor at 178,112 Japanese Ships SS I-173 Allied Ships xAK Portmar, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage no matter the side, when subs attack on the surface the routine goes crazy... I-173 must have spent most of her torps... xAK Portmar is sighted by SS I-173 SS I-173 attacking on the surface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Tarakan (67,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PC Sumire PC Ashi APD Hagi xAK Tenryu Maru xAK Sangetsu Maru PC Sumire fired at enemy troops PC Ashi fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68 Japanese Ships xAP Mizuho Maru xAP Hakozaki Maru xAP Hie Maru xAK Bordeaux Maru xAK Terukawa Maru xAK Nitiran Maru DD Ariake Allied Ships SS O16 SS O16 is sighted by escort DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 G3M2 Nell x 16 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 3 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 70,93 [image]local://upfiles/13774/A8134D598E2F4EC3AFDEEA0A3810B159.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships CL Kinu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AS Nagoya Maru xAK Nihonka Maru xAK Kotohira Maru xAK Koto Maru xAKL Kokuei Maru xAKL Kaisho Maru SC Ch 23 Allied Ships SS KXIII nice one, doubt that Kinu is going to sink though, that would be really lucky... is some kind the light cruiser did it's job and protected the troop convoy... SS KXIII launches 4 torpedoes at CL Kinu SC Ch 23 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 23 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 23 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 23 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 23 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 49349 troops, 622 guns, 413 vehicles, Assault Value = 1270 Defending force 56418 troops, 551 guns, 329 vehicles, Assault Value = 891 Japanese adjusted assault: 454 Allied adjusted defense: 1685 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 6416 casualties reported Squads: 93 destroyed, 205 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 73 disabled Engineers: 13 destroyed, 49 disabled Guns lost 70 (11 destroyed, 59 disabled) Vehicles lost 56 (11 destroyed, 45 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1464 casualties reported Squads: 48 destroyed, 89 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 25 (2 destroyed, 23 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) either the Japanese units recovered quickly or Mundy is pushing them hard... looking at their adjusted av I guess the latter... good... Assaulting units: 112th Infantry Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 21st Infantry Regiment 55th Infantry Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment Imperial Guards Division 14th Tank Regiment 113th Infantry Regiment 55th Cavalry Regiment Sasebo 8th SNLF 56th Engineer Regiment 4th Ind Engineer Regiment 114th Infantry Regiment 41st Guard Battalion 56th Recon Regiment 22nd Recon Regiment 148th Infantry Regiment I/124th Infantry Battalion 55th Engineer Regiment Yokosuka 4th SNLF 55th Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ship Engineer Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 55th Const Co 54th Const Co 53rd Const Co 34th Field AA Battalion 18th Mountain Gun Regiment Southern Fleet 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 302nd Ship Eng Coy 21st JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 1st Mysore Battalion 1st Hyderabad Battalion SSVF Brigade 3rd SSVF Battalion 2nd Gordons Battalion 22nd Australian Brigade 2/17 Dogra Battalion 1st Manchester Battalion 2nd Loyal Battalion 5/14th Punjab Battalion 3rd Cavalry Regiment 2nd Malay Battalion FMSV Brigade 27th Australian Brigade 11th Indian Division 9th Indian Division 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 224 Group RAF 111th RAF Adv Base Force III Indian Corps 110th RAF Adv Base Force 113th RAF Adv Base Force 2nd ISF Base Force 109th RAF Adv Base Force 112th RAF Adv Base Force 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment 1st Malay Battalion 3rd Heavy AA Regiment Singapore Fortress 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 223 Group RAF 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment AHQ Far East Malayan Air Wing Malaya Army 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Singapore Base Force 109th RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 14764 troops, 111 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 498 Defending force 2940 troops, 43 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 54 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 388 Allied adjusted defense: 46 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarakan !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1661 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 66 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 48 (42 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 3 Units destroyed 1 not surprising the Dutch have no chance at Tarakan... the Japanese take the oilfields intact... Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: Miura Det 33rd Division 1st Indpt SNLF Coy 8th Tank Regiment III/66th Naval Guard Unit Bandasan SNLF Defending units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Defenses HQ TC Borneo Tarakan MLD Base Force

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/10/2021 3:19:19 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 15, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 G3M2 Nell x 14 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 I either need more engineers or more and better flak as the damage at Clark is steadily increasing... that's really surprising as I've thought 200+ engineers could fix the damage caused by two dozen IJ bombers a day... they can't on a level 8 airfield... Aircraft Attacking: 14 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 6 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (10/10/2021 3:20:59 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 16, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Donggala at 67,97 Japanese Ships DMS W-1 DD Yugiri DMS W-6 LSD Shinshu Maru AK Tosan Maru AK Sakura Maru AK Hirokawa Maru xAP Naminoue Maru xAP Huso Maru xAK Yahiko Maru xAK Kiyozumi Maru xAK Tamaki Maru xAK Osaka Maru xAK Tatumiya Maru xAK Asakasan Maru xAK Kansai Maru xAKL Nittatsu Maru xAKL Matsutan Maru xAKL Tatebu Maru DD Asagiri PB Tatsumiya Maru PB Chosa Maru SC Ch 9 Allied Ships SS KXVIII another huge troop convoy I guess, empty or not I don't know... SS KXVIII launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-1 DD Asagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Chosa Maru fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 9 fails to find sub and abandons search DD Asagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 G3M2 Nell x 16 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 those 3inch AA guns are just so useless, feel like IJA flak guns... Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1830 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66 Defending force 1548 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Assaulting units: 16th Naval Guard Unit 6th JNAF Coy Defending units: Del Monte AAF Base Force 205th Base Sqdn 305th Base Sqdn Mindanao Force 505th Base Sqdn enemy is clearing Mindanao now but won't find a lot of troops left, they were all evacuated to Luzon...

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